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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-27

Al Is not difficult for an imasina.
i've person to conceive how an on.
session like this could. finally 40
operate on the mind and nerves of
us Vlctlm as to produce reactions
OF tne muscles used in guiding the
machine that would cause a catas.
tropne identical With the one so
dreaded by Miss Quimby. Believing
tnat the gigantic cloud-fnger was
tired OF playing with her machine.
and had given its tail a final. fatal
nip. her hands on the guiding levers
unconsctously reversed their usual
procedure.
Miss Quimby was a story writer,
poet, a dramatist-in fact.
dreamer with n mind extraordinarily
active on its imaginative side Her
belief In that cloud hand was no
stranger than the beliefs II the an
Client Greeks in the immortal beings
which controlled all the manifesto
tions Of nature.
When Icarus few high above the
Mediterranean with wings made Of
wax he knew that it was in the pow
er of Phoebus-Apollo, rolling the sun
across the heavens in his chariot, to
bring disaster upon him by melting
his wax wings, which Is exactly what
the sun did, and the ancient Greek
NEUROLOGICAL aeroplanist took his
fatal plunge irto the sea.
To personify mysterious forces far
above the earth, picturing in her
mind cloud forces concentrated in
an intelligent, all-powerful hand. was
a not unnatural obsesslon In one OF
Miss Quimby's temperament and
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seen was tragic almost beyond words.
In the office of a London newspaper
which had financed her fight across
the Channel, she met with large
replica of Ganesha. The strange
idol, with its elephant head, three
legs. and three arms, all on a human
body, had been sent to the news
paper office to be destroyed. The
newspaper had collected from it's
readers number of unlucky tails
mans, and Ganesha was among
them.
Miss Quimby. seeing that he
matched the smaller idols which had
hung on her Cairo mules headstall,
begged so hard for Ganesha that the
figure was reluctantly turned over
to her And here is Miss Quimby's
version of whit happened
@Any one would suppose that after
! had rescued Ganesha from such an
untimey end MS burning he would
be grateful and would behave like
his little children did. But almost
Immediately l began to have bad
luck"
When Miss Quimby returned to New
York after her triumphal crossing
of the Channel, Ganesha kept on
misbehaving and she decided finally
that She would gullotine him So
she had his head cut off and put the
head in desk drawer, while she
used the body of the idol for a
paper weight. The day that Miss
Quimby was killed in Boston a
friend of hers was near her desk
and saw Ganesha, with his cutoff
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mental constitution, considering her
hazardous performances in cloud
land.
There was another superstition Of
Miss Quimbys that had a certain
bearing on the catastrophe of her
career. She wore a number Of ORR
entail decorations that, with her COM
plexion, made her resemblance to
tabled queens of Egypt more than
merely fanciful She had. in partic-
ular, a string of weirdly colored
stones that she obtained from Cairo
muleteer Unless these were around
her neck she would not fly. Her own
narrative of how she got them is H.
Illustrative of the woman behind The
girl.
Il had noticed a most peculiar
combination of stones which were
around the mules temples as part
of his head-stall. A number of queer
little Oriental gods and goddesses
were suspended irregularly from this
string of stones. A close examination
of them showed that they were all
really the same god or goddess, | do
not know which, and that Canesha
was the name think he is a Hindu
god of Luck
Il offered the boy guinea for the
string of stones, but he wanted
three times that much. We finally
compromised for two guineas And
my luck changed that very day.
have never been so happy as since
bought those little charms"
But Ganesha was to play a part in
Miss Quimbys life that, all unfor-
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n al

