The Detroit times., 1910-12-13
JACKSON STEE0
! N CRAVE PERIL
AT Critics riok Flaws In Memorial
- Famous General and Would
Malt L Into Pennies.
~ n. r. WILSON.

In acreage and tonnage, utG-s~e
which preserves In cleaning marble
has hunted the cyclone cellar.
Let man lop on sidsbuTn or prune
gostee, and art has summed herseH.
But when the rasor rusts with disuse'
art, baffled. fees the sight OF men.
The countsuance OF earliest man
abouuded in alfalfa. Zeus, hrst OF tho
gods, had q sackful OF ambrosial kraut
depending from his godlike map. The
divine beezer Of Homer would nave
furnished a days work for many an
ancient mattress factory. and they had
TO stack Diogenes In his tub with
pitchfork.
Pardon early man his aboriginal
whlskers. Try once yourself to slice
the shagreen from your own topos
raphy with Q shard or a bit or mint
hewn from the living rock. Then VIII
you let the milk Of human forgiveness
trickle down the facial festoonings OF
the heroic age. The ancients accom-
pitshsd the same end with goats milk
What did art do to burrow out!
She shaved her heroes, leaving no
tassels for the wind TO 60 through.
tiish art and tall whisksrs won't mix.
The safety raSor 10 companion to the
sculptor's chisel.
Il Is proposed TO hew the venerable
form OF Andy Jackson from his stone
perch In Lafayette square, and melt
him IN Into .Lincoln pennies. Like
wise the brazen image OF Sherman.
Farragut and others. There will be
heated oratory, bittec recrimination,
news
The contention now coming to
sensational finish, began years ago
with the visit Of William Makepeace
Thackeray to our shores. A proud
delegation showed the novelist the
sights Of Washington. They reserved
for the last the prime feature. the new
statue OF Jackson on horse rearing
back ON his hind legs-a mastery
feat of balancing. nothing like 1t IN
the world, the talking point OF
America.
"Er-er," said the distinguished nov
elist adjusting his monocle. "Aw-
spifin. rully. Andsome. as you might
sal Mimi. But wot tn bloomin' ell
Is Il? A bleedin puzzle? Dash IL
all, In q chap supposed to guess wy
IN bloody 'orse is comm blawsted
cropper? Hall right. Him tn han
CORA. wy Is it?"
The chairman wiped Ais glistening
brow. Think of - said he. The
sculptor was a marvel. He made this.
yet he wasn't veterinary. Why. he'd
never seen an equestrian statue In his
tife."
"Er-er'-William Makepeace Thack-
cray adjusted his monocle-"Aw-H
sal, old chap. IL might ave done I'm
bit a good IL e 'ad, dontcha know"
Some favored war ut once. Others
put It down to British spleen because
Andy had Tut the boots to the British
In New Orleans.
Has Strong Following.
The Thackeray opinion has pre-
vailed. Today he has q strong fol-
lowing, including Representative
Slayden Of Texas, Senator Flint and
Director MCGUIRE Of the Corcoran art
gallery. The general criticism OF the
memorial il that II looks like trick
horse rolling an imaginary ball with
his front hoofs, while Andy, on the
horses back, waves his sword aloft
rs the signal for the applause OF an
imaginary circus audience.
The balance on the hind hoofs was
attained by adding to the solid bronze
tail until equilibrium was struck. The
tail IL long, very. In short, there
Rint.no such animal"
This same criticism Ia applied to
al washingtons bronze horses. There
10 said to be only one brazen horse
I'm washington at which the ordinary
grocer's plug won't shy.
Mcclure says the pedestal OF the
Sherman equestrian statue ought to
be raised until the statue could be
seen only by the chance aviator.
Thsrs are other harsh criticlsms. A
general fupheavsl of Washington art
a proposed. The ysformers would give
Jacksou q new statue and q square OF
his ovp. pleco q new statue OF Wash
apGton In Jackson's old place, provide
for q new Lincoln memorial, melt up
the monstrosities into pennies. and
replace them with worthy works OF
art.
The scheme will fail-we predict II.
I'VE are o government OF whiskers.
from the fads-away vacriety Of Chaun'
bey n. Dspsw and the silken fringe
skirtinx the venerable landscape OF
Uncle Joe Cannon. to the wigwaggers
on the chin-point Of Senator Carter.
lWhisksrs everywhere.
Second obstacle-the modern trous-
pr. or long pant, never intended a. .
theme for sculpture. The average Ar
tist rsts over this dihicuIty by muss-
Dng up the pants. giving the inhabitant
khsrsof the appearance OF having slept
Ia his clothes He rides down history
messed like . coal HEAVIER. None or
This house Of Marxsnheimer stun for
tour true artist. His subject must be
hrspsd.
Esvy maiden school marin on her
Master visit to Washington, chastsly
shisids her face with her hands to
hide her burning bushes when she
passes he capitol statue OF Washing
ten. II sculptures had names, this
work Of AT might appropriately be
called washington at the Lightning"
or washington Defying the Bath" or
better, Portrait Of Washington on
Saturday night"
The sculptor draped Washington In
n sheet. In his left hand 10 a cricket
batf (soms say q sheathed- broad
pwprA). His right hand is aloft to
catch the ball or attract the lightning
or :dpstAins.
A man Who has been writing for
years and years declares he has never
vet found II absolutely necessary to
use the word "anent." Yet that Is
about the Arst word new writer's en-