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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-20

Welfare today.
The board sees no other
way" Elwood Street, director OF
Public Welfare. declared, "of
meeting an unhappy necessity.
Cutting these persons off the
relief rolls is just like perform
ing a surgical operation. There
is no question that many will be
subjected to hardships, but this
Is the most merciful means we
have been able to find after long
and careful study"
PROTECT CHILDREN
The statement issued by Street
today said:
1T is the established policy OF
the Board of Public Welfare to
protect the program of aid for
dependent children.
Therefore, it is estimated
that under the 1889 general
appropriation of 100000 for
relief it will be necessary to re-
duce the number of cases re.
ceivins general relief from the
present load of $500 to not
more than approximately 1900
as an average per month Tor
the next fiscal year.
Such a reduction must be
made by July /, since the public
assistance division must not
exceed an expenditure OF
approximately one-twelfth of
the total each month and must
save funds in order to give
some fuel during winter months
and to increase the case load
slightly during severe weather
in winter when there Is an in.
creased amount of sickness and
emergencies"
OF the $500 cases now beinl
carried Street estimates that aoou,
half are single persons and hall
consist of families. Although the
boards reports do not include the
number of persons per family
Street estimates the average
would be three.
These figures indicate, he pointed
out, that there are now some 5000
being given relief. Cutting thu
lists by 900 would take approx
mately 1000 off the rolls.
RULE ANNOUNCED
Applications for relief will bt
accepted after July / only so far a!
ALLEGATIONS of funds viii
permit. Cases accepted will b
only applications of unemployabl|
persons and families when physi
clans statements show unemploy
ability and give diagnoses.
Applications will be accepted
only for the social security cate
gories of old-age assistance, aic
for the needy blind and aid fol
dependent children. But only
hose who are unemployable will
be given assistance until such time
Is their eligibility for Categorical
Is received.
On June / a form letter will be
sent to every case now receiving
'elief.
This letter will require that a
'orm be filled out, signed and re
;urned before June Is. The letter
will ask for signed statement OF
income and relief for the past
month, number in the family.
heir ages, and cost of rent, food
and other necessary expenditures
Persons failing to return this
form will be dropped from relief
and a reapplication rejected unGil
after August /.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-20

Blind at the Church of the
Epiphany. Representatives of 10
bind persons welfare organize
tons attended.
Most important in any blind.
nesS-prevention program Is the re-
quired examination Of all expect.
ant mothers, coupled with eye
drops for all babies at BIRTH" Mrs.
Vorhis said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-20
Maj. St. Austrell
Is Club Speaker

Major Francis st. Austrell,
former British officer, spoke on
1nGia, Siberia and China yester-
Gay before the Cosmopolitan Club
meeting at the Carlton Hotel. The
attendance prize was won by Ed
mund o. Carl, and was donated
by Paul V, B. Heiss,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-20
YugOslav Prince
Will Head Rotary

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, May 20.
Regent Paul was elected honorary
life governor of Yugoslav Rotart-
ans at their annual meeting today.
The election of the prince was
enthusiastically acclaimed. He is
expected to take an active part In
the development of Rotary in
this country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-20
TOO GOOD TO Bs
TRUE!

New 4-room bungalow with one acre Of
ground. located o miles from Washington.
Price. So 100; $500 cash. $2B per month.
For further details zee today's Classified
Real Estate Columns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-20
Welfare Board Set
To Cut Relief Rolls
Here a Third by July |
5000, 900 for 1889 Forces Step, Says Street;
Dependent Children To Be Protected

Approximately third of the persons relief in the
District will be cut off from further aid by July according
nlan adonted at special meeting of the Board Of Public
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-20
Hoover Tells Boys
Their Rights, Needs

CHICAGO, May 20 QNS).-Herbert Hoover former
President today laid bill of rights before American youth
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-05-20

