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Evening star., 1939-08-20

sight. his name does not appear any.
where upon it.
Oldest Fountain.
The oldest fountain in the Dis
trict is said to be the one on the
north side of the Treasury Building
on Pennsylvania avenue at Fifteenth
street NV. probably placed there in
| 1863 or SO. This smallish basin
derives most of its charm from
the feathered parrot moss which
covers it and hangs down gracefully,
swaying with the slightest breeze.
1t is the one cool-looklng thing in
particularly arid area of SUM-
parched pavements.
Another of the old landmarks is
the gently flowing fountain in Trux-
ton Park, at North Capitol street
and Florida avenue. Also located in
the Northeastern section of the city.
near Soldiers Home, is a beautiful
memorial fountain erected in honor
of Senator James Mcmillan, one
time chairman of the Senate Dis
trict Committee and greatly inter-
ested in making the city more beau
tiful This fountain, again using
the theme of basin supported by
three figures, is set at the top of
long flight of steps.
The Christopher Columbus Me-
mortal in front of Union Station is
more important as group OF statu-
ary by dorado Taft, the Chicago
sculptor, than as fountain. In
fact, the water flowing around the
base of the pedestal is scarcely dis
cernible at short distance, al
though the neighborhood boys find
it entirely adequate for wading pur-
poses. The two large bowl foun-
tains about half block distant on
either side of the memorial furnish
J most of the water interest in this
| immediate area.
Other memorial fountains include
the one in Judiciary Park, erected
: by the District Bar Association to
, the memory of Joseph James Dar-
lington; the small one almost hid
, den among the bushes on Ellipse
, road, back of the White House, to
{ perpetuate the memory of Francis
:, Millet and Maj. Archibald Butt.
= both lost on the Titanic, and the
high -spouting geyser in Chevy
! Chase Circle to the memory of Sem
D ator Francis G.. Newlands of Ne
v vada, founder of Chevy Chase.
S At White House.
The fountains on the lawns Of
> the White House are In the old ira
dition-simple and unsculptured
II North. east and south lawns each
s. have their fountains, some with lily
|. pads and gold fish. These are COM
:. Portable, honey pools, the kind that
9 were used in the olden days on al
estates of the well-to-do.
: On the west front of the Library
IS of Congress is an example o!
q massive bronze figures grouped
i among spouting jets of water. Thi
u court of Neptune is in keeping with
o the elaborate architecture of th'
e library
1t Most Of the new Government
% buildings erected during the last fev
n years have fountains in their court
S. yards, many of which are quite love
n ly, although the clerks who hurr.
le in and out have Little time to sn3o.
them.
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teenth street traffic instead of the
song of the surf which he heard as
it swelled and then receded In the
distance. Imagination almost rum
pled his hair with the brisk breezes,
which at times attained gale ferocity,
which seemingly were blowing.
There was even twang in the sud-
denly refreshing air. That Coast
Guarder surely knew how to flavor
his tales with spectacular realism.
Here's what he told me, although
nv memory may have played me
false on q few of the technical de-
tails:
Seafaring marvels as we'll as mys-
teries not infrequently confront the
Coast Guard during our derelict pa
troll duty. A case in point is that
of the historic steel tanker Okla
homa. an oil-carrying vessel which
was wrecked beyond reclamation but
which persisted in floating in salt
water despite gaping holes in her
sides which facilitated the free en-
trance of water. The hydrostatlc
pressure in a floating hull OF this
type is practically the same both or
It's exterior and interior. Mines tai
to destroy such a metal hulk wher
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tassium permanganate, and 10
pounds of it last about seven
weeks II takes four hours for the
pinkish color OF the cleansing chem
ical to disappear from the water
after it has been used.
High spots of the terraces and
formal gardens in front of the new
Federal Reserve Building on Consti-
tuition avenue NV. are its two foun-
tains of shiny black granite from
Coopersburg, Pa. Included in the
architectural design of the build
ing. these two huge black basins
play an important part in the bal
ance and proportion of the whole
scheme Credit goes to Architect
Paul Cret. already famous for the
Folger Library.
If you have seen these fountains
only from distance while driving
swiftly along Constitution avenue
you will be amply repaid by taking
a little extra time to park on side
street and visit one of the little
gardens that surround them. Each
garden is square. but four white
marble step-down entrances and
four white marble benches are so
placed as to carry out the octagonal
design of the splash pool beneath
the basin. The tremendous rush
of water over the sleek black sides
of the bowl can be heard at quite a
distance. Sitting on a bench be-
side it. you will find that breeze
will blow the spray across your
I face. Flood lights lend an added
glamor at night These are WASH
! ingtons newest fountain twins.
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Guard Makes Safe for Shipping by Destroying Deec

