Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1894, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR. Pea eect wosrisHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. THE STAR BUILDIN ; 1101 Pounspivesin hveawe Dor Tith Secsty by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Ofice, 88 Potter Building. potremn r Seausal ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents week, or 44c. per month. Copies at the counter By mail—anywhere in the United —pestage prepal cents per heet Star, $1.00 per year; with foreign postaze $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., Bs second-class mafl -natter.) [>All mail subsertptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application Saturday Quintuple AMUSEMENTS. WEW NATIONAL THEATER. very evening and Saturday Matinee. Wilson Barret And His Famous London Company. —THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING,— (HE NEW) Hamlet. OTHELLO. Baturday Q@iatinee) Bi CHREE. u ight)... iE SILVER KING. Next week—KUSE COGHLAN in “A WOMAN OF ? 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FLORENCE’S BIG SENSATION, Next Week—NIOB! La Convention Hall, “™,224 ORMOND H. BUTLER. NINE NIGHTS AND COMMENCING ‘THURSDAY, April 12. GRAND REPRODUCTION OF THE FAMOUS Midway Plaisance THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION GREAT COSMOPOLITAN DISPLAY, ncluding the German, Irish, homeyan villages; ‘Theater; Street in Cairo; Moorish Mages Electric Scenic Theater, Old Vienna, and numerous’ other WONDERFUL ATTRACTIONS. ADMISSION, 25c., every evening at 8, afternoon at 2 apo-tt METZEROTT MUSIC HALL— ‘WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, AT & HENRI MARTEAU ‘The Great French Violinist, supported by Mme. Rosa Linde, ‘The Peerless American Contralto, and Amie Lachaume, ‘The Eminent French Pianist, Prices, 50c., 7Sc. and $1.00. Seats now on sale at Metserott’s Musie Store, A110 F st. nw. Decker Bros. pianos used exclusively at all Mar- concerts. Sanders & Stayman, 98 F st. n.w., jashington representatives. apo-tt METZEROTT HALL. TUESDAY, APR 17, AT 8:80 P.M. Interesting and amusing experiences of a world’s Bair commissioner at the courts of Japan and Gorea China. Interviews with the emperor, empress, king, “Wir. A. B. de Gucrville, * Late Commissioner to asin 00 _magnificent stereopticon views portraits, Admission: $1, 75 and 50 cents. Ask for circulars ‘®t Metzerott’s music store. ap7-6t ee Eanes ERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER. ALL THIS WEEK. REILLY AND WOOD'S —Big Show— MLLE. NANA And her Group ot Wonderful Hypeete c A GALAXY 0! At every performance. Next Week.—THE RENTZ SANTLEY NOVELTY COMPANY. ‘ap9-6t GENTLEMEN'S DRIVING PARK, NEAR ST. ‘Asap Junction, Va. Information recetved daily. ‘Trains leave B. and P. depot at 11:50 a.m., 1:50 and 3:28 p.m. Fifteen minutes to driving mb16-1m* iLY TAUGHT BY NOTE OR : only $7 per quarter. T guar to teach the most unmusical person to play a perfect tune each lesson by my simple Method or no charge. Parlors open from 10 a.m. totil 9 p.m. GEORGE DRAEGER, 631 I st. aw. mb13-1m AMUSEMENT HALL. THE DAY, NIGHT, WEEK oR Hall, on 7th’ st. between . m.W.; largest staged hall in the city; with ante rooms and supper room attached. balls, concerts, fairs and enter- all ‘kinds. Parties desiring frst-| eated hall at moderate rental ir advantage to call for terms A. BROWN, 1423 Pa. re. mb21-1m FoR RENT. BY . Odd Fellows’ ER in rent until fall. NOTARIES PUBLIC. "3 and territories a SPECIALTY ¥ ANS, ce (busement) 1321 F st. Always in office hours. JaT-tt COMMISSIONER 01 EVERY STATS food territory. Notary and Uwe 9c “SE and U. 7 oe some Eh Balin tan Foe aw Is _| CONCLUDING WANTED—BY YOUNG MAN, Parte. Che # ening Siar. pagiese-tai LECTURES. LECTURE By Hon. Simon Wolf af EIGHTH SYNAGOGUE, SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1894, Beginning st § o'clock, under auspices of the AL Subject: THE JEW A PATRIOT? WITH REMARKS ON THB LIFE OF LOUIS KOSSUTH. for admission. All are welcome. LECTURB—“QUAINT BERMUDA,” BY ndrew Louis Bagger, Danish vice consul, at ang Men's Christian Association, 1409 York ave. n.w., FRIDAY, APRIL 13, BZ Tole lectiare promises to. be - The public is invited. Admission “THE WHITE CITY BY THE LAKE. MR. 5 8 interest- free.a12-2t Peat _. on the World's BY MISS JAN ELIZABETH RICH. For the benefit of Ascension Church, Mass. ave. and 12th st., THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 8 P.M. a ae eet sone Entrance en 12th ‘Admission, 0c. (apl1-2t*) _Clldren,28e. EXCURSIONS. &c. ELECTRIC RAIL ROUTE TO MOUNT VERNON, Passing over the famoux Long Bridge, in view of Arlington, the principal streets of Alex- andria ist Church, where Washington worshiped; the Marshall House, where Col. Ells- worth was killed; Gen. 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ALICE SWAIN HUNTER, STUDIO 1316 N ST.