| Show 7 NATIO U IN A PEACE BUY new building build ing for the bureau of republics Rep blics dedicated PALACE GIVEN BY CARNEGIE formal opening to I 1 a brilliant Drill lant affair and Is 1 followed by a great groat reception in tha the washington the beautiful marble halare erected as a homo home for the international ter national bureau of the american republics was dedicated tuesday with elaborate ceremony in which the representatives ot of the nations of the went western hemisphere ae as joint proprietors of the building took the chief part the erection of the building was made possible by andrew carnegie who gave of the million which it t and its site haeb cost and the was one of the chief guests and speakers at the bedl atlon ceremony president tatt taft delivered a fine due address and speeches were made by senor de la ia baarz darra the blex mexican ican ambach ambassador eador secretary of state knox and john barrett director of the bureau who ho was in charge of the ceremonies pro prayers ors were delivered by cardinal gibbon and by a clergyman clergy nan of the protestant faith of course all the members of th the 11 corps who were in the city were present pree ent and these theme brilliantly brilliant uniformed gentlemen lo together gether wit with cores of ladles ladies tn in their beautiful I 1 spring costumes made the ocen mo moat t picturesque brilliant evening reception nearly everybody in washington wanted to attend the dedication ceremonies but the hall ball of ambassadors seats only people so mr hir barrett 1 arranged for a reception in the 0 evening in honor of president Preal dent and mrs airs tatt taft and mr sir and mr airs carnegie in n were sent to members of the diplomatic corps and to official and resident society and the reception loz proved P roved to be one of the most brilliant affairs of the season the marine band was there playing a repertoire of y 71 p central and south america A arica that ate at drew carnegie was induced to mak make the donation of the sum of which I 1 has been ex extended exo ended to in the erection of 01 this monumental structure in deed the famous philanthropist ha has designed tho the now building as nn a z ace palace pair ce and a feature of its interior specially provided with a view to this plinar ot of the matter is a a great andl burlum gium or hall ot of Amu american rican am bass don dars designed aa as a meeting place for or all borta sorts of 0 international conte ence baving having aa an their purpose harmony and operation cooperation co on the part ot of the republics of the western hemisphere growth of the bureau As an moet most people are aware the la in known as tho the international bureau of the american republics or the pan american bureau as a it ie Is ally called la Is a sort of common hod quarter quarters and clearing house for information maintained jointly by all the americal Amerl Ame cau nations from the great lakes to cape horn it waa was the out growth of the first pan american conference fe renco which was held in Wito thina ton in 1889 and it la in maintained bv ot common fund to which all of che independent nations of the three AnAe ricas oa androw carnegie chip in in proportion to their population inasmuch an the united states by this plan pays more than half of the expenses of the bureau its head quarters have from the outset been lo 10 bated in washington some years ago wh m the rented quarters of the bureau in washington t tit pan amerlean bureaus new home latis merican merl can anthems a fountain outside the building was illuminated with ith electric designs of the south and central american countries and elaborate refreshments were served the affair was a great credit to director darrett barrett and to francisco Franc leco J vases the able secretary of the bureau these gentlemen and their fellow workers in the bureau bare have given avast R baat amount of time and labor to the task of per paring for the event of tu ru iday and it waa was indeed their red tetter letter day and a it fitting culmination of the two rears work ork on the new building M meant for palace of peace the opening of the new home of the international bureau 0 of the american Amerl dan republics not only adde a moat most imbor tant and surpassingly beautiful true director john barrett ture to 0 o the publIc buildings at uncle same sam a mat of government but gives added and prominence to an institution of significance throughout the world and especially la in the new now world the new building I 1 Is notable primarily as a the borne home of that raold ly ty developing institution the pan american bureau but of iet deeper in ita its avowed function bs a center of arbitration on thia this conti tient it aas because of the hope hove that this i new pun nn american Ante rIcan palace would erve serve I 1 is a such juch an agency of peacie tar the aar ou cu budt I 1 endina natt alls 0 of north arh v became manifestly inadequate for or if its expanded a project waa was get afoot to erect a permanent home for it ft it waa was to cost and the different republics were to contribute in proportion to population aa as thoy do for the annual expenses of the in n several of ot the south american countries proceeded on this abl basis and there wae was something like on band hand when the congress of the united states declared for a more pretentious tent ious building and appropriated instead of merely its shareef share of the soon after andrew car cegle came forward and offered to do pate the whole um sum needed for a it build ing and a much finer building than bad had previously been thought of he tie bad had previously donated millions of dot lars for the famous peace palace at the hague and it was wax his idea to have a the new edifice in washington oc cupy the same relation relations to the batise of international peace on this conti nent that the hague palace does to the cause of international throughout the world beauties of ot the marble building I 1 with ith three quarters of a million do dal lars provided by mr carnegie for a building the pan american bureau was enabled to devote on band hand to the purchase of a site and a most admirable tract of several acres was secured cured la in an ideal location south of the white house end and overlooking the potomac river here a surpass angly beautiful marble vidace has hits been learea from the prize designs submit ted led tn in a competition which was en by architects in all arts of th country and indeed of the th continent there la Is a distinct touch of the span spun ah in the architecture markedly in the introduction of a tile his roof root and anti the provision of a patio or inner couil couig such an cons titu es the most dia distinctive 1 feature of ahw th typical latin amer can lean mansion the whole architectural policy in the case of this building has been to provide a structure more gesuse of a palatial residence than sug bug a office structure the patio or picturesque picture aque court yard Is protected from the sun ua by an overhanging roof root and cooled by the waters falling tailing from a i beautiful marble fountain on all III hands are tropical plants while the quaint pAVer pavement nent white stucco walls and tow low doors door suggest the spanish at mo much space in the dooma which open from this patio Is given over to the columbus Ale memorial mortal library |
