Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1929, Page 6

bMr\rwlmn[ for the election of the Board SN OARS |D.LBUESKYALT i Conduit Road Citizens Also Vote for Elective School Board in District. A law requiring the registration and lcensing of all stock brokers and sales- | as | men in the District of Cnlumhln provlded in the pending Capper ‘“blue sky” bill, was urged by a_ unanimpus vote of the Conduit Road Citizens’ As- sociation at a meeting last night in St. avid’s Parish Hall. The association also approved the Capper-Zihiman bill Education. The association went on record in tions, who cited numer- us cases in which persons here have n defrauded in stock sales. Approval of an elective school board voted after James G. Yaden, for- DMldenL of the federation, had ddressed the association in its. favor. nsochuon also reaffirmed its ap- roval of the Cramton bill for the vement of the Potomac River. motion of Mr, Roberts the meet- ‘went on record in favor. of a reso- ation intended ultimately to assign efinite boundaries to the various citi- ns’ associations of- the District in order p avoid overlapping and confusion. When Clyde 8. Bailey, president of assoclation, called for reports of mmittees, particular attention was aid to cl that the program of the association’s terri- Ty, as promised by the District Com Washington's arehitecture and its /- British s de- 929, be @ ouest member of The Star staff for sev- eral weeks. BY ALFRED P. PERRY. Native critics are given to complain- ing that monotony is the curse of most American cities. They lament that their eyes . are l‘;“m!, ulvy endlns: es of department stores, banks and luxury hotels, each scarce to be distin- guished from . its neighbors and all out in the rectangular criss - cross o f streets. Such an accusa- tion could never be made against Washington. The vnrlety of its build- pocm\ely 1 visitor never knowu what he is going to see around the next corner and whether the stately mansion straight ahead conceals c.nother Iike {t- self or a little wooded house dating back a century. From lower Connec- ticut avenue to Nineteenth sunt 15 only & few minutes’ walk, by stranger who finds himself in the hmr might well imagine. that he is in the suburbs of a country town rather than near the heart of a great city. And if he strolls down the’ stately vista of Sixteenth street he will sud- Mr. Perry. THE (EVENING [T VARIETY. AMAZES VISITOR British Newespaper Man Expresees Astonishment Over Varying Stylés of Architecture to Be Found in Capital. denly be startled by the sight of a tiny “woodframe home of the colonial days sandwiched in between two impos- ing modern mansions. Avenue Offers Contrast. But the climax of variety is reached with the broad stretch of Pennsylvania avenue bemen the White House and ingling of the s on the State it nation must be wlthout. an equal. Between the impos- m( expanse of the great boulevard with ts magnificent vista and the buildings on either side there is a contrast which Emnm remind one splendors of its STAR, WASHINGTON, great “Boul’ Mich' " onl l fw hundru yards from the outski “bad lands” where the lwncnme of “Scarface” Al and “Bugs” Moran say it with m"mm 'um But even had Washington no weal of magnificent public bul would be saved from mumn trees and parks. A double line. gives an air of distinetion to the most ordinary street and when this is com- bined with the broad roadways common to this city m result is altogether charming. In (lc'., I ean think of no other town lof comparable size which has such an air of freshness, unless it be Kansas City, where the streets of the residen- tial sections run through cool, dim tun- nels of vnhuporln' leaves. ‘The many “circles” scattered about the heart of the town recall the famous squares of London, green oases in a waste of grimy stone and brick. The Washington type has, however, one ad- vantage from the point of view of the gubm' it is not surrounded by a for- | idding black fron fence through which the stranger and the poor may gaze but never enter. Soot Is Absent Here. In the defeat of grime the Amerkan Capital stands alone, thanks to its re- fusal to permit factories to belch forth smoke within its boundaries. What V.. o o Yool s { visitors have been “do” the eity clad in white plus. For those who tevel in statistics, the in- th | formation that nearly 400 tons of soot falls on one square mile in & year will help them to ncxon how many collars g0 to the day. Compared with other American cities of the same size, Washington has what H'I’u!t x:ow be m.the distinction ot bem: thout & s skyscraper. one grown accustomed to lhe llr‘!!l' !ol'm of the ‘West and Middle West it seems strange to be able to obtain an unin- !,ernlpud view of the clouds without [emnz a-crick in -the neck. 'Such an dbility to staf-gaze: with comfort will be soon the privilege of citizens of the Capital alone, for even Bcston now has broken out into these emblems of prog- rers and modernity. See Washington as Young Capital. But, despite it magnificent public buildings and monuments, its . great parks and stately boulevards, Washing- ton i ohvm-ly a . youthful elpltll which has been made, not grown. its relation to the country it refimbuc Ottawa, Oanberra. or _Angora rather than London.. Paris or Rome. It is the litical headquarters of a nation whose inancial and industrial hearts beat CEINY. (AL mduwhm But in a tew yel‘rhs' when e new program of ve ernment has been carried into effect. should be ‘Washington le to claim that it is not only the politital eenter of the United Sta tes, but also one of the most Beautitul olu- in the worl Froe Baok Wl alp ¥ oS catfernia. Trip “40 Ways to California” outlines the most. :muun rallroad routes from Chicago and contains fares and other l.nfnrmltbn vllulhlu to travelers. Write W. Ry., 301 Franklin Trust llu Phlhdslpllh. Pa.—Advertisement. WOULD VISIT MEXICO. Nicaraguan Rebel Leader to Test " Hospitality of Portes Gils MEXICO CITY, Octaber 20 (P— for several months in gustino Sandino, Nica- raguan rebel leader, has planned a visit to this city with the hope of being re- ‘ceived by President Portes Gil, accord- ing to an announcement by his friends P Eteparations are being made for Sandino's unv.l late this nqk or urly next week. left lwnnm Sandf l!: and, having been granted perm!uion yASHINGTON IS AITING FOR IT —and It’s Coming Soon W. . MWoses & Sons F Street at Eleventh gussioners, had been unnecessarily de- ding bill to investigate the n new Chain Bridge was ap- foved and the association voted to 1.rge the speedy !t:wmnletlon of such a The Purgative for Colds With Constipation and Biliousness sociation was changed to November because the regular meeting would \ve fallen on ‘rhmkaglv{n:‘ ;' PELEE IN ERUPTION. Martinique Government to Act to Prev-nt Loss of Life. ' E FRANCE, Martinique, Oc- ’&u 29 UH ~—Mont. 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