7. Education and training to
fit him for q job.
8, A chance for q job.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

following property owners. some OF
whom may not have been residents:
Thomas F. Scharff, A. G. Osborn, A.
G. Matterson, A. B. Calver Maria A.
Myers. who owned six acres. and
Archibald White, who owned a tri-
angular plot of about two acres.
THEN came what was known as
"A" road, which. according TO the
writer's best recollection, still exists
in part as Manchester lane. from
where this street shoots off from
Montague street. short distance be-
fore reaching Sixteenth street. Then
came the property of Louisa Kuhn.
consisting Of 1925 acres. upon which
stood. and still stands, a brick house,
which is one Of the Oldest in this
vicinity 1t is located on the south
side Of Madison street, at No 1854,
between what was once Piney Branch
road and Fourteenth street. The
Madison street side has been added
to and other changes made. but the
rear part of the house. the part which
formerly faced Colorado avenue. and
which was originally the front, as
here shown, appears to be the same
as 1t was when first built.
This house was early owned and
occupied by Stephen Yost, who in
1866 was conducting a wholesale liquor
store at Twenty-first and K streets
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voir tract as Peters Mill Seat" the
date of purchase as November 2. 1898,
and the amount of land secured as
1872 ,625 square feet. for which $50
1890 was paid to J. Maury Dove, ap-
parently the owner of record.
However, this land was undoubtedly
a part of the Pierce Shoemaker vast
holdings in this part of the District,
and could not long have been in the
possession of Mr.. Dove At this date
1888, and not until several years
later, Sixteenth street, Fourteenth
street and Thirteenth street had not
been extended out as far as Bright
wood, and Piney Branch road and
Georgia avenue were the main thor
oughfares to this part of the District.
And the bicycle rides made many
years ago by some of our older resi-
dents, from the city, by way of these
roads and return by the other, are
no doubt still fresh in the memory OF
the bicycle girl and the bicycle boy
OF bygone happy days.
Brightwood. Of which this section
is regarded as a part, is an old settle
ment, but it was long time growing
into its present proportions. There
were not so many people living there
so years ago. and on the west side of
Piney Branch road Colorado ave-
nue) between Military road and the
race track We find, in 1887. only the
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NV. Yost was German born, while
his wife was Swiss. and tradition has
Is that one of the foreign ministers
resided here for q while during or
shortly after the close of the Civil
War. Gustav H. Kuhn, a well-known
piano dealer, bought this house about
1883 and lived in it for q number
of years. Today it looks as good as
new.
On the south side of the Kuhn
tract was another lane called B road,
and then came the race track prop
erty. 3 road has lost almost all of
Its identity, although the writer be-
lieves a portion Of 1t now serves as
an alley which has its entrance on
the west side Of Sixteenth street be-
tween Longfellow and Madison streets.
The owners Of land on A road so
years ago were Maria A. Myers, Sarah
B. A. Robbins, acres: N. E. Robin
son, J. c. Norris, S. A. Sipperly. A..
Gunther, 10 acres; E. Dippel, acres;
Conway Tibb, A. Lawrence, Clark
family and the Conway and Lawrence
properties Some of these holdings ran
all the way from A road to B road.
while other lots ran from A road to
Military road, and here we find as
owners of land Thomas T. Scharff,
j. w. King. John Langdale. A. Wat
rous, A. D. Powell and NJ. j. Carpen-
ter. At a later date the Bergmann
family also lived on A road.
IN 1891 when plans were under way
toward acquiring Rock Creek Park,
the land along the west side of what
later became Sixteenth street from
Blagden Mill road to Military road
belonged to Peirce Shoemaker, Charles
Early and Fred w. Pratt, Brightwood
