Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad has un-
dertaken an advertising campaign when
will be of particular interest to all Of
us who live in the National Capital, be-
cause the advertisements are headed
"A New City rising on the Potomac
washington. the most beautiful Capitai
the world has known.
These advertisements, appearing IN
recent issues of Golfers, the Literary
Digest and other periodicals of nation
al circulation, show photographs Of
Secretary Mellon beside the model OF
the new Government buildings, the
White House, Union Station at night
and the Arlington Memorial Bridge,
with the Lincoln Memorial in the back
ground.
more than s75,000,0 900 has been APP
propriated by Congress in the past
three years for the development of
Washington" says the ad. And today
a new city is rising on the Potomac.
city of incompatible vistas, of white
towers and marble columns reflected in
still, clear water, of proud new build
ings lining majestic avenues and
squares.
This is the new Neutrality-suspicious.
own city-the greatest show place in
America. In these stately buildings
you can see your country's laws en-
acted, your country's money printed
your country'S guests entertained.
Along these new bouleYardS walk the
men who are, today, creating your
country's history.
Warm, mild weather is sweeping up
across Virginia. In a few weeks the
famous japanese Cherry Blossoms will
frame the Potomac Basin in blaze of
color. Now is the time for you and
your family to visit Washington. Never
before has there been so much to see
x X
Well, we feel as pleased as the small
boy who hears his father praise him
out of school, Here we have been
readings ads about tooth paste, and
ads about radios. and ads about auto
mobiles. and about almost everything
person buys, but We never before
had found the beauty of our own city
smiling at us on a page all by itself
amid the thousands of words which
go to make up our country's big mag
azines.
1t gave us a pleasant shock and We
believe 1t will similarly affect all good
WashingtonianS who tend To forget
just how fine a city we have here on
the banks of the Potomac, and who
get so used to seeing great men that
we no longer turn around to look al
them, even the greatest
THE greatest show place in Amer
Ca" Ell? Well, that is putting it on
rather thick, but, come to think Of il,
perhaps we are! 1t is true enough
that along our stately boulevards walk
the men who, today, are creating our
country'S history.
We perhaps had forgotten about his
tory, in the simple duty of living our
own lives humble or famous. as they
may be. We, too, had believed strong
ly in that warm, mild weather" which
is sweeping up across Virginia, but
somehow a cold blast or two from the
State of Maryland and points north
and west had made us forget about it,
+ The advertisement is entirely correct
however. We know it, and are glad il
is. Very soon, now, those famous
cherry trees will be framing the Tidal
Basin, as We better know it here, in
blaze of color, indeed.
The natural interest OF the railroads
in playing up" Washington is equaled
by the legitimate desire of the people
OF Washington. both in their official
commercial and social capacities, tt
present their city in its best light.
The writer here, having no particular
official, commercial or social status, has
nothing to suggest along those lines
feeling quite certain that they will be
taken care of. But in his position as
observer and commentator upon life as
it is lived he feels himself qualified to
make one large suggestion to every man.