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Masterpiece Cemetery Has Incorrectly Figure
Rel resenting Grief but Correspondence Indicates That
Peace and Repose Are Dominant.

sonal relation. 1 hand it over to Saint
Gaudcns
THE second extract comes from his
autobiography. entitled The Education
Of Henry Adams. which MIR. Adams has
had privately printed He says Of the
work, speaking Of himself In the third
person,
80 His first step. on re-
turning 10 Washington. took him out
TO the cemetery known as Rock Greek,
10 see the bronze figure which st.
Gaudena had made for him In his abb
senee. Naturally every detail interested
him, every line every touch Of the
artist, every change Of light and shade,
every point Of relation, every possible
doubt Of ~Gaudens correctness of
taste or feeling. so that. as the Spring
approached, he was apt TO stop there
often TO see what the figure had TO tell
him that was new. but IN all that 1t
had 10 say he never once thought OF
questioning what IL meant He supposed
its meaning To be the one commonplace
about 1.-THE oldest idea known To hui
man thought He knew that II he asked
an Asiatic Its meaning. not man.
woman or child from Cairo 10 KAN
chatka would have needed more than Il
glance to reply. From the Egyptian
, Sphinx 10 the Kamakufa Diabuts, from
Prometheus to Christ. from Michel
angelo To Shelley. art had wrought on
this eternal figure almost as though 1t
had nothing else 10 say, The interest
Of the figure was not IN its meaning. but
IN response 10 the observer,
LAS Adams sat there, numbers of
people came for the figure seemed to
have become A tourist fashion, and all
wanted 10 know It's meaning, Most took
1t for a pnrtfait~etatue. and the remnant
we're vaeart-mindnd In the absence OF
personal guide None felt what would
have been nursery instinct 10 Hindu
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Many Interpret Spirit of Saint Gaudens Monument Her

