The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12

Washington. Feb. 12.-Without the least formal ceremony, because of lack of time in which to prepare an ssde-s quate program, ground was broken to- day for the magnificent Lincoln Me n0rial in Potomac Park. south of the White House This structure sWh ich, when completed. will cost S2,0Oo, ,O00 or more, will stand through time not. only as a monument to the savior of his country but as the best example. of architecture and sculpture which the nation has produced in honor of it's heroes been held to-day had the time between the signing of the contracts for the work of grading and terracing and the date of Lincoln's birthday permitted will be carried out in more elaborate detail when the corner stone of the memorial is Iaid.s Members of the Memorial commission who were in the capital with essed the start of the work | to-day but Former President Taft, the. lchairman, did not leave his home in 1 New Haven
 Potomac Park Sites sz
 The site for the nemorik lis in Iso.-z ltornac Park on an axiss planned 1 more than q century a ago,=h one end l of which is the Capitol. the nonsI- 1 ment of the governm ent and at the l other. more than mile to the wesL the Washington Monument
 Still farther to the west will be the l Lincoln Memorial where iEnill have a' relation with the Capitol and the Washington Monument that would be l impossible on any other site. and will be closely related also with Arling- l ton Cemetery where those who fought l for the Union are buried. It is plan- ned 10 have, some day, memorial bridge linking the Lincoln Memorial I with Arlington
 I The design of the memorial is the work Of Henry Bacon, New York aT- chitect, approved by the Memorial 1 Commission. His idea was that the I memorial to Lincoln should be cgna- posed of four featuresEa statue of the man, memorial of his Gettysburg speech, memorial of his second inau- EguraI address. and symbol of the
 Limited States which he preserved. Each feature will be related to the
 others by means of design and posi- l ton and each will be so arranged I that it will become an integral part Il of the whole in order to attain unity 1 and simplicity in the monument Each
 feature is meant to impress the be this it is sought to accomplish by means of isolation, though not to the extent of impairing the relation of
 each feature to the others
 statue Is Keynote.
 The most Inporta mt single object I will be the statue ofzLincoln, the plan being for a seated figure placed well in the back ground of the largest chamber The sculptor has not yet been selected. This chamber will be I unoccupied by any other object that might detraet from the effectiveness II of the statue and the visitor will be
 alone with it..
 I The smaller halls at each side Of the ! central chamber each will contain 3 fl memorial, one of the Gettysburg ad-
 dress and the other of the inaugural address, in bronze letters on nlonu-
 mental tablets. while adjacent low re
 Iiefs will relate in alIegory LincoIns
 qualities as evidenced by those speeches.
 While these memorials will be seen
 from any part of the hall they are te
 be partly screened from the central tchamber by means of a row of IoIlie T columns.
 Surrounding the walls inclosine
 these memorials to the man. is plan