Evening star., 1921-11-10
ON HOME
| Of PAN.AMER|cANS
John Barrett Gives History
and Description Before
Rotary Members. T

"The present home Of the world"
was the appeIlAtion bestowed upon
the Pan-American building by John
Barrett, when q front view Of the
| beautiful structure was thrown on
the screen in an illustrated lecture by
| the former director general Of the
lPan-American Union .hefere members
of the Rotary Grub at the New VIII
lard Hotel yesterday afternoon.
| The talk was the first Of q series
Mr.. Barrett will give to bring home to
Americans the Importance OF the
ence on Limitation of armament
considered by many to be architec-
tarally one Of the handsomest IN the
world.
| Reviews Its History.
| After stressing the necessity Tor Az
IWashingtonians to be familiar With
the building that is to accommodate
"the greatest gathering of world
celebrities ever congregated under
| one roof" Mr.. Barrett detailed every
! part Of the edifice and delighted his
auditors, by recalling many incidents
that had occurred within its halls.
| Starting with a scene at the corner
where President Washington and
LEnfant often met to discuss the
future plans OF the city, Mr.. Barrett
described every room, terrace, stair.
way. frieze and other features OF
| the structure.
He explained the reason for the
selection of the site, emphasizing the
care displayed by the promoters TO
! make no move that could not De
| worked out on the basis of developing
| on strate the results Of such care. D..
| Brief histories Of the statues OF
North and South America, character
istric of their products; the three IA
nous bronze doors, the cofridor OF
hags. the fountain designed by Mrs;
courtyard. containing the coats-of-
arms of all countries OF the western
hemisphere; the serpent heads, SYM
bolic Of early mythology; the TWO
parrots, Eleanor and McAdoo, named,
Mr.. Barrett said.-at- a dinner given to
the former Secretary of the Treasury
when he was engaged to Miss WILSON,
were related by the speaker.
Two Famous Rooms.
Continued applause greeted the ia
nous hall OF America. in which the
armament sessions VIII be held, when
shown to the audience. This room. y
said Mr. Barrett. due In no small part
| to the suggestions of Theodore Roose-
Welt, has been acclaimed by the great
est living French architect before the
Sorbonne at Paris to be unsurpassed
| In the world for its symmetry IN
length, width. height and curves" He
spoke in similar terms Of the govern
| Ing board room. of which he said Ar
thur Baifour had once declared that
had there been such room, with such
furniture and appointments, IN Eu-
rope there would have been no world
The beautiful nora within and with
out tho building. as well as the mirror
pool. terraces, stairways, approaches.
annex, all statues, small fountains
and electrically worked roof were de-
in asta by sas 'psaker sis lecture
! with what he termed IAN aeroplane
view Of South America" in which was
| displayed some Of the marvellous prog
ress made In those republics to the
At the business session President
| Semnfes directed the club members
to assemble at New Jersey avenue
and B streets at 1880 o'clock tomor.
row morning, when Rotary will
form to participate in the ceremonies
Daniel J. Callahan made an ap.
peal for the kiddies' Christmas
party, which. is being arranged by
the ''baby" Rotarians, with Beverly
smith as their chairman. Mr.. Cal.
lahan said $500 would be necessary
checks be mailed promptly to save
time The affair will be held De
Ecember 21, the same day as thu
Rotary meeting.
| Display Of Flag.
i A letter Of appreciation to Johr
Shoemaker, acting for Rotary, From
the American Red Cross. for co-opera'
tion, was read, after which William
Knowles Cooper announced that the
local club was tho first organization
gatherings, a custom that has beer
recently adopted by Rotary through.
out the country. Mr.. Cooper sale
credit for the custom was due FREQ
Lincoln.
Joseph D. Sullivan was In charge 8,
the distribution Of prizes for promp