The Washington herald., 1906-11-12
NO FEAR OF SMOKE
Mrs. MusSey Declares Indus
tries Must Be Encouraged.
YOUNG MEN NEED A CHANCE
Declares Objections Raised by the
Members of the Columbia Heights
Art Club should Not BE Needed, as
the City should Have Factories.
News Of Clubs and Societies.

News of Clubs and Societies.
Il believe in industries declared Mrs
Ellen Spencer Mussey last night, when
asked for her views on the stand taken
by the Columbia Heights Art Club, in op-
position TO the Greater Washington"
movement Il agree that our Capital
City should express in its municipal life
the high ideals of the nation. but isn't
industry one Of the high ideals Of the
ma tiou2
Industry and architectural beauty
would not conflict The city is big enough
to hold both We can have fine resi-
Dental section. and a place for indus
tries. I don't think that smoke belching
from chimneys and the never ceasing hum
Of industry on the river front will ever
besmear and blacken any handsome pal
aces on Georgetown Heights. fer instance.
There are sections that will never be
beautiful architecturaHy, and / think
they can be nut TO excellent use indus
trially for the accommodation Of manufac-
turing plants. IN my opinion, factories
would not DESTROY the city's architectural
beauty, for. as / have said I think there
is plenty of room. and big industries
would be a very pleasant and useful ad-
junct,
Would seek River Front.
1T is natural that factories and other
industries Will seek the river front for
many and various weIl-known reasons.
They don't buy high-Driced city lots in
2 f-
Of money when they can get cheaper
land in poorer sections that is much bet
ter adapted TO their purposes
We have a population here that can
not exist entirely on the government, and
We need other means Of employment
Many of our best young men are forced
10 leave Washington to obtain employ
ment elsewhere. and 1 myself would
rather see them employed here at home.
The government employ is not good
place for "A young man OF ability. u does
not furnish q broad enough field for his
activities. There is but little field for
originality in the general routine work OF
/ department offices. ana :, tends 10 pre-
vent the young mans branching out and
climbing To his ideals. Government work
deadens his ambition. 50 that be does
but few ever get out Of
Factories would bring q very worthy
and Woodworking class OF people, and
they would make good citizens They
are good citizens in every other communi-
ty, ana Washington would be no exception.
There Is one consideration. however, that
is not exactly germane. but one which
strongly favor.
Need Child Labor Law.
AT present the District is without "a
child-labor law. There IS no provision
made to restrict the employment Of chill
dren under age other than the new com
pulsOry education law, and this is made
Quate. Tor the reason that it only pro-
vides that a child must attend school
After school hours, any INSCRIPTIONS en-
ployer could work a child as many hours
as he desired and nothing could be done.
think that the District should have a
child-labOr law, and with the advent Of
factories we would probably get one"
Mrs Mussey also expressed herself in
favor Of a law limiting the hours that a
woman or girl might work.
ID. of G. Delegates 60 Leave.
Delegates from this city TO attend the
annual convention Of the United Daugh-
Gulfp0Tt Miss will leave here this
morning at II o'clock A number Of dele
gates from Virginia viii leave with the
party from this city. Mrs. James E.
Mulcare, Mrs. George Wheatley. and
Mrs. Marion Butler. wife of ex-senator
Butler. Of North Carolina. are among
those who constitute the party from this
city. The sending of delegates 10 the
Gulfport convention has been the chief
topic Of discussion In the local chapters
for several weeks past
Col Hilary A Herbert, Secretary OF
the Navy during the Cleveland admin
istration. left the city Saturday even
ing. bound for Gulfport, TO make an ap-
peal 70 the Daughters at the convention
for funds TO aid in the erection Of the
proposed monument 10 the Confederate
dead in the Arlington National Gene
terry. Col. Herbert was elected chairman
Of the Confederate Arlington monument
committee at a meeting Of all the joint so
cieties Of the District, and was designated
TO go to Gulfport for this purpose Judge
Seth Sheppard, of the District Court of
Appeals. is secretary of the committee.
II is expected that the Daughters from
all over the country will readily aid in
a material way the proposed monument.
Robert r. Lee Chapter was originally
/ organized fer the purpose Of raising funds
for the erection Of the monument and it
now has S1000 set aside This sum was
raised by subscription and various enter
tainments 4 bazaar will be given in
Confederate Veterans Hall the first week
| IN December by StonewaH Jackson Chap
ter, the proceeds 20 be turned over to the
monument fund
Thenter Party for Il. 4. COmmandery
Monday night or next week has been
chosen by the Columbia Commandery, no.