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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
ITH the federal build
ing program for our
national capital now
under way at full
speed and every indi
cation that it will be
carried forward unin
terruptedly to com
pletion in time for the
great celebration in 1932 of the two
hundredth anniversary of the birth of
‘George Washington, the century-old
dream of Pierre L’Enfant, is nearing
its realization. Few Americans know
anything more about I’Enfant than a
somewhat vague idea associating his
name with the phrase “the founder
of Washington.” Yet had the advice
of this young French engineer been
followed, the United States of America
would have now the most beautiful
and impressive gapital city in the
world. Even though the nation al
lowed him to die a disappointed man,
his goal unreached, yet he dreamed
and planned to such good purpose that
not even a hundred years of blindness
to beauty and neglect of the oppor
tunity at hand have been sufficient to
dim his vision splendid, and the United
States may yet have the wonderful
capital that he planned for it.
Pierre Charles L’Enfant was born
August 2, 1754, somewhere in sunny
France. He was a lieutenant in the
French army in 1777 when he came to
this country and offered his services
to the Continental congress. By his
ability he rose to the rank of captain
and then to major. He planned and
built Fort Mifflin and Fort \Washing
ton, fought through the remainder of
the war, was wounded at the battle of
Savannah, taken prisener by Sir Henry
Clinton in 1780 and paroled three
years later. With the war at an end,
I’Enfant decided to remain in this
country and continue his career as an
engineer and architect. The city of
New York presented him with a testi
monial for his services and his repu
tation was so high that President
Washington selected him in 1791 to
lay out the new capital which was
planned on the banks of the Potomac,
declaring that “Major L’Enfant is as
well qualified for the work as any man
living.” To this Thomras Jeffersen,
secretary of state, added the indorse
ment, “I am happy the President has
left the planning of the city in such
good hands.”
Certainly it needed the hand of a
genius to transform the “dismal ham
let op the Potomac” into a city be
fitting the dignity of the capital of a
nation. For when President Johy
Adams transferred the scat of govern
ment from the old-gstablished and gay
Philadelphia to this raw wilderness
town, he found it a place of thirty or
forty nuts scattered around in the
woods and swamps and the beginnings
of the public buildings, described by
a congressman in Adams’ party as fol
lows:
“One wing of the capitol only has
been erected, which, with the Presi
dent’s house, a mile distant, both con
structed with white sandstone, were
shining objects in dismal contrast
with the scene around them. Instead
of recognizing the avenues and streets
portrayed in the plan of the city, not
one was visible, unless we except a
road with two buildings on each side
of it called the New .Jersey avenue.
“the Pennsylvania avenue, leading, as
jaid down on paper, from the capitol
to the President’s Mansion, was then
nearly the whole distance a deep
morass, covered with alder pushes,
avhich were cut through the width of
ihe intended avenue during the then
ensuing winter.”
L'Enfant’s plan called for connect
ing the President’s House and the Con-
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Audacious French Thieves
Amazing audacity was displayed by
criminals who raided the prison of
Melun, near Paris. Despite the close
watch maintained on the jail day and
pight, burglars succeeded in making
way with the governor’s safe, which
weighed 500 pounas and contained
#6,000. - They evidently climbed over
tise wall with the aid of a ladder, and
then went to the governor’s office, the
windows, of which werg barred, They
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eress House, as he called them, by a
series of parks. But President-elect
John Adams could not see the sense
of having these two important build
ings so far apart. He wanted the
executive and legislative buildings
huddled together. Convenience and
not beauty was his idea. However,
Washington stood steadfastly by L'En
fant and the buildings were so placed,
although L’Enfant’s dream of the
parks between was never realized. In
fact, he was repeatedly frustrated in
his planning; he was ridiculed by un
imaginative and materialistic men who
were high in office and from the time
the seat of government was moved to
Washington, he was constantly beg
ging congress to pay him the money
due him. FKinally, that body in 1810
passed a bill for his relief, giving him
$660.66 with interest from March 16,
1792, amounting in all to $1,394.20.
'fhis was done more because congress
was becoming weary of his impor
tunity than for any.other reason and
it was typical of the tardy justice-with
which the new republic rewarded
many of the men, including Revolu
tionary war heroes, to whom it owed
so much,
L’Enfant died in 1825, a heart
broken man. During his last years he
lived with a man named Dudley Diggs
and he was buried in the Diggs family
eraveyard outside the city of Wash
ington. There his body lay in an un
marked grave for nearly a hundred
years, Then through the efforts of
the American Institute of Architects
it was removed to Arlington ceme
tery. He was given a military funeral
and tributes were paid to him by hign
government officials, both American
and French. A monument, with his
plan carved on the marble slab, over
looks the c¢ity for which he had
dreamed on such a grand scale and
which during the years while he lay in
the unmarked grave had sprawled hap
hazard over the landscape.
