The Washington herald., 1911-03-21
DATES FOR LECTURE.

Presidents of citizens associations
in all parts of the District gathered
at the Office of William Z. Shannon,
Yesterday afternoon, to confer with
David Fairchild. of the Department
Of Agriculture, and Glenn Brown,
secretary of the American Institute
of Architects, regarding the pro-
posed campaign of lectures in the
interest of better peoples gardens
and civic development in Washing
ton.
JOINT LECTURES PLANNED.
A series OF joint lectures. by Mr.. Fair
child and Mr.. Brown. will be given under
tie auspices of the associations.
Colored stereopticon views win be
shown. and an expository lecture on how
to make and care for front and back yard
gardens will be delivered by Mr. Fair
child Mr.. Brown will speak on the Mo
MILAN or park commission plan Of civic
development for washington. His talk
will include a discussion of the proposed
methods Of improvement for the valley OF
Rock Creek and for the carrying in
TO effect OF the Lincoln memorial scheme
The first lecture Is to be given March
% before the Kensington Citizens Asso-
ciation- On March "a. Mr.. Brown and NJ.
F'airchild will lecture before the Park
View Citizens Association, which will in
vfte the members of the Takoma, the
Brightwood. the Brightwood Park. and
| the Pctworth Citizens associations to at
tend
| On March . the Chevy Chase Citizens
Association. which will have the mem
bcrs of the Pinehurst Association as its
| guests, will hear the lectures. The
Georgetown Citizens Association will in
vito the Northwest Suburban Association
to its meeting on March q. when the lee
lures will be delivered. The North Wash
ington Association, which will have the
North Capitol. the lexington. the
Rrookland, and the Rhode Island Avenue
| associations as guests, will present the
| lectures on March 2S.
| The Piney Branch association will hear
Mr. FairChild and Mr.. Brown March g
| The Columbia Heights association will
hear the lectures on March 80, and the
! following evening the speakers will ap-
pear before the Mount Pleasant associa-
tion. On April the Anacostia aSSocia-
| tion will invite the Congress Heights
| Improvement Association and the South
east association to he present.
Authorities on Gardening.
Mr. Brown and Mr.. Fairchild have the
reputation of being the greatest authori-
ties on city gardening and civic improve
ment in the country. Their series of pub
lie lectures will be of inestimable value
to the citizens OF Washington, who are
expected to turn out in force to attend
| them.
| David Fairchild has started a move
n.ent which, it is expected, will result
| m the utilization OF the twenty-nine
classic columns, OF the Ionic order, sold
Martin Mcnamara, a contractor. The
! sandstone columns were replaced by
granite monoliths when the east
| colonnade Of the Treasury Building was
| remodeled. for furthering the develop
| ment of Washington along artistic lines.
The shafts, which are sandstone, are
examples of the purest type OF the Ionic
order. They are beautifully aged. having
| a soft gray color. What Mr.. Fairchild
desires is to have them set up some
where, preferably in Potomac Park II
is estimated this work would cost be-
! tween $1,000 and s3n,mo.