Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1926, Page 5

Fess OQutlines Bicentennial to Association of Old- est Inhabitants. Too little credit this Government for is given to George | Washington. and it is ta make the | Natlon more adequately realize the ! debt owed the founder that the 200th | anniversary of his birth s to ele brated on a large <cale in 1932, Sen ator Fees of Ohia to v told the Asso- | elation of Oldest Inhabitants. Distriet of Columbia. peaking Congregat noon. Ser of Washing and astahl clared 'n celebration at Iirst | Church, stariing at s skeiched the labors 1o uphuild the couniry h it institutions. and de- | until the world hetter under “he importance of hoth local government on one hand in the interest of the larzest possible liherty ! and constitutional supremacy in the | intevesi of law amid ovder on the ather. | will Washingion's influence he known | and our deht to him understood.” 1 2 Celebratio | ns for the cele| ennial_of Wash Fess d | come to the | at s Plans for 193 Discussing the p Bration of the bice ington's birth, Senator many suggestions have commission having the matter inj rge, and it is the plan to have v State in the Union. and ever connty of everv Sate. offcially oh- serve the aceasion with the clima he held the Capiial The it patriot tion was one of simple and respec commemoration Washinzion's birthday. Aside nator Fess’ Apeech. the program inchuded the read- | fng of “Washinzion's Farewell Ad dress” hy Frederick Emery. a veci tion of the “Americans Cre I the audience, and the readi original poem. “\Who s He2" hy John Clagett Proctor, in which he defended Gen. Washington against the recent attack by Rupert Hughes. Music was furnished by the Im forial Quartet and Mr. Thompron, so} lalst. A luncheon arranged by thel antertainment committee foilowed the ercises. They were opened hy an| . Atkinson. “Too littie credit the astonish ing success of instit Governmen is given to the cha of its founders, and especially chief leader. orge Benator Fess sald. - His was not much a pure intellectual greatness a a moral leadership. He was surround ed by intellectual superiors who vielded to his powerful influence of personality. Traits of leadership were first displaved in a military way, where his practical genius won favor ahle comment from the military evities | of the old world i “His superh wisdom Payed as a pioneer of nation building in his conception and recommendi- ; tions touchinz the possibilities of the development of ihe by ocre ating a common through aysiem of trans in the terest of all the Another Notable from <8 for anr had heen dis ptere rtation Mlonies in Achievement. tain | pain | mate tion | L in preventi portions of the counire joining 18 a service difficult 10 overes in the lizhi of ihe of America in the world fluence in drectnz the f the convention which oy onstitation. pronounced 1h document ever stricken off i not vet rully understo Not until the w stands the imj ral governnient. on the one hand. in the interest of the larzest possible liberty and constitutional supreniicy in the | interest of law and order on the ather. will Washington's influ be known and our debi to him ha o oderstood. With the theories lined and thelr sanction incorporation into or ganle law the next stsp was fo put them into practic . Washing- | ton was the only per onsly con- sidered for this 14 hich he called 1o perform. hizing existence of the two schools of o ernment. appreciati importan of each if under pre bhalance and the liability of each if unresty ed PI\" the other. he ai =et out cure the rizhts of the te in the ! in est of liberty, and also to insure the constitutionai supremacy in the in- terst of well regulated Government presant po: Hi consder: <veatest | man, is | | nder- | wax the W the onee <o Make-up of His Cahbine:. ! “In the interest of the first school | he took Thomas Jeffer-on inte his cabinet. and in the interewt of the =econd he took Alexander Hamilion The Declaration of Independsnce the hest expression of the une, the Constitution of the United > is the best of the other. “The limitation of th basis of the two *h American two party hasi differenc parties in Am one. attempiing the everpie ercise the ne premacy in the order and stlil v 1 to properiy answer How 1o ex itutional su inter eneral tain the ex ercise of local el Covernment Around this inquiry huive great political batties in th But the thoushiless j decides from =aitace | not discern th- ie fundamental leader the ultin conclusion. Marshall. in his power ful viterances on behalf of national ity, was but the voice of Gen. Wash-| ngton warning against