Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1929, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGT - PARK BLS BACYED BY CARDEN LB Heads of National Body Are Squarely Behind “City Beautiful” Plans. Impetus was given yesterday to the movement for beautification of the Na- tional Capital, especially through the acquisition of new parks, when the national president and board of direc- tors of the Garden Club of America came to Washington for their regular sesson here, instead of New York, and met with the reorganized committee of the National Capital of the Garden Club of America, of which Mrs. Frank B. Noyes 1s chairman. Several activities of the Government for development of Washington were placed before the visiting club women dur.ng the day, but their attention was especially directed to the need for ob- taining park lands. They pledged sup- port informally but energetically to the Cramton bill, which provides for com- prehensive development of parks from Mount Vernon to Great Falls on the Potomac and for city park developemnt within the District. The park problem was presented by both Mrs. Noyes and by Charles W. Eliot, 2d., city planner of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion. The sessions, held for the most part at the Carlton Hotel, were presided over by Mrs. William A. Lockwood of New York, president of the organiza- tion. The meetings heralded a period of new and more concentrated activity on the part of the National Copital com- | mittee here for beautification of the | city. New Members Named. New members of the committee of | the National Capital, a group of promi- nent and outstanding women, were an- | nounced by Mrs. Noyes, who also made public the names of an advisory coun- cil of public officials, who advise the committee from many important tech- nical, artistic and scientific viewpoints. | 1t is intended to set up the new com- mittee_here into groups of four or five each, Mrs. Noyes announced, in order that each group may work for one of the separate phases of city beautifica- tion. New members of the committee of the National Capital as announced by Mrs. Noyes are: Mrs. Frederick C. Wal- cott, Mrs. Charles D. Walcott, Mrs. Hamilton Kean, Mrs. Tasker L. Oddie, Mrs. Gorge H. Moses, Mrs. Jesse Met- calf, Mrs. David A. Reed, Mrs. William Castle, Mrs. Borden Harriman, Mrs. Charles L. McNary, Mrs. Arthur H. Vandenberg, Mrs. George B. McClellan and Mrs. Frederick Brooke. The honorary chairman of the Com- mittee of the National Capital is Mrs. Herbert Hoover; Mrs. Noyes is chair- man, and the other members of the committee which now is being aug- mented, are: Mrs, Fairfax Harrison, Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis, Mrs. Cary T. Grayson and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon. The advisory council consists of Charles Moore, chairman of the Com- mission of Fine Arts; Frederic A. Del- ano of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission; Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of the office of pub- lic buildings and public parks of lhe! National Capital; Dr. Frederick V. Co- | ville of the United States Department of | Agriculture, acting director of the| national arboretum; Dr. A. F. Woods, | director of scientific work, Department | of Agriculture; Dr. John C. Merriam, | president of the Carnegie Institution of Washington; Dr. Vernon Kellogg, per- manent_ secretary of the National Re- search Council, and James Parmalee. Weight of the national organization was thrown behind its comittee here, and the national president, Mrs. Lock- wood, bespoke the enthusiastic support of the Garden Club of America towards the movement for early consummation of plans already well developed. View Toy City Model. Plans for the future of Washington ‘were presented to the club officials in various ways. The directors first met in the hotel in the morning. They then went to the Treasury Department where they viewed the “toy city” model of the proposed development of the so- called Mall-Pennsylvania avenue tri- angle. Representing Secretary of the ‘Treasury Mellon at the Treasury in showing the directors the model was David Edward Finley, special assistant to the secretary. Going to the motion picture audi- torium of the Department of Agricul- ture. the directors viewed the film made under direction of Secretary Mellon and David Edward Finley showing develop- ment of Washington. The film vividly depics the present Federal building pro- gram, its antecedents, and the prinei- ples upon which it now is being pur- sued. It was first shown at a series | of two sessions at the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States, when