—VOCAL INSTRUCTIONS“ITALIAN METH- OD. Pupil of Leonce Prev st, Ettore Barilli, Madame Seiler. fe21-2m* MOUNT VERNON SEMINARY, M and Lith sts. ring and Day School for Young Ladies and Boat i nd ive in roughly lern a rogressive E Recondary and eds and spirit. Primary, giate classes. reas Spring Sore ete ere jao-tt z Norwood Institute, 14TH STREET AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, ec3O Mr. and Mrs. W. D. CABELL, Principals. meth- col ry 1. ‘J. SOMMERS, Principal. The Alabama Campaign. The gubernatorial campaign in Alabama is growing interesting. The friends of Capt. J. F. Johnston of Birmingham, the free sitver, anti-administration gubernatorial candidate, got together recently under the leadership of Mr. E. L. Russell, Mr. John Case, Mr. Charles McLean and other well- known citizens and took steps to organize. ‘The friends of Mayor J. C. Rich also met and organized a central commRtee, electing Col. Price Williams, jr., as chairman. Reuben F. Kolb, Jeffersonian democrat, has also developed some following, and work has actively be- | among the republicans, there being no ope of converting any democrats in the county to bis cause, orsed by the lead- | of France, England and America. the farmers’ alliance | WASHINGTON, D. O., THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. A POINTER. The circulation of The Star is greater than that of all the other Washington dailies combired, and is believed to be five times that of its afternoon contemporary. A Sworn detailed statement of circu- lation is printed each Saturday. - GSS SSSSOS S909 OHSSS €SSSE09 3 @Garden Hose. e 25-f¢ eomplete—combina- tion oadle, Only $1.65. BETTER HOSE—25 FT., FOR $2.60, $3, $3.25, $3.50, $4.25, $4.50, $4.75 and 6.25. Hose Reels, 75c. each. C7 Your repaired eee old hose sent for, and delivered for fe Z =} = | [s} Z @ a folly guaranteed. 1o-in., $3. 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A Gas Range is almost indi nsatle for summer use, leat off and on instantly. 3-light, $16. 4=light, $18. Oil and Gas Stoves. 2-burner-QOil, $1. 2=burner-Gas, $1.35. Freezers. Owning a freezer and mak- ing your own cream means saving a big part of what you have to pay for the frozen-to-order article. The ‘bests"” x special features: “Blizzard” =3 qt.,$1.35 “Blizzard’’=4 qt.,$1.70 “Gem’’=3 qt., $1.60. “Gem’”’=-4 qt., $1.95. & ROSS, ilding Materials, Sts. N.W. CASTELAR’S SECESSION. | Comment Caused Over His Withdrawal From the Republicans. No event of greater political interest has occurred in Madrid, Spain, in many years than the formal withdrawal of Emilid Castelar from the republican group in the cortes and his alliance with the monar- chists. The scene in the cortes when the announcement of Senor Castelar’s secession from the republicans was made by Senator Celleruelo, the leader of the moderate re- publican group, on Tuesday, was one of great excitement, which was intensified by the announcement of several other repub- licans of their intention to follow Senor Castelar into the monarchist ranks. A great many harsh words were indulged in, particularly by the republicans, who do not underestimate the injury which | Castelar’s secession has inflicted upon the (republican movement in Spain. | ‘The final severing of all associations with the republican party by Senor Castelar na urally arouses great excitement within t 1arks of his former rclitical ereociates, but it will probably = — effect upon the course of events in Spain. The most impressive individuality of this generation in Spain, a man of spotless per- sonal character and great intellect—greater academically, however, than politically—he has, nevertheless, for some years past been little more than a name, and his practical leadership has steadily waned ever since his brief “presidency,” if his tenure of chief authority in the then distracted state may be so styled. The world has come to regard him more and more as a mi ot thought, perhaps of dreams, rather than of action. He has not, during the present lreign especially, been a force in Spanish | politics. In February, 1888, a little over two years after the death of King Alfonzo XII, Senor Castelar created a sensation in the cortes by declaring, in the course of a long speech, that when the monarchy implants |democratic reforms all republicans must |serve it. He applauded the liberal prin- ciples of the cabinet of that day, pointing jout the conquests of liberty and democracy lin Spain, and declared that if the same | principles were continued the present mon- archy might become the most remarkable of the time. This virtual acceptance of the monarchy and abandonment of the repub- lican propaganda was accentuated at sub- sequent times, and gradually a small party of moderate liberals, known as the “pos- sibilist,” was grouped around him. His fol- lowing was too small to largely influence ‘events, and in May, 1893, he formally an- | nounced his retirement from public life. On that occasion he said: “I shall remain a republican until I die, but I shall not act against the monarch; as I am convinced that, for the present, this is the only stable and progressive form of government possible in Spain. In this conviction is to be found the reason why I have asked my friends and my party, now freed from my long political history, to enter loyally