local jealous fem. Webster, in his superh periods for consitutional supremacy ainst Haynes' State sovere hon Bt _an evho of the the Federal consiituiional Wash nings. Jackson, in his f proclamatjon agains but a repetition of Washinzion's for mer warnings. When in 18 the clouds of Civil War were thivkening | on the natlonal horizon and the thun ders of an oncoming 'm were | easily audible, the mizhiy leaders in the open forum were sirdinz their lnins for the struggle. in which were engaged the Clavs, Calhouns, Wel sters and Sewards. the reached to avoid 1he was not hi ihe these leaders. but 1 of the first greal Pre years hefore had looked bevond the immediate lssue uliimate incorporation nf the hest both sides of fhe contest i “And when ten vears later in 1560 batteries of actual war apened np he. tween the forces which were not to he silenced until after four vears of ! awtul conflict, in every couneil of war hovered the spirit of Washington, above the din and war of every raging battle cou'd have been heard that velce plea for the preservation of | the principles upon which the Repub- lo had been founded. as through all the davs of the Rebellion the image of that majestic figure appeared on the national horizan, so that when the clouds passed over the Republic still survived. Sees Indifference Manifest, *The citizens enjoying of liberty and law under tions are apt to regard them as mere commonplace and will not conneet thelr fortune with the work of oneering buiider of a new e of government. In fact, he is apt to sweriesis his obligations io the agei (he ment 1hat does he . in gton's Former Wa nons nullification Calnoun, W m above and the in anecdote, when first te {anly { excellent | from | 1ated hy it i hrof | Altred Baughn. nock, Scene of Washing- n Hurling. ton’s Coi First President’s Father’s Character Stressed in Anecdote. Students of the fa- mous story cherry ree the arigin of Washington and the convineed thai the was intend- ed to illustrate the character of An- zustine Washington. George's father, as well as that of the son he story nated. m clieve. in the d of * Weems, inin Yook peddler, in whose shi wublished in erence o the episode first Drint Parson Wee the Wash and A pe the cherry tree story the author was defini fies of the father. rather M the in telling of the attack on the cherry tree. Furthermore, it vn that George told the truth after having hean promised im- munity for so doins. Excellent Lady Is So Parson Weems gives as his son of information about the incident * lady Frederichshurs time the suppose- Cieorge wa hov the family then we Imonth. e the rive ksburg, rather than at s papularly th t in leading vp to 1he story nd the hateh und pternal virine ' with this said Gew er tell lies? Ge 1 thank God vou do not. my son, and 1 vejoice in the hope you never will. A1 least. vou shall never. from me, have cause to he guilty of =0 shameful a thinz. Many parents. Indeed. even compel their children (o this vile practice. by bar- harously bealing them for every little fault: hence.’ on the next offense. the | little terrified ereature slips out a lie e the rad. But as to yvour you know 1 have al and now tell vou again, accideni you do vhich must often he as vou are but a poor little | without experience or knowl 1ou must never tell a falsehood it but come | up. man. and tell me of it heating vou. Georse. honar and love von ny persons n " Aa- L 186 anpe; was n family of « deen adn father in. the quali- than thos <on Te &b Va of na FFredor Monnt Ve Weem s ‘ i > sertously, very - ways told you . ver anvthing wron; the case. bov o conceal my son. like and. instead o 1 will the mor my dear.” Tale. tres tale. Ty Cherry Tree n comes the cherry that “excellent re lows When wealthy & most ‘ <he m suid i he master of a hatchet of which it e he wis imm nd. and was constantly alout chopping everything ma in his way. One day in the gar- he aften amused himsels mothers pea ks, he | hatrhe vonn harked the | il tree which he that 1 don’t helieve ot the hetter of it The next morning the old gentle | mischievous could | tarhe | His Conntry THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, GITES DERT QWD | CPERa: Thtes TALE 18 18 PRODUCT OF PREACHER’S MIND NATION'S FOUNDER ot o g LIEVED | man, finding ont his tree. which, by the wag a zreat fav . ‘came into the house and with much warmth asked for the author, declaring at the me time thai he would not have vken 5 2uinens for his tree, Nobody tell him anvthing about ir. Presently George and his hatchet | vl appearance. ‘George,” ‘da you know wh ul little cherey tres en? This was ind George staggered + moment. but