The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05

Six years ago come September, when
the rude laughter of German Uhlans
was ripping across the Redeemed wat
ers of the River Marine, a village car
penter set little wooden cross at the
roadside where the peoples grew.
Here" he said, "the German drive
on Paris will end"
And there the German drive on Paris
did end. For four days after that the
shells burst about Meaux; men gave
their lives heroically, horribly, for
France and Liberty; but the little
cross remained untouched by shrapnel
or the iron heel of the Boche.
The simple peasants insist that Good
marked the place with His finger in
the sand, and smiled"
The little plot of ground where that
cross stood has been consecrated by
the blood of heroes but Kenoshans are
going to help hallow it further by Civ
ing pennies, nickels and dimes for
Americas gift to France. They will go
to Meaux through "Lafayette-Bo
now ready to receive them at Barden's
Store, the First National Bank, the
Elks Club, and Hurd's Drug Store.
They will be used to memorabilia the
hilltop on the Marine where "Papa"
Joffre's "pitiful handful Of French SOL
diers" hurled back the German hordes
and saved the world from Prussianism.
It is every Kenoshan's chance to pay
his debt to France.
'FrOm All America"
The brochure explaining the latest
great adventure sets forth it's purpose
as follows;
"Soon there shall stand on that bank
of the Marine where the little cross is
, now a statue such as the world has
never seen, a statue that to our chill
dren and to our children's children
shall tell of battle won and of a
bond of love between two great nations
tha3 will hold until the end of time.
at will show that Americans, as wen
as Frenchmen, remember.
against the sky, in huge proportion,
the statue of a woman, woman beau
tiful though worn and beaten down by
the storm of battle, who rises undaunt-
ed, dauntless, and raises high sloft her
Flag Of Liberty, the flag for which her
sons and ours have died.
"on July a., 1885, we celebrated the
birthday of our liberty. From all
lands came men to join in our happi-
ness and joy. Some bore gifts in tok-
e 1.s.. LrEn4
the beloved, came the giant statue
which stands in New York harbor,
Liberty Enlightening the World" a
gift from the people of France to the
people Of America.
From all France came the money
for that statue Of Liberty; from rich
and poor, from the eager hands of lit
Gle children, from the palsied hands of
old men-each gave share.
80 shall our gift to France be made.
''Not from the chosen few shall it
come, but even as we gave to her our
sons from east, from west, from north
and south-from all America"
McMOnnies viii Model Statue.
The statue which Kenoshans will
help to rear where the battered wood
en- cross still stands will be designed
by the distinguished American sculp-
tor, Frederick McMonnies, who is now
at work on sketches in modeler's clay.
1t will represent France, the cham
piOn Of Liberty, rising phoenix-like
from the ruins of Liege, Louvain, Mons
and Meaux. .a
Mr.. McMonnies is especially quail
fed to carve such statue. He not
only possesses rare ability as sculp- |
tor but knows how men died to conse-
crate the hilltop on the Marine. From
his studio near Meaux he heard the
first distant rumble of the Krupps |
across "the red river" There later he
dressed the. wounds of men brought in
from "the gray death out there" He
saw Frenchmen die smilingly for
France and Freedom. He will carve
the spirit of them into Americas gift |
to France.
Kenoshans who drop nickels, dimes
and quarters into "Lafayette- boxes"
will aid him in making his dream come
true.
Scouts for Collectors.
c. C. Brown and Mrs. George H.
Milne, who are in charge of the Marine
campaign in Kenosha, have employed |
Bov Scouts and Girl Scouts to act as |
collectors for them. Badged with but
tons bearing "The Spirit of 1T" in |
white Silhouette against field of blue