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erful means at mans disposal to unlock
the secrets OF nature.
II has been suggested that II is en-
tirely within the bounds Of possibility
that the famous Specter OF the Brocken
may yet have its photograph taken, and
SO become familiar to thousands who
have never seen the mysterious shade
itself, II Is known that the So-called
specter is simply the shadow OF a per
son standing upon the mountain, pro-
Iected on the surrounding mist,
Some years ago. II is said. an ofticial
OF the Weather Bureau, while making
meteorological observations on the sum-
NIT OF Mount Washington, used 10
amuSe himself by causing the specterS
or night visitors to the observatory 10
appear In the mist enveloping the peak
For this purpose II was necessary oniy
10 place light 50 as 20 cast the shad.
ow OF person ON the foggy cloud ahead
OF him, Sometimes q eiGAntic snecter
was produced with startling distinel-
ness. though never eQuallng the phe-
nomena seen from the Broken, where
the conditions seem to be peculiarly Ia
An Enelishman reported 70 the Rov.,
meteorological Society the results al
similar experiments made hy him IN the
dense London fogs. He succeeded m
raising his own Spector bv plaolnw a
nmsileht at the back OF his head. Then
ne photographed the speeter,
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standing back of him. Dean Lung has
served me for 30 years. He is the
finest person have ever known. I feel
the nation which can produce such a
man Is worthy Of more study than Is
customarily given 1t. Evidently we have
much to learn from the Chinese"
A MOTHER objection which has been
made to large gifts for endowment
purposes is that the college so blessed
has sometimes shown an inclination to
accept the endowment and then go to
sleep on 1t. This fact has been espe-
cially emphasized by Julius Rosenwald.
A little over two years ago he gave ST.
100000 to the University of Chicago,
with the provision that the whole Of 1t
be spent within a few years-not put
away as an endowment. He felt that
the colleges should use what they are
given and then 60 out and hustle for
more. That same university had for
several years rested peacefully on a
gift Of sl0,000,000 Isl 900, 900 year for
10 years. by John D. Rockefeller. sr.
One Of the most farsighted endow-
ments ever made Is fund for medical
research belonging to Johns Hopkins
University. The giver requested that
the income be used to investigate the
cause and cure of human diseases that
still await their solution, but added the
further provision that II at any future
time the cause and remedies Of all dis
eases should be solved the income is to
be diverted to other scientific investi-
cations
Unusually wide visioned also was the
gift Of Herbert Hoover to his alma
mater, Leland Stanford University.
When his war relief work in Europe had
been completed Mr. Hoover brought
back to this country hundreds Of thou
sands of important war papers, books,
maps and letters from most of the
kings, princes and political leaders of
Europe record such as no other
single man has ever possessed of a
great philanthFopic role such as no
other nation but our own has ever
played-something to bring the thrill
Of pride to all our descendants. In
cluded in this collection we're also many
personal gifts Of every kind which had
been presented to him.
After taking out the papers which be-
longed to the Government files, Mr.
Hoover added an extensive collection OF
books, maps and photographs and gave
the whole to the California university
together with building in which to
house 1t. AS result Leland Stanford
now has the most extensive library of
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FEATS OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
profes

PHOTOGRAPHERS. professional and
amateur, have expended their skill
and energy In obtaining all manner of
difficuit pictures, but the great STUN
bling block to all photographers. II ap-
pears. Is the airy soap bubble. One ex-
pert has said that for long time IL
has been his ambition to picture a soap
bubble In the act of breaking. He has
experienced much diffculty. however, In
attempts OF this kind, since the time
occupied in the disappearance OF a
breaking bubble must be only small
fraction OF a second.
ANY one who has watched a brilliant
soap bubble burst knows how quickly II
thought II may take one twentieth OF n
second, but by repeated experiments he
has found that the time occupied IN the
disappearance OF the iridescent film Is
not more than one-three- e-hundredths OF
a second
To catch and photograph one OF these
vanishing Aims between the instant of
Its breaking and that of It's complete
extinction proves q most difficult un-
dertaking, but II has been Accomplished.
