Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14

While President Roosevelt is not an
EpIscopalian. few men of that denomination
have taken more interest than himself IN
the preliminary work incident to the prepa-
ration of plans for the great cathedral OF
SITS Peter and Paul that Is to be built out
Tenleytown road.
Not n few times during the past year has
President Roosevelt found it n pleasure to
spend an hour on the cathedral grounds re-
turning from his horseback jaunts out the
Rockville pike.
Commissioner of Corporations Garfield is
q near friend of the Rev. George e. Brate-
nahl. rector of st. Adams Church. near the
cathedral site. He. too. has enjoyed with
the President these visits to the cathedral
grounds.
The bishops of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, who were recently in conference In
Washington long ago learned of the inter-
est the President takes in the building up
Of the cathedral. and they were his closest
listeners when he spoke at the big open ar
meeting a week ago last Sunday.
At the close of the meeting the bishops
gathered about him and thanked him for
his interest. The President shook their
hands cordially and assured them that ne
was truly Interested.
The board of trustees of the new cathedral
have also found the President a valuable
advisor in their work. They frequently con-
fer with him.
Early In the present summer the council
men of Quitman, in southern Georgia. sank
q we'll to obtain q water supply for the
town This we'll passed through sands ana
CLAWS to a depth of 40 feet. when lime
stone was encountered Soon after enter
inc the limestone the drill dropped into
a cavity four to six feet in depth. The
thought suggested itself to the town that
this proven connection with an under
ground channel in the limestone would pre-
sent an ideal opportunity for disposing
of the sewage. which would simply be
pumped into the well and removed through
the underground channel The question ut
orce arose as to whether or not this pro-
Cedure might not adversely affect arteslan
wells and surface springs in the nelghDor-
hood. The problem was taken up Tor the
United States geological survey by Mr.. s.
w. McCallie. assistant state geologist OF
Georgia, who has inserted large amounts Of
common salt in the WELL and Is now en-,
gagged in testing the surrounding wells and
springs. The results are not yet known.
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Representatives have an especially con-
venient way of getting acquainted with
new members of the House. Several years
ago this easy method was introduced. and
it has proven to be so popular that 1t has
never been abandoned.
This method consists of providing a gal
geant-at-arms. in which is a photograph of
every member. In this Congress there are
40 new members, and there has already
been added to the collection of pictures
photograph of nearly every one of them.
AS new members are elected their pictures
take the places of the members who retire,
the latter pictures being placed in albums.
They will form in time to come one of the
most unique collections in connection with
Congress.
The collection is constantly being made
use of by members of the House. Many or
them study the faces of the new men, and
when they meet in the House they are en-
abled to recognize them without other in
PRODUCTION. Many of the newspaper CORE
Spondents make use of the pictures by Dor
rowing them in order to provide illustra-
lions for their papers. The plan of having
this gallery kept up to date has become SO
popular that IL is not likely that 1t will be
abandoned 1t lis expected that the House
will some day take action by which the col
iections will be turned over to the National
Museum for permanent preservation there
as the members leave Congress.
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81 am weary, oh, so very weary. of the
results caused by the presence of that
'No-dogs allowed sign displayed on the
door of the elevator over there" COM
planned clerk in a local department store.
1T may be desirable to eliminate CANNES
from the list of those permitted to ride on
our elevators. but if l had my way l would
rather the establishment should resemble
a dog pound than to continue listening to
what the customers say when they catch
sight of that sign.
1T is the same old story. minute after
minute hour after hour day after day.
couple of women shoppers start in the
direction. of the elevator, OF them
reads the sign and Immediately begins to
smoker. She nudges her companion and
declares: You'll have to walk upstairs.
why? the other asks in establishment.
Because dogs are not allowed on the ele-