Presi- dent Hoover, members of the Cabinet, Senate and House spoke, urging further development of the National Capital. As guests of Mrs. Noyes the club| officials were taken on a tour of the big building projects under way here, passing around the Lincoln Memorial, by the Arlington Memorial Bridge, and along B street where the monumental buildings of the Federal Government Don'T You WISH WE WERE RiCM AND COULD DO ANYTHING | WE WANTED AT XMAS) THE MONEY WE PUT) INTO XMAS SEALS DOES MORE GooD REGULAR GIFTs, VI THAN A MiLLION | SPENT oM | | interests of developing Washington. Lef W. Va. Seated, left to right: Mrs. Harold Harrison, vice president, Belvoir, Hills, N. J. Knight, Washington; Mrs. John H. Lynch, secretary, ! Va.; Mrs. Jonathan Bulkley, vice president, New York, and Mrs, John A. ft to right, standin Irving Pratt, New Yri Officers and directors of the Garden Club of America, who came from several cities fo meet here yesterday in the : Mrs. Samuel Seabu: wood, New York; Mrs. Carl de Gersdorff, New York; Mrs. Henry Osborn Taylor, New York; Mrs. Edward H. Baltimore; Mrs. William A. Lockwood, president, New York: Mrs. Samuel Sloan, New York; Mrs. Willam K. Prentice, vice president, Princeton, N. J.; Mrs. Andrew Christian, vice president, Richmond, Va.; w York; Mrs. J. Willis Martin, Philadelphia; Mrs. T. H. B. Mc- LeRoy, treasurer, New York; Mrs. Fairfax , New York; Mrs. Luke Vincent Lock- Bouton, Mrs. James R. Thomas, Charleston, Stewart, Short —Underwood Photo. are to be erected, and where already the Department of Commerce and In- ternal Revenue buildings arc under constructic The feature of the afternoon was a meeting at the hotel, where new mem- of th> committee of the National Capital were formally announced and address on the city planning of Wash- prospects for legislation to carry it into effect was delivered by Mr. Eliot. Expresses Appreciation. Announcement of the new membe of the committee of the National Cap ¢ Virginia, vice president of the na- onal organization. Unable to speal in person to the new members of the committee on a subject which she said Was “very dear to my heart” Mrs. Noyes in her message greeted the new members and expressad appreciation for “the encouragement you have given our former committee by adding your names to it and thereby strengthening it in very wa. e hope you all realize,” she said, “the object of our endeavor. 1 think the purpose was made perfectly clear to You when I accepted the chairmanship and also through my recent letter. We and the group of over 7,000 women bz~ longing to our organization desire to aid in any way possible the develop- ment and beautification of our National Capital. To this end an advisory coun- ¢il was formed, and thcse men have given us the advantage of their experi- ence and advice on every occasion. “It is now suggested that the most essential thing to be done is to save the remaining land in and adjacent to Washington for park purposes. To this end a bill has been introduced in Con- gress, in the House of Representatives, by Mr. Cramton, H. R. No. 26. I have asked that every one present shall have a copy of this bill so they may become entirely femiliar with it, and through an article in the next bulletin all of our members will be informed of this pro- gram, and if desired copies may be ob- tained through the office of the bulletin, 1615 Twenty-first street. bring to each and every man in Con- gress an appreciation of the importan of this act. “We had hoped to show you today the valley of the Potomac and other portions of the District under considei- ation, but felt at this season it would be undesirable, and Mr. Eliot will, I klr;gw, inspire you with his lantern slides, Thrilled by New Program. ‘'We are all thrilled over the new program of public buildings to be erect- ed south of Pennsylvania avenue, but the setting of these beautiful buildings and what they may be surrounded with is to be guarded against or marred by inattention. “Another bill already introduced in Congress by Senator Shipstead covering this subject can be procured by applica- tion at the office of the bulletin. “I know if each one feels a respon- sibility in doing his ‘bit’ so much may be accomplished to add to the beauty of this already beautiful but unkempt city. It always makes me think of a beautiful young woman badly brought p. “I am sure the men in charge of these many changes will give us advice when necessary and if we follow it, perhaps we, too, may accomplish some- thing worth while.” In his address Mr. Eliot described chiefly the need for acquiring park land while the city is growing and urged support of the Cramton bill designed for that purpose. He