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Show A MC88DM OF AIT TeBe aawatei At Wirtlsstis ABA )npeAHLtte IiHMrtHii to tW Warts. THCPARTNCRe IN THE riW SP SARINS BROTHER., rteTmWeatjbartej aasvto, ersaaar aa4 Bagtass; rwams ftaaiB to Basts. AOCRMANGIRLIN LOyg WtTM A NC.RO. , aammrilSlMlll IbMam aaaBwt a RatttotelBmlatarsraT Afrlea. Br TttJerapb to taa VBwaU A eSBAT MATieaTAX, MSBjaajaT. To arvasa AaaaaaW ssssml atawva la Mm WetM. bw Toxx, Dee. m. TbbTH. toU'e Waahlngton enrrrspsadint details a plan bow under ooamUer-atlsn ooamUer-atlsn at the capital for a great national na-tional museum of art which shall eclipse like Inatltatfens la the worldT Franklin W. rtoaath, of Boston, to the founder of the aettaiue. Smith to not a visionary aaaa. He has brought to Washlngtoa a per. fected plan, the result of forty yean study aad observation In the capitals of Europe. He baa enough saooey to be able to devote the toesare of his life to this aabject, HekmSDo object except to benefit Ue ceaatry and bUili at Waahlngton aosaathlng thai shall surpass In magaiaeeoce and perfection of design anything Brevioualr known In the hlatatj of ie world. It to a moat ambitious project, but looked at with placid eyes of eritl-dam eritl-dam bis plan appears peribetly practical and I sincerely believe it will be carried out Thedmlaai for the gallery, for which he paid the asm of 91000, waa made by M. Ken wick, the noted architect of New York, and it to an artistic embodiment embodi-ment or Mr. Smith's ideas. It recreeenta to a certain extent ideas gathered from studies of aa old plata representing the Forum at Rome restored. In the center to the Pantheon and to the right and left, descending through the terraces, ter-races, are a succession of galleries reaching out so as to cover a apace of fifteen acres. Ia front of this temple is a bridge coming op to the central archways. This bridge crosses an artificial stream and ia a copy of the Via Sacra of the Raman Forum. Along its line are to be E laced statues of heroes of Amariein istory. This bfoadway terminates at a triumphal arch, to be haratd Washington arch. Between it and the Pantheon to a second arch, which is to be called Lincoln arch. To the right and left of the arch are Bem!-clrwlar approaches, like those in front ef St Paaw.lBRscat3e galleries to the right and left are built about rquare. The plan Is so wide, so beautiful and so comprehensive compre-hensive that the involuntary remark when first seeing It, la that it to the dream or an eninusunt. When could money enough be found n build such a magnificent structure? The building can be constructed it a cost of f-5,000.000. This money Mr. Smith expects to raise through Individual rabsctlp. tions. He himself will nuke bis personal contributions, having received re-ceived the encouragement and sup-port sup-port of the Metropolitan Museum of Art In New York, and baring met at every hand la Washington cheering words from vnry one capable cap-able of appreciating the high char acter of bto motives. |