Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1929, Page 6

PLANNING IS URGED ON GREATER SCALE Charles H. Cheney for Mosai of “Master City, County and Regional” Move. | ON TRAIN TO TSINAN from Peiping, China, July 4, 1929, Independence day in China! We have celebratad it by attending two gather- ings of Americans in Tientsin &t which toasts were drunk to the President of the United States and “The Star Span- gled Banner” was played and A pairi- otic speech was made. They were A Nation-wvide mossic of “master |somewnat disappolnted Americans. for v, ” 1 they had expec us spend efty, county and reglonal plans.” 104 gt Pl "tine“in Tentsin than the provide for larger park and recreation | oy poyurs allotted to that city, and w Areas, parkways, traffic and ranspor-|paq to do some explaining to make tation systems, group buildings and,ipem ynderstand that our program had soning regulations, is urged by Charles | LRET WTECTRING The O BEoaT e, e H. Cheney, chairman of the city and| . iporities and that we had but fol- Teglonal planning committee of lowed our leader. At any rate, we as- Member of American Journalists’ Party Which Has Been Touring the Orient as Guests of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. American Institute of Architects. | “The major objective of such plans is : more breathing space in American eities, more “impressive scenery for nerve-strained, eity-sirained men, wom- | en and childrén,” hs declared yesterday | in a report on the need for greater playground facilities for both children | and adults. California, Mr. Cheney pointed ont, has already passed a planning act, | which went into effect on August 1, and | ‘which makes mandatory upon each city. oounty and regional planning commis- to make and adopt a master plan including these various features. “This is a distinct step forward in the progress of the country,” he as- serts. “It i8 even more forward-look- ing than the model standard planning enabling act recommended by the, Hoover committee of the United States. Department of Commerce in 1927 'hfch largely inspired Colifornia’s less definite planning act of 1927. “Most students of soclal problems are familiar with a good many ofthe fac- tors which must be taken into account in preparing any usable plan of city or regional development. ! “We know that. it is not practieal to | locate a school building. or the local | playground for the children who are | 1o useé the school, without taking care- ful account of the centers of present and future child population. Previous Growth Considered. “These in turn are dependent upon the previous manner of growth of the neighborhood and its zone ordinance, which determines whether it shall con- tinue as a residential district. Both schools and playgrounds are cleaner, quieter and more attractive off of major highways. “In’a similar way all the other parts of the city's master plan really have important bearing upon this choice of location. The same is true in the larger units of the county or region. “Now we have county zoning coming into more general use, with zoning regulations for areas desiring protection, | both residential and industrial. This helps to effect sounder planning and community building. “General principles have been devol- | @ped regarding the kinds of recreation | areas, school playgrounds. public play- | grounds and parks, which are needed | and should be included in making eity, | county and regional plans. “The efficiency of a system of parks i« a complicated and difficult matter to estimate, for it cannot be figured in dol- . lars and cents like a real estate deal or any commercial project “At intervals about the city there should be outdoor beauty spots for the Testful recreation of both old and young. Here should be found the quiet walks and the refreshing beauty of shrubs, flowers and lawns, what ha ‘een called that real park quality whic benefits the city dweller from youth to old age. “In each distinct part of the ecity there should be a neighborhood park of from 15 to 50 acres, forming a general adult recreation center. Areas of Scenic Beanty. “In addition to these local recrea- tional requirements, there should be areas of great natural scenic beauty, worthy 6f permanent perpetuation and care, which may well be a few acres up | to several hundred or even thousand ! acres in extent. “Magnificent. street trees are a most noticeable and refreshing asset in any ' community. The most forward-looking have early been committed to an_ex- tensive tree-planting program. This naturally requires appointment. of a tree ‘warden, and continuous appropriations for the care of street, trees. “High class residence cities, proud of their appearance, and attracting| large numbers of visitors, find it profi- table t0 create show drives and park- ways, 150 to 300 feet wide, and well Hnes with trees and flowering shrubs, connecting up the various parks and principal points of interest around the city. jcago and Kansas City are famous for such parkways. 