Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19
IN L|NCOLN'S HONOR
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ated what she would have known as
1.-THE Lincoln memorial gardens, containing
cascades, fountains and other decorative
features. like the Chateau D'Eaux, at
st. Cloud. near Paris. The cascade could
find natural descent in the rising
ground of the park. and would be a
splendid adjunct to the splendid Columbian
fountain, designed by McMonnies. Mrs.
Henderson is desirious that this work of
Il art should be perpetuated. Now in crum-
bling plaster, erected in the city of Chi
cago. it would require about $3.50, 900 to
reproduce in bronze.
That the road from Washington to
Gettysburg, and due north on the line of
government participation, Mrs Hender-
son is confident. The automobile inter-
ests will see to 1t. she is sure. The town
of Westminster, about sixty miles from
Gettysburg and due north on the line of
10th street, is the point Of divergence in
the surveyed route from Philadelphia to
Washington, found feasible for road
building.
That the memorial may take some other
form than an arch. if located in Meridian
Hill Park, is an alternative to which
Mrs. Henderson is not opposed. The idea
OF a portal to the Gettysburg highway
would be lost, however, by deviation
from the arch plan. she hazards
presumably taxing Ino view that the
plaza site project is in the hands Of friends
when committed to the Lincoln me-
mortal commission, on which sit two of
its avowed advocates. friends of the plan
have at this time ceased to publicly dis
cuss it. That it will be fully elaborated
before the commission is assured.
OF the commission Senator Wetmore
and Representative Mccall are chairmen,
respectively, of the Senate and House
committees on library, and have ex-
thamSalvoS in Of ho Mo 20
location. Speaker Cannon has been an
open advocate Of this site.
The Park Commission Plan.
Glenn Brown. secretary of the Amerl-
can Institute of Architects. is the Wash
ington exponent of the park commission
plan and the critic of all other projects.
He is a thorough student of the subject,
and is thoroughly convinced that no other
site is worthy of consideration.
THE Mccall BILL providing for struc-
i tlre on the ground adjoining Union sta
/ ton, offers no definite design site" he
says 1.-THE memorial is to be somewhere
and OF some form on an irregular forty
acre tract.
| Among the schemes favorably under
CONSIDERATION was a peristyle encircling
the plaza of the Union station; in the
center of this plaza is to be the Column
bus memorial Thus the memorial to
Llncoln becomes a part of the station
| a Vestibule guiding to the greater struc-
the Columbus memoraY-an admirable
establishment for the station, but want
ing In the individuality and distinction
necessary to commemorate Abraham Lin
Il coin.
a suggested colonnade on Delaware
avenue was another effort to attain an
| approach to the station and call 1t a
memorial to Lincoln. A further plan is
| a great triumphal arch. Such arches re-
| mind us of triumphal professions, COM
| memorating great battles. troops of war
| riorS with their captiveS chained to their
/ cnariots, all Iomp and ceremony, GER
tainly not fitting form for tribute to
! our simple American.
| The Union Station Site.
IA location on the station site would
thrust the hurried, tired and confused
pilgrim upon scored ground amid the
| hurry and hustle of the station, the whirr
and clash of the electric cars. the toot
| of the motor horn and the rattle of the
| cab, certainly not reposeful conditions
under which to view with reverence and
| pleasure the memorial to one Of our
| greatest men.
1.-THE authors of this bill will probably
| have other suggestions, as they are StrlF-
| ing hard to secure a design that Will re-
| ceive their approval. The location on the
| station site precludes the attainment or
| this end. The site is neither of sufhcient
| size nor proper form for imposing land
| scape. 1t is overshadowed by large, DOM
| mating buildings and is not one OF the
| important focal points on the citys plan
| What Secretary Hay said in approving
| the site selected by the park commission
is convincing: NO monuments or build
| ings should be near the immortals.
| Another form of the memorial 70
| Lincoln is presented in the Lafean DILL
which calls for a highway 200 feet Wlde
| from Washington to Gettysburg An I'M
| posing idea when first presented, but
which, upon further thought, does not
| seem worthy of serious consideration. 1t
is wanting in simplicity. directness ana
| individuality. 1t would require trip
of fifty miles to view it and hundred
miles Of stately structures. commemorat-
| ing others, to make 1t Imposing: HOW
| hideU,1s such a highway might become
| only requires visit to one OF our popu-
! lar cemeteries To make such highway
| effective would easily cost in the nun
| dreds of millions, and the cost of the
| maintenance would be impossible to cal
| culate.
The Issue Before the Public.
IT feel that all who venerate Lincoln,
who appreciate the plan OF the city as
| left us by George Washington, who be-
/ lieve our capital should represent the
highest culture, who believe in the eleva-
ton of life by the expression Of beauty.who
| believe in a business-like way of execut-
| ing work should support the park COM
| mission earnestly and enthusiastically.
! Now the issue is squarely before the
| public; which will they have? A me-
| mortal forming an approach to railway
station and background for another
| monument, memorial that must clash
| with and be out of harmony with its sur
| soundngs, a memorial in an undignified
and cramped location, a memorial not
expressing the character and life OF Lin
coin?
viii they have a triumphal arch uni
versally recalling wars. victories and
triumphal professions to commemorate
the noble life of the simple great Ameri-
II can?
"Will they have a great highway not
tangible, lined with memorials to other
people, costing in the building and main
n tenance untold millions, suggesting moth
ing OF the character or work of Lin
1 coin?
Site With Beautiful Surroundings.
n will they have a memorial located on
the most important site. with most beau
4 tiful surroundings, where it will be one
Of tho moot CpclouS and innOSinp