Statues of Abraham LincolnLincoln Memorial . ngton bicentennial cele-bration has been a fizzle. Not as manyvisitors have been attracted to Wash-ington as the merchants had hoped,yet it is a fact that what visitors thereare continue to make the WashingtonMonument and the Lincoln Memorialtheir mecca. That economy may havesomething to do with it is seen in thefact that crowds still flock to thesenon-toll shrines while Mt. Vernon,which charges 25 cents admission, re-ports a falling off of visitors. Morethan 16,000 persons visited the Lin-coln Memorial on a recent Sunday ( being closed on
Statues of Abraham LincolnLincoln Memorial . ngton bicentennial cele-bration has been a fizzle. Not as manyvisitors have been attracted to Wash-ington as the merchants had hoped,yet it is a fact that what visitors thereare continue to make the WashingtonMonument and the Lincoln Memorialtheir mecca. That economy may havesomething to do with it is seen in thefact that crowds still flock to thesenon-toll shrines while Mt. Vernon,which charges 25 cents admission, re-ports a falling off of visitors. Morethan 16,000 persons visited the Lin-coln Memorial on a recent Sunday ( being closed on the Sabbath).Frank Crowinshield, editor of VanityFair magazine, criticizes the LincolnMemorial for failing to follow Greektraditions and for offending thetaste of the visitors by having at eyelevel the bottom of the statues not many visitors are experiencedenough in art to appreciate its defects—if any—and instead of being of-fended stand about expressing ap-preciation of the Grecian temple,with its irregularly spaced 36 marble. The Majesty of Lincoln columns to aid the optical illusion ofsymmetry, and the calm yet ruggedfigure of the seated Lincoln which re-poses therein, gazing in contemplativemood out over the magnificent reflect-ing pool toward the Washingtonmonument and the Capitol visitor is surprised to learn thatthe soft light which bathes the 19-footfigure sifts through marble slabs five-eighths of an inch thick. The slabswere boiled in white wax for 48 hoursto make them as translucent as ala-baster. (JoaAaJU**** Qjju* U • H** •22 THE PELICAN
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