guickly ve. | and. Jooki at his the swent of youth | With the inexpressible | Leonguering truth, he ) I can’t tell a lie 1 ean't tell a lie. 1 did cut it with my hatehet.” ‘Run 1o my | arms. vou dearest hov.' eried his | i transports T 1o my arms. | Glad am 1. George. that yon killed my tree, for vou have paid me for it a thousand-fold. Such an act of hero. fsm in my son is worth more than a! thousand trees though blossomed with stiver and their fruits gold Pt L HL Doedge of Maonnt Ver- | while unahle 10 verify the story POINts aut that nat onle this 10 if «uech ther was, hu ributed W ingon throwinz dollar acr breaking the fractions coli. eie,, place. not at Mount Vernon. hu Falmouth. 1t was not an Impossibio | feat to throw a eoin across rha Rap- | pahannock at Falmouth, ! ~d out, whereas 1o atempt 1 that | fear at Mouni Vernon wouli be uu({ of the quesiion, because of the width | of the Polomac there. | Superintendent Do veceived word <oma one in New nvered Journal Vashington. in which mention w nade of the loss of a valuible plun | ree which had heen accidenially de | stroved. Ile endeavored 1o ‘race the | ceport to its source, but failed. Whether it was a chey ‘ree or aj plum iree, or even if the story i} sure fiction, It is generall admitted | hat the famous aneedo.s dues miore | deplet the excellent fatl in atinets of Augustine Washington than the manly qualities of the voung son who later hecame the Faihe, of what had way, befallen Da yoeu Know of purest ! inei arhers | such as | iver, ! took | arl the Jint time | » i tnat had dis of Anszusine ! Makes Birthday Address| ' NATOR MEON D. FE: founder if he has not failed al | 1 himself of that tion. | ix the prime v the resident and Congress in (aking v steps o insure a4 proper celebra: n a bicentenninl of his hirth, February, 1 To this end an official commission eated with the Iresident as the chairman, 1o study and report upon the proper celebratfon. Many sugges- tions have heen received. Many are wrging the establishment in the Cap- ital nagional university where the res nd woman may employ derful library facilities Washi n Every State will officially observe the evant in a proper manner, and it ho that everycounty of every ate will do likewise. It is the plan all the schools of the land to de- te a definite period on a definite day to the celebration. The climax will be reached here in the t'apital, Rridge Sugzestion Adopted. The public celebration was preceded a brief business session at which shington Topham pointed out that association mas the plans for the . Rridge. At a ation December A i J. Madison Cutis spoke in favor of the \ erection of a memorial bridge to Connect they eity of Washington and the Arlington National Cemetery and {1 construetion of an avenue to be known as Mouni. \ernen avenue Which wounld be dedieated o national and patriotic pur <M. Cutts” [ en ¥ v the gestions were adopt- ed e corresponding | cecretary was P 1o transmit a stazement to that effeci 1o the proper vmittees of Congress.” '.\I’“!h' outset of the meeting Alex- ander M. Fishback. a member of the hoard of trustees of the First Con- gregational Church welcomed the oldest inhabitants and expressed the hope that they would again use the church for their meeting. A resolu- flon was adopted thanking the trustees. Seven New Members. Theodore . W. Noyes, president of the assoclation, introduced seven new members, who were elected unani-| mously. They follow: Richard New | ton Donaldson, 1520 K street; Chris- Hansen. 40 Todd place; R. CHf- 'f::—':l Hines, 1312 Columbla voad: Wil-4 Mlam L. Belt, 131 § street. and his! er, Havvey C. Belt, 920 G street | Augustus Young _Gray, n gvenue, and Willam 218 Taylor street. Members of the assoclation stood in silent tribute to those who had, died “since the last ing. The as seclalion also old -capias of southw 2028 Wiseo! -Lived There From Age of 2| WASHINGTON BABY AT MOUNT VERNON to 7. C. H. Callahan Tells Masons. Contrary ta many hiographies of George Washington. which do not bring him o the Mount Vernon site until the year 1745, when he was 14 vears old, records of the vestrv of Pohick Church reveal that Washing ton first lived in a house on the place from the time he was two nuntil he was seven years old. according to Past Grand Master of Masons of Vir ginia Charles H. Callahan. Speaking at memorial exercises of Washington Centennial Lodge of Ma- sons, at the Masonic Temple Audito- rium Saturda night, Mr. Callahan de- clared the records showed that George Washington's father. Augustine. had lived there from 1734 1o 1 Most biographers declare, Mr. Callahan said, that Washington