The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-13

testabiish an artists colony in wash
! ington. He suggested that the capitol
/ be used for this purpose, and said,
i None con doubt that such an instittt-
ton would be infinitely more impof-
tant than Congress" In his letter hel
lsuggested that Congress meet at the
residence Of the president, and that al
smaller house be built for him. Hel
proposed utilizing the capitol as q
gathering place for artists. The only
objection he could see to such plan
was, that. it,iwould cost too much toll
build another house for the president
In the room OF. the committee onl
military Affairs are seventeen paint
lings of various forts In this country.
These paintings are the work Of Coll
onel Seth Eastman. who served in the
army for 9 number OF years. Thel
artist combined technique and military
knowledge, with the. result that the
paints are remarkably true.
In the National Statuary Hal"
commonly, although incorrectly call
ed the 'HaA of Fame" are found
statues OF famous men from everyl
state In the union, Some Of the STAT
ues in this hall are Of men who in 4
life sat within these same four walls
as Legislators, for prior to convertingl
1t into Statuary Hall, it was the room
where Congress assembled. Each
state OF the Union was given permits
sion to present statues OF its two most
prominent men, and this permissioni
was taken advantage Of by practically
every state.
Garlic Franzoni's allegorical clock, !
called the Car OF History" has neyerl
been removed from the old meetingl
place OF the house, and still adornsl
Statuary Hall. The design reveals
History with a recording tablet, stand-l
ling In the winged car Of Time riding
on the world and looking down az
though to record events, An effort
was made to have the clock removed |
Ito the present quarters Of the House,
but such action was abandoned asl
not. feasible.
Any description Of art in the ;cap-I
/ itol would be sadly incomplete with-l
out mention Of the justly famous
Rogers Bronzed Doors. These doors
were designed by an American, RAM
dolph Rogers, and are the best andl
large bronze doors on any publicE
building in the world. or course, thet
bronze door Of the Baptistry in Flor-l
ence are larger, but they cannot bel
classed with the Rogers's doors, asl
they are not attached to publicI
building. The Rogers's doors aret
constructed entirely Of bronze, weigh
item tons each, and cost SIS, 900. They|
were built in 1865.
The doors tell in a pictorial man
ner the life OF Columbus from the time|
The started on his first voyage, until
his death in the prison at valladolid.
Each OF the four corners represents
one OF the four nations OF the earth, |
while on the sides appear. the forms
of sixteen great men OF the world. In
the center Of the doors appear the fig-
lures of six celebrated historians of
that time. They hang at the portico
of the East front entrance.
The capitol,s collection has never
been inyentoried, and consequently no
y accurate value can be placed on II.
j But from an inventory compiled in;
1859, officials Of the building compute
that the collection Of the portraits,
paintings and statues are now worth
\ at least five millions OF dollars.
Unlike the galleries Of foreign
countries, the capitol has no special
I guard to protect the treasures from,
vandals, and although there is a cos
rnopolitan throng visiting the capitol
every day there Is but one instance Of
vandalism. This occurred a few years
lago, when Powell's spirited painting
Of the Battle Of Lake Erie was slashed
by somebody to this day undiscovered:
One explanation Of the slashing is;
that 1t was done by woman who had
in vain attempted to reproduce the pic,
ture herself, and when she failed be-
came insanely Jealous of the wonder
full piece or art and attempted to de-
fstroy 1t. The capitol police. however,
iEscoff at this theory and claim that it
was the work Of a discharged en-
ployee OF the government At any rate
Ethe-rip was repaired neatly and Is now
hardly discernible even at close
range. a
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