Evening star., 1923-12-14
TEMPLE Of MUSIC
PROJECT APPROVED
D. c. Committee of Garden
Club of America to Push
Bill in Congress.

With three definite detectives In
view, the committee in the National
Capital of the Garden Club of Amer
lea was inaugurated in Washington
yesterday afternoon at the home of
the first chairman. Mrs. Frank B.
Noyes. 1888 Vermont avenue. Mrs.
Calvin Coolidge, 1t was announced,
has accepted the honorary chairman
ship
Erection of a white marble memo
rial bandstand to be called "The Tenn
pie Of Music" in East or West Poto-
mac Park as a tribute to the Wash
ington men who served in the world
war was proposed as the most fitting
project on which the committee could
begin its activities in the city.
Such proposal. It was explained
had been introduced in the House in
1870 by Representative Gould. chair
man OF the House library committee
authorizing a commission In charge
and giving authority for erection of
such structure on government
ground. The new organization will
obtain the reintroduction into Con-
Eress of similar bill this session. it
was stated, will press for its adop-
ton. and will plan campaign for
raising sufficient funds within the
District to build the temple.
Move 70 Save Dogwood.
The new local committee OF the
Garden Club OF America also will
make an effort. Mrs. Noyes announced
to prevent the destruction of dogwood
IN washington and vicinity, probably
by sponsoring bill to prevent the
sale of dogwood here. A third op-
portunity for the committee was said
to be the possibility OF forwarding
some day movement for the estab-
lishment in Washington Of a national
arboretum.
The meeting was attended by about
forty persons. including national Off
GERS of the Garden Club of America
from New York. Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh. and by Chairman Moore
of the Fine Arts Commission. and En-
gineer Commissioner Bell of the Dis
trict
Frederick Delano. chairman of the
committee of one hundred. delivered
an address on the pressing necessity
of further city planning" and cor
daily approved of the project to con-
struct the memorial temple of
music"
City Planning Advised.
Pointing to what he considered a
danger OF Washington expanding in
a "haphazard" fashion beyond its
the fact that the expansion which had
already exceeded the limits of the
federal city planned by Washington.
LLEnfant and Jefferson was unsatis-
factory.
The city should look ahead. twenty
five years at least. he advised. when
Washington probably will be a mil
lion in size. and Baltimore half as
large again. with the distances be-
tween the outer edges Of the cities
" rln
Charles Moore. chairman OF the Fine
Arts Commission, explained that the
commission previously had gone on
record as favoring the erection of a
approved the general feature of a
structure such as Is proposed by the
committee.
Approves Temple Plan.
DR.. David Fairchild Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, spoke in appro-
val OF the "temple Of music" project.
and also proposed. in connection with
wood. that a fitting thing to be con-
sidered would be the gift by the Gar
den Club of America OF 2.000 beapti-
full dogwood trees to Japan. This
he said would further strengthen the
bond of international feeling which
was augmented by presentation to
Washington Of the towering cherry
trees of Japan.
Mrs Samuel Sloan of New York.
president Of the Garden Club of
America, Landed the work started in
Washington. predicting that II would
be of interest to the 5000 members
of the club throughout the nation.
other out-of-town members OF the
club at the meeting were Mrs. Henry
Rae OF Pittsburgh. Mrs. Bayard Henry
of Philadelphia, Mrs. Mcknight and
Mrs. Stewart of New York.
Headquarters for the committee
will be at 1741 New York avenue,
with Miss Leila Mechlin. secretary.