Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-04-02

The Proposed Joseph Jefferson Mon.
 ument.
 dead, there is an active movement on foot for perpetuating the memory of the great actor. Arrangements have been completed for the erection in New Yory city of a monument to this end.
 And it seems fitting that New York city, the metropolis and the greatest center of dramatic art in America, should set up in her midst a worthy memorial of the man whose name stands first on the roll of Amer ican actors, and who, not only through his nobility of character and the pur- ity of his life, exerted an uplifting in fiuence upon his profession and en. deared himself personally to the thea ter-going public to degree never at- tained by any other actor on the American stage.
 r The Joseph Jefferson Monument as- sociation has been organized to carry out the plans for the erection of the memorial, with Mir James w. Morris sey, as managing director.
 There have been several confer ences of sle men in charge of the monument recently, the result of which has been number of cables to Frederick MacMonnies, the sculptor, in Paris. and the reception of a satls- factory reply, so that Mir. MacMonnies will proceed at once to work on the design of the monument. MT. Morris sey has already secured the names of a number of distinguished citizens who will form commitete for imme- diate action on this worthy and artis- tic work. Among these are Andrew Carnegie. Sir Charles wyndham. Da. vid Belasco, Heinrich Conreid, Francis Wilson. P. F. Collier. Henry Gilsey, Moses Herman. E. S. Willard, Eugene NJ. O'Neill, Walter Lawrence. John A. Starin. De Lancey Nicoll. Clarence H. Mackay. the Right Reverend Bishop Potter. Melville E. Stone. Daniel Froh. man. A. Augustus Heinze. Edward R. Thomas. Cornelius N Bliss, Chester s. Lord. W. Bourke Cochran, John D. Crimmins. Walter Damrosch.
 "The statue" said Mir. Morrissey, twill represent Mir. Jefferson in the character of Rip Van Wrinkle, where he is seen seated and utters his cele- brated toast, May you live long and prosper The figure will be life-size, in bronze. mounted on finely wrought pedestal of granite from the studio cf Joseph Bermel, and will cost in the neighborhood of s50.000. The proposl. ton has received the most enthusias. tic approval from everyone to whom 1t has been submitted. Not only the culture. but the wealth. of New York has taken hold of the work, SO that double the amount needed could cas- fly be secured. The desire is. how ever. to make this, to as great an ex- tent as possible. national offering, a tribute of the whole country to the memory of this great actor. who has shed so much glory on the American stage.
 Mir. Andrew Carnegie was one of the first to respond to an invitation to assist in making the memorial sue cess. He wrote to Mir. Morrissey: T shall be very glad to have you put down my name as one of the commit tee for the Jefferson monument"
 The committee is to erect this monu- ment in Central park. near the site of the old statue of Bolivar. on the west side of the park. near the Eighty-irst street entrance. This is a splendid To- cation for such memorial. a beautiful sweep of land rolling back from a prominent elevation. where a strong rugged ground of foliage and sky will set off its fine lines and give the full est possible effect to the noble design which has been selected for the work. There is almost a natural amphithez- ter there, sufficient to accommodate the enormous crowd of people that would attend such a ceremony as the unveiiing of this statue