II might be thought that II would
be equally difficult 10 catch q lightning
nash, but It must be remembered that
lightning makes an intensely vivid I'm.
preston while the soft reflection of a
soap bubble Is evanescent even In the
bright glare OF an electric spark,
From printing the image oi the fiyina
edge df broken bubble In the three
hundredth part OF second 10 disclns-
Inc the existence OF great nehulae in
the heavens hy the cumulative eject az
several hours Of continuous exposure, the
modern Photographic plate Is perform
lng many wonders IN behalf ol science
and proving itself one Of The most pow
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The widow listened and her lips
frightened. She said: II had 1t done
and gave 1t to the college ten years ago."
She reclaimed 1t from the junkman and
installed II in her own house.
Not long after that the college in
question started a compaign to raise a
large endowment fund. Most Of the
wealthy people in the city were solicited
and a committee Of gentlemen waited
on the widow NJ. When they had
finished an eloquent speech, laying be-
fore her the needs and worth of the
institution, to which she had listened
I answer you, come into the next room
and let me show you something" She
led them into the library and pointed
to the bust on a PEDESTAL: MY late
husband"
Excellent" said the committee. "A
fine likeness. A beautiful work of art"
YES" said the Widow NJ. And
then she told them It's story.
Without another word the committee
Of gentlemen put on their hats and de-
parted. They could not be sure, but It
seemed TO them that as they went out
they heard faint laughter from the
shades Of Shekhov and o. Henry.
In pleasant contrast to the gift men
toned, because 1t showed much keener
appreciation Of feal fineness, even In a
lowly walk of life, was one received
several years ago by Columbia.
One day we'll dressed stranger. ac-
companied by Chinese man servant
appeared at the administrative Office OF
the university and asked to see Presi-
dent Nicholas Murray Butler.
\
read; mfr Horace w. Carpenter"
I never heard of him." he said.
He says he is graduate Of the col
legc and insists on seeing you"
We'll, show him in"
Mr.. Carpenter entered, handed his hat
and cane to his valet and sat down He
explained that he had graduated from
the college many years before. had since
made fortune, was now retiring. and
on trip through town had dropped in
to become acquainted with the new
president OF his old alma mater For
few minutes the two men talked pleas
antly, then the stranger said:
In thus coming back to visit Colum-
bia ] am not returning empty handed
wish the college to accept this gift
handing DR.. Butler check for 500 600
to be used to endow chair of Chi
nese history. want 1t called the Dean
Lung Profcssorship of Chinese, in honor
Of my servant here" He made a ges-
ture toward the inscrutable Oriental
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and elms and rising on a slight but
even grade until after passing the Alex
andria road 1t abuts on the steep slope
leading to the Lee Mansion. This
abrupt change of grade suggests the
creating here OF the chief memorial
entrance TO the Arlington Cemetery.
plaza has been shown here, In part
excavated out Of the hill. whence roads
lead to the north and to the south,
running. respectively. to and from the
mansion. The western end OF the
plaza is bounded by a semi-circular re-
tanning wall 30 feet in height and 226
feet in diameter This retaining wall
viii be decorated with inches, pilasters
and tablets bearing inscriptions, Ac-
cess Is provided To the terrace sur
mounting the retaining wall, whence
an all-embracing view of the parkway
may be obtained--the columns of Co.
lumbia Island. the Memorial Bridge.
the Potomac. the Lincoln Memorial,
the Washington Monument and. far In
the distance. the glistening white dome
OF the Capitol. Through the trees up
20 the westward glimpse of the simple
and dignified Arlington mansion may
also be obtained on the top of the
heights.
Mount Vernon Boulevard is 10 60
from the Virginia end of the Arlington
Memorial Bridge along the shore route
to Mount Vernon. The legislation pro-
vidinS for the building Of the boulevard
was passed In the closing days OF the
first session OF the Seventieth Con-
gress. Sponsored by Senator Swanson
and Representative Moore OF Virginia,
the bill was unanimously passed by the
Senate. 1t was supported by President
Coolidge, the Budget Bureau, the
Bicentennial Commission and the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission. together with many patri-
otic societies and organizations. Repre-
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sentative Robsion Of Kentucky was in
charge of its conduct through the
House. This act calls for an aupro-
priation of S5,500.000. The President,
through the Budget Bureau. recon-
mended S2,500.000 for immediate ap-
preparation, which Congress included in
the second deficiency bill. s2.OO0,0 900 OF
which Is for use during the fiscal year
1929.
