Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-08
BRONZE NYMPHS TO
GET SUITABLE SITE
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were Mayor Daniel l.. Keister, Park
Commissioner e. z. Gross, George A.
Shreiner, State Superintendent of
Public Grounds and Buildings and a
member of the City Planning Com
mission, and J. Horace Mcfarland,
secretary of the Municipal League
and president of the American Civic
Association.
Mayor Keister in speaking of the
resolution presented in Council re-
Gently in which Commissioner Gross
was authorized to select a site in
Reservoir Park and report to the
other Commissioners, said he was
heartily in favor of having the ex-
pensive statuary placed, but wanted
to have 1t in a proper setting where
it would be most appreciated. "Har-
risburg can feel proud of such a val
uable work of art and great care
should be taken to see that it is Civ
Ell an appropriate and artistic set
ting As Reservoir Park is full of
slopes and hills, it may be necessary
to nave the fountain near one of
the entrances" the city's executive
concluded.
To Visit Park
Mr.. Shreiner, who has long been
identified with park and other civic
Improvement plans, said he intends
to visit Reservoir Park in a day or
two to consider probable sites. Mr..
Shreiner also discussed sites in River
Front Park which had been suggest
ed when the fountain was given to
the city.
'I certainly agree with the creator
of this piece of art in his statements
TO have the fountain placed either on
level parkland or at a place where
it can be viewed from above. 1t
would certainly be n mistake to
have it on a high place in the park"
he continued. Among the sites in
River Front Park which have been
mentioned are State street and Lo-
Gust street. I am sure it would be
more expensive to place the statuary
there, but in selecting a site in Res
u9MS az pInoVs uoIlBIep!suoo IIoAIo
of an artistic base for the statue and
also the surroundings in the park, as
there certainly should be seats or
benches close to the fountain, so that
the many visitors to Reservoir can
view it from slopes slightly above it
or on parkland on a level with it."
Not to Hurry work
Commissioner Gross, who has been
given the authority to select a site,
has promised to give the question
careful attention before making any
recommendation to the other mem
bers of Council. When it was re-
ported that Donate would come to
the city to attend the meeting of
Council tomorrow, Commissioner
Gross said he would wait until the
sculptor had appeared and made
suggestions before taking any fur
TIER action.
No Question as to Value
When asked about the placing of
the chocolate girls" J. Horace Nc
Farland, who is interested not only
as secretary of the Municipal League
but as president of the American
Civic Association, replied as follows:
In all thoughtful communities
there is coming about a changed
view with respect to the acceptance
of any work of art or the placing of
any structure that must be put per-
manently in the public eye. 1t is no
longer the idea that the community
is a mendicant or a dump upon
which any object may be forced by
the simple process of giving 1t. The
town participates in any such gift
to considerably more than two-thirds
of the total values involved. 1t must
provide the placing or setting for an
art object, and, what is much more
important, it must and does provide
the continuing body of people to look
at the object contributed. If that OBJ
tect is ill-placed or placed for selfish
reasons, or is of poor value artistic
ally, the town condemns another
generation, at least, to the sight OF