Barnard's Lincoln, the gift of Mr and Mrs Charles P Taft to the city of Cincinnati; the creation and dedication of George Grey Barnard's statue of Abraham Lincoln, including the address of William Howard Taft . on our citv receives fromthem this magnificent gift, typical of a trueAmerican, whose personality and quality ofstatesmanship is attracting the love of all hu-manity during these trying times. The lifeand character of Ahraliam Tiincoln, more per-haps tlian any otlier American, is worthy of 61 62 BARNARDS LINCOLN perpetuation in some such expression as this,because he was the personifica
Barnard's Lincoln, the gift of Mr and Mrs Charles P Taft to the city of Cincinnati; the creation and dedication of George Grey Barnard's statue of Abraham Lincoln, including the address of William Howard Taft . on our citv receives fromthem this magnificent gift, typical of a trueAmerican, whose personality and quality ofstatesmanship is attracting the love of all hu-manity during these trying times. The lifeand character of Ahraliam Tiincoln, more per-haps tlian any otlier American, is worthy of 61 62 BARNARDS LINCOLN perpetuation in some such expression as this,because he was the personification of all theprinciples inherent in our form of government. It is my very great pleasure to speak thepublics appreciation and the thanks of ourcity to Mr. and JNIrs. Taft for this impressivegift. And it is our duty that we should pub-licly proclaim our love and esteem for thepublic spirit prompting them in this and manyother occasions where the interests of the cityand its people were concerned. May this occasion serve to inspire our peo-ple, young and old, to an observance of thespirit of higher and nobler citizenship such asis embodied in the occasion and ceremonies ofto-day. The Cire Perdue Process. Copyrighted by E. T. Hurley. Etching by E. T. Hurley The Cire Perdue Process THE Cire Perdue or lost-wax process,which was used in casting the BarnardLincoln by the Roman Bronze Worksof Brooklyn, New York, is a rare and costlyprocess employed by the ancients for obtainingthe best results in bronze. From the finished statue in plaster a waxstatue is made, very thin, the thickness thebronze should be. This hollow wax statue isfilled inside with a mixture of plaster cementand ground brick, to withstand the fire. Athick coat of the same material covers the out-side of the wax statue. The wax is then meltedout by slow fires, leaving a hollow place, intowhich the molten bronze runs, filling it the bronze has cooled, the brickdustcoating is chipped off the outside, and takenfr
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