The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-12
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nis secretary VI war, standing
behind him. The other treasure
IL a personal letter from Lincoln's
son. Robert Todd Lincoln, authenS.
ticating the group as having been
once the personal property Of his
father. the President. And this'h
how the Georgetown gentleman
came to possess the Rogers group,
which had once been a favorite
work of Lincoln himself. The q
group had long been in the office
of Robert Todd Lincoln during
his secretaryship in Washington,
when one day BY accident It was
broken when. the charwomap in
cleaning knocked 1t down. Mr..
Secretary Lincoln was grieved at
the loss. but the work was repair
ed almost beyond detection by
the gentleman who now has 1t,
and to whom Mr.. Lincoln then
presented 1t, with a letter authen-
ticating it's original ownership.
TN concentrating Lincoln We
cannot overlook one great event
which contributed so much to his
fame and which he memorialized
in his best-known address, the
Gettysburg Speech. The Battle OF
Gettysburg was the turning point
of the war between the States. An,
enormous and realistic painting OF
this conflict, called THE Cyclic
rama Of the Battle Of Gettysburg
was exhibited years ago, and has
since been travelling about the
country. 1t was recently located
in the Soldiers Home at Dayton.
Ohio. A movement is now under
way to bring this work to Wash
ington for permanent exhibition az;
a rare historical curiosity. worthy
of preservation.
The words of the Gettysburg
Address, together with the also
famous Second inaugural, have
been carved in stone in the new
Lincoln Memorial, now open TO
the public, where one may enter
and be alone with the heroic Lin
coin figure. scuIptured by Daniel
Chester French. For this great
monument we are indebted espe-
cially to Mr.. Charles Moore. chair
man of the Commission OF FINE
Arts and the one member OF the Z
commission whose service covers
the entire twelve years OF the lire
of that organization. With Mr.
Moore have been associated others.
but none, perhaps. so committed
as he to the cause of wide ap'
probation OF beauty in the United
States.
BELONGS TO THE AGES" -,
The choice of location for the
, Lincoln Memorial was approved in
these words by John Hay, one or
Lincoln's secretaries and biogra-
pliers. Lincoln" he said, of all
Americans, next to Washington.
deserves this place of honor. He
was Of the immortals. His monu-
ment should stand alone, remote
from the common habitations Of
man. apart from the business and
D. turmoil of the city-isolated. dis:
tinguished, and serene. OF all the
sites, this one, near the Potomac,
is most suited to the purpose.
The architect. Henry Bacon, in
explaining his design said. From
the beginning Of my study l be
lieved that this memorial Of Abra-
ham Lincoln should be composed
Of four features statue of the
man, a memorial of ms Gettys-
burg speech. a memorial Of his
second inaugural address, and a
symbol of the union of the United
States. which he stated ii was his
paramount object to save-and
which he did save. Each figure
should be related to the others by
means of it's design and position,
and each should be so arranged
that it becomes an integral part OF
the whole, in order to attain
unity and simplicity in the ap.
pearance Of the monument e.
The most important object" he
continues, lis the statue of Lin.
coin, which is placed in the center
of the memorial, and by virtue OF
its Imposing position in the place
Of honor, the gent!eness. power,
and intelligence of the man, ex-
pressed as far as possible by the
sculptor's art, will predominant.
This portion of the memorial where
the statue is placed would be un-
occupied by any other object that
would detract from it's effective.
ness, and the visitor will be alone
REJIEFS PORTRAY STATES.