Driving Park, Louisa Kuhn, Sam w.
Jones, E. T. Barton and A. Hayes.
On A road: A. E. Mclaughlin, Eliza
T. Barton, William Watson, Conway
Tibbs, Peirce Shoemaker, 2. A. Law
renee. Facing military road: D. M.
Davis. H. Cowperthwait, j. B. Colt
and Peirce Shoemaker, whose prop
erty adjoined Rock Creek.
There was another we'll known tav-
ern in the early days located in Bright
wood where Concord avenue crosses
Georgia avenue. and where is now the
Masonic Temple. Even before the
Civil War this was known as More
lands Tavern, and this was surrounded
by a grove of trees and sheds for
stabling horses. During the Civil War
the building attached to this place,
then known as Brightwood Park. was
taken possession of by the Govern
ment in 1864. and used as the head
quarters Of Gen. Alexander Med. Nc
Cook, and picture taken at that time
shows In front Of the building Gen
McCook. Gen Meigs, Gen. Rucker, Maj
Bates. Maj. Auchmutz, Capt. Welles
and Capt Dupont.
Later it became q much frequented
resort kept BY j. E. Moses and known
as the Brightwood Club House. This
was at = time when every person Of
means, and every sport who could af-
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some very good time Is recorded as
having been made over 1t by some of
the best horses in the country. includ-
ing the horse Nominee, owned by w.
A. Brown, that paced the mile in 2:l5,
and trotted it in 2:l9. Henry Cop
perthite's Ida c. with a record Of
2:l3A, did the mile in 2:i6: Baron
Wood trotted 1t in 2:l5; John H.
Gheen's Claymore, jr., hitched to a
heavy two-man wagon, stepped it in
1899, in 2:29l2; L. D. Sales General
Beale. hitched to harness, negotiated
it In 22sh2, paced by a runner and
driven by the late B. F. McCauley, a
vice president of the Association of
the Oldest Inhabitants, and did the
same distance, hitched to a wagon
and paced, and also driven by Mr..
McCauley, in 2:34A. Onycha Wilkes
trotted the half mile in l:O8. An old
picture of the Brightwood Park House,
which faced Piney Branch road (now
Colorado avenue). just little south
OF Kennedy street, and which stood
just to the east of the race track,
shows the following horses lined up
along the road: Joe Brown, Prince,
Frank Rives Laura Williams, Lady
Star. Mollie Morris, Planter and H. c.
Hill.
At THE present time, one not
familiar with this neighborhood
Of a half-century or more ago, can
scarcely imagine the crowds that at
tended the races at the park, or who
just went there for refreshing drink
of lemonade, or. most likely, some
thing stronger. And among those who
visited here were some Of the fore
most people of the city and of this
country including Gen. Grant him.
self, when President of the United
States. For the general is known to
have been a lover OF fast horses, but
loved best to do his own driving, and
he not only visited Mr.. Rohr and par
took of his refreshments, but also
slipped the aqua pura from the crystal
spring that stood only a short distance
to the east of the entrance to the
driving park.
OF particular historic interest is the
fact that when Gen. Horatio G.
Wright arrived in this city on July II,
1864. at AIS pm. with part Of his
corps, it was at Crystal Spring that he
bivouacked for the night, before put
ting the finishing touches on the
enemy the following day. Indeed. the
writer has found many evidences of
troops having been stationed in this
vicinity during the Civil War, includ-
ing number Of metal buttons belong
ing to the Massachusetts, Volunteer
Cavalry, and other military relics.
IN LOOKING over the records in
= the District Building a few days
ago, for information regarding the
Brightwood Reservoir site. the writer
found the the ground was part Of 4
tract early known as White Mill
Seat" and patented by English au-
thority under that name in 1856. and
later changed to Peters Mill Seat
in 1900. Subsequently $50 acres Of
this grant became known as Crystal
Spring Tract" because Of the springs
before mentioned. The District rec
ords give the early name Of the reser-
Evening star., 1938-02-13