head resting again on his shoulde"
and still grlnning horribly. MISS
Quimby had replaced the head tho
day she went to Boston.
1t was Miss Quimby's oft repeated
statement that happy people an %,
long to the same generation, anu
she did everything she could "
make people happy. She was az
cheerful as could be, and in leIteI
which she posted ON her way 10 tuc
aerodrome the day she met het
death she laughingly quotes Olna'
to show how little she fears that any.
thing will happen to her ana ye'
how she refuses to take herself ser
iously. The quotation, which eyr
IDENTIFY answered some e1treaty 70 70
careful, told how improbable II was
That Youths sweet-scented manu-
script should close"
Miss Quimby's ambition was "
earn enough money before she was
thirty-five 80 that she might relio
from daily work to write one ols
book or one big play. The res sa
dents of Hardelot, the fashloIao.o
French resort on the English Cam
mel, had presented her with pun,
galow and large piece OF grolnuu
for her cross-channel flight. one
wanted to go there in the Summer"
when she retired from business AZ
fairs. and to live her Winters y
southern California, where Su0
owned an orange ranch.
But the cloud-hand was too strong
for her. 1t lifted the tail OF nef
monoplane once too often.
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TT is heavy human toll that IL
exacted by the sport of aviation,
i but in the long list OF such sac
riflces of life none so affects the
popular Imagination as that OF Har'
rlet Qulmby--the most daring OF
airwomen. yet so dainty, pretty ara
essentially feminine that she came
to be known as the Dresden China
Avlatrice."
In keeping with her outward AZ
pect of frivolous femininity, too
were her odd and peculiarly fem
mime supersttions. Always when
In the air, though she handled her
powerful craft with all the cool skill
and courage Of any of her masculine
rivals, she was obsessed by the notion
of mischievously malicious giant
hand stretched forth from the clouds
behind her. swapping it's great fin-
gers perilously near her outstretched
planes, or, with TIE rip OF one Of
those immense digits Tipping up
ward the tail Of her craft as though
for the pleasure of seeing 1t dive
headlong to the earth below.
At last that giant cloud-t1nger sue.
ceeded in its experiment. Miss
Quimby's 10o-horsepower Blerlot
machine suddenly stood on its head,
up a mile in the sky above the city
of Boston, pitching the daring
woman and, her male passenger ILL
to the shallow waters of Dorchester
Ray. Her odd superstition was
realized Miss Dresden China" as
she had half.expected to happen,
was broken at last.
Harriet Quimby will be forever
famous as the first airwoman to fly
across the English channel. When
she was about to leave New York
last March, bent on accomplishing
that feat--whieh the most rugged
and experienced of man-fyers at
tackled with trepidation--her friends
sought to 'dissuade her on the
grounds Of her frail physique and
her generally feminine disadvan-
tages.
why" said one, your appro-
pirate environment is the blue and
gold walls OF satln-upholstered
boudoir In the Louis Nv. style.
You're not a medieval German ANA
zon by Piloty; you're a Vatican
Shepherdpess. Why. everybody IL
calling you the Dresden China
Aviatrice,
"Oh, don't like that" laughed
Miss Qulmby. Dresden China Is
so easily brokenl But I'm going,
Just the same"
During that perilous channel pas
sage she could almost feel the pres
ence of that glant-cloud hand flip
ping its fingers playfuly about her
rudder--like a cat playing with a
mouse. Long before that. soon af-
ter she had secured her pilots license
and was venturing into the skies
alone she said to one of her In
innate friends:
Frequently when have been
flying 1t has seemed to be as II a
huge cloud hand were mischievously
rocking my slender little monoplaue.
1t seemed, with playful finger, to
be lifting the tail of my machine
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| actually had to fight
with my levers to keen
the machine from stand
ing on its nose--particu.
'arly when coming down
through the lower clouds.
That giant hand grows
more and real the longer
l fly. Whenever | get
among the clouds I can
feel 1t playing with the
tall of my machine"
Curiously, nothing so
we'll as her own belief in
this supernatural agency
explains the mystery of
that fatal plunge into
Dorchester Bay. Her in
structors. M. Andre Haul
pert, whose training en-
abled her to gain her pi.
lots license. has made
this significant statement:
ut was no lack on the
part of Miss Quimby that
caused the drop of WON
an, man and machine to
the earth. There was
nothing the matter with
her machine. 1t was in
perfect working trim. But,
SO far as we can tell.
something happened which
destroyed its equipoise.
and instantly she was at
the mercy of the air"
Something happened"
AS Miss Quimby has said.
that something" almost
happened whenever she
was among the clouds.
1t was hard to keep that
maliciously playful giant
finger from Tipping the
tail of her machine too
high for her safety-and
now, at last II pava q ain
with force enough to
make resistance uselessl
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-18

