Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-07
STATES ARE SLOW TO. ACT

National Government Far Ahead in
Preserving Places of Great
Natural Beauty.
| The sixth annual convention Of the
American Civic Association will be held
lin this city Wednesday, Thursday and
| Friday of next week., The headquarters
| have been located here since last jan
| uary, and this will be the first. meeting
| of the national body since it's offices
have been in Washington. The Ameri-
| can Civic Association deals with prob
lens which. face every. American in every
walk of 1ife,s from che. work Of beauti-.
| flying sneighborhood surroundings SO that
| theh home life iof every householder may
be more pleasant to the more serious
! tasks of combating sease-bearing house
| flies and mosquitoes and remedying in.
| sanitary conditions wherever they exist.
Its slogan lis. "A Beautiful America:
ALI sessions of the convention will be
held at the New Willard. and, while spe-
ciaf invitations have been issued to the.
local citizens associations and to the
other. local organizations which are par
tlcuiarly interested in civic improvements,
the, general public will be made welcome
at all OF the meetings. i....
Welcome by Mr.. Mcfarland. 80
+, Former Commissioner H. B. F.. Mac.
farland will make the address of welcome
! to the delegates, and several other men and
women of Washington will have impor-
tant parts in the program. Dr. l.. l..
Howard. chief entomologist of the De-
partment of Agriculture who is a leader
IN the warfare against the house fiv and
who Is responsible for designating that
insect as the typhoid fly, will have a
which will be told the results accom-
piished toward the determination of the
olsease-carrying insects
Thomas Nelson Page will appear be-
lure !ne convention with paper in which
he will tell about "Washington, the NJ. st
Beautiful Capital in the World" A fea-
ture of the afternoon session of Friday
Will be display Ct the motion pictures
o. the association il ustrat ng the If
and habits Ct the typhoid fly These pic
lures have been shown in thousands of
moving picture theaters throughout the
country during the past year and the re-
suits obtained by their use will be eX-
planned by Richard B. Watrous. secre-
tary of the association. Mr.. Watrous'
report. which will be review CT the
years work, will be submitted at the
Thursday morning session.
David Fairchild. who Is in charge of
the bureau CT plant industry of the De-
partment Of Agriculture, and who was
active in organizing in Washington the
Peoples Garden Association, will give
all illustrated. address in exp anaton OF
the possibilities for the development in
this country of many shrubs. towering
plants and vegetables of recent importa
ton from foreign lands. The work of
another department of the association in
identifying and making sanitary the
| waterways of the country will be de-
scribed by Mrs. L. A. Williams. of the
forest service, who is member of the
| board of directors of the WCmen's Riv-
ers and Harbors Congress.
Park Administration Policy.
A definite policy for the administration
of national parks and the creation of
state parks will be outlined at the even
ing session of Wednesday, December II,
by J. Horace Mcfarland. president of the
association. Mr.. Mcfarland will urge the
ccdification of the laws creating national
parks and bringing together into har-
monious working system all of the park
areas now owned by the federal gov
crnment. The attention of the states will
be directed to the importance of develop
ing and maintaining state parks as recre
alton centers for the people CT the sew
eral commonwealth. A few of the states,
notably New York, Wisconsin, California
and Michigan, have undertaken definite
effort in this direction. All of the states
will be urged to do likewise.
The sessions of an entire day will be
devoted to city planning, with addresses
and discussions designed to afford first
aid'' to those cities seeking to adopt or
derby and comprehensive methods for
their physical upbuilding. Clinton ROg-
| ers Woodruff. secretary of the National
Municipal League of Philadelphia. will
speak on the subject What Is Your City
1deal?"; Frederick Law Olmsted of
C of City Planning; John Nolen of Cam
| bridge. Mass. will discuss "Comprehen-
| sive Planning for Small Towns and Viii
! lagos: Arnold J. Drummer of New York.
"Some Serious Problems in City Plan
| ming; George B. Dealey of the Dallas
News will tell the story of How Dallas
Got Into Action for "a City Plan and
Harold ]. Rowland of the Outlook, New
York. will explain ways for Getting Out
| the Vote for City Plan" Franklin Mac
Veagh. Secretary of the Treasury, who
had a large part in securing the Chicago
| plan. will preside at one Of the city PLAN
ming sessions.
Well Known Women to Speak.
Well known women will address sessions
devoted to the work of civic societies, in
Guiding Mrs. Caroline Bartlett Crane of
\ NdIdHldZoO, MICH, recognized authority
on the care of streets; Mss iona Gale Of
Wisconsin, who will read an original story
entitled Friendship Village Improvement
SCdality''; Miss Louise Kleine Miller cur
ator Of school gardens. of Cleveland, On
| Schools as Radiating .Centers for Civic
Improvement and Mrs. Edward w. Bid
| die, president of the Federation of Penn
| sylvania Women, who will speak for the
| General Federation of Women's Clubs
| Clubs
| The Friday afternoon session will be
given over to the subject of the typhoid
| fly, against which the American Civic AS
| ISOLATION conducted a vigorous crusade
this year. under the direction of Edward
| L. Hatch. jr.. of New York, chairman Of
| its fly fighting committee
The Amerio an Civic Association numbers
| thousands of individuals and hundreds @:
| soc'etie as members from all parts of the
| United States and Canada. In addition to
the attendance of members the governors
| Of the states. all of whom are honorary
members, have been asked to appoint dele
gates to participate especially in the ses-
| cio In no n r.,