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the other treats Delaware avenue as
the axis.
There is considerable difference of
opinion as to how this section should be
treated. but. after mature study, am
inclined to think that the project that
utilizes North Capitol street as the axis
will be the most effective method. The
plan utilizing Delaware avenue as the
axis was prepared after consultation
with Thomas Hastings. our former con-
sulting architect on the Senate and
House office buildings. The one utilizing
North Capitol street as the axis was
prepared after conference with Pierce
Anderson of the firm of Graham. Ander-
son, Probst & White Both of these gen.
tIemen have responded in a splendid
manner to the wishes and suggestions
have made. celebrating these with their
own excellent ideas on the subject.
"I think study of the photographs
will show fully what is proposed to
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out to about $500 feet at its greatest
width to the north. On the south of
the Capitol. however. it would widen
out to more than 1000 feet by the
time it reached Washington barracks.
r X 4 ss''' =
THE artists plans submitted by Ell
lott Woods with his letter to
Congress show a large number of
public buildings literally distributed
over the proposed parkway. Mr..
Woods explains that this does not
mean that it is proposed to occupy all
that space with public buildings;
rather, he is decidedly averse to such
a treatment.
AT the present time 1 do not ap-
prove of the location of government
buildings within the limits of the
space defined by these areas on both
sides of the Capitol said Mr.. Woods.
ct do think, however, that some
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ed, would not interfere with the view
from the Office buildings westward"
The proposed parkway development
also considers the need for increased
Office space; for members of Congress.
Mr. Woods points out that the pres
emit House office building is already
too small. and if the size of the House
is enlarged by reapportionment bill
under the new census figures there
will be an immediate need for an
additional building. He would advise
Congress to acquire the property to
the east of the present House office
building, which lies south of the Con-
gressional Library grounds, and erect
there companion structure for the
present House office building.
Mr. Woods also favors taking in all
Of the property north Of the Congress
sional Library and east of the Capt.
toll grounds and erecting thereon
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to Representative Langley, is as fol-
lows:
referring to the several CONVEX
sations we. have had respecting the
development of the. Capitol grounds.
! am giving you herewith a brief
memorandum on the subject. touch
ing on the general scope of the pro-
posed work. I will follow this later
on by detailed information concern
ing the parcels of grounds. cost, etc.
In order to refresh your memory, I
invite your attention to some of the
early history relating to the subject.
4 X
"THE sundry civil act approved
June %, 1910, provided for the
acquisition of certain property lying
between the Capitol and the Union
station. A commission was appointed
and it reported to Congress on
February 6, 1913. The net result of
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street cars from the vista of the
Capitol from Union station by pro-
viding a sunken garden effect be-
tween C and D streets. with the street
cars circiing a fountain there and go
ing through a tunnel to the Capitol
grounds. The elevation of Delaware
avenue would be raised from D street
to the Capitol.
This, however, is not the plan of
development which Elliott Woods
recommends. He favors using North
Capitol and South Capitol streets as
the axis, because he has always feared
that the development of the Delaware
avenue axis alone might have a ten
dency to subordinate the Capitol
building to the Union station. He
also emphasizes that by using North
and South Capitol streets. which are
the present north and south axis of
the Capitol, and which are the real
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the proposed improvement shows
about so per cent of the property
now in the hands of the government.
the balance being in litigation, or
at least to be acquired.
In the deficiency act of March 4.
1918. i provision was made for the
removal of the houses on the prop
erty then acquired. 1t contained a
memorandum providing for the prepa-
ration of plans for permanent improve
ments or the property. and it was
upon the basis of this act that have
proceeded with plans for certain de-
velopments north of the Capitol.
These are being submitted to you in
the form of photographs of drawings
made for the purpose.
referring specifically to the north
of the Capitol, you will note that j
have two sets of drawings, one of
which makes North Capitol street the
axis of proposed improvement, and
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diately upon his arrival in London
and throughout his stay at the hotel
requests for financial aid from perfect
strangers constituted the bulk of the
epistles, numbering between five and
six hundred, which reached him daily.
The film stars secretary, Carlyle
Robinson, showed me a small noun
tain of appeals and, at my request,
picked one out at random and read
it. 1t was marked private and
urgent" and was from a woman.
81 am writing to you privately as
you were at Hanwell Schools" she
wrote, and went on to say she had
q boy who had just left a similar
a boarding school so that he could
have a good education.
