The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-04

mented with the statues now II
Statuary Hall at the Capitol, DR.
Andrew D. White, of Cornell Uni
versity, former United States Am
bassador. to Germany, paved the
wav to a greater and a more ar.
tiStic Washington yesterday after
noon, at a luncheon at the Airing.
ton Hotel, given in his honor by
Brainard II. Warner, which haC
as IT'S purpose the advocacy ot
worldwide peace, backed in ad.
dresses by William Jennings Bryan
Andrew Carnegie. and Representa-,
tive Albert Sidney Burleson, Of
Texas.
REMARKS APPLAUDED.
Men prominent IN official and busi-
ness life of the Capital applauded the
remarks OF the speakers, and Joined
hands in the movement not only to
make Washington the most beautiful
Capital in the world. but in determin-
ing to stand together in advocating
the appeal for universal peace.
DIR. White, who was introduced by
Mr.. Warner, lost no time in getting
down to the subject that was uppec
most in his mind, the erection OF
a great hall worthy of the nation,
TO eio rl ha
tification, architecturally. of the
National Capital"
Il have three hobbies" said Dr.
White First, peace: second, prison
reforms. and third. Washington, the
National Capital. I will ride the third
with your permission"
He told of coming to Washington
fifty-four years ago to the inaugura-
ton of President Buchanan. He
added: IF a man had to live in such
a mud hole to be successful in politics.
1 decided L did not wish for success
in politics. But 1 grew to realize
that wiser men than 1 had planned
the city. and saw great things in the
future for It. Ever since then Wash
ington has been a hobby of mine.
THE new and better Washington"
he declared, did not exist then. When
1 looked for representations of art they
did not exist All the enthusiasm of
art was knocked out of me.
Il began to think that Washington
long before 1 found out that there were
other people with greater minds than
mine who thought the same thing. I
have been privileged to see the city
grow better, and my passion among arts
is architecture l love to think of the
future buildings that Washington will
have
But the most important of all is the
erection of a great han, worthy of the
nation. This should be a noble edifice,
in which questions of public interest
could be discussed before delegates of all
sorts of organizations, and from all ma
lions This edifice should be erected in
Pennsylvania avenue, midway between
the Capitol and the White House. and
should be a mass of buildings that would.
when completed, be a glory to the
world"
He referred to the recent tuberculosis
Congress, which had such difficulty in
finding a suitable meeting place here, as
an example Of the needs Of a convention
hall.
For Thinking Men.
IF this were DONE" he remarked.
'~Washington would be the center of the
thinking men of the world I would
not have this hall built gaudily. but 1
would have as much money expended on
II as / could get-to make it the most
beautiful of its kind in the world
He referred to Thomas Nelson Pages
criticism of the statues in Statuary Hall,
and said the only objection to the stat
ues was that they were huddled to-
gether.
Put them IN inches in the great con-
vention hail." he said. land they would
be all right"
He explained that in this way they
would be shown to better advantage, and
would aid materially in ornamenting the
hall, giving it a historical as well as
an artistic touch.
AS a further means of beautifyine the
city, Dr. White advocated the erection
OF more statues to famous men in every
walk Of life, especially to Alexander
Hamilton, Thomas jefferson. Secretary
Seward, f'Enfant, Longfellow, and others
who have been almost unrecognized by
the Capital
Another proposition, on which Dr.
White laid special stress, was the need