Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1923, Page 2

H INWAR MEMORIAL! Committee Begins to Raise Required $500,000—Presi- dent Indorses Plan Trection in this city of a $500,000 memorial to the acrifices and serv- icex in the world war of the women of America and its insular posses- sions” is planned by a speclal memo- rial commission, composed of Presi- dent Harding, as president of the American ted Cross: Secretary of War Weeks, John Barton Payne, chairmen of the central committee of the Red and the chairmen of tie Senate and House library commit- tees, it was disclosed last night "unds with which to carry out the project are being sollcited under the Girection of a committee headed by Gen. Pershing, honorary chairman; Sceretary Mellon, honorary treasurer; Itear Admiral W. S. Benson, honorary Scorotary, and Ellot Wadsworth, treasurer, The District of Columbia commit- tee on the fund for the memorial, of which Frederic A. Delano is chair- man, is appealing to the people of Washington to assist In raising the local quota, which is $30,000. Contributions should be sent to A. Flather, secretary, care of John L. Fdwards & Co., 1416 H street, and ks _should be made out to Cor- voran Thom, tr urer. e name ‘of any woman who gave her own life or who lost a son, hus- band, father or brother may be sent with' the contribution to the secre- iry for inseription in “a book of membrance” of the memorial. Presides Indorsement. 1is memorial has the hearty ement of President Harding, as written: 3 “T have the utmost pleasure in re- cording my sympathy and my desire 1o co-operate with the program which emplates providnis a memorial to the sacrifices and services of the women of the United States in the world war. 1 suppose nearly every- body is ugreed that the great mobili- ation of national effort and patrio- m, which made victory possible, could not have been accomplished without that full and splendid con- tribution of service which came from the women, Perhaps it is fair to say further that in no other war have the women rendered service in so man «0 varied and important flelds of ac- tivity and for the maintenance of the national cause. It is most fitting that un appropriate memorial to such serv- fces should be provided.” Gien. Pershing, in his letter accept- ing the chairmanship of the fund, pays a high tribute to these women, as follows: 1 feel it Cross, in- who + great honor to serve s honorary chairman of the memorial fund committee. To serve in any ca- in the movement to assure a memorial to the women of our coun- try who served during the world war is a great privilege. o one who was intrusted with the great responsibility of command, nd who perhaps better than most n appreciate the importance of our national effort, no cause appears more worthy than this effort to com- memorate the services of our women. They gave us the men who fought. They gave us the ideals and the falth that bore us through the conflict. They made the real sacrifices when soldiers encountered death hrough their gentleness they sent something of the comfort and sym- pathy of home into the weariness ind gloom of the fleld. They nursed us when we were suffering. They scothed and blessed our dying com- wdes. They still care for the widowed and fatherless victims of the war, And now, even in this memorial of rvices and sacrifices, they seck to make it a means of inspiring future generations. “In & large sense, no monument of stone can be a fitting memorial to this noble army of women. But it will he something to muke it a visible symbol of the memory that must al- ways remain in the hearts of their countrym Saw the Actual Work. Admiral Benson, the honovary retary, has also expressed his appre- clation of the services of these women us tollows “1 understand that ade in the immediate future to raise 50,000 by private contributions, hich will be increased by congres- onal appropriations of $150,000 for purpose of crecting a memorial , the sacrifices and services of the women of the United States of Amer- ica_in the world war. : “I am writting to say how happy m to know that such effort is be- g made, and to say it will give me zreat pleasure to assist in any way that 1 can in_this effort. As chief of naval operations, T had opportunity to see the actual work and to know of the sacrifices that were made by the women of the country, not only at home, but wd. In the several trips 1 made rope. T was greatly impressed with the splendid work that v be- fng done by the women of our coun- 1so witnessed the same ry part of the United visited during that try- As the technical head of during that period, I want ss in the strongest way pos- sible my_appreciation, and t of the naval service generally, of the <plendid work that was done and the sucrifices made for the men connect- 