Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-01
CITY BEAUTIFUL PLANS
CAEERED BY RESIDENTS
Lectures by Glenn Brown and
David FairChiId Before
Citizens Association.

That the unsighty mountains Of ashes,
tin cans, mattresses and discarded house
hold rubbish of all sorts is regarded with
deep disgust by residents of Washington
was evidenced last night at Emmanuel
Baptist Church, 18th and Columbia road.
when the audience, listening to Glenn
Browns City Beautiful lecture. burst
into applause at the reference to the an
nouncement in yesterdays Star that the
War Department had issued notices to
stop dumping ashes there under a severe
penalty.
The lecture, under the auspices of the
Mount Pleasant Citizens Association,
was well attended. Following Mr.. Browns
illustrated talk, which showed the plans
and hopes of the commission of fine arts
in making Washington the worlds great
est capita, David Fairchild, president
of the Peoples Gardens Association, de-
livered an illustrated lecture, showing
what splendid results can be obtained
from the simple use Of flowers, trees and
bushes around dwelling houses.
Feature of Address.
Mr.. Brown laid special stress on the
improvement to the Mall, and explained in
great detail the various ideas that have
been put forward to make the proposed
Lincoln memorial a harmonious feature
of the coming city beautiful He explain
ed that the three main Lincoln memorial
propositions are the proposed road to
Gettysburg, the Union station circle of
columns and the picturesque proposition
to place a great memorial on a western
extension of the Mall in Potomac Park.
''Of the Gettysburg road proposal can
say that it would require tremendous
care said Mr.. Brown. 1T is thought
that it would be a great tribute to Lin
coin to line the road with statues, each
one to be cared for by some state. II
you will look into some of the popular
cemeteries you will have an idea of
what that line of statues might be-
''Of the circle of columns at the Union
station, ] should say that it would be
an addition to the Union station. and
as it is already proposed to have
bus we would see the Lincoln memorial
as an addition to the station and a back
ground for Columbus"
Preference for Mall Site.
Mr.. Brown illustrated his preference for
the Mall site for the memorial with many
views, showing artists sketches of the
possibilities of the entire scheme.
Mr.. Brown also showed on the screen
pictures made from artists sketches Of
the treatment of the mall under the city
beautiful plans. He showed stretch
of city 100 feet wide. with the WASH
ingtOn Monument a conspicuous figure.
He showed the difficulties in treating the
base of the Monument, and also illustrat-
| ed how 1t would probably he done by ar
ranging in formal fashion great groves
of American elms. A map Of the District,
showing the arrangement Of parks I'M
der the Mcmillan park commission plans,
was exhibited. illustrating the sites of
existing parks and the proposed parks.
Mr.. Brown said the old wartime fortifica-
! tons would be included in the chain of
will encirc!e the District at some future
time.
Rock Creek Improvement.
| Considerable attention was paid by the
and pictures of the ash heaps were
| shown in abundance. The audience took
great interest in these and applauded the
| mention Of the War Departments anti
| dumping edict.
Mr.. Fairchid. in illustrating what can
| be done to city parkings in front of
| houses, drew upon the villages of Eng
land for striking examples of towns
beautiful. He advocated the abolition of
| hedges and fences. and recommended open
! lawns. He also said that there should
4 be more magnolia trees In Washington.
| This tree. he said, is especially suitable
| for Washington conditions.