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Evening star., 1916-05-07

made through the J. J. hampton Com
pany Inc, the consideration being given
as s2500Oo The name Of the purchaser
was not disclosed.
The Columbian building has frontage
on 5th street facing Judiciary square, OF
76 feet and is SO feet 3 inches deep. 1t
is seven-story building, the gross rental
being about $4,000.
Built by College.
The building was erected by Columbian
College, now George Washington Uni
versity, and later was sold to Senator
Proctor.
Law offices occupy practically the en-
tire building which is admirably located
for attorneys. being near the courthouse
Municipal Court, United States marshars
offices. etc. It is considered flreproof
structure.
Announcement is to be made in few
days of the purchaser of the building. who
desired for the present TO conceal his
identity.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Great Educational Service.

This educational service Is the in
,ioh accounts for every
splrauoh "hiei' 80
branch of Kew's great eApahsioh anu
development at present having the
,a,a botanical collection in
h4ost eoip'''
the world.
one of the most charming features
a., 10 in the large masses
Oh 'ilis .,a wild
Of bloom, OF Trees sili u'" an
flowers which, in different seasons
a For instance there is
meet 'ne 80 ao-. sscb or
whole hillside or haii a''
rbododendrons, of iris, Of aZal1as, OF
=, nonnies Of Towering trees,
oaHooils' u ''p' ,,o.u, 90 in
etc. planted not coh'eh'ioi'"Hs'
ctty nIanting, but skillfully ABOUT as
natI,ral part of a picturesque land
scape
Transferring Kew's influence in Aus
,raIia quote from a book on Aus
,rsua :, as follows
All the great cities OF Australia by
Evening star., 1916-05-07
ROCK CREEK PARK
FOR BOTANIC GARDEN
An Ideal Site for the National Col
lection of Plants and an
Arboretum.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
AS the question of both the need of
and site for a new botanic garden is
now being considered by Congress, 1
offer a few suggestions:
In planning for a national botanic
garden we must not forget that Wash
ington will be settled by a million
people in the not far distant future. lie.
if our population doubles every twenty
five years. as has been the rule; also
that a national botanic garden should
respond to the needs of the whole
country and not to Washington alone.
One of the chiefest assets of any
town or city anywhere is it's beauty.
Our country has been slow to catch on
TO this idea notwithstand that hum
dreds of years ago vast sums were
spent to beautify foreign towns. an
asset some of them have been living
on ever since. and largely by Ameri-
can money.
We need national botanic garden
that can give object lessons for the
whole country, not only in landscape
art, but for studies of trees and shrubs
of every variety from the whole world
Also, how much would We enjoy the
landscape charms of the tropics re-
produced inside glass palaces like
those at Philadelphia. Frankford,
Chatsworth, Kew, etc. etc
| went to London two years ago for
almost the sole purpose of studying the
English national botanic garden at
Kew; this covers some 300 acres. This
veritabie paradise. six miles from Lon
don is visited annually by about
5000, 900 people.
The management at Kew says: a
national garden should be the center
around which all minor stabllshmehts
~ the sort should be arranged, re-
ce:ving supplies and aiding in every
thing that is useful in the vegetable
Kingdom Medicine, commerce, agrlcul-
ture horticulture, landscape gardehlhg
md MANY branches of manufacture de-
rive much benefit
Evening star., 1916-05-07
itors who resort to them on public
holidays"
Ample Room Needed.

All this sort of thing needs room, and
ample room, for always future devel-
.opment. The crying need of all ma
tional botanic gardens everywhere is
for more room which they cannot get.
We also need undulating ground with
different exposures for different kinds
of planting; also water facilities. ac-
feasibility. etc.
Now, no national garden on earth
ever started with the natural advan-
tages for such an institution as is Of
fered US in portion of Rock Creek
Park
This park. purchased by the govern
ment over twenty-five years ago, con-
tains some 1900 acres, and 1000 acres
of it lying north of Military road has
all this time been undeveloped. The
town has actually built up to and about
it, and yet this large area of magnifi-
cent park land is practically as un-
known to the public as uneXploresl
Africa.
Six old cultivated farms of good soil
lie on the east side of this undeveloped
park region. For picturesqueness we
have viStas commanding far distances,
many hilltops. also here and there such
clusters of trees and shrubs that very
minimum of expense would be required
TO transform it into the most beautiful
botanical garden in the world.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
DR.. WILEY ENTERTAINS.
Gives Dinner in Honor of Trustees of
Pharmacopoeial Convention.