4 with the naval service during the | world war.” Members of the local committee are: William H. Taft, honorary chairman: “uno olph, honorary vice chalr- an: Frederic A. Delano, chairman; reorun Thom, treasurer; Maj. Gen. Henry ~Allen, Clarence Aspinwall, D. 1. Callahan, Willlam P. Eno, Maj Gen. M. W. Treland, Maj. Gen. John Lejeune, Admiral E. R Stitt, John Lewis Smith and Milton Strasburger. = - CHINESE SOLDIERS - 5 OPEN ATTACK UPON BANDIT RETREAT itinued from First Pag. efforts will be 1 ing time the Navy 10 exp t maintains that to deal directly with the bandits would relieve Peking of responsibility for the safety of the foreign prisoners, and, so far, has refrained from Initiating such pour- parlers As to a foreign military drive on outlaws' stronghold it is general- Iy believed in Peking and Tientsin, a “elief which the captives themselves have expressed, that such action would enhance the danger of the prisoners’ death at the hands of their captors Moreover, foreign quarters at Tientsin point out that there are not 5.000 foreign troops in the interna- tional compounds there, a force en- tirely inadequate to undertake opera- tions in the treacherous hill country of Shantung ugainst bandit gangs, said to aggregate 10,000 men. The close of the third week since the fourteen were captured comes with le s tension than prevailed last Saturé At that time the bandits had th ened to Kill thelr prisoners If their demands were not met by Tuesday. May 22. But Tuesday came d went, and no executions fol- lowed. There is no death threat abroad tonight and hopes are held out thdt all the prisoners will be spared but, with Gen. Tien's troops launching their drive against Paotzuzu :here is siderable anxiety in foreign quar- ters for the safety of the imprizoned fourteen. AT CHEVY CHASE Secretary Davis Speaks at Opening of Community Project. Several hundred persons attended the dedication exercises of the Chevy Chase Recreation Club playground and athletic fleld at 41st and Morrison streets northwest vesterday afternoon. A drive for $125,000 15 now on to provide funds suffictent to purchase about flve acres to serve as a site for athletic flelds, playgrounds and a community house with a gymnasium and other features. The lot for the community house is already pur- chased. When finished the whole will serve as a recreation center for the resldents of Chevy Chase from Albe- marle street to Chevy Chase lake. Seeretary Davis Speaks. Secretary of Labor Davis, addressed the gathering. “The best investment that any community can make ls a playground and It it serves to de- velop or save one boy or girl it is worth ull the expense undertaken," declared the Secretary, who urged the people of Chevy Chase to develop the site. “More playgrounds mean less penal institutions,” he declared. The program opened with flag rais- ing the flug being presented by the Women's Relief Corps, Department of Potomac, G. A. R. While the flag was being raised u poem, “Our Coun- try's Flag” written by Mrs. M. S. Parker. was recited by Mrs. E. J. Deeds. A parade was one of the fea- tures of the afternoon, the children bf'!fll-‘ dressed up for the occasion, Community singing was led by Rob- ert Lawrence and music furnished by_the Navy Band. Sixteen girls from the Elizabeth V. Brown_School, under the direction of Miss Fisher of the District pl ground department, danced a May pole dance. A base ball game between the Old Men's Club and the youngsters of the Chevy Chase Athletic Club in which the youngsters won, 5 to 2, proved the chief entertainment of the afternoon. Much was done by the playground departments of the District, under Mrs. S. R. Rhodes. in helping toward making the attainments of those in- terested in the recreation center a success. PRESIDENT 10 OPEN ODEL HOME HOUSE Mme. Homer to Sing Payne Lyric at Exercises on June 4. President Harding open the “better homes” house, a replica of the boyhood home of John Howard Payne, who wrote the lyric of “Home, Sweet Home” at exer- clses at 2:15 o'clock the afternoon of June 4. “Better Homes week.” thus begun, will extend through June 18. Mme. Homer, famous contralto, will sing “Home, Sweet Home" at the exer- ercises, which will take place at the house just completed south of the Treasury. It was begun April 23. Speakers are to Hoover, chairman of the advisory council of better homes in Americ Vice President Collidge, Secretar of Agriculture Wallace, Secretary of Labor Davis, Julius Barnes, president of the United States Chamber of Com- merce; Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt, Mrs. William Brown Meloney, founder of the better homes movement; Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and Miss Lida Hafford, director, General Federation of Women's Clubs, Following the better homes demon- stration here, the