Gately and Joseph T. Giesey. Father
Daniel taught the High school class
The commercial graduates are.
Bernard j. Hrlfer. George W. Hughes.
Charles v Nibben. Thomas J. Gar.
yey. Raymond J.. Whelan. Edward l..
killeen. Joseph A. Nolan. Joseph ].
Csurilia, Francis 4. OIIearv. Corue.
Hus F. Donovan and Clarence T. Gus.
ter Bernard J.. Helfer. Charles v.
Gribben and Clarence r. Custer were
also awarded diplomas for orccIiencv
IN typewriting. George Kaltenbach
and Fred Gan'zer we're awarded al.
plomas for proficiency IN writing
Academic Course.
In the academic course the girls
awarded graduation honors. pain.
gold medals and diplomas were Miss
Eleanor q Bailey. Miss Frances Do.v.
mill pr. Miss Claire A. HoeIsche. Wiss
fddic a. Mendenhalt. Miss Gertrude
Ger.
a gold medal WIS awarded bv Row
q u Moyo 10 Miss Winrorter for pro.
hrioncy IN church history A cash
prize ~ $40 for penmanahip waa
awarded by ST. Joseph's Alumni 10
Miss MarFarot Conin A cash prizo
OF go Tor English literature vas
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DOCTOR RECOMMENDS
CUTICURH FOR BAD
CASE Of PIHPLES
Sufferers Face in Such a Condition
He assistance to Go Out, Cured
by Cutieura Soap and Ointment.

$500 Third Ave. No York ="Ahouf
three months ago my faoe aud neck hccama
covered with small red pinpirs whlch iater
Developed into large bolE and my facs was
m such q condition. that 49, aahanted %
20 out ~ ne house. After using raivsa
rooommcndod b. ne drlFrirt I vent % q
hospital Tor trsatment. n bad physician
90 the hospital tod "a, I would have 20
rport Tor throe or four months Tor treatment
before ne bons you'd even start N d~isappear.
a young physrian While trcafing NJ
Eoommcndcd Cnicura Soap and ointment
and toId ne % traat ny faca ever rlrht
before retiring with both fhe Cticura eoap
ard Onfncni ~ following he advIce I
"a not have % o. 20 the hospital for mora
than q ueek n a har. Ths results ohtaincd
were faf better even than The physician
snpcctof and I was completely cured IN q
short TIM b. he use of the Cuticura aoap
ard Ointment aiso found that bon nurses
anf phvaiclans AZ ne hospital used ne Cut-
ezra aoan ard Ointment" lEueil Bred
FiehmeYe. aept Z. 1871.
cuucua auap and Cutc1ra Oinfmsnt ~
furd IN apc-disst and most economical treat-
ment for itchiuE. burhiur. blo-dinr. pimpu.
ard crusied stfd md scaip humura. a youar
and %. A Einrio hot bah gith Cuucura
SAP and e r-nte anoutinr Wlth Clticura
Crfmanf ars often uiNrirnt 10 aHarf imus-
date rtiisf in he mot tifrsNinE 49, ard
rsfmit rest ard sleep ghcn al ese faaA In
dispersabis hr hoe \ sufer from poof
ccmricEious red. roueh hands and dT, thin
ard falling hair. Cgtic1ra soap and Oine
n,snt ~ odd ~cvErwhsrA Lberdl anDls a.
carh maned frea I'm a1-p 30 On ths Ala
and hair. Adfr.ea "Cufirua~ nerL n.
Roston. nsndsflacod mn fhouid 49,
yin cuucun $40 aharng Enk
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-18
SIX YOUNG MEN
AND WOMEN GRADUATE

