The Washington times., 1907-04-14
We Must Raze
HOpeL and Shack
To Get Beauty
By A. LISNER.
Who Has Raised More Money for the
Greater George Washington Uni
versity Fund Than ANY
Other Person.

versity Fund Than ANY
Other Person.
There are three things which
should be accomplished if an earnest
attempt is to be made for the per-
lection of conditions in Washington.
The people should strive to make
this city beautiful They should
strive to make it richer, and more
of a commercial center. They should
also strive to make, it the eduea-
tional model of the country and of
The WOrld-e-s.f 1850 go.
Washington Not Most Beautiful.
1t has been often said that Wash
ington is the most beautiful city il.
the world. This is far from the
truth. We have here the foundation
for a city that may well become the
most beautiful in the world. But
one of the most important preHmi-
nary steps toward this end, in my
opinion, is to eradicate the "shanty
nuisance" in the residential portions
of the city. There is hardly, 1 may
say, there is no beautiful residential
thoroughfare in the National Capital
which is not married by these shacks
or shanties, which are out Of keep
ing with the beautiful residences
they adjoin.
Smoke Law Precedent.
believe that Congress could pass an
act making such regulation az. would do
away with these blemishes on the city's
beauty. II is a fact that Congress. has
passed and had in force the smoke law,
one of the greatest agencies for civic
beauty. II II could pass this law il can
also pass a law that will Obiiterate for
ever the miserable novels which sand
wiched in between the citys most i'm
posing homes, prevent the native or the
visitor from approaching how beautiful
city this could be.
These shanues could be done away
with in such way that their occupants
would suffer no Inconvenience. In fact.
1t seems to me that fl would be advan-
tageous to the poor people to live in
section Of the city where rents and
other expenses would be more within
their means
Therefore I believe the peonIe oe
Washington could not do better than 10
lnaugurate a militant campaign before
Congress for a law which viii do AWAY
with she shanties that harm the appear Z
ance OF the city.
More Manufactures Needed.
As to the proposition of making Wash |
ington more OF a business and manu-
featuring center, heartily favor such
q project The argument that manufac-
lures in the District OF Columbia would
detract from the charm Of the city as
a residential center is wrong Manu-
a section of the District remote from the
residential section because the manu- (
facturer chooses as the site for his plant
cheap ground, plenty Of space, and wa I
residential part of the Capital would I
not be Inconvenience by such estab- 1
lishments
on the other hand, more people would /
b brought into The District if manu- !
featuring concerns were established /
mere and more money would enrich the /
City's trade as 2 result of the business !
done by these concerns.
Eager for University.
I am particularly eager for the estab-
ment OF a national university. the /
greater George Washington University,
which shall be a model of culture. edu-
cation and refinement, not only for this
country, but Tor the entire civilized 4
world That this wiz be done I have
no doubt. Already the people Of the
Capital have raised about S15c,UrT Z be
heVe that IN q short time this amount /
Will grow 70 10000 =. myself promised
10 raise S50,eo0, and already / have sue
ceeded ia raising for the greater uni-
versity $4,000.
It is sometimes said that the peopIe
OF Washington do not respond either
promptly or generously 70 appeals for
money for charitable or educational
purposes / have not found this 10 he
true. Considering the resources of the
city, / think the people here are gen
erQus 70 degree Consequently, J ana
George Washington University win be-
come reality n = comparatively short