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erected until 1869 It's first pastor was
the Rev. w. v. Tudor, d. D.

erected until 1869. Its first pastor was
the Rev. w. v. Tudor, d. D.
IN 1910 the Northern Liberty Fire
Co. erected its engine house on
this square about where Is the main
entrance Of the Library. Its first
officers were: President, John Y. Bry-
ant: vice president. Joseph Bryan;
treasurer, J. G. Robinson, and secre-
tary, Benjamin Evans The company
continued to occupy this property for
Is years and during its early life the
second story Of the building was used
by Prof. Weber in teaching dancing
The Northern Liberties Division Of
Sons Of Temperance here promulgated
the principles of total abstinance:
military instructions were also given
here by Maj. S. H. Walker and Rev.
French S. Evans for a time preached
here on Sunday afternoons.
On March 20, 1886, President Polk
gave his consent to erect in the square
where is the Public Library a market
house. and, though generally known
as the Northern Liberty Market, yet
its correct name was the Northern
Market" Much to the regret of the
market people. Boss" Shepherd re-
moved the building in this block in
September, 1872, but not without the
loss of life
One Of the chief historic events of
this neighborhood is known as. the
Northern Liberty Market House riot.
1t occurred on June l, 1857, during
the city election held that date, and
was brought about by the American
party-or what was commonly known
as the Know Nothing party-unduly
the illegally obstructing and interfer-
ing with the election at the polling
place at the south side Of Mount
Vernon Square between Seventh and
Eighth streets. For this unlawful pur-
pose gang Of rowdies called plug
uglies" was induced to come over from
Baltimore for the purpose of in
timidating voters of this city. In
Washington their number was greatly
increased by members of the rougher
element, then, as now, always looking
for scrap. They came. they saw
and they were defeated One hundred
and 10 marines put them to flight
after killing six persons and wounding
81. although the bad men Of Balti-
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is corresponding secretary Of the
Association Of the Oldest Inhabitants
and otherwise active in civic affairs.
DR.. Duhamel was as we'll known in
corporation matters and in local mill
tary affairs as he was in the medical
profession. McIntire, Mcpherson and
DR.. E. M. Chaplin were some of the
druggists who occupied this corner.
PACK in 1902, when Judge Edward
H. Bates was returning to Wash
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unlike any others in the world were
conceived by Mr.. Henry Kttredge as
he lazed beside his wild turkey traps
on an isolated lake on his plantation.
Abandoned for more than a century
to tropical vegetation, this fresh water
lake had grown cypress forest in
habited only by flocks of white heron.
AS Mr.. Kittredge unused on the onyx
waters produced by the cypress roots
and observed how sharply every OBJ
ject was reflected in the black surface,
the idea came to him to create a gar
den where brilliant colored flowers
would nod at their own reflected
beauty from small improvised islands.
with the skill of an engineer,
produced the Cypress Gardens as visi-
tors see them today.
Unlike other garden strolls, one
rides through the black aisles in
canoes and no Venetian gondolier Is
half so proud to point out the splendor
Of marble palaces as Is the dark-faced
paddle boy" to call your attention to
the ancient trees and blooming islands.
Thousands Of tulips and daffodils
were in bloom when. we visited the
Cypress Gardens, and their brilliant
coloring, rising out of the sombre
background, was almost startling.
With apparently no dimensions and
where time and space seem lost in
the mysterious labyrinth Of trees and
reflected trees, flowers and reflected
flowers, these gardens present indeed
an unearthly beauty.
Reams have been written about the
best known of the Charleston Gar
dens-the Middleton and Magnolia
Gardnes. Galsworthy declared the
Magnolia Gardens in 1928. the most
beautiful gardens in the world; the
Middleton Gardens have been pro-
nounced Heaven on Earth" by poet.
Repeatedly visitors ask themselves
which is the lovlier Of the two. Can
Paradise rival itself?
Both are old gardens, started when
the luxurious life Of the great South
Carolina rice plantations was at its
peak, and tenderly cared for through
out century and a half by descend
ants Of the original owners. In both
gardens you come acress the traces
Of the mansion house burned during
the War Between the States, but q
riot Of color and wistful beauty Of
hedge and moss conceal many
wound down on old Ashley River.
