Evening star., 1909-05-13
TO DISCUSS CITY PLANNING
WORKERS WILL ATTEND MA.
TIoNAL CONGRESS HERE.
Mean to Consider What Has Been
Done to Cure Sociological Evils
Of Modern Life.

In an endeayor to answer the question.
What has the modern city done toward
preventing and curing the sociological
evils Of modern city life, q committee rep
resenting the Board Of Trade, the Cham
ber Of Commerce and the Federation of
Laymen has issued q call for an exhibit
and national congress on city planning.
The discussions and exhibits will be open
to the public at the Municipal building
and the Raleigh Hotel from May q to
May g, inclusive.
The announcement contains the follow
''The displays are founded chiefly upon
the need for preventing congestion, slums.
the spread OF disease. an untoward growth
along old lines, and providing In advance
for park space and Fairgrounds, the con-
struction OF houses which shall offer op-
portunity for the making of real homes
at low rentals, and the safeguarding of
breathing space everywhere Most OF this
is shown by charts and maps. There are
some models. The teaching will be to the
Intelligent man altogether patent. Even a
cursory glance over the exhibit will re-
veal this fact OF immediate interest to us
all-that American cities are not in the
lead, but rather in the rear.
Warrington Peculiarly Concerned.
washington is peculiarly concerned at
this moment in planning for its future.
At prevent there is practically no provi-
sion for parks outside Of the limits OF the
LEnfant plan. Our water front. provid-
Ing an exceptional opportunity. is prac-
tically neglected Our alleys are sums
Of peculiarly dangerous character We
have only just begun to plan medical,
penal and correctional institutions which
shall correspond to our present needs, to
say nothing Of the future
There Will be no charges to visitors
Particular hours must be allotted, OF
course, for particular visitors. Thus,
Saturday mornings will be kept for the
One at least OF the two Sundays will be
assigned to labor organisations. One
morning Will be retained for members OF
Congress- The evening OF Monday. May
"a. has been set apart for the members
OF the three contributing organizations
The sessions Of the congress will be
held in the board room OF the Municipal
building. and will be open to the public
but the nrst general meeting will be that
which will follow the first days session
Of the congress. in the Auditorium of the
Masonic Temple, the evening of Friday
May q. AT that meeting there will be an
ADDRESS by the President Of the United
States on the general subject Of the con.
illustrated BY stereopticon slides, by Sur.
Geon General George M. Sternberg on
present conditions In Washington. The
number OF admissions for this meeting
Is, manifestly. limited, and the committee
will issue tickets
Personnel Of Committee.
The congress is expected to bring to-
sether q notable gathering of sociological
workers and those interested In esthetic
endeavor. A subscription dinner has been
arranged for the evening of Saturday,
May q.
The committee in charge Of all arrange
ments n ~ follows:
Allen d. Albert. jr., chairman; Thomas
Grant, secretary; William H. Baldwin,
Charles J. Bell. Ira Il. Bennett, Miss
Mabel r. Boardman, Scott c. Bone.
Glenn Brown. D. J. Callahan. Ap-
pleton p. Clark, jr.. John Joy Edison.
william F. GUIDE, Mrs. Justina r. Hill.
Myron M. Jones, w. v. Judson, VIII
liam g. Knox, DR.. George NJ. Kober,
A. Lisner, A. C. Moses. r. c. Noyes.
James F. Oyster, Cuno H. Rudolph. Miles
M. Shand. A. Leftwich Sinclair, John B.
Sleman, jr., J. H. Small, Gen. George M.
Sternberg. James Strasburser, Washing
ton Topham, Walter 8. Ufford. Frank Up
man. John L. Weaver and Surgeon Cen
eral Walter Wyman.