The Washington herald., 1910-12-14

| A capacity house Of members and their
| guests at the Chamber OF Commerce
| last night gathered to listen to the in
structiye and eloquent address of the
artist, architect. and lecturer, Glenn
Brown, on the plans of the Park Com
mission to beautify Washington. The
| description, supplemented by slides illus
trative OF the plans. models. and views
| in and near the city, held the close at
tentiOn of the large audience for nearly
an hour. and the lecturer was frequently
interrupted by appreciatlve applause.
William +. Guide presided and much
routine business was transacted before
the lecture
r. n. Harper, from the joint commit
tee TO confer with the committee from
| the Board of Trade on the Panama Canal
celebration, reported upon the plans pro-
posing 10 have a national ceremony in
Washington in 1915, and asked that the
committee be empowered 10 present the
plans 10 Congress. The report of the
committee was adopted. and the powers
asked for were granted.
Chamber Officers Invited
communication was read from the
| GERS and members OF the Chamber OF
| Commerce to attend the meetings at the
| New Willard.
r. n. Harper moved that a committee
be appointed TO take up the question Of the
| discrimination in salary between the
! teachers of technical subjects such as
manual training, music, sc, and the
academic subjects in high schools in the
city. The matter was referred to the
school committee
j. Louis Willige, from the committee
TO consider the milk supply and service
in the city, reported progress and prom
I ised full report in ten days.
b. +. Warner. from the committee 10
widen + street near the Patent ONCE.
reported that the committee had received
but little encouragement from the au-
4 thOrities. and doubted that anything
could be accomplished. The committee
was, however, continued.
Hardships on Employees.
a. c. Moses, who had brought up the
matter of printing return envelopes by
the government at a former meeting.
SAID that he had intended 10 follow up
the matter at this meeting but that more
information upon the subject had con-
WINGED him that a prosecution Of his
former course would work a hardship
upon some of the government employees
and in their interest he was glad to re-
treat from his former position. He
moved that a committee be appointed
10 take up the matter of protest on be-
half OF the business interests against
the sale or goods from army and navy
stores 10 private persons. The motion
was passed and the appointment OF the
committee left to the chair.
Ernest II. Daniel. the recent appointee
of the Supreme Court to the school
board, was complimented by the presi-
dent and enthusiastically received bv
the members. He gracefully thanked
the chair and members for their felici-
tauons and promised close attention TO
the school interests of the city.
Granville NJ. Hunt. from the conven-
tons committee, reported the work that
IS being done to induce the holding OF the
Army and Navy football game in this
city. The committee is negotiating for
a supply of chairs, benches, and other
equipment for the accommodation of
spectators in the event of the game be-
ing played here
The president then introduced Mr.
Brown. He spoke Of the work that Other
cities are doing in constructive ornamen-
tation. outlined the appointment and de-
scribed the personnel Of the park COM
mission as to eminence and fitness. and
took up In detail the report made bv
them in 1902. The views of the areas as
they are and as the commission and the
lecturer hoped that they soon viii be
gave graphic cleaTness 10 the suggest
ed changes that deeply impressed his
hearers with both the practicability and
feasibility OF the movement. Perbans
the part that went home TO the audi
ence was the clear exposition that all the
work that the commissioners are doing
and all the improvements that are being
asked for are in perfect harmony with
the plan Of the park commissioners. and
that the great work is even now being
done piecemeal.
Outline OF the Plans.
The whole work depends upon two axes.
he said; one from the Capitol through the
Botanic Gardens and on down past the
Monument to terminate in the Lincoln
Memorial, and he second from the White
House down past the Monument to fer
inmate in a memorial to the founders of
the Constitution. The driveway all around
the city, the parking of Rock Creek. and
laying off parks were other parts of the
harmonious and artistic plan Mr.. Brown
described the three measures now before
Congress to provide a memorial to Lin
coin, AMI commented upon the merits of
each de said:
''rhe design should be as simple as his
NE, as beautiful as his character. as re-
nned as his nature, as dignihed as his
bearing, as pure as his thoughts, and as
noble and as great as his life"
Tribute TO His Service.
At the conclusion of the lecture A
Leftwich Sinclair moved a vote of thanks
to Mr.. Brown. B. II. Warner. in sec
ending this resolution, paid an earnest
and eloquent tribute to the great service
that Mr.. Brown had rendered the CITY in
the twenty-five years in which he had
been earnestly striving for its artistic
development. A unanimous STANDING
vote carried this motion
William V. Judson. engineer commits