did not come to Mount Vernon untii after his fathe died. racing the life of the first President and of his antecedents! Mr. Callahan paid glowing tribute Washington. and declared that W ington’s Masonry had participate | he movement which eventually | forged the Constitution” of the| ited States, 1 Senator Shortridge of California and Rabhi Abram Simon delivered eulo- gies on Washington, commending his | example to modern America. and an elaborate musical program was ren. | dered. Senator Shortridge declared that | a civil ruler and a staesman, | tion whether any country has ! produced a profounder or more far-| seeing man than Washington.” “Whatever cheap and notoriety- seeking writers may say or do.” said’ the Senator. “he stands before the world like the great white monument that towers above the city.” Rabbi Simon told the Masona that | the “finest way of honoring the mem- ory of Washington is todive by and if necessary to die for the immortal | Amerlcan tradition.” which the | speaker said was largely fostered by | the Father of His Country. Rahbi Simon contended that the “love of home" lay at the heart ot America, in spite of some indications { apparently to the contrary. When he | wondered at “the shocking increase in divorce. trial marriages, infidelity, lack of chivalry,” and suspected it | of “eating into the vitals of our young | manhood and young womanhood.” Dr. Simon said he nevertheless knew | that “home chivalry is at the heart of American patriotism,” and that “America I a8 strong as her home.” The speaker recalled the old-fash- foned sofa which sagged in the mid- dle, where the young folks used to sit close together at home in “honest Jovemakinz.” and then deplored the fact that “now they want their love- making done in sneaking automobiles or_suspiclous parks. Washington, Rabbl Simon said, led a “matchless life,” which had been reat epoch, a culmination of h toric forces." to | —— e the Morning Chronicle and ihe Philaf delphia Inquirer, presented by John M. Young. Actlon on a proposal by the membership committee to drop from the rolls of the association all members in arrears in their dues for three years .was deferred until the aext meating. - o [ing had heen called ; Charybdis. ¥to steer the infant N, D C, ASSAILS CRITICS OF WASHINGTON Beck, Addressing Citizens’ | Celebration, Lauds Policy of First President. Scorning recent aspersions on the chavacter and intellectual stature of Gieorge Washington by “soms pedants who sought a reputation for orig- Inality,” James M. Beck, former so- licitor generai, in addressing the citizens’ gathering today at Poli's ‘Theater in commemoration ' of the birthday of the first President, laud- ed Washingion as “the world's no- blewt citizen.” and asseried thai his forelgkn policy is s applicable today as iU was 130 vears ago. Exercises at Statue. 1o the commemoration exer clsex at Poli’s, a group of represent atives of the many socleties partic- Ipatinz in the celebration, headed by the District Commissioners and ather officlals, paid tribute 1o “the Father of His Country™ at Washin ton Cirele. where flowers were pla al the foot of the statue An hour before the program hegan at the theater the building was well filled. Color was added to the oc- casion hy delegations of Boy Scouts and Girl Sconts in uniform, and large number of American flags drap- ed about the hall. Rt. Rev. James eman. Rishop of Washington, 7 invocation after the meet- wrder by Cuno 1. Rudolph. Disiviet Commissioner. who is president of the Washingion celebration organization, M. Rudolph presented Thompxon of Ohin, comn chtel of the 'nited Statex War e Who was presiding officer the oceasion. An English n sdded 1o the tribute 1o W n by the presence of Col. (. F. Graham Charlton. British milttary attache, the representative of Am- bassador Howard, who presented a ®old medal 1o Miss Grace Lorraine of Gunston Hall School, winner of an essay contest on “Fdmund Burke, Hie Services in the Canse of Ameri- an Liherty he repart of the mmittee of judges on the contest which was participated in by Disiri school pupiis. was made by Huzh M thzate Marine Band An hour's program ziven by United Rand prior Other n Among Charles Washington Mary Sherier Prior d shi of P of musie States N = was the teal = interspersed re given by Tittmann. the ompoxed ol Bowie, Richie Mclean 1 F. M Bowie and Fred Rast: George H. Wilson, Mixs Lucy Brick- stein and Mis Charlotte Harri- man Henediction w proncunced Rev James Shera Montgom chaplain of the House nf Representa tives Washinzton's foreizn poliey, grossly misinterpret e and justify a policy of isolation” being urged by