THE Middleton Gardens claim to be
the oldest Handicapped gardens in
America. Henry Middleton, later
president of the Continental Congress,
began this "bit Of old England" In the
New World back In 1740,- and under
the direction Of an English landscape
artist, hundred slaves are said to
have worked for 10 years to complete
the terraces and skilfully blend the
glory Of coastal foreGt, river and
marsh into the well-ordered beauty Of
an English garden.
"Step lightly down these terraces,
they are the record Of . dream!"
wrote the poet, Amy Lowell, and the
garden lover, gazing upon that close
emerald turf, recalls the English
squire's stock phrase, TT takes .
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Bv Kathleen Read COOnfS.
IS n n EBBE, miss, you'uns don't
Nu reckon time lax we'uns
does!" murmured the
4 d kindly prav.haired NeQrn

S~s ~AA~NS SAe>'
Nu reckon time lax we'uns
wv does!" murmured the
kindly, gray-haired Negro,
leaning heavily on stick of gnarled
cypress.
Behind us rose the mellow walls Of
old st. Phillips Church and above the
dark shining peaks Of magnolias rang
out the bells once captured by the
British. Across the street the yellow
sunshine powdered the jessamine
clambering over the brick inclosure of
the ancient town square and rested
reverently, proudly, on the sculptured
figure of soldier in a Confederate
uniform.
There are not many places in this
country that can reckon" time as
does old Charleston, S. c.
In her 200 years this grande dame
has experienced about all there is to
know about luxury and romance, ad-
venture and tragedy, war and wreck
age. Her motto, Ready in soul and
resources" has left its indelible stamp
on many historic landmarks. How
ever, while her history has brought
renown to the name of Charleston,
her flower gardens have glorif&d it
to the world. In an English guide on
Travel in the United States" Niagara
Falls, the Grand Canyon and the
gardens at Charleston, s. c., are men,
toned as the most noteworthy pill
grimages.
THE Charleston season for visitors
begins in February and ends with
April, when the spring of the deep
South passes into summer. During
this period the gates of the famous
gardens are open to the public, and
every year sees an increasing number
Of tourists from far and wide. Many
make the mistake of waiting until the
gardens are bit past their first glory
and experience disappointment. The
latter part Of February and March
finds the azaleas, magnolia japonicas
and camelias at the peak of beauty,
and any one who has been privileged
to visit the gardens at this time may
well exclaim with Amy Lowell, when
she wandered through those aisles of
riotous color, Eyes, found at last-an
earthly paradise"
-Four gardens. each boasting an in
dividuality and beauty all its own, are
offered to springtime pilgrims to old
Charleston. Although the Middleton
and Magnolia Gardens are the Oldest
and better known, the Brookgreen
Gardens, where one comes across art
in setting Of nature, and the strange,
mysterious mood of the Cypress Gar
dens are preferred by some nature
lovers.
Brookgreen Gardens are approached
about 20 miles north Of Charleston, On
the sea-level route from Wilmington.
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Season for Visitors Now Under Way -Four Display Groups
l Have individuality and Beauty Known to Many People
Abroad d-Shrnes Azalea Time

EDITORS NOTE: Charleston
via Richmond, south on U. S.
HighWay II, is 500 miles from
Washington. The four famous gar
dens close is May. They are at
the peak of their beauty in March.
There is an admission fee to all OF
the gardens 1Uith the exception OF
the Brookgreen Gardens.
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0NAAASOAA SAAuANAA, 1OI xVCN. NfCOIRS
w. Samson was its first pastor and
served as such until 1859, when he be-
came president of Columbian COL
lege (now George Washington Uni
versity). incidentally the writer al
ways thinks kindly of DR.. Samson be-
cause he performed the marriage GER
emony for his parents.
Andrew Rothwell was q member of
the Association Of the Oldest Inhab-
atants at the time Of his death.
WHEN the city was first laid out
Nv the immediate vicinity of Mas
sachusetts avenue and Seventh street
belonged to Dominick Lynch and
Comfort Sands and was a part Of a
large tract of land known as Port
Royal. These men, we are told, had a
log house In the square bounded by
Sixth and Seventh, L and M streets,
It's exact location being short dis
tance west of Sixth street and about
midway between L and M streets.