OF denial. Like the others. the priest
saw only what he brought, Like all
great artists. Satnt-Gaudens held up the
mirror and no more The American
layman had lost sight OF faith, Both
were more American than the old
half-witted soldiers who denounced the
wasting on mere grave, OF money
which should have been given for
drink
"Al was well. From the South Seas
some months later. Mr. Adams wrote
to the sculptor the following letter with
It's quotation:
SILVA. Fiji, June %, 1891.
MY Dear Saint-GaudenS.
As far as the photographs so,
they are satisfactory, but l trust much
more 70 the impression produced on
John Hay who writes me that me has
been TO Rock Greek 10 see the figure
The work is indeScribably noble and
) imposing, II is 10 my mind Saint
Gaudens' masterpiece IT Is full of
poetry and suggestion. infinite wisdom,
past without beginning. and a future
without end. a repose after limitleSs eX-
perience. peace 10 which nothing
nlatters--ail are embodied in this aus
tere and beautiful face and form
Certainly could not have ex-
4
II your work approaches HAYS de-
seripton, you cannot fear criticism
from me
Let me close the chapter by in
sorting translation OF what is probably
one OF the best estimates of the work
that written In Paris IN 1899 BY Gas
ton Migeon. and published IN Art ct
Decoration"
"a woman Is seated upon a block
OF stone, with her back against the
monoltth She Is covered from head
"a foot by an ample cloak, which falls
about her IN simple dlgnined folds
Her head alone Is visible q stern and
forbidding profile Her chin Is resting
upon her hand her eyes are cast down
She Is not sleeping, she Is musing, and
that reverie viii last as long as the
stone itself Silent, dead as the world
knows her wholly absorbed In her
feverie, she iS the image Of Eternity
and Meditation, Profound Arrangement
emanatnS from herr upon this earth OF
multifernnS activities and Among that
people of frantic energy. she tells Of the
nethinrness Into which life Is at last
resolved. know Of no analogous work
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happiness?" No" he said st is be.
yond pain. and be, ond JOY" Mr.. Hay
turned 70 me- and said. THANK you for
asking. have always wished to
know
The third quotation is from a poem
upon the figure by Hildcgarde HaW"
thorne. which he greatly admired,
"NTRVANA.
Yea, ] have lived Pass on
And trouble me Nith questions neVefmore
solemn reaee-mg peace foteyermore
Leave me IN silence here
! hsVe no hope, 40 care,
foI have borne nut nov no longer bear.
''nerp-hld sorrow calls ME yin,
But my calm she. cannot break.
! knoW not good i know not sin
Nor love. nor hate can me awake.
Though ! have sought, care not gov to
II / have asked. / wait for M reply
BY eyes. rom to much seeing, are grown
am not dead get do not need 10 die
Pass on. " csnnat reach me any more
Hush silence settled ever more and more,
9ii nee and night at lsstl"
MIR Adams attitude h similar to
the sculptOrS, naturally enough, since
he was the man Who inspired the work
From what he has said / have two quo
tations. The FIRST | have taken out oi
a letter he wrote 10 Mr. Glider on De-
tober IA. 1896
80 The whole meaning and
feeling of The figure Is In Its univer-
salty aud anonymity My own name
for IL h. THE Peace Of God La Farge
would call It "KWannon Petrafch
would say. "Siceome eteTna vita qedei
Dio," and real artist would be very
careful 10 give II no name that tbs
public could turn into q limitation OF
its nature. with The understanding
that there shall be no such attempt al
making II ineligible to the average
mind and no hint at ownership or per.
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met a peasant, The clergyman COM
planned that the latter was irregular
in his attendance at divine servite.
MY man, ! hear you do not 20 to
church. Do you read the Bible?"
Il does. my lord" replied the peas
ant bat don't see no mention In it
of the apostles goin' shootin'"
quite true" retoTted the bishop. for
In Palestine the hunting was very poor
so the apostles went fishing instead"
And. tfereupon, says the story. that
peasant was very abashed.
TT might be interesting to many 10
quote some of the references to fish
ing In early literature--just few.
Isaiah said: THE fishers also shall
mourn and they that cast angles into
the brooks" The New Testament fish
ermen are world characters. Of course,
the fact that some of the apostles were
fishermen is the technical excuse for
many ministers going fishing But the
best exeuse-for I'll tell you none is
needed-iS that they just love the finest
recreational sport there is.
Pnysiologically and philosophieally
believe that statement Is true. A vast
army III men XIII themselves Dy WOfk
or exercise that is too strenuous. Many
have hobbies that are IN narrow ruts
But true fisherman Is lover of ma
tllre and gets as much recreation
through the moods of the weather. the
purl Of the water, the song of birds,
the fitting Of insects. as he does in
the actual strike or the successful land
ing of fish, The latter may take only
minute or so when the quarry is
small. or several hours when It is q
tarpon or other large fish. But recre.
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fishermen in some verses on the an
gler's grave by Thomas Tod Stoddard
There he lies whose heart was twined
With wild stream and wandering
burn:
Wooer of the Western wind.
Watcher Of the April morn"
x X X
I'HE beauty about the exaggeration OF
~ the fishing yarnster Is that he Is
always ready To reconsider. Watch how
the hands come closer together when
some one questions the yard long"
fish. There is usually a certain will
ingness to oblige. Have you heard OF
the Englishman who told of the tiger
he had shot which measured "a feet
from snout to tail tip2 Every one
was astonished but no one ventured to
inSinuate doubt Of the truth of the
story. Presently an American told his
tale. He had once caught fish which
he was unable to pull in alone. but
finally landed II with the aid of six
friends. IT was skate, and IL COW
cred two acres" he said Silence fol-
lowed this recital during which the
offended Englishman left the table.
The host followed. After returning
the latter SAID To the American that
he had insulted his friend and would
be expected TO apologize.
Il didn't insult him" said the Amer
lean.
YES, you did. with your two-acre fish
story You must apologize"
Well said the offender, slowly.
with the air of one making a great
concession tell him that ii he will
take 10 feet off that tiger / win see
what | can do with the fish"
NV father once made the fishermen
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Or they will not be catched, whater
you do
Listen 10 this. We who carry some cold
tea, or bottle of coffee on your fish
ing jaunt 'Tis Mistress Meg Dods
speaking, In her lament ON the dc
generancy of her times. She makes
one remarkable exception. The An
Gent Brethren OF the Angle from Edir-
burgh" were regarded by her as SUI
perior 10 other folk. She said:
They are pawky auld carries that
buttered on They were up in the
morning, had their porridge, with may
be thimbleful of brandy. and then
ava into the hills. eat their cauld
meat on the heather and came hame
at cen with their baskets full o. caller
trout and had them TO their dinner and
their quiet quaH Of ale and their drap
o punch and we're set singing their
catches and glees as they cad them
till 10 O'Clock and then to bed with a
God bless ye'~-and why for nor"
The first angling song was written In
Eli2abethan days;
"Ah. would thou knewest how much
better ii were
To bide among the simple SWANS
No shrieking owl no night-crow lodgeth
here.
Nor is our simple pleasure mixed
with pains.
Our sports begin with the beginning
yeare
In Gains, to pull the leaptng fish to
land,
In roughs. to sing and dance along
the land"
Here Is fine deserlntion Of the real
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posed sometimes a man, sometimes a
woman
4 am sure that IN ultimate technique
the figure expressed my fathers desires
For oncc IN the Spring Of 1903. he said
70 my mother and me- who were stand
ing with him before the monument !
wish ] could remodel that fold between
the knees IT makes too strong line
Then after a pause he added I be-
lieye that would be all I would do
Also / an certain that ny father
never ri his own Voiition stamped the
