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SHERMAN
OULD L ’E n fan t re tu rn ;
could he revisit this
e arth a fte r a hundred
years— o fte n one feels
th a t Clotho, Lachesls
and A tropos owe It to
some men to let them
leave fo r a brief mo­
m ent
"th at b o u r n e
__ whence no trav eler re ­
tu rn s” to see th e ou t­
come of their work on earth.
And If MaJ. P ierre C harles L ’Enfant.
a rtis t, engineer, architect, soldier of
the American R evolution and intim ate
of W ashington an d L afay ette could
revisit us, no such retu rn would seem
to have more dram atic possibilities.
F o r it was this brilliant and tem pera­
m ental Frenchm an who planned the
cap ital city of th e United S tates of
A merica, apparently destined to be
th e most beautiful city of earth. Yet
he died broken, discredited and em­
bittered, believing his g reat work
doomed to certain failure. F or gen­
eratio n s his rem ains lay In an un­
m arked and unknown grave. Indeed
h a lf a stick of nonpareil will contain
his whole career as commonly set
fo rth in an encyclopedia ;
L 'E n f a n t . C h a rle s
P ie r r e — B o rn
in
P a r is
In
1755; s tu d ie d
e n g in e e r in g ,
a r c h it e c t u r e a n d a r t a n d w a s a li e u ­
t e n a n t in F r e n c h a r m y ; 1777, c am e
w ith L a fa y e tte and
e n te re d C o lo n ia l
a r m y ; 1771’, p ro m o te d to c a p ta in c y in
e n g in e e r s ; 1778. w o u n d e d a t S a v a n n a h ;
M a y . 1780, t a k e n p r is o n e r a t C h a r le s ­
to n a n d e x c h a n g e d in N o v e m b e r ; a s ­
s ig n e d
to
e n g in e e r in g
on
G e n e ra l
W a s h in g t o n ’s s ta ff; 1788, c o m m is s io n e d
b r e v e t m a jo r ; d e s ig n e d b a d g e o f th e
S o c ie ty o f th e C in c in n a t i:
la id
out
W a s h in g t o n ; d e c lin e d p ro fe s s o rs h ip o f
e n g in e e r in g a t W e s t P o in t ; d ie d J u n e
1«. 1825.
So runs the brief notation. Let us
read betw een the lines.
G eneral
W ashington noted th e
young F renchm an’s efficiency, had him
comm issioned m ajo r of engineers and
took him into his official family.
W ashington us P resident used him on
governm ent work in New York and
Philadelphia. When congress In July
of 1790 passed an act establishing
th e "perm anent seat of governm ent
of the United S tates" and turning
over direction of the Job to the P resi­
dent. L 'E nfant w rote W ashington, say ­
ing in p a r t :
Gen. Thom as Johnson tind Daniel Car-
roll of M aryland and Dr. David
S tu art of Virginia. Septem ber 8, 1791,
these commissioners, w ith Thomas
Jefferson, secretary of state, and
Jam es Madison, met ami nam ed the
territo ry “Columbia” and the city
"W ashington."
T hey also approved
I.’E n fan t's plan. B u t when the com­
m issioners asked for th e final d raft
th at they might have It engraved and
published I.'E nfant m ade em phatic re­
fusal on the ground th at speculators
would use It to purchase the best lo­
cations In Ids "v istas and arch itectu r­
al squares and raise huddles of
shanties which would perm anently
disfigure the city.”
The comm issioners had no m eans
of raising money except by the sale
of lots.
They carried th e situation
to President W ashington. So before
long Secretary Jefferson w rote to
M ajor I.'E n fan t th at the President,
"having received necessary evidence”
of his refusul to accept or obey orders
Issued by the com m issioners of the
federal territory, had instructed him
to say, “your services a re at an end."
L’E n fan t hastened to see W ashing­
ton, but found the P resid en t's decision
final.
