The American--News. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 6, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1902 Page: 3 of 8
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Majestic Designs for Grant
Memorial at Washington
Reproduced here are the six designs
tor the Grant statue at Washington
which were thought worthy of mention
by the Grant Statue Commission, out
of the array submitted in competition,
which have been shown in the form of
models in the Corcoran Art Gallery in
Washington.
Under the terms binding the commis-
sion only six of all the models submit-
ted could be distinguished by being
mentioned. These six designs there-
fore represent in the minds of the
members of the commission the half
dozen best works offered by the sculp-
tors entering the competition.
Mention by the commission carries
could then be Judged, this model,
which attracted a great deal of atten-
tion in the Corcoran Gallery, stood the
best chance of being finally adopted
for the memorial.
Mr. Niehaus' composition was also
early pronounced one of the notable
ones among the models sent in. It was
likened, because of the general concep-
tion. to St. Gaudens' "Sherman," al-
though not up to the height of that
composition.
In this. Grant Is on his horse and
is attended by a soldier on either side
heralding triumph and the coming of
peace. Horse and men are in motion.
The objection at once made to this
park commission, and also in view of
the possibility of this equestrian figure
of Grant's becoming the central feat-
ure of thi3 portion of the plan of the
park commission, the committee begs
to suggest that before finally making
mm-mm
rS Niehaus !
be requested to execute another model
of about four feet in height for the
equestrian group of Gen. Grant.
"As this enlarged model would in-
volve a very serious expense to the
sculptors, the committee suggests,
that an appropriate sum of money
be offered in remuneration to the
unsuccessfu' competitor.
The reproductions here printed are
from photographs made by J. !' •*ar" ,
vis of Washington, those of the
Shrady and Niehaus models being
copyrighted and are published by per- i
mission.
The colossal scale of the statues may |
be seen readily from a comparison
WHALES ASHORE ON MAINE COAST
Trnppvil la Narrow
at Mast port.
' Two finback whales, each about for-
ty-five feet long, which have been dis-
• porting themselves In Paasamaquodtly
| bay for a month, are now made fast,
I dead from bullets and harpoons, to
the railroad bridge, and are being
view by excursionists attracted by the
j novelty they present front all over
«?JSP
) THEATRICAL'
TOPICS
Of Questionable Value.
Miss Harry more would do well
The big fish made their way up the i
narrow Cobscook river recently ami the advance agency responzi-
in seeking to return to the bay lost i ,)lc for th|s onc.
their way and passed under the toil . , Barrymore waspd facetious
bridge connecting the Inland c y o to a frlend about mcchanl-
Kas po. . Me., with the mainland at lnveI?tlons t0 lB„ate art. 1 love
Perth, tour miles out. 1 hey were 8o mm.h that j do ll0t
trapped in a sma cove, shut in on 0„ject to thp rae(.hanlcal devices
the east by the toll bridge and on the pianos when you look at
west by the wooden bridges of me , Qr turn ft whpe, or do 8<mlPth|nK
Washington county railroad plae a„surd , think It is delightful
All Thursday he two whales made j mechanism performing the
the circuit of the cove, where the , of Thp possibilities of
water U shallow, and more than 1,0»0 , ^ achem0.8 plabortttlon are bouml-
persous watched them as they tried to b„t „ , ,udlv|dual mention of
get out of the narrow channel. The them woum of eollrse 1)p invidious.
, c°ve “P “I' ahor“ ^ Still, just for example, don't you think
Wiih the figure of the man standing Passamaquoddy Indian village_ of ] wou,d charmlllg to have a mu-
with the figure . I pleasant point, five miles from East- | Qf )yory> gold> and bra88 ,ato
port, and at least 100 Indian hunters I h)ch wh,te panva8 ,,ould 1)p placed
followed the mammoth fish in ca.uws a niagnlfieent oil painting pro-
for thirty-six hours before they finally
shot them. Fifty of the best rifle
shots of Eastport had collected along
the hanks with all kinds of rifles and
the crack shots of company 1. 2d regi-
wun me nuruio .......---
in the grass plot which surrounds the
statue in the model made by J. Mas-
sey Rind.
This statue has been said to furnish
in many respects the most satisfaetoiy
representation of Grant himself of any
no new assistants, but what ti four
| voice?"
J “My voice is very good.’* replied the
disappointed young lady.
*T mean are you a soprano, contral-
to or what?”
“I have never tried my voice,” war
the parting remark of the young Cin-
cinnati woman. “In fact. I didn't sup-
pose one’s voice cut much of a figure
I in a chorus anyway,” und she flitted
I out.
“I guess young women think nowa-
days that chorus girls travel on the
shape of their raglans,” observed th*
Scotchman.
A* to Stage-Managor*.