by Miss Margaret Mcmahon. the
church organist.
n. Rev. Manager Joseph Mullen.
OF his city. was present at the exer-
ciHes and awarded tho diplomas John
o. Thoner. who stood highest IN his
grades. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
y Thoner. was first awarded n gold
medal and diploma Tor efficiency and
proficiency in having m successfully
completed his High school term. 9th.
Or students responded % the call OF
thoir names and received medals and
diplomas.
Following are the graduates who
received diplomas and figured In tho
cash prizes. also receiving a gold
medal.
John o. Thoner. James T. Hanfcv.
James 70 Riley. Charles r. Kalton-
bach. James J.. Gnmarfin. Prank A.
Carroll. Loo A. Mccain. James r.
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Buys this fancy Pinch continuous
post Brass Bed. Either finish.
satin oil bright. n centershllers,
M-inch fancy ornaments on every{
filler at top and bottom. A regu-j
lar $500 value. 1870 discount
allowed for cash. :
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-18
At IMPRESSIVE EXERCISES At
ST. JosEPH's CATHEDRAL.
Interesting Program Was Carried OUT
and Many Were In A.
tendance.

Beginning Win high mass ~ 1880
o'clock Monday morning. thirty-six
young ladies md young gentlemen
from 81. Joseph Academy and UIrb
school we're graduated and received
sod medals and cash prizes. given As
special premiums. and their diplomas
we're presented by Roy r. %. Mcuer
mott. NJ Clarkrburr. an uncle OF one
o. tho academic graduates.
Tho services we're very Impressive
and the cathedral was fUof 10 ifs yf.
most capacity with friends and refa
lives Tho altar ~ the church Yaa
beautifully decorated and br.rIaruv
lighted with candles. and the altar
boys and priests in their robes refe
traird regular high mass. Rev T. %.
M~cDerm0ff. s. s So. vice president
~ DuqueHna Univertity Of pittsburgh
u8H The celrbrant ~ the mass. and
delivered ln on eloquent manror Tho
farewell address ~ mo Rraduafe1.
Fo.IoHirg arc the names o. the
priests Who assisted On tho rrrrmo
rios Rev H. o. McDfrn0ff. CLARKE
blrg reIabranf Rev william Hale
Benwopd. deacon Rev. D. D. Ross
rHn. r.fr. sub deacon. Rev o. H.
ADye city. master OF reremorIea
Frr Joseph Mullen. ". g.. Rt REV
MANAGER.
ave Marie ula rendered IN a
very beautiful manner ~ AIira Anga
u and Mr Prank poIrmUIer. following
which Tho Dip omas we're presented
Following the presentation. Sir
Thomas Woehor rendered Win rpian.
rff rrirn HanHnn Hr~rrr - r.
tet choir sang the masE. accompanied
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awarded by St Joseph's Academy IN
Miss Claire a. Hoelsche. A cash
prize Of $40 for Christian doctrine
was awarded by Rt. Rev. Bishop Don.
ahue 10 Miss Eleanor G.. Bailey and
Frances G. DeiEmiller.
a gold medal and diploma was con.
TERED upon eight young women OF the
commercial class. They are. Mirqes
Mary NJ Conir. Zita NJ. Clark. Marie
G. Bickmnn. Helen VI Flaharty. Emc
B Mrehan. Katherine y. RYAN. Mar.
tina NJ Bookings and Regina r. Raj.
ferry.
Special prizes were awarded TO The
following a gold medal for pronclen.
~ in mathematics. awarded bv Rev
T. Weber 10 Miss Mary O. Dickman
@ gold medal for typouriune. awarded
by Rev. r. Weber 10 Mlss Catherine
J. Ryan. n gold medal Tor stsnogra-
ply. awarded by Row r. Weber 10
Miss Helen RI. F1aharty.
The young women were al beaufi.
fully dressed On flmy white creations
with Shoes ard pumps 10 match. the
only contrasting color being the green
wroaihs around their heads.
Tho perfis o. trying N get rich
quick are stil IN evidence.
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COMMENCEMENT or
ST. .ALPHONSUS
WILL BE HELD IN AUDITORIUM
OF The COLUMBIA CLUB.
Principal Address VIII BE Delivered
~ Rev. p. Agatha. Of Cumberland
Large Class 10 oraduate.

