The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-08-28

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down and burned up Is that II can bd
rebuilt ON a grander finer scale than
ever before, so that eventually the
catastrophe turns out to be a blessing.
AS the years progress this is going 10
be true of San Francisco, for out of
her ruins there is slowly but surely
rising a finer and better city. And
then in such a time Of need there are
so many to aid in the building Of a
grander city that many unexpected
features present themselves for the
establishment of the city. Among the
many such Is the gift OF a design for
n temple Of music and art. wondrou5
plan which represents ~ years of
work by Hendrix Christian Andersen,
the master architect and sculptor Of
Rome man 20 whom the most
capuous critics accord the greatest
honor. They say that no sculptor or
architect Of the world save Andersen.
to-day embodies so thoroughly the
vital creative genius Of the immortal
Michael Angelo. Andersen is but SO
years Of age.
Perhaps because California is re-
garded as another sunny Italy" where
there is a just appreciation of music
and the other arts, perhaps because
of the sympathy born of kindred mis-
fortunes, and surely because Ander.
sen wishes to see this work Of love be-
come a reality, he sent all these beau.
tiful plans and their detail to San
Francisco with the hope that the new
world, and, incidentally, the most at.
! tractive part Of It, might have the
finest temple dedicated TO the arts I'm
any country. Freely fully and with
! genuine good will, Andersen gives to
San Francisco this result OF 10 years
work, plus his genius. It surely cost
pang to send these plans from the
place for which they were intended
! particularly as the reason that they
were not developed In Rome lay in the
| repeated disasters that came to Italy
| So much money was needed for the
desoated, suffering people that the
| fund designed for the temple was di.
verted to their use. Under the circum.
stances there could be no thought of
this architectural dream in Rome. but
the creator of It believed in the posi-
bilities of the rich, new country.
This temple Of music and art was to
have been built by the municipality
of Rome Because of the large ex.
nenditure involved in this scheme
some money had been set aside an
nually for several years. Just about
the time the first definite steps were
to be taken for the building of this
monument the recent Vesuvan dis.
asters came and because the claims OF
suffering humanity come first the
money for the temple was given to the
victims. Then came San Franclscos
time OF trial and Hendrix Andersen
sent the plans thither, thinking that
in the upbuilding of the newer and
greater city the temple could be real
lied.
To attain the result Andersen has
achieved in these plans, he visited and
studied all the galleries of art and
many of the opera houses of Europe
and, out of the centuries of competi
tion and experience, he conceived this
splendid composite The plan EN-
bodies a double stage, one for grand
opera and the other for symphony
concerts or other big musical express
sion The two stages are back tC
back and so arranged that they car
be thrown into one when necessary
The auditorium of the grand opera
b.. house has a tremendous seating ca
pacity; that for the symphony con
certs is proportionately smaller. A
circular promenade affords equal anC
fitting access to the art galleries which
surround the audltoriums, where per
manent exhibitions would be placed
Adequate entrances to the varied in
terests in the temple from outside arc
provided for
It is true that the magnificence o.
the design for this temple means ,
suitable setting with possibilities o
egress and ingress on all sides, bu
all this would be possible on the hal
block site OF the former Mark Hop
Bns institute Of art II is not too
much to drean that this great struc
ture might be built on one of tht
many hills of San Francisco insteaC
of one of the seven hills of Rome.
AS a piece of architecture nothing
could be more impressive than Ander
sens design and nothing more fittinl
to crown an eminence A dome o
harmonious lines well fitted to th
proportions of the building proper ha
its groupings of statuary as has th
building. Across the three doors O
the main entrance a frieze In relic
done in bronze like the groups add
great beauty and dignity 20 the fin
ensemble Of art and architecture. Fil