An account of an interesting conver-
sation between von Sonnenthal, the
noted German actor, and our Stuart
Robson comes from Chicago. The
players met at the Auditorium Hotel
and a reporter gathered the gist of
their talk.
Of stage managers Mr. von Sonnen-
thal said: ‘‘In Germany the stage
manager is a man of much conse-
quence. To be appointed stage man-
ager of the Court theater is equiva-
lent to receiving a decoration. He Is
the man who knows most about the
drama.”
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MR. SHRADY’S DESIGN
in award of *1,000 for each of i composition, otherwise distinctly
.... ii . i I. i_____i... J n ... (nennrnc
with it ....------- .
the models, or designs, so distin-
guished. The report of the commis-
sion was in a way a conditional one.
The commission, instead of selecting
finally one design, found two of the
number before it to be the most meri-
torious of those submitted, and railed
upon the authors of these two to sub-
mit each another model, made on a
larger scale, and therefore better fitted
to prove the sculptor’s efficiency for
the task of making a great national
monument of a great national hero.
The statue is to occupy one of the
was that it involved a misrepresenta-
tion of Grant, who, it is held, never
permitted himself to occupy the posi-
tion of a conqueror. Mr. Niehaus in
preparing ills model was associated
with Henry Bacon as architect.
Here is what the special advisory
committee, on whose report the com-
mission acted in reaching its decision,
said of the models by Mr. Shrady
and Mr. Niehaus:
"The committee thinks it desirable,
notwithstanding the brilliant charac-
ter of Mr. Shrady's composition, to be
duced? Sculpture already has a meth-
od of easy mechanical reproductions.
Heroic figures. Venuses, Admirals,
and comediennes once perpetuated in
_u ' h''. j marble cun he recreated in stucco or
ment. were on the serne lor several ' nja, bronzps. Why not acting?
hours trying lo wound the whales. E time an actor studies a part.
One of the Indian canoes was upset wh annot hl8 labor bp afflxcd to a
My one of the whales and three In- ,jndpr so that no one wln ever need
dim.., had a narrow escape from , {o gtu(, ,t agaln? No. , do not think
drowning in the icy waters 1 he backs that the d,amatk. art has bppn fairly
uf Hie whales were perforated by trpated )n thla rPgard. Another rea-
countless bullets, and It was only nf- 1 gQn , ]oye ,() p]ay thp plan0 la tbat one
“The man we call stage* manager in
this country.” said Mr. Robson, "is the
man who knows least. He is the man
who gets the kicks of Ills superiors.
Hr is nobody. To be a successful stage
manager a man must be an actor.
ter a long fight that the game fellow*
surrendered and were harpooned by
the Indians.
The carcasses will be given to the
Indians as soon as the sightseeing Is
over, says a New York World special,
and the bones and oil will be sold by
the red men. These are the only
whales seen on this part of the coast
for many years.
can always, without attracting atten-
tion. play a little louder when a stupid
person enters the room and utilize
the pianissimo when there is an oppor-
tunity to hear something really val-
! liable.”
—
Tlie .loke on Ilolh.
Two critics of the local papers in
I North Adams were witnessing the
. . ! matinee of l.anrdun McCormick's new
HENRY IV. IN NINETEENTH CENTURY "Out of the Fold." and, after
f Body of KngiDh Monarch i-:ximu»ed the third act. a school room scene,
at Canterbury. ! adjourned to the lobby for a smoke.
I In 1832 a discussion ’ arose as to ] They were discussing the cast, m
whether Henry IV. was really burled which Nina Duane plays the part of a
of the models in the competition. Re- ,u Canterbury cathedral, according to precocious school girl,
poseful, hut uncompromising as Grom- I tradmon -]-b(? then Dean of Canter- , "She is very bright for twelve years
bury, the Hon. and Very Rev. Richard of age," said one critic.
Bagot (afterward Bishop of Oxford), ! “Oh. she is older than that. She
Invited ray husband to lie present at 1 must be fourteen,” said the other. The
the opening of the royal tomb. This argument grew so warm that it was
was done in the middle of night in the finally referred to the company mana-
presence of a few of the cathedral au- j Rer on a bet for the cigars. The «»*-
specially invited
■ GfawasjJP
MR. NIEHAUS’5 DESIGN
most conspicuous .sites at the Capital,
and is to cost $240,000.
The twb best models, in the judg-
ment of the commission, are those of
Henry Merwiri Shrady and Charles
Henry Niehaus, both of New York. In
fact all of the six mentioned models
are by New York sculptors except one.
that sent from Rome by Waldo Story, j
son of the poet-sculptor, the late W. j
W. Story.
Gen. Dodge, Senator Wetmore and
Secretary Root selected an advisory
committee of generals, sculptors and
architects to assist them In determin-
ing the merits of the models submit-
ted, and there was a special advisory
committee composed of Gen. .1. M.
