Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-12

tonight to determine whether or not this
shall be true of the future.
"A very large percentage OF the durable
work. the work which is lasting. must be
done by the government. Great buildings
and beautiful buildings will be erected by
private subscription; but many of the
grandest buildings must NECESSARILY be
erected by the government-national, state
or municipal.
chose in control Of any branch OF that
government necessarily have but an
ephemera1 lease of power. Administration
succeeds administration; Congress sue
lature, and even IL all of the admins
trations, all of the Congresses, are actu-
ated Ca not cessarilyr1probable suppo-
sition) by an artistic sp&f. itswould still
herence of their work ifSthey had to rely
on themselves alone: The best thing
that any administrator, 1that any execu-
tive department OF the government can
suggestion to a co-ordinate branch, Sena-
tor Cockre1l-I would sd. that the best
thing that any eisssiys legislative body
itself within reasonable limits to the guild
ance of those who really do know what
they talking about.
Influence Of Popular Sentiment.
THE only way in which we can hope to
have. worthy artistic work done for the
nation or for state or for a municipality
is by having such a growth of popular
sentiment as VIA render it incumbent
upon successive administrations, success
i've legislative bodies, to carry out stead
ily a plan chosen for them, worked out
for them by such a body of men as that
gathered here THIS evening. What I have
said does not mean that we shall go here
in Washington, for instance into immediate
and extravagant expenditure on public
buildings All that it means is that when
ever hereafter public building is provided
for and erected, 1t should be erected in ac-
cordance with a carefully thought out plan
adopted long before (applause), and that it
should be not only beautiful in itself, but
fitting In its relations to the whole scheme
of the public buildings, the parks, the drives
Of the District. il
working through municipal commissions
very great progress has already been made
in rendering more beautiful our cities from
New York to San Francisco An incredible
amount remains to be done Bilt a begin
ming has been made and now / most earn
estly hope that in the national capital a
better beginning will be made than any
where else. and that can be made only by
utilizing to the fullest degree the thought
and. the dsinterested effort OF the, .archi-
tects, the artists, the men of art, who stand
foremost in their professions here In the
United States. and whe, ask no other reward
save the reward of feeling that they have
done their full part to make as beautiful
as 1t should be the capital city of the
President Rooseveltts address was fire.
quently applauded.
Other Responses. to Toasts. !.
Others who responded to toasts were:
."The Painters, John La Fargo; "The
Sculptors,' Augustus Saint -Gaudens: art
and Religion James Cardinal Gibbons !:
"To the Institute, the, Simple Life Elihu
Root; 1.-THE Supreme Court of the United
States Justice Harlan: .'The Senate of the
United States Senator ,Wetmore Of Rhode
Island; ''The House y of Representatives"
Representative McCleary of Minnesota Mr.
Nicholas Murray Butler responded to the
toast. THE Place Of Art in Civilization:
Others present, in addition sto those mem
toned, included A. j. Cassatt of the Penn
sylvania railroad; Lieut. Gen. Chaffee, Sen
ators Alison, NewTands. Nelson, Cockrell
and Dryden;. -Represen Daizen and
Foss, F. F. Dunno, oGharles Dana Gibson,
William r. Harper OF tfle1 Chicago Univer-
sity, Charles W Knxppt S. p. Langley.
Charles F. McKima J. 9Pierpont Morgan,
Thomas Nelson I'Hse. dSIs,Whttelaw Reid,
Charles Emory smifH SECRETARIES, Hay and
Taft and F. D. Mf1Tet Secretary Of the
American Academy OF Rome