Show elkhay years in philadelphia may 14 the dedication tomorrow ol 01 the statue to the memory of the father of uie country under f V the auspices of the society of cincinnati cin nati affords apart from its patriotic motives a striking and probably unparalleled exemplification of american per se and determination lacking bix weeks eighty six years have elapsed since the pennsylvania branch ot the that society by resolution pledged itself to tati erection c thia tribute to the first president pres ideLt of the united states for a while the project was received with enthusiasm and a considerable eum tor those days was subscribed then came apathy and one after another ofine original committee died until not a familiar face remained nut as each one passed away funds were issued A number of patriotic citizens organized an auxiliary committee and at the end of fiffy six yeara this auxiliary bad accumulated the fund of the cincinnati had in the meantime reached the two sums were combined and the contract for the monument was awarded to professor rudolph the celebrated sculptor of berlin today to day therefore marks the culmination of the patriotic intentions of the two score of quakers that gathered in independence hall more than three quarters of a century since |