"As am unable % draw my
money until Xmas" the letter went
on. land it will cost me 20 pounds to
fit him out will you trust me with the
money? I will pay you back at
Xmas"
THERE is one infallible means. if
l. you are resident in England. of
testing the genuineness Of such ap-
peals, and that is to submit them to
the London Mendicity Society.
What an astounding record of
roguery one would be able to COM
pile were he permitted to make a
comprehensive study Of the amazing
archives of this society! 1.-THE prac-
ticed hands," said an official, "in-
clude women as well as men. They
obtain the nance and addresses of
wealthy and benevolent people from
directories or published, subscriptions
lists and show infinite resource in
describing their distresses. For ex-
ample, here is a letter addressed to
one of our subscribers only recently
and referred by him to us for inyes-
tigation. The writer appeals for aid
on the ground that he and his fam
lily are about to be evicted by their
landlord. As evidence that his ID a
genuine case he incloses the notice
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to quit, which he states he has re-
ceived from his landlord. AS a mat
ter of fact these printed notices to
quit can be purchased at almost any
stationer's shop, and study of this
one reveals that the writing of the
landlord is in reality that of the
applicant for assistance, disguised
artfully enough to deceive ninety
nine persons out of a hundred. This
applicant, as it happens, is an old
acquaintance Of ours and an abso-
Lutte fraud.
x X X X
MEMBERS Of the royal family are
4'A not neglected by the begging let
ter writers, whose favorite target at
present, it seems, is the Prince of
Wales. AS a result the applications
for pecuniary aid H, r. H receives
daily mean a lot Of extra work for
his secretaries. The king gets thou
sands of begging letters, too. as does
the Duke Of York. Members Of the
British royal family have ever been
wistful to respond to the appeals Of
those in distress through no fault
Of their own and frequently have
intrusted the necessary inquiries to
the London Mendicity Society. Queen
Victoria regularly did so. the society
having acted for her majesty in cases
averaging from 900 to 1000 year.
Analysis of these begging letters
shows 81 per cent Of the writers are
imposters or quite undeserving, while
80 per cent are already known to the
society. OF the remaining Is per cent,
which represents deserving cases,
only S per cent are in extreme need.
Cases needing help get prompt aid
from the society's Immediate relief
fund.-. and it acts as almoner for a
large number of wealthy people.
among whom are several notabilities
whose names would arouse world
wide interest were it permissible to
mention them. The society has re-
lieved thousands Of urgent cases.
Mention has been made OF the sur
prising fact that the professional
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BY HAYDEN CHURCH.
LONDON. January /. 1922.

LONDON. January l, 1922.
A BEGGAR operating in the
~ streets of London made a
~ mighty bad guess the other
day. He made it when he
picked me out as a likely victim and
sidled up to me as I was Logging 1t
along Dane street, a narrow little
alleyway that runs out of slumber-
Gus Red Lion Square, in one of whose
liam Morris and Sir Phillip Burne-
Jones once lived, and into busting
Holborn.
This beggar. an ancient, soap-fear-
ing and generally typical representa-
tive of the genus "screever," as the
professional mendicants of these
islands call themselves, wanted
k,oney-naturally. He said he wanted
it for food, that nothing (not even a
toothbrush. judging by appearances)
had passed his lips for-I forget
whether it was hours. days or weeks.
He got no money from me. how
ever, which, under the circumstances,
was not surprising. Had he only
known it, this elderly CRATER had
chosen the last person in Nhe world
likely to respond favorably to this
kind of touch" at that moment,
the very last. For, as it happened.
not five minutes before he waylaid
me I had Quilted the headquarters
Of an extraordinary society that for
more than a century has been waging
war on beggars Of all kinds, and my
mind was full of the amazing tales
that I had heard Of frauds and rogues
the society has exposed and laid by
the heels during its long. untiring
and relentless campaign against
"screevers."
had been shown, among other
things, the astonishing register which
this organization-the London Men,
deity Society-keeps Of begging. let
ter writers Of the past and present.
I had been permitted to examine an
other Of its records-the only COM
plete one in existence-which con-
tains the names and histories OF all
the professional mendicants who
have appeared before the London po-
lice magistrates since these cadies
came into being eighty-odd years
ago.