certain leaders of the na- tion, Mr. Beck declared. was one of preparedness, just dealing with all na tions and freedom from “entansling alliang . but was by no means one of “isolation.” Rather. the speaker sald, Washington's foreizn policy meant entrance of the United into “femporary” alliances ju by emergencies, which threatened the welfare of the world. America’s in- tervention in the World War in 19 as one of the alliex was not a_depar- ture from this policy, he said. Neither did thix foreign policy preclude America from engaging fully in the s hy ! “councils of the nations,” he added. Denies He Was Isolationist. “Washington never intended to commit his nation to a polley of iso- lation.” the speaker declared, “‘when he strongly advised his count against having permanent ‘alliances’ or ‘political connections’ with other countries, the precise meaning which he gave to those term must be steadily borne in mind. Civilization wax then a community of detached and isolated states, between whom there was no co-operative effort for the maintenance of international law and the preservation of peace. Alli ances were offensive and defensive and always selfish in purpose “There 18 nothing in Washington's words or deeds which justifies the as- sumption that the lion of Trenton did not intend his republic to realize its full destiny in the councils of civiliza- tion ax a great, masterful and benefi- cent nation. Isolation is not possible. Elemental forces. infinitely greater than political institutions, have united the scattered nations in a world com- munity of purpose and action. “America can be a_ helpful member of this community without sacrificing its independence. It has shown this in the past. Keeping unimpaired ft= liberty of decision and action, it yet within a decade restored order in the Philippines. united the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by a canal. ended the war between Russia and Japan. and made possible the apen door In China. Can such a Nation be justly charged with the spirit of selfish isolation? “Independence and not jisolation would be his policy today.” Reads Many Quotations. Mr. Reck read many quotations | from addresses by Washington in his interpretation of the foreign policy of © the first President. No statement of policy has been more misinterpreted, he said. There is an extraordinary analogy between the present condition of the world and that when Washington served as chief maglstrate. Mr. Beck pointed out. ““Then, as now, civiliza- tion seemed to have gone stark mad. ‘Then, as now, the United States had a most difficult and delicate task to steer safety between Scylla and The reflex action of the French revolution upon the American people was so great the infant re. public would have died in its birth if it had not heen for Washington's patience and sagacity. the speaker | said. “With scant co-operation. Washing- ton, with extraordinary sagacity, kept the ship on an even keel, for he saw that nothing could be more falal than republic inte the then seething maelstrom of Furopean politics.” Cites Letter to Henry. “In a letter to Patrick thue states his policy: “‘My ardent desire and my aim has been * * to comply strictly with all our engagements, foreign and do- Henry he mestic, and to keep the United States: from political connection with every other country, to see them independ. ent of ‘all and under the influence of none. In a word, I want an Amerl- can character that the powers of Eu- rope may be convinced that we act for ourselves and not for others.’ ‘Washington stood for preparedness, Mr. Beck continded. FFully conscious that his exhausted country needed peace and quiet for its convalescence, he was not ‘a peace- at-any-price’ adherent. He did not cherigh the fllustion that even in his day our Natlon cauld have the im- munity of a_hermit nation. “In hiz_second inaugural address he said: ‘There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolute; lost, the reputation: of weakness. 