The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-19

for distribution. st. Gaudens made two
designs, one for the diverse side of the
medal and one for the reverse. The OBJ
verse one, representing the landing OF
Columbus, was accepted but the reverse,
horror of horrors, represented Young
America as a nude youth. That would
never do, said the award committee; so
$500 was paid to St. Gaudens for his
trouble, after two attempts had been
made to drape his figure, and he was
politely bowed out of the committees en-
ploy.
The members of this discriminating
conclave in it's straits to find a suitable
design for the reverse of the medal for
which those who had won prizes at the
exposition were already clamoring. had
recourse to Charles f. Barber, chief de-
signer of the Philadelphia Mint. who had
been employed there for over twenty
years. Mr.. Barber made a design which
was accepted in place of st. Gaudens,
and a contract for striking off $4,000 med
ais was given to a Waterbury, Conn,
firm. The firm has completed its work,
and the thousands of exhibitors scat
tered over this and foreign countries.
who are entitled to awards. will next
week be put in possession Of the valuable
prizes for which they have been waiting
so long.
The medals are three inches in diane
ter. Each one has had to be struck sep
arately, as the name of the recipient is
impressed on each.
St. Gaudens' design for the diverse
shows Columbus in the act of stepping
from boat. his attitude expressing
thanks to God for their safe conduct
o1ra- tho 10 i- offordod
by his followers and the flag of Spain
is seen floating over him, forming a
background with the inscription Christie
pher Columbus, Oct. XII, MDCCCXCII."
with the pillars of Hercules, caravels
and the motto PLUS Ultra
Mr.. BARRIERS design fer the reverse con-
tains a shield with the following inscrip-
ton: Worlds Columbian Exhibition. In
Commemoraton Of the Four Hundreth
Anniversary of the Landing of Column
bus, MDCCCXCII.. NDCCCXCIII,' and
place for an insert to receive the name
of the recipient of the medal. The
shield is surmounted by globe. at
either end of which are female figures
representing Fame. The figure at the
right of the globe has a trumpet in one
hand and is proclaiming the award, and
in the other she holds wreaths ready to
present. The fiugure on the left of the
globe has tablet in the left hand,
while in the right she holds pen ready
to inscribe the award as proclaimed. On
either side of the shield are flaming
torches, representing light, or intelli-
gence Beneath and partially hidden by
the shields is the caravel, which is used
to make unity of completeness of idea
and forming an allesory between tbs
two sides of the medal, the one side hav-
ing the landing of Columbus. the other
the above described design, the whole to
commemorate the four hundredth ami
versary of the landing of Columbus and
the Worlds exposition, held 1S92-1S9S.
The awards caused more pickering than
anything connected with the fair, ex-
cept the board of lady managers The
committee now insists that the Column
bian system of awards was absolutely
fair, and was. in the light of experience,
the best that could possibly be devised
With about $4,000 exhibits and 65.422 ex-
hibitors. and awards numbering 2S,oSss
the per cent. of awards at Chicago waa
less than at any former international
exhibition.