New-York tribune., 1921-04-15
England To Be
Given 4 Busts
OF W ashington
Other Memorials, Including
Tablets Bearing Lincoln
Address, Will Be Placed
by Sulgravc Institution
Virginia Will Make Gift
Dedication of Manor Home
of Ancestors of the First
President To Be June %

Four busts of George Washington,
two bronze memorial tablets inscribed
With Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address, replica of the Bible on
which Presidents Washington and Har.
ding took the oath of office, and a
colored engraving showing Washington
IN his Masonic regalia are to be place,l
in England this summer through the
efforts of the Sulgrave Institution.
John A. Stewart, chairman of the
board of governors of the institution,
will sail tomorrow to complete ar
rangements for the presentation. A
bust of Washington by William Ordway
Partridge, the sculptor, will be unveiled
in the Town Hall of Liverpool on May
10. A duplicate will be placed near
the tombs of Wellington and Nelson in
st. Paul's, London, on May 20. A
Washington bust by Houdin. of Paris,
will be presented to Sulgrave Manor,
the ancestral home Of Washington,
when the manor is dedicated on June
2s. Another Washington bust by Hou-
din, which will be the gift of Virginia
20 England, will be unveiled in Trafal-
gar Square, London, on June 80. The
Houdin busts were obtained through
Tiffany & Co.
Virginia to Send Committee
An official committee from Virginia,
headed by DR.. L. A. Alderman, of the
University of Virginia, and Colonel
John w. Williams, secretary of me
House of Delegates, will go to London
to make the presentation.
The dedication of Sulgrave Manor
is expected to bring together promi-
nent Americans and Britishers. The
manor is about ninety miles from Lon
d,on,, and originally cost 100000, but
has been rehabilitated at a cost Of
100000. Some of it's furniture was
presented by J. P. Morgan. AS the
home of Washington's ancestors it is
TO be. converted into landmark for
American tourists.
One of the bronze tablets inscribed
with Lincoln's Gettysburg speech will
ba hung on the wall of the old church
at bingham, where Lincoln's forbears
presented to the British government.
st. Johns Lodge, F. and A. NJ, will
give to the manor Billie, the cover of
winch is replica of the one used in
the hrst inauguration. With it will be
the engraving.
The gifts will be accepted bv the
Sulgrave Board Of Trustees, consistinp
OF Vlscount Bryce, Lord Weardale'
LORD Cowdray, Earl Spencer and H s
FERRIS representing the British Snl-
gsrrave' srat and j; P: Morgan, Charles P.
1v AT, Alton B. Parker, Major General
wood and Charles Stewart Dawson.
representing the American Sulgraye.
Dr. Eliot Writes Inscription
DR.. Charles w. Eliot has written an
INSCRIPTION to be placed on the bus+s
in st. Paul's in London and in DuI,s ths
Iown Hall in Liverpool. DR.. Henry
van Dyke wrote the inscription for the
Sulgrave Manor memorials.
Sentiments to be published on the
various occasions have been furnished
by Vice-President Coolidge. William n
iaft, CharlessH. Swift, Theodore Mar.
burg, Professor Edward A. Rose. Wis
consln University; William Allen But
Ter, Justice Arnon L. Squiers, Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, Samuel Gompers.
Charles M. Schwab, DR.. T. K. Thomson
T.. RI. Scammell, Under Minister. De.
partment of Soldiers Civil Reestablish-
ment, Canada; Right Rev. James n
darlington, DR.. S. Parkes Cadman, DR..
George r. kunz, DR.. James Sullivan,
Mortimer L. Schiff, Mayor George S.
Buck, of Buffalo; DR.. Arthur T. Had
ley, Senator James w. Wadsworth ir..
James B. Forgan, Fred Cardway and
Daniel Frohman.