Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-12-20


America is swim land and rounds
into shape rapidly. Only : ysar Or
twc aao money was ths great roa
Bat to-day Oar people are sudassiv
surfeited with money. We havs sud
denly awaksnedt % actthat monsy-
getting Is not ths noblssi pursuit. of
man. We see % many Vulgar people
Who have monsy-monsy and nolh-
ing else-that ID is hardly considered
repatabls TO Be rich. We beasn "a
see that il IS not . great achievon.oht
70 get money. We ind cat thak al
. man has 20 do ia this profile land
Is to grip his hard hand tight 70 all
ne gets, and hold on to all he gets
TO BE- millionaire ia time. In fact.
we begin to ssa that the more vulgar
and mean a man is the more money
he gets. We find, ia short. that We
have plenty Of men in America who
are fs for nothing else bat to make
money.
And 50 Il is that our best peopIs
are suddenly beginning to say "Ist
us DO something better" But a.
the army is g dead letter, and a.
our navy is rot, why art--art in It's
many ways and walks-aIlurss the
eager feet Of our ambitious and heut-
minded people.
New York will. Of cOurss, long re-
main the capital Of commerce. This
tremendous Moloch Of trade very
naturally tramples art to death. She
may sit at his feet. sell her wares
there, and all that. even flourish for
years yet on on the roaring island Of
iron and stone. but she will not stay
there. She has built her house here
in Washington. To drop figures Of
speech and state cold facts. art has
already built here on single street
in single year more beautiful houses,
fine, rich. glorious to see. than can
be found in the city Of Nav York.
Stick a pin here. and remember this
is the cold frozen truth. And I
think it means something. think
it means a great deal more than
simple material prosperity. Itmeans
an advances long advance, too-in
the lines Of art. OF course, architec-
ture is not the highest or noblest, but
the tangible, visible. and serves to
illustrate, emphasize. what ! would
say. And 50 ! say art has built her
home here. She will posses il and
bide here under these blue skies.
Close yOur eyes and recall the color
OF cities you have seen. London is .
sombre gray, almost black. Paris is
white, and 80 on. This is o red city.
OF course, il yOu could only zee the
capitol and PennsyIvania avenue, and
indeed the largest half / fear only
zee this much. why Washington may
seem gray. green, or even black or
mottled, IL You take into account the
crowds Of colored folks. But 90 out
toward Senator PsndIston's place or
Secretary BIaine's. and you will ever
aftsrward remember Washington city
As the reddese Of red spots on this
earth. And the fervid green Of the
trees. she bluest Of blue skies-thsse
bring ont and italisizs the red 90 dis
tinctly--the intsnss POmpsiian red
-you fairly reveI ia the warmth Of
it. And this red is not 1t al obtEu-
siye. These green trees sse 70 that.
And then the POmpeiian red is often
interrupted By some sudden or sharp
contrast Of color. Here IL ID surprised
By break Of green stone or gray
stone, then o softer form Of red, but
the whole habitable and dsoeat part
Of this great capital Of ours is one
prevailing array Of harmonious Pom
Psiian and Indian rsd.--5oaqxin AfSl-
Ter.