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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1922)
TTTE NOKTTT PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. 4 91 8' 1 i Famous Building Intertwined With Country's History Rich in Noble Memories A building of serenity una syin jmetry. of lino amplitude, a gracious, alluring building, rich in noble mem Jorles, yet touched also with ii living iswootness; such Is the beautiful old jStnto house in Philadelphia, often re jferred to as Independence hall. And jit stood her?, and was even then a building of age and dignity, when Sir Walter Scott said to Washington Irv ilng. with a tolerant condescension Svhlch he meant to be flattering. "The ,vast aboriginal trees that have shel tored the Indians before the intrusion of the white man, are the monuments .n.nl antiquities of your country!" Scott was quite Ignorant of the fact that America had architecture; to him, our country had merely trees, til it hough this building, and some other .American buildings, were richer in beauty and In noble association than quite a number of those in his own land of which he wrote with such en thusiasm. Scott was deeply impressed by the thought of our Illimitable forests. lie longed to see one, as Dickens longed to see an American prairie. And had U'coft come over hew, and had he seen not only a forest but this State house. Ills Imagination would have been tired, 'and he might have written a great novel about America, rich In details of the Revolutionary lenders, with the picturesque John Hancock. In scarlet coat and cocked hat with black cock eye, entering this building to preside lit the signing of the Declaration. . . . Beautiful in Many Ways. The State liou.se, "Independence Hall." was planned In 1721) .and com pleted, except as to wing anJ tower, Jive years later; quite old enough, one sees, to satisfy even a Walter Scott! Hut it must not be thought that it Is beautiful or interesting principally on Account of age. Age adds to a beauti ful building the salt and savor of time, the romantic patina, literal or meta phorical, that comes witli the decades, ijlut this State house is beautiful in jltsolf; It was beautiful when It was voting ami new; it will remain beauti ful as long as it stands, with Its tradi tions growing more interesting with time. After all, Philadelphia was the largest and richest Colonial city of Oreat Britain, and so It was natural (hat a line administrative structure kIk-uIiI be built here. And It was put t j In the same period which saw the construction of two other admirable state houses, that of Boston (not the stately pillared building of the pres Crowd Listening to the Late Senator 1' f 5 ent time, but the delightful ancient state house), and the charming Stnto house of Annapolis. All three are lessons In good taste, in positive beauty. And the Philadelphia struc ture Is the finest of the three. . . . The State house is a beautiful building, nlike in its mass effects and In Its smallest details, in the views of it from the exterior or In rooms within. Its fncade is exactly centered, and similarly winged and arcaded at right nnd left. It is beautiful and It Is balanced. Viewed From the Outside. Seen from Independence square, which Is u large open spaoe, stone paved, with Intervening surfaces of grass and fair-sized trees, It is a tow ered building of time-mellowed brick, with white window stones, with small ish pillared doorway beneath a tower built outside the lines of the main building, nnd, over this doorway, a splendid Palladian window. Above are cornicings, and n fetching, bulg ing, bow-fronted window, and above this is n clock-tower, square at the bottom and rising in eight-sided dimi nutions to a six-sided narrow pinnacle which Is topped ly a trident-like weathervane of gilt. Unter beneath the triple Palladian window, with Its heavy muntlus, nnd passing by the foot.of the finest stairs In America, you enter a broad and brick-paved central hall; and there comes the sense of a glory of white, with touches of mahogany and darkish green. The rooms are serenely beautiful ; they are dignified, large and light; there are pillars and pilasters, there are charming cornices, there are pan els; In every direction one sees beau tiful comers or vistas or entrance ways. The views through the arches of the room of the Supreme court, Into nnd across the Hall of the Sign ing, defined by those three pllastered arches, Is astonishingly effective. At the foot of the wonderful stairs now stands the Liberty bell, upon which may stilt be read the Bible verse which loug beforo the Revolu tion was cast upon It by Its makers: "Proclaim liberty throughout all the laud, upon all the inhabitants thereof." Problem Before People. There Is abundant room for im provement, but the point Is that Im provement consists for the most part In adherence to the original plan, or at most In slight changer, or modifica tions, such as have been mnde from time to time not all of which, by the way, have proved to be wise. The problem is one of applying sound nnd well-tried principles lo life, removing obstacles to the elllclent working of tested machinery, and realizing In