Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-14

Motion Picture Producers and Dis
tributors' organization, OF which he Is
now president DR.. Hubert Work, Hard
ing's second Postmaster General, was
at Valley Forge with President Hoover
on May 80, but returned to Colorado.
Albert B. Fall, Hardings Secretary OF
the Interior, faces prison walls.
Whether Harry M. Daugherty, Presi-
dent Harding's bosom friend and At
torney General, will be in Marion on
Tuesday has not become known in adj
vance. There have been whispers in
Washington for many months that the
attendance of certain exalted person
ages at the dedication was made con-
ditionsl upon Daugherty's absence from
it, Only Harry S. New. Harding's third
Postmaster General, and Senator jams
]. Davis, his Secretary Of Labor, will,
in addition to Herbert Hoover. repre-
sent the Harding cabinet at Marion.
Charles G. Dawes. Ambassador to
Great Britain, who was director Of the
budget in the Harding administration.
will be present.
Nation Contributes.
More than a million American men.
women. boys and girls in all walks Of
life and of all stages Of fortune, from
multi-millionaires to humble workers.
made possible the beautiful circular.
pillared temple now formally to be I'M
yelled. Within its columns rest, side
by side. President Warren G. Harding
and his wife. one-time First Lady Of the
Land whom he affectionately called
Duchess" In many cases contribu-
tons to the memorial fund were made
by organizations schools, lodges or
communities. The cash received from
all sources totaled S87]709. From
other sources. including interest on in
vestments the memorial association has
received $101,112. making total of
Se77.82l for use in construction OF the
memorial and its upkeep.
The memorial is study in archi-
tectural beauty and suggestive OF an
Old World atmosphere in its Grecian
the open roof the blue sky ard sees the
trailing vines and foliage falling in
profusion from the terrace which
graces the upper part Of the circular
wall. A green Sward of myrtle covers
the center of the Enclosure, and here.
under the shade of a weeping willow,
lie entombed Warren Gamaliel and
Florence King Harding, united in
death as they were so long in life.
Their bodies rest in bronze caskets,
enveloped in sarcophagi and placed IN
concrete
lets of emerald pearl Labrador granite,
distinguished only by two bronze SYM
bols. One marks the tomb Of Mr.. Hard
ing. designed with palm leaves, and the
other marks the resting place OF Mrs.
Harding. with roses. The entire .clois-
ter. with its shrubbery and planting.
may be aptly described as a garoen
crypt, shrine of beauty sufnclently 70
prevent it's being forbidding or tomb
like.
Aluminium Coping Used.
The exterior colonnade stands entirely
free from the circular wall behind 1t,
ana the entrance is through this ex
TERROR colonnade and through the large
opening in the wall behind it. The
cfoister IS formed by green Ionic
colonnade applied to the inner size OF
the circular wall. The monument itself
;s is q free Interpretation of Greek arch,
lecture and includes no elaborate en-
Punishment, there being only the in
scriptfons on the inner wall and the
two tombstones. The inscriptions on
the tornbs are lettered in gold and re-
cord simply the birth and death dates
of those who rest beneath.
The setting for the monument en-
hances its grandeur and beauty. sum
cient ground has been provided to
only glorify the surroundings The
memorial stands at the intersection OF
the arms of a Latin cross outlined by
what in future years Will be stately
elns. Behind the elnS are. clusters OF
trees and sIrubbery. The GROUNDS are
carpeted with a lovely green The en-
tire memorial is built Of white Georgian
marble, the sole variation being IN the
floor, where a mosaic effect is produced
v~Iafkn
cornices and walls are covered with
aluminium coping slabs, and are the
first of the kind ever thus to be used
The gateways and handrails also are
of aluminium.
Stands on 10-Acre Tract.
Forty-six columns, % feet high and
5 feet in diameter, form the exterior
colonnade, and % Ionic columns, 16
feet high and feet in diameter, serve
the double purpose of forming the In
terror colonnade and supporting the
terrace. The memorial Is SO feet in
height. The site Is q 10-acre tract.
Directly facing the memorial is IT.
acre tract of land purchased by the
Harding Association to be preserved as
fitting surrounding for the shrine. To
the northeast and north Of the me-
mortal Is the Marion cemetery.
The architects of the temple were
Henry Hornbostel and Col. Eric Fisher
Wood of Pittsburgh with Mr.. Horn
hostel In active charge OF construction.
Work was started in the Fall OF 1925
and the corner stone laying took place
May 80, 1925. The then Vice Presi-
dent Charles q. Dawes gave the prin-
ctpal address Others taking part in
the ceremony were Senator Fre1ing-
huysen, Senators Frank B. Willis and
Simeon D. Tess Of Ohio, and the for
mer Buckeye" Democratic Governor,
Honest Vic" Donahey. Final work on
the structure and grounds was finished
in the Summer of 1923. On December
81, 1927, the bodies of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harding were removed from a vsult in