The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-07
WASHINGTON LETTER
By CARL ScHOFIELD. Special Core
spOndent.


Pulaski statue, at Pennsylvania ave
nue. and Thirteenth street, has been
erected by authority of an act Of con-
gress; the Kosciusko statue in Lafa-
yette square. Is the gift to the people
of the United States from the Polish
National Alliance of the United States,
the greatest Polish organization in the
world.
Statue Of kosciusko.
Thaddeus Kosciusko came to Amer
lea in 1776 and took prominent part
In the Revolutionary war. He served
under General Gates in the campaign
that ended In the surrender Of Bur-
goyne at Saratoga. 1t was, in fact.
the superior knowledge of this Polish
friend Of the American colonists,
American historians agree, that con-
tributed considerably to the success
of the Saratoga campaign, which
proved to be one of the turning points
of the war Of independence.
When the American colonists had
won their struggle KosciuskO returned
to Poland and served her in the war
against Russia in 1892. He was cap
tured in 1894 and imprisoned by EN-
press Catherine. On her death two
years later he was released by Emper-
or Paul. He died In Switzerland in
1917. In 1918 his remains were taken
by his countrymen to Cracow, in Aus
trian Poland, and buried beside Pc
lands kings To the Polish nation
KosciuskO is the embodiment of pa
triotism in its highest degree The
statue is the work of Professor An
thony Popiel of Leopol. Austrian Po-
land
In Memory of Pulaski.
Casimir Pulaski. the other Polish
hero whose statue was unveiled, came
to America in TIT and obtained from
the Continental congress the grade Of
brigadier general and was intrusted
with the organization of the cavalry in
the Continental army. His brilliant
services in the Revolutionary war were
sealed at the siege Of Savannah, where
he was mortally wounded on Oct. 9.
1879. giving up his life two days later
for the cause of the Americans.
After the war congress voted a stat
ue to the memory of Pulaski, the IA
Their Of the American cavalry. but as it
failed to make an appropriation for the
purpose the whole affair fell into OBJ
hvion. The documents relating to this
fact were however, unearthed by the
American Poles and were brought in
1903 to the attention of congress. and
the latter appropriated $4,000 for a.
statue Of General Pulaski to be erected
in Washington. The work was intrust-
ed to an eminent Polish sculptor, Cast
mir ChodZinski. who completed it to
the satisfaction of the government.
Beautifying the Suburbs.
That flowers may bloom along the
highways and byways Of the District,
already rich with their great wealth
of magnificent trees. society's maids
and matrons the other day laid aside
the joys and cares Of social life for a
few hours to become amateur garden
ers. Bare and almost barren spots
along the Conduit. Broad Branch.
Tunlaw, Belt and Pierce Mill road
were sought out. Fair hands armed
with garden tools scattered the seeds
from which the plants are to spring to
add the beauty of their flowers to the
other elements that go to make a ''city
beautiful of the nations capital. The
movement to thus beautify the sur
roundings of Washington was inaugu-
rated by the Peoples Gardens associ-
alton, which, though but recently Or
ganized. now embraces a hundred or
more of the heading people Of the So
cial set Of Washington.
A. New Show Place.
The dedication Of the new building
for the international bureau Of Amer
lean republics marked the completion
of new show place" and one of
which the city may well be proud.
The building, designed by Albert Kel-
sey and Paul p. Cret of Philadelphia,
Is In itself work of art, original in
conception. well proportional, appro-
pirate and picturesque. Nothing bet
ter of it's kind has been done. And for
the establishment Of this monumental
building sculpture has been fittingly
employed. At the base Of the two
great pylons. at either side of the en-
trance portico. are groups Of sculpture
symbelizing North and South America.
Borglum's Production.
North America" is by Gutzon Bor-
glum and typifies the sculptor's idea
Of the spirit which animates the north
ern half of the western hemisphere.
The Anglo-Saxon woman Is supposed
to symbolic the mother nature that
keeps an aggressive but judicious race
together In her right hand she holds
a torch: her left hand is extended In
partial restraint on the shoulder OF
the youth who kneels beside her.
Strongly modelled. it is by no means
engaging.
Spirit Of the South.
The group typifying the spirit OF the
| southern half of the American cont
| nent is by Isidor Konti and. while no
less impressive, possesses more charm.
| The woman's figure In this instance
symbolizes wisdom, protection and
peace, accorded to the spirit Of prog
ress expressed in the figure of youth
at her side holding in his outstretched
hand the winged globe Of advance
ment. The woman's right arm Is
thrown protectingly around the lad.
and the left rests on a warlike shield.
/ tboprh ~ holds ON oIfvo branch The