Evening star., 1914-12-30

Edward H. Hartman and the RockefeI-
ler Foundation the sum of 100000 was
ing.
A commission was appointed to take
charge of securing suitable lot and
arranging for the
Building Is to Be building. The
Of Classic Design. s1a'Ss'1h sistea of preai- eoh
dent Wilson. Secretary of War Garri-
son, Senator Lea of Tennessee and
Representative slayden of Texas. A
desirable lot was secured at once and
the contracts let for a building from
plans designed by well known firm
of architects. The building will be three
stories high and of,classic design, Mas
sive Corinthian pillars will surround it.
The material is to be white marble. 1t
will occupy a city block 800 by 500 feet
in size, bounded by 17tf and 18th, D
and Z streets northwest. When the
building is completed an unbroken
line of magnificent white marble struc-
lures will face the beautiful park south
of the White House. The womens me-
mortal will stand between the Corcoran
Art. Gallery and the Continental Me-
of the American Revolution. Next to
the Continental Memorial Hall stands
the magnificent building of the Pan
American Union. These buildings. in
their order, represent Art, Philanthropy,
Patriotism and Peace, and constitute
the finest group of their kind in the
world.
An advantage kept in mind by the
committee in charge of the building
site for the Women's Memorial build
ing was the possible need of enlarge
ment should the work of the Red Cross
demand it The large square in which
the building is to stand affords ample
space for any needed addition. If this
country should become engaged in war
the Red Cross would constitute the
official relief agency. 1t would be the
national nursing organization, working
in conjunction with the medical de-
partment of the army and navy. While
such contingency may not arise, the
space for additional development has
been provided.
1t is mistake to suppose that the
Fed Cross Society is only active in
times of war or disaster. 1t is work
ing all the time constructively, pre-
Ventvely, giving the American people
an incalculable benefit in the form of
instruction and training. The admin
propaganda of the first aid to the in
jured and the general sanitation in
struction has been greatly hampered
by lack of suitable room. The new
for the growing demands of these ac-
tivities, which are becoming recognized
as of enormous value in raising the
national health standards 1t will con-
tain rooms providing continuous ex-
hibitions and demonstrations of the
latest developments in nursing, rural
health improvement and general sani-
tation. Jacob Schif of New York has
lately given an endowment to the So
ciety of 100000, the income of which
is to be applied to the support and
administration of the Red Cross town
and country nursing service Mrs.
Whitelaw Reid has announced her in
tcntion of providing the sum of sa500
annually for the same purpose The
administrative work of this service will
be maintained in the new building.
feature of the Red Cross work
which Is to be emphasized is the pub
lication of a
Red Cross Magazine magazine which
to Be Popularized. edi,or,n1 ~,, nave ee,nas us
in the new memorial building The
Red Cross magazine was at first pub
lishcd quarterly for the purpose of
circulating the reports of the work of
the organization. 1t has now been made
monthly, and is TO he RAPIDLY pushed
forward as popular ma gazine, having
Tor us policy the humanitarian spirit,
which is the broadest sort of patriot
ism. The enlarged magazine will be
an important educational influence. aid
ing in bringing about more general
knowledge Of every sort Of humans
tartan effort.
Capt. Scrymser's Idea OF the memoria,
is largely due to his recollection Of
the heroism of Mrs. Arabella Grifhtb
Barlow, the young wife Of Mai Cen
Barlow of the Union army. At the time
of the outbreak of the war Gen. Rare
low was young lawyer of exceptional
promise He enlisted in New York
regiment as private in April, 1851
and the young couple were married on
the day before he left for Washington
At the same time the young bride left
her comfortable home and joined the
sanitary commission. Her first field ork
vas at Harrison's Landing in JuIy
where hundreds of wounded and suf-
fer1nS men benefited from her minis
trations. She was nursing in the field
hospital at Antietam when her hus-
I hand was brought in severely wound.