Evening star., 1901-03-12
STATUES AND MEMORIALS.
Discussion of the Proposed Grant
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To the Editor of The Evening Star:
Your correspondent, William Howard
Mills, insists upon putting the statue Of
General u. S. Grant in the same park with
one of General George B. Mcclellan. That
Is like the man who has little cabin
wanting some great millionaire to erect his
palatial mansion next door to his cabin
SO that it would appreciate the value of
his little surroundings. The idea of plac-
Ing General Grants statue a representa-
tion of the greatest general this country has
ever known, in close proximity to the
statue of General Mcclellan, who is con-
sidered by many to have been failure as
a military man, is absurd.
Christ was born in a stable, and the site
of the Presidents stables is a magnificent
one for the great statue to be erected to
General Grant. IT is particularly appro-
pirate, the War, Navy and State Depart
ment, the Art Gallery, the Executive Man
sion and the White House Lot all surround
ing it. Let the statue be placed where
the committee of patriotic military men
have chosen, the very place where the
Presidents stables are, and every one, ex-
cepting Mr.. Mills, will be more than
pleased. d r. G. MORGAN.
To the Editor of The Evening Star:
1 have read the suggestion of Mr.. Will
liam Howard Mills to locate General
Grants memorial at the southwest corner
of Lafayette Square. The idea of Cen
eral Jackson's statue i'm the center, fanked
by four others, one on each corner, is un-
tenable. If this suggestion be adopted we
could then name what rs left of this beau
tiful park Statuary square. Quite recent
Iy this city has had several additions to
it's "statuary" which closely resemble
collection of ''stock Sizes such as are fur
nished by dealers in cemetery ''statuary''
and works of art" Why don't some pub
lio- cpir tod citizen pllrch9Sa half dozen
trecording angels and have them distrib-
uted about our parks? I think we have
few vacant spaces remaining. To return
to our recent memorials The locations
of these are very unfortunate. For the ben
eft of those who have not strolled about
the city recently l might name the loca-
tions. First, there's Ben Franklin on the
avenue near 10th street. Ben has stopped
Major Sylvester's blue-coated opponents OF
Pennsylvania's National Guard. Then
there's General Albert Pixies memorial not
far from the Commissioners offices. The
pedestal of this is bad in detail and mass.
The female figure holding a banner ap-
pears very uncomfortable. Some one
should tie a rope around her waist and Sc
cure the other end, as she is In very
Webster at "Scott-Hahnemann-We Webster
Circle bad example Of art, the pedes-
tai being coarse in detail. The Hahne-
mann memorial is the best OF all the recent
additions to the city's statuary, but it
should not be so located to block the
end of N street. Scott Circle has been
ruined by the erection of these creations,
no two Of the three monuments being OF
the same scale monument such as
Hahnemanns should be placed parallel to
q street. and not at the intersection. Look
ing west from 18th street the Hahnemann
monument cuts off what formerly was
beautiful vista.
Let us in the future have men of train
ing select sites for our monuments after
the designs have been approved by COM
petent judges. l would like very much
TO see Scott Circle restored to it's original
condition. and place the other monuments
in some convenient cemetery. G. A. D.