4 rkway is a route limited to pas- agreeal e travel | by every possible means. but especially | by the feeling of openness that comes only with plenty of width and by an ample enframement of trees, shrubs and other plantations in the parallel wide sidewalk areas. “There is justification for providing | such a parkway or boulevard as one of the main thoroughfares of a city where- ever conditions are such that commer- cial traffic can be taken care of in other or nearby routes, and that the amount | and kind of passenger traffic over the proposed route would make the extra public enjoyment afforded by the park- ‘way or boulevard worth its cost. ‘A parkway or boulevard may be used | mainly by people going to and from business and vet, give them a great deal of incidental recreation and pleasure. For Best Advantages. “Such parkway thoroughfares, as far as possible, should lead past the prinei- pal parks and scenic views of the city, showing them to the best advantage of loca! people. i “Width in parkw: & necessary to secure ample permanent spaces for | planting, which is what makes a boule- vard refreshing and useful. A width of 200 to 220 feet would generallv be a minimum, but more than this s usually desirable. “In the case of all parkways, honses should be set, back 50 to 100 feet. from the sidewalk. and suitable legal reeth- | ods of securing this should be adopted . at the time of planningz. { “‘Acquirement of all these kinds of | playgrounds, parks and parkways may come to the public by gift. by leeecs with option to purchase or by outright | purchase, “To be a good neighbor, each school and playground should be thickl planted with a screen of shrubs and | trees 20 to 40 feet wide, outside the playground fence. | “It s & well established fact that residential property facing a public park gains in a few years 10 to 20 per cént more value than property not near a park. On the other hand, erty facing ill-kept. unfenced and un- planted school buildings and grounds is often depreciated in value. “It is the funetion of the Planning Commission to work out a common plan for all these developments, and then 'l‘l,on guide that plan into permanent execution. “‘Adequate provision of recreation is now one of the most important objec- tives in every comprehensive city and regional plan in this country.” AKRON, Ohio, August 10 (#).—Ar- thur Robb P:l'l‘d gglwnrd “{fi"”"} o'z Cuyahoga s, ‘Ohio, smothere death yesterday when a pile of sand caved in on them. ‘The m had jumped off a sand bank near tl home into a pit. As they hit the bottom the sand started slid- ing onto them. Although they shouted in“fear, other boys nearby were unablé 16 save them. spent nearly half an hour digging the youngsfers out and tried to revive them. safer. | sured our fellow citizens, our hsarts still were true to “The Star and Strives.” naton of calls, shopping, miscellaneous inspections and packing. American Legation compound and saw the Marinc barracks some highiy efficlent drilling with quick-action field guns. The officers in command keep their force of about 400 men up to the mark of skill in the es- sentials of defense which all hope will never have to be invoked. | _Then some of us went over to the | P. U. M. C.. which i the popular ah- breviation for the Peking Union M=d- ical College, which was founded in 1906, Market fajr “musician” in Peiping, who Our last day in Peiping was a_combi- | In the morn- | |ing a squad of us went over to the and witnessed | ' THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGION, D. C. AUGUSE 11, 1929—PARI 1. GLIMPSING THE F;_&R EAST By GIDEON A, LTON, workers dréw the biggest crowds and toox most of my time as I wandered around seeking camera chances. I had ! been assured that there 'll!"ll\; risk m photographing these people was ar all :!?‘scregL Some nfplhem will resent, | but they manifest their displeasure by | turning " their backs or hustling away. | Most of them are pleased to be “shot.; One old man whom I saw doing & queer line of tricks with an old sword, !elpl;s over it as he swung it about, | reacted oddly to my attentions. He was | {in a good t for my purpose and I quickly slung my “gun” into action and had him before he knew what I was | about. Perhaps he heard the click of | the shutter. perhaps sensed my presence. | At any rate, just as I was shutting up | the camera—I have made It a practice | to close it so as to attract less atten- tion—he looked around and saw me. | Instantly he was in action, in the role of & deeply l“nleved person. As he sprang around he pretended to hit him- | self in the stomach with the handle of his sword. Money Cures Hin s, He gave an unearthly howl. droj his sword. turned a somersault. twisted | like a bedeviled snake and continued to yell excruciatingly. Of course, a crowd gathered instantly. T had to act quick- |lv. T noticed that the old man's tat- tered hat lay on the ground in front of 'me. I swiftly pulled out a coin, one of posed with great giee for his photograph. —Photo by G. A. L. following the disorganization of mis- | those aluminum or nickel pieces that sion work consequent upon. the Boxar | are worth about 2 cents and a quarter uprising. Nine years later, the China|in Peiping. and fossed it info the hat, Medical Board of the Rockefeller Foun- | where it clicked against some coppers. dation assumed the full support of the | The transformation was startling. The college and today it is one of the most grave injury to the abdominal region of efficient medical centers in Asia, | the old fakir. was miraculously cured. with any in other parts of the world. It it a fullr equip- ped hospital and & training school for physicians 2nd nurses, { Government's P | In the course of our inspection. which had to be brief because of lack of time for a thorough visitation, we learned that it is the poliey of