Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1919-05-08

seen.
At the, extreme right of the group
and standing slightly apart is a
little gray haired figure, dressed in
blue, Red Cross hangs over her
left breast. At her feet a wreath
of roses. The whole world bows at
the name of Edith Cayill and ner
memory will always be one OF the
bright spots in the history OF the
great war
The neat group is one to which
we all instinctively straighten aid
salute. In the center at the head
of the stairs and slightly apart from
! the rest is the tall handsome figure
of King Albert, dressed in the upi-
form of a Belgian general. at
his feet, torn into pieces is the
scrap of paper. To his right are
the Queen and their three children.
A little further to the left aud
standing in front of a group OF pro
minent Belgians is Carolina Mercier
who has written so much of the
the right of the King and his Cen
erals, the finest the world has ever
seen. AS we stand and lock at
that little group standing SO proud
ly beside their king we catch hit
tie of the wonderful spirit Of the
people. It is to that little handful
of brave men and women that we
owe the peace which we enjoy to-
day. They counted the cost and
then paid the price that the Hun;
might be stopped.
The next group Is a somewhat
larger one. In the center OF the
picture and standing one step be-
low the rest is King Victor, General
of Italy. To his immediate right is
General Diaz and his staff. Then
there are the AviatoTs, the famous
wonderful mountain artillery. Gar
ribaldi and his fighting sons are
there. In it all we see the fine
spirit of the Italian people.
We have now completed half of
the canvas and stand with our
backs to the Statue of Victory"
We are now brought to another sta
tue this one much smaller than
the Statue of Victory as it'll
were in the rays of the setting sun.
Upon a hugh block os stone, six
poileu are holding above their heads |
the body of the Nations dead. Kneel
ing at the foot of the Statue is the
figure of a woman drapped in dep |
est mourning. The women of |
France weep for the Nations slain. |
Away on the horizon we see the |
flame and smoke from the martyred |
City of Rheims.
The first group to the right is
Old Glory on top of
marble pillar draped about the stars
md stripes and the flag of the South
American Republics isl bust of
George Washington
Directly in front, holding in his
land the fourteen points stands
President Wilson. To his right
Gaming against the pillar is Col.
House, EXPIRES. Taft stands be-
lind. There are Sec'y. of Navy
Daniels, EXPIRES. Roosevelt and
many others. At the foot of the
tairway with the Stars and Stripes
waving proudly at their head march
s little band of men. They are
Vest Point Cadets, cowboys, bust
ess man and an American Indian,
representation of the people Of
sring their best to the Nations in,
er hour of need To the right of
1e group are the leading figures :
ershing, General March, General
liss, Admirals Sims, Benson and
Tiers. Truly as fine bunch off
ghting men as the world has "
yer SEEN
The next group is that of Servia
proud little group, they to like
lie BelglanS won the respect ana
of the world by their
,roic struggle against odds.
Next is Roumania and then Rus
a. In each group the Car stands
the central figure surrounded
Z his people. At the right of the
lssian group is the figure of
oman heavily draped in black writ /
ritting the Franco-Russian alli- q
zee upon the stone. Back on the c
rizon above this last group is c
ined city and we read in letters e
gold the name Verdun. p
Never have l seen anything tina,
uld approach in beauty, in gran. =
aur, in theme, this wonderful pro-
ction of the seventeen artists, u
he Pantheon de-le-Guerre."
l had only scany hour to spend r
ere before l had to hurry away Il
q.