Now the real George W ashington
had considerable tem peram ent of his
own, th e popular conception of his
ch aracter to the co ntrary n otw ith­
standing. H e was dom inant and im­
p atien t by n atu re and hud a fierce
tem per. But he had him self under
perfect control. An Illum inating p a ra ­
graph concerning W ashington's a t­
titu d e tow ard the "a rtistic tem pera­
ment" Is found In his letter to the
comm issioners of November 20, 1791 :
M e n w h o possess t a le n t s w h ic h fit
them f o r p e c u lia r p u rp o s es a re a lm o s t
In v a r ia b ly u n d e r th e In flu e n c e o f u n ­
t o w a r d d is p o s itio n s , o r a a o ttls h p rid e ,
o r possessed o f som e o t h e r d is q u a lif i­
c a tio n by w h ic h th e y p la g u e a ll tho se
w it h w h o m th e y a r e c o n c e rn e d ; b u t
I d id n o t e x p e c t to m e e t w i t h such
p e rv e rs e n e s s In M a jo r L 'E n f a n t as his
la t e c o n d u c t e x h ib ite d .
L 'E n fan t never did hand over his
completed plan.
He kept It hidden
till th e day of his death.
L’E nfant'» discharge becam e effec­
tive March 1, 1792. The President ap-
pointed Andrew Ellicott In his place,
E llicott produced a plan In close Imi­
tation of L 'E n fan t’s.
It w as pub­
T h e la te d e t e r m in a tio n o f c o n g re s s
lished and widely circulated.
T he
to la y th e fo u n d a tio n o f a c it y w h ic h
with their
Is to becom e th e c a p it a l o f th is v a s t comm issioners went on
e m p ir e o ffe rs so g r e a t an o c c a sio n o f work.
a c q u ir in g
r e p u t a t lc n
to
w hom ever
P resident W ashington directed the
m a y be a p p o in te d to c o n d u c t t h e e x e ­ com m issioners to recom pense I.'En
c u t io n o f th e b u sin e ss t h a t y o u r e x ­
c e lle n c y w i l l n o t be s u rp ris e d t h a t m y fnnt fo r his work. The comm issioners
a m b it io n a n d th e d e s ire I h a v e o f deposited to Ills credit 599 British
b e c o m in g a u s e fu l c ltis e n s h o u ld lead guineas (m ore than $2,599) and noti­
m e to w is h to s h a re In th e u n d e r t a k ­
in g .
T h e p la n s h o u ld be d r a w n on fied him th at they had deeded him a
He
s uch a s c a le as to le a v e ro o m f o r th e lot “n ear tlie p resident's house."
a g g r a n d is e m e n t
and
e m b e llis h m e n t indignantly declined both money and
w h ic h th e In c re a s e o f th e w e a lt h o f lot.
He conceived him self m istreated
th e n a tio n w i l l p e r m it I t to p u rs u e a t
—sacrificed to the greed of specula
a n y p e rio d , h o w e v e r re m o te .
P resident W ashington, under the tors. He saw the fading of his dream
act, appointed three com m issioners: of a beautiful city.
L ’E nfant returned Jo Philadelphia
and did some arch itectu ral work. In
the W ar of 1812 he was appointed to
construct F o rt W ashington on the
Potomac. A fter this L 'E n fan t lived
chiefly with his friend Dudley Dlggcs,
Esq., at Ills fine mansion house, Chel-
lum Castle, n ear Bludenshurg.
He
haunted the halls of congress, im por­
tuning representatives and senators
for "adequate compensation for his
services.”
As to his success with congress
th ere are several stories. Due is that
congress never gave him a cent. An
o th er Is th a t in 1899 he filed a claim
Ohio Game Preserves
for $95,000 and w as finally granted
$2,500, which w as seized by a credl
Cover 93,515 Acres
tor. A third Is th a t in addition to the
Columbus. Ohio.—Ohio soon will
g ran t of $2,500 he w as in 1810 given have more than 100,000 acres of land
$000.06, w ith Interest from March 1 used as game refuges and will lake
1792.
rank with the leading states of the
L’E nfant died ut the age of seventy. Union In providing sunctuaries for
A pparently lie had no relatives. It Is Wild life.
said there Is no au thentic p o rtrait of
At present, reinge land tota!» 93.515
him In existence. C ertainly his death seres, and lids will he augum ented by
caused no public concern. He was the establishm ent of preserves In Je f
burled under u cedar tree at ('helium ferson and Columblnna counties, under
Castle. And for Just 84 years Ills un­ legislation enacted by the lust geucrui
m arked grave was left to the care of assembly,
nature.