explained the bill last session of Congress passed the House but reached the Senate too late for action. It is now in the House com- mittee on public buildings and grounds, he said. The manner of growth of great cities,” sald Mr. Eliot, “indicates that the location and the time and improve- | ment of highways, parks and school fa- cilities and other investments of public moneys are the controlling factors in the growth of urban areas. American cities usually grow like the fingers of a hand along the main railroad, transit or highway lines. leaving spaces between the fingers of open development. By growth and the control of those courses, it is reasonable to suppose that public authorities can largely influence, if not | control, the manner and direction of | growth. Growth Is Star-Shaped. “The City of Washington has grown in the past in this octopus form which welcomed, and where a comprehensive | ington, the park development here and | tal and the advisory council was made | by Mrs. Noyes in a message to the| meeting read by Mrs. Fairfax Harrison “We hope our unanimous support may | | study and_ analysis of the causes of |: ] ties with a view to promoting a more even distribution of population in fin- | zers or arms stretching out from the | city and at the same time preserving |lorge, wedge-shaped areas between these fingers in-the from of parks, pub- lic institutions, private institutions, pri- golf clubs and similar open nning for future parks and , the National Capital Park ing Commission made a spe- cial study of the features of the region | which were most worth while to pre- serve in open spaces or parks and the | withdrawal of which from urban de- . therefore, prepared a_series of maps illustrating’ the physical fea- tures of the region and the points of interest from the point of view of those interested in the aborigines, the history of the area, the natural history and similar features. These studies were then compared with a map showing rough land around Washington, and from the composite plans a proposed open-space scheme was drawn up. “Proposed_parks for the Washington region are five or six in number. The lower Potomac from Washington to Mount Vernon and Fort Washington, upper Potomac from Washington to and including Great Falls, the valleys of Cabin John Creek. upper Rock Creek, Northwest Branch and Eastern Branch in Maryland, and the valleys of Four Mile Run, Spout Run and Pim- mit Run in Virginia, Provide for Co-operation. “In order to set up a basis for co- operation between the Federal Govern- | ment and the States, counties and indi- | viduals_interested in the execution of | this plan, Representative Louis Cramton of Michigan has introduced a bill, House resolution 26, providing $7,000,000 from Federal funds, to be matched in the case of the Potomac on the basis of 50-50 as between Fed- eral Government and State, county or | private parties, and on a basis of one- third by the Federal Government Lo two-thirds by the local authorities in the case of parks wholly within Mary- land or Virginia. “The same bill earries authorization of a $16,000,000 Federal advance, to be repaid by the District in the same pro- | portion as other District funds, at the rate of $1,000,000 a year, which is now the authorized annual appropriation of the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission. This Federal ad- vance would bear no_interest, and is therefore greatly to the advantage of the District taxpayers. “With the $16,000.000 proposed under the Cramton bill, the commission pro- poses to acquire parks within the Dis- trict of Columbia to carry out three principal projects: 1, Fort Drive, com- pletely encircling the city and connect- ing the sites of the Civil War forts on the tops of the second row of hill To provide a system of neighborhood recreation centers of from 15 to 20 acres apiece, spaced at intervals of approximately 115 miles throughout the District of Columbia; and, 3, to protect natural valleys of unusual beauty in the vicinity of Rock Creek and along other streams where considerable sav- ings can be made by preservation of the natural conditions instead of the construction of storm-water sewers.” Preservation of the sources of water supply for Rock Creek and other streams is considered necessary, accord- ot, or the streams will This must be done by purchase and preservation of the for- ested areas at the headwaters of the streams, he pointed out. The act set- ting up the Park and Planning Com- mission mentions this specifically as one of the purposes of the commission. Mrs. Lockwood, as president of the | Garden Club of America, declared be- fore the afternoon meeting that the