The Dermott news., 1919-08-14


 the majority party in house and sen ate seems fully determined to adopt a program of legislative endeavor with which To appeal to the country in the presidential campaign next year.
 Poindexter Seeks Nomination.
 Another candidate for the Repuhli- can nomination for the presidency has entered the field, or at any rate is de clared to be about ready to enter it. This candidate is Senator Miles Foindexter of the state of Washington The Republican candidates announced. or having friendly organizations ready tu announce them are these: Leonard Wood. Hiram w Johnson. Frank Q. Lowden, Warren c. Harding. Phian- der C. Knox Miles Poindexter, and one or two others who as yet are in the un- certainty stage
 Capitals Summer Lovefiness.
 Steudy rain for two weeks failed to wash the beauty out of Washington The capitals beauty k proof against everything except fool man lliit lHl hSHtil tlibI tS ihht u'ta made by men to erect atrocities ia the shape of buildings. statues and memorials of other kinds Occasion ally the attempts have succeeded. hut in the main they have fai1ed The promise Is that hereafter they will fan every time
 Washington today stands in mid summer lovelineSS The rains have helped rather than hurt. for while they have torn petals from many If the blossoms they have kept the leaves green and glisten.Hs. It is a fair town today
 have tried to find out what for eigners think of the city uf Washing ton. There are men from foreign parts in this town who have visited nearly every capital of the old worId. and some of whom were stationed h other days as officials of tHeir goYerff mentS in several of the capitals of Europe An EnEljshmaa k rather i loath to admit that anything anywhere l Is finer than eorrcSpundng things in his own land. In times past he has i been loath also as rue 70 admit that America holds many things more beautiful, or more commanding. than l the continent of Europe has to offer. Seemingly Englishmen iu the past l have fett obliged to champion tie con. tineut as we'll as their island.
 Most Beautiful of Capitals"
 Not long ago asked tbe corre5 spon4ent of the greatest Loudoa newspaper. who had been in Was. iugton for some time what he thought of this city. He said II k the most beautiful capital in nil thr world = In the expressive. if lnelegant. laG= guaEe of the boys, this Was going some for m EugliShmaH.
 James Bryce. former British amha- sador to fhe United States. not Ions ago delivered an address an the c.ts of Washington. It wa> packed W.fh praise. bur there WIS thin inte- harding of suggestion. AmbasS'tj P Bryce felt sa warmly toward thi~ tt h. was afraid that iu the cty's ex- pansian il was pussihie that tIu might allow it in part te be Sro4ed by iucongruouS buildings. or by the ruiuing of some of the wonderful N>- taS He urged many things and his advice was followed. although if may be that thr plotterS and planners et the growing city simply had viewed things aS the visiting Britsher had viewed them.
 Washington tS growing rapidly but perhaps not so rapidly aS to ov"rtake and overwhelm the proper prcpara- ,ionS for orderly growth Suburbs have been planted and thanks to the rulings of sanity they have been planned well.
 The Mall Is one of Nashipgton's chief beauties A rich5 line extended from the center of the capitol passes through the uncompleted Grant munu- i mcnt. the Washington monument. and the nearly completed Lincoln me morlal. On each side Of the line are green sWardS and garden spots with the magnificent Potomac bordering the spaces lying toward that river.
 l. k perfectly true that temporary buildings Heeessitated hv the eNieen- ctcS of. war have hcen erected on the Mall. hut in the course af time they win disappear, their places to be taken in part by white marble Struc- lures housing the growing activities of government.
 View From Cathedral Heights.
 The highest spot in the city of Washington proper iS that from which rises the one completed tower of the Protestant Episcopal cathedral The place Is called Cathedral Heights and from lt one gets wonderful view of the city, ltS buildings, the Potomac river and the far-reaehing Virginia hills There Is one danger which threatens the view from the Cathedral Heights. There has been n great de mand for housing facilities in the city of Washington recently and enor- i ,,,,,,s upa rttnppt hpuSek have happ