monument with that absolute definition
50 often demanded lie meant to ask
question. not 10 give an answer
Therefore, lest some foolish man or
scholar hereafter shall paste his label
on the monument, falsely claiming au-
thority for 50 doing | wish ~ quote the
fashion in which both sculptor and
owner avoided the issue The first eX-
tract ] take from The leaf of one Of my
fathers scrapbo0kg, which survived the
studio FIRE 81 1904 II shows how the
original thought terminated III his
mind Here around a faint ink sketch
o. the figure is written.
g Adams
- Eud0ha
" Mental repose
@atih AGAlEttN ~ AZ 11tthhab VIVA die
Violence or force In nature
The second extract comes from a
letter sent 10 me by Mrs. Barrett
Wendell,
- On Thursday. May s, 1904. !
was ia the Rock Greek Cemetery look
ing 81 the wonderful monument by MIR
Saint~Gaudans hi memory Of Mrs
Henry Adams when Mr. Saint Gaudens
and Mr John Hay entered the little
inelosure. was deeply impressed and
asked Mfr Saint Gaudene what he
called the figure He heaitsted and then
said. Il call II the Mystery ~ the
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ern woods where he used to entertain
many Of the prominent Republicans
who were fond of fishing. including
Charles E. Hughes. Governor and Secre-
tary of State.
James. j. Hill, the railway magnatc.
had wonderful salmon preserve in
Labrador. Il am of to Scotland to-
morrow, and those beauties go alone
with me-" recall Andrew Carnegie
once remarking as he pointed to a
bundle of fine fishing RODS Stcinmetz.
wizard Of electricity. loved to fish, as
does Edison still. while in his younger
days he was an enthusiast He came
near 10 getting into difficulties one time
when he was little more than boy
He had charge of a military telegraph
ONCE and IL was his duty TO report at
stated intervals that all was well. 1t
has been said that he rugged up a de-
vice that would do this. Automatically
SO he could go fishing. One day
commanding general came around while
he was engaged in this sport.
JOSEPH JEFFERSON was an enthus-
iaStic fisherman. and as such vas
friend of President Cleveland. There
is a story that the only time the actor
lost his temper was when fishing with
the President.
Jefferson jerked the line so hard that
he pulled the hook completely through
the fish's mouth.
''Why did you yank him SO nard?"
asked Cleveland in surprise
Dad bust him. he yanRed first!" re-
piled Jefferson.
Nearly all Of Clevelands cabinet
members we're fishermen. but few Of
Roosevelt's. I think Ethan Allen Hitch
cock and Robert J. Wynne were the
only ones The outstanding fishermen
Of Wilson's cabinet were Secretary OF
State Robert j. Lansing Attorney Gen.
Gregory and Postmaster Gen BurleSon.
In the present cabinet Messrs Sargent,
Mellon, New. Jardine and Hoover are
the fishermen, while Vice President
Dawes is ready at any time 10 pack
some fishing tackle with an extra pipe.
And then think of DR. Weir Mitchell.
Carter Harrison. Edward H. Green. DR.
Henry Van Dyke. Zane Grey. Harold
Bell Wright Premier BRAND and host
Of men whose names are known 10 the
world. and the millions of us folk who
are Just ordinary fishers
The art of fishing goes back long
long time Can't YOU picture. the cave
man lying on rock with spear await
ing the approach of some fish? There
are ''cavemen" today who do the same
thing-prowl about with three-pronged
"gigs"--and some of them use lights
at night to attract fish so they can
spear them.
Before the DAYS Of fish hooks our an
cestors used a sort of stone gorge. COW
cred with bait When this was pulled
after it was swallowed it set across the
fishs stomach and he could not get
away unless the line broke.
The Pharaohs flshed In the Nile. and
the Romans paid fortunes for red null
/ let And from very early days the
clergy have been devoted fishermen. In
the Middle Ages the church took care
Of the fishing
Tomorrow will be Friday
So we'll fish the stream today"
was a fsvorite Thursday refrain in
/ many a priory.
There's story about bishop Of the
| Church Of England who. while hunt
) ing partridges with some pointer dogs.
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SO profound In sentiment, so exalted
IN its art, and executed by methods so
simple and broad. since the most telling
sculpture of the Middle Ages. In me,
personally, IL awakenS q deeper emotion
than any other modern work of art. d" ID"
The following poem is my own re-
Spouse to the figure:
THE PEACE OF GOD.
This massive figure of bronze woman-
hood.
Secluded in a cell OF eyergreenS,
Is SYMBOL Of the peace Of God.
Through contemplation, with the inward
eye,
She sees that God and man. the Son
Of God.
Are one in consciousness. all life, all
truth
All love existence, knowledge. bliss, Is
God,
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and other folk at Putin Bay sit up
and take notice and established his
fame in that locality as an angler. 1t
was in the vicinity Of Middle Bass
Island, where President Cleveland and
Bob Evans Of Cincinnati used to fish
together. 1t is told that Evans caught
l0l bass in one day, weighing 500 pounds,
Perhaps they hit on the same spot my
father found Fish were not biting
about this time. But the born fishe~-
man is a man Of hope He knows the
effect of the splash Of the shower or
the veer of the wind So Dad went
prospecting and put salt on the tails
of lot of fish" as he says He en-
gagged a boat for the next morning.
One hundred and thirty seven bass
from two to five pounds apiece in half
day! It took Wheelbarrow to get
them to the hotel. No one would be-
lieve they were caught with hook and
line.
The next day my father and my uncle
we're followed by other fishermen. When
father came to his marked spot he
turned to these and said: Now. gen.
tlemen, I've Staked out a little spot in
this lake as my own preserve and I
hope YOU will not crowd in front of me.
/ have got salt on the tails of a lot of
bass and I must not be interfered with
when / catch them. Fish where YOU
please, only don't crowd me. I found
/ this place"
he had the same success as the day
before, while the others never got a
bite. The secret was that in padding
around on his prospecting trip and
/ looking for a rocky bottom my father
/ had discovered a lead which led To a
trap-pen from which the Ash coulo
not get out. All he had TO do was Il
cast his bait into the pen and the
hungry fish rushed for it.
IT was at Putin Bay that I threw m,
first fly" This was big dur
graSshopper. Two hass-five-p FOUNDERS
were gamboling about on the surface OF
the water but simply turned up their
noses at the bait I cast to them. Nc
appetitel And then, Just a few yards
away, I witnessed a young pickerel
about four inches long In the process
Of swallowing another pickerel almost
as big as himself. The two were in ar
aquarium. its sole occupants. But the
concentration Of events set my boyiSll
mind to wondering.
am not going to pass an opinion on
the merits OF the controversy between
those who think the Mississippi cat.
fish Is better than that of the Missouri
William Alden White says the latter
| was sired by hell cat and mothereo
/ by pussy willow that had an unfor.
tunate love affair with a horseradish. =
He'll find others who think that fisf
/ OF the muddy stream "purrs when
lifted from the water. Ohligiugly he
| lays his horns back and accommodate
/ ingly opens his mouth so we can re-
/ move the hook Without standing or
| ceremony he Surrenders eight of his
lives and dies at once Then he wrig.
/ giles out OF his skin into a coat of corn
meal and breaderumbS. Hell cat? In
deed The Missouri variety is the Per-
sian beauty among catfish"
/ Let catfish admirers sing their paens
| to their choice. Those Of us who would
! rather fish than eat will nor throw
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there, aud apparently fascinated by
their own reflection. broke ont pas
stnnately against the expression they
felt In the figure Of deapair. OF atheism,
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baby or Japanese iinrikiahn. runner.
The only exceptions we're the clergy.
who taught a lesson even deeper, One
after another brought companions
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eaures May Be Held Responsible for the Uence I Do Not Choose
Fishing Yarnsters Are Open Reason All Times Says Expert
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BY PAUL MOORE.

