Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-07-09

pl Boston, who have been at work ON
this project for II year. have been final
~ accepted by the chapter and council
ot the Protestant Episcopal diocese of
Washington. For more tbnn decade
II has been the object of the diocese 60
erect In the capital of the nation tubs
great cathedral
Site of Proposed Cathedral.
The Site selected for the huge edfice
IS in Cathedral close, $50 feet above
sen level. III the finest part of the Dis
trict of Columbin. bounded 10y Nassn-
chusctts and Wisconsin avenues and
Woodlcy road mud Thirty fifth street,
containing about forty acres. The
council made It's first purchase here.
about thirty acres, In 1893. Ave more
were added in 1902, and three years
ago the last five acres were acquired.
When the cathedral IL completed II
VIII seat 1000 persons, and Its huge
proportions will share with the Wash
mgtOn monument the domination of
the landscape Of the entire District of
Columbia and parts of Maryland aud
Virginia
How much II VIII cost Is not yet def
mitcly stated, but 1t cannot he built
for less than S5.000OO0 and may cost
many millions more. At present the
cathedral owns more than $1,000. 900 of
property, including the Cathedral close.
the Cathedral School For Girls. the
Harriet Lane Johnson Choir school,
the chapel, the great peace cross I'M
yelled by President Mckinley. several
foundations and number Of endow-
ments
Halls Of the Ancients
The Halls Of the Ancicnts, on New
York avenue. between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets northwest. hns been
sold. For many years the Halls of the
Ancicnts WAS the property of Franklin
w. Smith. who built the structure
which now stands on the property and
used 1t rs Il public museum, showing
the customs Of ancient Rome, Greece
and the countries of the east 1t was
much frequented for educational pur-
poses.
Relics For Trinkets
Think of girl so loyal to the naval
officer she admlrcs that she wears n
steel bracelet wrought out Of IL section
OF the metal used In the ship on which
lie went on getting his commission.
such bracelets are worn by certain
Washington girls So are belt buckles
of brass made In the shape OF guns,
anchors or shields OF army or navy.
Women show n fondness for ndorn.
IL. ~
retaries of war and of the navy are
besought frequently for permission to
appropriate bits of shells or of hulls of
Spanish vessels destroyed ut Santiago,
sections OF which are on view In tho
departments. Mr.. Metcalf contem.
Plates removing the cards from these
relies in order to avoid the need of
saying mo" TO pretty. pleading maid
ems who would SO much appreciate n
part of scubbard or n Jewel from n
historic sword
A Gaudy Banner.
In celebrating what is regarded MS n
new err In the life of the international
bureau of American republics incident
to the opening of proposals for pan
American temple there wns displayed
on the bureau building ut the corner
Of Pennsylvania avenue and jackson
place few days ago for the first time
the newly adopted banner or burgee OF
the pan-A mcrican bureau 1t Is quite
striking object and attracted general
attention. 1t Is made of bunting eight
cen feet long and eight feet across tho
base. 1t represents the twenty-one
countries associated In the bureau and
contains all the cOlorS In the different
flags OF the twenty-on countries. Run
ming through the center In large letters
are the Initials of II. Il. Of A. H." at
the top are small sections of blue and
red, and at the bottom are yellow and
green sections. 1t is almost n perma-
nent rainbow
Furnishing the White House.
The annual cleaning of the White
House is under way. A large force Of
painters Is now mt work on the struc-
ture. and pretty much all of the four
months the president Is absent Will be
utilized In renovatlng and cleaning the
exterior of the old building.
AS the first step toward coat OF
new white paint portion OF the walls
are being scraped and burned to re-
move the loose pigment and blistcrs,
many of which have been found on
various portions OF the building.
The walls OF the White House were
not painted last year. The experiment
OF washing with Il highly recommends
cd preparation was made. This was
unsuccessful. as the wash seems to
have cracked the paint ami left the
walls in bad shape generally wherever
1t was applied.
Traffic In Rock Creek Park
According 10 the report submitted to