This general area was also early
known as the White Oak Slashes, and
where the Public Library stands was
once a part of Tommy Jenkins farm.
There were few houses in this neigh
borhood up "a the latter part Of the
sos. and speaking Of the conditions
Of this vicinity and particularly Of
Mount Vernon Square about this time
IN early writer of The Star said:
In fact. north Of it.. with the ex-
ception of the Washington Asylum
(the poorhouse) there was not much
sign of improvement to be found other
than . pretense Of keeping the wagon
road Of Seventh street in such q con-
ditton - to be used; for that street
was, OF course, as now, the route TO
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stories told to children in words of one
syllable, and they possess, in many in
stances, childish naivete; and yet We
know the painter is by no means unso-
phisticated. If he draws well, or If he
paints carelessly, it is because he thinks
these things inconsequential. Perhaps
they are, but it takes very strong, or
lazy mind to be Indifferent to them.
as, for example, to picture hung not
straightly on the wall. or to a mans
tie which has become crooked Some
painters. and sculptors for that natter,
have taken to distortion with the intent
of diverting attention from the real
But does it have that effect? Not with
the majority. Mr. Gates has not gone
so far, but the disregard of amenities
leads down the same lane.
There Is no reason in the world why
painter should not paint to please
himself. He should. But If he has a
message to deliver-something to tell
he must express himself clearly or
his effort is fruitless. The greatest
artists OF all time have been the great
est craftsmen; their aim was to paint
as we'll as possible in order to do their
subject justice: in short. to exalt It,
Art is not what We do but the way we
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duced some beautiful work. Exhibits
show how wool. cotton and max are
being spun by hand, thence to be
woven into coverlets with fins old
patterns, brushed wool blankets with
modern designs, knitting bags, linen
towels and 70 on. It Is pointed out
that in Kansas last year 100000 wool
blankets were made with commercially
spun thread and q fly shuttle. These
were distributed to needy families.
Occasionally there is happy end
ing to one Of these w. p. A. stories
OF the weavers, as witness the case of
Arcadia, Mo-, where a group of women
who were on w. P. A. now have their
own business, which is very important
to their town. They get the wool
from sheep in the neighborhood, card
It, spin It, weave 1t, and sell the
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SKILLED WORK SHOWN IN RELIEF RANKS
Some Persons Trained by
Government Turn to
Private Work.

can drawnwork and lace done in
Arizona and New Mexico. fine pottery
from the Western part of North
Dakota, baskets, woodwork, metal
craft and leather tooling from almost
every State.
From the Florida w. P. A. workers
are samples of hats. mats. rugs and
other articles made from coconut
fronds and native grasses.
Winter soujourners in Miami, Palm
Beach, st. Petersburg and Tampa are
expected to go for" these, and if
they do, some of the Florida w. P. A.
workers can 60 of relief and into
business.
INDIANS are not neglected. Many
Of them were among the des-
perate, and already knew or could
quickly learn the arts Of their fathers.
Chippewa Indians in Minnesota lean
toward beadwork and leathercraft.
Those In Arizona have shown what
they can do with native copper. On
exhibit are bowls, platters, book ends,
ladies and utensils.
Just what the 100000 women on
sewing projects have been doing is
adequately displayed. The garments
they have made rival commercially
produced outfits, and since they have
gone to the needy unemployed may
be the chief reason why our eyes
are spared sights of suffering. Judg-
ing by the quality Of the work, it is
not strange that many women who
have been trained in w. P. A. sewing
rooms have found employment In
garment factories.
The school lunch w. p. A. projects,
the housekeeping aid projects, the
nursing and the public health work
also form interesting features Of the
show.
Art, theater and writing projects
are displayed by showing the Ameri-
can Guide Books, which have been
produced, and puppet shows in minia-
ture. Thirty-nine volumes of Braille
dictionary for the blind are concrete
evidence of work in this field, like
wise the talking book machines and
the Braills maps.
