The evening times., 1901-10-12
FOR THB CHARLESTON FAIR
Maryland's State Building to Be
Very Attractive.

Report Made 10 the Exposition Com
mittee-The Structure to Bt Com
> pieted November I-The scheme OF
/ Decoration and the Furnishings
! BALTIMORE, oct 12-At a meeting OF
he joint Maryland Exposition Committee
yesterday Gen Ferdinand c. Latrobe
presiding. Mr. Francis King Carey. Chair
man Of the Special Committee on the
Maryland Building at Charleston. made a
report This building. if finished. deco
rated and furnished on the scale contem-
plated by the building committee. will be
a creai, 10 the State. Not only this. but
II will be one oi the finest on the c1p0si-
lion grounds and "A monument OF good
taste and elegance.
/ There will be two things at Charleston
Of which Maryland may certainly be
proud They are the State building and
the exhibition Of the mineral resources
which the Geological Survey will transfer
with many notable accessions from Buff
laio 10 Charleston Among the accessious
is beautiful column Of Hartford county
Iserpenune green marble. highly polished.
and in itself surprise to Marylanders un-
aware Of the possibilities of their Ouarrfes
The state building Is now rapidly aD-
preaching completion and the construction
contract will be performed fully by No
Ivember l.
Mr. Carey said: The appearance Of the
/ building fully justihes the homes enter
talned Of il from the plans and ii is ad-
Tnirably located IN fact, il is one Of the
conspicuous buildings on the exposition
grounds, not only from its fortunate situ-
alton. but for its size and general beauty
Of design ana decoration.
IN regard TO decoration. furnishing and
maintenance. the building committee sub
mited the following suggestions:
II is proposed that the main room shall
I be handsomely decorated and furnished
with large pieces Of comfortable furniture
suited 10 its character. including q grand
piano. The windows viii be hung with
/ curtains. the floor covered with large
rugs and the fireplace. i'm which a wood
hre viii be kept burning, viii be sur
| rounded with comfortable chairs The
room viii be fully ornamented with grow
ing palms and plants.
The main large lunette over the fire
! place viii be flIed with a decoration Of
! an appropriate design prepared without
/ expense TO the commission by Miss Dora
. l. Murdoch. who .s now I'm Paris paintin.
1 Jhe decoration and viii have il c0mUIet-d
/ IN time 10 be put in place. The rectangu-
I lar space over the hreDlace will he filled
] with The names Of twelve or more distin-
I eulsheu MarylanCerS. A panel at one end
/ u the room Will contain the name of the
/ Governor OF the State. the names Of the
. commissioners and OF the architects and
/ builders. The hallway leading to the end
Z p0rches viii be decorated so as 10 con
] form 10 the color scheme Of this rsOn.
/ A rough sketch Jf the mural painting
/ Dy MISS Murdoch was exhibited showing
/ three female fgUres-one central rObed
{ IN white. seated. and two others bearing
products Of the fruitful soil Of Maryland
/ To the left IS a group Of fruits and to
4 the right a water view and oyster
pungy or bugeye under sail. The canvas
/ is twelve feet long.
Miss 2. 2 Richards has offered through
the Maryland commission to exhibit three
I Of her pictures IN the art department OF
1 the Charleston Exposition One Of these
/ pictures. a large painting, was exhibited
/ In the Paris Salon.
The suggestion Of the names Of eminent
MafylanreTs for a part Of the scheme Of
mural adOrnment would make the apart
ment Hall Of Fame. The trouble is 10
( select twelve for the purpose The fol-
lowing are mentioned as worthy Of con-
slderatiCn.
Cecelius Calvert. Lord Baltimore: Thom-
as Johnson, the Revolutionary War Gov
ernorf Charles Carroll Of Carr0lltOn
slgner Of the Declaration Of Independence: !
William SmallWOOd. the soldier. John
lager Howard, the soldier. Roger B. Ia
heJ. the Jurist; William Pinkney. the
( statesman. William Wirr. the advocate:
> Ieakle a!llS, the wit. Henry Winter
Davis. the orator. Edgar Allan Poe The
poet. and Winfield S. SchIey. victor Of
Santiago
The two front rooms on the frgt a7or
and the upstairs front room in the LEFT
wing Of the structure viii also be- attract .
. lNelN decorated and furnished as the com
LillSSloheTS room, press room. and ladies'
drawing room, respectively. The sru9IyfUr, 4
room downstairs and room on the eac-
ond moor VIII be simply furnished and the
walls tinted I'm an inexpensive way. The /
upstairs rooms IN the right wing viii Ea
u7td by the caretaker and his wife for
storeTOOm purposes The downstairs back +
room IN the night wing. which adi8sns the .
pantry. and which was designed 70 ba
used as n lunchrOom. can only be used fn
a limited way for that purpose because +
N" rules Uf the exposition forbid the sale
On 1000 IN the building II is proposed .
however, that simple arrangements shall
Dc Ilade for supplying tea, bread. and
butter. etc The l0ggin Will be coiorcd
he lighting VIII be by electricity and /
includes 80 electric lights for rha interior .
OF the building; the word MARYLAND" .
outlned IN 1ucaEdesceut lamps on the out /
Sl4t' FOUR electric torches on the terrace .
and q co.ored electric hashIight thrown I
on the building at night from the opposite /
side Of the lake.
In concluding the cornrnfttae's raror+
says An the energies Of your commit
tee have been bent toward accomnlIshine-
I!'p OBJECTS. apart, Of course. from the de- /
a.t 20 provide a building whose beauty I
and character VIII be a credit 10 the state !
namely First. that the expenditures OF i
your committee shall be made within the F.
prescribed limit and IN manner accepta- {
bic 20 the entire commission. and secondly. /
that the building shall be completed and I
furnished on the day Of the opening Of /
the exp 1sittOu- Unless some wholly un- Z
Ioreseen accident occurs. the second Of .
these objects VIII be successfully accom-
plished. In regard 10 the first your com
mittee has been al great pains to take no I
steps TO commit your commission 20 any 4
expenditure without first consulting It. 4
and II is the hope OF your committee that /.
the completed building viii meet with I
your approval"
All the members Of the commission con-
CURED in the opinion that handsome dec
Grafton and suitable maintenance on the 3
scale suggested were desirable, but they 4
were confronted by the financial question.
Therefore, the treasurer. Mr.. HOen asked .
poStpOlgmeut for week until he could
make out a statement showing exactly +.
what are the liz 5ilities and possibilities tt 7.
was roughly estimated that the total cost /.
Of the Charleston building. including dec /
Grafton, on the plans proposed would be I
10000 The state appropriated S25 o00 for .
Buffalo and Charleston. the private con 4
tributiOus were $500 The cost Tor Bufa- 4
To- was $500 Tnc outstanding bills for .
both eXpOsitIous siready due were not es- /
timated- The margin VIII be very mar /
row
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