DIR. Fl. W. Wiley, president of the
United States pharmacopoeial conven-
tion, gave dinner Friday evening to
the trustees of that organization-Dr.
J. W. Beal, Urbana. Ill, chairman; DR..
n. NJ. Whelpley, st. Louis, Mo-. secre-
tary; DIR. William J. Schieffelin. New
York; DR.. Joseph p. Remington, Phila-
delphia; DR.. F. w. Meissner. jr.. La
porte. Ind. and DR.. George H. Simmons,
Chicago. Ill.
Present to meet the trustees were
Gen. w. c. Gorgas, surgeon general of
the army; Dean D. L. Borden of the
George Washington Medical School,
Dean George NJ. Kober Of the George
town University Medical School, Dr.
Carl L. Alsberg. chief of the bureau of
chemistry. Department of Agriculture:
DR.. L. F. Kebler. chief Of the division
of drugs. bureau Of chemistry. Depart
ment of Agriculture. and s. L. Hilton.
Evening star., 1916-05-07
Natural Advantages in the Park.

on the western side we have superb
trees AND rockeries as are so much en-
joyed in the southern portion of Rock
Creek Park. Do not think for moment
that any landscape architect will ever
disturb these wild features. One could
not reproduce those superb trees short
of a half century nor those rockeries at
any cost perfect botanic garden is
more or less than a most refined
development OF park-not a small
city reservation treatment with flowers
in geometrical lines. but imitation
of real nature. and the more it has Of
real nature in its natural wIldness and
magnifcence to start with the better.
The conventional flower planting In
the present Botanic Garden below the
Capitol will not be touched. When the
Mall treatment comes about this same
flower planting will continue as a bor-
der all the way to the Washington
Monument And we need not disturb
the small and unimportant glass houses
SO long they are useful where they
are.
AS A little preliminary let me say
that in our long summer months the
overheated citizens of Washington,
not to mention tired Nom bers of Con-
gress and officials generally, have no
adequate and accessible place to go
for an evening repast in the real coun-
try, where air is fresh and odorous of
hundreds of acres of wild woodland;
where tables are placed under over
hanging trees, near water running over
rocks. and easily reached but a square
away by the l4th street car line.
| have for at least ten years worked
valiantly for even the cheapest kind Of
A teahouse to be placed under the
towering trees which border the open
spaces near the reservoir in Rock Creek
Park. ] would have a bandstand near
for occasional music, and, what is more
to the point just now, / would in the
course of time have in the vicinity, ar
tistically arranged among winding
roadways, our collection of new glass
palaces. What could be more enjoyed
by everybody in both winter as well
as summer?
This national botanical garden treat
mont In open spaces of Rock Creek
Park would add enormously to the
beauty and interest of the whole park
Each feature, the botanical garden fea-
ture and the natural wildwoods, would
| complement and confer interest upon
the other. MARY F. HENDERSON
Evening star., 1916-05-07
BUILDING
CHANGES OWNERSHIP
Fifth Street Office Building Sold for
Proctor Estate. Consideration
Given as $250,000.

Announcement was made today of the
sale of the Columbian building. 5th street
between d and E streets northwest. for
the estate of the late Senator Redfield
Proctor of Vermont, in connection with
H N Taplin Cimpany. The sale was
Evening star., 1916-05-07

The Russian government 10 consider
ing an extensive utilization Of the wa
ter courses Of Finland to supply cleo
trio light and power to Petrograd.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-25
FumigntinR the I.ead-penc,l.

School physicians have recently de-
cided that school lead pencils may do
deadly work as disseminators OF dis
ease germs The lead-pencils for an
entire room are usually in charge OF
the teacher and are distributed whe n
they are needed for class work. Chill
dren habitually moisten the pencils
in their mouths. a practice more un-
sanitary than the use Of the old III :
Toned slate cleaned with saliva. It is
now proposed TO have the pencils flu
migated daily with formaldehyde gas
and small fumigator has been de-
signed for that purpose. The fumi-
gator is the size of one-burner gas
hot-plate. The top will hold fifty pen
ellis. They are set in place and the
fumigatinE gas turned on for fifteen
minutes. which renders them absolute
~ sterile.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-25
News Of Fifty Years Ago