the ranks of the liberals, and to do all in their power to help the monarchy. “I hope that the next change in the min- istry will bring one of my friends into of- fice, in order that the fusion of republicans and liberals may be sealed and consecrated. |I, myself, far from public affairs, shall de- vote the rest of my days to the study of history and to literary work.” lof his party to take formal leave of them. | He gave them some parting counsel, though |hé did not attempt to dictate to them what their future course should be. As a result, his “possibilist” party was practically di | banded. Some of its members allied them- selves with the republicans, while others joined the monarchists, and made what is |known as the monarchial party, as distin- guished from conservatives and Uberals. The followers of Senor Castelar were, how- Jever, too few to effect by such action any He subsequently called together the chiefs | important change in Spanish politics, a the disposition they made of themselves was chiefly significant of their patriotic de- sire to create no disturbance of the present constitutional system. The announcement made in the cortes by Senor Celleruelo of Senor Castelar’: complete secession from the republican party is, therefore, little more than a con- firmation of his own utterances of a year ago. The great Spanish orator has prob- ably not changed his views, and is still a republican in theory, but realizes even more strongly than he did a year ago that the monarchy is the “only stable and progres- sive form of government possible in Spain.” Intelligent republicans in other parts of the world are of the same opinion. FOURTEEN MEN WERE LOST, Vain Efforts to Rescue Shipwrecked Satlors, There were fourteen men lost in the two wrecks on the New Jersey coast, spoken of in yesterday’s dispatches to The Star. The vessels were the schooner Albert W. Smith, from Philadelphia, and the three-masted schooner Kate Markee. Both vessels went to pieces quickly and but two of the crews were saved. There were eight men on the Albert W. Smith and eight on the Kate Markee. The Kate Markee went ashore on what is known as the outer bar, directly opposite the Highland Beach railroad station, end} she began to break up almost immediately, The schooner was only three-quarters of a mile from the shore. The lifeboats from the two nearest stations to the spot were unable to launch their boats on account of the ter- rible sea which was running. The captains, however, did everything else which it was Possible to do in order to rescue the crew of the Kate Markee. The rocket apparatus was used in the at- tempt at rescue. Several shots were fired in the direction of the schooner, but each time the line fell short, snd the seamen washed from the stranded schooner were drowned beng @ comparatively short distance of the shore. One of the seamen made a desperate at- tempt to swim to the shore. He is said to have almost reached the shore and to have actually obtained a foothold,when the strong undertow washed him off his feet, and, in his exhausted condition, he was carried ‘out again and drowned. Another of the seamen is said to have suc- ceeded in swimming to the mast of the schooner which was nearest to him and to have held on to it for some time, but event- ually he lost his hold on the mast and sank out of sight. Unitarian Conference at Atlanta, The ninth annual conference of the Uni- tarian Church in the south is in session in the Church of Our Father, at Atlanta, Ga. A number of interesting addresses were made and several instructive papers per- taining to church work and theology were read and discussed. The following subjects were treated: “rhe Religious Education of the Young,” “The Liberal Church League’ and “The Exten- sion of Liberal Thought.” Messrs. Thayer of Cincinnati, Pierce of | New Orleans, Chaney of Richmond, Jones of Charleston and Russell of Chattanooga, Tenn., participated. The conference will close today with a general mass meeting,at which time a num-| ber of important subjects will be discussed. Among these will be “Co-operation Among Liberals,” “Reciprocity Between Different Religions” and “Christian Unity.” The speakers will be Messrs.Free of Chat- tanooga, Whitman of Charleston, Rev. Dr. Charles’ R. Weld of Baltimore, Jones of Louisville and W. R. Cole of Atlanta. lair Renewer enjoys the confidence aul “over” the civilized ‘world ‘and keep the hair a natural Hall's patronage of le Who use it to Pestore ule, IMPROVED DESIGNS Public and Private Architecture Carefully Compared. STRONG PLEA FOR IMMEDIATE REFORM Motives of Economy as Well as of Superiority Urged. AN ARCHITECT’S VIEWS Practically,the entire space of this week’s issue of the American Architect and Build- ing News is given up to an elaborate arti- cle by Mr. Glenn Brown of this city. His subject is the contrast between what he terms government buildings and private buildings, or the structures which originate in the office of the supervising architect and those which are designed by, and are in charge of architects in private practice. He brings