Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-14
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.


The organizations of veterans. the
boys who carried on" during the World
War, are nothing If not loyal to those
who have fought their battles in Con-
| gresS and who have conSecrated their
best efforts to improve in every way
possible the condition of those who
helped to hold the world safe for
democracy"
For eXample-on Monday a BANQUET
| Is to be given by the Yankee Division Club
| Of Washington in honor of Representa-
tive William p. Connery of Massachu-
SETS who was regtmental color sergeant,
| serving l9 months in France, taking
part in all major operations, engage
ments and battles of the 101st Regi-
ment Infantry of the Yankee Division.
So he's one of their own and they are
about to honor him for his zeal to pro-
mote all their interests with a banquet
in the Army, Navy and Marine Corps
Country Club, in Arlington, Va
Then there's Representative Edith N.
Rogers, also OF Massachusetts, who served
overseas herself. was with the American
Red Cross In care of the disabled and
who was appointed personal represent
| alive in care of disabled veterans bv
Presidents Harding, Coolidge and
Hoover, who has been known as fairy
godmother" by the manned at Walter
Reed and who has been importuninc
Congress for beneficial legislation for
the veterans.
The Disabled American Veterans of
the World War have named their chap
ter here in honor of Mrs. Rogers and
are TO hold reception for her in the
Stanley Hall of the U. S. Soldiers
Home on January Z. Their preamble
extolls in most grateful terms Mrs.
Rogers efforts in their behalf.
This Is not the first time Congress
man Rogers has thus been honored. In
Marlboro, Mass, the Girls Cadets of
the Legionnaires are named for her. as
Is also the largest class of new Legion
naires in Lowell, Mass, Mrs. Rogers
home town.
Herbert Putnam, librarian of Con-
gress, has just called our attention tn
very interesting old manuscript man
OF part of the District of Columbia. the
most important transfer from the Toner
collection to the division of maps in
the Library. This is enormously labeled
diminished Plat of Mount Vernon Es-
tate. Ihe librarian emphasizes that
IL may nave been made at the request
OF George Washington by Peter Charles
LEnfant. ' 40
This map is AIS inches wide and
1874 inches high. It shows the shore
Inc and the drainage before they were
moolned by man and indicates by
nachures the topographic features of
tnat section of the National Canital
south OF Florida avenue.
len OF the original houses in the
present Capital City are shown, nine of
tnem by small red squares. The loca-
Iion OF these houses appears to be in
OlCAJ4n with
any other map that has been preserved
Inc houses were probably those of Rob
ert peter, an unnamed neighbor, John
DavloSon, resident of the present
lie Drolt Park; Benjamin Oden. an I'M
named neighbor, Daniel Carroll, William
young. the Widow Wheeler and the
Widow Young.
Watermarks on the paper indicate
mat the map was drawn between I770
and 1894.
The map displays certain features
1,4-' are SAID to be characteristic of
l. En1ants plans at this time.
One OF the most important features
OF the map Is that it shows Massa-
cnusettS avenue as an essentialIv
SCralght line, lacking the angle in the
eastern part near the present Union
station, which is shown upon the
familiar L'Enfant plan of 1871. and
reaching the neighborhood of Rock
TreeK Park farther north than on the
Enfant plan. This is taken as proof
mat LEnfant should be credited with
INITIATING certain of the major changes
III the L Enfant plan, which have &C.
caSlonally been attributed to Andrew
Eliicott or some other of L'Enfant's sue
cesSorS. 0NS-
AS a testimonial of appreciation tn
the Library of Congress of the services
% M MsrteI In organizing the cata-
rogue work In the Vatican Library, ma
terlal covering various subjects was pre-
Senteo by the Vatican, among which
Pope Plus XXI, also, through the
apostolic delegate in Washington MGR
r. Fumasoni Biondi, manifested graft.
luce 10 the Library of Congress for the
hospitality according to representatives
OF the Vatican Library while studying
methods of cataloging in the Library of
congress, so that it might be installed
In the Vatican Library.
rms second gift from the Vatican
consisted OF beautifully executed repro
ouctions OF Is of the earliest papal
cLaroers, OF which the originals are still
eXtant IN certain European libraries and
archives. They are preserved in a
handsome portfolio with the arms of
RUS XXI on the front cover in gilt
X
The National Capitaa is spotted with
various little Government operated
SHOPS Tor skilled workmanship One of
the most interesting of these is the
repair shop in the Library of Congress-
conducted under authority of the Pub
Tic Printer. During the past year this
shop repaired $685. manuscripts and
trimmed 1896 photoStats and mount
ed for binding 9,785 Photograph sheets
procured by the Modern Language AS
ISOLATION Of America There were also
201 books made up and delivered for
olndlng, whale ITO others were made
ready for binding though not vet de-
lIVered to the bindery.
The division of manuscripts has
made special effort to complete into
one chronological order the arrange
ment of the great collection of Cleye-
land papers and has completed this
work nearly to the end of 1886. The
material thus arranged for years pre-
ceding 1885 has been mounted and pre-
pared for binding. They will make at
least 30 volumes. The entire collection
VIII make at least 800 This is the next
collection to be bound in chronological
order in the presidential series.
Is Congress Balanced?