Tlie largest of the tra c ts Is the
Along about 1900 W ashington had Roosevelt refuge, which Includes 18,000
nnother "renaissance," under congres­ acres. The total number of refuges In
sional auspices. Somebody hunted up the sta te Is 102.
th e original L 'E n fan t plan and Io! it
In addition, the departm ent of fish
w as by fa r th e best. So congress, as and game o| erates a pheasant furin
far as possible, unscram bled the at Wellington and a fish hatchery at
scrambled L 'E n fan t eggs and went Ismdoii.
back to his plan. It was also decided
D. C. Thompson, chief game warden,
to make public recognition of L’En- has completed plans to establish a
fan t's genius and services.
m iniature xoo at the Roosevelt refuge.
L ’E n fan t’s rem ains, located a fter By July 1, more than fifty cages to
long search, were taken April 28,1900, house native fur-beiinng anim als a n i
to the rotunda of the capital at W ash­ birds will have been completed and
ington. T here they lay in state, as tin* zoo will ba thrown open to sight­
have the rem ains of presidents who seers.
have died In office and those of the
"Unknown Soldier." President T aft
Mother Saves 3 Children,
and Ju les Jussernnd, th e French am ­
bassador, headed th e dignitaries who
Killed by Street Car
nttended the services. The funernl cor­
New York.—Deliberately sacrificing
tege made Ils w ay up Pennsylvania h ,r own life to save those of three of
avenue and on to Arlington, the na­ her eight children. Mrs. Lena T artar,
tional cemetery. Interm ent wns made forty six years old. of Brooklyn, was
on a prom inent knoll in front of the m ortally Injured when she flung the
W ashington-Lee mansion. In 1911 was children from the track s of a street
herew ith e ar on the C anarsle Shore line. Tlie
dedicated th e memorial
shown.
m other stood fast and the car mowed
Today new plan s have been made her down.
for the beautification of W ashington
Mra. T a rta r was leading the chil­
A magnificent memorial bridge, typi­ dren, Tessle, five years old; Isadora, ;
fying the complete union of the North eight, and Hyman, six, across the
and South, will cross the Potomac. An track s when she glanced up and saw
o rnate highway will lead from the th e car alm ost upon them. Swinging j
capitol, by way of th e Lincoln Memor- a child from each arm and pushing
lal snd past tlie L 'E nfant memorial, Isadora, she flung them from the I
to the am p h ith eater In Arlington.
: tracks. Tessle failed to clear the car
So If MaJ. P ierre C harles L’E nfant and was struck by the edge of the plat- '
about tlie year 1035 could roil away form, suffering s fractu re of the skull
the memorial above him and from his and possible Internal Injuries.
Mrs. T a rta r stood still In the track s 1
vantage point n ear th e "Unknown Sol­
dier" look out upon the magnificent snd the car struck her. H er skull was
vista ending In the perm anent seat of fractured and she died on the way to ;
governm ent he planned for the United the hospital.
S tates of A m erica—
; brothers to guard them. O ther legends ¡ Mile canyon and about th irty miles
! say th a t B rlareus was one o f th e giants I east o f Beatty. A great deal of very
| th at a ’tacked O lym pus; he w as burled interesting pottery has been revealed
la G reek mythology, B rlareus w as a alive under Mount Aetna as a punish­ and some of it prom ises to be quite
g iant with 199 arm s and 50 heads. He ment. According to Homer, this giant s s valuable as th at found at Pueblo
w as the son of U ran u s and Gnea. and was called B rlareus by the gods, and Grande. W. M. H arrington, who is
had tw o brothers, Gyges and C oitus, Aegeon by men,—K ansas City T im es conducting the Investigation, ways It
is hia opinion th at the city flourished
g iants also. According to tbg most
A n cie n t A m erica n Tow n
2,000 years ago and had been In ex
an -lent tradition. B rlareus and his
The
m arvelous archeological dls- Istence for nt least 1.999 years befori
b ro th ers conquered the T itans when
they m ade w ar upon the gods, and coverles of Pueblo G rande In Nevada that. Eighteen tom bs have been un
secu red the victory to Ju p iter, who tlave been followed by th e discover) covered and from them b a te been tak
thereupon th ru st th e T itan s Into T a r-, of another ancient American city In ' en a ran d ier of pieces c.f Jewelry o>
ta ru a and appointed B rlareus and hia. the sam e state a t the bead of Forty- cut pearl and turquoise.