on Monday evening June "a. IN the
auditorium Of the German.Columbia
club on South Market street one Of
he largest Glasses that ever com.
ploted the course % 81 AIphonsus
German school, wil be graolataf
ana on excellent program with i'm.
presaive ceremonies viii b. rendered
~ me membcrs ~ the class.
Tho class day program and the com.
mencement exercises will af be held
on The gath. and Rev y. Agafho. Of
Cumberland. viii deliver me prinrt
pal address. and Rev r. Rector Will
present the diplomas and award tho
medals. The class consists or 1Of
scholars. the largest class that ever
graduated.
There will BE- two piavictu Included
IN the class DAY exercises. The Pass.
ing ~ the SeaEona~ By the grad.
yates, and The Lost Heir" hy NOM
bcra Of The club Tho exercise will
begin promptly o. e ~. and tho audi.
onco are requested 10 DO seated not
later than mat time. On order that IN
exercises viii not b. INTERRUPTED The
auditorium win b. decorated with
streamera. while the stage viii be
80 with beautiful floral decorations
Following are the graduates who viii
receive Palmer method diplomas. aa en-
award % having completed the stud
les
enIufafrrv rfra rser.v-
IRE Plss.nr or me seasons grsf1at..
anlnlr kurn LILLE Truarnaf
AHnea Nviea Cfaa O.MaTsv.
Months Clara pfrIra WIrrfnn Nh
Ter. Marcsila afahf. Harina Efasr-
aurr Ems W~eiaklrrhsr. Wrurria
sullivan EtheI uruacfsL Irrrffr
H~lnrFinFer. Eva uanrr F1ssrr
Hlockirnrr. Louis Klrach. Clarence
r~nEfufarm.
Halloween loretta nischas
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Thanksgiving: Helen Kerkhoff
Santa Claus Kard Ackermann

49, mann
japanese Lantern March. .Twsntv Rovs
Aouis Weidner. Louis schaub. VIM.
l.. Storch. FideIlH
strauss 4 Schneider. B Bcltz,
1nas singer. Chas Worber. "
Kelly. J. Schroeder. Chas Some
Iei4 " Bernhard. J.. Hassnouer,
kresa. L Greiia. ~. Nolte. j.
Folien. j. JunlnEer. " Hack
Aclou sons. Girls or Grades D.. 2 g.. 4
Lituc soldiers .... Boys o. Grades a.. q 3
Of Palmer Method Diplomas
rne Lost Heir"
tky members o. German-columbfa C1uHt
Award Of Gold Meaals and diplomas
90 Graduates .......... Rev. y. Rector
AnpIcaa ....s.-. Rev. q Agatha
NaldiCforV ........ Morgan Le Isuns
Foiuwtng ere the graduates Henry
schellhnuHc Morgan Le Jeune. Charles
MnIleN. isruir Srhauh. William Gnoh.
Prank Albert ArueE Mcdonnell MAZDA.
zen korn, Lille Trurchell, Agnes Myics.
and HIlda Helfr
Plano Accompanist. rrof b J. schif-
HnH
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Here r Facts

We have just received a
carload shipment of Brass
Beds--more than sixty differ
ent styles. No other house
in the city has ever shown
such a selection. That's one
advantage to you. The other
is in the prices. Buying in
carload quantities has lower
ed the price to a point you
have never heard of. before.
See these pictures---Note the
prices and remember the
guarantee that goes with
every bed.
These Prices are for
This Week Only
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-18