to bear a wealth of illustration in the way of statistical tables and pic- tures of buildings, which shows the vast amount of time and care which the writer has devoted upon the preparation of the article. At the outset, Mr. Brown gives some idea of the importance of the office of -he super- vising architect when he shows that the money expended each year in the construc- tion of public buildings is, on the average, between five and six millions of dollars. He reviews the efforts made to bring about some improvement in the character of the designs of the public buildings, which be- gan in 1884 and terminated by the passage of the Tarnsey bill in the spring of 1893. The American Institute of Architects took the lead in the efforts that were made. “Twelve months have now passed,” writes Mr. Brown, “since the passage of this law, and we now hear, through interviews from the office of the supervising architect, that the law has been practically abandoned as far as this administration is concerned. “The question may well be asked, Why is this the case? “First, Mr. Edbrooke, the supervising architect during the last administration, squarely opposed the measure, and the present incumbent, Mr. O'Rourke, is ap- parently practically of the same opinion. (United States Court House and Post Office, Pittsburg, Pa.: Supervisi Architect's Office, 1580. Total cost, $1,698,430. Cost cubic foot, 49 cents. Time of construction, 132 months.) Both have stated, one in a letter or inter- view before Congress, and the latter in a paper read in Chicago before the world’s congress of architects, in effect that gov- ernment buildings are fully equal to mun- iecipal and private work of like magnitude in artistic effect, time of erection and cost of construction. In this paper I propose to make a comparison of a small number of private and government buildings, which I hope will answer some of the doubts rais- ed by this difference of opinion. Basis of Comparison, “In making this comparison, as nearly as possible I propose to take buildings located in the same sections of the country, and | constructed in the same manner and of similar material. The comparison will be made on the following basis: Cost of building, time of completion, cost of archi- tect’s services, business methods and, last and most important, character of jesign. * * © It is difficult to determine the exact time of either the beginning or completion of public buildings from the information contained in these reports, but I have taken as time of beginning the date when money was appropriated to begin the structure; and for time of completion the year when the reports mention the building as com- plete. In many cases work seems to have gone on for years after they were called complete, the work on them in these cases being classed under the head of alterations or repairs, in some cases the cost of such repairs running up from $200,000 to $400,- 000. The time designated rather under-esti- mates than over-estimates the actual time.” Government Buildings More Costly. Elaborate tables are given showing the cost of buildings of three different grades built by public and private architects. It is found that the average cost of first-class fire-proof private buildings is 37 cents per cubic foot, and for first-class government buildings the average !s 59.6 cents per cubic foot, or 62 per cent more than private work. For second-class government builiings we have cost per cubic foot of 39.6 cents; for private buildings of similar class 24.5 cents per cubic foot, or 61.9 per eent more than private work. For brick structures with stone trimmings, wooden joists and roofs without fire-proof qualities, government buildings average 29 1-2 cents per cubic foot, while private buildings of same charac’ cost only about 18 cents per cubic foot—t! is, government work costs 67 per cent more than private work. “The average time of completion of iarge private structures is twenty-nine months; of government buildings it is ninety-six months; this is allowing about two years after the first appropriation for acquiring titles to the building site. A curious instance of long de- lays may be mentioned in connection with the Detroit post office. The first money was appropriated for the Detroit site in 1882. From that time on, to March 2, 1889, $1,374,- 6835 was propriated and in the hands of the supervising architect. On September 30, 1892, three years and seven months after, he had more than a million dollars in hand, while only $222,400 had been spent on the building, and only the masonry of the prin- cipal story wa omplete. No claim could be made in this case for lack of appropria- tion In bulk to prosecute the work. Slow Work in This City. “At Washington, on August 30, 1890, $250,000 was appropriated, exclusive of cost of lot, to commence building. August 2, 1892, $250,000 more was appropriated; yet, in December, 1893, only the excavation piling and part of cellar walls had been completed. These are not isolated cases, for the same may be sald of Troy, N. Y., Scranton, Pa., Milwaukee, Newark, Pittsburg, St. Paul