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WASHINGTON LETTER
Especial Gorresnondenca.l

warm and unwholesome air, Of the
housed up community to the shades Of
the country. 1922.
Few there are, indeed, at other times,
who give thought to the great blessing
enjoyed by the people of the Capital
City in Its wealth of beautiful parks,
and fewer still perhaps to those who
lend their interest and their efforts to
preserve the inviolahility& Of the park
system as conceived; by the city's
founders. Not only to the city's found
ers are we to look with grateful recog
milton for their wise forethought in
providing these GASES In the sands Of
civilization, but to those of later days,
who, rescuing the original ideals from
the dust OF oblivion. had the courage
and the spirit of self sacrifice to press
forward and make Of the City Of Mag
nifcent Distances, as it was called In
its mudhoae and cobblestone days. tru-
~ city beautiful, which has aroused
the interest and admiration of the ma
| ton itself and even those beyond the
seas.
City's Growth In Beauty.
Forty years ago those who came from
afar to see the city carried away with
them only feelings Of deep disappoint-
ment There were hundreds of smaller
places throughout the land that drew
the admiring gaze away from Wash
ington. 1t was only after heroic ef-
forts, with which the name Of Alexan-
der Shepherd must ever be inseparably
connected, that the citizens Of the
United States of America began to
realize the. grandeur Of their nations
capital and to feel that something was
due 1t from the nation at large. 1t
then became really a type Of the ma
tons greatness and grandeur and as
such boast and pride to the citizens
at large.
Rock Creek Park.
Stretching northward from the city's
crowded center lies Rock Greek park
All that nature could do in the way Of
trees and rolling hills, romantic
streams and rustic beauty to adorn this
most beautiful OF natures temples had
been ddae. But the march Of cfvinza-
ticu wath its bricks and mortar was
trenching close upon this spot dedicat-
ed to nature itself. and so, by recent
BILLS In congress, provision is made to
stay the advance and preserve this
lovely park within lines Of limitation
that WIN conserve its natural beauty.
Potomac River Flats.
Another civic improvement which has
meant much to south Washington has
been the reclamation OF the Potomac
river cats. long a waste Of morass and
jungae-lik growth of weeds and under
beush. and their Transformation into
the beautiful Potomac park Of the pres
Ont day. Added to this VII be the ulti-
mate extension OF Potomac park to the
east Of the railway embankment all the
way to the point at the junction OF the
Washington and Georgetown channels
Of the river opposite the arsenal.
7 For Gateway Beautiful.
Senator Wetmore would transform
the gatsway to the national capital into
Spreading lawns, fountains and flow
ers. BE has introduced q bill appropri.
attng s2B00,0o0 for tile purchase Of six
blocks, majority Of which are occu-
pied by buildings. lying between the
capatu and the new Union station.
These buildings he world tear down,
substituting for them an expanse of
lawn. dotted with statues and flower
4 b@dA
This change, the senator believes.