Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-02-18
LATEST MONUMENT OF FATHER GEORGE, His Syr

wFau the 4nonune rts Of Washington
In this country and abroad were
Photographic the films arranged
"A in proper order and then reeled on
by one OF the machines that are so
popular nowadays we might have al
most a moving picture of the Father Of
His Country. We have Washington
standing. sitting. walking, standing at
the side OF a horse, riding on the horse,
waving his arm. brandishing a sword.
crossing the Delaware and in other at
titudes. We have him clad in military
uniform, CARRIED in civilian clothes.
dressed Hike a Roman and also, as In
the famous Greenough statue in Wash
inRton, partly unclothed. We have the
Immortal first president in marble. in
bronze, in wood and IN other materials.
We have conceptions OF him by the
most famous sculp tors and by others
of less note It cannot be denied that
this country has q good supply Of stat
ues and monuments erected to the
memory OF Washington and that any
one travelling about the country and
studying them would gain q good idea
Of Daddy Georges appearance.
The latest monument 70 Washington
Is the work Of J. Massey Rhind. the
well known New York sculptor. II is
to be erected IN Washington park.
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tween S25 600 and $4,000. To Mr.. Rhind
belongs the credit OF showing TO US
Warrington in a new aSd original at
titude The monument 81 called an
equestrian statue. since the principal
figure is that of Washington as a rider,
but he is not mounted on his horse.
He stands beside the animal. He
wears the uniform Of a general in the
Continental army and has riding
cloak thrown over his shoulder One Of
his hands. holding the reins. rests on
the pornnei OF the saddle. When com
pIeted the group VIII measure about
twelve feet high and win stand on a
pedestal three feet IN height The
whole WIN surmount q mound about
sSven feet high
Few Of the large cities OF this coun-
Try lack monuments to Washington
eome cities have more than one. This
is especially the case in New York and
Washington. The former city has no
fewer than I'VE memorials OF the first
president They are the Washington
arch. at the foot Of Fifth avenue. erect
ed at the time Of the Washington cen
tenniaI in 1889: the famous statue IN
front Of the subtreasury IN Wall street
Cthe work OF John Q. A. Ward). the !
Houdon statue on Riverside drive, the |
Bartholdf statue Of Washington and |
Lafayette in Harlem and the bronze |
tablet in bas-relief Of Washington At /
Valley Forge affixed to the subtreasury !
building near the Ward statue. already |
mentioned In the national capital /
there are the lofty granite monument. |
the highest obelisk in the world: the
two Houdon statues in the national !
capitol, one the gift Of Virginia; the |
11urnent IN Washington circle the
seated C.a--tcal seminude statue by /
Horatio Greene and the bust in the |
rotunda Of the capitol The proposed !
national memorial building win stand .
In Washington.
Europe and South America have join /
ed with the United States in honoring I
Washington with statues and memo .
rails There are statues Of our first .
president in Paris. Budapest. Caracas
and in other foreign cities. In this
country he stands far shove any other /
American In the matter of nonume nts.
His closest rival IS Lincoln. OF course.
ARTHUR J. BRINTON. |