The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-29
By carl scHoFlELD, special GORE.

capital We're dedicated to the nanaorv
Of two Polish heroes who distinguished
5 themselves in the war for the indie
pena4ee of this republie-Thad
kosefusko and Casimir Pulaski. The
Pulaski statue. at Pennsylvania ave
nue. and Thirteenth street. has baeq
erected by authority of an ACT of con
gress; the koSciusko statue in Lara.
yette square. is the gift TO the peoolr
of the United States from the Polish
National Alliance of the United States
the greatest Polish organization in the
world
Statue of koseiusko.
ThaddeuS kosciuSko came to Amer
lea in 17T6 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. It 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
1877 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 Yar were
sealed at the siege of Savannah. where
he was mortally wounded on Oct. g.
1779 giving up his life two days later
for the cause of the Americans.
After the war congress voted a stat
ne TO the memory of Pulaski. the IA
Their of the American cavalry. bur as ii
failed to make an appropriation for the
purpose the whole affair fell into OBJ
iivion. The documents relating to this
fact were. however. unearthed by the
American Poles and were brought in
1908 to the attention of congress- and
the latter appropriated $4,000 for a
sEafue 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.
Beautifyine 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
aud natrpns 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,
Tunaw. Belt and Pierce Mill road
were sought out Fair hands armed
with garden tools scattered the seeds
from whieh the plnnts are to spring to
add the beauty Of their flowers to the
other elements that go to make city
beautiful' Of the nation's capital. The
movement to thus beautify the sur.
roundings of Washington was inaugu-
rated by the Peoples Gardens associ-
alton. which. though hut recently or
ganized. now embraces Il hundred OF
more of the leading people eff the so
cial set of Washington
A New Show Place.
The dedication uf the new building
for the international bureau of Amer
lean republics marked the completion
of new show place" and enc oi
which the city may well be proud
The building. designed by Albert bel.
sew and Paul p Cret of Philadelphia
Is 10 itself a work Of art. original in
conception. well proportioned, 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 fttingly
EMPLOYED. At the base of the two
great pylons. at either side of the en-.
trance portico, are groups of sculpture
symbolizing North and South America
Rorslunn's Production.
..North America" is By Gutzon Bor'
glum and typifes the sculptor's ideE
OF the spirit which animates the north
ern half of the western hemisphere
The Anglo Saxon woman is supposed
10 symbolic the mother nature tint
keeps an aggressive but iudieiotis rae
together In her right hand she holds
a torch: her left hand is exteE1ed Y
partial restraint on the shoulder g
the youth who kneels beside her
Strongly modelled. it is by no mean
engaging