Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-05
European countries. do not know
where it exists in the United States.
Statue of Washington.

STATUE OF w aS010&CO0.
Near by the statute to 1.-THE Unknown
is another monument also of great sig
nificance, bearing a bronze statue of
George Washington, erected by subscrip-
tions from natives of Hungary residing
in the United States. Most OF the money
was raised in Cleveland, where the move
ment originated.
1t is rather audacious to place an
American rebel against the authority of
king as an example to the subjects of
monarchy. Nevertheless the story of
Washington has been taught in the Hun
garian schools ever since Kossuth's fail
ure to transform the kingdom into q re-
public, and he Is considered an ideal pa
triOt.
In front of the pedestal is a bronze
eagle with outstretched wings grasping a
sword in its talons.. The figure Of WASH
ington is unlike any other I have ever
seen.
He is dressed in the costume of his
time and wears peruke. His right hand
rests upon walking stick. His left rests
against his hip. and he holds his cloak
hanging over his forearm, and his three
cornered cooked hat in his hand. The
expression Of his face betokens benevo-
lence.
The inscription is in both English and
Hungarian, and reads as follows:
''To the memory of Washington. The
Hungarians Of America, 1905
This is repeated in Hungarian on the
opposite side of the pedestal.
Monument to Rose man.
The third monument which has i'm
pressed me is Turkish chapel, small
octagonal building of marble with a
dome about twenty-five feet high, similar
Sultans of Turkey in Constantinople. 1t
was erected more than three hundred
years ago. during the Turkish occupa-
ton OF Budapest, over the grave of the
Sheikh Gui-Baba, which means the faith
er of roses" and an obligation to pre-
serve and protect it appears in a special
article in a treaty Of peace concluded be-
tween Hungary and Turkey in 1900.
Gul-Baba. according to tradition, In
troduced the rose into Europe. 1t is adj
both Europe and America, but it is
claimed here that none but single petal
roses, like the cherokee and the sweet
briar. were to be found until the many
petaled species, that we have today in
great variety, were introduced into Buda-
pest by Turkish gardener in whose
honor this monument was erected.
The many petaled rose Is said to have
originated in China, with lots OF other
beautiful and useful things. We are al
ways hearing that the commOnest and
most useful article of modern civiliza-
ton were invented In China, like the
mariners compass, tallow candles, gum
powder and silk.
The early chronicles, I am told, are
clear in their accounts Of the history of
the rose, which was brought from China
to Turkestan, across the Caspian sea
and the Caucasus to the Crimea. and then
across the Black sea into Turkey, and
later, during the Turkish occupation OF
Hungary, in the sixteenth century, Gull
Bahia distributed them from a nursery
that surrounded the site Of his tomb.
Patriotic Memorials.
There are many other memorials in
the city, not all to military heroes, or
statesmen. or kings, but to poets. artists.
actors. philanthropists and others who
contributed to the culture and the well
fare of their fellow-men. Among these
memorials are several to members of the
Szechenyi family, conspicuous as patri-
OTIS, soldiers, statesmen. scientists and
philanthropists.
The people of the United States are
familiar with the name only because the
youngest member of the present genera
ton had the good fortune to marry Miss