Evening star., 1928-12-23

tons Christmas stocking? Well, well!"
Then, with his customary Savoir-
faire, he promptly dropped in the new
municipal center for the District. to
contain a model Police Court Building,
Juvenile Court, a recorder of deeds Of
fee, the police headquarters, with an
office for director of traffic and the
traffic bureau. Fire Department head
! quarters, and ultimately to house the
administrative offices now cared for in
the present Municipal Building. The
immediate need for this is a recent de-
ciSion of the Federal Government re-
! garding Federal buildings on what is
called the Triangle which forces the
! District of Columbia to find new quar-
| terS for the activities now housed in
the present District building A site
| has been selected consisting of four
squares, the focal center of which would
| be the present Supreme Court Building,
which is considered an architectural
gem. The new municipal center would
match in architectural treatment the
| Federal development.
| Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, 3D. director
of public buildings and public parks
put into the Christmas stocking an
earnest wish for the finest brand of
Spring weather during the Inauguration
at its glorious best to all visitors, so
that they will be we'll impressed by the
city and its possibilities and will feel a
permanent interest in it's future welfare
and development as their National Cap
ital. No blizzards will be welcome dur
ing inaugural week. All rain, sleet and
snow storms and wandering windstorms
are hereby warned that there will be
new vagrancy law in effect March l,
and they should stay away from Wash
ington.
George C. Havenner. president of the
Federated Citizens Associations, put IN
a new. bridge to span the Anacostia
River from Massachusetts avenue.
Representative F. N. Zihlman, chair
man of the committee on District of
Columbia in the House of Representa-
tives, is very satisfactory gentleman to
interview-after you find him. One of
the pages had said: You can always
tell Mr.. Zihlman by his white carna-
ton, look for the gentleman wearing
white carnation," so We looked and
looked. We saw the gentleman who
wears the red carnation and many
other gentlemen who wear pleasant
smiles, when they're called out in the
corridor, but we could not find the
gentleman with the white caTnation--
not for time. at least-but finally, pa
tience was rewarded and we found him,
but he was not wearing the customary
carnation!
Very promptly Mr.. Zihlman put into
the Christmas stocking "the compile
ton of the proposed outer boulevard
system. connecting the Civil War forts,
with their wealth of historic interest,
extension of the park system, with the
aid of the adjoining States of Maryland
and Virginia, out into the environs of
Washington and preservation of the Po-
tomac gorge as part of the parkway
system of the District of Columbia. The
carrying out of the comprehensive plan
of development of the Mall from the
Capitol to Lincoln Memorial and Me-
mortal Bridge" His interest in the
preservation of the Potomac Gorge will
be source of satisfaction to the Wom-
ems City Club.
MRS. MERRITT o. CHANCE, presi-
dent of the Women's City Club,
had previously put into the stocking the
Great Falls of the Potomac and the
gorge. It happened this way. At the
Sunday evening tea at the Womens
City Club, when Mrs. Chance was told
about the cityS Christmas stocking,
she exclaimed:
What fascinating idea. do hope
it's a, big stocking, big enough to hold
what We women want to put in
Upon being assured that it would hold