2 we to ‘we must be abls to repal § if we dasire to se- a of | e was! ine | 10 the speaking program. | ‘often invoked to | POSSIBLE BY W $300,000 Was Raised as a Free Will Gift of American People. | Total Cost, More Than Million, Included Aid From Government. It was almost a centiry ago -in September, 1833 —that a bit of a para. graph appeared in the National In- telligencer, then a leading newspaper of Washington. calling the citizens of the National Capital to a mass meet- Ing to consider the unredeemed pledges of Congr to create a suit- able memorial In marble dedicated to | the memor of George Washington. | As news is measured today, that | brief squib would scarcely compare ax 4 “personal,” bk out of the meet- {ing that resulted there developed the | Washington National Monument So- etety, and through that society there! has' risen south the Ellipse, the slender white shaft, pointing ma- jestically heavenward as an everlast- ing memorial to the first President of the United States of America. Responsible for Success. Pilgrims by the thousands pund that great monument ever: ear: other thousands travel to its nmit and marvel at the panorama of their heantiful National Capital that is spread out before their enrap- aze. But few, perchance, know how a number of enterprising men brought about that wonder in marble, and for the benefit of those who would like to know, Willlam R. secretary of the Washington nal Monument Society, has pre- e history. which follows, in tdea of a monument te the memory of Washington originated in the rp«v&mlrm offered by John Marshall in the House of Repre- sentatives on December 23, 1799, ‘that 4 marble moniiment he erected hy the United States in the Capital, at City of Washington, and that family of Gen. Washingtan he request ed 10 permit his hody to he deposited nnder it: and that the monumant he designed ax 1o commemorate the | greal events of his military and po Htical life heretofore, in the (ontf nental Congress had adopted a resolu tion ‘that an equestrian statue of Gen | Washington he erected at the place where the residence of Congress shall he established “In consldering these two resolu- tions (‘ongress amended the same so as 1o provide that a ‘mausolenm of | American granite and marble. In pyramidal form. 100 feet square At the baxe and of proportianate height.’ shonuld he erected ‘in the v of Wash ington.’ | ‘The idea of an equestrian statue, | expressed in the resolution of the Con- tinental Congress in 1783, culminated in the statue of Washington by Green ough, which was placed in the roiunda of the Capitol in 1841, but subsequent- Iy was remaved fo the east front of the Capitel, where it still stands. i No Definite Action. “Nn definite aciion was taken either in or ont of Congress toward the erec. | tion of 2 monument untfl September. | 1833, when -~ paragraph appeared in the Natiunal Intelligencer. then a! leading paper of the city of Washing ton. calling for a public meeting of | the citizens of Washington 1o take up the matter and redeem the pledges of Congress. This meeting resulted in the organization of the Washington National Monument Society, with the idea of erecting & monument by popu- lar_subscription. “Efforts 1o collect the necessary funds were immediately inauguraied, {and in 1836 advertisements were pubr ilished by order of the society invit- Ing designs from American arusts, no limitation being placed upon the form of the design, the only requirement belng that any plans submitted should ‘harmaniously blend durability, sim- pliclty, and grandeur.’ The cost for the proposed monument was to be not less than $1,000,000. “A great many designs were suh mitted. but the one selected was that of Robert Mills, an eminent architect of the times, which ix here reproduced. “Mr. Mills' design embraced the idea of a grand circular colonnaded building. 230 feet in dlameter and 100 feet high, from which springs an obelisk shaft 70 feet at the base and 500 feef high, making a total elevation of 600 feet. “Funds accumulated slowly because the contributions had been limited to $1 a person so as to make the mub- scription popular, hut by 1847 some to com- 178 | | managers of the society | the = | which | the architect of the Capitol, the chief | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 92, 1926. WASHINGTON MONUMENT MADE ORK OF SOCIETY Original _design of Washington. Na- tional Monument by Robert Mills. $87.000 had heen accnmulated. which was deemed sufficient to justify the society in heginning the erection of the monument. Selection of Site, “On January 31, 1848, Congress adopted a resolution authorizing the soclety o erect a monument upon a site 10 be selected hy the President of the United States and the hoard of and the site | public reservation near the | River. where the monument was selected. stone for of ma was qua on 1he Potomac now stands, “The corner ment. a hlock 0 poinds. sented the society Symington, of Raltimore, iaken from his ies city “The laving of the monu Ve weighing rried and pre hy Thomas Md.. heing near that ana i the corner stone took place an July 4. 