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Show ST. GAUDENS' STATUE OF GEN. 8HERMAN. On Memorial day tho Chamber of Commerce will present to tho city or New York Augustus St RaudeiiB' heroic he-roic sUtuo or Oen. William Tecumseh Rherman, a work that has been cnlled the finest ploce or sculpture created in tOO cars When tho statue was exhibited In the Salon or tho Champs do Mars, in 1S90, the plaro or honor was given to It, that being tho first tlmo such a maik of artistic appreciation appre-ciation was ever shown to an American Ameri-can sculpture. The statue, which Is of bron.ee. is to stand ut the entranre to Central Park, at Fifth avenuo and Fifty-ninth street Mr St. Gaudens' work represents repre-sents the hero or tho "March to the Sea" seated on his charger, In full uniform of a general In tho field, hli head bared as If In response to tho acclaiming voices of his soldiers, IiIb campaign hat in his right hand held In tho tine free motion or a salute. Immediately In rront or tho charger Is a woman's figure symbolizing Victory, Vic-tory, her robes fluttering backward In tho breeze created by tho forward movement, nnd In her upraised hand tho palm branch or eaco. Artistically Artisti-cally the work Is unquestionably the finest In America New York Press. |