In the center OF the street, with the
driveways curved around it. and If
there is no statue or monument there Is
q circular space occupied by bed Of
flowers, these circles being known as
glorietas. Perhaps that Is q pretty
name, with pleasant significance, but
to me the word had q sinister meaning.
For the person walking through this
beautiful boulevard, with at least four
lanes of trafiic in constant motion
and with q minimum speed limit to
insure that constant and lively motion
these lovely little circles threaten to
send him to glory" Unless he goes
away back to the sidewalk alongside Of
the houses, so or 70 feet away, he must
negotiate those circles with four lanes
of traffic to be watched simultaneously.
But inasmuch as saw no mishaps-
and did many miles of walking along
the Reforma-there must be something
in the rarefied air Of Mexico City that
gives one sixth sense Of safety.
It Is in the Reforma. especially in
the center section, where the shade Is
thickest and there are numerous
benches for the comfort of the people.
that one sees Mexican life at its most
leisurely pace. Family groups, each
assembled on . long castiron bench,
conduct lively conversations with one
another across the course Of the
pedestrian trafic. Vendors
Of nearly everything under the sun
that is portable and sellable offer their
wares. Boothlacks insinuate that your
footgear is In need Of attention. Now
and then venerable street sweeper
with his long twig broom gives an ex-
hibition Of his efficiency in removing
the dried leaves from the pathways.
Or maybe portrait photographer will
set up his studio in the middle Of the
walk, his kit consisting Of . camera
with an attachment for immediate de-
veloping and printing and often .
hobby horse on which a small subject
may be seated, in juvenile demonstra-
ton Of an inspiration to be q "cerro'
some time soon. The "cerro," by the
way, Is the gentleman rider, . sort of
refined, well dressed cowboy-very we'll
dressed indeed. On Sunday the cerro
= In his elsment. In the morning he
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where people quick to smile in re-
sponse to any greeting from a stranger.
THE old and the new crowd closely
together in Mexico City. Much
of the old has been lately removed
to make way for the new, but q respect
for antiquities has now been fostered
and 1t is likely that no more historic
landmarks will be destroyed, unless
by nature. It was in q liberal spirit
that the statue of the Spanish Emperor
Charles Nv, at the point where the
Reforma blends into the Avenida
Juarez, was preserved, whereas all of
the other souvenirs Of the Spanish oc-
cupation were raZed and melted. This
is gratifying, for the Charles statue is
rated as one Of the finest equestrian
sculptures in existence.
II the tourist takes exceptions to
the ancient walls that he may regard
as disfiguring the view-walls out of
plumb, stained by the centuries into a
dozen hues, cracked in some cases
from ground to roof-he should oe
made to appreciate the fact that there
is history in these ancient structures,
history older than any that the United
States can demonstrate in human
fabrics. For these are in some cases
discovery structures, as the pyra-
mids Of Teotihuacan: in others they
are close in time with the arrival Of
the Spaniards. long before there was
any real culture, as we are apt to call
it north Of the Rio Grande. And
speaking of culture" it may be inter-
esting to note the fact that in Mexico
City the first music was printed in the
New World, the first engravings from
wood were struck of and the first
newspaper was published. that being
the Mercurio Volante, which may be
translated as Flying Mercury"
And 20 1t Is that one is apt to 60
about the streets Of Mexico City In q
somewhat chastened mood, after
getting bit of history concerning this
onetime center Of American civili-
zation.
At the outset Of this series Of dis
cursive recitals Of Mexico's attractions
for the tourist I noted that there are
four ways to get there. by rail, by road,
by sea and by air. The choice Is q
purely personal matter Of selection.
with consideration for the purse and
the calendar. But whatever the route
and the means Of travel, q person con-
templating q visit to Mexico can be
assured of q profitable experience, pro-
vided he does not expect too much.
And I have found 1t to be the case, in
the course Of somewhat extensive
series of trips into other lands, that
the surest way to reap profit out of
any foreign adventure is to take every
thing unpleasant Is something to be
forgotten and everything pleasant as
something to be remembered. On that
basis Mexico Is to b remembered -
. hnd Of delight.
Evening star., 1938-02-13

