The Washington times., 1922-03-19

q many n0SoDeo0, American ana
foreign. were present. the Brit
ish ambassador. the French Am
basssder and Madame Jus
ss1and, the Swsdish Minister
and Madame Wallenbsr4 among
others, and several English vis-
feors Of distinction. A recep-
Uoa was given by the Secretary
u the Smithsonian Institution
and Mrs. Charles d. Walcott IN
heoce, Of Mrs. Ward, who made
q sddress, presenting her hus-
hands wonderful gift Of sculp-
turss and African souvenirs to
h American people. She had
esme al the way from London
FIR this purpose, and to assist
n the arrangement of the ex-
Milton, perhaps the most
unique ever shown BY the
Smithsoaian. which has been IA
vorsd with 10 many others, in
Guiding the splendid Roosevelt
anfmal groups, from the Colonel's
African tour.
Herbert Ward, . young English
explorer with Stanley in the Congo
q Darkest Africa" tho very
hart Of the great continent. from
1854 10 1883. brought back from
his travels and life with the ma
tavss there material Of such value
that he wrote several important
books. arranged perhaps the great
ct Of African chronological colleo-
lions. and produced art Of . high
selr In tho heroic sculptures At
first exhibited in the Royal
Academy at London, later at the
Salon in Paris. where they were
awarded distinguished recognition,
and now they come to America a.
Harbsrt Wards sift to the Amer
loan people. II was In this way
that the Englishman came to pre-
ssnt them to Us instead Of to the
Britain Museum or the Louvre
IN Paris.
GENEROSITY OF WIDOW.
While visiting Washington. dur
ing . lecture tour in the United
States, Mr.. Ward was . guest Of
Thomas Nelson Page. and he be-
emo interested in the Smithsonian
institution. founded by another
Engiishman. James Smithson.
Ward had determined to give his
prics,ess collection to America, but
Death came before he had made
ais Win. 80, through the sener-
sAsity Of Mrs. Ward. his desire 10
Asw carried out, and the great ex-
Aihition. just opened to the public,
attracts every day throngs to the
National Gallery. where It II dis
played in the division Of ethnology.
Not only the American public,
always keen for . sensation, IL In
evidence, but scholars, scientific
men. anthropologists, ethnologists,
from all over the world. with
artists, sculptors. painters. crafts
men q the plastic arts, besides COL
lsotors, conpoisseurs, and tourists,
. new crowd every day ciamoring
Dur admission to So this strange
aassmblags Of the odd and the
usiy, the grotssque and the beaut-
fuL
We always knew there was
beauty In the African figure" says
DR.. Walter Hough. curator in
whose division Of anthology the
collection happens to fall, in
tact, the African figure u the most
beautiful In the world: but
Herbert Ward has dignified the
fAcs. too. and given It beauty"
Men, women and children OF
Afrioa, they stand. heroic figures,
crouch. squat, sit, or even lie prone
~ In the case of Sleeping Africa"
. young girl reclining with the mar
Of Africa A. background. an acc:-
dental felicity, ~ the sculptor did
not perceive until he had complst-
ID It that he had shaped the mar
behind her.
UNIQUE DEDICATION.
In Herbert Wards book Of al
hring adventure. Five Years
with the Congo Cannibals," which
he published In London in 1890, h.
tells the story Of his travel and
exploration with Henry NJ. Stanley
In the unknown continent. He in.
scribes the book to his mother witt,
these words