Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

and future expansion, was not secured I'M
til June, 1898.
While the new building was being erected
the editorial rooms of The Star were located
on the second floor of the annex and the
business office was conveniently housed in
the store building No. 11O9 Pennsylvania
avenue.
The liberal patronage of the people Of
Washington that had brought to The
Evening Star such an overwhelming meas
ure of success made possible the erection
of what is conceded by publishers generally
to be the finest and most complete news
paper home in the world. The Evening
Star building may justly be considered one
of the points of interest in the national cap
ital. The fact is attested by the large
number Of strangers who visit the office
every day in the year. This magnificent
pile of marble is indeed worthy addition
to the many beautiful structures which
have made the capitaI of the United States
famous. Several years were given over
by the owners of The Evening Star to the
consideration of plans, and the best ideas
of the leading architects of the country
were brought into requisition before final
determination was made
building was begun, and early the follow
ing year The Evening Star found itself in
new and permanent home. This nine
story marble building, a gem of architecture
and construction, was built under the
personal supervision of Mr. Frank B. Moves
now editor and publisher of the Chicago
Record Herald and president of the Asso-
ciated Press. who was at that time treas
and hllci on Two inc
Star Newspaper Company. The principal
features of the appointments of this mod
ern and beyond the-date newspaper home
were of his conception.
The Dielman Mural Paintings.
The new Star building is not only com
plete newspaper home, but it is artistic
ornament to Washington. Standing as il
does on the capitals greatest street, the
scene of grand pageants of a national char
acter, it is conspicuous by reason of its
location and it's architectural grace The
outward evidences of good taste and devo-
ton to a high ideal of civic beauty are
more than borne out by the interior. The
public obtains it's first impression of the
whole structure in the business office a
commodiouS room fitted with marble and
bronze. Its height and general dimensions
impress the beholder with sense of am
plitude as do few if any newspaper count
ing rooms in the world. On the walls are
placed seven lunette paintings by Frederick
Dielman, president of the National Acad-
envy of Design, to whom was intrusted the
commission of representing in this form
a symbolic expression of the modern news
paper The products of his brush here
hpantiful
colors, became Immediately, upon compile
ton, an object of admiration by artists,
and are today regarded by visitors to The
Star building among the distinct attrac-
tons of the capital.
Mr. Dielman has represented the news
paper effort of today in a lofty spirit of
symbolism. His paintings are not confined to
the details of Journalism itself, but, con-
ceiving that profession as embracing every
department of human effort, he has gone
afield to symbolic the dominant thoughts
of the business world and the institutions
which modern Journalism, in every issue,
exploits and advances. 1t is a comprehen-
Sive series, disclosing at a glance the field
and the responsibilities of the newspaper
of today, and it fifty embellishes the great
room in which visitors to what is believed
to be the most complete and artistic news
paper home in the world are first received.