. Review of reviews and world's work. DECORATIVE LION—THEGUARDI.\N OF THE FLAG him, and the captain calls out his orders sohe can hear, and he sounds Charge andRetreat on his bugle. Yes, he had seen ahorse and rider fall just like that. And so they rambled on till it became toodark for them to see plainly, and they turnedto go with a farewell thanksfor our having directed their at-tention to something they feltwas great. The afternoon had advanced;the light began to fade; the peo-ple ceased to come into the the dusk the figures of thestatues seemed to nestle closertogether, so that the


. Review of reviews and world's work. DECORATIVE LION—THEGUARDI.\N OF THE FLAG him, and the captain calls out his orders sohe can hear, and he sounds Charge andRetreat on his bugle. Yes, he had seen ahorse and rider fall just like that. And so they rambled on till it became toodark for them to see plainly, and they turnedto go with a farewell thanksfor our having directed their at-tention to something they feltwas great. The afternoon had advanced;the light began to fade; the peo-ple ceased to come into the the dusk the figures of thestatues seemed to nestle closertogether, so that the groups be-came, as the sculptor would wish theymight, perfect silhouetted units of decorativecontour. The twittering sparrows hopped lightlyunder the feet of the rearing horses, and thegray squirrels chased one another about themarbled base as though they considered thehuge bronze masses as much a part of thepark as the trees and shrubs. War effigieshad no terrors for 0^ AriiiTirjii lrc~i A^Mirlatlon. Now York. ON THE LEFT APPEARS MR. SHRADrS LINCOMPLETED MODEL OF A SmiNG STATUE OF THE RNANCIERJAY COOKE. BUILDER OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. THAT U ILL BE ONE OF THE PUBLIC MOr4U- MENTS OF THE CITY OF DL^UTH. MINN.


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