Evening journal., 1914-07-01

and grandeur of the old temples OF /
Karnack and the Island of Philae, !
and wonder how such stupendous /
masterpieces of construction and |
such beautiful interpretations of form I
could be conceived by a people so far !
distant, in an historic sense, from
ourselves; yet, does one often stop
and stand in awe and wonder at the
glory and magnifcence both from a
structural and an artistic standpoint.
as one views the New York Public
Library, the new Pennsylvania ter
minal in New York City, or the Wool
worth Building. and other buildings
of like character? Does one stop to
think of the scientific intricacles Of
the nerve fibre Of the wire conduits.
the heating systems, their valves and
their thousand and one details that
are based on absolutely scientific
data, and all woven together in the
/ skeleton frame that is to carry the
weight of the pyramids, the weight OF
the temples at Karnack, and raise
that weight to the lofty elevation OF
/ 700 or 500 feet in the air. and withal
/ garbing this skeleton, this net work
of pipes and conduits, elevator shafts,
machinery, etc, with an architectural
covering that brings about in many
cases the admiration Of the artist and
the layman.
One Of the points brought out is
that each age brings forth its men for
the solution of its problems, and as
the architects build and as they leave
lasting monuments OF their ability as
a profession, the civilization and per-
manency of the age in which they
lived will be known. This may sound
all very grand and very fine and the
man who Is building a $4,000 bum
galow, the $4,000 flower shop, or the
$4,000 house. may say to himself.
what has this TO do with my problem
II has this to do with that mans pro-
blem who is spending a moderate
amount of money-that he can only
afford to have his problem solved by
one familiar and used to thinking OF
the whole field of architectural pos
sibility. His problem is just as
susceptible and demands as much
logic, In fact, sometimes more than
the larger problems where the eX-
penditure of money Is a secondary
consideration This matter is so
absolutely and undeniably patent
that it is well for the layman to give
II careful consideration; the less
money he has to spend the more COM
plicated becomes a complete solution
Of his problem in order TO get the
most for the little he has to spend
and It really can be proven to be
worth paying more per dollar to have
each dollar more carefully guarded
than IL is TO be careless with the
problem because the amount OF
money TO be expended is slight
One of the great advantages and
broadeners that an architd II prac
ticing in Wilmington has IL that his
problems run all the way from thu
small bungalow, TO the Office build
ing, theatre, large mansion, quain
mill by the stream, and in many case
the simple selling of advice withou
the making of drawings. The pre-
sentation here made is for the intelll
gent trained architect of today;
is a man equipped with the basl
principles Of his profession; he is
man capable of applying the logic {
this base to any problem that come
to his hand to solve. The fear this
one must have a specialist for this q
that in architecture is not alway
justified; in fact, in many case
where specialists have been called IL