the organization gradually to transfer responsibility for the conduct of the institution to the as rapidly as they develop A gratifying advance has been made in this direction. certain in- hibitions on the part of the Chinese | having been overcome, There is still a | stift rivalry between the old native school of “herb” medicine and the new school, but year by year young men are ! being graduated who are making head- way against old prejudices, while the native population place their sick in the hands of the Western physicians for treatment at the hospital with steadily diminishing reluctance. The institution is splendidly housed and equipped, and would serve as a model for American hospitals. Having a couple of hours in the after- noon. I placed myself in the hands of Rickishaw Boy Number 244 and we went camera hunting. His zest was de- lightful. There was but one good place to go. the old Chinese city south of the Tartar wall. We went down there and toured in and out of the nar- row streets that connect with the hoard highway passing® through Chien Men Gate. Here and there I got a shot at a group. a beggar. a street sprinkling mnl. Steadily Boy Number 244 woriked s way southward. He knew where he was going, if I did not. At last we reached A space without buildings. but covered with tents and other temporary shelters. & mass of swarming humanity. v. market of the people from the countrs Did I want to g0? I did. We want, the rickishaw bumping furiously, as Boy 244 twisted and maneuvered through the crowd. Shower Spolls Sightseeing. ‘Had not. a shower arizen, to drive me home, I might have stayed there for hours, for & more fascinating place I never have seen. There were hundreds of ooths for the sale of goods—cheap, trashy things of all sorts, of foods, of everything the Chinaman needs or wants. There were fan makers. artists painting the curving cheets of paper with designs to order and pasting them upon the frames. These fan makers have a distinctive noise of their own, a trade signal. It is made by several score of small bells, like those that used to be fastened fo the harness of horses in Winter time when the sleighs wers brought out of the barns. These bells are strung upon wires stretched on a frame above the box containing the wares, But it was not the merchants or artists who were most interesting in this strange.medley of humanity. The This was. sald Bov 244, the big fair or | He leaped to his feet, pounced upon the coin and made me a bow that would | | have done credit to a minuet dancer of olden times. Again, 1 saw a thick crowd at one | | point and going there I could discern a strangely clad musician, who was en- gaged in playing on an instrument made, it seemed, out of an old oil ean. | I trying to maneuver into position | to “shoot” him when he looked up and saw me. He made a swift movement |and for a moment I was alarmed. But | Boy No. 244 was right by me and 1 | stood my ground. The performer broke | through' the ring of spectators and | danced out before me clad, by some in- | stantaneous transformation, in a fan- | tastic garb and hat. He struck an | idiotic pose, slapped himself on the | chest and pointing to my camera, asked | me to photograph him. The crowd | surged in and swamped the two of us. {noy thrust back the intruders, arranged | the scene, told the fakir where to stand | —he seemed to have an instinctive sense | of focus—and in a trice the shot was | fired. I handed he film-pack slip, to- | gether with a 10-cent note, to the mu- siclan. who bowed in exaggerated thanks, and, stepping into my rickishaw, went away from there. . | _ A shower put an end to my hunting. | When I paid off Boy No. 244 at the | hotel. he asked me take his photograph. | T did so. and am now pledged to supply | him with a eopy. | Packing Problem Serious, 1 ‘The packing problem has been 8 se- | rious one for us ever since we landed | in Japan. Souvenirs, gifts, purchases, | documents have accumulated to a de- | gree that hae caused much mental dis- tress in contemplation of the home- ward journey. From time to time in | our journeying we have sent packages | back to Tokio, to be held there until our refurn. when we will determine upon the best policy of disposition and fransportation, At Peiping our :“loot” has been #0 voluminous that se\'el'lll have had to buy extra containers for the carriage of gifts and purchases. I decided upon an old-fashioned sheet- | fron trunk, and T spent two hours last evening stowing into it the odds and ends that I have been gathering since the last package sending, which was at Dairen. Back in Tokio there are ma- terials enough for still another trunk. Much of this material is documentary —hooks, pamphlets, papers. maps. dia- rnms‘ gliven to us by industrial estab- ishments, by public offielals, by indi- viduals. Some of it is in Japanese or Chinese print, and therefore beyond un- derstanding, but containing ltustration material of possible future interest or value. Much of it is propaganda. We | are bombarded continually with propa- | ganda, pro-Chinese, pro-Japanese. There | are many p! aphic portraits of our | various hosts, autographed in some in- stances. There are group pictures taken in the course of the long series of cam- era attentions, some taken in thesblind- roD- | iunmakers, the entertainers., the acro- | ing sunlight. when our faces are a bats, the sword performers, the mu- | study in grimace: some faken by flash- sicians, the trained-animal performers | lizht. when we are in state of fatuous #nd many other sorts of cateh-npenny ! staring. It is easy to see that upon our A 33 d - KAHN on 7th St. E!:'-’ubli-hd g Years . RSt . Anniversary .