TT I could believe that President
Coolidge was a real fisherman, I
might venture the opinion that his
Il famous phrase. Il do not choose,
was ho,,, flor laSs rxYNnrtef1re with
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HOUSE BODY To AID
APPROPRIATION BILL
District Committee Will
Switch Program to Facilitate
Local Measure.

The House District committee is go
Ing TO surrender its regular District day
in the House next Monday. but with
the assurance from House Leader Til
son that time will be found later in the
week for consideration of the half dozen
measures that will then be awaiting ac-
ton on the District calendar.
This will facilitate the passage of the
District appropriation bill. which is
scheduled TO be reported to the House
Thursday.
an an executive session this morning
the House District committee instruct
cd Chairman Zihlman to consult with
the House leader to see If some other
day than Monday could be given for
consideration of the District bills. Sew
eral members of the District committee
will be absent from town on that day
and several other members have speak
ing engagements for celebration of Lin
coins birthday so the committee
thought that for its own conve;,-
fence and TO facilitate the Republican
program in the House an arrangement
for some other day would be advan-
tageous
House Leader Tilson assured MFR
2ihlman that time would be allowed
FOR District legislation at the earliest
possible date and said that he was par
ticularly anxious to have the District
appropriation bill follow Immediately
after the Treasury-Post Once appro-
priation bill which is expected to come
up for consideration in the House
tomorrow
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SERIES OF SOCIAL. y. =.
WORK TALKS OPENS
Miss Mary Goodwillie Addresses 40
Women on Heritage Of
Volunteer"

