Republican farmer., 1919-10-17

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 MT. Weinman had been noted in his profession for many years. In- deed, he was under most serious con sideration by the committee which awarded the commission for the James W. Beardsley statue at the entrance to our Beardsley park. His sculpture is among the best that the sculptors of America have produced How well these artists have been about their task, arch and bas re- lief testify They will appeal to the highest artistic sense, and each, I am persuaded, will grow in public regard the longer it endures. It is apt to be thus, the generation of a later day estimates more truly and higher the really great work of today than do those who live with it, be 1t in the paths of government statesmanship letters. or art.
 Architecture and sculpture are all lies in the arts. Finished skill, beau tifuI lines. fit proportion. producing a work of truth and. beauty born in understanding, sympathy and imag- ination. That is art, that is true ar chitecture and true sculpture. And this arch and this baS relief are the blessed children of the hand, and head and heart of artists who possess these qualities.
 Wonder factory chimney and the plant it ministers to are the mere mechanism of architecture. The heart of man did not throb in their design ing, nor did beauty crown their build ing. But arch and bas relief are diff ferent. Into these have gone the skill of rare art, the imagination of high soul, and there ccmeth forth the wonders of truth and beauty.
 Beauty said Ruskin, one of it's most understanding friends. Beauty has been appointed by the Deity to be one of the elements by which the human soul is continually sustain ed''
 Yes, beauty is everywhere in na- ture in sky above. in the waters of the Sound, in tree and shrub, in flower and tiniest leaf. And the most beautiful of all beautiful things in this wondrous world is a beautiful human life. and that life is beautiful which thinks and does for others.
 This Memorial in all it's just dig nifty typifies the character of him in whose memory it was created. Who ever shall look here and think of William H. Perry shall see before him a true type of New England manhood, a man of strong intelli- gence, sound judgment and discrimN mating action, prudent, thrifty, pa tient, industrious, achieving and help full winning success because he com- pelled it and deserved it.
 But this Memorial shall not speak in the long stretch of the years to come, merely ofEFhe man in whose memory it was created, nor yet of the woman whose loyalty to her dear mate bade her pernetuate his name. No, it will stand as a Memorial of power and of beauty, helping to give us enjoyment as We look upon 1t, and helping us to see that the things of the hand all about US ill this busy place are not the trium phant end, but rather the things of the spirit, and one of these, this Memorial of moral power and moral beauty. And so long as it shall stand it will teach the people of this fair city that great living is not in great possessing, but in great service. For this Memorial is a, gift to the people of this city in value perhaps only once equalled or excelled in the history of the city. If Doints a splendid spirit of service and that is it's chiefest inspiration.
 May it's example, enduring for the ages. lead our men and women to give of their abundance to the peo- nle of our city, to bless him who re- ceiyes, through its physical use, or it's mental health and delight, or it's soiritual power and beauty, and to h1ess the memory of him who gives hv associating him forever with that ouality of mercy which so shines in acts of service for our kind.
 Mayor Wilson, the trustees have given their best endeavor to the sa- cred trust committed to them by Mrs. Perry.
 We hand over to the keeping of the city of Bridgeport this completed Memorial, and shortly we shall hand to the city of Bridgeport in trust a substantial sum of money, a part of the interest earned upon the legacy 7ince it came into our hands, in trust to be used for the future care and maintenance of this Memorial.