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80 plates. His published works in both
line and wood engraving number In
all about lis blocks and plates. Since
1929 he has been steadily receiving
medals and awards in appreciation Of
the quality Of his work. Twice he has
received awards in International Ex-
hibitions OF Engraving held in Warsaw
Poland. In 1885 he received the John
Taylor Arms prize for the best piece Of
technical work in the Goth annual ex-
hibition of the Society OF American
Ethchers. He was represented in the
Fifty Best Prints Of the Year in 1926
27, 1931-33. He has been repeatedly
represented in the publication Fine
| Prints Of the Year. He is q member
Of the Society Of American Etchers, the
| Philadelphia Society of Etchers and
other professional organizations. In
| 1885 he was made an associate men,
Der OF the National Academy of De-
sign. His works are included In the
national print collection of the Library
OF Congress. the Museum Of Fine Arts,
Boston; the Chicago Art Institute, the
New York Public Library, the Balti-
more and Cleveland Museums, the
Victoria and Albert Museum, London,
and the Bibliotheque Rationale, Paris.
1t is an interesting fact that IA Of
the prints now on exhibition in the
Smithsonian are marked mot for
sale" because the editions have been
| exhausted. 1t is also worth noting that
none OF the prints is priced at more
than $50, and some of them are as low
as s6. This would seem to put these
works Of art within the means of those
art lovers who cannot afford to make
large investment, and the fact that in
this instance the best that is produced
can be had for so little should 60 to
show that it is not necessary to reduce
standard In order to democratize art.
Three Gifted Young Painters
Introduced by Junior League.
THE Junior League of Washington
is at the present time introducing
| to the local public the work of three
| young painters of New York, John c..
Pellew, Robert W. Blinn and Louis
Bosa Pellew is English by BIRTH
Bosa Italian, Blinn was born in Phila-
delphia and studied in Brooklyn. All
three are undoubtedly richly endowed
Pellew the Oldest. is "a or 35, there
fore, the group may we'll be regarded
as Of the early Goth century.
! The paintings by which they are
represented are fresh, colorful, and
technically skillful. modern in spirit
but not in fact. These painters have
not limited themselves as to subject.
but have painted apparently whatever
they came across which seemed paint
able. and there is a freshness and ami
nation in their works which is very
pleasing
Fellows four contributions are ex-
ceedingly varied. His "Southbury
Landscape" is quite lovely in color,
broadly rendered. suggestive: his
Coast Of Cornwall" is less crisply
rendered, but his Hillside Road" and
Conversation in Astoria" both scenes
in the outskirts of town or city, are
exceedingly interesting in theme and
manner of rendering
Bosa. perhaps. of the trio. has the
keenest color sense and some of his
canvases fairly sing. Such, for In
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products to wholesale and retail buyers
who come to them.
In Virginia certain w. p. A. work
ers are producing linens from home
grown max, using methods and pat
terms which their ancestors intro
duced from England. spanish-Ameri-
can w. P. A. workers at San Luis,
Colo, are carding, dyeing and SPIN
ming raw wool and making it into
rugs In exquisite Spanish Colonial
designs. In Missouri, Kentucky and
and coverlets. These hand-wrought
wool is taken through all the processes
until it emerges as warm clothing
and coverlets. These handwrought
blankets, coverlets and clothing are
going to hospitals, sanatoriums and
other county and State institutions
now.
Also among the exhibits are Med-
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National Museum to Have
Exhibits of Products
in Federal Jobs.
By Flora G. Orr.

YF YOU'VE been wondering just
what w. p. A. white-co workers
do to earn the blue United States
L Treasury checks they get, take 4
stroll down to the United States
National Museum between January 10
and 81.
There you will see one Of the most
comprehensive exhibits ever staged by
q governmental agency. From the
hand-woven coverlets, the hand
wrought copper and pottery to the
Braille relief maps, talking books and
dictionaries, the displays show viWdly
the vast scope Of the projects inaugu-
rated under the w. p. A. women's and
professional division.
According to Mrs Ellen S. Wood
ward, head Of the division Of women's
and professional work, the purpose OF
the exhibition Is threefold. First. it
Is to show some Of the skill and abili-
ties Of persons now unemployed; Sec
ond, it Is to show how the w. p. A.
maintains the skill; third, it is to
suggest how the cultivation of native
talents aids needy persons and their
communities.
