The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-08-06

One advantage Of a city being shaker
down and burned up is that IL can b,
rebuilt on grander, finer scale thar
ever before, SO that eventually til,
catastrophe turns out to be blessing
As the years progress this is going tc
be. true Of San Francisco, for out o.
her ruins there is slowly but surel,
rising finer and better city. AND
then In such 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 design fol
temple Of music and art, a wondrous
plan which represents Il years OF
work by Hendrix Christian Andersen,
the master architect and sculptor Of
Rome, a man to whom the most
captious critics accord the greatest
honor. They say that no sculptor or
architect Of the world save Andersen,
today embodies so thoroughly the
vital creative genius Of the immortal
Michael Angelo. Andersen is but s6
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
titul plans and their detail to San
Francisco with the hope that the new
world, and, incidentally, the most at.
tractive part Of iS. might have the
finest temple dedicated to the arts IN
any country. Freely, fully and with
genuine good will, Andersen gives to
San Francisco this result Of 70 years
work, plus his genius. 1t surely cost
q pang to send these plans from the
place for which they we're intended
particularly as the reason that they
were not developed in Rome lay in the
repeated disasters that came 10 italy.
SO much money was needed for the
desolated, 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 n 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 bulk BY the municipality
OF Rome. Because OF the large ex-
penditure 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 Vesuvian dis
asters came and because the clsims Of
suffering humanity come first the
money for the temple was given to the
victims. Then came San Francisco's
time Of trial and Hendrix Andersen
sent The plans thilheT, thinking that
N the upbuilding Of the newer and
greater city the temple could be real
zed.
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
md, out Of the centuries OF competi-
ion and experience, he conceived this
plendid composite. The plan EN-.
'odies double stage, one for grand
'pera and the other for symphony
oncerts or other big musical express
ion- The two stages are back to
Iack and so arranged that they can
'e thrown into one when necessary.
ne auditorium OF the grand opera
ouse has q tremendous seating ca.
acity; that for the symphony con.
erts is prop0Ftionately smaller. A
ircular promenade affords equal and
ting access 10 the art galleries which
nrrOund the auditoriums. where Der.
lament exhibitions would be placed
,dequate entrances to the varied in.
srests in the temple from outside are
rovided for
It Is true that the magnifcence Of
10 design for this temple means a
1itable setting with possibilities OF !
gress and ingress on all sides. but
] this would be possible on the half
ock site Of the former Mark Hon.
ms institute Of art. Il is not too
uch to dream that this great struc.
ire might be built on one Of che
any hills Of San Francisco instead !
one Of the seven hills Of Rome.
As 4 piece Of architecture nothing
'uld be more Impressive than Ander.
MS design an nothing more fitting :
crown an eminence. A dome Of n
lrmonious lines well fitted TO the +
oporsions Of the building proper has :
groupings Of statuary as has the 4
Hiding. Across the three doors Of 4
Q main entrance a frieze in relief 4
ne in bronze like the groups adds
eat beauty and dignity to the 8ne s