Schofield and Augustus St. Gaudens.
Several of the sculptors sought the
aid of architects; in formulating their
ideas of what the Grant statue should
be, and the models submitted by these
- artists were made in conjunction with
the architects.
Mr. Shrafij’s composition,is one ol
fierce movement and eager, straining
activity, presided’ over by the calm,
unruffled Grant. H comprises three
'groups.
At one side there is a dash of cavalry j
and at the other a battery of artillery j
is rushing into action. Both are done
in the round. Between these two in- j
tense groups, with their fervid move- |
1 ihent and towering above them, Gen.
- Grant sits firm and quiet astride a spir- j
ited and alert horse, the figure of the j
general the only quiet one in the stir- ,
ring scene.
The broad and sftnple platform on
Which the groups making up the com-
position are mounted is designed to ,
serve the functions of a reviewing
stand. It was said in advance of the
ivmmisuion's report that so far as
assured of his powers to execute a
fine figure of Grant with the nobility
and reserve power that it should pos-
sess.
“On the other hand, the qualities of
Mr. Niehaus’ work were of such high
order and were so close in merit to
those of Mr. Shrady's that llie commit-
tee feels that it would he unfair to Mr.
well, as has been said, Grant sits on
the great horse, which is such a one
as appeals to sculptors. Mr. Tthind, in
submitting this model, was associated
with Bright & Bacon, architects.
Mr. Story’s model at once suggested
when it was exhibited what is by some
called the greatest of equestrian i
statues, that of Bartolommeo Colleoni ]
at Venice. But it is ornate and fanci- j
ful in contrast to the dignity, power
and representative character of some
of the others.
The model submitted by Charles A.
lxipez who is Mexican, born, and F. G.
R. Roth, in association with the
thorltiea und specially Invited spec
lators.
The body of the king was found
wrapped in lead and leather. For a
j few moments after this covering was
removed the face Of the king was re-
] vealed in a state of perfect preserva-
j tion, as though still indued with life.
As the spectators looked, all crumbled
away into dust, and my husband de
clarctl that it was a most weird and
impressive scene, which, indeed, with
the flickering torches and the solemn
surroundings of the ancipnt cathedral, ,
it must have been.
A portion of the king's beard, which
was of reddish color, was cut off 1
i before the tomb was closed and my [
son i
j ger on a bet for the cigars, rue ac-
tress' age was told, but neither critic
would believe the manager, who was
also u newspaper man. It was not till
after the performance, when Miss
Duane was leaving the theater, that
the estimate was accepted. Then the
trio adjourned to a nearby hostelry
with so newhat on both of the local
men.
• v ^0Br')0I^L
idi
otherwise he cannot judge of the ef-
fects and situations upon the stage."
With this opinion Mr. von Sonnen-
thal agreed. He said he had known
of but one stage manager of the first
rank who was not an actor.
The virtual disappearance of the
stage directors from the American
stage is one of the results of the pe-
culiar managerial "system" now in
vogue. Where are the directors who
are the successors of Boucicault. Hes-
ter Wallack, John Gilbert, and Augus-
tin Daly?
architect. Henry Hornbostel, aims at
securing its effect of grandeur through
the towering height of the columns,
representing the north and south, be-
tore which Grant sits on horseback.
The peristyle surmounted by an I
equestrian statue of Grant Hanked by
emblematic figures is the work of
Burr Churchill Miller, who is a
of former United Stales Senator War- | mlp]e Hp gavp lbis ,,|PCe to the Duke
ner Miller of New Yqrk state. I of Northumberland of that day. feel- j
The conditions of the competition j jng that tbp bajr the monarch j
called for the erection of the statue j whom tbp percyB placed on the throne |
either in the rear of the White House j ^ thgn hpll)ed to overthrow would j
or on the south axis of the state, v..ir ■ jjJld an al>propiiate place among the j
and navy building. j tdstorical relics of the family. The j
The special advisory committee in | ha|f ,a now p,.PSP1.ved at Alnwick.—
reporting to the statue commission, wBh the Past," by Mrs. Ba-
ne Irwin to Slur.
Flo Irwin is to star next season. She
will present a refined farce-comedy
and high-class vaudeville. The com-
pany will include some of the best
Elisabeth Tyreo to Star.
Elizabeth Tyree as making plans to
enter the starry firmament. She ex-
pects to begin late it December in a
new play, called “Gretna Green.” by
Mrs. Furniss. She also has a play in
process of completion by Sydney Ros-
enfeld. Miss Tyree has a number of
marked successes to her credit during
the period of her connection with the
husband was given a piece of it by his
"IJnks
I got.
