Evening star., 1913-02-18
THE C|TY'S FUTURE
Plans Proposed for Develop
ment of Nations Capital.
ADDRESSES AT BANQUET
Suggested Palace for Typifying the
Worlds Children.
FORMATION OF MILLION CLUB
Means OF Adding to Washington
Population-Theme at Monday
Evening Club Function.
ADDRESSES AT BANQUET
FORMATION OF MILLION CLUB

Members of the Monday Evening Club
today are considering plans for a COM
prehensive study of the needs of the
National Capital. following the pres
entation at the clubs annual banquet
at Rauscher's. last night. of new and
decidedly novel suggestions for the
city's development
The speakers. each Of whom discussed
the future Washington, were Miss
Julia c. Lathrop. director Of the federal
childrens bureau; Representative Vic
tor Murdoch of Kansas, Lieut.. Col. Will
liam V. Judson. Engineer Commissioners
of the District of Columbia, and Glenn
Brown. secretary Of the American In
stitute of Architects.
Miss Lathrop urged the establishment
here of a childrens palace in which
should be installed In historical array
the story of the life of the various
types of children in the world.
Organization of a Million Club which
should promote the growth of the city
with the object of bringing about
population in Washington of a million
sous by 1880 was one OF the SuSses
tions advanced by Representative Mur
dock, who also declared himself In
favor Of suffrage for both sexes IN the
District of Columbia.
Col. Judson put himself on record as
favoring the establishment OF pureaa
of research and publicity for the board
Of District Commissioners, Wnlie MI.
Brown recommended that the CLUB take
up the question of improving e Hoon
Creek valley, between the Iot4iias az
river and Rock Creek Park, which ne
declared to be "a pest hole and dis
grace to the nation capital t,onded
The banquet was more ,aroeiy atteliuIu
than any ever given before py the .iuo
Ernest T.. Bicknell was INTRODUCED as
the toastmaster by s;dent pr. o' Grace
was said by DR.. LIE Grand Powers,
chief statistician for agriculture o' the
census office.
Miss Lathrop's Theme.
The subject assigned Miss Lathrop
was 1.-The City Of the Child After CIV
;ny . br,ef description of the purposes OF
.he cb;,drcn's bureau and outlining some
or ;+s accomplishments, Miss Lathrop re-
forrod +o tho establishment of d sort OF
Cb;1dran,s Smithsonian Institution as one
of the probabilities of the future. She
said, In part:
Can YOU not imagine a day when the
government should find 1t reasonapie "
set up in Washington some clliiu en .
palace for the youth of our land, III Wiilc',
should be installed, not only in historical
array the story of the life or the various
types of children in the world, the Inuiaii
and the F. kimo but where there should ne
set forth the best knowIedae OF the "orid
a about the care of children. and Where
there should be exeInplified day by DAY In
a sublimated and humanized laboratory
fashion the best sort of nursery care, OF
reaching. of industrial training, of en-
ployment for children, of recreation ana
exercise and all the means OF innocent
Measure? What could add finer ana
grace to this city than such palace!
What could be IA more reasonable express
sion OF that concern for the growing one
third of our people who will fill the places
of those of US who are now grown, ana
who will do their task as much better than
we as We by our equipment OF them make
possible? DO we no. owe it TO them not
today nor tomorrow, but when the time
is ripe, to get up here noble democratic
hol,sa from which may be sent out all our
growing knowledge. which shall serve the
health, the fruitful education. and the
useful work, and the joy Of living, of
our children?
Continuing, Miss Lathrop said that the
bureau Of which she Is the head is inn
pressed with the fact that the safe
Washington is far more advanced than
in the average city. 1t is doubtful if
any other municipality In the world, she
asserted, has as we'll administered reg
ulations fer procuring good milk. In the
work of cleaning up the alleys Of Wash
ington and removing the slum areas there
is an excellent cooperation. she said, oe-
tween the volunteer agencies and those
of the District.