Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-03

for a banquet hall and so was used
until 1927. 1t Is now the state recep-
| ton room. 1t has q northern ex-
posture, is some so by 40 feet and mas
height of % feet. Tall mirrors.
crystal chandeliers. the profusion or
gliding and decorating all add to It's
rich gorgeousness. A wide corriaor
running lengthwise of the buliding
divides the house ana all rooms open
| on this corridor The upper part OF
the house is private and the basement
is given up to the kitchen, store room
and servant department.
Our next visit was to the Corcoran |
art gallery now installed in new
building on 18th street The COrcOran |
art gallery has no connection with the |
government whatever, although the d.
rectors are given place in the Con-
gressional directory. 1t is g result |
of the philanthropy of William Cor
coran who died in 1903, and gave the
bulk of his fortune to the founding or
the Corcoran art gallery The build
ing is Of white Georgia marble someszt5
feet frontage on 18th street. II is very
plain and unpretentious on the outside
|
most beautiful works Of art in the
world are hung here, priceless gems
| that are worth a kings ransom.
Like all our sight seeing we had to
do it specifically and like the pictures
| in Il panorama we moved on. In inc
evening we visited the Library OF
Congress. The following description
am indebted to Librarian Spofford of
| mil
the Spofford works, is painstakinS anu
| accurate.
."rhe style is Italian renaissance.
modified; and the result is one OF the
noblest edifices externally, and the
most artistically beautiful one inside,
of all the grand buildings at the capl-
tai It's ground plan is an oblohg
SQUARE, inclosing four courts and
rot,lnda. It's outside dimensions are
40 by $40 feet, and it covers three and
threc-quarters acres of ground. Inc
material is Concord IN. H) granite,
extcriorly. and enamcled brick within
the courts. The massiveness is brok-
en- by slight projections at the corners.
and relieved by numerous windows,
pillars, and highly ornate carvings
upon the cornices, capitals, window
feature is, that upon the keystone of
each of the 80 arched windows is
carvei a human head typical of some
distinct race of man. The central
PAVILION on the west, or main front
Coward the Capitol, is further en-
riched lust below the roof by four
colossal figures, each representing At
las. and is surrounded by pediment
| a
/. as the center of an cmblematic group
in granite. Another feature Of this
, front is a series of busts of great
!, literati-Dcmosthene Dante, Scott (by
Adams); Irving, Hawthorne, Emerson
(by Hartley; Franklin, Macauley and
, Goethe (by RuchtuhD. The massive
front staircase, with its fine granite
l balustradc. which forms the APP
proach to the building, has under
meath it heavily-arched porte
cochcre for carriage entrance. over
, the arches of the three entrance ao"rs
| are carved three spandrels, in rell"i'
each representing two female tsrreS'
l by Bela Pratt, emblematic OF Art.
J, Science and Literature. The roof is of
l copper. and the dome is heavily glded
5 Costing So, SoOl. and terminates l9o
I torch of science, ever burning.
7 went to bed that night with my
t head full of Nco Greek architecture.
e Ionic columns. and italian "reminiscences
On Tuesday we started out for WIFI
proved to be one of the pleasdii'es
:. tours of our Washington trip. the
5 sight seeing automobile coach that
shows YOU not only all that is past
hao ly N memories
i of school and youth but also history III
making We had FOR q guide MI
y Lee by far the smOOthest artlcle III liz
y lecture line that it had been my sooo
y fortune TO come across in a Sabbath
days journey. He was brlShl, up-'o
: date, witty without being uresoihe
. and had the average funny man pusNco
= | off the board
From seeing Washington on the
| automobile We crossed the long oiiuS,
- | into Alexandria and visited the vi.
;, church where Washington worshlppeo
and tho Masonic lodge that ne Wa
: mastc Of for many years anu liz
Lord Fairfax house, historic SpotS IL
,bc o;d Dominion. Alexandra APP
4 ncars to be living on oatmei'l anu az,
;, ccstry because / saw nothing else ina
:, Alexandria we visited Mt. vernon
4 which have previously described re-
turning to Washington by water. I'at''
. II visited the WIZ department ana 'ht
lU s treasury department where me-
cant. Cobaugh formerly treasurer VI
the national soldiers home at Togus
;, now holding responsible position III
:. | tbs, treasury department. The cap
tain took me through the Immense
building in all the departments and lei
me feast my eyes on $4,000 10000 pack
y age of good money hut the guard m
IS sisted on my leaving it. He said II
1t answer to my question. "No samples
II given away" Our brief visit ir
e. Washington had been a record breaker
r in sightseeing. Wednesday our pleas
II ant party broke up, going north, east
IL south and west to meet in the Bread
basket state in 1908. At seven o'@'"cT