Evening star., 1900-11-15
INTEREST IN PLANS
Centennial Celebration Committee
Gratifed at Prospect.
COMMENT BY SECRETARY ". '. COX
Appeal to Citizens of District and
Local Organizations.
MEETINGS OF COMMITTEES


.'Tt has been very gratifying to the eXecu-
tive committee to note the hearty Inter-
est being manifested IN the centennial
celebration by the citizens generally and
the organizations of the District of every
nature" said Mr.. w. V. Cox. secretary
of the committee. this morning to a
reporter of The Star. Resolutions adopt
ed bv various patriotic and historical
sncfatias cftfzens and other associations are
-, -, 49,, g., al, tboso tho commit
It'tl'ed ua''S' an" ''' ''' 'i''7 @''~ y -,
tee is prohrred such assistance as II might
be possible for these organizations to per-
form The opportunity for the committee
e. ,,.,i1 its.If of thasa kind offers is at
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hahu' ana th-s dppIleS as wen ~
citizen or body OF citizens IN the District
| refer 10 the assistance which might come
+r,r, s,,.b sourcas in the systematic COL
-, 80 leoaI htstorio,, rn.ttar The
4et''oH VI '"oa' ~
papers prepared ana pup"Sheu ny tnc -,
lumhta Historical society ana espectdLS t
the b'b!iography or the Dlstr!ct, Iate pvs' ,vI'
OF invaluable he'p TO the comm, ,''e. -, III ~ t
Pyle Hata 10 n5'u n, this time
tereS'eh m tne a,loL, atiu a , ro
our sul'piS Is dIilvS' eAii''N7 "i9 w
the constant utndhu: -,... 80
ne oIueSt li!itapl'a"t9 :a,V ~ ~
cetlLN SuSSeSteu t4le tot,i .s ~ -. ~, ,,hiio
torlcaI mater 10 De 1tpostteu III ny 80
library; Where II Nm ,,t pe s,tn p nost
SHERATON. ana tue SusseS'ioiL !" " it07'
a"illrdole one
Their CO-Operation Desired.
..rbe committee homes that local orga MIA
- za.,o,o, ,ar,;.,.,ors obrrob and
il""S' euu'h U,,r.
other societies ana the cllIzens seiefaAi!
will continue to give this subject their at
teution. for we are to celebrate an event
u,,,. -. 49,, 4, q b,,,5rad y..rs con,
.,s,,,a,.a'+,v, o,,,. ,,a+t,raI 1,fe in tho n.st
centnry, IT therefore seems of great i'm
portance that the inspiration of this event
be utilized to perpetuate the history Of the
catr,N city oi tnis is coulitis' o.. 800
1ooai oryonizatinns anJ the cttizens of the
District because It appears more appro-
pirate that this work should be carried out
bv Them inst as thew have taken I'D the
celebration itself Let II be a matter of
patriotic pride that our citizens, Individual
ly and collectively shall at the close of the
nineteenth century chronicle what now Is
obtainable but which is surely becoming
lost. Let not our descendants. when they
are called upon to commemorate the sec
ond centennial of this event find that we
have celebrated, but have nothing to show
for It, Scattered among US are bits of his
tory a large part of il unwritten which
should be gathered and placed where II VIII
be read bv every one-in the Public Library
of the national cspital
Congress contenulated .an annronr;ata
ninona! celehratlon or this event and the
which il IL he1iTeI Iii sIt i; ,1'' t<,a, p,ril'
mics strictly In accordance with sucb con-
temptation. 1t will be dignifed and en-
brace national, state and local features 1t
H Hiit ne sitii1ie anu oI snort auratioh II
every citizen and if shoI,IS aISn n1art
period during which we have begun the
work Of reviewing collecting and presery-
Ing the history of the capital for the mast
century, -----.--- ----.
Committee on Recent;ou
A. ;,,--r+,,. ...;x ,.
A i''i Ut t'oe'.is vi 'he 'oihinit'ee oh
reception Charles j. Bell chairman, was
held yesterday at the COrcoran Art Gallery
As the event In the celebration of the CEN
torrf,r r-o,-i7a5 sor .ho o,,,,r l.,
- -,
p,rUt a. nne saIsrS' .he members Oh me
which they were abe to give of the re-
sources of the building as they We're point
eu OUT py Alr- r. B Mcclure the managing
rr,,,nt.,,t 80 ,,nT ~ u. 'iiS ar
man was authorized to appoint a commit
tee on music and such other subcommittee
as might seem To be necessary. A card of
IttI.3tloIi' utslsheu oy the bureau OF
- t'tiIS GU ens s. a. aFtiis' was duopted' ana
-. ~. 3Eii'li 80 ~ toi inc lining. = was
~ ~ h,iiS' :, - VI, Count " tlte siAe
W the puitoihs II ~oVtu De adVisanie 10
L ttttiis tiIe huisioeL VI Alsildtioils TO 4'ooo.
h n[trn CaFu Vi auiliissioil VIII ADMIT two
P'-'H9'
Exercises Mt the CnnitoI
The first rnearinp or the conrni,tee o- ax-
srcises at the Car,7,nT ? po-s, p, at,SI-
man, was held yesterday afternoon in the
rooms or the board of trade. There was
very large attendance and much interest
was napifesrad in tha ,,y,rL, -o ho a. =.
-r, ,,,,f,,o ,,I-., ~
., , ~ "ds given 10 Inc
- - ~ 'ppo.'it IL! Suocoihih4tteeS
80, - ~, ~ oti-et as the circumstances may
-. - 90 AHe SuoCohlHlltteeS VIA
Iii m J o'i leS ,ioLL' Ine uuGes OF "hcn
60 a. .b,it,- - pli H coLs eSS me heces-
- IIirjt tot Ihe Ioil'lOi Oh the cap
A-."-ite Deteilipei l., also Suocom-
~, -, 80 ,. o,tue d iegie".ns STAND al the
- - H. VI ttte SapItoi, anu ahO'hGf one 10
,i''i - " 1HS inferior VI the DuIlulng.