The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-05-21
THE APEX OF ARCHITECTURE.
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crants ,ybo have moyed nron Wos,Ineton each
nsitIe Of his foyorItc boby is I'm tho highest cgrcc
co,nmendoiLe Tbcv ar, nroliac and thev are ne.
rcnnio rimc capno, ,v,t,cr ,bc,, NOR custou, soIe
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No. l. with tho incylto,,lc urelimtnory disclaimer
or any ,,in,s,, 4, conneciion with his nronosoI
gravoy sets forth plans and specifications with ntent
To erect a bolo I'm tho ground Ito is of tho earth
earthly sort of architectural mole or sewer-rat and
In nil seriousness pronnses 10 tunnel the terraces I'm
front OF tho Canlto and storo Tho National Library
In the resultant coal. vauIts lilo digs and burrows
and thero Ia no 1oubt In tho world bc b,yes IIe s
wholly suterronson pcnius, I'm fact tho great or-
plnnl prouud-hoc and ukA a pnrsued whale only
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the climax and the Capitol simultaneously by clapplng
on an extra story or two all the way from vice pres-
dent to Speaker to house the Library In the subli-
mated cock loft thus obtained and attack It, MS most
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AS the Judge remarked TO Tue drunken sco,chman,
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lie neither scars nor deNes' mt Strikes ont nEe q
little man due east toward the Hotel lie Guiteau'
WIN an extension oi inc centre OF inc 'apol Tor INC
accommodation OF tue Library, which, as the lattor
grows can be indefinitely extended, until MIR. spot-
i"'d VIII 10 equally accesslnie 10 Warueh 'rocher OF
"oehh'"r'
ihere Is YET ah"'her p'ai' Whl'h' Ill the rude anu
Shhr'e "'''l"h OF our i"ie'Atheis takes the cake,
Vt III onf own more r"llshed phrase 'c"ilars the
caramel IL rs INC emahalioh, rs announced IN
rather whey disseminated photograph showing the
capitol win proposed ifllIs anu amendments, oil
Noouwarh, 'lVii Engineer, OF ieNns. " Soslupeh-
notwithstanding conception mat 10y analogy,
uln we not KNOW Tue vast Lone star state 10 ne party
the ateh'tect oil her own fortunes, We should be
'emP'ea I" neheVe she hNt peeh designed anu con-
shuc'eh soieg ny 'ho "arihg anu colossal genius OF
W., 'lNN Engineer "t ieNas AZ least us present
Pioposai Is tho sweetest anu most touching thing
which has seen the Hight this year-on of those bright
aud beautiful creations which seem born, alas but
to perish In the splng-tme. Enough to say that 1t
combines all the merits aud none OF tho defects OF all
other plans even DEVISED and Is so Innocent OF
that IL wouldn't know one II II saw IT, So FAR as an
idea OF TINS magnitude can be formulated In language
Is breny ms; 10 extend the east front of the Capt.
Tors centre beyond tie lins OF the wings then, by
lacksctewS, Ia HIT The dome bodily into the air and
huiu extra soles ioly-eight ieet hlBh over the eN-
tented structure below lhat Is all, ana the world
VIII never know its loss III the TACT that the natural
conservatism OF mo 'hNohtor-civil engln eer and
nre'et Observation-Disclosures nm thus pause on the
l'up'ph OF INSPIRATION OF Inc architectural features
I" Inc stories when IL Is proposed lonefJoct between
Tue ackscfewed dome ana the present roofline 1t Is
only p"ssne 10 speak AFTER The fashion OF the famous
ohap'er on The snakes In Ireland, " which read:
- lhefe are no snakes In Ireland y The modern
s'oVeppe hat In tho Judgment of the truly artistic,
S sca'eey the Ideal aesthetic topping for lord of
cieatlnhi ~ nut fancy a follow with two stoyepipe
hais balanced on his apex and You have-wo,
about the effect our wild Texan steer In the china shop
OF classic architecture has given us with his suspend
et' dome ana ihterpolated stories. shas been seen,
however, Is anu, CniNNy
Win lho mechanical immcnsty of his plan, deems 1t
Wise perhaps to leave to Others the impossible task Of
making sncha plan architectural. llehas done enough
though In all conscience, to turn Paladio in his tom
anu give old Michael Angelo the jumping Jim Jams.
III we allow ourselves, however, TO rise above the
perhaps secondary and comparatively trivial consid-
craiions of architectural effect to the higher plane of
utility and general adaptlyeness canlOr Compels us to
own that the possibilities of project this nature
are dazzling and practically limtlcss. 1t viii be su-
fcent to name few Of the simpler aud more obvious.
1t Is melancholy but undeniable fact, far In
stance that the Library Of Congress Is Infested, not
to put too fine paint II, with bugs. Nearly all
libraries are, AMI 1t implies reflection either upon
the libraries librarians. The deadly looking green
In which much of modern literature Is bound In
fact hound to he bound is the preferred nutr
ment of these little pests and all known varieties of
vermin exterminator hitherto advertised they seem
to find more fattenlng than fatal. Now, by simply
leaving Mr.. Woodward jackscrews in position under
the colossal mass of United States Capitol he proposes
raise into the empyrean, 1t would bs entirely feasl-
Bile, from time to time, 10 bring pressu 70 TO bear