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President Taft Endorses the George
Washington Association
HE George Washington Memorial Asso
ciation, which has for its object the
building of a large national auditorium
at Washington, as a tribute to the mem
ory of the first President, has been
endorsed by numerous scientific, pa
triotic, educational and other organiza
tions throughout the country. Recently
its plans have also received the unquali-
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fieri approval of the President of the United States.
At a public meeting in Washington President Taft
said:
. “Certain it is that we need such a building. We
need a building of sufficient dignity and size to per
mit those functions that have a national character
to be carried out in a proper way. We ought to have
a building constructed not on narrow lines, not with
a view to economy, but on the broadest lines and
with the finest architecture, and we shall call it
‘Washington,’ because this is the city of Washington,
because everything that is of importance here ought
to suggest the name of the man who founded the
country, and in whose mind there developed the
thought of a capital city.”
The Association intends to raise a fund of $2,000,-
000 with which to erect the building, and an addi
tional $500,000 as an endowment fund to defray all
current expenses, so that the Hall, as well as the of
fices, students and research rooms that will be fur
nished can be used by the different societies or or
ganizations free of charge.
The educational advantages of such a national as
sembly hall, wffiere plans for the advancement of the
National along various lines can be formulated and
discussed, is fully realized by those who are work
ing enthusiastically in the interests of the Associa
tion.
The building fund is increasing rapidly. Many
thousands of dollars have already been contributed
both by organizations and individuals. Several prom
inent financiers throughout the country have do
nated large amounts. But it is the purpose of the
Association to make the contributions as national in
character as possible. Many thousands of dollars
have already been contributed in dimes and quar
ters by the school children of the National Capital
and in other cities of the country. The Association
intends, if possible, to erect one wing of the building
with the contributions made by the pupils of public
and private schools. The scientific societies of
WELL, my son, I am sorry, but
you were so far off and I knew
not whether you were ever
coming back, and your brothers and
sisters had married and wanted to
settle, so I divided with them and as
I was not wealthy, by the time I saved
off this little place for your mother and
myself, there was nothing left, but if
you can do anything with that rough
hillside out yonder, I will give that to
you. I suppose it will do to pasture a
few goats.”
“I know father,” replied Oswald, ‘‘l
do not deserve anything more from
you. You spent more on me than you
did on any of your children and I
caused you and mother a great deal
of trouble. I will be glad to have the
hillside, but I do not intend raising
goats. Just let me remain in the
house with you and mother a few
months. I think I have a real good job
for the year. I will pay you some
board, then by saving, I think I can
turn that hillside to some account.”
But Oswald’s mother took the money
he paid for board and laid it away for
her once prodigal son. She had al-
TH A T HILLSIDE GTFT
fy Charles James Fox, Ph. D.
Washington alone have pledged SIOO,OOO toward the
building fund, and a large committee of business
men of the National Capital representing the board
of trade and the chamber of commerce are working
with enthusiasm to make the contribution of the
National Capital to the building fund a substantial
one.
It is estimated that 50,000 school children of
Washington have purchased the George Washington
Memorial buttons, the proceeds of which go to the
building fund.
In addition to President Taft many other public
men have in addresses approved the plans of the As
sociation. Associate Justice Harlan of the United
States Supreme Court; Senator Lodge, of Massachu
setts; Senator Burton, of Ohio; Senator Root, of New
York, and others have spoken in its favor.
The officers of the Association, representing many
states in the Union, are well known men and wo
men.
At a meeting held a short time ago in Washington,
officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows:
Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, of New York, president;
Mrs. Daniel Manning, Mrs. Charles D. Walcott, Mrs.
Charles J. Bell, Mrs. Henry R. Mallory, Miss Bessie
J. Kibbey, and Mrs. Frederick McGuire, vice-presi
dents; Mrs. Leslie C. Wead, Mrs. Frederick K.
Thompson, and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, trustees;
Mrs. Susanna P. Gage, recording secretary; Miss
Florence Guernsey, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Frank Northrop, 6 East 45th street, New York City,
treasurer, and Charles J. Bell, President of the
American Trust Company of Washington, trustee of
the permanent fund.