house will be moved to another and permanent site, it is announced. The campaign was begun in 1922 in response to a sug- gestion made by President Harding in an_address at Akron, Ohio. Better homes demonstrations took place in many states, more than 1,000 communities taking part. More than 500 demonstration houses were shown. B GERMANY TO RAISE REPARATION OFFER (Continued from First Page.) is to formally put her railway system on a paying busis, so that profits accruing from this source may also be utilized as guarantees (Copyrignt, 1923.) AID PROMISED CUNO. By the Associuted Press. BERLIN, May 26—The conference today between Chancellor Cuno and members of the executive directorate of the German league of industrial- ists is taken as a reliable indication that “big business” is definitely pre- pared to give the government tangi- ble assurance of ita readiness to as- sume guarantees for reparation pay- ments. An informal draft of & memorial to this effect was today handed to the chancellor. It presents in outline the conclusions redched by the industrial- ists relative to the entente demand for gold securities and will consti- tute & basis for final negotiations be- tween the government and the indus- trialists league, The industrialists in their memo- randum inform the government of the league's readiness to assume 40 per cent of the total amount of guarantees required to insure an an- nuity of sufiicient proportions to cover interest and sinking fund charges in connection with an inter- national loan. ALLIED UNITY NEARER. By Cable to The Star. PARIS, May 26.—The Poincare cab- inet today began study of the docu- ment which may not only serve as the basis for future interallied unity with respect to the reparation prob- lems, but may also prove to be the entering wedge toward a solution of the problem itself. In her note, Belglum proposes that Germany should pay Belgium $1,250,- 000,000, and agree to cancel Belgium's promise to reimburse the reich for the paper marks left in Belgium when the German army evacuated the coun- try—a sum totaling about $500,- 000.000. Belgium believes that France should be satisfled to receive $7,500,000,000 from Germany, provided that England and the United States agree to write off the French debts to them, in re- turn for receipt for the remainde: Berlin's debt—in other words, = ance of the long-term, C bonds, include Secretary | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. STEWARD CHARGES GNORFOR WONEN[GENTER DEDICATED | Tidl Basin Beach Opening " | | | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT FATALTOBOY OF 11 Blood Transfusion Fails to Save Life of Paul Engler. | A blood transfusion and amputation of the left leg of Paul Engler, eleven vears old, 1435 N street northwest, who collided with motor truck while riding a bicycle yesterday afternoon at | 15th and M streets, fafled to save his life. The boy died at 9 o'clock last night, at Emergency Hospital. John Lancaster, colored, 601 3d| street northeast, driver of the truck, who was released by the police after | eyewitnesses explained that the acel- dent was unavoidable. will be sum- moned to appear before a coroner's jury at an inquest tomorrow, at the morgue. Lancaster remained at the scene until the arrival of the police. Immediately after the accident, Ivan Luchs, 2844 Connecticut ave-| nue, carried the injured into the | Episcopal Ear and Throat Hos- {pital nearby for first-aid treatment whence he was taken to Emergency Physicians at the Emergency Hos- pital amputated the boy's leg and transferred a pint of blood into his body from Theresa Connolly of the Farragut Apartment, a friend of the { youth's parents. Death occurred eight hours after the accident and was at- | tributed to shock. : Engler was a pupil in the 7th grade | | of the Gonzaga College School. FORTY NOTED AMERICANS { DENY SCIENCE AND | RELIGION CONFLICT i Sictiios of the necessary s soul of man, and both for the life, the progress and the happiness of the human race. ‘It is a sublime conception of God which is furnished by science, and one wholly consonant with the high- est ideals of religion, when it repre- sents Him as revealing Himself through countless ages In the devel- opment of the earth as an abode for man and in the age-long inbreathing of life into its constituent matter, culminating in man with his spiritual naturé and all his God-like powers.” are ( ! | | | | Signers of Statement, Besides Secretaries Davis, those whose names were at- tached to the statement included Bishops William Lawrence and Wil- liam Thomas Manning of the Episco- pal Church and Bishop Francis J.