For “backwoods-ruled congresses
saw no utility in beauty. Homespun
and jack-booted solons knew no more
about architecture than they did about
poetry and thought both the comical
diversions of ‘dudes,’ or was ‘maca
roni’ still the word, or ‘dandy’?” So
writes Charles Willis Thompson in an
article in the New York Herald-Trib
une a year or so ago, telling of the
plans for preserving the beauty of the
capital as L’Enfant had conceived it.
He writes:
So it is wonderful that the idea per
sisted through a century of Hannibal
Chollops and Elijah Programs. For it
did. The shades of L'Enfant brooded
over the city, and still broods over it.
Issentially, it is still his city. Noth
ing that ignorant politicians and greedy
speculators could do to it has effaced
his indelible impression. The worst
that has happened to Washington hap-
sawed through the bars, entered and
tried to open the safe, but finding the
task too difficult, carried it off with
them. Ilow they did it remains a
mystery.
First Paved Road
Russia is said to be the first country
where wood blocks were used for pav
ing roads. The first blocks consisted
of short uniform lengths, round in
shape, as cut from the tree trunks.
Later the shape was altered to hexa
gon to secure a cleser joint, nqd»finnlly
Idealized portrait of L’Enfant on
the medallion made by Leon Chatdain,
in the Chevy Chase Savings bank,
Washington.
pened outside the boundaries he set for
it. He could not foresee that it would
grow so big, L’Enfant’s city was to be
cnly two and a half miles wide and
three and a half miles long. His plan
for that city is today as he made It,
needing only beautification,
The city did not grow much bigger
until the War of Secession, when it
underwent a sudden and fictitious ex
pansion, Then the speculators began
to get in their work. Washington im
mediately grew beyond the limits
known to L'Enfant and President
Washington, and in building up the
outer sections nothing was thought of
but money returns. Yet so meticulous
ly had L'Enfant laid out the plan it
was not possible to turn it into con
fusion even when greed and ignorance
had done their worst. The new city,
the greater Washington, had to grow
generally along L'Enfant’s lines in
spite of itself.
But it was cursed and degraded by
defacements. Impertinent buildings in
terjected themselves into the plan;
streets ambled off into the Land of
Nod and disappeared. L'Enfant’'s pet
fantasy, the Mall, lay fallow, though
he had planned so wisely that nothing
can prevent its. flowering into consum
mation whenever congress so wills.
The distortion of the original idea had
become such an eyesore by 1901 that
a congressignal commission, headed by
Senator James McMillan, of Michigan,
set about restoring the L’Enfant plan
wherever it had been departed from,
and embodied its praiseworthy attempt
in legislation which still rules.
Ever since then the task of unifying
and greatening Washington has been
carried indefatigably on, and succeed
ing congresses have been more and
more friendly and attentive.
The present plan, put into opera
tion some two years ago by the pub
lic buildings commission, headed by
Senator Smoot of Utah and having an
initinl fund of $5,000,000 at its dis
posal, follows closely the plan of L'En
fant. The outstanding feature in it
is the Mall or Monument Gardens, ex
tending from the Washington monu
ment to the capitol and flanked by
new federal buildings. And if this
plan is completed, as it is hoped it
will be, in time for the George Wash
ington celebration in 1932, some of the
honor paid that great Amgrican then
will be shared by the young IKrench
engineer whom he backed in his effort
to give this country a capitai city
heautiful.
R e el :
The Old Rocking Chair
Some one becomes sad and despond
ent over the passing of the family
rocking chair. It has no place in mod
ern life. One now demands something
that he can easily jump out of, for the
automobile or alrplfine may be wait
ing at the door. Ifor a quick exit, the
old family rocker is a hazard.—Hart
ford City News.
the blocks received their present rec
tangular form.
This method of paving was intro
duced inty Ingland about 1838, but
some time elapsed before the value of
a firm foundation, such as portland
cement conerete, was fully appreciated.