was conducted by George c. Mount"
castle. who had the distinction OF
weighing 427 pounds-without his
oyercoat. Before moving to Bright
wood, Mr. Mountcastle was livery
stable keeper downtown and during
the Civil War he was one Of Mosby's
guerillas. but as we knew him, one
had to stretch his imagination to Wis
ualize him ever riding horse, when
he really would have done full credit
to an elephant. When he died some
Is or 20 years ago, his body was with
difficulty removed from the house.
Evening star., 1938-02-13
By Gideon 4. Lyon.

n 4 EX1CO is well worth visiting
INl even If one does not 60 be-
/ ' i yond the capital itself, which
ofncially bears the name
Ciudad, Mexico, D. F. That means
City of Mexico, Department Federal,
just as the initials after the name
of the National Capital Of the United
States mean District of Columbia. BY
the way, the name of both the coun-
try and the capital is pronounced
"Mehico," with the accent on the
first syllable. While would certainly
not recommend any one who goes down
there, by whatever route, to confine
himself to the City Of Mexico, there
is certainly enough to see there and
to enjoy to keep one busy for = fort
night, which seems to be the usual
time of tourist staying.
Ethnologically one may see in
Mexico City representatives Of prac-
tically all Of the various root races
of the country, as well as the descend
ants of the Spanish and Of all the
mixtures of blood. Architecturally
one may see there and in the imme-
diate environs examples Of all the
structural arts ever known in Mexico,
from the pyramids to the adobe dwell
ings of the poems, with the interme-
diate relics of the Spanish rule. One
may meet there all of the groups.
social and racial. that constitute the
seventeen millions Of Mexico. The city
itself has approximately 97e, 900 popu-
lation, with about 260, 900 in the fed
eral district beyond the city limits.
But I would certainly not recon-
mend the visitor to Mexico conflne him
self to the capital, attractive and rep
resentative IS 1t may. be. It should
rather serve the tourist as . base Of
operations. With three weeks to spend
in the country, not counting travel
time in getting In and out, at least
one week should be given to Mexico
City itself, and even that would not
sufice to exhaust the history Of treas
ures, art and the social problems that
await the viewing and the investi-
CATION Of the caller from abroad.
Nor would recommend the doing"
Of Mexico City by motor car. though
that seems to be the usual and favorite
mode Of the tourist. Distances are not
so great there that they cannot easily
be negotiated afoot, with street cars
and buses always avatlable-if one
ever gets the hang Of the bus routes,
which was just little more than /
could manage IN my short stay. Going
afoot brings one into closest contact
with the city's real life, giving glimpses
Of the patios where the families
Evening star., 1938-02-13

ADTaNAm LlnCOlH appIOdCHcS,
4 \ his tomb, in Oak Ridge Gene
terry at Springfield, ILL.,. takes
on a special significance. And not the
least remarkable feature of this shrine
Is the man who has had it in his charge
for the last II years, Herbert Wells Fay.
Formally listed as custodian OF the
tomb. Mr.. Fay is perhaps the worlds
greatest collector of Lincolniana and
the leading authority on that subject.
Quiet and soft-spoken. approaching
his 10th birthday anniversary, he has
devoted himself since boyhood to the
collection Of relics and information of
Lincoln and his times.
Mr. Fay is a former newspaper man.
For AZ years he published and edited
papers In De Kalb County in Northern
Illinois. He is proud of the fact he
is a grandson of Horace w. Fay, sec
ond member Of the Legislature from
De Kalk County and surveyor for that
area, to whom Lincoln wrote three let
tiers. His father, Edwin Fay, was q
chaplain in Grants army. He died at
Vicksburg.
Il might say that my interest in
Lincoln began long before was born"
Mr.. Fay said recently, for my grand
father when a member Of the Legis-
lature was the first person to suggest
Mr.. Lincoln for United States Sem
ator."
With these rich associations Mr.
Fay as boy began to amass his great
collection of pictures of the Emanci-
pator. He carried his hobby through
elementary school days while living on
the family farm in Squaw Grove
Township and later pursued it ear
nestly after three years of academic
work at Monmouth College.
The Lincoln tomb, an inner room
of which houses but small part of
the Fay collection, has passed through
three stages since it was first built
with funds publicly subscribed in 1869.
In 1901 the obelisk which crowns it
was heightened and changes were
made in stonework and statuary.
IN 1880 the State of Illinois COM
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ford 1t, owned one or more horses, and
to drive to Brightwood and return to
the city was regarded as very good
workout for a horse on warm sum-
mer's day. OF course, the horse had
to be watered and refreshed before
the return trip-and so did the driver
and his friends who accompanied HIM
that for them something else
was Usually substituted for water, and
if Mr.. Moses ran out of supplies, Mr..
Rohr. at the nearby race track, was
always equal to the emergency.
In later years the Brightwood Hotel