| McConnell of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, Dr. Charles D. Walcott| of the Smithsonian Institution, who is president of the National Academy of Science; President Angell of Yale, President Burton of the Unlversity of ; Chicago, Dr. William J. Mayo, David | ¥. Houston, Frank O. Lowden, John | Sharp Williams, Rear Admiral Sims, Jullus Kruttschnitt, Frank A. Van- derlip, Willam Allen White, Victor F. Lawson, Henry Van Dyke, Presi- dent Barbour of the Rochester Theo- logical Seminary, President King of Oberlin Seminary; Dr. John D. Davis, Princeton Theological Seminary; Prof. | Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the American Museum of Natural His- ‘XOY)’. New York; Prof. John Merle Coulter, University of Chicago; Prof. {Michael Pupin, Columbia; Prof. George D. Birkhoff, Harvard; Direc- tor Noyes, Gates Chemical Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; Prot. Willlam W. Campbell, director of Lick Observatory; H. B Thaver, president American Telephone and Telegraph Company: Henry S. Pritch- ett, banker, New York; John C. Shedd, Chicago; Dr. James 1. Vance, Nash- ville, Tenn.: Rev. Dr. Robert E. Brown, Waterbury, Conn.; the Rev. Dr. Peter Alnslle, Baltimore; Presi- dent Poteat of Wake Forest College, N. C; Prof. Edwin G. Conklin of Princeton University; John J. Carty, New York: Prof. Willlam H. Welch, Johns Hopkins University; President John C. Merriam, Carnegie Institu- tion, Washington; Gano Dunn, chair- National 'h Council, and Mitlika Hoover and man Lo Rese, ; obelisks. i Egypt Brought to Shrine In Making Garden of Allah MAY 27, ' | Star Scenic Feature of Convention Repre sents Careful Study of Ancient Archi- tecture—Colors Reflect Nile Country When any thousand of Nobles Shrine come to Wash- ington they will find that Egypt has been brought to them. So faithful and well have the umns along Pennsyivania avenue, be- tween 15th and 17th strects been re- produced, that they make one think that Karnak and Philae are surely here in the nation's capital. “If the Shrine cannct go to Egypt “gypt can be brought to the Shrine,” has been the motto of the committee t responsible for the creation “The Garden of Allah” along the avenue between the streets just men- tione the T col- Much thought has been given to the | of the palm columns which exist today creation of this feature of the Shrine testivities, und those who have stud ied the “garden.” even in its present unfinished state. are unanimous in their contention that this is to be star scenic feature of the convention. From the Nile Country. cside the erection of the Egyptian umns, the grandstands within the arden’ of Allah” have been con- ructed along lines that are strictly Egyptian. Algo, the bright colors used in obtaining the general effect are identical in hue to those found among the temples in the Nile coun- try. Of course, there are obelisks and sphinxes, and a grand and most lavish assortment of hieroglyphics. There will be, too, Egyptlan sun gods and many other objects, all of B, 1 which will go toward creating a most | amazing and interesting spectacle. It is the opinion of those famillar with the details of the Shrine feature that the principal interest in the r production of the “Garden of Allah lies in the two lines of columns Four large ones of the Karnak de- eign have been erected at either end of the “Garden” Two stand at op- posite sides of Pennsylvania avenue at 15th street, and two at 17th street. The first two are to serve as entrance gates and the latter are to be exit gates There is a group of four small col- ums erected at the four corners of Maiison place and the Avenue, and four of a corresponding size at Jack- son place. The Madison place group is of Karnak design, while those at Jackson place are of palmn columns of “Philae” design. As these twelve columns are actual reproductions of the ones in the Tem- ple of Ammon at Karnak and the Temple of Isis at “Philae,” the orig- inators of the general scheme antici- pate much interest on the part of Shriners and the general public in the history of their origin and the meaning of the various markings and colors and also the hieroglyphics. Instead of decorating these columns after the fashion of stage scenery— merely to give the effect of something Egyptian—the committer has been most careful in every detall. Each marking and color, and picture re- produced has a distinctive meaning. Authority on Architectare. F. D. Owen of the office of public buildings and grounds is chairman of the committee responsible for this remarkable feature of the Shrine celebration. However, it has been due to Mortimer Clarke, a recognized authority on Egypt and Egyptian architecture and history, that the de- tails of the “garden” are being so faithfully and correctly reproducéd. Besides being a student of things Egyptian, Mr. Clarke is an artist, and he has personally drawn. the many and varied designs that are being used. Great pains have been taken by the committee in the work of