Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-16

tcrcSting and beautiful object 20
the multitude. Our municipalities have
Tor thirty years past been constructing their
parks. and most Of them are nov engaged
m constructing ornamcntaton museuma. art
schools. schools Of design. &s. The only city
which has escaped important contributions In
this respect has been Washington. Washing
ton itself may be said 60 be finished n far
the Milling up Of the original outline Vf Wash
ington and has associates h concerned. The
rnilroad system here has been extended. aud
Will soon be perfected. The Capitol L. now a
finished building. rs IL is likely 90 remain for
many years 10 come; its new stairways and
marble sub-architecture being about done. and
with the conclusion Of the present Congress.
after successive endesvors Of almost one hun
dred years. the place ior operating this govern
ment viii have been fally achieved. Nothing
more Is 20 be done with the Capitol unless In
the restlessness Of time some one NAV desire TO
extend its central portion toward the east. This
viii always meet with Resistance from the
archaic spirit. and the erection Of the new
Library building directly opposite the Capitol
which Is now about one-third or less finished. will
relieve Congress from the burden Of the books
and art materials there. and viii st the sane
time present the temptation in the near future
Tor the construction Of another building oppO-
site this library for the uses Of the courte %
Justice and such other legal departments
have heretofore occupied rooms in the Capitol.
The main departments Of this government are
also well housed. Each OF the great depart
ments OF the government. with the exception
perhaps q the Attorney Generals department.
now has an extensive and permanent edifice.
The United States. like the rest Of the world.
h good deal perplexed for objects and
methods OF immediate development. The world
has TO some extent been oVerdeveloped No
great task seems 60 remain 60 he achieved un-
less II should be the opening Of a canal across
the American itthmus. and the necessity for this
Is not as apparent NJ formerly because Of the
large number of transcontinenial lines we have
built between the Atlantic and Pacific. Hence,
II Is more than probable that the superintendent
energies Of this country will be directed in the
century on which we about entering upon
matters less material and more refining and
artistic.
A good deal Of photography Of the early aa-
ministrations Of this country Is now mere
"Reminiscences and gibberish. There no longer
exists the necessity OF former times for the
conservation of provincial rights. or, rather,
wrongs. The whole fabric OF states rights
legislation was directed toward the protection
OF slavery, which. having ceased to be those
states which resisted the cooperation OF the
whole Union in their Developments are now the
most ardent for hsbilitation. One who has the
patience and the information TO know how 10
proceed can at the present time
FIND IN WASHINGTON CITY MORE MEAT PoR rHr
MIND
than in all our previous history. II You were 10
o. INV sNaNs YOU Iu0 tne
best talent in the country employed at designing
cruisers and ships Of war. The medical profess
sion, especially that portion Of IL interested in
surgery, will find here perhaps. the first
thorough museum in point of time in the world
OF gunshot wounds. amputations. &C.
The rivers of the United States have been
stocked i'm great part with fish brought together
and conserved by bureau made for that pur-
pose at Washington. Thirty years ago a real
architect could hardly be found in this CITY.
though Renwick, one of the leading architects
IN New York. originated here. and his mother
think, kept a boarding house in Washington
lie received his main encouragement from the
Smithsonian bequest. which a comparatiyely
obscure Englishman left 20 the United States.
At the present time there are enough architects
OF good training in Washington to constitute
very respectable faculty Of a university Of
art, and the domestic architecture Of the land
received an undoubted incentive from the
houses put up in Washington in the past twenty
i've years Ii was formerly the habit of the
press all over the land TO keep Washington
conveniently miserable. The city, however
escaped from this kind of guardianship after
Congress took the bold step in Grants admin
istration OF resuming the work of Washington,
sewering the streets, correcting the grades and
amending the street parking. Tins was the
first city in the country of consequence to
carry out a thorough planting of trees in al
the streets, and II Is now the best shaded CITY
IN the world. A corresponding modification
of the climate seems 10 have ensued, and
Washington is a healthy city during nearly
all the year. Ii is becoming the principal city
in the country for the association Of learned
societies, and two of these have met within the
past week-the Economical Association and the
National Historical Society.
Indeed. the era out Of which we are possibly
passing has been productive OF remarkable
changes for the better in the personnel of this
government When the armies of Grant and
Sherman were disbanded in the city Of WASH
ington they saw very little TO take home with
them of pictorial and agreeable sort. While
the government has been liberal with this city
during the past twenty years. the increase Of
value in the government property has probably
kept pace with this expenditure and instead q
having population TO tax for the support Of
this capital of barely 60 600 people there are
now in Washington nearly 30 900. and with
the increase Of private property every acre Of
the government land has also been en-
HANGED. The ratio OF expenditure here has not
been faster than the ratio of population and
wealth in the nation at large.
WASHINGTON Has DONE A GREAT WORK
in the last twenty-five years in bringing the
northern and southern sections together. Ii
used to be said that when one swung loose from
Washington city to go south he hardly knew
where he was going to get the next meal Of
yictuals TO suit his stomach.
In the intermediate time the northern people
have taken possession of Florida and have
thrown up extraordinary hotels and other
structures in various parts of the south. and
the example has been communicated 10 the
people there. so that in the course of time il is
probable that the whole land will have homo
gently OF refinement, and we already perceive
a semi-annual shifting of the population Of the
north to the south and of the south TO the
north as the seasons change. Whatever polit-
ical revolutions may be in store in the near
future the past is secure at least. The triumph
of the Union and the extinction OF slavery
have been abundantly blessed. Education in
the land shows signs Of coming out of its con-
seryatisms and meeting the spirit Of the people
half way in a more practical blending Of knowl-
edge and social development.