1848 The stone selected for the foundation of th monument was the blue rock of the Potomae Valley. in blocks weighing from & 1o 5 tons “That part of the Mills' design of the monument which included ‘a grand circular colonnaded building™ at the hase was abandoned and only the obelisk shaft retained. the shaft also being changed somewhat in its proportions “Through the efforis of the soclety, sufficlent funds were collected from time to time to erect the monument tn | a height of 150 feet by 1860. The | paralyzing influences of the Civil War, however, put a temporary hlight upon the labors of the society for the time heing. but after the termination of the war further appeals were made hy ciety 10 the public for contribn tions, and efforts were also made 1o elicit the co-operation of Congress. On July 5. 1876, Senator John Sherman of Ohio offered a concurrent resolu tion for the completion of the monu ment. and en August 1836, Con gress parsed an act for this purpose carried an appropriation of 200,000, Transfer to Nation. “This act provided for the transfer to the United States of all the prop- erty of the socletv, and the construc tion of the monument placed under the joint supervision of the President of the United States. the supsrvising architect of the Treasury Department of Engineers of the Unifed States | Army and the first vice president of | the Washington National Monument Soclety. “The first work on the resumption of the construction of the monument was the strengthening and enlarging of ita foundatfon, the monument being finally completed on December £, 1884, on which day the capstone was set in place. ““The completed monument was dedi- cated with appropriate ceremonies on Fgbruary 21, 1885. “The total cost of the monument was $1I87.710.31. Of this cost the shington National Monument So- clety raised and expended as a free. will offering from the American peo- ple the sum of $300,000 in building the original foundation of the monument and carrving the shaft upward tn a height of over 150 feet, or about one- third of its total height of 535 feet.” cure peace, one of the most powerful | instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.' Hits Back At Critics. Alluding to the disparaging state- ! ments made about Washington's per- sonal life, his reported gambling. his excessive drinking and cursing, Mr. Beck said Washington needed no eulogium or apologia. for “dirt may cling to a mud wall, but net to pol- shed marble. “To Washington, above all men, we {owe the fact that todav we are one land, one people and have one destiny “With a unanimity without prece. |dent in the annals of history, the world has acclaimed the nobility of his char- acter. But there have not been want- ing some pedants who sought a repu- !fatian for originality by Suggesting Ithat his intellectual stature was not {correspondingly great. An American professor, speaking at Oxford some vears ago, said that he was ‘a man of |few natural gifts, sell educated and | somewhat slow-witted.” Bowers, the most recent historian of the stirring |times in which Washington lived and | worked as President, has, in his bril- {liant pages, given the commanding {rolex in the drama to Jefferson and Hamilton. This is the distortiod of his- tory, and regrettable in a book which is otherwise so able and accurate. 1 affirm to the contrary that from the beginning of the struggle for independ- ience until the end of his 50 vears of |useful service George Washington was the master spirit in the political life of America. He was the one man that commanded the confidence of all, and | this fact alone would refute the theory {of his intellectual inferiority." Committee in Charge. The commijte in charge of the ar- rangements for the celebration con- sisted of the following: Brig. Gen. | George Richards, U. S. Marine Corps, chairman; (‘apt. Conway W. Cooke, secretary: Reeves T. Strickland, treas: er. N Wbcommittee chairmen—Edgar C. i Snvder, hall; Dr. Thomas E. Green, program; Mrs. Edgar B. Meritt, invi- tations: Maj. Frederic W. Keough, i publicity, and the following members: Mrs. Henry ¥. Dimock, Mrs. George Barpiett. Clarence A. Belknap, Miss Mabel T. Boardman, Mrs. Arthur T. Brice, Maj. Gen. Malin Craig, U. §. A.. J. Harry Cunningham, Rev. Wil liam L. Darby, Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, Isaac Gans, Gllbert H. Gros- venor, Sydney R. Jacobs, Rear Ad. miral Hilary P. Jones, U. S. N.0 Rev. | Charles W. Lyons:.S. J.: Col. James | A. Moss. U. S. A., retired; Paul N. Peck, Frank L. Peckham, Jesse C. Suter, Mrs. Charles F. Tayior. Reception Committee. ~The members of the receptiod com- mittee of the celebration were Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohlo. chairman; Blu':nnmfivl Joseph W. Byrns 1 l Tennessee, vice chairman; Edgar C. Snyder, marshal: Conway W. Cooke, assistant marshal: Rev. W. 8. Aber- nethy, Lieut. Comdr. Mark C. Bow- man, U. 8. N.: Gen. Liovd M. Brett, Frank H. Briggs, Mrs. Myrtle Buckles, Charies W. Clagert, Harry B. Coulter, Mr: Samuel Preston Davis. William J. DuBose. Maj. Al- bert H. Dondero, 17. S. A.: George A. Finch, Lieut. Col. Albert W. Foreman, U, Capt. William M. Galvin, U, F.; Charles R. G Heller. 