transform- ing that section of the avenue, and the committee feels that It is fur- nishing something that will be edu- cational as well as picturespue. The presidential box has been con- structed in the center of the large grand- stand on the White House side of the Ayenue and at regular distances on either side of that box, eight others have been provided for the use of the various high ranking officers of the Shrine. These boxes are in the form of balconies and are being ornamented in truly Egyptian fashion. An attrac- tive Egyptian canopy, such as was used by the Pharaohs, will serve as a top for the President’s box and directly above where the President will sit, is to be placed a large winged sun god. A small space has been left open on the other side of the Avenue, directly in front of the President’s box, and within that space are to be erected two At the base of each is to be placed a sphinx. In the center of this open space will be hung a gigantic rine emblem, containing the _word “Almas,” the, name of the local Shrine Temple. The original plan to erect in La- fayette Park tents and columns and sphinxen and oflier things suggestive OF ERYDL wae phandened lu describing the cCimuus Mr | |3 the | Eg; | | | to us down to the time of the inunda- | {to Clarke, their designer, said yester- is difficult to understand why the palm column, perhaps the most graceful of the several orders of cclumns i Egyptian architecture, was employed so rarely. It was one of the two carliest forms used in the building of temples and tombs, shar- ing this antiquity with the lotus | column. The earliest example of the | palm column appears to have been found in the court of the mortuary | temple of King Unas of the fifth| dynasty, who lived about 3300 B. C. Thi# style of column seems to been generally abandoned for lotus and vapyrus types during period from the Afth to the th y. in which latter nasty emploved frequently by, the Ptolmaic builders “The finest and probably best known the the thirti are those of the hypostyle hall of the Temple of Isis, at Philae, begun by | >tolemy 11 (Philadelphus) ‘and mostly completed by Ptolmey IIT_ (Ever- getes 1), between 285 and 222 B. (. “At Philae, once the “pearl of YpL" is a4 small temple-covered island Iying in the widened part of the Nile, south of the first cataract about seven miles south of Assuan and 550 miles up the Nile from Calro. “The Temple of Isis, thouxh small, as compared with most Egyptian temples, contained perhaps the finest examples of painted columns and ceil- Ings of the later period. to be found in Egypt. a veritable jewel of brilllancy and charm. The advance of twentieth century material progress, however, in the form of the Assuan dam has claimed this jewel for its own, for its waters now lap the once gorgeous cap- itals, taking with it their painted glory. “This coloring, which was preserved tion of the island, was of such unusual richness that it took little imagination see it agaln In all of its original brillance. The palm capital was prob- ably derived from. a bundle of palm- sticks bound together and plastered with mud to stiffen them. When this ritive material of construction of | column gave way to harder m terials, the same general forms were retained and worked into the new. “Originally the natural coloring of the derivative forms was duplicated on the stone, but in later times little regard was paid to this, but a pleasing schex of colors appears to have been their chief aim. Frequently green palm leaves were painted with blue ribs, etc. True Designers. “However, the artificlality in Egyptian art is pleasing. Their long schooling through the ages which taught them to bufld to last forever and to decorate these buildings with lasting reliefs—had made of them the true designers mux! all ages since have acknowledged them | to have been. ““The papyrus bud type of column was not evolved us early as the pals or lotus column, but was a much later develop- | ment. Its earliest form was a cluster | of papyrus buds formed together just | below the flower calyxes with thongs | or ropes and the column itself formed | of the stems. Either pieces of wood or small flower stems were inserted between the several main grooves np.l tween the plant stems beneath the binding in order to tighten it. The ! leaves of the plant clustered around the feet of the stems and similar leaves around the flower calyxes which formed the caplital. An abacus, or square stone was placed on top to support the cross beams and a; round plinth at the base for the! columns to rest upon. H “This design was purely imagina- tive, and was not based on the form of its derivative material, as was the palm column. Columns in this earlier stage of development, which stage is far more pleasing than this later and final stage, were used