Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-06
ARCHITECTS At BANQUET
SPEAKERS ADVOCATE PLANS
FOR CITY BEAUTIFUL.
How to Make Of Washington the
Most Attractive Capital
Of the World.

| HOW TO Make OF washington the
Most Attractive Capital
| Of the World.
The annual dinner of the Washington
Architectural Club at Rauscher's last
night brought together q goodly conf
pany Of architects for an evening of mer-
! rymaking and incidentally for discussion
rs to How to Make Washington the
Most Beautiful City in the World In
cluded In the list of guests were Harvey
W. Corbett Of New York. Paul Cret of
Philadelphia. and Theodore w. Pietsch
of Baltimore. Thomas Nelson Page. the
author: DR.. Wiley. who was facetiously
dubbed 1.-The father Of pure food and
others more or less prominent in the
| newspaper and business world.
There were speeches grave and speeches
gay; those that were eminently serious
and those that were not so: but at the
! conclusion 1t was agreed by all present
| that a distinct advance had been made in
] the direction suggested by the topic Of
the evening. and that henceforth an effort
combined and forceful will be made by
those best fitted for the purpose to rescue
| Washington from the mistakes of the
past and make her the future ideal city
OF the world. Waddy B. Wood. president
Of the club. acted as POSTMASTER. and
his good humor and tact served from
time to time TO recall the speakers from
''sidestepping stunts to the main OBJ
ject OF the gathering.
Round Dozen Speeches.
The tables were beautifully decorated
with settings Of cut flowers. ferns and
palms.
| The repast was both sumptuous and
! tempting. yet full time was found for the
discussion of the theme presented to the
assembly. and no less than a round dozen
| OF addresses were made. Mr. Corbett.
the first speaker. was both humorous and
| serious. He deplored the fact that in
| this country the name Of. the architect
| who designs a great building Is so soon
forgotten, and compared it with his ex-
perience with an Italian bootblack In
New York. who had not only been able
| to name one of the most famous archi-
tectural structures Of his own land. but
| dwelt with enthusiasm upon the name OF
the architect who had created II years
and years before his time. Mr.. Corbett
argued for the education OF the public
| in art and architecture, and prOphesied
wonderful. things for the capital Of the
nation when that is done.
Egypt, Greece and Rome.
Thomas Nelson Page reviewed the arch
itecture of Egypt. Greece and Rome as
manifesting the spirit of the people of
those nations. America, he said. stands
for the great principle Of liberty, and
this should be the inspiring theme for
| American architects from which should
| ultimately be evolved a distinctly Ameri-
! can type Of architecture. He spoke of the
beauty OF Washington: urged that the
artists and architects cooperate to en-
tighten the general public on the value
of art to them, deplored the fact that
| In this enlightened age, when America is
| claiming the first place in the rank OF
nations. there should be a duty-a COM
mercdal tax-on art treasures brought to
this ecountry-a blot upon our Wanted
| civ.lixation-and closed With brilliant
peroraton. In which he declared that in
few. very few, years Washington will
be the ideal city Of the world. Mr. Page
was vigorously applauded again and
again.
DR.. Wiley dealt in humor throughout
but made some pertinent observations.
lit is a pity" lie said, when Washing
was not given to the houses that were to
| be erected as well as to the streets and
parks" He declared that there should
have been law upon the statute books.
| houses which touch each other There
| should be open space all around the
| dwelling for light and air and proper VEN
tilation. With that. he declared. the
|
tunity to display his talent. and not be
confined simply to the ornamentation of
the front door. Mr.. Allen D. Albert con-
tended for higher ideals and for cooper
alton among architects and artists in the
aim to make Washington the city beauti-
full. ''Too much thought had been
given" he said. ito the erection of
temples and great palaces Of government
and too little thought to the needs of the
common people," Mr.. Hornblower in a
| brief address. called attention to the fact
| that the architects of the city are serious
~ contemplating the formulation of de-
| signs for the treatment Of Pennsylvania
avenue during the inauguration season
so that it will teach the visitors to the
city lesson In art and becomingly fit the
event which is celebrated at that time.
| Other Speakers.
Other speakers were Mr.. Paul Cret, Mr..
Pfetsch Of Baltimore. Mr.. Cuno II. Ru-
dolph, president of the Board Of Trade;
Mr.. F.. B. Wheaton, the only member who
enthusiastically referred to the Hepburn
plan Of beaut;fying the city; Mr.. H. T.
draughting division, office Of the supervis-
ing architect of the Treasury. The pro-
ceedings were interspersed with classical
and popular selections by Fratantuono's
| orchestra.
The guests of the dinner were: DR.. Har-
vey W: Wiley. Thomas Nelson Page. Paul
Cret, Philadelphia; Harvey w. Corbert,
New York; Theodore W. Pietsch, Balti-
more; b. B. Long. Allen b. Albert. w. H.
LandvOigt. Cuno H. Rudolph, Charles
Langley and ]. G. Baker.
Among the members present were E. NJ.
Sunderland. r. A. Tissington. J. V. Van
derbilt. frank Upman, r. L. Watmough.
W. B. Wood, l.. ]. Weisenborn, Julius
Wenig. F. b. Wheaton, John Wherell. H.
c.. Wilkinson. W. w. Youngs s. ]. Ber-
man. F. H. Brooke. Bedford Brown. w.
I. Demins, Il. w. Dom, jr.. 3. c. Flour
noy. A. L. Harris, J. c. Hornblower. NJ.
| D. Morrill,. H. s. McAllister, W. B. Ohm
sted. G. E. Parker, r. NJ. Powers. Fl. T.
Pratt. F. p. Pyle, Frederick Reed, l.. A.
| Simon, G.. o. Stevens, George W. Stone,
Frank p. Reside. Frank Santmyer, H. Fl.
| Duerr and 8. b. Simmons.
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