The Mankato free press., 1912-10-11

at the base of the sculpture. The
lines are:
"Over wide and rushing rivers
In his arms he bore the maiden;
Light he thought her as feather,
| AS plume upon his headgear."
l. A group of children from the
fourth grade of the Longfellow
school, including Mildred Anderson,
Ruby Pierce, Sylvia Knutson, Ruth
/ Anderson, Blanche Shelter, Margaret
Stasel, Jessie Burgolof, Evelyn
Brown, May Doody, and Florence
Anderson recited the full wooing
scene from ''Hiawatha," following
which Carrie Almos of the Hia-
watha school and Robert Horrick
: of the Longfellow school pulled the
cords releasing the large American
flag that draped the statue. A song,
"The Land of the Sky-blue Waters"
was given by Sudwarth Frasier of
West high school, dressed in full
Indian costume, after which Clau-
dine Hansen, 30OS Park avenue, a
niece of Fjelde's, laid on the statue
large wreath, the gift of Gudrum,
Bergljot, Borghild and Claudine Han
sen, all sisters.
Statement From Lorado Taft.
Lorado Taft, the well-known Am
! erican sculptor, said of the Hiawa-
tina group that ''it is poetic and
imaginative and harmonizes very we'll
with the poem that it is intended to
illustrate. Fjelde certainly did legi-
innate work there"
"As to the features of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hiawatha not being altogether
Indian" said Mr.. Taft, "this should
be remembered--tha it is very diff
ficult to say what the typical Indian
features are. I've seen even pictures
of gentlemen who looked like four
teenth century Florentines. But
nevertheless they were born in wig
vans. The artistic trademark of an
Indian used to be a Roman nose
made in Rome. Fjelde's Indians ap-
pear considerably more realistic than
Thomas Crawford's famous statue of
"The Indian Warrior" to which is
given such prominence by the His
torical society in New York"
st. Paul, October Saturday,
October 10 has been chosen as the
day for the dedication of the memor-
ial statue to Governor Johnson on
the state capitol grounds.
The principal address will be made
by Congressman W. S. Hammond, st.
James. Miss jeanette Lynch, daugh-
ter of Fred B. Lynch, will pull the
cord which will unvail the statue.
c. D. O'Brien, president of the
commission, will present the monu-
ment to the state, and Governor Eb-
erhart will make an address of ac-
ceptance. The invocation will be
by Bishop J. ]. Lawler
Mrs. johnson Will Be Present.
Guests of the memorial commits
sion will meet in the governors
room at 2 p. m, and march to
the platform. The program will
start at 2:30 Those who have been
invited to. sit on the platform are:
Mrs. John A. Johnson, members of
the commission, the governor and
his staff, the mayors of St. Paul,
Minneapolis, Duluth and ST. Peter,
the Unites States senators and mem.
bers of the house of representatives
from Minnesota, the justices of the
supreme court, the judges of the fed
eral courts, and Andrew O'Connor
the sculptor.
The First Battalion band, M. N
G. will furnish the music.
Politicians In Auto Wreck.
Edward E. Smith, Minneapolis,
chairman of the republican state CEN
trail committee, e. B. Hawkins, Du-
luth, republican national committee.
man, and Simon Michelet, Minneu-
polls, escaped injury shortly before
10 a. m. Saturday when they drove
their automobile into a telephone
been paying too much tax shall
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