Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-11

Public knoWleQge OF generous pene-
faction by Col and Mrs. nndbergn
has come through the filing OF papers
which indicate that the family home
near Hopewell, N. j., is to be made into
a children's welfare center. The whole
country has felt great sorrow at the
tragedy In this home, and voices appre-
citation Of the public use. to which 1t is
to be put. It is declared that the 1nstl-
tuition, to all Americans, will be q me-
mortal.
Sorrow produced by the tragic event
cannot be erased" says the Newark
Evening News, but it can be sweetened,
and what more promising way Is there
than to bring happiness into the nveS
Of other children? What more beautl1ui
monument could be built to the son SO
cruelty snatched from them than this
living memorial, designed to protect
little ones against sickness and unhap.
piness? From the top OF Sourland
Mountains will glow a perpetual light
of kindness and graciousneSs."
1.-THE disposition they have chosen to
make of the property" declares the
Des Moines Tribune. lis so public
spirited and evinces so delicate a sense
OF the appropriate as to deserve highest
praise" The San Francisco Chronicle
AYERS that "a sad memory will always
cling to the home that the most famous
Of young Americans built for his bride,
and vet something of the best of hu-
manity will be represented there, too.
From evil" continues that paper, "a
great good will spring. The tragedy
Of the Lindbergh child will give birth
to Joy for many more fortunate chill
dren Hopewell is well named"
THE whole country Is deeply moved
asserts the New York Herald Tribune.
1.-THE child welfare center will be known
as High Fields and is to be in the
charge Of q non-proflt corporation with
an expert board of trustees, which has
been chosen. That an exceedingly use
full institution has thus silently and
modestly been set up may be taken for
granted. But it Is for the beauty Of the
thought-the rightness of the plan as a
symbol, as a memorial and as dedi-
cation-that fathers and mothers and
children throughout the country will
cherish the news. Years pass, but men,
DRY fades not. The country cannot for
get either the tragedy of those tense
days or the courage and the nobility
with which they were faced by the two
whom they hit hardest. Now, in the
project of High Fields, the one appro-
pirate and enduring memorial is pro-
vided end the country will doubly ap-
UlOtC. ~ WILL llOt WIc4l w 1OlSCt
The Nashville Banner believes that
"for the people generally the home will
always suggest tragedy of the deepest
sort" OF the details of the project,
the Banner records: 1T will be opened
to both boys and girls. The trustees
named for the institution include men
Of wide range of abilities. Col. Henry
Breckenridge, attorney, has been Lind
bergh'S closest adviser since the young
aviator became the popular hero by his
| flight to France. DR.. Abraham Flexner
! is a noted educator and keen critic of
modern school trends, and Owen Love-
| joy, as secretary of the Children's Aid
| Society, has been very active in pro-
viding for the homeless boys during the
depression days. The trustees have been
given broad powers by the Lindberghs
| In outlining the scope Of the institu-
| ton"
mo more inspired or splendid use for
| the mansion could be imagined" &C.
cording to the Hartford Courant, with
the statement that "the roll of trustees
insures the continued sctive interest Of
the Lindberghs, combined with expert
| experience In both education and child
welfare" The Courant concludes: 1T
Is not at all surprising that the Lind
berghS should have no desire at all to
live again In this house or that they
should hesitate to sell " because Of the
possibility Of its falling eventually into
the hands Of some one who would ex-
| ploit its past The use on which they
have determined viii set against the
| tragedy of one child lost the growth
! and happiness Of many others. That
the Lindberghs should have the vision