0. R. r. Carey V. Hodgson, 17, . James P. Hume, Mrs. Albert C. Janin, Benjamin P. Lamberton, Miss Nannie R. Macomb, Mrs. Mary M. North, Miss Augusta B. Palmer, Lieut. Col. Robert P. Parrott, O. R. C.; Maj. Edward F. Riggs, Capt. C. Theodore Schwegler, 1. S. V.. .Joseph T. Sherler, Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, D. C. N. G.; Mrs. E. Helen Temple, H. E. West, T. F. Whittelsey, Rev. Earle Wilfley, Miss Nannie Wolfson, as. sisted by the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of the District of Columbia. OUR ENTIRE BUSINESS C“vi:"A' Fnk"l:. 'i. Est. 1889 Formerty " 1 9th and F and City Club N Opticlans Optometrists .. 7 . 16th Annual Tour of the West leaving Washington HeLSIE T Call “or write for Illustrated Itinerary MONUMENT SOCIETY LAYS WREATH AT SHAFT Annual Meeting This Afternoon to | Be Followed by Reception in | Honor of Members. Carrying ont a time-honored et tem, the Washington National Monu- ment Society placed a large wreath | this morning at the base of the Wash.- | ington Monument. It was through | the tireless work of the society that | the shaft in the Mall was built, and | each vear the members have remem bered the hirthday of Gearge Wash ington by decorating his most inspir- | ing shaft. I At 3 o'clock this afternoon the so ciety will hold its annual meeting at | the residence of Thegdore W. Noves 1730 New Hampshire aven: Fol' | lowing the meeting, Mr. » oyes will tender a recept in honor of the . clety, at which a number of invited gueats will he presant, hringing 1o gether In close friendship leaders of the officlal and unefcial life of the National Capital, NEWCOMERS CELEéRATE. 100 Members of Club Observe BOY SCOUTS VISIT . VERAON SHRIE |Place Wreath on Tomb of Washington—Baltimore Boys Join in Exercises. With their varicolored troop ban- ners mingling with the National emblem, 1,200 Washington Boy Scouts, supported by 300 from Baltimore, in full regalia, red and blue handker- chiefs and honor badges journeved to Mount Vernon today to pay their annual tribute to George Washington. The hovs gathered at [ourteenth and B streets where thev boarded 10 douhle Washington and Virginia Rafl wav cars, chartered for the trip. At | Mount Vernon they marched to the | Washingtan Mansion where they were | inined by the Baltimore Scouts who made the trip in Forlowing 4 short address by Rep, Washington's Birthday. _Approximately 100 members of the Newcomers' Clith of Washington cele brated George Washington's hirthday at the Columbia Country Clu i A short addreas was made hy Baldwin, president of the clih. &izing Washington, following varfous sorts of entertainment furnished. Luncheon was served at 1 p.m., dur Irg which a musical program was given. After luncheon the members devoted themselves tn goif. swimming bridge, billiards, ete & CIRCUS PANTHER FREE. Guards Near Havana Comb Wide Area for Wild Animal. HAVANA, Fehruary (P).—Rural guards equipped with Springfield riflea are making a search near Manzanillo, Oriente provinee, for a panther which escaped Saturday from the menagerie of a small circus and went on a rampage and killed thres dogs and tw Calves. Inhabitants of e countryside districts to their hous, Sl emsary 1o go out AL L 1o which were When last seen the panther was headed for the mountain= | between Manzanilln and Bayamo . except when it is nec. | the ing resentative Kelly of Pennsylvan boys formed in line and. ca | 1wo larze wreaths. marched to the [tomh. As the wreaths were laid the |drum and hugle corps of Troop 49 I plaved field music, followed by four | Aourishes Seout Bugler J. Wilson | Leverton sounded “tape.” after which all the Scouts marched by the tofth with their heads uncovered. After | the ceremonies the Scouts made a |tonr of inspection of the grounds and then held a serles of athletic contests ‘ President 1. K. §nead of the Di triet of Columbia Seont Couneil had rharge the ceremonies ani Capt 1. J. Sailey the States Marine Corps acted as officer of the lday and supervised the tri of of T'n 7 PAID ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS MORRIS PLAN BANK Undsr Supervnsion U. S. Treasury 1408 H ST. N. W. D. J Kaufman, e 1005 Pa. 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