The Bureau Of Public Roads OF the
Department of Agriculture will do the
building OF the boulevard. The exact
route and width are TO be determined
by the Presidents Bicentennial Com
mission. This will be the major con-
struction work Of the Bicentennial
Commission in preparation for the
celebration of Washington's birth. II
Is planned 10 have this boulevard COM
pleted from the new Arlington Memo
rial Bridge TO Mount Vernon in time
for use for the bicentennial celebration
in 1882
The work Of the bridge Is now well
under way. The piers Of the main mart
are now completed above the water
line and work on the arches viii soon
be begun. Dredges have been working
for long time pumping the silt from
the main channel and building up
Columbia Island. When the bridge is
finished 1t Will be one OF the finest
In all the world ana over II will pass
the boulevard leading from the Ma
ttonal Capital to the Arlington National
Cemetery: also the Lee Highway, which
stretches from the Atlantic seaboard
to the Pacific Coast; the road running
from Washington 10 Mount Vernon. the
home OF our first President. and all
the traffic OF the jefferson Davis High
way to the Southland II viii be so
constructed that II should last for
years and will make a fitting entrance
into the Capital.
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announced a gift Of $3,o00,000 for the
establishment Of the Montgomery Ward
Medical-Dental Center on the lake
front campus of the university in Chi
cago. Shortly afterward she added
81 100000. and later made third gift
of more than $4,000,000.
1t was said at the time that Mrs.
Ward had for many months been
searching for an adequate memorial to
her husband and had chosen the gift
TO Northwestern as the most appro-
pirate. She became Northwestern Uni
versity's patron saint and her gifts
assured the establishment OF one of the
finest urban campuSes In America
Other donations including one from
the late Judge Gary and the Wieboldt
Foundation followed rapidly, with the
result that the university received gifts
Of more than $4,000, 900 within q period
of three years
Even more dramatic was the expert
ence Of the University of Chicago For
several years President Judson and Dean
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repeated at the entrance 10 the shore
road and also at the Virginia end OF the
bridge. They are 40 feet high, adorned
Win groups OF sculpture and with In
eak3pti0us, and are guTmounLed by
or glee aE symbols OF The United nlates
Of America, This symbol appears also
Bs the only seuiptural ornament of the
walls OF The bridge In the large disks
"a each pier between the arches, The
sculpture Of the four pylong represents
IN different ways the reconciliation Of
The North and the South. the reeognis
ton ~ their common bonds and as
pifations and the flnal triumph OF the
tdaa 0f permanent and br0therly union.
The pairs ~ figures on the parapet
of The bridge represent symboiealy The
outcome of that harmony, The result Of
the energies Of the entire country In
the arts NJ peAGer~tb0se inventions, &C..
eemplishments IN sGience~-ard are pee
Gllisfly connected with The history 1f
this country. Herr are To- be SYM
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condition that 1t must be spent In per-
petuity In any specified way; he can
only express the wish that 1t be spent
for particular purpose. This leaves
the custodians of the fund free to divert
it elsewhere when 1t Is no longer needed
for the original idea.
For example, there was the early
American who gave the income from
half his fortune to redeem the prisoners
Of pirates; also Mayor Byron Mullanphy,
who gave a fund, which now amounts to
81 100000, to aid worthy and distressed
travellers going in covered wagons from
St. Louis to settle in the West; also the
Pennsylvania woman who left 100000
to house "superannuated Presbyterian
clergymen who do not use tobacco" +"
There are hundreds of distressing ex-
amples Of gifts so limited In their pro-
visions or so needlessly bestowed In the
first place that they now represent a
cruel waste OF money needed elsewhere.
TN Philadelphia, which seems to have
been peculiarly unfortunate in re-
ceiving ill-advised donations, $4,000, 900
from the Carson and Ellis estate was
used few years ago for the benefit of
l25 children In orphanages -- where
modern social science says no children
should be. In Baltimore County Mary
land, home for children established by
John Frederick Weissnet of Baltimore
stood empty for years because OF re-
strictive provisions.
Colleges and other institutions are
also frequently embarrassed by gifts
more or less excellent In intention but
poor in Judgment, such as the weakness
Of widows for presenting portraits of
their late husbands. An amusing story
Is told Of one OF the Eastern colleges.