Hospitality
The few who treat a courteous caller
harshly are mostly those who' revel
in their own misery and want every
one around to be wiserable, too.—
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Architects in Move
for Creative Beauty
With the prime motive of improv
ng upon the nation's architecture, a
plun has been proposed by the Amer
ican Institute of Architects by which
the efforts of the various artists will
pe united to produce a perfect work
of art in each building, 'This plan ad
vises collaboration among architects,
sculptors, mural painters, landscape
architects and craftsmen, which is be
lieved will bring about a notable ad
vance in architectural expression.
C. Merrick Hammond, of Chicago.
president of the American Institute of
Architects, in a report, says: “The
world in which we live is essentially a
collaborative creation. We who are
living in it find ourselves surrounded
by conditions which have come about
as a result of the adjustment of
forces, some of them creative, some
of 'them destructive, some of them
making for order and durability and
beauty, and some of them tending to
confusion, instability and ugliness. No
lasting element in our environment is
the result of purely individual effort.
Collaboration has been a continuous
creative influence in every great hu
man undertaking.
“Every architect realizes his depend
ance upon the results of collaborative
effort in those phases of his work that
are classed as structural and in all
those matters in regard to which the
specialist must be called in, but in the
matter of ethics he has become more
and more an individualist, less and
less appreciative of the adjustments
between master minds that have made
possible the great achievements of the
past.”
Co-Operation Helps to
Bring in Industries
Co-operation between the Toledo
(Ohio) real estate board and the in
dustrial department of the Toledo
Chamber of Commerce has been sufli
ciently successful to be made the sub
ject of a special letter sent out by the
chamber of commerce to each individ
ual member of the real estate board.
Inquries from industries which are
contemplating a new location are
usually, of couse, made in confidence.
Where such inquitries are made to the
industrial department of the chamber
of commerce a letter is sent out from
the president of the real estate board
in his capacity as a member of the
industrial committee of the chamber.
In this letter pledge of the real es
tate men of Toledo is given to co
operate with any new concern coming
into the city.
Where open requests for informa
tion are received from industries, the
chamber of commerce sends copies to
any real estate men having on file
property that fits into the request.
Architectural Changes
%A building,” an architect explains,
“is only enclosed space, or a combina
tion of spaces. The shmpe and size of
the desired space are factors in de
termining the outline of the building.
“There is a reason for every archi
tectural form. The Egyptians, the
Greeks, and the Romans, had their
own peculiar needs, for which spaces
were inclosed, and sheltered from the
elements.
“The ornamentation of the past had
as its purpose the telling of stories.
Most of the people could not read.
Religion and patriotism were conveyed
to them through likenesses and sym
bols. Princes who wished to glority
themselves had the stories of their
exploits done so that their subjects
might sce and appreciate their great
ness.
“Today, printing and reading have
taken the place of this decoration.
People no longer observe and study
such details. They are unnecessary.
Things which are unnecessary tend to
disappear.”
Fighting City Congestion
An attempt to limit the density of
population in residence areas is made
in a unique building code restriction
adopted by the city of Madison, N. J.,
a suburban community which is at
tempting to protect itself against the
piling up of congestion in its residence
sections. An amecdment to the build
ing e¢ode prohibits the erection in any
part of that community of buildings to
house more than ope family for each
2,500 square feet of lot area. This is
equivalent to !imiting the maximum
density of population to 17 famiiies
to the acre.
Consider Neighborhood
While a family may think that it
would like to live close to relatives
and friends, this factor should not be
given too much weight. Nevertheless,
the general type of people living in
the neighborhood i 3 important, espe
cially if there are children in the
family, who should be brought up in
the right kind of surroundings.
Appearance Counts
Keeping up the exterior appearance
of one's home keeps up the real es
tate value of the grounds™as well as
the building. One honte; “fallen into
dilapidated condition, not' only de
preciates tremenaously in its own
value but tends to lower the value of
all the homes along the street.
MOTHER!
Baby's Best Laxative is
“California Fig Syrup”
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When baby is constipated, has wind
colie, feverish breath, coated-tongue,
or diarrhea, a half-teaspoonful of gen
uine “California Fig Syrup” promptly
moves the poisons, gases, bile, sour
ing food and waste right out, Never
cramps or overacts. DBables love its
delicious taste, |
Ask your druggist for genuine *Cali
fornia Fig Syryp! which has full irec- ‘
tions for infants in arms, and chlldrens
of all ages, plainly printed on hettle.
Mother! You must say “Californid” or
you may get an imitation fig syrap.
United States Leads
in List of Disasters
The things in which America leads
the world include disasters. That
fact was developed by the bureau of
the League of Nations, which keeps a
record of all disasters and aids to
stricken peoples.