Thomas jenkins was instantly killed AZ
r nenarr pam station on the Central Railroad
treiEht train Mr. Jenkins was n citiz.nS ~
on UPPER Marshall street last night was xreni
win cnthusastic audtences T Tas
Iansn. % r the evening was delivered by j.
p rhe ADDRESS WAS based the cardinal princ-
ne 'Iser S the Sons Of
me orator laid special stress on brotherly love
the inc Of Malls an of and c0h of5ss at
IaNeu m w"rklnen were put busy repair the
hheg , vigorously they We're Almost " overe we@e
the ' r"nor u"Ss Of petroieum oil Immediately
covered il the very heart Of Richn,ond and hi r.
that nm oil we'll had been struck People aoeked
ISIS b SEN n and It was not long before capital
Ra3 Ge which offers he declined thinking
good OF the sHere wo and for
ATtS S,t over the oil discovery. hut about
planned the huiidnE cam" WAS 'eTg nd re sx
store and that arhs the h eae hs D t% drug
to e ot earre and of 6 o hch barrel,
ana once the Struck Dir exciement died sa aMas
Gi .tor accept the big cash offers OF the specu.
James Barron Hope and Holt wilson an.
ers of bs Jointly editors own
Norfolk Virginian ea''or OF the
IiuHul ed ana niteen hoEShrnds Of tobacco
Eere opened and sampled the new Tobacco
r ETGhanEe yesterday. nifty seven Of which we're
Solu Al satisfactory prices The exchange has
become permanent and paying institution
nc United states House OF Representatives
Yesterday passed the national ba nkrunt In,y
h MniSn Is Intended 10 take the place OF state
oankript and insolrent laws. This il tho drst
Oh! the House has passed since the war thai
Vas really IN the best interest Of the south
e. is ocheVed that the bill will 20 through tho
Senat" all right. -' Wv
President Johnson, in appointing the Board Of
visitors 10 the West Point Military Acadefnv
"a med one from each Of the states OF virsi n
not one Of which States. according TO the thcnrw
OF the radicals, Is in tho Union. Thus tho Pres,
dent gives the radicals slap Hon :, Inhn
son Barbour is the Virginia representative on
, The Mas snchusetts Legislature has elected
heast hutier to be the Major &c neral Of tho
state under q new law reorganizing the mill.
tary forces OF that state " ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-25
FACTORY TOWNS MADE TO ORDER
One of the Days Best Cartoons.
ny FREDERIC J. HAsKIs

to the value OF its port: there war.
SIX hotels. two public schools and many
churches Now Gary has a population
OF $4,000. And If you wish TO en-.
counter tho hatred of tho Garyi,e, ,us,
intimate that Gary is n satellite OF
Chicago. "
n" Municipal Pinn Followed,
but In spite OF Gary's prosperity
she is not weil-bullt town. In Il,
EFFORTS TO build hurriedly, the steel NAV,
failed TO consider the housing faciii
TIES OF It's employees. or. in fact. any
OF the conditions which go toward
making successful civic community
FOR months many OF the Operatives.
iFed In crude structures balanced or
Suits In land that was too swamnv
To afford solid foundation. The tow
was lad out on tho ancient checker
poarf system. with no diagonal street,
providing short cuts. for the operativ.
walking back and forth from the fac
Tory Indeed. very little municipal
plan was followed Al ALL but the OH.
Gals OF the plant as members OF m.
commercial Club OF Chicago. contrib
nted handsomely TO the fund raised -
rcplan that city. Yet to-day Garv
IS facing splendid industrial fu
,ure. she is TO be second Pitts.
bursh. soy her citizens.
Thus the factory is bringing wealth
10 the country. but IL is criticized fot
its methods. The Gary plant ig cen.
sored FOR neglcctinE its obligations
toward Its employees. and on the othe,
hand. the efforts OF the Pullman Com,
pans were distinctly unapprecia.cd
when II attempted the paternal policy.
HE best industrial town is the on.
that brings it's employees to live in 1t.
providing them with adequate housing
iaoi!ities and opportunities. The fac
Tory onicials arc coming TO realize
That these are tho circumstances which
promote the highest efficiency, ana
now the newer industrial towns are
employing city planning experts ana
architects in building their cities
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-25