profusely in the great temple at Luxor in the early part of the eighteenth dynasty Toward the end of this dynasty, how ever, the clustered papyrus column underwent an essential change. In order to adopt the shaft for the re- ception of inscriptions and pictures its irregularities were abandoned, and it was made perfectly smooth. ~For the same reason, the capital also wa. rounded off, and transformed into a blunt cone. the original clustering being recalied by the painting alone, The cluster of leaves at the base of the column was retained as a design, but those around the capital disap- peared, giving way to a conventional design, which still employed sugges- tions of the groove sticks of the earlier form, however. “The column proper was now dec- orated in a band of brightly colored ictures showing the events in the ives of the reigning pharaoh, etc. Used tn Temple of Karnak. This later developed form was used extensively in the great tem- ple of Karnak. The great hypostvle hall, whieh was built by Seti I and Rumess 17 2hont C.. cop 122 ol tose CepinN, Cava NATNE P 1923—PART 1. esterday Brings Joy to Bathers el P 3 B CLASS, D. C. HIGH CHOOL, REUNITED Thirty-Six Members at Thir- ty-Seventh Annual Gathering. Members of the class of 1536, Wash- ington High School, held their thirty- seventh annual reunion Friday night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. How- ard L. Wilkins, 2514 Adams Mill road. Mr. Wilkins acted as toastmaster at the banquet table, around which thirty-six members and guests of the class gathered. Mrs. Selden M. Ely, representing the Alumni Association of the Central High School, of which she is present, a guest, outlined the plans of that assoclation and compli- mented the class of 'SG its fine class spirit and long record of suc- cessful reunions, Mr. Ely, principal of the fif sion of the public schools, and Annfe M. Wilso; on divi- Miss n, director of the art department of the public schools and | a former teacher of this class, were among the other guests who spoke. Many Respond to Toast. A large number of the members and guests responded to toasts. One of the members contributed an original poem set to music, which was sung by a sextette. Mrs. E. Bennett Decker read the “class history” of the past year. Owing to the absence on duty in Massachusetts of Col. William E. Horton, the class president, Mr. Wil- kins, vice president, presided at the business meeting. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mr. Wilkins.: vice presidents, Mrs. Willard E. Buell and Fulton Lewlis: cretary treasurer, G. F. Willlams; assistant secretar; Mre. Charles H. Butler; poet. Miss Blanche Beckham; historian, Mrs. J. H. Harper. Charles H. Bates expressed the sense of deep loss felt by all the class membership in the recent death of Mrs. Lemon G. Hine, mother of a member, and who, with her husband. the late District Commis- sioner Hine, had in the past for many successive years entertained the cla at her home. and the death of Dr. William H. Heron. a former president of the class, at whose home in Chevy Chase the class met two years ugo. Committees were appointed to pre- pare and send suitable of sympathy to the families of Mrs. Hine and of Dr. Heron Letters From Absentees. number of letters of greeting were read from absent members. Those present, beside the host and hostess, included: - Mr. and Mrs, Ed- win . Brandenburg, E. Decker, Dr. and Mrs. William A. Bevard, Rev. and Mrs. Charles H. Butler, Mr. and_ Mrs. Willard F. Buell, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Bates, Miss Blanche Beckham, Miss Mary V. Becl ham, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Cran mer, Prof. and Mrs. Selden M. Ely, Miss Evelyn Hodge, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Harper, Mr. and Mrs Fulton Lewlis, Mrs. Robert I Nevitt, Mrs. Frederick O. Roman, Albert F oe- maker, John B. Torbert. Miss Mariun White, Miss Swann, Miss Annie M. Wilson, ‘Miss Lewanna Wilkins, Miss Lydia K. Wilkins, and Mr. and Mrs, George Francls Williams and daugh! ter, Miss Enid C. Williams. A feet high and ference. These columns ranged in fourteen rows, each side of the great central column- ad, which was compowd of tweive huge papyrus columns with calyx capitals. 