The New Chautauqua 
The glory of Chautauqua lies in its trees. 
But for the beauty of these, the present 
helter-skelter character of the place would be 
even more apparent than it now is. At the 
same time, many beautiful views are at present 
obscured by continuous and unbroken masses 
of foliage, and there is a tendency to damp¬ 
ness and darkness in many of the residential 
sections. In such cases, careful and moderate 
cutting out has been indicated. Mr. Man¬ 
ning has laid great stress upon the unifying 
influence of foliage. “The trees tend to 
harmonize,” he says, “many now discordant 
architectual features; they frame in attractive 
views and shut out unattractive ones at many 
points; they give a beautiful dappling of light 
and shade on what would otherwise be un¬ 
attractive bare walls and raw surfaces. Any 
plan that contemplated the wholesale de¬ 
struction of them would be unacceptable. 
The present one does not involve such 
destruction, for it has been so carefully 
adjusted to the existing surfaces, that a very 
small amount of cut and fill will be required. 
Where the long, formal lines of trees are 
proposed to be placed from the landing to 
the plaza, there are young trees in abundance 
that can be moved without disturbing the old 
trees that can stand until they fall from age. 
On the great concourse between the plaza 
and the square, which can hardly be com¬ 
pleted for years to come, nearly all of the 
trees, which form an essential part of the 
design, can be put in their permanent 
position by planting in a depression below 
the surface where a cut is proposed, and on 
a mound where a fill is proposed. In this 
way, at a comparatively small cost, can be 
executed an essential feature which time alone 
can make perfect.” 
While trees give shade and unity, they do 
not shut out back yards more or less untidy; 
they do not cover blank walls ; they do not 
provide masses of foliage about the base of 
buildings. To shut out back yard views 
and frame in road vistas, a continuous belt 
of shrubs or vines on fences is to be estab¬ 
lished in spaces between house fronts to 
connect with similar plantations along the 
bases of buildings and piazzas, and a drapery 
of foliage can be established upon the build¬ 
ings themselves by the use of vines. 
The Arcade Building will house a market 
on the first floor, and in its galleries will be 
shops, above which offices for dentists and 
physicians have been provided. Between As¬ 
sembly Green and the lake, a new hotel will 
be built having accommodation for a thou¬ 
sand guests. The total cost of the changes 
has been estimated at two million dollars. 
Looking into the future, we can imagine 
the new Chautauqua on a graduation day. 
The students who have at last accomplished 
their share of work would issue from the 
Hall of Philosophy upon the broad, open 
ground of T he Round Table. Here will be 
the appropriate time and place for a great 
open air informal meeting; and here, as sug¬ 
gested by Mr. Rhind, might well be placed 
the “ Fountain of Triumph.” The grad¬ 
uates and their friends, coming from the 
tension of the ceremonies within the tem¬ 
ple into the freshness and brilliancy with¬ 
out, would find an outward symbol of their 
joy in this inspiring group and in the sight 
and sound of running water. 
The Golden Gate 
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