| Show lot ALP ea 3 0 vill V 1 1 41 fv tf T aa phobia ely by ELMO SCOTT WATSON day this year 1029 1929 finds the fume of the aie great explorer P perpetuated er petua ted in ft a new and perhaps tho the greatest grea tent I 1 ot of nil all memorials ine mortals ever erected e e c t to him for ronny many american visitors to spain drawn there by the two expositions one 7 in seville and the other la in burc eione during the past sum bum roer atu also gnaden baude B pilgrimage to patas palas and there saw sav the colossal figure of the navigator standing with arms arma resting on the traverse of a great brent cross his bla eyes directed westward atward ye out over blue waters of the atlantic upon which he set art salt from caloa in 1402 1492 0 o discover a new world the statue the tha work of an amerl american harry payne whit ney cey was unveiled finst april with ali p prop ceremonies in which depre of both bath spain and the noted stated took part thu tho MB of this monument americas gift lo in n of Spill ns back backing ing 0 of f the columbus expedition la Is another example of ii a memorial not only ho honors norsa a great creat person ageAn la history but which also makes more blud log ing the ties tiers of friendship between two wo nations nal lons the plau plan to erect this thin memorial grow grew from a suggestion made la in 1020 1920 at a dinner given to the spanish ambassador in the money necessary for its ita erection election lans secured Bec urcil through throng ii contributions from american individuals and institutions tut ions the total cost coat ul of it U wars the statue consists 0 of a n to 70 tuot toot figure of columbus a n 41 foot base surrounded by a park and auf garden the ito fleure figure RS as made by mrs mra whitney follow the tha authentic cepro of columbus columbua made by cautus doylus and still at I 1 in possession of tile the orcal at corao como on tho the four corners of the pedestal are ara carmeil edrel lets representing the hemispheres and within tho the base anse is a 20 10 foot chamber in which figures of ferdinand nd fand isabella sit ki in royal gath tito tha walls walis of 0 the chamber tire ore covered with rel lefa including tho the arms of lot castile Cost llo loon and aragon and also a gnp of tile the world as aa tt it was waa known before colum buss discovery of america there to Is also an appropriate memorial to tho the crews of the santa bunin maria the he nina and thia the alinta tito the statue Is of gran ito ite from tile the famous 1391 1 quarries just sa oa this memorial is s the greatest among those erected to his file giem ory in europe so Is the national mon incent to columbus in washington Wh D 0 the greatest tn in america blits memorial which stands on n the ghiza tn in front of the union station in the national capital was waa de designed sIghed hy hv daniel n H Buru burnham ham architect of the union station and member of the national of fine arts and lorado tatt taft the tha farnaus famous chicago sculptor it was erected under the it auspices ICes of the Hi knights lights rt cf colum bus it consists of a fountain 70 1 feet wide and 61 B feet t 4 ai li I 1 ET IIA A A J deep adorned with a great statue of columbus anti anil other appropriate figures at the rear of the fountain fount rises a stone shaft mate than forty feet high surmounted by a globe of the world against this background appears tile the statue of columbus Colum buis who tal isi represented as standing on the prow of a vessel with arnis folded looking out ewer the waters through which hla his little ship la salling sailing the figurehead of the ship to is a female flig haure ure typifying the spirit of ery ern and immediately below it Is the great basin of the fountain on either cither side of tile the shaft are massive figures portraying the new and old world ille the new by the figuro figure of nn an american indian reaching over his shoulder for nn an arrow from froin his big quiver and tho the old by the lie figure of n caucasian heroic in n physique and thoughtful in mien tile globe nt at the me top of tho the shaft represents the influence of columbus tin tile the growth of roans mans knowledge of the of the carth supporting it are i four our Amer american amerlean lenn bagles standing nt at the corners comers at the top of the shaft with wings partially extended an even greater memorial to colum i bus then than any which hns has yet been erected will some liny lay be a in k n land intimately connected with the history of the great explorer voi foi the nations of tho the two americas are nt fl planning to co operate cooperate in honoring film with the erection of a tour four million dollar lighthouse as a beacon for navi gators of both tile the sen sea and air lo in the calit capital 1 of estinto Voin domingo ingo the land which eo columbus lumbus called Hi A tract irne t of 2500 acres of waterfront land has been set aside by tile the dominican republic for a pan american park to in which tile the lighthouse is to ta be built and dauncy tins nus been appropriated fur for tills this republic republics share of the cost of the file memorial appropriation bills titi for that purpose have already been intro lufcy in the united St states ittes cuba aud auff other latin american cou countries fl fi dancing of the project which to Is heiar heln carried forward the auspices of 0 the ian lamertean union Is a re reported pored to be ba la in nn an advanced stage with its success assured and the next net step elep will be an architectural contest in which tile the leading architects of at the world wilt be invited to submit designs the discovery of america october 12 1492 0 rod that led an me to this lonely 0 isabella abella tu be b with me tonight place when the golden lands land of VA V A the hostile omon indeed 0 ot f r men n seem but a nind mad mun mans dream drea and I 1 urn are f frightened rt igi tined at the th im men recite of space pace talta tales ot 0 the poor map mailers I 1 am ale sick k of spain and italy senseless Be nele greed breed a again at n I 1 sail ball hot hoi yo hot hoi landt Is 1 it land I 1 have in me a fury ot at desire ahead to find and conquer worlds or a 11 cloud or a ta fancy ney of 0 d yet life la Is brief I 1 gium and the mingling voices of my admiral admiral I 1 lift t your toes fosa conti conspire pire drowsy head to drue drive me back bach and forth it t Is in india we have reached re like alk a giddy leaf Cly Blum down on your knees kne and pray pt at we are ri summoned turnmon ed again the they I 1 will pray said aid to hear again 0 god that led me to this th land the cravinas of the he mariner of gold enne one mad that I 1 and and take reading the table fables from marco of today polo pen ian you havo mode made mo m great grea be haughty Is a he tor for one so no tore ora you made mada rne me old 0 meanly el clad ad tov ton have lifted me irne and dainto i what it if the earth were wito round me over ever men and we could anil all tou toll have proved me ma sane aai to down to the th of manall krov the earth to Is round re and cathay the glory of the east to bouno think you we would return to again toll tell the tale 0 india 0 holy holy abou arou sr d the waters water ns an 11 helen elent mullins in the new tar 0 swept apt adayr world S |
