The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-27
FRANCE HONORS
GREAT AMERICAN
Statue of Benjamin Franklin
by John F. Boyle Will Be
Unveiled in Paris Today.
NOTED MEN ON COMMITTEE
STATUE SAID TO BE A WORK OF
ART.

Paris. April 26.-The F'ranco-Ameri-
can aspect of tomorrow's celebration is
shown in the composition Of the COM
mittees of honor. including a former
American president, Mr.. Cleveland, a
former American vice president. Mr..
Morton, two former French presidents
NM. Loubet and Casimir-Perier, as
well as many other prominent public
men, French and American. The full
list Of the honorary committees is as
follows:
Honorary president. the American
ambassador, Robert Mccormick.
American members-GrOver Cleve-
land, WhiteSaw Reid, Levi p. Morton,
General Horace Porter, Wayne Mac
Neagh. J. Pierpont Morgan.
French memberS-Ex-Pr President Lou
bet, ex-President Casimir-Perier, NJ.
Jules CambO French ambassador at
Madrid; NJ. J. ]. Jusserand, French
ambassador at Washington; Baron
d'Etournelles de Constant. member of
the senate, and NJ. Paul Appel, member
Of the Institute and dean of the fac
uity of sciences.
Committee of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
s. Dalliba. honorary chairman; Lau-
renee V. Benet. honorary secretary;
General r. F. Winslow. Edward Tuck,
Ralph W. HickoX. Ridgeway Knight.
Edmond Kelly. T1ul w. Bartlett. w.
T. Dannat. Henry Cachard, Colonel
Theo. A. Dodge, Major H. A. Hunt
ington. Wil(1m Seligman, S. de Jonge,
John J. Hon, H Herman Harjes.
Souvenir Invitations.
The souvenir invitations issued for
the celebration are a most artistic ex-
ample of French engraving. In the
upper corner is a large medallion of
Franklin, showing the lines of his face
and his flowing locks. Over 5000 of
inv fTof h ID
ditiOnal demands for them having come
from all directions. the people wanting
them mementoes of the occasion.
The invitation reads:
You are invited to take part in the
bi-centennial celebration of the birth
of Benjamin Franklin, patriot. diplo-
matist and philosopher, and at the in
auguration of his sta tue. presented to
the city of Paris by Mr.. John H. Har-
jes. which will take place at the Pal
ace Of the TrOCadero. Friday. April 81
1906. at Il a. m. under the patronage
of the ambassador of the United States,
the members of the committee of hon
or. of the president and members of the
committee of organization"
Statue of Franklin.
The statue of Benjamin Franklin
which will be unveiled tomorrow is a
duplicate of the one in front of the
Philadelphia pOstOffice. which is con-
SlQeEed DJ many CIlllCS TO De a mas
terpiece. and the best statue of Frank
lin ever made 1t represents Frank
lin seated in his favOrite arm chair
COmforta bly, EMBODIED in a dressing
robe. At the side and a little to the
rear of the chair is a large book as If
il had Just fallen from the hands of
the great scientist and diplomat.
Frankin's attitude is one of repose and
from the expression of his calm face
there seems TO shine forth those char
acteristics of love and kindness which
did so much to endear him to the peo-
pie TO whom he went as the first rep
resentative Of the new republic.
Houdon Head Used.
The sculptor. John J. Boyle of New
York. spent two years in the execution
of this work. After long study and re-
search among portraits and busts of
Franklin he decided to use the famous
HOUdOn head as his model. OF all the
artists and sculptOTs who painted and
modelled Franklin none knew him bet
ter than Houdon. for fl was due TO
Franklin'S influence and friendship for
HOudOn that he came TO American and
received the commission TO make his
famous statue of Washington. Critics
and students are agreed that the Hou-
don head. made from life and by a man
who fully appreciated and was de-
voted TO Franklin, is the truest and
most reliable likeness in existence.
The original of the statue TO be I'M
yelled tomorrow was presented on June
i. 1889, to the city of Philadelphia on
behalf of Justus G. Straw bridge by
Charles Emory Smith, then postmas-
ter general Of the United States. The
statue stands in front of the PhiladeI-
phia pOstoffice. where thousands daily
read the quaint and historic fnscrip-
ton on the pedestal: Benjamin
Franklin. 1706-1790. Nenerated for be-
nevOlence, admired for talents, es-
teemed for patriotism. beloved for ply
Washington.
The statue is nearly twice life size.
measuring twelve feet from the base
TO the top of the head, five feet four