Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-01-25
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JnnlIih Miller


America is swift land and rounds
in" '',alt rapidly. Gn!> u year or
iN. " n:"..,.y was tie %r,.i: god. But
q J,E or people are sl,;,irily SUI
i,.i:r.l wi.li MONEY We have suddenly
awakened 10 tlic fact that moncy-get-
t;ns Is no! the nab!r>t pursuit OF man.
We see so many vulgar people who
lave moner money and nothing else
that it is hardly considered reputable
to hr rich. We begin to see that it is
not IA great achievement to get money
We find out that all a man has to do in
this prolific land is to grip lis Ilarl
hand tight to all he gets, and hold on
b. all he gets to he a millionaire in
time. In fact, We begin to see that the
more vulgar and mean n man is the
more money he gets. We find. in short,
that VIC have plenty of men III America
who are fit for nothing else but to mako
money.
And so it is that onr hest people are
suddenly beginning to say Let us do
something better" But as the army is
a dead letter. and rs our navy is rot.
why art-art in its many ways and walks
--allures the epgcr feet of onr ambitions
and best-mindcd people.
New York will, OF course, long remain
the capital of commerce. This trcmcn-
dOus 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 the
roaring island of iron and stone, hut she
will not stay there She has built her
house here in Washington. TO drop
figures of speech and state cold f;lrts, art
has already built here on n single street
in q single year more beautiful houses,
fine, rich, glorious to see, than can he
found in the city of New York. Stick II
pin here, and remember this is the cold ,
frozen truth And think it means
something. 1 think it means Il great
deal moro thar simple material prosper
ity. 1t means an advance "A long al
vance, too-in tho lines of art. Of
course, architecture is not the highest
or noblest, but the tangible, visible, and
serves to illustrate, emphasize, what |
would say. And so say art has built
her home here. She viii possess it and
bide here under these blue skies.
Close your eyes and recall the
color of cities you have seen. London
is a sombre gray, almost black. Paris
is white, and so on. This is red city.
OF course, if you only see the capitol
and Pennsylvania avenue, and indeed
the largest half l fear only see this
much, why Washington may seem gray,
green, or even black or mottled, if you
take into account the crowds of colored
folks. But go out toward Senator Pen
dleton's place or Secretary Blane's,
and you will over after remember Wash
ington City as the rcddcst of rcl spots
on this earth. And the fervid green of
of the trees, the bluest of blue skies -
these bring out and ialicise the re- so
distinctly intense Pompeiian red
You fairly rcvcl in the warmth of it.
And this red is not ut all ohtrusive.
These green trees see to that. And then
tho POmpeiian red is often interrupted
by some sudden or sharp contrast of
color. Here it is surprised by break
OF green stone or gray stone, then n
softer form of red, but the whole habit
able and decent part of this great capi-
tai Of oursis one prevailing array ofhar-
monious POmpe;ian and Indian rel.