she foated for weeks and finally
was salvaged.
Certain miracles" on record are
attributed to the hydrostatic prin-
ciple that anything which will sink
below the surface of the sea will
90 on down to Davy Jones locker
and deeper to the very bottom OF
the ocean. This principle accounts
for many reports of the appearance
in deep water of spars which appear
to be attached to submerged wreck
age. Actually the specific gravity
of underwater wreckage may be so
nearly equal to that of the salt
water that this buoyancy might
support a spar or other derelict ma
terial.
Derelicts Move Fast.
A derelict ship, bottom up. usually
will lie with one end submerged and
the other elevated above the ocean
surface, according to the experience
of the United States Coast Guard
She will drift before the wind with
the higher end foremost. The rate
of drift of such a derelict depends
more upon the force of the sea than
the strength of the wind. AS the
sea overtakes the derelict, it breaks
with the result that the comber
gives the wreck an almost incredible
impetus.
Guncotton mines formerly were
used in derelict destruction. They
eventually were discarded because Of
their tendency not to explode. Once
for example, a dangerous wreck OBJ
structed navigation in Boston Har.
bor Photographers, newsmen ant
a crowd of spectators gathered t,
watch the Government experts blow
up the wreck. The guncotton mine
were placed satisfactorily. Afte
the small boats had retreated to =,
place of safety the officer in charg
switched on the electricity, whicl
was supposed to set of the mines
No deafening detonations followed
The explosives failed to explode
That public demonstration was Ion
ridiculed as another Federal farce
No such misses. however, have oc
Cured since INT has been used a
the mine explosive. 1t has riddle
derelict destruction of its forme
greatest bugaboo. Where hulls G
portions of the bow or stern are t
be destroyed the TINT mines al
, placed underneath the wrecks.
is both difficult and dangerous t
. place these mines, particularly whe
: the derelicts are on their side
Sometimes the hull is coated wit
. ice, which further compncates tt
t (See COAST GUARD, Page C-6.,
Evening star., 1939-08-20
By George Fl. Dacy

In the modernly commercial and
yet prosaic local Offices of the U. S.
Coast Guard, a telephone bell tin
gled; an orderly answered, then after
listening for moment to the incom-
ing message. shifted the call to the
branch of an officer, lieutenant
commander.
Another of those ship-wrecking
derelicts seeking dose of INT" he
drawled in reply to a query about
the message from Bill the chief
clerk. Navy Department wants &C
ton" he continued, radio messages
just received from two ships that
sighted a floating wreck day out
from Cape Hatteras. Freighters want
their seas clear these days"
Plenty of trouble brewing in dere-
licts in oily weather." said Bill
Trouble abides in the ones we miss.
Did you ever hear about the Fannie
Wilson, queen of EN- alp"
Before my time, what about her?"
The Fannie Wilson.
Bill eased his frame into 8 more
comfortable posture, tilted his chair
and began: The Fannie Wilson
holds the record as a sea rover. She
sailed 5000 miles in three years
without skipper or crew, not even a
cat or rats aboard her. A floating
wreck. a seafaring stray, she drifted
on the ocean lanes. Deserted as q
desert in a sand storm, the Fannie
kept on going, blown this way for a
time by one wind, then in counter
direction by another"
Passenger and cargo ships sighted
the famous derelict and reported
her whereabouts IS times during
those SO months to u S. Navy head
quarters here in Washington. 1t was
4 good gamble at any odds that she'c
bust up finally, but nobody coulo
predict when. Time and again
chasers we're despatched from tht
nearest naval base to where she'e
last been sighted. The chases of tn,
chasers drew nothing but blanks. II
time, we heard no more of the Fan
ME. Probably she smashed and sanl
on some rocky coast or busted head
on into a shoal The Navy signet
her up on the lost-ship list. Sh
finally docked at that mysteriou
port of missing ships where no hu
man being has ever made a call"
Fascinated by what Chief Clerl
Bill had related your scribe intrude'
on the conversation and asked TO
more. Bill was not as busy as h
might have been, 50 he responde'
with other tales Of lost ships tina
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of PENNSYLVANIA and later purchased
by Congress for $4,000.
Originally placed near the center
of the old Botanical Gardens on
Pennsylvania avenue NV, it was
removed to its present site in 1882.
Representing period when city
water was not so plentiful as at
present. this fountain follows closely
the pattern of foreign architecture
of the later 1800's. 1t is topped by
a crown: three young Tritons re-
pose under a small basin below the
crown, while the larger basin be-
meath is supported by three heroic
female figures. Water spills from
both basins and spouts from nume-
rous other bronze figures in the
unusually large circular pool on the
sidewalk level This is not a re-
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hundred jets are allowed to put
on their rainbow show from to 5
pm. 1t takes 100000 gallons of
water per hour for this gigantic
display. and this is not recirculat-
ing fountain. The spouts are so
arranged at intervals around a rec
tangular pool that the sun shining
through the spray forms rain
bow against the sky.
One of the most famous of Wash
ingtons fountains is the Bartholdi
Fountain, now located in the CEN
ter of the perennial garden of the
botanical group. Auguste Bartholdi,
Frenchman, won fame for him.
self when he designed this massive
bronze piece for the International
Worlds Fair in Philadelphia in 1875,
where it was erected by the State
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In 1917, the equestrian statue of
Admiral Dupont was removed from
Dupont Circle and replaced by the
present carved pedestal and bowl
of white Georgia marble designed
by Daniel Chester French. better
known for his statue of Abraham
Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial.
Thousands of Washingtonians pass
this fountain daily, yet only a few
have taken time to look at the
three sculptured figures support
ing the bowl. They represent the
sea. the wind and the stars, all
closely bound together with the
life of the Admiral. The symbolism
is further carried out in the de-
tails of each figure.
From three lips of the bowl, the
water spills down in long, ribbon
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like streams without much rush or
turbulence This is calm and
beautiful fountain at all times.
Fountain Creates Rainbow.
The fountain, which adjoins the
Lincoln Memorial Rejecting Pool
an the east, is not always thought
of as a fountain because its rain
bow Jets are not always playing
One of the executives in the Office
of the National Capitol Parks gave
as a reason for not allowing this
fountain to operate daily, the fact
that they look upon it with par
ticular pride and believe that its
beauty will be more appreciated If
it is seen only on special occasions
Consequently, 1t is only on Sundays
and holidays that the almost halt
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circulating fountain. being almost
the oldest in the District. The most
beautiful view of it is perhaps at
evening, when its black outline
stands out against the sky, and be-
tween the trees the white dome Of
the Capitol is clearly visible.
Bartholdi also designed the Statue
of Liberty in New York Harbor.
He gets little credit for his foun-
tain, because. through some over
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Recirculating System
Gives Exquisite Effects
Largest Man.Made Example
In World Is Among Products
Adjoining This City
Br Marearef Warner.

