Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-09
Washington
Briefs
Special to Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public IAdsar


and Philadelphia Public Ledger
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-"Waship rtOn
the beautiful is the universal dsscrtp-
ton applied to the capital by the army
Of distinguished strangers now within
It's gate. Frenchmeu pay the city the
superlative comment Of saying it's public
buildings and capactous oren place. now
and then remind them of Paris or be-
cause Washington is a small city, Of
Versailles. The weather man Is in his
best conference form. Certainly no more
magnificent atmospheric welcome could
| be vouchsafed arrivals in a new climate
than the balmy Indian summer tempera-
ture. Sightseeing Is in full blast among
the conference folk already On the scene
If Philadelphia is having it's trouble
finding brief and euphonious name for
the sesqui- Of 1928. your Uncle
Sam is at his wits end to invent short
yet adequate title for the conference
'The conference on Limitation of arma-
ment and the Far East" is the way it
was officially christened.
The Germans, urged by the long
windedness OF their language and the
long range Of their words, circumvenr
such difficulties by manufacturing a
slogan, vowels permitting, out of the
first LETTERS Of the principal words Thus
the Herren professoren Of Berlin would
probably call the Washington conference
the 'Clafe," which, though ugly and
meaningless, would at least meet the
need Of brevity. The Washington con-
ference" meets with much favor as a
solution Of the name problem.
The pIne-board and the cheese-cloth
Arch Of Jewels which is being erected
at the foot Of Seventeenth street in
/ honor Of the opening Of the conference
evokes no enthusiasm from art connois-
seurs-at least in its chrysalisis stage
One feature of Washington's decorative
scheme, already complete, excites I'M
sttnted admiration. 1t is the illumination
at night Of the dome Of the Capitol, the
Washington monument and the Lincoln
memorial In the "circles"-Dupont.
Scott, Thomas and Sheridan-the statues
Of the National heroes from which the
circles derive their name also are sill
houeted against the sky by delicate light
Ing effects The Capitol dome is entranc-
ingly lovely and impressive in its noe
turnal adornment. 1t happens that most
of our distinguished foreign visitors have
come in at night. The dome bathed in
C1lSele0
marble in the sky. Rapturous acclaim ia
always voiced as guests from abroad
emerge from Union Station and catch
their first glimpse Of the traditional SYM
Dol Of American power.
William Short, lately secretary of the
league to enforce peace, has been named
general secretary of the committee on
limitation of armament. MIR. Short was
closely associated with Chief Justica
Taft and Oscar s. Straus in the work of
the league to enforce peace.
Massachusetts avenue, in the hfpb1v
aristocratic sector that stretches between
Du Pont and Sheridan circles. has he
come the far east of Washington. within
three blocks of each other. respectiva1v
at numbers 1000 and 2315. are the con.
ference delegation headquarters of Jansn
and China. Nowadays there are moro
men Of the East in evidence in the region
than OF the West They do not smile
as they pass by. The Japanese have
taken the old-fa @hioned but impressive
red brick mansion internationally Occur
pied by great families like the Blaines
Letters and Westinghouse. The Chinese
are housed in an ultra modern granite
mansion loaned them by a Washington
hostess, Mrs. Francois Berger Moran,
Mr.. Balfour will be the Oldest confer
ence hand at the Washington parley. As
a young diplomat of 80, he attended the
famous congress of Berlin in 1878. in the
capacity Of secretary to Great Britain's
famous statesman. the Marquis of Sails
bury and Lord Beaconsfield (DisraeID.-
Copyright, 1921, by Public Ledger Com
pany.