Evening journal., 1905-05-24
WASHINGTON LETTER
[speolal Correspondenoe.l ]

thedral In this city.
The veteran justice in explaining
how the need Of such cathedral in
Washington was brought home to him
said: II have noticed upon every public
occasion that have attended since 1
came to Washington, whether it was
an Inauguration or something else
where there was occasion for an OPEN
ing and closing prayer, it was uni
formly an Episcopalian and a Catholic
who were invited 10 fulfill this service.
Our pastors are never called upon to
appear upon occasions Of that sort"
In explaining this alleged oversight
Of Presbyterian ministers Justice Har-
Ian stated that il is his belief that 1t
has been caused by the fact that the
church has not sufficiently brought it.
self forward into the notice of the pub
lie and is not, as 1t were, centralized
enough. After giving this and other
kindred matters his thoughtful and
earnest consideration he arrived at the
conclusion that the Presbyterian
church is in great need of a national
church building on the order OF a ca
thedral, with all of the proper appurte-
nances. located In this city and erected
and supported by the Presbyterlans
throughout the country.
Adee's Wheeling Tour
Second Assistant Secretary Of State
Adee, who recently sailed for Havre,
France, win make that port the point
Of departure on a bicycle trip Of about
1,5OO miles through the byways Of cen
tral and southern France. He will be
accompanied part Of the way by Alex
ander Thackara. consul at Rouen. Mr..
Adee expects to return to Washington
early in July.
Monument to War Nurses.
An interesting event Of the recent
convention Of suparintendents Of the
Training School For Nurses of the
United States and Canada and the
Associate Alumni Of the United States
was the unveiling at Arlington Ma
tional cemetery of a monument to the
memory Of the departed Spanish-Amer-
lean war nurses.
J The monument cost 81 900 and is Of
granite, feet 8 inches high by feet
square. On the top is carved a maltese
cross, the nurses emblem, in heroic
size and on a panel on the front are
the words, TO Our Comrades" The
| monument is located in the center Of
the plot Of ground set aside for the
Spanish-Ainerfean war nurses. and
where four of them are already buried.
The Capitals Population.
- Returns received from the census
cnumerators by Major Sylvester indi-
cate a total population for the District
Of 800. .445 as against a total of 277,7S2
in 1897. These figures show an in
crease OF 44.GG3 during the eight years.
This years returns show a total white
population of 2oT. Coz, an increase of
80. 1j0 over the last census. The col.
ored population is shown to be 94,S3S,
or an increase of 6.5l3.
open Air breakfasts.
Breakfast in the open air is the latest
popular fad at the national capital
For several seasons few discerning
ones have followed the practice of en-
ioylng their morning repast alfreseo
but not until this spring have outdoor
breakfasts become anything Ike gen.
eral. The White House set the exam
pie. aud the diplomatic world, the high
officials and the smart residential SCI
have been quick to follow.
only One white House.
Although President Roosevelt when
be succeeded Mckinley ordered that
the stationery be headed 'FWhite
House" instead Of the old and meaning
less Executive Mansion" 1t has been
found necessary for the secretary OF
the treasury to issue another edict tc
compel those i'm official life to recognize
the fact that the official home of the
president is to be called by the popular
name
Every citizen who gets to the nation
al capital Immediately insists on see
ing a few Of the important buildings
and he never thinks of asking a coach
man to drive him to the executive man
sion. He wants 10 see the White House
and the driver knows what he means
In common parlance or in politica
writing or speaking the latter term II
always used. There are some forty
five executive mansions in this coun
try, but there is only one White House
and, though It seems rather bald II on,
analyses the term, It is sufficiently dis
tinctive for. all purposes
Models of AfrshipS.
Models of four airships are now sus
pended from the ceiling in the eas
hall, division Of technology. Of the Ma
tional museum. Three Of the airship
are the inventions Of Professor, Lang
ley, secretary of the Smithsonian insti
tuition. The other airship is a mode
of the invention OF ]. Stringfellow o
England, which was made and teste,
IN 1866.
One Of the Langley airships is tn
aerodrome which made its first sue
cessful flight May g. 1906. at Quantico
, Va. This aerOdrome was the first en-
gine driven machine to fly successful.
in the history of the world. Since May
1896. it has made several successful
flights OF about one-half mile each
The machine weighs thirty pounds.
Another of the Langley airships i
quite similar TO the first with the ex
ception Of improvements on the pro
!, peller and wings, and the third ma
, chine Is model OF Professor Lang
, ley's latest invention. the airship wit
Z which he experimental for severa
months LAST VQar down the potona