Mythological Hero
K ansas City, Mo.—John Payne, six-
foot negro laborer employed ut the
Liberty Memorial, bellexes Ids faith in
God alone gave him the strength to
perform a deed, akin to heroism, at
the sliuft recently In a violent wind­
storm.
W. B. Beam, superintendent of the
stone work ut the memorial, told the
story.
One of the great steel cables on the
scaffolding was torn loose in the
storm. T here was danger it would
m ar the surface of the shaft.
Mr. Beam decided It w as too danger
ous for him to venture down a rope
ladder to the scaffolding to secure the
cable. John had followed him to the
top.
"L et me go ,” offered Payne.
He climbed slowly over the ledge,
180 feet In the ulr, and down the rope,
39 feet, to the scaffold- T here be se-
(ured the cable and dragged himself
back up the swinging rope ladder. The
wind was so strong he had to keep his
face alm ost against the side of ttie
slmft In order to get his breath. The
trip took about .six minutes. Mr.
Beam, w aiting at the top, said It
seemed like an hour.
"John, I am sure glad you’re back,”
be told Payne.
"Mr. Beam," John said. "If It hadn't
been for my religion, I wouldn't be
back. Yes, sir, It took all my faith. I
talked to Him all the way down und I
talked to Him all the way back. And
He let m t get back."
Tries Five Times to Burn
Schoolhouse in Revenge
Glendale, Cal.—Because G lendale
barbers draw the color line und re-
fused to trim hia hair, Jesse Kiley, a
negro truck driver, tried live tim es to
burn down the Doran street echool-
to u se here, according to police. B urn­
ing down the schoolhouse was hia Wiea
of a fitting revenge on the community
a t large, officers said he explained.
The five fires caused dam age esti­
mated at $12,500. R ile, is In Jal)
aw aiting arraignm ent on a charge of
arson.
A U G U S T 1, 1 9 2 9
Com m ercial Châssis $425
R o ad ster $525
Coupe $675
T ouring
525
C oach 695
C oupster
N egro “ T a lk e d to G o d ’ W h ile
R isking L ife.
By
Transportation
Z o ïr - c o s f
After Taming It
Birmingham. Ala.—H. O. Ber-
nard, secretary-treasurer of the
Southern Pipe and Foundry com-
pany of Birmingham, claim s he
is the only experienced fish rider
on the gulf.
Mr. B ernard with three com-
panlons is spending a vacation
at Panam a City, Fla. According
to the story he and his coin pan
Ions tell they were driving along
St. Andrew's bay when they
spied a fish six feet long which
had been strnnded behind a reef
by the receding tide. Mr. Ber-
nard plunged Into the w ater
a fter the fish. A fter a struggle
Mr. B ernard tnmed the fish and
rode it safely to the shore.
Sir. B ernard Is havtng the fish
mounted as complete proof that
his tale Is truthful.
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Sum, a Janitor in an uptown apnrt-
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seemed
short on Judgment. In his one small
room, he shared ids bed, anil hoard
(such as it wns) with a friend, who
professed to lie out of work, uud pen­
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Hint the "friend" had had a Job all
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H is Probable F a te
"T he mules run away ylsle'dy and
throwed my hahy, Howdy, out, und tlie
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"H u rt him much?” usked an ac­
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his mouth out right sharply and like
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of shape. I sw ear, I believe he's dead
shore to go to tlie legislature when lie
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