The Washington herald., 1907-07-07

cutting tne great DToiLe QUITS lOt Aic
western front Of the Capitol at Washing
ton, is a pupil in a Washington public
school The textbook on rhetoric used
in the school contains an engraving Of
the statue AT El Caney,Y which won
much praise for the elder Amateis at the
Buffalo Exposition. The story Of the
statue, one soldier standing over the body
Of his dead brother, Is told In the text
The teacher asked the class: what was
the sculptor thinking about when he gave
the expression be did TO the face Of the
living soldier?' Young Amateis thought
he had inside information. and he spoke
up: He was thinking about the money
he would get for the work"
The bronze doors at the eastern door
OF the Capitol have been admired by vis-
itors TO Washington ever since they were
sent over from Italy by the sculptor ROg-
ers before the civil war. Those doors
represent the scenes IN the life Of Co
lumbus. who was an Italian and were
executed in Italy by an American sculp-
tor. The new doors represent the intel
lectual and physical development Of the
United States. and are being done by an
Italian in America. Mr. Amateis has
been in this country since lsS3. has an
American wife and now accounts him
self a full-fledged American.
The doors. which he has been working
on for more than a year. combine ale
CORY. history, and por[raiture under the
general title Of the spotheOsis Of America.
The idea Is that OF Elliott Woods. super
intendent Of the Capitol, who desired that
the general conception expressed IN the
eastern door and the smaller bronze doors
Of the Senate and House wings should be
rounded out. The Amateis doors are
made up Of a transom and eight panels.
The transom IS allegorical. and represents
Columbia In a chariot drawn by two
lions which are guided by a child, en-
blematic Of the superiority Of intelligence
over brute force. She is giving a palm
10 the Educator, behind whom stand the
figures representing the intellectual pow
eTs. At the left are figures representing
The conquerors Of the physical forces.
the iron worker, the agricUlturist. the
miner. and the sailor. On the frame Of
the tTsnsom are statues Of jefferson and
Franklin. and medailions Of Peabody.
Mann. Hopkins and Emerson, men who
gave impulse 70 the intellectual devel-
0pment Of the country.
On the panels are represented Juris-
prudence. Science, the Fine Arts. Mining
Agriculture. Iron and Electricity. Engi-
neering, and Naval Architecture, and
Commerce. The panel representing jUris-
prudence shows in bas relief a session
Of the United states Supreme Court pre-
sided over by John Marshall, az the
time OF the decision Of the famous case
Of Marbury against Madison, when for
the first time in any country the judIci-
airy became the supreme and final eX-
preston Of power Around the panel
are the statues Of Madison. Webster.
and medallions Of Tawney. jay. and Ru-
fus Ch0ate. The other panels are carried
out in similar good taste. neither art nor
history suffering in the exactness Of de
tail or in the conventions Of sculpture.
Mr.. Amstels has done much historical
and patriotic work. including several sol
diers' monuments. Because Of his reputa-
ton in this line Of work he is enabled 90
tell a good story. A party Of prominent
citizens from a Western State were walk
ing through a national cemetery near
Washington. They noticed that many
States had erected monuments % the
heroic dead and were panied 20 find no
stone 10 the memory Of the soldiers OF
their own State At once they inaUgU-
rated a movement to build a monument
Funds were raised. the government Era-
cl0usly granted a most favorable site IN
the cemetery. and Mr. Amateis was asked
20 submit a design for the memorial. He
did SO. the model was accepted and az
proved and an was ready % begin work.
on the model Mr. Amateis had left panels
upon which 20 insCribe the names Of the
heroes 20 be hOnored. Then the Senator's
and Representatives. composing the COM
mittee went 70 work 20 get the list Of
names. They found but one man from
their state was buried in the cemetery,
and he died OF indigestion. Mr.. Amateis
has the model the memory Of two months
work. and a hearty laugh, but there is
no monument
Miss Amelia Jackson. a clerk in the
general Patent Office at Washington, IS
a daughter Of the proprietor OF the Mar
shall House in Alexandria. who shot and
killed Col. Ellsworth as the latter was
coming from the roof Of the hotel with a
/ Confederate flag. and who was himself
/ killed instantly by Frank E. Brownell,
one Of Ellsworths ZoUaves. The daughter
Of the man who was the first Southerner
to give up his life for the Confederacy
adulires Gen. L. :. Grant above all states
men and soldiers. And well she may.
/ Early in the '70s, when she was but
very young girl, Miss Jackson OBJ
tained a position in one of the govern
ment offices. the family fortunes having
/ been ruined by the war. One day she was
discharged for some trivial reason. She
walked away from the building, crying
bitterly. A gentleman met her and asked
why she was crying. L have lost my
| place in the department. she replied, and
/ then told the circumstances. Very well.
my child" the man said, don't cry any
more and you may 60 back TO work in the
morning" But they have discharged
me-" wept the girl 7 know. but am
| President Of the United States and I viii
/ tell them to give you your place and let
YOU keep it." Sure enough her friend in
need. found in such an accidental way.
was Gen. Ulysses 5. Grant, and he kept
| his word.
! Miss Jackson and her sister. Mrs. c. J.
/ HELEN. lived together in Washington. For
a time Mrs. Casey, sister of Mrs. L. s.
/ Grant. lived in the same house with
them. One day Mrs. Brownell, wife Of
/ the man who killed Jackson, az Alexan-
/ dria, came to call on Mrs. Casey. Mrs.
Brownen. without knowing whose home
| It was. asked If there were any other
apartments to let. Mrs. Casey told her
that she thought not. When Mrs.
BrowneI left Mrs. HELEN told Mrs.
Casey that she was surprised to hear her
say there were no vacant apartments
Mrs Casey was then ComDaIIad IN feil