« xr<r<”, Diamonds Sale 3 -earat absolutely perfect Iy Lady's solid lady’s solitaire diamond ring, $150. wrist wate! we will wfimd many hours in going through this material, sorting it out and deciding upon its disposition. Call on U. S. Minister. Last eévening after dinner we went mr in 4 body—save two who were on list—to call upon the American minister, J. V. A. MacMurray, who had just returned to Peiping from a visit to | the seashore, where he went just before our arrival to recover from the severe shock caused by the death of his moth- er in Washington. He received us most cordially and entertained us in the cool of his garden, which he sald was an oasis in the desert of Peiping. At the railroad siation this morning we were wiven a great send-off. Whereas on our arrival we were greeted by band of music, on our departure we were speeded with two bands, Just as the train an to move one band struck up & ulation” of “Auld Lang Syne” ~ When it had blared forth a cuople of bars the other band opened fire with a totally different tune. They played on haj :tm‘ and the suggested the political situation. it political situation will call for a little more study before 1 can attempt to discuss it. Chiang Kal Shek is still | meeting influential beet suggr repre- agency to be formed here on Sunday | Santo Domingo, paid a purchase pr! Omgress- | the non-Zionists disclosed the names of trying to persuade Gen. Yen Hsih-Shan not to go abroad with Marshal Fen, Yen has gone into » hospital for tre: ment—some say that his illness is “diplomatic.” It is accepted that if Chiang Kal Shek fails to induce his subordinate to remain in China, he will be gravely compromised, perhaps even | to the point of defeat, These are hectic | | days in China. 'CUBA'S SUGAR HEAD | | COMING TO WASHINGTON | By the Associated Press. HAVANA, August 10.—Col. Jose Miguel Tarafa, president of the Cuban National Sugar Defense Commission and chairman of the recently eruledi ency for the control of Cuban sugar exports, will go to the United States today without having formed the directorate of the new sugar ageney. Naming the agency directorate fajled | for want of a quorum in the Sugar Export Corporation, which must elect | the directors. The meeting will not be | held until the return of Col. Tarafa from Washington and New York. | Col. Tarafa today said he would make | \ZIONIST CONGRESS | graphic Agency) —The Zionist ADOPTS BUDGET $3,650,000 to Be Used by Work in Palestine—Agency Dead- lock Continues. By the Associated Press. ZURICH, August 10_(Jewish Tele- Congress adjourned late yesterday in deference to the Sa . Much work remains unfinished, including the election of an executive. A session therefore was called for tonight. ! ‘The congress adopted a budget of £750,000 (about $3.650,000) for the! Palestine work for the coming yesr. This amount is to be raised by the Zionist organizations in various coun- | tries in co-operation with the non- Zionists. | American Curp;ntlon Purchases director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experimental Btation and one of the American members of the joint survey commission; Leo Wolmen of New York, statistician and labor expert; Dr. Wer- ner Senator of Berlin, secretary of the European office of the American Jewish joint distribution committee, and Dr.! urice B. Hexter, executive secretary the Federation of Jewish Charities of Boston. | — BUY PUBLIC UTILITY. Dominican System. By Cable tr The Star. { SANTO DOMINI August 10.—Act- | ing upon suggestions made by Gen. Charles G. Dawes, who recently headed & commission asked by the Dominican government to aid in reforming the national budget, the government yes- terday sold the water supply and elec- | tric plants at Santiago and Puerto Plata to an Ameriean corporation. TWO0 ENVOYS NAMED BY SOUTH AFRICA Eric Louw, High Commissioner to London, Will Be Minister to Washington. By the Assoriated Prasy. CAPE TOWN, Union of South Africa, August 10.—South Africa, the third British dominion to establith diplo- matie relations with other countries, yesterday named Ministers Plenipoten- tiary to the United States and Holland. Following the lead of the Irish Pree State and Canada. Premier J. B. Hert- 208 announced the appointment of Eric Louw, high commissioner to Lon- don, as Minister to Washington, and D. J. Devilliers, trade commissioner at ‘While the congress continued in dead- lock overthe choice of the Zionist part | his_trip to_the United States in the After of the executive of the extended Jewish | name of President Machado. | sentatives and United States | men he will attempt to secure better | their four candidates for the Palestine | preferentials for Cuban sugar. His stay | executive. | in the United States will be brief. They are Prof. Jacob G. Lipman, KAUFMANN’S ‘The corporation, which operates un- Milan, as Minister to the Hague. der the name of the Compania Electrica | Mr. Louw, who for many years was South African commissioner in New | York, will be succeeded in London by Charlex teWater, one of the vounger members of the Nationalist party. This ix his first appointment abroad. of $600,000. 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