A series of lectures for volunteer So
cial workers. sponsored by the Washing
ton Council of Social Agencies. was be-
gun Monday morning at the y. w. C.
A. main building with talk on The
Heritage of the Volunteer" by MISS
Mary Goodwillic. a volunteer social
worker OF Baltimore.
Miss Goodwillie spoke OF the value OF
volunteer service. not only to the social
agencies but to the volunteers them
selves, and gave history OF volunteer
service from the time OF st. Francis Of
Assist to the present day
The lecture was attended by 40 wom-
en- of the community who are interested
In social service work. and Will be 1ol-
lowed by other talks each Monday morn
ing until April 2. -,
The next meeting Of the class will be
addressed by DR.. Edward T: Devinr,
dean of the graduate school of the
American University, who has chosen
as his theme "Disorganized Families"
Mrs. John j. O'Connor. president 81
the Council of Social Agencies. will
have charge of the round-table discus
sions following each talk. Other COM
mittecs having charge of certain phases
of the work are headed by Mrs, Norman
Titus, Mrs. Adolphus Graupner and
Mrs Charles McNary.
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CARVING TOTEM POLE
WITH Ak FOR SCOUTS
North Carolina Man Starts Work
on Symbolic Record of d. c.
Boys Work.

Work of carving an Indian totem
pole which will symbolic the growth
of the Boy Scout movement in WASH
ington inaugurated Is years ago today.
was begun yesterday afternoon by
James F. Stccre. Scout executive of
Charlotte. N. c.. said to be the only man
in the world who carveS a totem pole
with an Ak,
The pole which was donated to the
District OF Columbia Council. Boy
Scouts of America. by the Potomac
Electric Power Co, is IS feet long and
foot in diameter 1t will be presented
to the playground association for erec-
ton on the Plaza Fairgrounds near the
Union Station by the local Boy Scout
council. Scout leaders explained that
i'm former days Indian families used the
oddly carved totem pole as means Of
depicting the records of their family
and the Scouts have adopted this idea
to their use today
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PROFESSOR TO STUDY
CAPITOL VENTILATION
Illinois Expert Starts for Washing
ton to Aid in Improving
Circulation.

BY Inc AssNTlatNd FltSs.
CHAMPAIGN. ILL.,, February g.
Prof. A. G. Willard, head Of the me-
chanical engineering department Of
the University of Illinois, is to help
Congress solve the problem Of ven-
tilating its chambers.
Since the House of Representatives
received a report from an investieat-
ing committee. which set forth that 80
members had dided since 1922 posi-
bly, from improper ventilation" in the
House chambers, there has been started
a study of the problem. with view to
improving the air circulation. Prof,
willard who left today for the Capt.
tai. will aid corps of experts.
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BLIND PIGS" HIT.

MONTREAL. February. s Gh-Alier-
man A. A. DeSroches asserted before
city council that drunkenness in Mon
treal had increased so per cent In 1897
over 1926, and laid the blame on blind
pigs"
He declared that a number OF young
girls of good family had been found in
such establishments and asked adoption,
CT motion addressed to the Legisla-
tlre calling for law that would make
such persons liable to a fine of 500 or
two months in jail. The motion was
passed
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Assigned to Traffic Board.

Mai. Neil E. Bailey. Quartermaster
Corps. in addition to his other duties
has been detailed as the representative
of the War Department on the Federal
Traffic Board as the relief of Col Henry
H. Sheen QuartermaSter Corps. who Is
booked for other duty.