When one of the janitors of this insti-
tuition. which must be nameless, was
cleaning out an old storeroom he came
across a collection of things which had
evidently been discarded. and among
them was the portrait bust of a man.
The janitor sold the entire contents of
the storeroom to a junkman for a few
dollars
The junk merchant, being a thrifty
soul with memory for faces. looked
long and hard at the bust and remarked
that 1t was the exact image of P
Nj tname also camouflaged). a
prosperous saloonkeeper. who had died
several years before, leaving his widow
in well upholstered circumstances.
So the junkman took the bust TO Mrs.
NJ. told her how 1t had come into
his possession. and suggested that mas
much as 1t was such striking likeness.
she might as well buy it.
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bollzed The agricultural, mining, cleo
trical. educational and artistic progress,
10 mention but few categorles OF ae~
ton. In the opinion Of the architects
this sculpture yitalized the entire con-
ceptlon OF the design of the bridge
diffefentiating The memorial from
others and making It's existence and
meaning intflligihle al a glance.
A large portion OF Columbia Island
is under water the larger part OF the
year, II has always been considered.
though, by the original park commits
sion. and subsequently by the Gommis-
sion of Fine Arts rs site for formal
treatment. n fiLting end 10 the bridge
As well As an attraction Ia itself Ae-
c0fdingly the lines Of the shore In the
plan have been shown more or less
reetif,ed In order to permit q a cross
aaes has suggested a plaza with hitting
at right angles 10 The axis nf the
bridge The intersection of these two
axis has suggested plaza with fitting
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started a campaign to raise IS 000, 900.
But a dramatic incident which took
place while the campaign was in full
swing put q decided damper on 1t.
While workmen were digging around a
pier at the end of Lake street, in
Evanston, they discovered the skeleton
of young man. He was later identi-
fed as former student Of Northwestern
who had disappeared several years be-
fore. 1t was impossible to tell whether
he had Been murdered or had crawled
under the pier and committed suicide.
Although no blame whatever for his
death was attachcd to the university,
the subject received so much unpleasant
publicity that the campaign was halted.
But only few months later North
western University received one OF the
largest gifts ever bestowed upon an
educational instition in campaign.
MRS Montgomery Ward. widow Of the
founder of Montgomery Ward 6 Co,
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who are searching for some way of dis
posing Of their surplus fortunes inte!li-
gently and helpfully.
When George r. Baker. chairman Of
the board of the First National Bank
of New York, was approached four years
ago by Bishop Lawrence and asked 10
give "the first million" for the endow-
ment OF the Harvard Graduate School
Of Business Administration, which was
endeavoring to raise $5,000,000 fund,
he said he would think about it, Four
months later he came to see the bishop
and announced that he had entirely
lost interest in giving million, or even
q half million, to the school He pre-
ferred to give the entire five millioal
#
THERE was also the experience Of
Northwestern University. The heads
OF this Chicago institution had decided
that the time had come to enlarge Its
facilities. They therefore had drawn up
plans for new group Of buildings and
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generations is not easy. The one which
seems to appeal most strongly to the
large scale giver is education. In the
last quarter century our universities
have received four times as much in
endowment funds alone as in all their
previous history, and in the next IS
years this pace of giving will probably
be accelerated, for the more money the
universities get the more they need: an
elephant cannot live on the diet that
VIII sustain a mouse.
Probably the most fortuitous gift ever
made TO college was when the State
of New York. about a century and a
half ago, flung TO Columbia almost con-
tesnptuously. little tract of public land
then being used as botanical garden.