Following bel re- list 81 me r~radHatea.
Morgan LeteuuG Angela FIadiur.
Henry srhrlnnua. Emma UannlH.
VIM kne.lsr. Eoraila Lana
anthony snnnefeld, Catherine Srhoedsr.
NaHHeI krIrr. Louise EI~aenhauer.
Andrew kurn. Emma E~lssuhauor.
oscar larEer. Gertrude E0rn.
lrauk Truhrrf. clara Ritter.
Joseph HanniE clara Ruth.
NarEdnien Korn. clara Hufh.
Lillie TruHrneL Gerald Ruff.
HUlda HsItH. carl achiitt'
Afnea MTleH. Josephine Thalman.
AEnee MrIonneL Pauline Thalman.
rancia sullivan. clara -gcruareher-
knFnNfn ~IIuNNInnnr. wHF.
IVA nausr, csnesisvs some
Gertrude Trahert. fed.
irabelia singer. Hlda Bishop.
Resins Eissn- Gertrude Ritter.
mnueF. gnrfruNn Rain
Joe R~io~tinrer. A6ra Pouses
grorrs HritE. Chaa O.Wausy.
Qrcgory Barrett Louis schaub. '
Richard urf. gearra Noifa
Franria Hack. charles sonnsfsId.
4oa J~unninrer, clarence raasn-
KirHch. dorm.
Aibort fatE Fredsrick jacob
Joe Schroeder. osorFa Fooaa.
wilbur aharnauFh Herman NoIta
Charles flnEor. Adslbert Schroeder
etorch. Louis Weifnfr.
ueien Hernsrt Helen uavrrramp.
Httrha Belts Nirrinia MILLER.
AIMS Barrett cara phIIlppa.
Alma TIsenrauer. Unf ~arf fHaif
Angela Uorra. Helen Vorisr.
Heller Manners. MarFarst 6chras
nraalia MAYER. frr.
coma Noits. Helen Kirkhoff.
Way haan, Josephine Albert
1ta heths Marie Carney,
lara HffnuHa Marie NeIfu
Marie stab. Catheriue Krsaa
nosa simbscE Minnis HufEis
AiA stem angela Hohmann.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-18

Perfectly plains-2 Inch
heavy continuous posts-i4
finch fillers-no ornaments
or husks. A $4,000 value.
All sizes and finishes. Usual
cash discount.
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@H#A
$4,000

Pillars 2H-inch, round,
with heavy 4-inch knobs at
topS2inch square top rail-
Twelve iH-inch fllerS-24
large ornaments at top and
bottom of filters. A $4,000
value. Less 1870 for cash.
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Tho periis o. trying 70 get rich
quick are still IN evidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-03

break with another stone; the third
roughs out the arrowhead. the fourth
trims the edges and the fifth puts on the
finishing touches fastening it to the ar
row itself. The occupation was described
by John Smith of jamestown about 1905,
and the costumes of the Indians have
been copied from drawings made by John
White, artist of Roanoke" but a few
years later which are now in the posses
sion of the National Museum. Of the
ease and unity of the composition some
thing should be said, and to the excel
lent modelling Of the figures in their vari-
GUS attitudes attention should also be
called. These are indeed works Of art
real pictures.
EOR students Of design no better ex-
! amples could be found than the
baskets and pottery Of the Indians now
on view in the National Museum, on the
same floor as the paintings in the Ma
tional Gallery collections. The Indians
were excellent designers and able crafts
men. their baskets varying in form are
beautiful in line, texture and pattern,
and their pottery is peculiarly decora
tive. 1t Is interesting to be able to pass
thus from one demonstration of art to
the handicrafts of the alb
origines to the finished product of our
own time and people in the more re-
StTlctcO NciO Oh the Iue arts. is
not in transition the shock one might
suppose, but to the contrary a distinct
of the inherent relation
of all art, or rather the art Of all times
and all peoples.
X
TN the basement Of the National Museum
there were exhibited this week the
designs entered in competition for the
Perry memorial, which is to be erected
on Lake Erie in commemoration Of the
centenary Of Perry's victory. Over fifty
of the leading architects of the United
States submitted designs with the result
that there was ample opportunity for
choice. The fact is, however. that there
was less variety displayed than might
have been supposed.
The chief feature of the design called
for by the schedule Of the competition
was shaft to serve both as lighthouse
Ind a permanent memorial. With this
was to be combined small museum and
a library. The results ranged from a
simple Doric column. to which the award
was given, to factory chimneys of various
styles. The winning design was in every
respect superior, simple, ddgnified and