streamlning outdoor fountains to produce the greatest en
gradually resolved itself the
i increased of
Washington like other
Furthermore. the
fountains comparatively
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-21

both Germany and Poland may trade, and let us name a League of Nations commissioner to live there and see that the rights of both countries and their citi- zens are observed.
 That was the theory, and a perfectly sensible, sane thec.y, too. What happened was that neither Poland nor Germany wholeheartedly accepted the theory Each tried to increase it's influence and power in Danzig, while the decay of the league made it impossible for the commissioner to halt the opposing ambitions of the two countries. Now these animosities have flared into such an incanCescence that they may well ignite all Europe.
 But all this does not discourage Sena- tor Valenzuela He believes that sanity ma, yet prevail in the worlds affairs. So he proposes that Africa be made Free City, believing that the loss of customs duties to the countries involved would be more than repaid by the great increase in trade which he believes would follow the opening of such an impress e gateway to the three countries.
 Africa was the scene of as bitter fighting as ever ragged in DanZig. On the great Morro headland that frowns above the sandy beach, Peruvians and Chileans fought it out in 1879 in as bitter battle as the western world ever saw. Tn, con- troversy over Africa and its neighboring Peruvian city, Tacna, remained unset tied until 1929 Chile got Africa.
 But now, actuated by belief that the only worthwhile settlement is one which most benefits all parties, Senator Valen- zuela suggests that, voluntarily and without the spur of war or war settle ment, the contested city becoirI real international gateway. How practicable the plan may be, and whether it stands a chance of adoption, is hard to judge at this distance But it is significant that once again proposal for sane peaceful, mutually-beneficial arrangement between three countries has been made in the western world, the only part of the globe which seems at the moment able to make them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-21
SAD MEMORIES
(Meriden JournaD

"New Haven railroad stock is showing much activity. Sales yes- terday were around $255 a share"
 A lot of your old friends, and some not so old, can recall when the above was 8 common item in the market news. It was reprinted the other day in a remember column in Hartford from the year 1889, and must have stirred sad memories in the financial city. f
 There can be no question about the fall of the mighty in this con- nection. This same common stock is selling for less than a dollar a share. Fifty cents is frequently quoted but 1t has been up to SIPS a share this year. It is in the no- dividend class, of course, with every prospect of remaining there.
 There is little need to recall the once prized status of New Haven stock, which was usually bought for investment and laid away as hedge against hard times. It was always in the portfolios of savings banks, insurance companies and various inc stitutions depending upon income from dividends. The railroad is far from what it used to be in g stock sense and many have suffered severe losses, but 1t is still one of the best lines in the country in point of serv- ice, as travellers all testify. It should be making money and would be fl released from government meddling
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-21
Free City in South America

At the very moment when Europe is dismally contemplating the possible col lapse of the perfectly sensible plan of a Free City of Danzig under League of Ma tions auspices, somewhat similar plan has been proposed in South America Senator Oscar Valenzuela Valdes, chair of Chile, has proposed that his country's most northern city, Africa, be turned into free port to serve the interests of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.
 This is conception quite similar to that which at Versailles prevailed about Danzig. Danzig, predominantly German in population and tradition, stood in location where free Poland had to have access through 1t to the sea. Therefore, said the Versailles nego.istors, let us give it neither to 0rmany nor 10 Poland, but let us make 1t Free City through which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-21
"Eat Your Spinach!"