observes that the prevailing high prices OF pro-
visions had onr good effect In that overlooking
OF norman hobics had become less common. Ho
goes on to SAY that dict reduced to tho indis-
prnsabic minimum IN best FOR any baby. lie
quotes tScrnN. who does not allow over Il quart
Oh milk day for II bottle. fed baby n year old
tecr nnds mat habics maintain better health on
something less than this. namely. 600 grams n
day Tor ycar-oli child (which would be about
twenty "unces). Hts experience shows that
o"pcs do better on this amount than on tho
inFSer amounts he used to allow. lie does give
sugar from the nrsi. rapidly increasing to hnlf
an ounce ana even an ounce day up to tho
scNen'n month. starch also after the first
month. in tho form or rice or ontmeol .,rnni.
nait an ounce UablcspoonfuD to an ounce a
Guy, ~ IN" end OF tho sixth month he gives n
NIUE bccf. mutton or chicken broth. and fresh
feSetaoies mashed very fine. up to three or four
'api"sroonfnlS toward the end OF the year
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-25
United States.

washington Wants the United Con-
fcdernte Veterans" headline in The
Richmond Times Dispatch. May 14.l
Bring hither the ola, gray soldiers.
The soldiers who wore the gray;
Bring them on to our fair White City,
The Washington OF to-day
Bring them. to meet as comrades.
The men who wore the blue.
To grasp the hand OF our President
fine,
And friendships old, renew.
The old-time Quarrels are ended
And gone are the strife and the hate:
IT'S one, united country,
Yet each is sovereign State
Would men but think. at the outset!
AS years roll on to an end,
Is difference of thought worth
the shedding OF blood,
Or even the loss Of a friend?
o. where Is the good OF the lighting?
Cannot man show his valor without!
Let him hold to his own convictions:
Give others the right to their
doubt.
o. do this before there are battles,
With death in their pitiless wake:
Before there are heartbroken mothers,
And losses Of all kind at stake!
Yes. bring lis the old. gray soldiers.
The men who fought with Lee.
A North" and South" no longer
divide
This, glad. glad land Of the free,
From Maine to Louisiana,
From the East to tho Golden Gate.
We hail our united country!
We honor each sovereign STATE,
EELLE MINOR,
Richmond, Va, May II.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-25
Chats With Virginia Editors

Just exactly what the Newport News Times
What !, says N %S maFdSy know but here is
flyers in the state. But they do NOT hv With
their own wings" "
No: M"rfolk, always trying 70 copy after Rich
observe; Even with an auditorium some peo-
pie could not talk any than they do
The sentiment in the Valley of VIRGINIA :.
expressed by the HarrisonburG Independent in
me toiowine paragraph: There is "A strong
hrm and resolutc position In dealing with the
nations not able to fight us"
There are some things that are hard TO under
stand stand AZ least so thinks the Chase city Prog
ress. wn mIi says one thing that puzzles us
IN the pententiary. and then recommend TO
the Governor that he be pardoned?'
The Crbanna Sentinel always trying to saw
q good word for somebody. gets OF the follow
word for insurance companies the other daT
a ar we hasten 10 give the companies the heneAt
ways gave away good blotters and calendars"
-, Th9mas r; Evans. Of Eskdae, W. Va tells
ment IN that State. confirmed for over dftv
Years. is for repudiaton Of the public dent. We
Of the United States has decided that II ia
Just debt and that it must be paid-Newport
Get. Getting its principal information from the
pa tch the Norfolk vprnan 81 ri, me Tines Dis
lows: While the Southern and So Ti ep
branches Of the Methodist and Presby,er in
union, it is interesting to note that the Enisc" cor
pal Council OF Virginia voted on May 20 1866
nection diocese with the Church Of the
United states. All the other Southern dioceses
Of the years er b the
the Confederate government"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-25

qualifications has ever been raised. The sole
ground on which his rejection was based was
that frothy and childish custom known as
senatorial courtesy Mr.. Rublee was nom
mated by Democratic President. and, if no
objection to the man itself was raised. It
would seem that mere party loyalty should
have induced the Democrats in the Senate to
support the President. But because
brother Senator, and Republican at that,
found MIR. Rublee personally obnoxious. ten
Democratic Senators voted with twenty eight
Republicans to reject the Presidents nominee.
BY their schoolboyish observance of "sena-
torial courtesy" these Senator's lay them
selves open to the question certain to be
asked by their Democratic constituents
what about courtesy to the President?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-25
Magnetic Artificial Hnud,.

