New-York tribune., 1908-01-29

xour interest not only in architecture and
painting, but in bellies lettres. is known ana
widely appreciated in both France ana amer
lea" The ambassador replied:
received with particular pleasure the friendly
cason Of the bestowal of well deserved medai eita
on the well deserving Mayor OF in ,n,S Whose welfare
and in whose beauty the whole world is Interested,
all praise He has recognized the Importance ct
interfering while it was yet ane anT Which T way Of
showing what the brain and hand OF nla, % e ha.u u
tifni Ne felt that among his multitudinous duties
of higher Importance than ,'s oei Town M
have a noralizng influence. Good examples ,at ar
IS 3anrsssing. good house with honest facade
clean look and trumpery ornaments Is insnlv nsrF
preaches for decent and honorable living .,,,
amirabe one and may be permitted TO that
with particular pleasure e. trlumprs % dn Rea1,s 20
Arts our alma mater; unity ana soba aogr
of the general plan: simplicity t ana nr m asv dec
oratve attempts. for all that s1nacks OF VAIN SNOW
You are no upstarts your town was not 5oHnded ,pe
yesterday and that portion OF ms IN UNI his ic I the
city deserves Much of it is so beautiful areadK ii,
Wisely Ieave it alone and MUCH also which might
lend Itself TO criticism If in s m ensembe
have travelled good deal "a, and eane sem on
of the sights ihf fbe at
sunrise the TO c9nssnnople n fT9m the he
line these all would place RrooRf1n hs Tighf
scrapers built by giants their strange STR & hlch
giSn6 gron6d int The sRG Sight ht is
one custom recently adopted in Paris might e be
have Yearly competitions for house facades An
the houses built in 1 the W year and experts the
public voice again not being without some i lnnu-
medal Il And as men Will men the better to
encourage him some small municipal taxes are re-
Retween e5iI France and America the ties of
nstio many Wss hosnd they were never broken
OF the peculiar strength of these ties there are
De0o a Re Reos des @ BBeagx Another
very touching proof of the same Rlno no aeston was
being considered of endowing the American AcaG- ,
part some of your most powerful and most henevo,
lent financial magnatfs one a 1a men n do for the
Paris Ecole des Beaux Arts; where our Young PeoI
pie entertained as brothers ana are NJ do
spicuous letter the envelope not sealed: it was
registered my particular t1df ha and aVcTaten
rand Washington. ] found in the envelope ai,, reaf
ing what have @ lust told ab yS anq wa Wrten Pav
to the order of J. J. Jusserand 100000 francs
a fhdmks snd to ask if this generous beneactor Of
school had any s,e as aTe 10 the that 't to
the directors of the school. They will know best:
The sole condition is that only Frenchmen VIII
The dav is not near when the name of James
Stillman will he forgotten at the Ecole des Beaux
Arts
Other speakers were Sir Purdon Clarke, di-
rector of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; F. Il
Pendleton. Corporation Counsel and chairman OF
the City Improvement Committee; Frederick
Crowninsheld. president of the Fine Arts Fed
Grafton and Frank D. Millet, all of whom added
their praises of the efforts of Mayor Mcclellan.
Letters of regret were read from General Horace
Porter James Stillman, Nicholas Murray Butler
and Andrew Carnegie. Mr.. Carnegie said in his
letter:
1T was said of old that he who governs hln-
self is greater than he who governs city. This
was before the advent of greater New York.