Show i I LINCOLN MEMORIAL Hi iMPRESSIVE SHRiNE RNE I Monument to Martyr President President President dent Called Masterpiece I W WASHINGTON Dee Dec 14 The H-The Lincoln memorial soon to be dedicated as the gift girt of or the nation to the memory of or Abraham Lincoln is one of or the worlds world's most beautiful structures and the greatest greatest great great- est eat shrine of or the man who saved the Union Impre Impressive in in It Its simplicity the memorial probably is the masterpiece of all public buildings and memorials in inthe inthe the United States It stands in Potomac park facing the Washingto and its was begun tm on n Lincoln's Lincoln's Lincoln's Lin Lin- coln's birthday anniversary in 1914 The Th total cost has been approximately 3 This monument to Lincoln is a large rectangular building of white marble designed by Henry Baron a New York architect It has a beautiful setting on ona ona a a. direct east and west line with the Washington m monument an nations nation's I capitol and rises feet above the level of or the park It Is composed compose of or four principal features features features-a a statue of t toe the e man a memorial of or his hla Gettysburg address a a. memorial of or his second ond address address ad ad- dress and a symbol of or the Union of the United States I I The most important object In the memorial memorial memorial me me- I morial is the state of Lincoln in marble marble mar mar- ble by Daniel Chester French a NV NI York sculptor placed in the central hall where by virtue of its Imposing position position tion in the place of oC honor It predominates predominates nates nate all else The statue is colo colossal l in size and yet et distinctly personal persona It represents Lincoln seated in a thoughtful mood and is the firs that meets the eye ce as one passes through the ini- ini mense colonnaded entrance Smaller SmaIle-r halls one at either side of or the central ha hall hail l. l contain monumental tablets In which deeply Incised letters reproduce word for word Lincoln's ad addren address ad- ad dress dren on the left wall wan and the address made by him at his hla second I Imade on the rl right ht W wall Above these are two to I large mural paintings by Jules Guerin a New York artist one ne t Emancipation Emancipation Emancipation Eman and the other othor typifying Reunion Reunion Reunion Re union Their production occupied three I years time I Surrounding the exterior of the walls inclosing s these memorials is a magnificent i IO abor tg cent colonnade fon d forming t a symbol of the I Union each column o ore ote e of or orthe the thirty-six thirty states existing at the time of Lincoln's death On the outer wall walla above colonnade and SUPported supported supported sup SUP- ported at intervals by eagles are forty forty- eight festoons one for Cor each state existing existing exist exist- I ing at the present time I |