Show i Architect Points Need Of New Stat Statuary ary Mall Hall I f By HERBERT REUBERT PLUMMER IER WASHINGTON June 18 Crowd 18 Crowd Crowded ed conditions condition In to Statuary crOWd lS hall hall hall-a a perennial topic In to the capital capital again again has las come to the front I Bills to abolish the hall hail and erect a a. building suitable for housing the statues long have been pending in to congress But But- nothing has been done David Lynn the capitol architect has revived the subject In his annual annual an an- nual nuat report Just published h he states It It is 15 apparent that that- some steps should be taken within a very short time to w provide suitable accommodations for the housing of ot not only the statues already presented by the thc states stat but those which are to come It is apparent that the area of Statuary Statuary statuary Stat stat- uary hall hail is insufficient The heroes stand and close political foes In to Juxtaposition as often as champions of a similar cause came Lynn listed all of them that congress might know the halls hall's probable appearance when all the states stat entitled to send statues have complied with the iris iris' tation 13 STATES Although 13 states are the hall is crowded Six other states entitled to place the statues of at two illustrious sons in to this hall hallof hallof of fame have sent only one Those yet to avail themselves ol 01 the privilege e. e extended tended 66 years ago age are Colorado Delaware Louisiana Montana Nebraska Nevada New Mexico North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Utah Washington and V Wyo Wyo- oming o ming Mississippi dropped out out- of or the list only the other day presenting Jefferson Jefferson Jefferson Jeffer Jeffer- son Davis the president president- of the Confederacy Confederacy Confederacy Con Con- and James Z George jurist and United States senator In the semicircular space that once was the chamber o of the house of representatives rep rep- there is only one figure each from Arizona Idaho Maine Minnesota North Carolina and OkIa- OkIa homa Between the senate and house chambers of ot today the old hall ball is traversed by thousands of ot tourists dally daily Its black and white marble floor is under a high domed ceiling Fourt Fourteen Fourteen Four Four- t teen n round gray columns mark the semicircular walls stretching to a straight straight- wall also pierced by granite pillars STAND THREE DEEP The straight wall once was the front of ot the old house chamber A small balcony runs midway between floor and arid ceiling Windows high some circular an oblong let the light in to through the thick outside walls so 50 that strongly outlined beams cross In to the space Bronze and alabaster the statues stand and against the walls sometimes three deep There is almost a southern southern south south- ern era corner figure forming a n. triangle with that of Alexander Alexandex Stephens vice ice president of the Confederacy Confederacy Confederacy Con Con- and another of ot John C C. Calhoun But close by stand and such figures as Daniel Webster and Henry Clay |