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WASHINGTON LETTER
Especial Correspondence.]


church Of the diocese and vast crowd
OF laymen. the ceremony Of breaking
the ground f1 the foundn ton Of Beth
letem chapel of the Holy Nativity of
washington cathedral recently took
place on the beautiful site Of the pro-
posed edif1.+.
Not since the cornerstone of the
cathedral was formally laid by the late
Bishop Satterlee, which was attended
by President Roosevelt and clergymen
from all over the United States, has
more picturesque religious service been
seen in this city.
The chapel Is. dedicated to the mem
ory Of Right Rev. Henry Yates Sat
terlee. first bishop Of Washington.
Part Of Great Cathedral.
The Bethlehem chapel will I've an in
tegral and important part Of the cathe-
dral. 1t will he a portion of the crypt
directly under the altar Of the cathe-
drai and Is the foundation Of the sane
tuary. AS such it is properly the first
part Of the cathedral to be built
The foundation stone laid by Bishop
Satter1ee on the feasts Of St Michael
and All Angels In 1907 ls the first stone
Of the wall which will form the rear
wall Of the bethlehem chapel and the
suhstructure Of the cathedral altar
The chapel will I've Of Norman archi-
lecture 1t is small part Of the en-
tire cathedral. but will cost $4,000
A Mighty Edifice.
When the last stone shall have been
laid the Dattonal cathedral will COM
pare we'll In size and mngnlfcence with
the great European cathedrals The
interior will I've $50 feet in length, SO
feet in height and 1872 feet In breadth.
Estimating one person to occupy an
area OF 1877 inches square, St Peters
at Rome would hold $4,000 persons.
Milan cathedral $1,000 St. Paurs at
London 25~OOO Notre Dame at Paris
Fl 900 and Washington cathedral a.
COO
Ten years ago the forty acre cathe-
dral tract was purchased. The first
of the list Of ceremonies on the site
was the raising OF the peace cross Oct
%, 1898 1t Is an Ionic cross Of stone
twenty feet high, called the peace
cross because it oommemorated the
ending Of the war with Spain, and it
Washington Of the general convention
Of the church.
A Pulpit From Canterbury.
! Near the Iona Cross stands the Little
| Sanctuary. tiny church with a square
tower and Il great archway called ALL
hallows gate. Through this gate can
be seen the dome Of the capitol across
the stretch Of the city. The Little
Sanctuary Is draped by nature with
English ivy. Within are many treas
ures, one Of which Is the great Canter-
bury ambo, or pulpit, made Of stones
from the Canterbury cathedral. The
! stones were given by the archbishop
of Canterbury in memory Of Stephen
Langton, who led the barons when
they forced King John to grant them
the Magma Charta. Another beautiful
and historic treasure is the cathedra,
or bishops chair. made Of stones from
Glastonbury abbey. many Of them orig
centuries ago. The stones, taken from
part Of the abbey which was built in
the twelfth century, were. as the in
script!on on the cathedra says, "given
by the churchmen Of Glastonbury to
the churc hmen Of America"
Stones From JersusaIem.
The. Jerusalem altar in the Little
Sanctuary. which will e.entually be
placed in the new cathedral, is built
Of stones that came from Jerusalem
and were hewed in the "quarries of
Solomon" just inside the Damascus
gate. Another historic treasure which
stands In the shadows Of Allhallows
gate Is little tree inclosed with a
railing. This tree grew from branch
Of Glastonbury tree.
i The interior Of the font of the church
Is lined with stones gathered from the
bed of the river Jordan under the SUI
pervision of the United States vice
consul at Jerusalem at the ford on the
road to Damascus near the spot de-
scribed in tradition as the place where
Christ was baptized.
Five years. the architects estimate,
will be required to build the cathedral
according to Bishop Satterlee's cher
ished plans
Capitol Park Extension.
The project for magnificent exten-
sion of the capitol grounds to the
north and northeast from the present
limits so as to take In about thirty
eight acres Of additional territory has
} received a long lift at this session to-
ward ultimate realization. 1t is firmly
believed by the men who have long
been working to obtain this extension
that in few years at most it will be
} made possible to carry out the project
One feature Of the development
scheme, as is we'll known, Is to build
memorial to Lincoln which shall be
one Of the worlds creates monuments,
as great and striking in its way as the
Washington monument or the tomb of
the Invalides in Paris.
Palace For Supreme Court.
But beyond this and beyond the
project Of greatly extending the Capt.