Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-02

Paris would still be that Incompatible
city which attracts the people Of the
civilized world by its industry, its art
and It's social life alike. And the situa-
| ton of London and Paris is that of
| Berlin, Vienna, Rome and the other
/ capital cities of the great nations OF
| civilization. Each is city with an ex-
| istence and a permanence Independent
OF the government of the nation whose
capital 1t is. Washington, on the other
hand. exists because it is the seat OF
government. Remove the government
from Washington and Washington
would be no more.
1T is in every sense federal city.
IL Is the common property OF the ma
ton. and. fortunately for those who
have their habitation here, it is regard
ed by the great mass of the American
people as their common property. 1t is
i a city without politics. and its resi-
dents are deprived of the usual voice
dence in other localities: but. after all.
the possession of the elective fran
chise is a privilege and not a right. anu
the question of municipal government
ness proposition that the true civic
question with a city is not how it Is
ruled, but how well it is ruled.
James Bryce, former ambassador
from Great Britain, deeply appreciative
of Washington and it's. environments
as he was. said of the city on one oc-
casion: 1T is especially fitting that 1t
should be able to live without the con-
tors of modern life. Industrial produc-
ton and commercial exchange, which
dominate most of the cities of the con-
tinent.
Eyes of World on United States.
The capital of a nation must be in
every sense the visual demonstration Of
that nations stature in the concert of
nations. Here in the United States we
are the embodiment of--the worlds
latest really great experiment in free
government From all the quarters of
the globe; from all the cults of politi-
cal philosophy; from all the peoples of
civilization; from the very star cham
bers of abso1utism and kingly rule
piercing eyes look toward us to see
what a century of that experiment has
done And they look toward the ma
tion's capital for the symbol of its sue
cess God has so ordered man that he
is impressed and profoundly Influenced
by the symbolic in life. If, with the
wonderful material progress which the
United States has made, it. has ad-
been true to the spirit of its fathers
in developing liberty and happiness
through the patriotic activity OF high
, minded men, then that should be par
ticularly. evident in the characteristics
and fabric of the development and civic
and social life of the Capital city.
The mission of Washington is, there
fore, to be the embodiment Of the maj
| esty and stateliness Of the whole ma
| ton 1t should be the real center OF
it's art and it's culture. Its life and
| it's surroundings should be such as 10
attract the highest creative talent in
literature. sculpture ana painting. Its
public buildings should show that here
| is exhibited what Is best in American
| architecture. The public life of the
nation should find its nerve center in
spot where civic calm-dehberate'
| tn oughtfu1, progressive sptrit-per-
va des the atmosphere of life.
Hear Important Addresses.
! The board also was addressed by
George S. Atwood, secretary of the
American Association of Commerce
Trade. with headquarters at Berlin,
Germany, and by Samuel NJ. Ham. rep
resentative of the Fidelity Trust Com
pany of Baltimore.
| Mr.. Atwood spoke on trade conditions
| in Germany and of the field which eX-
| lists there for American made goods.
He gave an outline of the purposes and
work of the association of which he is
secretary.
When this war is over" said the
speaker. Germany will present to as
one Of the best foreign markets. In the
| nrSI pace, the Germans Will want our
trade and will place no obstacles in the
furtherance of our trade in their coun-
try
Mr. Ham spoke on THE Link-the-
Americas" commercial tour planned &c;
has been chartered by the Fidelity
ship will leave January % for a tour
of 1870 miles. lasting 106 days. dur
ing which South America will be en-
circled. and the return from the Pa
ciflc to the Atlantic made by means of
the Panama canal. He urged that the
! Board of Trade have a representative
on the trip.
Richard B. Watrous extended an in
vitation to the members of the Board
| of Trade to attend the sessions of the
annual convention of the American
Civic Association, which convenes in
their attendance at the session tonight
\ in the ballroom Of the New Willard.
when Washington, the Federal City"
| will be the theme of discussion.
The business session of the board
was devoted to consideration of the
annual reports and recommendations
of the committees on universities.
parks and reservations, charities and
Corrections, and streets and avenues.
| The reports of all the committees
were accepted, and the various recon-
| menda tions approved with the excep-
| ton of one. made by the universities
committee. The report of this commit
tee was read by it's chairman. Alpheus
H. Snow. 1t dealt with the abolition of
sham and fake colleges and universe
ties in the District. the existence of
which, the committee stated, lis due
principally to the absence of proper
| restrictions in the general incorpora-
| ton law originally passed by Con-
| gress for the District in 1870 and still
| in force"
Favors Gallinger Bill.
The committee urged the indorse-
| ment of a bill introduced in the SEN
ate last November by Senator CAL
linger. This bill was approved by the
universities committee of the board
prior to its Introduction. Concerning it,
the committee. in its report. stated:
1T makes clear the distinction al
ready made in the general incorpora-
| ton law between the three great
classes of educational institutions,
namely. % Institutions of learning
dn which class are included colleges
and universities). 90 Educational cor
porations for profit, and CD corpora
! tons which are only incidentally edu-
cational-that is. those which are es-
septia11v for henevplent nisoion,