Some Of the work, in fact, is 50
excellent as to cause the visitor to
the exhibition to pause in wonderment,
and to wonder rather bewilderedly
what is wrong with world in which
persons 50 skilled must ask for relief.
ENLARGED photographs show how
2,500 free libraries have been es-
tablished, in addition to the creation
Of $500 additional travelling libraries
which 60 by truck, automobile, horse
back, muleback and boat to sparsely
settled rural areas. The repairing Of
school books, now estimated at a.
000, ,0O0 volumes, is also depicted; also
similar services for public libraries to
a total Of 10,000,000 books.
A cheering note on the library activ-
tiles Of w. P. A. Is that many counties
in many States are now preparing to
continue such services on their own.
Weaving centers have evidently pro-
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Current Exhibitions

CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART
Exhibition Of historical por-
traits, under the auspices Of
the United States Constitution
Sesquicentennial Commission.
Special exhibition Of paintings
by Edward S. Shorter.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
-Engravings on wood and cop
per by Thomas w. Mason.
ARTS AND INDUSTRIES
BUILDING, United States Ma
tional Museum-Exhibition of
pictorial photographs Of China
by 1t. Joseph N. Wenger, U.
S. N.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GAL
LERY-Exhibition of drawings
in line and wash by Constantin
Guys.
PHILLIPS GALLERY STUDIO
HOUSE-Exhibition of water
colors and drawings by Robert
fTdnkLn Gates.
ARTS CLUB OF WASHINGTON
Oil paintings by Catharine
Melton and water colors by
Lucia B. 4Iollerith.
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART,
Washington Gallery - Exhibi-.
ton of sporting pictures closes
today.
GALLERY OF MODERN MAS
Redistribution Of color re-
productions Of paintings by
Nicholas Roerich.
DEPARTMENT OF THE M
TERROR ART GALLERY-Ex.
hibition Of paintings by stu
dents in American colleges and
professional schools.
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Main Build
ing-Exhibition Of water colors
by Joseph Tucker.
LITTLE GALLERY, Georgetown
Exhibition of paintings by
Rowland Lyon.
JUNIOR LEAGUE GALLERY
Exhibition Of paintings by John
G. Pellew, Robert w. Blinn and
Louis Bosa.
WOMAN'S CITY CLUB-Exhibi-
ton Of portraits and figure
paintings by Elaine Hartley.
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REDISCOVERED ART
Works of Constantin Guys Shown in Print
Rooms, Phillips Gallery, With New Interest
in Talent of French Illustrator.
is incapable Of recording. There was
never but one Constantin Guys-and
the world today knows it.

| Is incapable Of recording. There was
never but one Constantin Guys-and
the world today knows 1t.
Robert Franklin Gates
Exhibits in Studio House.
IN THE Phillips Gallery Studio House
an exhibition of water colors and
drawings by Robert Franklin Gates Is
in progress. This is the first one-man
exhibition Mr.. Gates has held in WASH
ington for two years, and practically
all the works on view were produced
during that period. Mr.. Gates is as
sistant director of Studio House, and
himself sincere and tireless student;
whatever he does and chooses to ex-
hibit must be regarded respectfully
and given serious consideration Born
in Detroit, Mich, in 1906, he studied
first in the little school conducted by
the Arts and Crafts Society. which af-
forded the best possible environment
for the cultivation of taste and under
standing of the value Of craftsman
ship. From there he went to the Art
Students League in New York, whence
he came here. To an extent his paint
ings in water color Of landscape have
reflected the influence Of the Wood
stock School-closely allied with the
Art Students League, and dominant
factor in the painting of today found
in current exhibitions. But they were
better-fresher in color, more pleasing
in style. The present showing is, how
ever, more in accordance with the
Woodstock painters point of view, or
attitude toward art expressed in their
painting. A very considerable change
in his manner seems to have taken
place. He is an excellent draughtsman
and he commands his medium, there
fore the results he produces must be
with deliberate intent. He has become
interested, it is said, in expressing form
through the medium of color, but it is
the formlessness of the objects he sets
forth OF which one, brought up in the
old tradition. would complain. The
idea is apparently to get away from
naturalism. but the result, strangely
enough, is the emphasis of realism.
The scenes he has depicted are like