The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-05-20
in THB KENTUCKY
PROGRAM GIVEN
Spt eches at UAveiling Of ID. A.
r. Fountain.
Excellent Addresses Delivered by
Several Speakers ON
Occasion.
COMPLIMENT TrLcHMAN STATUE

lOONlA lAhuhNA lthOhtNA4hN oAaA ~
| Arrangements had been made for
the use of the Kentucky in the event
rain interfered with the unwilling of
the ID. A. r. fountain yesterday and
the crowd adjourned there after the
lof presenting the first cup of water
done by the little Misses Dorothy
}, Fowler. Virginia Hart. Elizabeth
, Tandy, Helen Pulliam, Frances Soule
} and Inez Ayres. The six little girls
| Iwho pulled the ribbons that unveiled
the statue drew straws for the honor
lof presenting the first cup of water
, from the fountain to Mayor Smith,
and the lucky member of the sex
ltette was Miss Helen Pulliam.
The large crowd quickly filled the
playhouse. Deals band occupied the
fright hand box and opened the pro-
gram by selection of patriotic airs
that were cheered TO the echo by
the enthusiastic children ana the no
less enthusiastic grown-ups.
The first speaker was Hon. Charles
X. Wheeler, who made an able adj
dress on Patriotism" that ELECTED
much applause. s.r
Mr.. Saunders A. Fowler presented
the fountain to the city In an eio-
lquent speech.
The singing of America" by the
lschool children accompanied by
Deals band, followed, and was a
beautiful and patriotic thing. The
immense audience stood during the
singing and everyone who had a flag
waved IT,
Mayor James p. Smith. on behalf
of the city. accepted the fountain.
His speech was an especially happy
one, witty and to the point ana
brought bursts of applause. The
mayor said that the fountain was
worthy of patronage and he assured
the public that the lid would be on
at all times regardless of how much
any individual drank. He said the
fountain would be listed with the
most highly esteemed and prided
assets of the city.
The honored guest and sculptor,
dorado Taft, was then introduced by
Mr.. Boone, who gracefully presided
over the meeting, as follows: eve
have with us a gentleman whose
name has been mentioned so fire.
quently in connection with this mag
nifcent specimen of art that the two
fare inseparable. II was through the
skill and generous donation of this
gifted sculptor that made it possible
for the Paducah chapter of the ID. A.
r. to dedicate this beautiful foun-
tain today. l assure you it is with
great pleasure that now introduce
to you this illustrious gentleman
Mr.. dorado Taft, of Chicago.
Mr.. Taft is a delightful speaker
with much magnetic force and easily
caught the attention of the crowd, as
with a happy smile, he opened his
address on art of Fountain" by
stating that he was proud TO have
his name linked with that of Padu-
cab. He said ever since he had first
visited Paducah, about is months
ago. when he became infatuated with
the city and people, he had wanted
to do something for Paducah. lie
got the idea of the Indian after de-
livering an address 70 the High
ischool here, when he learned that
Padueah was named after "Paduke. -
an old Indian chief. That when the
ID. A. r. wrote him about statue for
1.-THE fountain he then remembered
what he had heard the school chill
dren say about the Indian and he de-
cided on an Indian figure. Some OF
the children had spoken of Paducah
as being a small town and mot being
on the map" but he said it was very
much on the map and II anybody did
not think so for them to ask the his
torians Mr.. Taft said he lived with
the figure all last summer in the
woods and that he enjoyed his com
pany very much. He selected the
woods because it was the most pleas
ant place to work, and where he
could get the most light. He said he
was not speaker; that he had his
say in ''yonder figure" raising his
farm in the direction of the fountain,
which he said would keep on talk
ing for some time to come, like the
school children. He said the sculptor
in performing a work always has In
mind the fact that his art is to live
on and on, and he works not only
for the present generation but for
generations to come, as there is no
reason why his art should not live
for ever.
| He wanted to be a sort of stock
holder in Paducah as he felt an in
terest in the city. When he reads
anything from Paducah the thought
comes to him, "Those are my friends
down there" He took occasion to