Show MEN AND A sAr AT CAPIT CAPITAL At I ByRTS 5 Cop Copyright 1923 by The Tho Standard Standard- Standard Examiner WASHINGTON VASHI June Tune 30 Sam SIm SImple SampIe Sim Simple pIe beauty difficult to attain I Ia still more difficult to maintain a agaInst those who forever are seek seek- ing log seeking to paint tho lily seel I It is now planned to decorAte the tho magnificent reflecting pool of I Ithe the tho Lincoln memoria memorial here In InI I Washington with Ith two electric fountains which by night will pour forth red and white and blue and golden streams of water LIncoln seated in the tho great chair of ot the memorial will be compelled night alter night to gaze out upon this scene of Coney Island splendor Jo No ho 0 more will the full moon r re reflect fleet the glory ot of the columned rp-j rp memorial In tn the w aters ot of l tho c pool The electric fountains will bid the moon go eo hang hanK for what are the reflected beauties of the heaven compared to a man of ot light blown through painted glass The whole conception of the Lin- Lin Lincoln Lin Lincoln coln coIn Memorial has been up to this time one of o simple Impressiveness And the object has been ably con con- conceive con conceived The memorial Is a 11 a retreat a place for tor silent meditation LAn Lin- Lincoln Lin Lincoln coln coIn the thinker sitting in the s griat chair Inspires thought This has cn bi-cn chiseled Into the marble features of the statue just as aa Indelibly as It was written n In Inthe Inthe I Ithe the ace acc of or the using living president The Tho beauty of the memorial pile I Itself has been greath enhanced lIy by bythe I Ithe the tho completion of the I II pool which stretches Its halt milo mile of placid waters aters out toward the thc monument The pool adds to the memorial simply ly be- be because be because I cause causo It reflects the memorial Now Kow it Is la planned that all this snail be done away with bv by night that I instead of reflecting the memorial the pool shall hall the colors of t two 0 gaudy electric loun- loun foun I thins To many persona the jOe me- mem me memorial morial m rial attains its greatest t beauty with the coming of the nIght nig-ht it I seems to catch and reflect the of or the stars and when the I moon is full or waxing axin- axin or AninI I there is added lustre to the monument monument ment mont But this lIlls simple grandeur of nature un Ibn t enough enough ve We IVe must have base fountains The memorial by night attracts thousands of visitors who ho go O thereto thereto there thereto to fill till their eyes and their souls Ith this thin thing of beauty I That hov ho hoe e enot eser is not sufficient attractIon for or the visitors They are to be pro provided presided not with Ith one olle electric fountain but with Ith ss ith two They may gather er about the basin and find the view Ie of the memorial entirely blotted out by the tho blind blind- blinding blinding ing rainbow colors of the pia Ins Ins- aters The reflecting pool is to lo lobe tobe tobe be a reflecting pool no longer In- In Instead Instead In Instead stead of reflecting the gleat me- me memorIal me memorial morial it will be a Ihal of It The memorial was created with the Idea of reflecting the life Ilfe and and char char- character character character acter of Lincoln Just ss what hat part of his life lite or character would be represented by the mechanical rambo s at night it l is difficult to toBay say Undoubtedly the thc fountains upon work orl alread already has hM comment comment- commented commenced ed win will bo lIo pi pretty etty a It Is an- an announced i an-i an announced flounced that each of the two isso t 0 toun- toun toun wins will Il throw a single stream and 12 j ts around the edge of the pool will throw throe con con- conI converging I verging vering streams towal d the center Th work Is under direction of Lieutenant Colonel chief chic milItary aid aide to President and will III b be completed in the early autumn Washington al s alwa s l has hab I been lIeen deficient In fountains It n fl fie fie- fic e- e eQ Q has hiss been bLen suggested that tha memorials In this Lily city should take I the nature of than I statues The fountains planned b I Colonel Sherill wen wen-Id add to the But Hut thel c u is a firine fiting place fOI e every cry thing thine and It doe does not scent em I right that the Hie placid waters of the pool reflecting the u of Lin- Lin Lin Lincoln coIn coln should be lie disturbed b by play play- playing playing ing InS fou fountains The simply are aro out 01 the tho picture 1 The rhe proposed embellishment of ot I ithe the Lincoln pool with Ith the two fountains serves to recall an mci- mci Inci Incident dent In Richmond a not so many years ago A newly Iy elected and ana somewhat zealous state official de- de decided de decided by 1 that tho the Camous antous equestrian statue or oil Geol go ge Wash ash Wash ton IDs in Capitol Captol park pari end Ind nd the va bus loua bronze brone figures needed cleaning and polishing very bad He nad noticed that they ere all black and s-r s green grien en from front the tho ra ras- ras ravages ages of tune lime and he lie allowed allo cd that they would all looi much better beller It if properly polish polished cd so BO that thal they glint and spa I kle Whereupon he bought bough n a large quantity of or metal cleaning and pol- pol polishing pol polishing ol- ol I I uld and started sh to work ork Fortunately this was seas ono one time hen the tho father of nia ne countr country was wa not first The on one of the tile smaller figures they had haJ haJI I cleaned and polished J a u goodly I lor l'or- por portion tion lion of the bronze brone bron a when a sti In the palk paik pal k noticed what shat hat was dS goin going on He 1 spread the story an and 1 ss with within lilt lilt- I in It a a tow few minutes a cross crowd d of c I or more sons peons had gathered In angry protest it t tt tao sacrilege sacrilege- Needless heedless to say the I work aa Boon stopped but not until I some of toe taO had bad tall d for tor a rope The national golf championship held this week Hek foi tOI the players of the Municipal links s of the country some wonderfully cle closer cleor or golf on the part of the thc public orI I golfers It also gave gate u a new meaning to the height 01 oj nonchalance nonchalance I ance Only the championship light flight in the tournament nt was Vas played 0 oser e oserthe the public course In east cast Potomac park parI Three flights made up os 01 o op J p ay rs who tailed failed to qualify quality In the tint 32 played matches natches at the tho Co- Co Columbia Co Columbia I lumbia Country club lub where the Na- Na Na National Open Championship was held years yeara ears ago It was as at Columbia that the height of nonchalance oc- oc occurred occurred oc occurred One of the public links men was observed In a II str streaming bath hath with head held awk awkwardly to one side Bide smoking a a big black cigar |