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Show REFUSE PORTRAIT or Emma BOSTON, Dee. 28. The municipal arts commission bus refused to per mlt a portrait of the lute Mrs. Julia Ward Howe to b placed In Faneull hall Shlrtly after the death of the author of 'Tho Battle Hymn of the Republic1' a memorial commission made propositions propo-sitions to have a portrait uf her painted and placed In Faneull hall. Secretary J. Templeton Coolldgo Jr., of the municipal arts commission, tall the commission had decided to refuse to sanction this and that a more appropriate memorial to Mrs. Howe would be a bust in the Roslon public library. Portraits of Washington. Washing-ton. Lincoln and oiher famous Americans Ameri-cans hang In Fa: euil hall, the cradle of liberty. |