organization was hoping not only to preserve what was left in the form of natural park beauties, but to urge the planting of trees and shrubs and, above all, work for the extension of parks. In praising Mrs. Noyes, the president | said, “Through her we have been well represented in Washington.” The na- tional officers were keenly interested, 1-Ply—$1.05! FGTHNRT 3 BRANCHES: 6%&C Sts SW S*&FlaAve NE 5021 Ga AveNW 2 Great Christmas Bargains ASKSCONGRESS 0. ON 1. C. C. VALUEING Senator Howell Sees Danger of Higher Freight Rates, in Resolution. Approval of the railroad valuation methods of the Interstate Commerce Commission was asked of Congress yes- terday by Senator Howell, Republican, of Nebraska. The commission’s pro- cedure in assessing valuations was re- jected some time ago by the Supreme Court of the United States in the fa- mous O'Fallon case. Unless Congress intervenes, the Ne- braskan argued in presenting his reso- lution, the railroads will be in a po- sition 'to increase their valuations from $21,000,000,000 to $30,000,000,000, with a consequent increase in freight rates. “There was no constitutional ques- tion involved in the Supreme Court de- cision,” Senator Howell contended, “and it is apparent that Congress can cor- rect the situation by placing its stamp of approval upon the Interstate Com- merce Commission’s interpretation of the valuation provisions of the trans- portation act of 1920 in connection with the O'Fallon case. “Should Congress quiescently accept the statutory interpretation indicated by the Supreme Court in this connec- tion, Congress alone will be responsible and blamable for the burdens that the {ultimate increase in railroad rates will saddle upon the country, notwithstand- ing the fact that in recent years the railroads have enjoyed the highest de- gree of prosperity in their history.” In the O'Fallon decision the Supreme Court divided, 5 to 3, and held that the Interstate Commerce Commission had not given proper consideration to re- production costs. It referred the case back to the commission. Howell's resolution was referred to tl: interstate commerce committee, of which he is a member. —_— she said, in the work being carried m; here. The day’s activities of the club closed with tea at the home of Mrs. Noyes, 1239 Vermont avenue. Our Friday Specials ..30clb. ..35¢cIb. Red Snappers . Smelts Sreh Scallops ... ..50clb. Green Shrimp . . ...30cIb. Filet of Flounder. . .35¢ Ib. Lobster Meat ... .$1.25 Ib. ‘Wholesale Retail Eacho & Co.,Inc. 21-22-23 Municipal Fish Market 12th & Water S.W. Nat'l 7973 CAN BE SHIPPED ANYWHERE FINE ARTS SOCIETY CHOOSES OFFICERS William Bruce King Again: Heads Body—Hear Lec- ture on Prints. ‘The Washington Soclety of the Fine Arts held its annual meeting last eve- ning in the auditorium of the Y. W. C. A. William Bruce King, the presi- dent, presided. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Mr. King, president; Frederick A. Delane, first vict president; Miss Mabel Boar: man, second vice president; Miss Leila Mechlin, secretary, and Edson B. Old treasurer. The following were electea members of the council: Clarence As- pinwall, Clifford Berryman, George F. Bowerman, Mrs. Willlam Corcoran Eustis, Lynch Luquer, C. Powell Min- James Parmelee, Duncan Miss Grace Lincoln Temple rcoran Thom. Willlam H. Holmes, past_president, is an ex-officio member of the council. A lecture on print collecting followed, the second in the season’s course, by Willlam M. Ivins, curator of prints of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Mr. Ivins deprecated prints being valued by their rarity rather than by their artistic worth and pointed out the possibility of every one ‘making print collections, using their own dis- cretion and discrimination in choice. He emphasized the fact that some of the best prints had been made for newspapers, magazines and commercial purposes, and he said that the Metro- politan Museum of Art is at present col- lecting for permanent preservation the best cartoons published in the daily newspapers, as well as drawings ap- pearing in periodicals, both as adver- tisements and illustrations of text. Mr. Ivins gave a new angle to the subject of print collecting. A very fine collection of extraordi- narily valuable prints, including works by Rembrandt, Durer, Meryon, Pennell and contemporary etchers, was placed on view, lent and arranged by Gordon Dunthorne, a member of the society. — . Birds fly without a leader, but kecp together through suggestion. The very slightest definite resolve of any bird to wheel one way or another causes thc whole flock to wheel in unison. Demand ACIDINE. 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