The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-05-18
ROUGH DESIGN
of The Woman's Monument Sub
mitted by Ruckstull
PLAN AGREED UPON

PLAN AGREED UPON
TIae Central Idea OF the Monument
Is q Southern Matron in the
Prime of Life Being Crowned by
Fame, Apotheosis Being the Idea
Conveyed.
The monument to be erected to
the women of the Confederacy Dy
the State of South Carolina will be
a beautiful work Of art. This can
be promised without hesitation after
an inspection of the photographs OF
Ruckstuhl's first model, says the Co
lumbia State. The following from
the same paper about the monument
will be read with interest:
The central idea Is Southern
matron in repose. 1t is a beautiful
conception and beautifully has Mr..
Ruckstuhl worked out the allegory.
Besides her are her children, one
on each side. Behind her is the
winged figure OF the genius Of the
South, with laurel wreath about to
be placed upon the head Of the re-
gal woman, queenly even in her
homespun.
Persons of late in other States
who have seen the first model,
which, of course, is in the rough,
have expressed a feeling of envy
that South Carolina is about to pos
sess so beautiful an expression of so
glorious sentiment.
While Mr.. Ruckstuhl will receive
compensation approximating the ap-
preparation by the legislature, the
actual cost OF the monument and
its surroundings will be about" 49,
600. This means that there is yet
to be raised by subscription some
what more than is already in hand.
Nearly $4,000 has been raised, in
cluding the legislatures appropria-
ton of $1,000 That the remainder
will be secured with ease there is
no doubt in the minds of the mem
bers of the commission. q
All of the mmissRoners were
present at the meeting q few Gays
.ago-Gen. C. Irvine Walker. Col.
T. j. Moore, Capt. c. A. Reed, Capt.
Jno. G. Richardson, Jr., and Capt.
VIM. E. Gonzales Mr.. RuUkstuhl' ex-
planned his plans, and these met with
appreciation. Mr.. Ruckstuhl was
asked for description of the group
and what it is to represent:
"The problem of making monu-
ment that will dttingly honor the
women of the South for what they
did in the South during the war be-
tween the States Is not an easy
one," said Mr.. Ruckstuhl. "It would
be easy to fall into the error of rep
resenting her as doing some one of
the hundreds of things she did and
so make of. it an illustration of some
special incident or on the other hand
to produce a monument IN honor
OF the cause she helped so Loyalty
instead of doing what seemed to me
the right and only proper thing to
do-that is, to honor her for having
done what she Gid and by poetic
suggestion apothesis. 1t is this that I
shall attempt to do in my monument.
Il shall show a Southern woman
of about As, with q face full of the
beauty and aristocracy and the re-
fnement and strength Of the perfect
type of the Southern woman, syn
thesis Of the woman of the South,
seated in a splendid Greek chair
in a simple dress of the period of
1S6O-1S65, with her hair worn in
the beautiful style Of those days.
Her feet will rest on low Greek
footstool, her left arm will rest
carelessly on the arm of the chair,
her right hand will hold Louis
XIV fan, symbolizing the elegance
of the period to which she had be-
longed, and rest listlessly on book
lying on her lap, and which she has
been reading; around her should
ers will be light fishu. She will be
looking straight ahead of her in a
mood at once listless and pensive.
with a tinge Of sadness as she
reflects over the events of the past
and as if saying with the poet
How fondly memory wanders
When the feet no mere may tread.
tito vis,as dim aad haunted
BY the past unquiet dread;
With familiar phantoms trysting,
Sad to stay, yet loathe to part,
From spots o'er-run by broken,
Trailing tendrils of the heart.
Back of her will be splendid
winged fgu of Fame, holding in
her left had a palm branch and a
trumpet, and with her right hand
holding over the head of the noted
woman a wreath of laurel. BY her
wings widespread and thrown for
ward and by her drapery full Of mo-
ton it will be easily seen that she