The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-11-09

Canadian coaches. The latter, radiant
with the most pleasurable emotions and
the former, notwithstanding they have
been distinguished from the commonality
through the gracious condescepsion OF
one of her majesty's servants, looking as
though they had wasted time in inspect
ing those awkward. stuffy boxes. 1t
really seems incredible that they, the
Englishmet, are not better informed
than to voluntarily seek the humiliation
OF the inevitable verdict when they place
their narrow-gauged imbecility in de-
signing talent in competition with the
American. Of course their object in
bringing them. the exhibit, here is to Sc
cure orders and SO pcrperuate in pro-
gressive age the monstrosities of the
feeble first efforts OF designers.
The German appears to be step in
a1vance. But even his work appears
childish. 1t fairly EFFORTS smile OF
comniseration and wonder where the
architects mind had gone when he
builded that would be stunning coach
1t is the funniest, stiffest. most inartIsti-
cally pretentious piece of carriage build
ing the human eve ever rested upon since
Robert Fulton first attempted coach
building. 1t gives one the impression
that the builder was very much at sea,
as to just where he was at" and where
he should come out at" 1t must have
been an overriding thought Or desire to
adapt cathedral architecture to railway
coach building. 1t is possible these are
the lines which should be followed and
the architect failed only because he was
limited to certain proportions. But he
never should have attempted to put a
cathedral on wheels. So he must inveut
style Of architecture in harmony with
the object sought. Well, but wherein is
it stepin advance OF the English coach?
Ithas doors arranged sin the American
coach. The French we have always re-
garded as peculiarly susceptible to the
highest artistic influence and so, not dis
regarding ability, furnishing even the
humblest article in use in attractive out
line and color. Possibly they are not
overestimated and though they succeed
in every other field in combining the
artistic with the useful they signally
fail in their railway coaches.
Looking over the street railway equip.
ment l was very much inclined to be-
lieve the foreign mind had provided an
example we'll worth copying for though
the American plainly holds the lead in
artistic outline, he, the American, has
certainly overlooked the grandest of
possibilities to the sight seer-the root
OF the car. The foreigner caught on"
1t is almost all right when you get there
but, oh! the awkwardness of the climb
and the peril of the descent. expert
enced. in imagination, the sensations of
the novice in his first attempt to climb
the Alps. 1t was not the altitudinous
which sug gested the parallel but the
conscious need ofexceptional sure footed
ness and 1nuscularity generally distrib-
uted. 1t is not difficult to understand
how readily this defect might be rene
died.
He who would may read" The ex-
planation of the foreign situation, to
ME, seems easily understood. In brief,
the European mind is so warped and
narrowed by caste distinctions he has
become utterly incapable of rational
re; ,soning i'll behalf of the general plb-
lie We here behold the servitude OF
nj ind which closes the field to all pro.
g ressiye desig nnng talent.
Continued next week.