end so on, almost indefinitely. Instead of lack of appropriation to carry on the work rapid- ly, there seem to have been inherent defects in the business methods of the office, and a failure to utilize or use up the money in hand in so many instances, that Congress has had quite a plausible excuse for giving small appropriations yearly.” Mr. Brown makes a comparison of the cost of architectural service under the two systems, and shows that the cost of the gov- ernment service is about 9 per cent, while, if the service had been rendered by a private architect, it would have been about 6 per cent, including the cost of local sup2-in- tendence. It appears that as government buildings cost ) per cent more than the same class of private buildings, and as gov- ernment architectural service is 9 per cent on this larger cost, the government is really paying about 15 per cent for architectural service when private parties pay 6. It asserted ‘‘that the organization of the super. vising architect's office, the method of mak- ing appointments and appropriations, and the constant changes in the heads of the departments, all combine to form a cumber- some and uneconomical method of doing business. The frequent changes in the ad- ministration of the office cause delay (1) by the time necessary for the new chief to familiarize himself with the official routine and (2) by the new incumbent's remodeling buildings and plans; frequently new plans, not always conducive to improved arrange- ment or design, are made. Such changes are always the cause of considerable delay and increase in the cost of construction and | architect’s service, the new architect wish- ing, naturally, to put his impress on the work. All the large buildings have been changed in this way as they progressed. Some have been completely redrawn several times, and, in other instances, large por- tions, if not whole stories, have been pulled down to please the fancy of a new in- cumbent.” Lack of a Unity. “The division of labor in the supervising architect's office does not tend to produce the best outcome. The head of the office has his time occupied principally in routine work, signing documents, interviewing and being interviewed by the Secretary and members of Congress and their constituents. The designing and construction of govern- ment buildings is practically done by subor- dinates because the supervising architect himself has no time to give to these, the rrr important duties pertaining to his of- ice. “The designer does not have precedence of the chief constructor, but, vice versa, the constructor is in charge of the draughting room where the designing is done, while the chief clerk, the acting supervising architect in the absence of that officer, has been for years neither an aschitect nor an engineer, but an accountant or a lawyer. The divi: ions work independently of each other, and the supervising architect has no time to su- | pervise them. Finally, the local superinten- ) dent is in no way interested in carrying out the design or construction; he is to all prac- tical purposes responsible only to his Con- gressman and interested only m having the work last as long as possible. The men who actually design the building afd devise the construction nave no Jirect wontrol or influence over the man who is supposed to be carrying out their ideas. How different is this case from that of the private architect who designs the building, devising, working into and harmonizing with the design the principal constructive and utilitarian fea- tures, and at the same iiine acting per- sonally as the principal superintendent. The designer in the latter case acts as the chief constructor and supervisor. Stock Designs. “There has been quite a tendency to du- Plicate drawings, using those which have been prepared for one location for buildings which are situated in some other section of the country. This is unfortunate alike for good design, construction and comfort, all these points are and should be more or less influenced by the character of the site. One of the committee on public buildings and grounds told of a building where an ex- cavation was made twenty feet into solid rock only to be filled up with rubble mason- ry, because the plan of a building was used which was originally prepared for a foun- dation on ‘made ground.’ “One of the supervising architects intro- duced the system of ‘stock’ design for de- tails, very suggestive of stock galvanized iron ornaments, Although the supervising architect has a notice of a year or more in each case which it could give to the prepa- ration and careful consideration of the de- sien for his buildings, still under the sys- tem of doing work the design is usually left until the last moment, and this, the most important part for the general public, is | finished in a few days, very much to the detriment of the building and its effect as an educative example for the people.” Private and Public Designs. By a series of illustrations of important buildings throughout the country, designed both by government and private architects, the writer seeks to show the difference in the attractiveness and dignity of the de- signs. Mr. Brown states that the designs chosen for illustration “have not been se- | lected for their poverty, but simply because | they were of the number of which I had | data as to their cost, and so could be com- | pared with the private buildings in the i! successful period of the supervising archi- tect’s office, and in looking at the view way consider that they are comparing a \tew of the good private buildings with the best era in the supervising architect's of- | fice. After 1885, designs show a decided de- terioration, as will be seen by the view shown of designs made in the supervising architect's office during the years 1886, 1858, 1800, 1891, 1892. Some of these designs would properly find place among your list of aberrations; there is not one of them which has points that would commend it to any one of good taste. “I feel constrained to call attention to some excellent work which has been done jin Washington by private architects. First, |the Capitol, than which there are few, if any, more imposing buildings in the world. The dome is a thing of beauty, of which you are constantly catching glimpses, and which, no matter when or where seen, never fails to send a thrill of pleasure through one. The dignified proportions and refined detail of the whole never pall upon you; while the War, State and Navy De- partment, designed in the supervising archi- tect's office (by special act of Congress), is distressing in its small masses, apparently jumbled together, small columns, small win- @ows, awkward mansard roof, and coarse, meaningless details. Compare this with the ‘Treasury Department building, designed by a private architect by special act of Con- | gress. Crude and Awkward. “Take the Post Office Department build- ing, designed years ago, a good example of a classical building, simple, yet refined. It bas been suggested that this building be ruined by the addition of several incon- |gruous stories and a monstrous roof. Com- |pare this with the new post office, which has a decided western aggressiveness in its | | whole appearance that is intensified by its prominent central tower. The treatment of | (Allegheny County Court House, Pittsburg, Pa.: Private Architect. Total cost, $2,400,000" Cost | per = foot, 30 cents. Time of coustruction, 43 months. the roof and dormers is unfortunate, the | with small windows, instead of intensifying jand strengthening the effect, give them an apparent weakness. “Compare this with the Allegheny county | building, both of them being designed in what is called modern Romanesque, and |see how marked the difference is in the pro- |portion and general effectiveness of the | two. H “One of the most conspicuous examples of | the lack in artistic, and we might go farther land say of educated, feeling was shown at the world’s Columbian exposition, where the government building, although more ex- _pensively erected, and possibly better con- structed than the other buildings, was a source of mortification to those who felt jpride in having their country show to ad- | Vantage. The dome and pavilions of the building were wanting in good proportion, the details were crude and not appropriate, and, to complete the disagreeable impres- sion produced, a pall was thrown over one's feelings by painting the dome black and the building a di ble on the ex- terior. On the interior columns were peinted a variety of red, bo— | As a matter of fact, I think several of the | buildings were designed during the most | in| connection ‘with the private buildings one ‘corners of the pavilions, which are pierced | age | |and marbleized. The other main buildings jof the fair, designed by architects selected for thelr known capacity, were remarkable the world over as examples of what the |profession in this country can accomplish | when the best men are obtained. Although some of these buildings were much better jthan others, and all probably had points that. could be criticised, yet, as a whole, no country or time has had such a magnificent, I should further say refined, educated and beautiful architectural display. wi imgton Court of Honor. “Why may not the talent of the country be brought together to produce lasting and educative effects in the same way? Why | can we not have in Washington a perma- nent, @ more beautiful ‘Court of Honor,’ with the new public buildings grouped around it? The Capitol is beautiful in itself, and by itself, showing the wise selection of @ good architect. The Capitol is also at the head of a system of parks which might be evidigics advantage as a center, around whicl @ buildings could be uped. - necting with this system of Saree is ‘a hundred acres of reclaimed land, which borders on the Potomac, and where any de- jsirea water effects cen be obtained in con: nection with the buildings. It is possibly to be regretted that the fair was not held |here, and some of the principal buildings made permanent and used by the govern- ment. The only objection to such a ad ceeding