Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-24


leaving his oountenance lit with an ex-
precision of alert interest. Thus.
Washington paper Of that date describes
il The Marine Band played ON that
occasion. December 20. 1891; capacious
stand was erected for the distinguished
audiences Presdent Arthur ana ms +
cabinet representatives OF the army @ ana
navy. du Pont Post, G. A. r., from VII I
nippton. a file of marines. squad % T
sailors with drawn cutlasses, detach-
ment Of artillery. and, OF the iamiiF, |
Eugene du Pont Henry X. du font anu
Henry A lu Pont the last named beihR
the ONLY one now living. Senator homas
+. Bavard, orator of the oecaslon, mace
the speech of the unveiling and pulled the
cord that revealed the statue Al the
CONCLUSION. the admiral salute Of thirteen
guns was fired by the battery.
Tho statue was modelled ~ Iennt
Thompson. noted sculptor OF that da J.
rnr NEW MEMORIAL
Samuel Francis du Pont
/ Rear-Adniral. United states NAVY
ts03-iS6h
| This memorial fountain replaces q statue
| erected by the Congress OF the nited
States in recognition oi his DIS
4 flnkllsilBl Stl ~
The above il the very simple inscription
Ia he placed on the memorial OF AdHiiral
du Pont that is to replace the statue
which will be brought 70 wilmington.
The tN.n illustrations best describe the
,,a,,,ar,aI any appreciation OF lis sig
/ nihcance and its value "a n work oi ar
rn,,st come from seeing the thing Itseli
Thai i Mas designed by Daniel Chester
Eronch besDeaks its worth, and no less
oan ha said oi his architect collaboration,
Uenr,. Racon. The most famous achieve
mont of French and Bacon is the great
/ I,ncoln Memorial In Washington, ana
rrais,, III the du Pont memorial may diifer
anlv a. the works OF art differ, not as 10
their beauty OF conception. Mr.. French
was commissioned To produce the Gu
Pont memorial according 70 ms own con
ception. the only stipulatIons beng that
the material should he OF white inafoie'
and that the design should he eInoieiiiatc
OF the navy and inc sea. lhas l sa.
se,,ln+or understood what the sea and
ebins are ia man Of Admiral du Pont
,,orsoneiitv Is apparent IN what he mas
produced. Ii Is 4 thing OF marvellous
beautv and will attract visitors to v ash
ington and will he known rs one ot the
oreat nieces of American sculpture
About du Pont Circle are clustered
emo of the most handsome and exclusive
ho,nas in Washington; many chiidren
bo,.a boon accustomed to PLAY on TIE
..ao,, about the base of a statue OF q
tslI man in the uniform ot an American
ogr,,ral In future the children Will
I.a,,o a large round marble pool IN whicr
- saii boats. and as they look up, water
will he falling from a great bowl GIheie
~. tbrea figures oi lovely form and III
finite meaning And they viii look ioht
and with wondering gaze, upon the ttnet
the stars. the sea and the WIND gu on
went into the navy IN MS eiaiehooa,
bov of twelve, he grew up WITH tue s,ais
tLe sea and the wind, they were his thre'
aln,s matters. he knew them aud loYet
them sailed his ships by their course
and their moods, and by knowledge @
sbiDs and the elements they sailed III
d;d great things for his country II al
seems ftting-the statue OF the admifa
comes back 10 his home at ashlnetoi
ADoefica's own CITY, Is a memorial OF On
nf the cotlntrys 5 great men, foahtai
-, which children sail shlps IN immature
~ symbol. The fountain IS led an
supported by the three great element
of navigation the stars the @i1ia an
tho sea What typihes the man FeiAasi
At the starting point, what tyrlfles n I,
career exists in everlasting tneti,etA II u
rapital.of tile nation he served.
That DanieE Chester french sh"ai
have been secured sta produce the q
pont memorial Is Of such universal go1
fortune that II smust be mentioned. !
- aoe III The men who are passing AMER
can sculpture on 10 pos'eri'A
lincoln and the du Pont nenofials n
bis latest things, and isl a. mat = :
~ interest u lew Others ct his hlght
,ecaIled I'm sleepy Hollow eemeter,
fonrord Mass. the memorial 70 "
hrotbrrs who fell III the GlVli War,
former Lincoln memorial, q statue al Il
ornat Iiberator ut Lincoln, Nebraska
iTba Minute Man at Concord Mass
D statues of John Harvard and honi
\ ~ starr King at Cambridge statue
nc Rnfus Choate for the Boston court hess
i the bronze doors of the Boston | t'ai
. library. The Alma Mater at 1eiainh
gu University; the -four figures fafop
~ Asio Africa and America n front
he tbe Custom Ho lse III New oTk ~
q and DIR. Gallaudet and lis lifsl &c
/" : Mute Pupil
- Daniel French IS SoW hneiaHa ma
i Yankee II the sterling. eir!ie typr.
i "a wears of age, living IN the iullness
- achievement, doing 1T present ms I
work. and it is hoped lac may eoasta'
r. for many years He has earned non
nj and repown in his own country and aotos
in and leads in the ideals of Anefea
ars sculpture