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Show Monument to X&Pagner io Be Erected in "Berlin. The lucceatful dealgner of the Richard Rich-ard Wagner monument In Berlin, In the aacond competition, waa Prof. Oua-tav Oua-tav Eberlnln. Hut owing to biikkos-tlona biikkos-tlona of the memorial committee, aa well as of the emperor hlmaelf, who takea a warm Intereat In the monument monu-ment acheme, enrtatn changes, aiming at a greater simplicity of the whole compoaltlon. have been carried out by the artlat. The new model which he ha submitted haa received tbe unconditional approval of both emperor em-peror and committee, and ao title colos-aal colos-aal monument Is now to be completed In Carrara marble. Tbe statue of the master will rise from a triangular foundation. Wagner Wag-ner will appear titling In a broad armchair. The figure Itaelf I draped by a cloak, which haa fallen from the ahouldera and covers the lower part of the leg. The proudly raised bead la turned somewhat toward the left pedestal I ornamented with a Roman arch resting on pillar. On the atep of the foundation. In front, aland the form of a knlgtu and mlnnealnger, who, harp In hand, la gaslng up In homage to the master It la the form of Wolfram von Kachenbach, whose poetic llnnnmenl Wagner haa, both In word and In music, mugulflcently ex-word ex-word and In music, bo magnificently expressed. On the right aide we see a second creation of the great compoaer. Tannhauaer, ! the dreaa of a pilgrim. Deapalrlng. burned with a curse, he Ilea there In a slate of collapse, about to die, resting the staff which he holdt In his raised right hand upon the up-permoat up-permoat step. It Is proposed to chisel. In the surface beneath the arch, the relief flgure of Klltabelh. In front of the left aide of the pedestal pedes-tal I seen the group formed of the dead Siegfried and of Bninhllde, who, supporting bis head, sorrows for her shoulder; the characteristic features are lire-llka, though eularged to heroic proportions. The deeply-set ryes, gating gat-ing from beneath the broad forehead, seem completely everted from worldly tilings. The general expression I that of a great composer listening to the note that ure Bounding in his brain. The flngera of the left bund rent, with the whole of the forearm, on the arm of the chair, while thoae of the iillghtly ruined right aeem to be In In-voluntary In-voluntary motion, at If they were striking the notes that are imuroBalug I theniaelvea upon tliu ear of the mind. Kach of the four tide walls of tho beloved, shaken as ahe la by the moat poignant grief. The tint alab beneath the arch on thla aide la to receive the relief figure of I'arslval holding the Holy Oral! In his hand. In the rear 1 more vlvaclona group will have It place one of the Hheln daughter, who, as If borne onward by the flood, floats toward Allmrlch, who Is making his escape with the stolen I'.helngold, and whom she vainly tries to bold by teltlng his beard. The heart and soul of Ihl monument enterprUe has been from the beginning Commercial Councillor ldchner. who has always cherished piuialonate ad miration for the peraonallly and thn f work of Wagner. He waa himself 1 originally an opera alnger. and, while I changing hla life work, he ha alway ' remained true to the etage and to nitialc. The greatest lights of the Y theatrical world, celebrated professor, I famoua men In sclenc and literature, f gather at hla hoapltable residence. , That hi love for art and enthusiasm for Wagner are not merely platonle, but genuine, he haa shown In practical ' ways again and again and It Is to hla generous gift of 110.000 that the reten- tlon In (iermsny of the Wagner Mu- I seum at F.lsenbarh Is due. It Is also be to whom Germany Is In- dehled mors than to any other for the suitable monument to Wagner In Her- L lln. JiSlchuer himself gave IIG.000 to- f ward the project, bealdes calling meet- I Inga In furtherance of the acheme not only In (lermany, but alao In many I center of German life abroad. He was f, nrnalrient nf tho monument committee ft and not only entertained It member ; In fin atyle when they cam together , In Berlin, but gave eloquent expression to bis view and feeling on tli occasion. occa-sion. The name of Lelchner I tbua Inseparably associated with the Wagv. ber monument. j Tbe Emperor William baa given a atatu of Uoeth to be Bet up In Home, and Americans are to give atatuea of Hawthorne and Longfellow. Italian feel grateful for theae expreaalona of good will toward the Eternal City and) yet ashamed that their own greatest poet should have been unrepresented In tbe capital of the kingdom. There was a serious project to raise a monument mon-ument to Dante, but King Humbert'a death Interfered with the project, which I now revived, ily the Irony of fate the movement la led by a clerical, Dante, bealdes being the fathsr of the Italian language, was the Incarnation of the Uhlhelllne Idea, aa opposed to Ouclf or clerical. Now, to the stupefaction stu-pefaction of all. a strung clerical In the municipal council has risen and proposed that Rome erect a monument of Italy' greatest son Hum Corre- a spondenre London I'all Mall Osteite. I If rope Lives Ooo Tear. It Is pointed out that If Loo. XIII. 1 I spared to see the year 11103, that year j will be to blm one of qulto exceptional f Interest, a veritable "minus mlralillla." t As everybody knows. It will be bl j silver Jubilee of papacy (elected pop j Feb. 20. IH7H): but more than that It will also be hla golden Jubilee a curdl- s - nal (proclaimed by I'lua IX. In tho t cunalatory of Dec. 19, Wi3). and hi diamond Jubilee of episcopacy (pre- -f conixed archbishop of I'amlctta by , Gregory XVI. on Jan. 27, 1843, and i consecrated Feb. 191. Huch a triple Jubilee, If hit hollneej S Uvea to celebrate It. will probably be ! unique In history. The Tablet. i Never ceanu to he lovers. If you cease some one elo may begin. Some women are happiest when they t are mlaeruliU'; but Just to be unhappy v they'll quit being mineral. !e touietlmea. ! J I 1 |