To what extent the professional
begging-letter writer fiourishes at
home I don't happen to know. but
here, his name is legion. OF this
Charlie Chaplin became aware imme-
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HISTORIES IN ENGLANDS
FAMOUS "ROGUES' GALLERY OF BEGGARS''

cadgers who live by imposing on the
community include a bishop. The
"prelate" referred to calls himself
the bishop of a district in South
Africa, and 1t is a deplorable fact
that most Of the money which he
manages to extract from the char
liable by appeals for his memorial
day nursery" "bootblacks' brigade"
and dinners for the poor" actually
goes toward the maintenance of a
luxuriously furnished house in a
London suburb and toward enabling
the bishop to lead the existence
usually associated with a fighting
cock.
1t is decidedly piquant to learn
that beggars come to town for "the
London season." The professional
CRATER knows we'll that he has
better chance with a piteous tale
when Mayfair and Belgravia are
reveling.
COME Of these mendicants do as
~ tonishingly well. A woman who
worked" Belgravia supported fam
Another. who. feigning deafness. stood
in Chaplain with two or three boxes
of matches in her hand, made nearly
$500 a year and had q nice little nat
in footing.
The richest beggar on record seems
to have been one Fortunate Martinez
Of Buenos Aires, known to fame as
the South American beggar million
aire." who, when he died, left $1,000, 900.
Early in his career Of mendicancy.
Fortunate (whose real name seeGs to
have been singularly appropriately
won valuable prize in q state lot
terry. OF this money, which he hid
under the flooring Of his house, he
ging in the streets. playing a guitar
and sometimes running for cabs for
theater-goers at night, who richly
rewarded him. OF his million fortune,
two spinster sisters. distant relatives,
got 100000, the balance going to
found q female orphanage.
There are many cases OF beggars
having left fortunes to people who
did not expect them, bank clerk.
in one instance, having a large SUM
of money left him by beggar to
whom he had regularly given two
dimes day. But 1t Will be regret
table il telling of this should lead
you who read to, begin subsidiEing
professional mendicant on the on
chance Of the bread thus cast on the
waters returning. thickly bustsrsd.
latter many days"
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treatment might be offered around
the semi-circular plaza Of Union sta
ton which would make an effective
gateway, SO called, to the nations
capital. Whether that would take the
form Of an open colonnade or struc-
lures remains to be seen after further
study. favor the erection Of public
buildings at the foot of the hill to
the west Of the House and Senate
Office buildings. because their archi-
tectural hsishth, If properly design
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to Representative John w. Langley
of Kentucky, chairman of the House
committee on public buildings and
grounds. One set of plans contem-
plates making Delaware avenue
northeast as a new axis of parkway
development between the Union sta
t,on and the Capitol, making Della
ware avenue a wide boulevard. This
plan shows a group of public build
ings in . semicircle facing Union sta
zion. 1t provides for the removal Of
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cardinal points Of the compass axis, q
magnificent boulevard from the his
toric Potomac river to the Soldiers
Home can be developed. This boule-
ward. Mr.. Woods points out. would
be welcomed by those who wished to
make a short cut from the river
speedway to the Soldiers Home and
Rock Creek Park.
This proposed park development
would have a width Of about $500
feet at the Capitol, and would fan
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"O give the Capitol building a
fitting setting the most ex-
tensiVe and most important
public development project In
the National Capital within the
memory of the oldest men in public
life is proposed by Elliott Woods
architect of the Capitol. who with
Representative Joseph G.. Cannon
compose the commission on enlarglng
the Capitol grounds.
Briefly, this Is great parkway de-
yeIopment between the Capitol and
Union station and the Washington
city post office on the north (whlch
las been contemplated ever since the
Union station was builD. and to ex-
tend this parkway on the south OF
the Capitol through to the convefg-
ence of the Anacostia and Potomac
rivers. The scope of this proposal can
he seen from the fact that the pro-
posed parkway on the south OF the
Capitol would include more than
ninety squares of property
A feature of this contemplated park
way would be the location of the Ma
tional Botanic Garden on the point OF
land between the Washington channel
and the Anacostia river. between the
Washington navy yard and the Army
War College, and the building up OF
this garden to be the best in all the
world, For many years there has been
a determined effort to remove the Bo-
tanic garden from its present site on
Pennsylvania avenue to the west OF
the Capitol. in order that the parkway
pans of the Fine Arts Commission
could be carried out.
