Evening star., 1924-11-23

for many years found rich material
Local Scenery in " Washington for
Photography. cameras. canle as That ant
the scenic attractions of the Cap
itars environs were appreciated half
a century ago is attested by the
following in The Star of November
21, 1874:
'The abundant material afforded by
the immediate vicinity of Washing
ton for attractive and permanently
pleasing landscape pictures has long
been shown by the studies and
SIX etches in oil and water oolors
brought to the notice of the public
by local artists, but 1t remained for
Mr.. Jarvis, a young but accomplished
landscape photographer of this city.
to demonstrate the possibilities of
our near surrounding scenery for
artistic stereoscopic views. During
the past Summer he spent much time
taking pictures in the lovely valley
of Rock Creek and the result Is a
series of views which. in point OF
quiet beauty and artistic effect, will
be found very hard to excel. In fact.
they will not suffer by comparison
with like representations of the ia
nous artists book locality in the
choicest bits of rural English scenery,
and when they are placed before the
public they cannot fail to become
widely popular. both as desirable ad-
ditions to general collection and as
appropriate souvenirs to be carried
home by visiting strangers. Next
Summer Mr.. Jarvis hopes to extend
the range of his camera and give
glimpses of other localities not less
charming than the one under notice:
but what he has already done in
this way shows that one need not 60
out of sight of the dome of the Cap
itol to find as pretty little peeps at
nature as eye ever rested upon"
**
Visitors to the Capitol have for
many years been interested in the
The History Clock the old House
at the Capitol. IL, lives NeposSeni pow the
Statuary Hall In The Star OF No
vember 81, 1871, is a letter written
by Benjamin H. Latrobe, son OF the
former architect OF the Capitol. with
reference TO a preceding publication
in The Star rleating to the author
ship of the sculpture, which Is en-
titled History in the Car OF Time:
II have not seen the handbook of
Mr. Keim" Ode B. Randolph Keim).
which states the work to have been
designed and executed by Charles
Franzoni in 1880. Upon looking,
however, over the portfolio contain
ing the working drawings OF the
Capitol, made by my father while
architect of the building, a position
which he held from 1903 to 1917. ]
find one in which the entrance door
in question is exhibited and a draw
ing of the figure, in his own hand.
in which the idea is embodied, al
though not exactly in the form In
which II appears in the actual sculp-
ture. The winged car is turned to-
ward the left instead of the right
hand, and the figure of History is
seated instead of standing. She rests
the book upon her lap, her right hand
holding the pen. while her left hand
holds up a small mirror. The wheel
of the car represents the dial of the
clock as in the executed work.
The date of the drawing is August
IL, 1915, and irSme ediately over the
date are the words copy delivered to
Mr.. Blagden,' who was the master
stone cutter of the Capitol at that
time, but with no more to do with
the sculpture than concerned the
general plan. 1t must be evident,
therefore, that the leading idea of
the work was conceived and eX-
pressed by the architect long before
the design as well the execution
of 1t in marble is said to have been
due to Mr. Franzoni. True, 1t does
not appear from the drawing who
may have originally suggested 1t.
Mr.. Franzoni was an accomplished
Italian sculptor, employed, along with
several others of his nation. by my
father to assist in embeliishing the
Capitol with statuary and sculpture,
and 1t is possible the thought so
happily conceived may also have
originated with the artist who so
cleverly carried Ii out. The probabil-
tiles are, however. the other way.
with the present record in the draw
ing before me, and in view of the
,dr Il cd sxeI,itiS Of The architef.t -