Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-23

used; that her flagstaff, made of enc tree,
was 23S feet high, and from It noated the
largest American flag ever made; and no
one will forget the cordial welcome extend
ed alike to home friends and visitors, and
this was just right for a state bearing the
name Of Washington
And the empire state, almost an empire
itself, second to none in liberality and hos
pitality, erected a magnificent structure
142 by 214 feet, rejecting admirably the
wealth and culture and progress of the
was In the sunlight, 1t was a scene of.regal
magnifcence after sunset. The building
and the grounds surrounding 1t fairly
blazed with electric lights, while charming
music entranced the welcome visitors. The
banquet hall was probably the finest in the
white city.
If New York spent $4,000 on. this tenn
porary building In the western city, what
would she not expend on permanent
state headquarters, where, every day in the
year, her sons and daughters would meet
and greet each other as If at home within
the real limits Of the empire state.
Californias immense building was one of
the genuine attractions of the worlds fair.
1t was 435 by IA feet, three stories high,
with a Moorish dome 113 feet above the
sidewalk, and a roof garden decorated with
semi-tropical plants. Its cost was 500 600
The gorgeous display of native fruits was
never-ending source OF delight to hum
dreds of thousands Of friends and visitors.
From away down east the state of Maine
sent the granite from its own everlasting
hills, and with 1t erected q state building,
which was the pride and JOY of the pine
tree state and the popular meeting place Of
all New Englanders who journeyed to the
white city. The great, wide open fireplace,
with its roaring fires in the cool October
mornings, reminded thousands of tourists
Of similar cheerful log fires in northern
Maine, by lake and seaside, in early sum-
mer and in autumnal days.
The sons and daughters of Maine, SO
many of whom are found in Washington.
will be ready to build and furnish and dec
crate genuine New England home, in
keeping with the character and culture Of
her representative citizens who grace our
national legislature.
Kentucky, by her governor and legisla-
ture, built splendid edfice, % by IS feet,
which was constantly thronged with visit
ors. On the lawn in front was a statue Of
Daniel Boone, modelled by one of Ken
tucky's fairest daughters, while in the great
central hall was the statue of Henry Clay,
the idol of all Kentuckians. Many of us re-
member the reunions and receptions in this
splendid building, when Henry Watterson
was among the distinguished hosts.
The splendid building erected by the state
of Texas was so feet by $50 feet The
money for this building was collected by
the ladies Of the state. A statue of Sam
ciated not only by Texans. but by all who
were familiar with the history Of the state.
Think of Texas. in her own state building
IN Washington, celebrating her admission
in charge, and surrounded by handsome
women and cultured men from the far-off
empire state of the south, whose territory
is sufficient to take care of the population
of nation.
But time and space fail me, and 1t is not
possible for me to tell of all these beautiful
homes erected in the vanished white city
of the west. Colorado and Connecticut,
Wisconsin and Massachusetts, Missouri and
Vermont, Florida and Kansas. and all the
others gladly awaited themselves of the
cordial invitation of the commonwealth Of
Illinois to keep house within the limits Of
the great and growing city Of the western
world.
What Chicago planned seven years ago as
an object lesson for the nation will not
bear its legitimate fruit unless and until
the glories of 1893 are rivaled in the great
governmental park in the capital city of the
new world.
Think of the festivities at future presi-
Dental inaugurations, with half a million
of visitors, instead of the customary hum
bred thousand-of inaugural receptions held
in forty-five banquet halls, graqed with the
beauty culture and Intelligence of every
state of the Union, while from Presidents
house to Capitol the Illuminated lakes
would echo glad voices and sweet music
and happy laughter Of light-hearted young
people, gathered from east and west and
north and south, who would become more
intensely American because of this magical,
magnificent display.
Already number Of senator's and repre-
favor of acquiring all the property referred
to in this communication for the purposes
of the government. Now is the time for
action. Let a bill be prepared and present.
ed in both houses of the Congress, and in
the meantime may We not hear from the
governors and people of the states?
Yours for our new Washington,
Mrs. f. M. BRADLEY.