Lieut.. Col. Clarence o. Sheriff.. OFF,
Ger in charge of public buildings and
grounds, and executive officer of the
Fine Arts Commission, has been In
conference with Elliott Woods and is
enthusiastic about the proposed de-
velopment. which would link in with
the parkway system. George w. Hess,
director of the United States Botanic
Garden, who has persistently fought
the removal of the garden, has also
expressed his desire to cooperate in
the development as proposed by Arch
itect Woods.
Bills providing for such develop
ment of grounds to the north and to
the south of the Capitol are now being
drafted for submission to both the
House and Senate.
Il x x *
WITH the Capitol building as the
Wv very center of national life. men
high in public life have for years mar
veledsthat Congress did not long since
provide for a proper Identification Of
the surroundings of the structure. This
sentiment has been shared by the
hundreds of thousands of visitors.
from every state in the Union who
come to Washington annually and
who are disappointed in their first
view of the Capitol from Union sta
tion because of the incongruity of
the vista to- the building. 1t is
to meet this criticism and to provide
h comprehensive scheme of uniform
development that can be carried out,
not Immediately. but eventually, and
general plans of the public buildings
and grounds committees and of the
Fine Arts Commission for the Ma
tional Capital that Elliott Woods
has now presented his plans to Con-
gress.
Alternative designs for this i'm
provement are shown in charts and
photographs accompanying the letter
which Architect Woods has written
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suitable public buildings so as to form
an architectural setting around the
CAPITOL. This would be the culmina-
ton of the dream Of Jefferson Davis.
expressed during debate on the floor
Of the Senate while he was q mem
Der, visioning the Capital city of the
future.
Tho letter bringing this recon-
mended development to the attention
Of Congress. which Elliott Woods sent
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First Definite Plans for Development of Grounds of Cap

be done and will not require, at this
moment, any detailed explanation.
'.In the study of this proposed i'm
provement l became much impressed
with the idea that any development
north of the Capitol called logically
for similar development on the south.
The fact that the Capitol building IL
flanked with two Office buildings on
thes north and south would at once
suggest the idea. This fact so i'm
pressed me that / have had prepared
a drawing which shows in a fairly
good form the ground plan Of at
least a greater part of the improve
ment. and consideration of the pho
tograph of this plan will show at
once the necessity for this twin de-
velopment.
"CINCE this drawing was prepared
and a further study of the sub
ject made. / coud not resist the feel
ing that the southern improvement
should not stop until it reached the
Potomac river.
ut is proposed to take in all of the
ground between the two avenues,
New Jersey avenue east and Della
ware avenue west, to the river. The
improvements on this property are
not of th1nbighest order and 1t ought
not to he an expensive proposition.
considering it's magnitude.
There is one feature of the pro-
posed development which might in
terest your committee and brings up
the subject of the improvement OF
the Mall. 1t appears desirable, :Is
evidenced by the efforts lately made
to have the Botanic Garden removed
from it's present location. Why not
develop Capitol Park for a certain
distance to the south. say to D street,
and allow the Botanic Garden to take
possession of property south of d
street?
Opportunity offers for a very ex-
tensive development and it seems to
me that great opportunities offer
themselves for a botanic garden in
the future the equal of any in the
world. 1t may be that limitations of
soil and ground levels would prevent
the development of some of the func-
tons of a botanic garden, but. in
general, the suggestion has some
value
I'm a conversation / had some time
ago with Col. c. o. Sheriff., officer in
charge of public buildings and
grounds, the suggestion was made
| that thi, proposed development south
of the Capitol would add materially
| to the development of the great park
ing system reaching along the Ana
costa river
I'm presenting these ideas to you,
hope you will, together with the
| members of your committee. give
| them earnest consideration. If they
meet with your approval in general
could easily submit to you more
detailed information. but for the
present, and as already stated, I am
giving you. by means Of photographs,
| the general outline of the proposed
| Capitol Park development az
whole"
Elliott Woods, who makes these
recommendations to Congress. be-
sides being architect of the Capitol.
| having been in service in that office
thirty-eight years. is also a member
of the commission in control of the
House office building, one of the two
members of the commission on en-
larging the Capitol grounds, a mem
Der of the Arlington memorial am
phitheater commission and also of
| the public buildings commission.