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Show GATHER AT LINCOLN'S STATUE Children Seem to Recognize Companion Compan-ion and Friend In Bronze Representation Repre-sentation of President. In the city of Newark, N. J., there stands on the plaza in front of the courthouse a bronze statue of Abraham Abra-ham Lincoln. The figure of Lincoln is seated on a bench on which rests the tall hat that the president was accustomed ac-customed to wear. Frequently you see men standing there, looking at this remarkable statue, and it seems as if they were in confidential chat with the figure of bronze, so natural Is Its pose. Every day the little children play about the statue. To them It is the figure of a companion and friend. It Is not unusual to see a child nestled In the arm of the statue, or clambering clamber-ing over it. Recently, a passer-by saw three children there. One little girl sat on one of Lincoln's knees; another little girl leaned with crossed arms on the other knee and looked up into the great benevolent face; and the third child, a little colored boy, stood on the same knee, wound his arm lovingly about the neck of the statue, and laid his cheek against the great bronze nose. These spontaneous tributes of affection af-fection from the children must surely sure-ly gratify the artist who designed the statue, for they Ehow how remark-i remark-i ably h has brought out the great i love humanity that was perhaps i the Mos.t striking Characteristic ol t Abranani Lincoln. C4ib' Compau i Ion |
