Evening star., 1932-02-09
AID FOR CATHEDRAL
URGED BY PERSH|NG.
Choir and Sanctuary on Main
Floor Will Be Opened
May 5.
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tCOnClnueQ from F1rSU HdBe.J
struction force He pointed out that
many of these workers had been at the
Cathedral for number of years and
were especially trained III unusual craft
manship which is necessary in four
teenth century Gothic buildings.
Tribute was paid to the leadership OF
Gen. Pershing, both in the World War
and in such peace activities as the Ca
thedral by Mrs. Brown. She said that
she pledged her committees support to
his program for Mount Saint Alban.
At the conclusion of the luncheon
recognition was made of the service
of Mr. Mellon as Secretary OF the Treas
ury for IL years and as treasurer OF
the Washington Cathedral Executive
Committee since 1928, in resolution
signed by Gen. Pershing and Bishop
Freeman. 1t extended the wishes OF
the Cathedral Chapter that his further
service to America and the world in the
sphere of international affairs will be
followed with our prayers to Almighty
God for his personal welfare and the
success of his important mission
Out of town Visitors.
Those attending the luncheon and
meeting from other cities were: Mrs
Robert c. Aston of Atlanta, Ga; MRS
Robert Barton of Winchester, Va; Mrs.
Grace Lincoln Hall Brosseau OF Green
wich, Conn; Mrs. William Adams
Brown of New York, former Senator
William Cabell Bruce and Mrs. Bruce
of RuXton and Baltimore. Md; Miss
Emily Buch of New York. Mrs. George
C. Christian of Minneapolis, Mrs Fred
erick S. Converse of WeStWood, Mass.
James r. Garfield, former Secretary OF
the Interior, of Cleveland. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Garrett of Baltimore. Mrs. Alvin
T. Hert of Louisville, KY; Mrs. Lowell
Fletcher Hobart Of Milford, ONO, the
president general of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution: Dean war
ran p Laird of the school of fine arts
of the University of Pennsylvania;
Mrs. Charles M. Lea and Mrs. John
Markoe. both of Philadelphia; Mr.. and
Mrs Arthur B. Lisle of Providence, r.
/: Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose of Kansas
CITY and Washington, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest N. May of Wilmington, Del;
former Senator and Mrs. George Whar-
ton Pepper of Philadelphia; Mrs. Will
liam H. Schofield of Peterboro, N. H.;
Mrs. Wallace Mel. Scudder of Newark,
N j. James Sheldon and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Sloane, all of New York; Charles
Beecher Warren, former Ambassador
to Japan and Mexico, of Detroit, Mrs.
John D. Sherman of Estes Park, Colo,
and Washington, Mrs. George Burnett
Wakefield, Va; Mrs. Frederic w. Rhine
lander, NJ Y, and DR.. and Mrs. Will
liam C. Sturgis. Gloucester, Mass.
Those from washington were:
Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, Andrew w. Mellon, Under
secretary William R. Castle jr., Gen.
John ]. Pershing, the Right Rev.
James E. Freeman and Mrs. Freeman,
the Assistant Secretary F, Trubee
Dawson of the War Department and
Mrs Dawson, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Cary T Grayson, the Very Rev. G. c.
F. Bratenahl, dean of washington,
and Mrs Bratenahl, Miss Mabel Board
man, Mrs Evalyn Walsh Mclean, Mr.,
and Mrs Frederick H. Brooke. DR.. and
Mrs. Robert S. Brookings, the Rev. DR..
w. L. De Vries, precentor of the Ca
thedral; Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mr..
and Mrs Robert Fleming. Philip H.
Frohman. resident architect of ne
Cathedral: Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin N.
Lewis. Miss 3 ssie J. Kibbey, Mrs. B.
H Buckingham, the Rev Albert H.
Lucas and Mrs. Lucas, Miss Gertrude
Myer, Miss Bertha Noyes. Mr.. and Mrs.
C. F. R. Ogilby, the Rev DR.. G. Free
land Peter. chancellor of the Cathe-
dral; the Rev. DR.. 2. B. Phillips and
Mrs. Phillips. Col. Campbell B. Hodges,
the White House military ide; Miss
Elisabeth Ellicott Poe, H. L. Rust, the
Rev. DR.. Arson Phelps Stokes. canon
of the Cathedral and Mrs. Stokes, Miss
Mabel Turner, and the Rev. Raymond
L. Wolven and Mrs. Wolven.
In viewing the choir and sanctuary
on the pilgrimage to the main floor fol-
I~tx l., Cath
Committee members were able to visu-
alize the spiritual dignity and inspira-
tion of the setting for the services to
commence on Ascension day.
The choir is the third major section
of the cathedral to be structurally COM
pleted.
One of the striking phases of the
main floor to the group we're the tre-
mendous soaring ribs of nodded stone
in the vaulting, which were gathered
togther at harmonious intersections by
beautifully carved bosses.
200 Bosses Completed.
Up to the present more than 200
bosses have been completed on the main
floor and in the crypts. Skilled Ameri-
can artisans, in curving the bosses of
the choir, worked on stagings 80 feet in
the air.
The beautiful stained-glass windows,
with their jewel-like ultramine and red
and yellow colors, which have been in
stalled in the choir aisles and typify
the miracles and parallels of Christ,
were greatly admired by the group,
while the new window SIS feet high. To-
Gated on the south side of the sanctuary
and symbolizing the first verse of the
'Te Deum," elected much praise.
The newly finished north transept,
the first arm of the cross which the
Cathedral will eventually form, was
a center of interest, and in particular
the delicately carved tracery and stone
work of its rose window.
The chapels on the main floor. which
have been finished structurally, includ-
ing the Chapel of St Mary, the
Chapel of the Holy Spirit the Children's
Chapel and the Chapel of St. John,
were leading attractions for the group.
Following the pilgrimage the distin-
g1ished group will attend the evensong
service in the Bethlehem Chapel. After
the service the members Of the Wom-
ems Committee will confer with Mrs
Brown at tea in the Cathedral Lii
brary, while the other guests will be
taken on a pilgrimage through the
Bishops garden the crypt chapels and