Evening star., 1933-10-13
N0TABLES ATTEND
FOUNT DEDICATION
Francis NeWlands Memorial
in Chevy Chase Circle
Accepted by U. S.
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of Fall flowers from the Garden Club
of Chevy Chase, providing bright and
celebrating note against the foliage OF
the Shrubbery which had been provided
by the Gardens Clubs Of Maryland.
Rev. Henry Teller Cooke, rector Of All
Saints Episcopal Church, pronounced
the invocation.
Pittman Pays Tribute.
Senator Pittman, who is President
pro tempore of the Senate. colleague
and personal friend of the late Senator
Newlands, paid glowing tribute to the
record and the character of the man
for whom the memorial was dedicated.
He traced Senator Newlands' career and
referred with feeling to their close as
Sociation. Both had been born in Mis-
sissippi and served the State of Nevada
as Senators.
Praising Senator Newlands for his
versatility. Senator Pittman referred
to his fight for silver, his work as the
father of reclamation" and his lead
ing role in starting legislation for
Government control of the railroads
Declaring the late Senator to have
had a life full of beauty and romance" p"
Senator Pittman told of his love Of
children, and activities for the de-
velopment of Chevy Chase. and Of the
Chevy Chase Club. The memorial was
described by the speaker not only as
entirely fitting, but as magnificent"
Col. Grant Offers Praise.
Col. Grant, whose activities in de-
velopment of plans for the memorial
were praised by Chairman Hege. paid
tribute to Senator NewlandS mot only
for his leadership and craftsmanship.
but for his character as a citizen and
neighbor" Importance of the circle as
an imposing gateway to the National
Capital was stressed by Col. Grant,
who characterized the fountain as a
fitting treatment for the gateway as
we'll as the main decoration" and a
monument to the memory of the late
Senator.
DR.. Moore, who long had been asso-
ciated with the development of Wash
ington. and as chairman of the Fine
Arts Commission, had taken a personal
interest in plans for the development
of the memorial. not only paid tribute
to Senator NeWlands. but emphasized
the importance of fountains.
Man of Vision and Courage.
He praised the worth and the
services to Washington of Francis
Griffith Newlands here where he lived
a full life amid beautiful surroundings
which he SO largely created. He was
a man of vision, and of courage" said
DR.. Moore, Ito bring that vision to
reality. 1t required a man of vision
to plan years in advance the one BEAU
tiful suburb of the National Capital.
1t required a man of courage to carry
far out into that suburb the trolley line,
up hill and down dale and over deep ra
vines" DR.. Moore declared. Patience,
TOO, was necessary to await the slow
and uncertain growth of population
which should bring the realization of
what seemed to the skeptics a wild
dream of adventure.
Mr.. Newlands had that vision, that
courage. that patience which you today
see embodied in Chevy Chase. It is
most fitting that here should be placed
the lasting memorial of him. 1t is fit
ting. too, that such commemoration
should take the form of a fountain,
for through the ages the fountain
of living water has been at once the
most enduring and the most delightful
form of commemoration. Like unto
Bandusia's fount, sung by Horace, of