The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-08

would be about as appropriate a me-
mortal as anything else that would be
something else besides memorial"
Even a triumphal arch, which has
served this and other purposes in the
past, fails to meet the present re-
quirement, tho Invested of utility. A
Boston speaker declares that it en-
phasizes ''the glory of conquest rath-
er than the spiritual side of victory
that the Minneapolis Journal
quotes with approval, following with
the assertion that "the inspiring mo-
tive in this war was, of course, the
freedom of humanity and human
brotherhood" and somehow me-
mortal should symbolic these
things" Smaller communities may,
however, be justified in a moderate
commingling of the utilitarian with
the memorial purposes, and the Mum
icipal Art Society of New York has
provided for this. The Detroit Free
Press, whose words we quoted at the
beginning of this article, seems to
look favorably on this plan:
can increased appreciation of what
is really beautiful has made some of
the old monuments somewhat In
the nature. of artistic eyesores. They
are priced, not because of intrinsic
merit, but because of their associa-
tions with the past and our memoir
les of the sacrifice they stand for
Standards change; what was regard
ed as triumphant expression by
one generation may be scorned by its
successor. Future recognition de-
penis upon fidelity to the great prin-
cip1es of monumental art. These
memorials are to endure for long
time and should not be examples of
monumental frightflness.
es'<As an aid toward education in
what to do or what not to do, the
Municipal Art Society Of New York
City has issued a twenty eight-page
bulletin for distribution throughout
the country. Examples of good and
bad memorials are figured, and the
brochure is of special service in its
list of different kinds of memorials,
thirty-two of which are suggested,
and can be considered according to
the size of the town and the amount
to be expended. Half of the sugges-
tions are for memorials primarily ar
chitectural, but call in the aid of
sculpture. Among the objects indi-
Gated are arch, band-stand, library,
open-air theater, fountain, bridge,
clock towers, community house, flag
pole with ornamental base, and me-
mortal parks. Consideration of the
relation of the memorial to its site
and surroundings is especially urged ;
the surroundings are the frame of the
picture.
"This bulletin will unquestionably
be of assistance in determining the
choice and character of a proposed
memorial and may well be regarded
as an educational factor by commit
tees having in charge such projects"
No such monuments standsf for US
ready to hand as the destroyed city
of Ypres, which the Belgian Govern
ment, cat the request of the Belgian
people, is to allow to stand for all
time as. a monument to the futility
of hate" The Cincinnati Times Star
continues:
"Not one of her stark ruins is to
be rebuilt. Not a stone is to be
touched. Ypres will remain a dead
city, a reminder Of the worlds most
colossal crime against civilization.
Generation, after generation will pass
between these grim piles of masonry,
seeking to visualize and to sense the
horrors of 1914-1918.
Germany can not complain if
Ypres remains as it stands today.
This CHASTITY pile is German work,
and German monument. A hun
dred years from now Ypres will offer
material evidence as to what it meant
to Belgium and France to resist the
overmastering ambition of the Junk
ets in the bitter years between 1914
and 1915"