| Show I I i I In Honor of Franklin Two centuries and a n quarter of af after after ter Benjamin Franklins Franklin's birth n a great at memorial in PhIladelphIa will Ill fittingly l perpetuate his great eat genius emus and patriotic services by a tangIble monument of practical as aswell aswell well ell ellas as sentimental significance It will be a memorial memon suchs such s as himself elt would apprecIate appreciate appreciate most if heere he ho were ere living being be being mg ing de devoted principally to a mu museum museum museum seum of the arts arte whIch will illustrate the evolution of writing and printing since the tho ear r liest best liest recorded attempts of man to toe toi express e press his ideas by visible means For be bo it remembered in an anI epItaph written by himself for hIS gravestone his only designation IS Benjamin BenJamm Printer I The memorial building will ha have hae havet e t total floor space of more than square feet and will cost five million dollars dollar It will also have a large endowment fund In InI Inthe Inthe I th the building will be bo the Franklin Institute with more than 60 in- in indivIdual individual in individual museums libraries i and amI de departments departments departments de devoted to sCIentIfic knowledge I Benjamin BenJamm Franklin mea measured lured by byI every standard of accomplishment I IS perhaps the test greatest figure Am- Am AmI Am America I erica has las ever produced As journalist Journ journalist diplomat alist scientist statesman and dip t lomat he exerted an influence of inestimable value to his hie country and to the tho world To him no less than to Wa Washington hm on is due the sue suc 1 cess ceS of the American n TIe Revolution I It ft Its was s rr con um mate diplomacy that secured the lId aid of Prance France at the crucial mo moment moment moment ment of the war for AmerIcan Independence ItIS It is the credit of the citizens cItizen of FrankIin Philadelphia that at last Prank fin is to have hate a memorial in keep keeping keeping mg ing with ju hIs greatness 1 you you u making out at the opera house We uWe cm em away last night I G an I Fact Sixteen of tm cm Manager I said it a was no u use e burning gas for forno fora fora no a nine dollar house |