271% feet in circum- were ar- “The columns being erected in the | ‘Garden of Allah’ of the papyrus bud type are about seven-eights of the actual size of those at Karnak and are exact reproductions as to desizn. “The ‘bud’ column scemed to have been very popular from the eighteenth dynasty on to the end of what we call the Egyptian period, as it was extensively employed in most of the temples built during that period. The temple of Set| I at Kurna, the temple of Medinet-Abu and that at Kom- Ombo have all employed this column in its later form, as well as the great Karnak temple ‘and that of Khuns, also of the Karnak group. It has rarely been found that the bud column type was used alone in the construction of a temple, but it seems to have been more frequently used as a_complement to its larger brother column of the calyx capital. One's progress through a temple usu- ally leads past those smaller ‘bud’ columns to a hall where these buds seem to have opened out into full bloom and to have reared their heads high above the others, seekinz to cateh mere of the bril Ty i insir radiant fiower nt cups, resolutions | Beunett | seven on | CLASSIFYING BOARD WITH BREAKING LAW (Continued from First Page.) thoroughly as absolutely essential for the succeessful administration of the act for four principal reasons: (1) to secure uniformity of interpre- ltation of the salary schedules in sec- tion 13 of the act by department heads, (2) to permit of an adequate review by the board of the actions of department heads in making ini- tial allocations, (3) to facilitate an orderly hearing of criticisms and complaints prior to the final approval of the work by the board, and (4) to permit of presenting estimates to Congress supported by clear, intel- ligible explanations. How Act Is Vielated. “The board, disregarding both the letter and the spirit of the law, has issued orders requiring the depart- ments to make the initial allocations within the District of Columbla, not in accordance with section 13 of the act, even without the required class specifications, but in accordance with the schedules of tho bureau of ef- ficiency. The bureau of efficiency’ schedule do not comply with the law because: (1) They do not contain an adequate statement of duties and responsibilities; (2) they do not con- tain any statement of minimum qual- ifications; (3) they do not provide the titles'to be used in the estimates. Further, these bureau efficiency schedulés are inadequate as a bas for a sound classification for the fol- lowing reasons: (1) They do not cover all kinds of positions, but leave hundreds to be allocated by analogy; (2) the use single examples of duties to serve as a guide for classi- fying thousands of positions which have many different duties 2) their one sentence examples of Auties are too short to be a real guide. Their use Jeopardizes the success of the en- tire classification in the Dlistrict lumbia. “The plan ado b; for the District of Colun fore Congress, und was ingly rejected by the House. It had almost no eupport in the Senate. It has remained for the board to ap- prove a plan that failed of congres- sional sanction. It does this by ignor- ing the mandatory provisions of the act creating the bourd. Charges Discrimination. “The plan_adopted for the field service 15 in full compliance with the law, is based on sound principles of classification and is fair alike to the government, the employes and the taxpayvers. The plan adopted for the District of Cdélumbia, on the other hand, can only be characterized as a the board 1bia was be overwhelm- ance with the law. “In view of the portance of the far-reaching im- classification uct of 1923, we sincerely trust that the per- sonnel board wliil reconsider its an- nounced program for the District of Columbia and adopt « procedure which conforms to the act.” “We do not make this hastily or without full {tion,” said Mr. Steward last night When the plan of reclassification for jthe District of Columbia was firs {announced by the personnel classifi- tion board we realized what would almost certainly develop, but we waited until the actual attempt to apply the board's orders in the ex- ecutive departments in Washington had borne out our belief in the mat- ter. Experfence to date in the vari- {ous bureaus and offices has shown | that the board's orders in this re- { spect cannot be applied without gros {injustice and a total failure to hieve the results sought by the classification act. Statement of Dutie it is considered that board has undertaken to apply !scheme of classification to th service and a wholly different ¢ fication to the District of Columbis some idea of the impracticability ¢ ithe program is immediately appar- ent. the board is carrying out the cl ification plan which is called the law the board is attempting to apply the bureau of efficlency plan which was overwhelmingly voted down by House of Representatives, had almost { no support in the Senate and was not adopted in the act as finally passed For the District of Columbia the act is specific; the general salary levels ito be paid for the different grades lin the several services within the Dis- trict_of Columbia are established in the act ftself. It is further provided that ‘the board shall prepare and pub- lish an adequate statement’ defining the dutles and responsibiities in- volved in the classes to