Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-26
ANNUAL EXHIBITION
To Be Given by the Washing
ton Architectural Club.
BEGINS NEXT WEEK
EXCELLENT WORK OF LOCAL AND
oUT-oF-rowN MEN.
Plans for Public and Private Buildings
The Movement Toward Higher
Standards.
NEXT WEEK

a nr;vata x,io,y ond reoantion tie ,n,u,, ax
p.Na'e VIC" anu ieeep'.on 10 ahiiuai eA
h1bition in the atrium OF the Corcoran Cal
lery. Following the custom of past years,
this exhibition is held conjointlv with the
Society of Washington Artists. axb,h;t;op
W """hii'e 'oii a. ISIS eAhipi'io.i'
winch at present occupies the hemlcycle
hall-an arrangement which has been part
ly made for the benefit and convenience of
the general public and partly in the way
=. .ss..-~ ~ 20 Ia INC ""S
VI 'eseiiiohy VI 'ne Single ann OF the two
organizations AS the purpose of the artists
IS 70 SET Iorth IN their exhibition the best
nainted nor.r.its ga &c.. .ne hne "
taots - 49,. N 90 'iie aicnh-
renrasenta tiv. orrroY,t ,,,orl. =, nc
arcbitao,,,ra 49, =. s,,,,s - .ne neio =,
that the o,,a 10 -. 80, GU
the other "a a. %
That there is immense variety ne n,or,. g.,
the designing of buildings ana gra,+ ,ro,i
tectural possibilities in the constr,,ct;on nf
even the smallest houses are facts verv
lively speaking. as much diffarenoe is tha
architectural value of some homes &C tbere
is between an old master and cbron,o
and it may be added, the discrepancy is
commonly no less obvious
Great progress has. however heen r,.aa
in the past few years toward y bisbar
standard and better class of arobitant,,r,
Utility and economy are being internreted
iS yixyir,o
place to originality and GOOD t.stoe The
day when contracto and builders ,.are
accounted sufficiently skilled To alec .ot a
architects is past, and an era of better
planned and more artistically desiened
houses has set in. To understana tha So aod
or Importance of such q rennaissoae =. =.
only necessary to ride mast The &c.,, - -
of similarly designed pinear hol lines
ments which stretch to tba So. ~ eIe .ehe-
dence r. l.. or to view The a ~ vi iovi-
chine-made rows of bricl auo,,;r 1900 ma
adelphia and other neiehhorinn ait;o IA Fhii-
''oi ing Clues.
Greater Interest Shown
But it is not the nrivato d,,,o,,,u
that has needsa ~ - u"eiins alone
camille houses and public buildinss &c mel ma1
have come in for their share of imnrove.
ment. Indeed, in all parts of the world this
interest and growth is being manifested
The Russian government, offers a nremi,n,
~ nose VINO Will in the future erect build
Petershmra W. a a, 70. the beauty of st.
exempts from taxatior LII PATTY PATTY OF Parls
account of architectmraI as nuuse year on
In England model cities cue t
for tho I.hor;.r LIES are pelng built
country great s3r,S ana In our own
the designing Of coI,eaa len TAKEN IN
buildings Nor &c +h;s IA aaia university
and MANY of our smallar It'll. an -; ouL larger
and municinaI ART assoo;,ti eIVic leasues
ness it is to deal directiH. WIS whose pusi,
ouestions arc ha;nr go 80 "a Sliitecturdl
Boston. PhiladeInbia and Gh IN New York;
as here. the exhihitionS of e.nI;., as wen
ganizations have bacorna o y, el;Sile!cts Or
of the wear .n5 an. S ptoHlinent events
zines to he found In the ,lI 1919 oaileHt maya
libra ries and raal ine ~ puDae anu private
the least attractive arc tba mee h LEV nor
given over almost exci,s,vais "iIiGIi are
ure and related s,,hieofss s1ssAS ~ afchitect-
1t is for thase raaSonG+6t IL
of the Washineton rnbttaa.,,sAi Iit',
which onens naxt vet q 70 .eStul a. Ciuo
impressive than collection of .,a ,lt iess
the works which n diSnIa,,s PgaIiiieihss,
of national az well as Ionai nraern sas ~
ono Of tba oraa+ - r. IS eSs III tiiis'
~ VI art.
Work of Students,
oob;no 49, -
r;ar,,t 49, "pp1i a,iiuhi ny the
rlght-hand staircase, the first drawings
which will come to the visitors attention
are those made by students in tho uniyer-
s;t,, .ohoo,. M =. - IN
'' ~ anu "a Fa'e a.eiiers. dere' ior
instance is work done by the undergradu-
ate archiseG.s Q, Sornel, the University OF
In Mr.. Thee. w. Pietsch's Washington
atener.
moe haard nv 60 81 $500 aooii a. ot'i
tects are made not born. and that training
and education are the prime factors toward
success, then TINS is lndeed one OF the most
up of the ooi,aHa ~ Jno,, g. c1a,,ar na ara
full opd Though poccibIy -trtJa ornate opd
overa rnbitious is sieniticant of Thought and
careful study as we'll as good instruction
The work of the older men is more simple
less finished. and shows greater individuals
ity. which is natural. as il is almost exclu-
sively done by young men who are continu-
ing their studies while practicing their pro-
fession. 1t was for just such men these,
who could not have the benefit of foreign
travel and study, that the American Beaux
Arts graduates year or more ago estab-
lished in the larger cities ateliers which,
while under individual direction, are Kept
in touch with each other through the main
ONCE OF the league III New 10TH. IN THESE
ateliers. such as Mr. Pletscns IN TINS city
the same meth0as OF instruct bon, are par,
sued as IN .ne pe o. NJ al y y III az or so,a
lne eli1,an o,+ vasriv. and at the
pl ot, nte,;ar i5 New Yoyt are mnartiaIIv
i i,,d,s and graded all the solution draw
;uos The system which has now been in
nneration for some time. has proved most
Successful and has eliminated to a meas
nre the necessity of foreign study
- WI
donof Wo1h'
Until America becomes an older country,
ava nerbans not then however the value
".N -, -. =. acknowledged
OF foreign lra'ei must DC aonno"teNeN'
and not the least interesting OF THIS group