The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-07
DUKE OF WELLINGTON
TOMB is COMPLETED

finished monuments. St Pauls Cathe-
aral still lacking many important fea-
s sirS ffossmi1s part OF the accepted de-
Trafalgar Square. There ara four
pedestais at It's base. ornamented with
Gordon. the hero of khartoum: Sir
Charles Napier, and Sir II snry Have
lock; The fourth pedestal in the
, moltnwes.ern corner Of the square. re,
lacks the centre spirs originally de-
signed and which was to have been
commenced Immediately on the com
ter tn restoration OF the Stuarts, and
the Abbey is also still awaiting the
magnineent stained glass window. now
IN ST. MargaEets Church, at Westmins-
ter, but which belongs to the Abbey.
me people OF the to- of Dordrecht
subscribed for this window. with the
OBJECT OF having II placed n the Henry
trnmework WAS prepared for it. still
vacant TO this day But some
now or other the window went astruy.
and hnally found homo In church
near EpplnB; thence It WIS removed
to another church In Essex, where IT
was saved from destruction by one
or Cromweirs generals. and at length.
In the middle of the eighteenth cen
fury. the churchwardens of ST. Mar
Surets. Westminster. bought 1t tor 81,
OF all diminished things in London,
the Houses of Parliament, ar. perhaps
the most glartng examples. The origi-
nal design OF Sir Charles Barry, ac-
! ccepted By tho government, provided
ior palace twice as largo. and pre-
senting an infinitely grander aspect
with Westminster Hall. the scene OF
so many historic events during the
pas: 800 years. In the centrs; whereas
"eStmlDgter rrla ri
to be virtually buried In hole III
the outer wall. instead OF occupying
It's true central place Of the entire ,di-
tory. appropriately framed In such a
way By her Palace OF Parliament as
TO show all its architectural grandeur.
! Cath sdral. and the lato Dean A1ilman
and even Dean Gregory, should have
objected to the presence OF the statue
Of horse. surrounding, the tomb OF
! difficult to understand. 1t is mat
ter concerning which there has been
considerable amount of specula tion
and l recall that at the time when
Lord Curzon was IN India, about ten
years ago. the London speaker" sug-
gested IN an amusing fashion that per
| haps tho attitude OF tho chapter was
due to fear that any concession in the
matter might pave the way for the
eventual erection In the cathedral. over
the tomb of Lord Curzon. of a colossal
:
! elephant. with these words embinzoncd
on tho base OF the monument. 9TH
meek shall inherit the earth"
without going TO the length of Fred.
} the finest Lutheran churches in Prus
sian Poland. a magnificent ediilcc OF
white stone. which age has failed to
detsriorate, as memorial to his IA
vorite charger. killed beneath him n
| the battle of Kunersdorff, there are
hundreds of worthy Christians who dc
! not understand why there should b.
any objection to burying animals In
| cons ezra ted ground. while there arc
thousands upon thousands who will be
! disposed to regard as exaggerated tho
| objection OF the former Deans ant
| Chapter of ST. Paul's Cathedral, to tho
| presence OF animals in stone and
! bronze in places consecratcd to Divine
In Westminster Abbey there are two
or three equestrian pieces OF statuary
among the memorials to the iliustrious
| conspicuous, feature In the memorial L
Milton. dolphin forms the base o
the monument to William Pitt. Ear
Chatham Moreover. in Kensal Greer
| the principal cemetery of the British
! metropolis, the grave of Tom Savers
famous in the earlier portion of thc
Victorian err as the champion prize
fighter. Is surmountsd by slab o.
mastiff, of the same material, strik
ing object among the crosses. tho obc
lisks. and the broken columns that con,
stltute the ordinary memorials TO IN,
dead tina, IL in this big tract Of coz
secrated ground.
In almost every Roman Catholic
church of Continental Europe. ind or
this side of the Atlantic as well
creches are arranged within the sacrcC
ediiices, representing the Holy Family
in tho stable At Bethlehem. with oxen
asses and sheep, munching corn ant
hay from the managers; and in some OF
tho village churches In Brittany this
scene is represented, not BY lay fig
ures. but by living persons and AMI
mails,
There Is hardly a single church o
tho Anglican denomination in the Unit
ed Kingdom. or of the Protestant Epis
copal rite in this country. where th'
day are read every sunday, IS no
constructed in the form of an eagle
with outstrctchcd wings-a bird o
prey. All OF which goes to show tina
there is no general objection TO thu
representation of figures OF animals II
Christian churches.
The only case OF an animal be'ng
Is that OF the dog of William o.
assassinatcd in 1854. his dog being
killed at the same time. 1t had snvet
him on two pravious occasions fSon
being murdered. while asleep, by Span
ish agents of King Philip H.. and nov
lies cntombed at his masters feet, II
the last resting place OF the roya
house of Orange, occupying the throne
OF the Netherlands.
LA MARQUisE DIE FONTENof.
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