Evening star., 1933-08-13
LIBRARY COLLECTS
/. ". NOYES' WORKS
Writings on Political and Fis'
! cal Equity and Travel Pre-
( pared for Students.
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.

BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
Representing a period of nearly half
q century of civic and literary activity,
the writings of Theodore w. Noyes on
political and fiscal equity for the Dis
trict OF Columbia and ON other themes
felating to Washington have been col
hcted and specially bound for deposit
In the Washingtoniana division of the
Public Library, DR.. George F. Bower
man, librarian, yesterday announced
that they now are available to students
and general readers interested in the
civic problems of which they constitute
. documentary history.
AS chairman of the Executive Com
mittees of the Citizens Joint Com
mittee on National Representation and
the Citizens Joint Committee on Fiscal
Relations, Mr.. Noyes has been re-
sponsble for a number of books and
pamphlets, and these have been brought
together in convenient form on the
lbrary'S shelves.
Volume Covers A Years.
zone volume of the series" DR.. Bow
erman explained, lis entirely devoted to
political equity for the District. Its
scope is that of 1888 to 1882. In it
may be found newspaper articles, re-
ports, arguments and addresses advccat-
ing national representation for the peo-
pie of the Capital The table of con-
Grievances 1885, The Centenary of
Washington City 1884, Welcome to
the Grand Army of the Republic 1892;
Alexander R. Shepherd and the New
Washington 1909; The Oldest Inhab-
itants' Association and the Washing
tonian.' 1909; 'Americanize Washington
as Wise Measure of War Preparedness,
1917; The Districts Battle for Political
Equity 1890, and Reciprocity in Fair
Play 1882.
ALSO is included a series of articles
published in 1914, on "A Political
Square Deal for Washington; copies
of Mr.. Noyes' arguments before the
Senate District Committee, 1916 and
1922, and before the House Judiciary
Committee 1921, 1926 and 1923; a
series of radio addresses, 1928, 1929 and
1881 copy of lengthy and informa-
tive essay on The Presidents and the
National Capital 1916. and Mr.. Noyes
address at the citizens dinner for Pres
ident Taft, 1913.
Equity Subject Covered.
"A second volume represents SINH
lar compilation of papers on financial
equity for the District 1t contains Mr..
Noyes' reports as president of the Wash
ington Board of Trade, 1898 and 1899;
his arguments before the Congressional
Joint Select Committee, 1915: the Sem
ate Appropriations Committee, 1920,
and the House District Committee,
1919; study of Finances of the Ma
tional Capital Partnership 1910;
'Neighborly Hints-Lessons from South
America, 1911; Fair Play for Washing
ton 1913; Taxation in the District of
Columbia 1880; several radio addresses,
a number of citizens petitions and
other documents of official and semi
official character.
These two books run to more thar
1000 pages of closely printed text They
preserve data not otherwise available
anywhere. They are the fruit of count
less days of research and investigat tion
"A third volume is Washington in
General a total of 600 pages of Mr..
Noyes' articles on the Long Bridge prob
lem, steam railroad terminals, rapid
transit, District fiscal affairs and re-
lated subjects. Included in the list of
contents is Mr. Noyes' address at the
dedication of the Public Library 1908.
"A book on General Politics and
Other Writings brings together Mr..
NoyeS' study of Newspaper Libels'; his
discussion of the War of the Metals,
dealing with currency matters; his
'Progressivism in New Zealand and in
the United States Conditions in the
Philippines Oriental America and It's
Problems and Notable Verbal Assaults
and Historic Word Battles"
Travel Works Varied.
Still another volume is a compen-
dium of Mr.. Noyes Notes of Travel
1879-l927.' 1t opens with a sketch OF
life at Hot Springs, Ark, published
In the aforementioned year, and in
CludeS impressions of Nova Scotia Vel
lowstone National Park, North Cape
Norway, Continental Europe. Mexico
Japan, Hawaii, the Philippines South
Africa. the South Seas, New Zealand
Tasmania, Australia, Ceylon, Java
Bermuda, South America and other
portions of the earth visited by the
author in 48 years of travelling. These
Notes are especially valuable, because
Mr.. NoyeS is not just tourist, pleas
ure bent. Instead, he is interested in
the real life of the people in each COM
munity visited, their problems, their
aspirations and their achievements.
WACASNCA llC LIDO SOllC IlC lldS pCcl
particularly CONCERNED to study the ex-
perience of foreign cities for sugges-
tions that might be helpful in the
fullest and finest development of Wash
ington-as, for example, from London
Berlin and Paris hints concerning ideal
railroad terminals and elimination OF
grade crossings, from Budapest hints
concerning workable underground
trolley, which led to the use OF that
system over all Washington today, and
from Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and
Santiago hints concerning the creation
of the City Beautiful" in Washington
His observations in the Philippines
Immediately after the close of the
Spanish American War were considered
so important that they were printed as
a Senate document. His Notes on the
great waterfalls of the world were pub
lished by the National Geographic So
ciety.
Editorials in Volume,
I'VE also have a large volume OF
Mr.. Noyes' editorial contributions to
The Star on Suffrage in the District
of Columbia The subjects include:
Both Suffrage and Half and Half Plan,
Majority Rule in Washington 'Obliga-
tion Follows Power Organize and
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