| Show PIONEER PRINTER gollu in cut to the memory emory or of Dr Franklin CHICAGO jane jana 6 special toe the bronze statue of benjamin franklin presented to the city of chicago by joseph madil the venerable editor of the oh cb cago tribune and president of the VICES club ol of chicago was formally unveiled in lincoln paik this after noon the event avent was signalized signalizes as a holiday by the printing fraternity of chicago an ani 1 representatives ol 01 all organizations and ald individuals connected with the business busi nees of binting printing rin ting of each and every kind to a total of thirty thousand turned out to do honor to the memary of the tha great father of prin printine tinz an I 1 incident incidentally aliv to pay tribute to the oldest and greatest of the living edi tors of the wast the exercises were simple but in teres te restine tinz and impressive after the rendering of patriotic patti otic music mr medill delivered the address ut of presentation and the ta e slathe was received on behalf of the printers of chicago by conrad kabler on behalf of the parks by hon william penn nixon and on behalf of the city by may jr swift tiie te act of unveiling was waa performed perform cd by rene bene bach of washington a lineal descend descendant ai at of franklin while the oration was delivered by hon H A estabrook for feriv known as the silver orator of omaha but now a resident of this city cheers for mr medill and ana the singing of a patriotic bong brought the exercises to a conclusion the guests gaebes on the main platform included hundred members of the old tima Fr printing inting association the rhe statue of berjamin bc jam jamin Franklin now a conspicuous feature of lincoln park paik is said to be the finest in the united states it is the worle work of R H park the noted milwaukee sculptor and who made in advance a careful study of all avail available abie portraits of the great ameri cin statesman finally he selected as lis model a portrait ot of franklin by du disaia PI saia in the metropolitan of fine arts in now new york the bronze fi figure ure is nine feet baeli and rests upon a pedestal twelve feet hibb one arm rests naturally at the side the other rests reals on an the tha hip the figure is costumed in a typical colonial frock coat and knee breeches and gives the impression of a man of medium stature well formed and etron sly built the statis is cast in golden bronze the base is without ornament on the face ot of the Rn Pra teai Lern ie pedestal destal is 6 carved 96 frankic Fran kii u 11 in ia plain blacck letters |