would have been the doubt of Con- gress managing the scheme on as broad and as artistic a basis as was followed in Sicow 33 “The office of the supervising architect has Rad and still has a large Be of capable and efficient men in the draught- | ing and construction department. Under the regulations of the office, such men apparently have little opportunity to show | their ability, and as soon as an opening is found outside they leave. The conduct of the office is no reflection upon in- dividual supervising architect, as ac- knowledge that they can only find time for the veriest routine work. I think from the facts shown that all will ackn j the need of a thorough reorganization of the system. To attain this the work must be given to the most capable private archi- tects. Architects who had vernm pone might serve as a board’ to 4 act upon questions of tast tion with bulldings. ‘They might possibly serve as a jury to select designs in cases where they were not competitors. The Treasury Criticised. “How will the system, as advocated in the bill passed by Congress, or a modifica- tion of it, become operative in this coun- try? The Secretary of the Treasury must first appreciate the merits of the scheme and the supervising architect must be im sympathy with the idea, or the profession of the country must so present the matter | to Congress that a bill will be passed mak- ing the enforcement of it mandatory. In the last day or two (March 31) the Secre- tary of the Treasury has submitted to Congress amendments to this bill which appear ed to di that would arise’ from its" the wenine drawings and supervision to be carried out by the subordinates in the architect's office. This would prevent the capable men of the profession taking part.” Further, he leaves the question of fee open, Suggestive of the ‘lowest the design. “I suppose there ts littie question that the demands of the country require a bu- reau to have charge of all art matters, -to be composed of architects and artists, who Shall select the designs of ail buildings, paintings and sculpture that the govern- ment may @t any time buy, build or ac quire.’ — GREAT SKILL ATTAINED. Interesting Exhibitions Given by Australian Bushmen. Native Australians, bushmen or track- trailers, from Barnum & Bailey's circus, gave a unique exhibition on the Manhattan field, 155th street and Sth avenue, yesterday afternoon, says the New York Herald. Perhaps exhibition is not the best word to use. They give that every day in the circus, but owing to the circumscribed space in the garden they cannot make any display of the national weapon, the boom erang. Webster describes a boomerang as: “A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia. It is made of | herd wood, usually from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches jin width, and one-half or three-quarters inch thick. It is bent or curved in the mid- dle from 100 to 140 degrees. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion jit describes very remarkable curves, ac- | cording to the shape of the instrument and |the manner of throwing it, often moving horizontally a long distance, then curving | upward to a considerable height, and final- |ly taking a retrograde direction, so as to fall near the place from which it was , thrown, or even very far in the rear of it.” One reads this and yet remains without any conception of the possibilities of the weapon which is the chief dependence of | the bushmen both in hunting and warfare. The exhibition yesterday was furnished by four natives, accompanied by a woman of their race. They evidently suffered from the cold. They were dressed in black cotton suits, |on which was a liberal sprinkling of feath- \ers and fur. They took their positions en |the gridiron, where last fall Yale and Princeton struggled for the supremacy, an@ where the marks of the five-yard lines still | remain. Delaru, one of the men, rejoiced in @ beard. His companions had like hirsute but they could not touch De- matter lux & Fad to the catcher’s positio: the national game of base soar thi the air over i et vith Hil el ? g | statement that the boomerang !s | the chief food producer of the native tralian, but is also his best defense in It is capable of most di: sharpened at both ends and on In this way the Australian has the over a man who hides behind | He can hurl his boomerang at the man | hind the tree and by its return bound reach seniete ii the Australians gave a dance, which the truthful Mr. Frost insisted always pre- faced a feast upon @ roast missionary. —————— New Jersey Congratulates Itself. In the New Jersey house yesterday a res- olution was introduced by Mr. Woolsey con- gratulating the cities of Newark, Jersey City, Elizabeth, Orange, Trenton and other cities upon their successful deliverance from bossism in the elections Tuesday and a it to be an arraignment of the policy of the present administration and a death blow to dishonesty and The resolution was adopted. FOR WEAK m Use Horsford’s Acid Useful in Derves particularly making vot ‘tion fox'the ‘nervous agetamne NERVES te.