The Washington herald., 1920-08-09
In the Linelight
The Wilbur Wright Memorial.
By George Perry Morris.

monographs OF the ntInoflaA
statue to Wilbur Wright, our pio-
neer aviator, dedicated at lie Mans,
France, on July II, show that Paul
Landowski, the sculptor, has schiey-
ed for his patron and for the donor
OF the statue - Commodore Beau
mont, OF the French navy-a sin
gularly satisfying work OF art. II /
is symbolical, not a granite por-
trait effigy. The forty-foot shaft
in itself original in conception-is /
surmounted by a nude male figure, /
poignsntly expressive in its stu- |
tude OF the eon-long aspirations Of 4
man TO fly, to launch out into the ,
blue, to conquer another medium |
of passage through space-in short I
! TO be a superman. Scrutiny Of the
| statue will make any cynical be
( holder less contemptuous Of Man,
especially IL he be at all converssnt
with the present triumphs OF ava
tors. For only a little less remark
able than the discovery Of the
wrights has been the rspidity with
which IL has been adapted TO the
eXigencics and demands OF q huge
war, and a vsster service TO the
race in intercommUnicstiOn between
| towns and continents.
Mrs Rice and New York Children.
Washington's provisions for the
! welfare OF it's children who need
| Fairgrounds are so miserably in
adequate that when any city,
| through the good will Of private
! citizens or enlightened action Of its
/ officials, prepares to do the right
and amply generous thing, there is
only one thing to do-namely. to
call attention TO it
Cities are often shsmed into doing
what they will not do spontaneously
from a sense OF right. or course
when Washington is referred to
Congress is really meant so far as
governmental action goes. But what
Of washington's people OF wealth
Mrs Isaac L. Rice and her family
are to spend s1,5OO,0OO in creating
on Pelham Bay. a playground 40
acres in area. II will have sta
dunn capped by a Greek Temple.
Five thousand youth will use IL dur
ing athletic contests, paEeants and
drills OF organizations like the Boy
Scouts and Campfire girls. Sunken
gardens, pools and all the suitable
adjuncts OF such an arena will be
designed by experts A swimming
iI,ool with ITS own stadium seating
1000 onlookers and with ample
dressing rooms and other apDur-
tcnanCes, is part OF the scheme.
Children who come with mothers
will find that the latter are TO have
a clubhouse accommodating 1000
persons. Boathouses. racing tracks
and all the equipment that go with
great athletic field are to be built
The Amateur Athletic Union and
the Public Schools Athletic Associa-
ton are to cooperate and supervise
The city is TO share in control. And
ali in memory Of ICasc L. Rice. a ma
tive Of Rhe nish- Bavaria. eminent in
his day as q lawyer. chess player,
promoter Of Humanitarian causes.
owner Of periodicals.. and dispenser
Of wealth for civic ends.
Nolan Best TO Run for Congress.
| New Jersey has an aspirant for
! the Tenth district seat in Congress
| His platform is brief. Republican
! for progress under the ConstitU-
/ ton" Mr. Best, il elected. need not
/ he counted upon to vote for modif-
Il cation or repeal Of the Nolstead act.
j He is a religious editor-that is 70
say. he edits The Continent" =
PRESBYTERIAN weekly with zip and
punch to II. From 1901 to 1910 he
edited The Interior in Chicago
: When il was consolidated with The
, Westminster" Of Philadelphia. he
remained in charge OF the newly
named combined journal and moveo
I the Offices to New York. 4 native OF
. . Ohio. he had his training in journal
( ism on The Courier" OF GAINESVILLE
Educated in United Brethren insti-
, tUtions he for sou-e time has beer
an influential Presbyterian lsyman
He is not A man who wears collar
imposed by any %eCt or party: ant
: il he were to hC or Capitol Hill hi
q would soon let that fact be known.
. Laying Isham Randolph AmOnE
His Kin.
, The interesting fact is that not.
vIthstanding the South's lack o
n technical and engineering school,
y she has furnished d considerable
, percentage OF the great Construc,
tive minds Of the profession in this
- country. Consider the case OF IshsU
: Randolph. who. at the age Of -
has Just died. and his body been lait
away near his kinsmen At MillwoOd
Clarke County. NirE MIA He hat
no training in youth and early man
" hood save that acquired by aCtUa
y work on the Baltimore and Ohit
e road. Yet as far back as 1850 h,
was chief engineer OF the Chicagt
Il and Western Indiana road, and o
the Belt road in Chics go. Whel
l. the latter city began TO grapple
n with its problems OF sanitation h,
was put in charge and remained $,
until 1912 There is hardly a Eres
.e engineering enterprise. Federal
n State or municipal in this Countr,
- or canada that he has not aide'
It either with expert advice or direc
p personal supervision. Foreign a
z well as home engineering soCietie
It and international eNpositions ha'
/ conferred on him their hiEhes
4 honors Technical literature ha,
- been enriched by his writings. Mill
ia ions Of lives. and billions OF prop
- erty. had been conserved by hi
4 combination OF practical wisdOr
II and professional knowledge. Ran
is dolphs of other davs have mad
Virginia famous in stateCraft. pol
I,- itics, political literature. wit an
- social graces. He symhUlzed II
-. New South. usinG science for na
: tional and international bettcrmcn'
~ just as the great GorEas or Mobile
recently deceased. also did.