thought and act the noblest Ideals. From this point of view, the attitude of Americans should be appreciative and grateful, rather than crlllcal. To turn for light from America to Russia Is very like turning from Christianity to voodoolsm. To judge America or Knox Deliver Independence Day Addreso, at Independence Hdll, Last Year. Aincrlcnnlsm by the worst features of our national life, or by our failures, Is much as it would be to judge Chris tianity by the lives of those who, pro fessing a belief in It, have been trait ors to It. There Is much to alarm and dishearten, but there Is also much to cheer and give hope, nnd nbundant reason and ground for faith. So we of all people ought to be able to "greet the unseen with a cheer." We are facing not the twilight with Its shadows, but the glories of the dawn. Therefore, the American Is, as well be may be, the most hopeful of the sons of men. Many Lovely Vistas. The stair mounts, ramp by ramp, within the great tower; a broad stair with broad treads and low risers ; and on the second lloor, ns on the first, there are everywhere long nnd lovely vistas of distinction. And on the sec ond floor is a great banqueting hall, entered through a delicately bell flowered doorway topped by a beauti ful fanlight, occupying the entire length of the building; and at each end of the great room is a brond fire place, with the Intent that the two shall flicker at each other with fine ness of effect. . . . A tang of especial distinction Is given to the admirable Chestnut street face of the State house by the un usually high keystones, of marble, which center the brick above each of the ample windows and rise Into a band of dnrk gray mnrblo that ex tends across the entire one hundred and seven feet of the building's front ; and by a line, above this band, of nine panels of marble, beneath the win dows of the second lloor. The quoins on the comers, and the fine wooden cornice and balustrade, add still further distinction ; nnd In nil It Is n noble and distinguished building, rich in noble nnd dlstlngushed memories. Robert Shacklcton In "The Book of Philadelphia." Not a Meaningless Document. It is the fashion among some today to belittle the Declaration of Inde pendence as a meaningless document, as a mere gesture which those who framed and signed It did not Intend to be followed with deeds. Nothing Is more false. Nor is it true that In the essentials the evolution of the United States lias departed from the Ideal that was In that paper given expres sion. Those who signed the Declara tion knew perfectly well that they could not create n nation by a mere stroke of the pen and were aware of the tremendous dldlcultles ahead, not merely those of liberation, but those of construction and organization. They knew that they were but taking the first step and that in the long Journey there would be departures from the straight path. Your Skin is So Fragrant and Smooth Fragrant daintiness combines with purity. For three generations beautiful women have selected Colgate's Cashmere Bouquet Toilet Soap. Luxurfotu Lasting Refined The poorest diet In the world to try to live on Is a reputation. 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Little Ethel was an only child and one day, when the minister called sho was told to entertain him in the par lor until her mother could see him. A few minutes later the mother, on her way downstairs, heard the vis itor ask Ethel how many brothers nnd sisters she had, and, to tier surprise and consternation, the little miss an swered, "Seven." Although somewhat perturbed, tho mother made no comment upon tho remark of her little daughter, but sent her out to piny. After the minister nnd left, tho child was taken to tusk and asked why she had snld there were seven children, Ethel replied: "Because I didn't wnnt that strango gentleman to know that you wero so poor that you didn't have but ono child." Everybody's Magazine. Electricity's March. In less than 20 years the electricity produced In America has Incrensed more than 15 times, until It Is now five times greater than the energy that every mnn in tho nation could put forth In a year, working eight hours a day. 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Thero seems to bo n great opening for humorists In the states. George S. Chappcll, who wrote that spoof South Sea Island epic, "Tho Cruise of tho Kawo," seems on tho strength of It to luivo sprung Into prominence at once. lie Is now, of course, lecturing;' on what he forgot to put Into tho book, and nppenrs before his nudlencca wearing a polo helmet which ho states Is "tho original helmet worn by Mnrco Polo during the first chukka I" A repu tation ns a wag seems moro enslly gained over thero tbnn on this side of tho pond! Passing Show, London, Locomotive's Good Record. In a Wyoming . conl mine there la nn electrical mine locomotivo that la still going strong after 27 years. Jp has hauled 3,712,000 tons of coal nrj average of 1.5 miles. Many n inula has gone to n quiet grave In that period : for mules may come and mules may go, but nn electric locomotivo goes all the time. Don't blame tho smoking lnmp It It suits the Indolent owner. J BULDER Mich.1 I