Scientists and inventors In ever
country arc now working on devices
FOR soldiers manned in the war An
electro-maenetic hand has been de-
vised for tho armless man which Will
enable him TO do almost any OF the
tasks he was accustomed to perform
before his injury. The member ends
in pit, or bell shaped magnet. which
can be adjusted TO bring the face of
the magnet into any desired position
The pit magnet is connected with an
electric current by means OF a sore
plug. The magnet grasps all iron OBJ
jects and holds them tight. II can
lift or move them in any desired po-
sition. The shape Of the tool need not
be altered. as the magnet can grasp II
In any place. 4 carpenter can uso his
old wooden plane by having a small
steel plate set In the top, upon which
the magnet can attach Itself
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-25
No Peace in sight Just Nnw

D RITIsH Premier and German Chancellor.
- discussing separately tha possibility OF
peace, show there will be no peace on the
terms either offers VI, AsQuith says there
can be cessation OF hostilities without guar
antees that Prussan militarism no longer.
shall menace the security and happiness Of
Europe. and Or. Won Bethmann-H oliweg saws
all negotiations must be in terms OF the
present war map
This country Will approve President vii
sons evident ambition to play part in end
Ing this terrible struggle, but there would
seam little encouragement for IA tender OF his
good ofhces at this time Doubtless every
nation now al war wants peace but none has
reached the point where il is willing to pa
for peace. In the theory OF every belligerent
payment should be made by its enemies
nevertheless time soon must come when
peace Will be definitely in the air In our
bellef II VIII follow the next great allied Of
fensive If that is successful on large scale
Germany will ask peace; if it fails. the allies
are likely to be convinced that the penetra-
uon OF German territory cannot he achieved
only at prohbitive cost. a stalemate can
not endure forever.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-25
Italy Learning n Lesson

- GOD for the allied ca use may yet result
NJ from the Austro Hungarian offensive in
the Tyrol Italy, driven back by heavy enemy
forces, ks now of allied movements on
other fronts to relieve the pressure There
is news from Switzerland that the German
Kaiser plans visit TO the Austro- Hungarian
armies on the Italian border.
This conjunction Of circumstances may
cause Italy to understand that she must fight
for all and not merely for herself, if she
expects to regain her lost provinces. Her
entrance into the conflict was a product of
self-interest, frankly declared Even self
interest must now reveal the necessity Of
absolute good faith Breaking her ridiculous
peace with Germany would he first step in
the right direction.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-25
SEEN ON THE SIDE
Lifc's Graces.

LIcH traces.
Faith. and Hope. and Charity.
All the good life holds for me.
All the good dwells in these three.
Faith in, God and faith in man,
Faith in Gods appointed plan,
Faith TO end what we began.
Hope that sorrows will decay.
Hope that griefs will fade away
When has dawned the better day.
Charity that does not quail
From whom doubts and fears nssail.
Or from those who try and fail
Faith, and Hone, and Charity,
All the good life holds for me
All LIES good dwells In these three.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-25
Voting for Brandeis

n EMocRAT1c members of the Senate
- Judiciary Committee have put themselves
right with the country by voting unanimous
ly to recommend confirmation of the nom
nation of Louis D. Brandeis TO be an associate
justice of the Supreme Court In all human
proba bility, this assures Mr.. Brandeis the
place on the bench 10 which the President
named him. for Senate Democrats generally
will follow the example OF the majority men,
bers Of the Judiciary Committee. If the Re-
publicans desire to make this party issue,
the Democrats should welcome it, for right
and Justice fight in the Brandeis cause
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-25
Heterodoxy Question Merely Po>tponed

a CCoRDING to late reports. the con-
"A troversy in the Preshyte rian General AS
sembly concerning the alleged heterodoXy of
the New York Presbytery and the Union
Theological Seminary. OF New York, has been
ended. at least temporarily, by the adoption
of warning which applies TO all presbyteries
For years the New York Presbytery and
the great seminary in New York in which
many clergymen OF other denominations have
studied, have been charged with being at
the very least. too broad. Something akin
to climax was reached a few months ago.
when three young men were admitted 10 the
ministry who denied belief in certain tenets
common 10 most OF the Christian denomna-
uons. Consequently. when the general as
sembly convened, more less determined
effort was made to eNpel the New York Pres
bytery from the church.
Warning that the tenets o. the church must
be accepted by candidates for The ministry
before they may he ordained can hardly serve
to settle the veXed question Of what shall
be taught in the seminary controlled by the
New York PreSbytery Il Will merely post
pone the settlement