The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-04
STATUES THAT HAVE
HELPED TO MAKE
DALLIN FAMOUS
Continued from Page 81

/ chamber door and croak like the ra-
ven about the indifference of the pup
lie. With him obstacle were IhinSs
/ to be overcome, rapids to be l aped,
I rocks TO be embraced in the inspiring
struggle ParnasSus TO be cameo;
/ Now the strife is practically over ana
/ he is in the upper regions wher the
air is pure and the prospect fair.
| With more particular reference 10
The Medicine Man" this sketch must
| close This ia the work for which per-
! haDs he cares most, since il is por-
+ travail on a scientific basis of the
startling and sometimes terrible fetiCh
priest doctor of the native tribes he
/ has had the verdict OF both artists
and ethnoIogists of the correct con-
/ ception of the nature and office Of this
/ weird being as struck out by his chs
/ el. It is standing in Philadelphia 5
/ Paramount park It's unwilling was an
1 imposing ceremonial by the municipal
/ ity, in the honorS of which both the
/ Dallins were tn most distinguished
participants.
Dr.. McAIIister in presenting the
statue to the city said My task today
/ is a pleasant Ons to tender to you. Mr.
( Mayor and the President of the Fair
mount Park association. this statue
We have tri to do duty to ourselves
and the city by doing duty to the ar
/ lists On occasions of this kind we are
apt to forget the fine ina ginaUOn. the
cunning hand which has created the
thing of beauty: forget the man who
has made it ours"
l am glad that we have come TO our
selves. and brought him here. and that
We are to have the pleasure of meet
ing him I saw it today for the first
time uncovered. standing on the broad
sward with tn trees behind and the
sky above it. CThe inclement weather
drove the Official ceremony and the
crowd indoors The plaster gives but
| d shadOwy idea of the work, but
enough to enable us 10 ascrib to It
the two fundamental elements of true
sculpture, dignity and beauty
I am glad that Mr.. DaIlin, while not
departing from the Indian. has given
1 US the ideaHzation of his character in
| the NJ dicine Man. l congratulate the
city of Philadelphia in having within
! her borders a work Of art. at once 50
beautiful so full Of interest to us. and
of such lasting value.
Have you ever stopped to think Of
the tragedy Of the red race the nativz
American of this great continent? A
few decades and he will he no more
seen l declare it or al tribute 10
/ the race which received US here to
place here d statue SO expressive of it's
history and character"
Not again this semi-nude priest as
ne sits his horse and stretches his
tatetut hand in impTeCatiOn upon the
bad spirits of the earth and air His
I distinctive emblems are the horns:
more prominent than those with which
Michael Angelo crowned his Moses. but
( like them, symbols of power. All the
morbid anatomy Of the race of abOrigi-
nal asSassins Is incarnated I'm this
prophet Of fetichss and serpents'
VenOm-)
1t Is my duty TO present to you on
| TN part OF the Paramount Art asso-
cation this production Of art 1t is
worthy of the craft: it is a treasure
which viii long help to make the city
more beautiful. more noble.
FIDELTA B. HAMILTON