Evening star., 1928-12-19
COOLIDGE TO AID
CARLTON DEBUT
President to Participate in
Dedication of Bok'S Sing
ing Tower in Florida.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOUNTAIN LAKE, Fla, December
19-On tiny island, nesting like
green jewel in the lake that mirrors
Edward Bok's Singing Tower President
Coolidge is to participate February
in the dedication of bird sanctuary
and its pealing carlton of 81 bells.
There, at the highest point in Florida,
from the lofty tower of fretted walls
the almost eerie quietness of the shrine
will be broken by marvellous tones as
Anton BreeS, carlton maestro, tugs at
the wooden handles in the small studio
just under the 1876 pounds of bells.
The carlton fulfills the dream of an
immigrant boy who rose to heights III
America. He has built the tower and
given its bells as a lasting memorial
to his grandparents of Holland.
make you the world bit better and
more beautiful because you have lived
in it," they told him. Box did not
forget.
$4,000 Attend Dedication.
Fifty thousand persons attended the
State dedication of the Singing Tower
December 2, when listeners came from
miles across the peninsula. officials are
prepared to handle a greater crowd
February /.
The Singing Tower is 205 feet high.
It has framework of steel, similar to
that of modern skyscraper
Milton B. Medary of Philadelphia,
American architect who designed the
tower, created a plan that resulted IN
o changing wall.
The tower is square for about three
fOurths of its height, when each squal e
corner ends in a balcony formed 81
carved slabs of marble which meet at
the base of a huge figure of an eagle
with folded wings, symbolic OF the sane
tuary for birds.
Panels of Bird Life.
From this point, the tower takes en-
octagonal form, the eight buttreSSeS
which rear from the base drawing
slightly in as they rise to the top and
and in gigantic figures of cranes.
Chief among the exterior carvings are
Che huge panels showing Florida bird
Nfe These surround the base OF the
tower about the north door at height
of 30 feet. The panels form balconies
between the marble buttresses and are
carved entirely through the stone,
giving the effect of grille.
Balconies on four sides at a height
of 120 feet are designed of marble i'll
conventional form. These balconies are
reached through doors which are part of
large faience grilleS. At the height OF
$50 feet are the four balconies which
surnount the corners Of the coqu1na
masonry. The large figure Of an eagle
with folded wings is placed at the exact
corner, fianked on each side with a
panel with doves as chief figures.
Slightly above this point the marble
buttresses taper inward.
Adam and Eve Shown.
In each of the eight spaces between
the buttresses which outline the top OF
the tower is huge faience grille. these
depicting the creation and mans do
ninion over nature. Adam and Eve
are the dominant figures in setting of
trees.
Surmounting the tower are eight
cranes, each IS feet high, which form
the pinnacles with which the buttresseS
terminate.
The 81 bells, varying in weight from
is to $4,000 pounds each, cover range
of four octaves. The bells were cast
gt Loughborough, England, by the
hAglor bell foundry, the worlds larg-
est bell makers.
The tower commands view OF 50
miles in each direction. 1t Is situated
in the heart Of the bird sanctuary,
which covers an entire small mountain.
The whole has been given by Mr.. Box
10 the American people as a place OF
rest and peace for humankind as Wen
as birds.