he established | within the several grades, the mini- mum qualifications_therefor and the titles to be given. The board has not set up these definitions, but has on the contrary attempted.to apply the bureau of efficiency salary rates with- out any adequate definition or state- ment of duties and qualifications. “It is obvious that neither the em- ployes in the field nor the employ in the District of Columbia can be protest “When the one field s8i- for by in his study—All doors the inside—No possible or| unfair, unscientific and not in accord- | considera- | So far as the field is concerned, ! for the District of Columbia | BAR ASSOCIATION ENTERTAINS BENCH All Rank Discarded and Every One Enjoys Outing at Marshall Hall. “The bar greets the bench, for the: are all good fellows.” This slogar decorated the wall of the dining room at Marshall Hall yesterday when 200 membere of the Bar Association acted as host to the judges of the Distric courts at the annual shad bake of the association. The dinner was the chief attraction of the outing and was en livened by songs led by Jack Bowie, it which the whole assemblage joined. The lawyers and their guests boardcd the steamer Charles Macalester at o'clock and reached the resort shortly before noon. Two ball teams wers quickly formed, one captained by Fran J. Kelly, assistant United States at torney, “and the other by Godfrey I. Munter. Munter's team had nearly won when Frederick J. Rice, president of the Guaranty Savings Bank, got ir | the way of a batted ball which struci {him in the mouth. The lawyer-banke: suffered a swollen lip and lost one of his front teeth. This casualty put an end to the ball game and the members of the two nines sought some other form of amusement. All Law Forgotten. Law uity were both forg b rs and judges, and “ir places fun and frolle prevailed The justices joined in the amusements } with the lawyers, and all question of {rank and position was thrown into the discard. Some of the party rcturned on the 4:30 boat. but many remaines until the last trip, which landed ther in town about 9 o'clock e weathe was ideal, and the genc-al «xpressior { was that the outing was one of the most enjoyable ever staged by siation Peyton Gordon, president tion, 100k care of the com fort of evervbody, with the able & sistance of Attorneys George E. Ham ilton. John Lewis Smith, Joseph A Burkart, George C. Gertman, Samue McC. Hawker, Edmund Brady, Dan iel W. O'Donoghue, Stanton C. Peelle Alexander H. Bell, Walter C. Balder | ston ana Percival H. Marshal ALLEYS TO BE PUT IN BUSINESS ZONE { Commission Expected to Per- mit Use for Garages and Like Facilities. The zoning commission at date Is expected to take up for c sideration the question of zoning jlarge part of the alley property of the city for commercial purposes, so that it may be used for garages and similar establishments The alley closing law. which been hanging firé since 1814, will go | into effect Friday, June 1, but the Commissioners have so interpreted the language of the act that only ninety-two persons living in ten i | leys will be immediately affected Notice that they must vacate has not yet been served on this small group of the valley population Washington, it was stated at police headquart vesterday Suits to test legality fo the law have been argued in the District Supreme Court, but a decision has not yet been handed down Engineer Commissioner Besson |chalrman of the zoning commission. and Maj. Raymond F. Wheeler, exec tive officer of the commission. are planning to make a tour of inspection jof the alleys tomorrow. an ear) has | satisfied with the scheme which the board is following. Although the fleld classification as ordered is the kind of classification which the law calls for and which the employes themselves desire, it is apparent that even this is jeopardized in the long run by the application of the other plan to the District. TUltimately the field and the District must be co ordinated, the fleld plan and the Dis trict plan as at present laid down by the board cannot be co-ordinated one or the other must be rejected and the field must inevitably be as appre hensive of results as the employes of the District are now.” Who Killed John Waring? That question baffles all investigators until Il Fleming Stone, detective, is assigned to the case. i The facts before him are: newly elected college president, stabbed to death John Waring, and windows locked on exit for the murderer— No weapon—A strange girl, known as “Miss Mystery,” whose actions need explaining—Two men who desire her acquittal at any cost. Follow these tangled threads as they are unraveled by the master hand of Carolyn Wells in her latest detective story “THE MYSTERY GIRL” Will Appear in All Editions of The Evening and Sunday Star, Beginning Monday, May 28. .