The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-03

character, comprising al orGe a Memo
rial chapel, trlumphal arch, ami
tower. and has been wrought m cul.al'1-
ration with Nr. kitson, the young SCulP-
tor. who recently took gult medal at
the Prize Fund Exhibitlon. IL shows
originality and virillty, and i MT ca,y
artistic, but monumental. Whether or
not the committee viii ever htN" Jt it'
Command the sum OF m"neN requisite
for carrying out Mr.. NauN> hlv1r =
matter OF some doubt. uul.Ns IT, GOV
ernment should come tp It's re-eur with
an appropriation ot three quarters Of
million; but Mr. NauN has great ti'th IN
the desire Of the American people to
rerpetuate in stone their affection for
General trant, AMI believes that, a. m
the case of many Of the European cathe-
drals. the work. il once started, would
come to a happy if not speedy termtna-
ton; that II an adequate AMI noble
monument were begun IN Riverside
Park, the patriotism ot the country
would not suifer II To- lanSui>a for lack
OF funds; ami he advises the committee
10 beS'n the erection OF sum a iilohu'
nen'' no hii'.er N''a. my o' '',T >,1'e
Oh Tue iuhu' III th' 'r'a'u'y' rue '",
pos monument tower III" "'s' ,i'l
-" ieet III h''Sh'. ''r n'Ne w "t"
Shi'i ." Il 'f'utnP'ia, a''h .,t''-i Nh'"
entrance u iila"e NV" a' 'n'l"'>"'7 ."np
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mann moor Is 'o u nci"E't'" ''i' s'''opn
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non :" ,he literature "i 'ti' WV anu i''
'eiVihS iroih 'i'he U t''u' S"" n'"'"-
scripts, volumes anu ott'r "'''ut "
mly be sent ti1lther i'\ ,he 'r''h'H"' 'ae
monument or oN a't ", 'H'7''NN' "U'''
ahov" 'hls iiorar. VIII ''se u'''' '''''n'''i,
n.l%n. 'hr tower W '''e ,''.'''.'" W "'''''
Mr' NaoNs ih'r'i'''h Is !" VS. 'N,lu.
siNeiy fei sandstone anu '"''Ir, l'lr
rool ol 'he 'nal''i nni o' ''' ult'''''
orha'neh'atloh' W',"h is" H'rN ,'nn'
pltN character ah' 's're'h ~ h"'''''"''
pe'he ot hroil"'
The reader will rrmrm'"r 'l1t ~ the
Are ,le Triomphe in Paris the ,culp,ural
decoration has been -impl, affixed To- the
monument ~ il it were Il Subordinate
part. but Mr.. NauN's plan j. that the
three scuptured frlezes arount III" tower,
one of which represents the her 1ism "i
war, another il. suiTerincs, and the thru
the triumphs Of peace. shall he 80 treated
as 10 become principal motives, sup
ported by the masonry ITSELF 50 thl' III
steal ot beng tacs'u on ~ ",tr
they SHAH, aS representing th' '','' ''"'
stories of the war ne snlpor"' 'N we
dignity AMI strength 'hat are 'h'lf ,'''''
Around The chapel Hs'n' w .ln'," "h
pedestalN oil STONE '"',N' o'' " 'E''' nlr
eight flg'ires"' colossal ''"' y it''''"i'''E
the participants III t'lp It"' 9""--W
the artlIletyman. the lniah'rfnlah tne
cavalrymnn. the h'G"'; t,' S'''o'' lh'
marine. the p9Aetr aHu 'hr u'"",'nt''
ana s'de ny s'ie WIN ,"t'l eta'"H '''
war correspondents t"S''n'' WIN q ''''',,
her OF the s'gnt' %r'''e an" N'"''' ~
these hgnr's Mr. aux pr'To'eS '" PVT.
petuato the twe''e "'nVr'', ''aSN.'
whose val"r' perseverance a'' p'''."'
ism gave victory u the h"r'h,rh a'"'''
the r'ght anu t'It Oh ti' I,'l'''P '"
trance have Tor car'taiS H"'i'p "' ~,
eagle AMI do''' WINE "'i o''I s'o',o U,
the prlnciraI entrance lSa c"I"'@h "a't'
figure representing iilstoiN' h'l wv Wv
other Il similar iInre "i the n''er
states. High over All, az 'n' S',',''l''t ~
the tower stands the An?"l"i b'h'dIc
ton.
II i. easy To- see that such a design, If
accented by the committee would afford
a notable opportunity fur the American
SCULPTOR, any one of the principal fig
ures mentioned being Of a she and i'm.
portance sufficient to Justify an offer OF
800. COO; and the three fric>es around the
tower would engage the services OF sev.
eral artists for wears before finally APP
bearing in enduring bron1r. Moreover
the purely architectural features would
require n long time to be carried into eS
erntion. # il is to be supposed that the
American people desire to erect in River
sid,, Park an a,lpunatr memorial uf their
greatest soldier. a plan 80 complicated
and costly would not h. inappropriate.
Certainty many citizens uf New York
feel that it would be mistake for the
monument committee to proceed IN the
b,sis that onl, Slej 600 can be- raised
OF g ,nr,a. if they 81 proo.rd, design
like Mr. Vaux'- would No., come ~ thin
their consideration at all
Mr.. Frederick kpppel has reprinted in
nampblet form. from the Century Mag.
aziue and the New York star. au essay
by Mrs, SCHUYLER Van Rensselaer, ON
..,u,;ra,, E,,i,rL in "a Ii,h tho \yritpr