This is the tract now lying between
Forty-seventh and Fifty-first streets
and Fifth and Sixth avenues In New
York City, II was the recent expira-
ton Of some Of the leases on this bo-
mama and their renewal at a greatly
Increased rate that enabled Columbia
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Washington Monument and the Capt.
tol Itself The Lee Highway would de-
soend ON the Mall axis over the stream
below the mainland and the island by
q bridge Of single arch. and crossing
the island axia continue Its course 10
the water edge, where II Is planned 10
construct a water gate facing and COR
responding to that at the Potomac end
Of the Mall
The intersection of the Mall and Is
land axis auggeats a memorial In the
shape OF a circular or polygonal tenn
pie, marking the northern end OF the
Important Lee Highway This would be
echoed at the lower end OF the island
a. an equal distance from the C0lum.
nia Island plaza by memorial or q
rest pavilion
After crossing the bridge over the
waterway separating the island from
ths Virginia shore q formal parkway
IN shown, with two foadways and a
tapls vert between. bounded by hedges
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architectural adornment, In measure
supplementary 10 the Lincoln Memp-
rial across the river. Two columns are
shown here. framing In but not inter-
tering with the view Of the memorial,
These columns symholize one the North
and the other the South, They arc sur
mounted by statues OF victory. and the
atylohatea whence they arise offer sur
faces nj for proper decoration with bas-
relief and Inscriptions The columns
are 100 feet high, or practically Of the
same height as the Colonne de Juliet
In Paris
Il
IHE Columbia Island axis offers An
opportunity TO recognize The Lee
Highway and make IL part of the whole
composition, This highway may, with
very slight detection, reach the brow
OF The Arlington heights exactly on the
axis 0f The Mall From this point
superb view would be enjoyed nf the
bridge. the Lincoln Memorial. The
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History of American Philanthropy RevnlS dim
Endowment DpmdenUp nmneaG of Men

TO announce, few weeks ago. that next
year 1t would raise the salaries of its
entire teaching staff.
Not only do the colleges receive large
individual gifts. but this month they
from returning alumni 1t would be an
ideal condition If the wisdom of these
donations cqualed their generosity. But.
Judging from past performances, this
Will not always be the case.
Uncovering the interesting. unusual
and instructive facts about gifts to edu-
cational institutions has proved to be
a matter for laughter. tears, wonder and
deep thought.
The findings have corroborated. in
the first place the belief thet there are
many millionaires in the United States
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BY MARY DAY WINN.

TINE recent addition of two million
dollars to the Julius Rosen-
wald fund for the welfare of
i mankind" with the provision
that the entire SUMO mil
lions In all--must be spent for philan-
thropic purposes within 25 years Of Mr.
Rosenwald's death, throws into the
limelieht one of the unique problems OF
the richest nation on earth
Some wealthy man has said that al
most any fool can make money, but II
requires wise man to give 1t away
Probably never before have the rich
men Of country been bothered to any
considerable degree by the problem OF
how to give away their money intelli-
gently. Yet that is exactly the situa-
ton in America to day.
In the last so years or so Americans
have anlaSsed the greatest accumulation
of private wealth in the world. Many
Of these fortunes arc regarded by their
owners as trusts, to bc returned. in part
at least, TO the general public in sons
form of social bctterment.
But to find way Of giving which will
be Of value to future as well as present
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A new plastic wood can be moldsd
70 any required form and wfll adhere Ia
the clean dry surface of wood. metal
OF any other material. II can be worked
with ordinary wood working tools, VIM
nish and polish,
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Structure Which Be One of World Finest Will Mount Vernon
Boulevard for Which Congress SssonSton
Mountain Granite for Foundation
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THE Arlington Bridge Commission IL
composed ~ President Calvin Cool'
,dae chairman vice President Charles
O. Dawes, Speaker hieholss LoDgYoftf,
New Britain herald., 1928-05-09
TWO APPEAR BUT THIRD DOES NOT
One Bond Forfeited in Meriden-
 Other Cases Continued

Meriden. May P-F'rank Alfone, alias Ralph Mele, 23, of 27 Collis street, New Haven, one of a trio of Elm City young men arrested here yesterday in connection with a store burglary, failed to appear in court today and Judge Thomas P. Dunne ordered forfeited real estate bond Eof $500 posted for the accused by Thomas A. Barkieri of New Haven. The two other cO-defcndants, Louis Rocco, 25, of PA Washington ave- nue and Frank Corvino, IS, of 519 East street had their cases continued until tomorrow and are still held un- der $500 bonds.
 Clerk Albert R. Chamberlain in formed the court today that there must be an understanding as to when the case was to be tried on the part of Alfone and his bondsman, as AL fone had retained counsel.
 Judge Dunne in ordering the bond forfeited, said that he would enter tain a motion to reopen the case to- morrow if the accused appeared in court.