Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-02
PLANS TO PICTURE
! GROWTH OF CITY
Inaugural Committee to H.
lustrate Advances Made for
Benefit of Visitors.

A visual picture of the growth of the
Federal City, from the day Gen. Wash.
ington commissioned Mai. Charles
Pierre L'Enfant to draw up plan fol
Washington. down to the present, and
as 1t is projected in the future, will be
presented for the thousands of visitors
to Washington during the Hoover in
eugural. Believing that a proper con-
ception Of the plan and growth Of
Washington is necessary part of the
education Of the people of the United
States to the end that they may re-
aliZe just what Washington is, the In
augural committee has appointed a
special group of the entertainment COM
Inittee, under the Craftsmanship OF
Claude w. Owen, to work cut plans
for a proper representation of the
Capital City of the past, present and
future.
Serving with Mr.. Owen on the group.
to be known as the Washington exhibit
committee. are Maj Carey H. Brown,
Robert Beresford, Joshua Evans, jr., A.
l.. Harris, Charles H. Hillegeist, Arthur
Middleton, DR.. Cloyd H. Marvin. Vernon
G. owen, Irwin II. Porter, Horace W.
Peaslee, Monroe Warren, Ivan c. Weld
and Waverly Taylor.
Exhibit to Continue Five Days.
The exhibit will be located in the
Washington Building, at Fifteenth
street and New York avenue, and will
continue for five days. Special supple
nentary attractions, including two
deliberately illustrated lectures by
Charles Colfax Long and special films
of Washington to be shown In the mo-
ton picture houses, will accompany the
exhibit
A subcommittee on research, special
tzing on Washington of the past, is
composed as follows: Arthur Middleton,
chairman; Glenn Brown, Charles H.
Callahan of Alexandria, Henry c. Fair
man, arts curator Of the Capitol; W. B.
McGroarty of Alexandria, Chairman
Charles Moore of the Commission of
Fine Arts, Vernon G. Owen and John
Clagett Proctor. The committee to
present Washington of the present day
includes Waverly Taylor. chairman:
Robert Beresford, A. l.. Harris, Joshua
Evans, jr.; Charles H. Hillegeist, Capt.
Arthur E. Nesbitt and Monroe Warren.
This committee will emphasize the
merit of Washington as home city
= and as an educational and art center;
and will also stress its natural features
of beauty.
Maj. Brown Heads Committee.
Maj, Carey H. Brown of the 'office of
public buildings and parks, who is init
mately connected In an official way with
the growth Of the Capital, is chairman
Of the future Washington committee.
Serving with him is Mr. Peaslee. This
exhibit win be most pretentious and will
include models, maps and drawings
of bridges and driveways, the proposed
National Museum and will outline
. graphically the new Federal building
plan. south of Pennsylvania avenue.
Arrangements have been concluded by
; the inaugural committee for participa-
tion in the parade as a guard of honor
to the new President of 10 veterans
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Judge Hosea B. Moulton, who was
designated to make the choice of the
veterans, named, in addition to him.
self, the following: Mai. Gen. John II.
Glenn of Washington; Capt. Z. L. Hawk.
Sacramento, Calf; Francis A. Walsh,
Milwaukee,; Samuel G. Mawson, COM
mander, Department Of the Potomac;
Z. D. Godfrey Of Washington. Henry A.
. johnson of Washington. Gov. Samuel
r. Van SAINT of Minneapolis, and DR..
Charles v. Petteys.
Corcoran Gallery Open 10 Visitors.
The Corcoran Art Gallery will be
kept open Saturday evening, March 3,
for the benefit of visitors to the Capital,
who will be assessed the nominal charge
of IS cents.
The committee announced today an
erroneous impression has been con-
veyed as to the prices of grandstand
seats. The committee emphasized that
three prices will be charged, So, SIS and
$3.50, the latter priced for the covered
seats in the grandstand at La Fayette
Square facing the official stand in front
Of the White House.