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MODEL SENT BY MR.
Niehaus to reject his work without
another trial.
“Furthermore, in view of the fact
that since the competition for the
Grant Monument was instituted the
proposition to place three equestrian
statues together at the head of the
Mall, in the center of Union Square,
has been urged in thb plan of the
IMP**®
f
DESIGN OF J. MASSEY RH1ND
STORY FROM ROME
went beyond its instruction in order
to have a word to say as to sites. The
committee said on this point:
"The committee begs leave to sug-
gest that while the central site—
namely the White Lot—is well adapt-
ed fof the purpose of a monument to
Gen. Grant, the placing of any kind
of a monument in the White Dot
circle is extremely objectionable from
an artistic standpoint and is an en-
croachment upon historic ground. The
four corners of the White Dot square
are deemed highly appropriate
places for subordinate military
monuments, but neither one is suited
in dignity for a site for a monument
to Gen. Grant.”
It is understood that the park com*
mission's plan, which was broached
after the competition was instituted, is
most likely to be carried out. The
Shrady composition, it was announc-
ed from Washington, was not only the
first of the models in intrinsic merit,
but also best adapted to this site. The
Niehaus model was pronounced sec-
ond iu intrinsic merit and adapt®; to
either site, although not so desirable
for the White Dot site.—New York
Sup.
Yo:i on Bunk* of Now fonnillnnrt.
The worst place in the world for fogs J
is over the hanks of Newfoundland. :
The east coast of England is also no- i
torlous for fog, and the same thing
is noticed in all northern seas where i
the water is shallow over sandbanks.
These banks are formed because the j
water which covers the banks has be- j
i come colder than the surrounding sea.
j Consequently the atmospheric vapor j
is precipitated and made visible .n
such localities.
Fogs are at their worst over the ]
Newfoundland hanks because there the ;
I warm gulf stream makes the difference
I in temperature between the deep sea j
I and thb shallow water pronounced. In !
I similar fashion, fogs are more frequent j
i in autumn than at any other time of
i the year, because at that season the j
J ground is still comparatively warm, |
I while the air above is sold. The air |
| nearest the soil becomes warmed and j
j rises into the cold atmosphere above, !
! when its moisture is condensed.
How Pearls Are Formed.
The origin of pearls has been a 3ut>- j
ject of much speculation. About lfid j
years ago Philippi of Turin announced
that a living organism forms the nu-
cleus, and in a recent investigation
M. Ralph Duvois, a French naturalist,
has shown that all pearls found in a
common pearl-bearing mollusk are
cysts inclosing dlstomes small ma-
rine worms. In the month of August,
when few pearls are obtained, the
tiny young distomes, a fiftieth of an
inch in diameter, are to be seen in-
stead as reddish yellow points. Theise
become gradually coated with carbon-
ate of lime, In an early stage appear-
ing as black specks and later as bril-
liant pearls, which remain until the
following summer, when they drop to
pieces, and the parasite resumes activ-
ity and reproduces its kind. But if
the parasite dies the crust continues
to fow, a large and beautiful pearl j
being lift the sarcophagus of a long-
dead worm.
r
Ip
F’
vaudeville artists and farce-comedy
people, and will travel in their own
car. Walter Hawley will be the prin-
cipal support After going to the
coast a tour of the world is contem-
plated, starting in the spring of 1903
for Honolulu, the Philippines. Austra-
lia and other countries to follow.
True boldness never blusters.
Chorus Applicant's Philosophy.
Archie MacKenzie, business man-
ager for the Roger brothers, was re-
cently accosted in Cincinnati by a pret-
ty young woman.
"1 would like to join your show,"
quoth the maiden, "for two of your
chorus ladies have told me there is a
vacancy, and I have always felt that
I would like to join the stage."
"Well, the chorus knows more about
my business than I do as a general
rule," said Mr, MacKenzie, with polite
sarcasm, “but in this instance the cho-
rus Is a trifle off. At present I need
Dyceum Stock company, and there are
many more reasons, artistic and other-
wise, for her taking this step than are
sometimes apparent In such cases.
A I)iii»s«roii» Comedienne.
Miss Dulu Glaser i3 an expert
markswoman. During the recent
Sportman's show she astonished the
latent by her skill with the rifle and
came in a brilliant second in the tar-
get shooting for women.
“I find,” says she, “that my knowl-
edge of shooting has afforded me peace
of mind on a good many occasions. I
feel more secure from burglars, be-
cause 1 always sleep within reach of
my gun, and long ago I made up my
mind that if a burglar got into my
room and I could get the drop on him
1 would finish his career of crime very
quickly without any legal process,
and i believe I would have the nerva
to do It, too."
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