Evening star., 1914-07-11
PLAN0F MEMORIAL
T0CLARA BARTON
Three Buildings Near Glen
Echo Are to Cost About
$225,OO
FUND HAS BEEN RAISED
BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
Group to Include Great Auditorium,
Home for Nurses and First
Aid Building.

auditorium for lectures, meetings of
woman's clubs and treasure house for
the curios, decorations and certificates
of honor conferred upon Miss Barton.
There also will be placed a collection
of gowns and bonnets worn by Miss
Barton at different notable stages of
her relief work.
This auditorium is to be f1anked on
either side by a nurses home and a
frst-aid building. The old Barton home
will be preserved as 1t now stands and
opened for public inspection that WIS.,
itors may see the simple, old ia shion-
ed way in which Miss Barton lived
after having been honored by the
rulers of many nations.
Ten Acres In Site.
This memorial group is to occupy
a ten-acre plot just beyond Glen Echo
Park, where many notable Chautauqua
lectures have been given, and the en-
tire tract is to be laid out by an 1tal-
ian landscape artist, so that at all sea-
sons Of the year 1t may be physically
attractive, as it's work and relics VIII
attract humanitarians and tourists
from all parts of the world.
Mrs Mabel Rawson Hirons of Oxford,
Mass, a lifelong friend Of Miss Barton.
who has done much to make the me-
mortal possible, and DR.. Julian &. Hub
bell. who was associated for years with
Miss Barton in her relief work. are going
to start next month on a trip to Europe
to consult with architects there regarding
foundations and durable styles OF build
ing. They say that they want this Bar
ton Memorial to stand through the ages.
and they wish to learn In the countries
that have builded lasting memorials OF
the same sort all that they can to safe
guard the Barton Memorial from the raw
ages Of time. They are particularly con-
cerned about the foundations because the
location is on the side of the old canal.
and they want the best advice obtalnable
to prevent any undermining or sinking Of
the memorial group.
Building Plans Drawn.
Edward Atwater Of Meriden. Conn.
president of the Clara Barton Memorial
Association. which was organized In
Cambridge, Mass, within two months
after Miss Barton's death. has Just re-
turned to this country after two years
abroad, and Is coming at once to Glen
Echo.
As soon as Mrs. Hirons and DR.. Hub
bell have reported the progress on the
memorial to him they are going to start
on their trip to Europe. Meanwhile plans
for the three buildings have been tenta-
lively accepted. The main auditorium
building is to cost 100000. The plans
are drawn by A. B. Pierson. a Wash
Norcross Brothers Of Worcester, Mass
The first aid building and the nurses
home are to cost $4,000 and $4,000. re-
spectively. and plans by Stephen c. Earle
of Worcester. Mass, have been tenta-
lively agreed upon.
The main building Is to be shaped
the front 100 feet across and 20 feet
deep. Then it Is to run back another
100 feet. making the total depth l8t
feet. A striking feature of this audi
torium is to be a recess in which large
painting of the only picture ever made
of Clara Barton while in the actual bat
tlefield or hospital work is to be placed
It is being painted from e small
photograph made by a relative at Ha-
vana in 1898. The rooms on the sec
ond floor in the rear are to contain
the Barton curios and trophies and
decorations, most OF which are nov IN
include ninety-four certificates Of
honor from crowned heads and states
and cities which had been aided by
Miss Barton in times of great disaster
Appliances for First Aid.
The first aid building is to b,
equipped with all latest appliances fol
surgical work and in charge Of sur.
geons who will have in constant train
ing teachers who will be sent through
out the states to instill first-aid princi
pies into the minds of the young. Th'
building is to be endowed SO that i,
will always have the most advanced
| thoughts and be kept abreast Of surSi,
cal deyelopments. The interior will be
| circular in layout, with rooms about
the rotunda for demonstration rooms
/ chemistry laboratories. instrument anG
operating rooms for etherizing and fol
| patients.
| The nurses home Is to contain rest
rooms. library. reception hall. parlor
dining room. kitchen and bedroom ac
| commodations for twenty-five nurses.
| 1t is proposed that a feature of thu
| interior decorations will be a series o
pictures of Miss Barton. taken at vari
Gus stages of her career, with one larg,
painting of what her friends believe Ii
the best picture Of her ever taken. fac
| ing the front entrance.
Decorations and Honors-
which are to adorn the memorial build
ing are:
Iron Cross Of Prussia. presented b,
Emperor William 1 and the Empires
Augusta.
| 1S70-Gold cross Of remembrance
from the Grand Duke and Duchess o
| Baden
| 1SS2-Meoal OF the lnteFndtlOHal COIN
mttee of the Red Cross of Geneva
| switzerland.
| lSs4-Red Cross by the Queen o
| Servia-
| 1sSi-Silver medal by the Empress
| Augusta of Germany.
| lSS4-Flag voted by congress of Berne
| Switzerland.
| 1884 and 1ss7-Jewels by the Gran,
| Duchess Of Baden.
1ss5-Diploma of honor from the Ger
| man war veterans.
lsS7-Jewels from the Queen OF Prussia
lsSs-Diploma from the Red Cross o
Austria.
1S96-Diploma and decorations by tn
Sultan of Turkey.
1s9SDiploma and decorations by tn
Prince OF Armenia.
lS99-Diploma and decorations by Spain
lS99-Vote of thanks by the cortez Q
Spain.
19OO-Vote of thanks by the Portuga
Red Cross.
19OOJResolutions by the central relic
committee OF Galveston.
19O1-Vote OF thanks by the legislator
of the state of Texas.