The disasters of record are those le
gally termed “acts of God,” including:
larthquakes, volcanic eruptions, land
slides, floods, cyclones, tornadoes, hur
ricanes, typhoons, droughts, tidai
waves, famines, fires, avalancheg,
plagues of grasshoppers, locusts ani
the like.
The league’s statistics cover {ha
years 1924-1927, inclusive, and shasw
the following number of disasters ¥
the leading nations: United Stais,
7G; Italy, 66; Japan, 57; Spain, 3§;
Germany, 37; France, 34; Serbia, &C;
Russia, 28, and England, 25.
New Dam-Building Idea
Apropos of some recent failures of
dam construction for storage and pow
er purposes, something new in this llve
is being tried out in France. The new
dam to be built at Marege, in the
Haute-Dordogne, i 3 to have five thin
curved shells of reinforced concrete
placed one behind the other and eash
shell lower than the one directly back
of it. In this way the desired heag of
‘water will be obtained in five stages.
The idea is that when the reservoir is
filled, the water in the intervening
spaces will help to support the walls.
Incidentally, this construction is said
to resilt in an economy of about 25
per cent in building material alone.
New Source of Power
During his research work in the in
vention of a new compass, Herr Karl
Kolditz of Berlin made discoveries
which may make it possible to use
earth magnetism as a source of power.
This was announced by Kolditz when
introducing the compass, for which re
markable claims are made. The in
strument shows immediately and ex
actly any deviation from a vessel's
course, and at any moment displays
mechanically the exact position with
out the need of other instruments.
Call for Explanation
Bassler—*“l see that Ouderkirk has
a new siren for his car)” Myers—
“ What happened to the blonde?”’
A man’s intentions may be good but
the grocer often fails to credit them,
SCHOOLGIRLS NEED. HEALTH
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into womanhood she began to |
feel rundown and weak and a
friend asked me to get her
Eur medicine, She took Lydia
Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound and Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Herb Medicine; Her
nerves are better, her appetite
is good, she is in good spirits
and able to work every dar.
We recommend the Vegetable
Compound to otheti‘firls and
to their mothers.”—Mzs. Cath
erine Lamuth.
Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound
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feet, colds of the chest. It may pre
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Better than a mustard plaster
Biddy’s Lucky Day
A roaring express train whistled for
the grade crossing near lort Credit,
Ont., but this failed to have any effect
on a hen which was walking in the
track bed. A crossing watchman in a
tower nearby saw Biddy go under the
engine, and after the train had passed
went down to pick up the few feath
ers he thought he would find. But
when he arrived at the tracx the hen
was nonchalantly crossing the tracks,
and to prove her complacency iaid the
usual egg on the following day.
It is easy for a rich old man to
say that youth is enough for 4 youug
man.
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DR. CALDWELL'S
THREE RULES
Dr. Caldwell watched the results of
constipation for 47 years, and believed
that no matter how careful people are
of their health, dieb and exercise, con
stipation will occur from time to time.
Of next importance, then, is how to treat
it when it comes. Dr. Caldwell always
was in favor of getting as close to nature
as possible, hence his remedy for consti
pation is a mild vegetable compound. It
can not harm the most delicate system
and is not habit forming.
The Doctor never did approve of dras
tic physics and purges. He did not believe
they were good for human beings to put
into their system. Use Syrup Pepsin for
yourgelf and members of the family in
constipation, biliousness, sour and cramea;x
stomach, bad breath, no appetite, head
aches, and to break up-fevers and colds.
Get a bottle today, at any drugstore and
observe these three rules of health: Keep
the head cool, the feet warm, the bowels
open. For a free trial bottle, just write
“Syrup Pepsin,” Dept. 88, Monticello,
Illinois.
Successful Failures
Many men have been successful ip
business but have failed at everything
else. They find it diflicult to keep
good workmen because they never let
them forget they are working for
them.—American Magazine,
It is a fact that when grandma pets
the grandchildren, it doesn’'t spoll
them.
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Daughter of Mrs. Eva Wood Howe
1006 South H. Street, Danville, liL
¢ praise Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound for what
it has done for my fourteen
year-old daughter as well as for
me: It has helped her growth
and her nerves and she has a
good appetite now and sleeps
well. She has gone to school
every day since beginning the
medicine. I will continue to
give it to her at regular in
tervals and will recommend it
to other mothers who have
daughters with similar_trou
bles.”—Mrs. Eva Wood Howe: