Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-20
VIEWS FROM PARKS
Unusual Collection on Ex-
hibitien at Public Library.
SOME IN NATURES C0L0RS
Depict Scenes Which Have Awed by
Their Beauty.
KIPLNG AND GRAND CANYON
Burning Like Troy, With Fires That
Go on Forever-Joaquin Miller
and Crater Lake.
KIPLING AND GRAND CANY0,

collection Of views of some of the
striking scenes in the larger national
parks has been placed on exhibition in
the Public Library Of the District Of CO.
lumbia. The collection consists of eighty
four large photographs. many Of which
have been hand colored by experienced
artists. The Yellowstone National Park
is represented by sixteen views, includ-
ing Grant and Old Faithful geysers,
Mammoth Hot Springs, Golden Gate and
the Great Falls and Grand Canyon Of
the Yellowstone river. The three pictures
last named have been colored under the
direction of F. Jay Haynes, who was the
pioneer photographer in the Yellowstone
National Park 1t was OF the Grand
Canyon of the Yellow stone that Kipling
wrote:
IAN 1 can say is that without warning
or preparation looked into a gulf LOO
circling far below. And the sides of that
gulf We're one wild weller OF color
crimson. emerald. cobalt. ochre, amber.
honey splashed with port wine, snow
in wide washes. The canyon was
burning like Troy town, but it would
burn forever. and. thank goodness, Meth
er pen nor brush could ever portray its
spiehuofs adequately EEenlhg crept
through the pines that Swallowed us, but
the full glory Of the day famed in that
canyon as we went out very cautiously
to q jutting piece OF rock-blood-red or
pink 1t was-that Overhung the deepest
deeps of all. Now l know what ii is to
sit enthroned amid the clouds OF sunset.
Giddfness took away all sensation Of
touch or form. but the sense of binding
color remained. When 1 reached the
mainland again l had sworn that l had
been floating
Views in Glacier Park.
Eight hand-colored photographs show
some Of the principal views in the Glacier
National Park. One of the finest pictures
is the one showing Lake Mcdonald, which
a gifted writer has described as follows:
From the waters edge rise wonderful
ly wooded hills, silent with the silence of
untrodden places, solemn with the sOlem-
nifty of primeval beginnings. and above,
beyond, soaring in white legions against
lance-sharp peaks. shimmering with
eternal snow. The waters of the lake are
clear and cold, for they are fed by nu-
merous silver threads of streams and
boisterOus torrents that have a common
origin in snow fields and glaciers. BY
| reason of it's purity, the rich variety of
color in the surrounding shores and the
brilliant Wilderness Of the atmosphere.
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and its exquisite hues. When the wind is
at rest and the surface of the water is
| untroubled by wave perfect pictures OF
| sky and cloud and peak show forth as in
| flaming tokay tide like wine fresh from
the winners press, or purple and green
with the tones of deep-sea She'll
Shown for First Time.
The waterfalls. the cliffs and the giant
trees that have made Yosemite famous
are represented by nineteen .sepia and
carbon prints. Some of these pictures
are known the world over, but some
equally beautiful ones of portions of the
park that are not so accessible are shown
, for the first time.
| Some of the prehistoric ruins in the
Mesa Verde National Park are shown in
| three pictures, and there are also large.
photographs of the great natural bridges
| in southern Utah. The largest of these
bridges, the Augusta bridge, is more than
| twice as high and its span is more than
three times as great as those Of the fam
Gus natural bridge of Virginia. Its but
| tresses are lis feet farther apart than
| those of Cabin John Bridge. which has
the greatest span OF any masonry bridge
on this continent. This bridge would
overspan the Capitol and clear the top
Of the dome by il feet. And If the
Hottest tree in the Calaveras Grove of
giant sequoia in California stood In the
| bottom of the canyon its topnnost bough
| would lack 90 feet of reaching the under
side OF the arch. Across canyon
| measuring 335 feet inches from wall to
wall, nature has thrown a splendid arch
| Of solid sandstone. 90 feet thick in the
| central part and 80 feet WIDE leaving
underneath it a clear opening 80 feet in
perpendicular height. The lateral walls
of the arch rise perpendicularly nearly
| to the top of the bridge. when they flare
| suddenly outward, giving the effect of an
| immense coping or cOrnfce overhanging
| the main structure Is or 20 feet on each
side. and extending with the greatest
regularity and symmetry the whole
| length of the bridge. A large rounded
butte at the edge Of the canyon wall
seems partly to obstruct the approach to
/ the bridge at one end
Beauties Of Mount Rainier.
| The six largest pictures in the collec-
| ton show scenes in the Mount Rainier
| National Park, in the center of which
| tbara Ia lonely mountain canned with