On the advisory council are some of the most
prominent men in the country: United States Sena
tor Elihu Root, Gen. Horace Porter, Thomas Nelson
Page, Dr. Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution; Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, of
Philadelphia; Dr. William Welsh, of Baltimore; Dr.
Edwin Aiderman, president of the University of
Virginia; Professor Alexander Agassiz, of Cambridge,
Mass.; Dr. Ira Ressen, president Johns Hopkins
University; Prof. H. Fairchild Osborn, president of
the American Museum of Natural History, of New
York; Dr. Charles W. Debney, president of the Uni
versity of Cincinnati; Dr. John A. Wyeth, presi
dent of the New York Academy of Medicine, and
Charles J. Bell, of Washington.
ways loved him, best of all her children
and never gave up the hope that he
would come out all right at last.
“Father,” said Oswald several
months later, “property has gone up
wonderfully. I was offered a tip-top
price for my hillside lot, but I didn’t
take it. No, sir. I prize it too highly
for that.”
“Why, I don’t see why you didn’t
sell. For all that money, you could
have bought you some rich land in the
country to farm on.”
“But, father, there is no money in
farming for me. As long as I can keep
my cash-paying job and my valuable
lot I am all right.”
The old man could hardly believe
bis eyes, when in a month or two more,
he saw loads of lumber being hauled
by his house and houses going up in
rapid succession. Houses here and
houses there, real close to each other,
too. The old man and woman began
to feel concerned. Their chickens had
to be kept on their own premises, and
the horse and cow were not allowed
to roam at large.
Now the hillside lot the old man
The Golden Age for April 21, 1910.
gave Oswald had only a narrow strip
along the ridge next the street, then
there was a very broken hill and ra
vine back of this.
“What induced that man to offer Os
wald all that money I can’t see? He
must be a magician and knows there is
a treasure in that hill.” Oswald knew
it, too, hence did not sell.
The building continued and the price
of lots rose in value. The old man
sold off several squares, just enough
for buildings to go up. Every time the
old lady laid away some of the money
for her boy.
“Now, father, I will do what I have
intended with my lot,” said Oswald at
the end of several years, “I will build
me a house.”
“Not on that hiPside, surely?”
“Why not? I can have just the most
romantic home. It will beat the cave
and cliff dwellers in the west.”
And his home went up like magic.
The front of the house opened on the
street. There were spacious rooms,
halls and baths for summer time. In
the side of the hill, partly under the
front rooms, was made the winter
Where Art Thou ?
Elizabeth Grier Given.
O where art thou beloved one?
Thy place on earth is void,
We long for thee since thou art gone,
Where is thy bright abode?
Thy lovely spirit while on earth,
Angelic, even here;
Was fit companion in its worth,
For angels in their sphere.
Dost hear me now the while I speak?
Can’st feel my trembling hand?
Can thy lips press my palid cheek
While I unconscious stand?
Art thou still near me in my grief?
Cans’t see the falling tear?
Cans’t speak no word for my relief,
To tell me thou art near?
I do not wish thy joy to drain.
Nor tell thee when nor how;
But pray to meet thee once again—■
My loved one, where art thou?
Perhaps thy pinioned soul is filled
With such ecstatic joy,
And all thy faculties so thrilled,
Thou needst not earth’s alloy.
But does no thought of her you loved
E’er flit across your brow?
Or could your spirit e’er be moved
To see my anguish now?
Alas! I supplicate in vain—
To Heaven’s decree I bow;
But when the Dawn breaks o’er the main
I’ll call thee, “Where art thou?”
For it is a very true saying that man’s happiness
lies within himself. The joys which heaven bestows
upon him only make him happy when they are
rightly used; and the bitterness and sorrow which
fate may allow him to experience, it is in his own
power greatly to alleviate. —Von Humboldt.
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apartments. The hillside was on the
southeast and it was warm and pleas
ant all winter. A drive was leveled so
that there could be two fronts. The
rough hillside and ravine were planted
and made a hanging garden. So charm
ed were visitors to the place, that
other lots were readily sold from his
several acres and it was all like magic
to his old parents.
Oswald had no trouble in finding a
mate, so he and she lived happily in
their hillside home.
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