What is this? Has somebody been playing colossal. joke on us all these years? Here comes Dr. Clara M. Davis ot Winnetka, H., with an experiment that seems to prove that children once weaned, can pick their own diets just as well as grownups can choose for them.
 Dr. Davis placed large trays of food before the children, let them eat what they liked. They tried everything, soon developed strong likes and dislikes, ate what they liked, and all thrived. All the children naturally and unaided picked out diets for themselves which stacked up in daily calories with the diets devised by specialists
 Just how far one would want to go with this principle, it is hard to say, but it would be interesting if the next develop ment would be a machine that would read the mind of a 15-month youngster What science ought to learn next is what Junior is thinking when daddy says, Eat your spinach, dear!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-21

The Worlds Fair has not been suc- cess, financially, thus far. But as far as its attractions are concerned it is pronounced success for no other fair in the history of fairs has offered so much. It represents prograss to-the nth degree with perhaps just few exceptions, for nothing of this type and magnitude is ever perfect We read that there should be 100000 daily admissions to spell suc- cess, and some days 100000 do not attend. It is gigantic task to keep so gigantic show going smoothly to the satisfaction of all. In this day and age it is impossible to have things just as they should be. We can only hope that before the summer is over attendance increases, prices decrease, and so on, and so on, to the satisfaction of the rich man, poor man and middle man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-21
Will Serve Good Purpose

Appointment by the governor of a g. man commission to probe conditions in our state hospitals should meet with state wide approval when the names of those named to the board are read over and studied. The original commission that was appointed shortly after State Senator Joseph B. Downes, Democrat, preferred his startling charges against the management of the Norwich State Hospital, suffers no loss of prestige by its replacement. It was necessary under the law and exist ing conditions.
 While we did not agree with everything that the Norwich legislator said about conditions down at Norwich, we do feel that the thorough investigation which is now bound to take place will be for the best interests of the entire state. For good many years it has been clear to off, cials at the state hospitals at both Nor wich and MddletoWn that these institu- tions were being taxed beyond their phys ical capacity.
 Recourse to the biennial reports issued by the heads of the two hospitals over the last ten years would, we can vouch, show that in part Senator Downes was correct in his assertions about conditions. But it is not the fault of the officials themselves that they must accommodate thousands where such provision is not possible. And if the patients themselves could not be taken care of properly, how could the trained and technical help required be properly housed and main- tained?
 Judge Kenneth Wynn and his fellow members on the Investigating board have the power now to remedy situation that was apparent even before the 1889 legisla- tive session. It even led to the construc- ton of third state hospital in Newtown, which, as yet, has not completely taken the load off Middletown and Norwich.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-21
Views of The Press

his first election in 1880, when the support of an Independent Repub- lican named Albert Levitt had some thing to do with his victory, failed to grasp his opportunity to nominate Albert Levitt to the public utilities commission. T 4lt3
 So, before an audience of Demo- crats, former Governor Cross tem- porarily hit the dust. He was picked up again, almost immediately, his sheen apparently lindiinned, and perhaps furnished little by the in- cident. Tn fact, if the loyalty of Connecticut Democrats toward the former governor needed any popping up, Levitt accomplished it, and has therefore probably increased what ever neyer-to-be- paid political debt he may think he holds against Uncle Toby"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-21
STATE COPS AND NEWS
(New Britain Herald)


 So the state police are no longer to give out crime news until full report is made to headquarters, says Colonel Edward J. Hickey, the new head of the state cops.
 The first instance of this new rule came in New London, when a bank official committed suicide and the state police were called into the case.
 If New London newsmen had any difficulty in covering this incident t was not apparent. By the time the state police had made their "com- plete report" the, details had been printed in every paper in the state
 We don't like the state police Idea, even if 1t has only theoretical ap- plication. So long as r1ewsn1en have eyes and ears and the ability to get around. trouble will be reported, and often they may be on the scene oi trouble before the state cops learn of 1t. But theoretically 1t is just an- other attempt at quasi-censorship such as the state aviation depart ment tries to exercise at the scene of plane wrecks.
 Our tip to state nwesmen Is to bear down and write larger and fuller detailed news stories every time an attempt Is made to harass them in the acquisition of facts. The method of fighting quasi-ccnsorship is tc print more and better news, tiIlcoy- ering details that otherwise might be overlooked.