The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-09-24
q CITY OF COLOR.
New YORK Presents Features. Absent
43't in European Capitals. :

IN European NaPAta!S. IN
New York has been written about
from almost every possible point Of
vieY-architectnral commercial, po-
litical and social. Yet 50 far as We
know, says aswriter in the, New York
Commercial Advertiser, it has never
been properly appreciated for the one
thing in, which it surpasses all the
other great capitals:of the occidental
woodland that is for its color.
Those of us wholive here all our lives
or who absent ourselves for only brief
and inconsiderable periods Of time
never know how extraordinary is the
environment in which we have been
placed. 1t is only the stranger with.
an artistic sense, or the native who
has been long away, who gets the full
effect of this city of ours in its unique
prismatic foridity ofhue such as vivi-
ties no other city of its kind.
If you will think for amoment and
visualize from memory the great
cities Of Europe as a colorist would
see them you will be struck by the
fact that each n is a monotone.
London has the dull, dingy, smoky
hue of its own November fogs, and as
you pass along its miles and miles Of
strcets-a weller of unvariegated IA
cades and homely little chimney pots
your impression will he more and
more that. London is one great
smudge, hideous and unrelieved be-
meath a sky of watcry p~aleness which
merely accentuates a little more the
dingy hue of everything beneath it.
Paris equally represents a monotone,
a delicate gray that is neat and clean,
and that adds to the symmetry and
harmoniou>ness of the whole effect,
but that is seldom diversified by
warmer tones. Berlin is a monotone
III buff, and Rome, like Paris, for the
most part. a monotone in gray. One
thinks at first of Naples as a city bril-
liant with the hues of the south; but
a little reflection will show that it is
not the city itself which can be right
ly so regarded, but rather the setting
of the sun as one ~perceiyes it from the
ship on which he enters the glorious
bay or from the Capo di Posilipo. The
intense blue of the sky, the emerald
Of the surrounding hills. the sparkle
of the waters that lap its crescent
shore, the huge dun slope of Vesuvi-
us. with its curling smoke and
Capri in the distance swimming in a
golden mist-thesc things afford an
unforgettablc dream Of perfect color
ing. But Naples itself! The place is
as commonplace and dirty and de-
pressing as Constantinople, which
also fromthe distance cheats you into
thinking it a colorist's paradise.
1t is New York alone which. after
de]ighting the eye with the beauty OF
its harbor, embraced by the long
slopes Of billowy green, fascinates the
eye by the brilliancy and diversity of
its color scheme. The sky is as blue
as that which is arched above the
Mediterranean. The sunshine is as
bright. and it is siftcd down upon The
city like gold dust scattered by a Law
ish hand. But the sky and the sun
light merely intensity the vividness
of the color contrasts which are Wis
IDLE at every turn. Her. is no con-
vention, no conformity, no desire fol
harmonious effect. The snowy white
ness Of marble and the clean gray CT
granite are everywhere intermingled
with the cheerful buff Of the warm
rich reds of brick. Patches of green
appear at theend Of every vista. The
enormous display windows Of the
shops are a riot Of blues and yellows
and pale rose and heliotropc and scar
let. Gliding catches and reflects the
sunlight at every turn. Flags. and
strcamers. and m~ulti-colored awning:
add to the. effect, sothat everystrect
is a veritable spectrum. Throughout
the whole length and breadth of the
island city color abounds in fiecks
: and spla$hes. 1t is just a bit barba1ic.
possibly, but it is also wonderful and
; striking. TO the sober dullness o!
Madrid or Rome or London it is what
the Pompeiian wall paintings are tc
the quiet canvaSes of Harpignies-
not art, but instinct nevertheless with
: consciousness and a glow that stir:
!. one strangely. -.
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