Milford chronicle., 1893-05-19

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: thing which Mr.. Thompson, with III.
= quick eye and artists enthusiasm, sug
gested suppose she were 10 reproducc
these palaces in marble and ofer thenl to
5 Uncle Sam for q capitol?
, AS have said the crowds are greatest
before the beautiful thinSs-the fountains,
the statues, .he flowers, the pottery, tho
paiDtings. 2seU5 to beauty it seems tho
people love power. "A curious test OF this
is found in thSb part Of Machinery lall
where tho mighty energies Of steam are
converted into the magic current Of cleo
! tric;ty. Go any hour you Will, and in tho
huge boiler house may 10 seen as many
people as the narrow gallery viii hold. a
boiler house is not usually considered
much Of show place. 10 is rather dull,
somewhat griny, damp, odorsome. Prob
ably this explains why the projectors Of
the building made far too little provision
for visitors here. But while one boiler isa
tame and uninteresting thing q hundred
/ boilers set all in q row, and extending in q
true perspective to the vanishing point,
become at once majestic and inspiring.
/ They form an aggregate Of power which
awe and oyerWhelm and at the same time
fascinate, just as the man who has been
accustomed all lis lifo to handling one
dollar bills viii gasp for breath when con-
! tronted by million dollars tied up il one
package.
1t is not surprising thc5 the mighty en-
1 glncs, which are mere manifestation of 7
| che power which the oae-ffth Of mile Of .
boilers generate, should fascinate their +.
tens Of thousands hour after hour. They
| have motion, action, grace, ostentatiou,
while the boilers are seemingly dead aud [
lifeless. The ncishbcrhood of the City en-
gine5, therefore, IS one spot where room is
always az premium. A spectacle worth
travelling miles 10 behold it is, and
'Eo0 err is tho one word that affords q
key 20 the fascination. The engines charm
with th-.r motion, and with The amazing
EghtNess and almost uoisclcssness OF their
movement. But tho huge Gynamos fas-
einate with the double force cf power and
mystery. The crowds are always thick
where ohe dynamos are. Electricity is to
the masses an industrial 0ccalt mcchan-
iual sp.ritualsm. They eagerly follow the
mysterious current through all its mani
festatious, and admir- though they under
stand not
CLa viii always find o large crowd
around tbs priltiss presses, TOO. These
machines UTc used III the Sc aal printing
of real newspapers and thoaeh tlo ans
which nelps preserve uil other arts Is 10
longer species Of reergmaacv, it tho E
hight q the useful and the beautiful IA
mechanics, and exercises q strange fasciuu-
-14lQyer the mUltitufe. Thcij die crowds, d
the lists as EGr.e3 TO see the mighty
to by tbeSd ~ most people is iit-
,.,ori----[aas. It is not as large rs c.--
=. sss.l9-sss{ ~ painted it. No bearty com
,cnds it, eitiSer, for it is as ugly as war
4 locomotive, shough commonplace. is {
lways interesting and when a hundred
housand people tet a chance to see the
ist locomotive Usee im America, progeni-
or Of 100000 more Verthy sons, you may
g sure they will avaiN themselves thereof
Ienee John Bull No.N1' is always sur -
ounded by admiring thousands. So is the
lnglish locomotive with itS lines which to
S seem so ugly. This is reSI locomotive,
nd the steamships which ard dslown near
y in the same building are mere models;
ut tie latter have beauty in their lines,
nd they attract more visitors than the
and travellers.
II We're to persist in telling you Of the -.
lings which attract crowds of unusual y
iiciness-h I attempted to penetrate
very ring OF humanity and show YOU II
hat was in their center in one letter I III
hould be called on to describe a thousand ;,
latters each one Of which is worth a col A
mn. but IN closing must say, as proof a
my theory, that beauty is the strongest :"
ttraction for the masses, that the jana ..
csc temple on the wooded island, conced-
lily one OF the most beautiful structures
the exposiCion-not only q temple but
-cture, framed in sandal wood and ban-
20 AID warmed with touches Of exquisite
llor-i5 one OF the Columbian attractions
hieh nine visitors out of ten think they
ust see during their first visit
There are plenty Of people who spend
if Of their time amid the. gloIies of tbe
atuary with which the grounds and
ildings are replete, or with the flowers
id plants of Horticultural hall and its
rounding greeneries. Others never tire
filing the eye with the things which
e simply vast and therefore typical of the
eat power which created them. Since
auty and power are the magician's
.nds, the feminine and masculine Of
Ings Illuminate, it is pleasant to know II
1t the prestidigitatogs who created this W.
position have set in their park here in
merable things which speak one or tho
Ter, and many which breathe both.
WALTER WELLMAN