Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

NEt since tne de0ln OF ElH'
lands queen the late soyer'
- eign's subjects have been agl
tatng the erecting Of a me-
k-s<s8 mortal that shall be adequate
TO her greatness as ruler
and her nobility as a woman, wife and
mother. There are those, TO be sure
who demur at ascriblng TO Victoria all
the greatness Of that reign, but there
are many more who see In her the con-
crete embodiment OF all the grand and
remarkable happenings while she sal
on the throne. That a memorial should
be raised TO her and her times has beer
long looked upon as settled, the only
difficulty being to find something that
should express the popular apprecia'
ton. At last, however there seems 70
be a consensus of opinion that the
worthy memorial has been discovered
in the plans submitted by British ar
chitect, Ashton Webb, A. X. A., which
are now on exhibition In the banquet
ing hall of st. James palace, London
Five sets of drawings were prepared
by the competing architects, and as the
set partlculari2ed has received not only
their approval, but that OF his majesty
! King Edward, the matter may be look
ed upon as settled, the only desidera-
tum at present being the funds for the
forthcoming memorial
The competing architects were in
structed to observe as the central fea-
ture Of the memorial the great statuary
group designed by Thomas Brock, r.
A., a sculptor of established fame who
furnished the designs for England's re-
cent coinage and whose initials are al
ready stamped upon the latest pennies
Of the realm. He is now at work upon
heroic figure of the queen to adorn
| the monument, which Is TO be sur
mounted by a beautiful conception of
| Victory,
The architects were directed not only
to supply an adequate architectural
setting for the Victorian group, but
also to take into consideration public
plaza, drives and professional avenues
leading up to and forming a magnif-
cent approach TO buckingham palace,
the official town house Of King Edward.
The artist-archltects had very difficult
conditions to adapt In this scheme for
adjoining the palace as well as furnish
ing a frame for the sculptors creation.
for Buckingham, as is well known to
all Britlshers, is one Of the ugiest pal
aces in the world, But the existing en-
frances TO the hideous old pile will he
greatly altered, and, though the con-
servative English speak Of such an In
novation with batod breath. the entire
front Of the palace may be remodeled
10 conform so far as possible to its new
environment II the plan submitted by
Mr.. Webb ia carried out in its entirety
this Will be done, and the whole length
Of the present mall also win be remod-
eled.
The designs OF the architects from ire
land and Scotland-Sir Thomas Drew
and DR.. Rowland Anderson-had many
creditable features, the latter thanking
his semicircular curves around the
statuary group with small gardens
within low parapets. garnished with
statuary representing all the sovereigns
of England and Scotland from remote
times to the present while an arched
gateway had surrounding II colossal
equestrian statue Of the Duke Of Well
lington.
sir Thomas Drews scheme calls for
the elimination Of the present architec-