Evening star., 1937-09-12

written and collaborated on many law
books on international subjects, says
in reviewing Miss Whitemans book
in the August number of the American
Foreign Service Journal: AT no time
has there been brought together such
a wealth of useful material as is pre-
Sented in this treatise. Damages in
International Law. : : With the pub
lication of the first two volumes of
the work Miss Whiteman has per-
formed the useful task of collecting
and making generally available a
cross-section of international cases
dealing with the subject. While CIV
ing due consideration to the mass of
theory evolved on this subject. she
has been eminently successful in pre-
senung the material in a practical
manner. There can be no ques-
ton but that the work represents a
tremendous amount of original re-
search. Moreover, this research
is supplemented by original thought
and matured reflection. The OBJ
vlous restraint and extreme care with
which the material has been discussed
and developed add to the great value
OF the work" BY the way her thesis
for her doctorate at Yale University
constituted the beginnings of her re-
cent work.
Library of Congress TO Exhibit at
Constitution Anniversary Celebration.
The Library of Congress has ar
ranged wonderful exhibition of
books, documents, manuscripts, prints
and engravings in celebration of the
l5Gth anniversary of the Constitution
OF the United States. One really mar
vels at the thoroughness of the dis
play and the charming way in which
1t has been arranged. All who run
may read that. We, the people of
the United States, in order 10 form
more perfect Union. establish JUS
tice, insure domestic tranquility. pro-
vide for the common defense. promote
the general welfare and secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and
our posterity, do ordain and establ
this Constitution for the United States
of America" After that is there any
one so skeptical as to believe that "it
could happen here?"
Constitution Documents Annotated
BY George Washington.
After visiting Miss Whiteman we
went down in the archives of the De-
partment of State and saw a most
interesting portfolio or binding in
buckram and boards. of the authentic
copies of the ratification by the orig
inal States of the Constitution. The
documents were largely written in ink
which must have been made of a
vegetable substance-on sheepskin
! parchment. the sheets being about
/ feet square. There were few States
/ Georgia among them-the ratification
OF which was on paper with a distinct
water mark. All the copies had been
beautifully restored with crepeline-a
/ gauzy, silky material which assures
/ their preservation and leaves all the
beauty Of the chirogrsphy intact.
The seals of the different States
which we're attached to the sheepskins
/ were interesting. Several of them were
inches in diameter, being attached
to the parchment with light blue rib
/ bon run through the document The
small fiat wax seals were pasted on
Several of the copies were annotated
/ by George Washington and bore his
signature.
There was letter from Tobias Lear
secretary to President Washington. ad-
dressed to Roger Alden, ESQ. on Jan
uary IL. 1890, which shows the meticu-
lous care which was used in trans
mitting TO the States documents OF
ratification which had been sent tc
the President. On this, as on most
of the copies. the writing was bold
and beautifully regular.