Review of reviews and world's work . y Brown Bros., N. M0NUME>»T TO GIOVANNI VERRAZANO IN BAT-TERY PARK, NEW YORK. (Unveiled by the Italian societies of the greater cityon October 6.) ceal their identity under the impressive cor-porate name of the Association for NewYork, were responsible during the first fewdays following the close of the Hudson-Ful-ton celebrations for the unveiling of a whiteplaster statue of a woman, heroic size, in oneof the conspicuous squares of the center ofthe city. The wayfaring man may learnfrom the statue of the lady, the shield shebears in one hand, the s
Review of reviews and world's work . y Brown Bros., N. M0NUME>»T TO GIOVANNI VERRAZANO IN BAT-TERY PARK, NEW YORK. (Unveiled by the Italian societies of the greater cityon October 6.) ceal their identity under the impressive cor-porate name of the Association for NewYork, were responsible during the first fewdays following the close of the Hudson-Ful-ton celebrations for the unveiling of a whiteplaster statue of a woman, heroic size, in oneof the conspicuous squares of the center ofthe city. The wayfaring man may learnfrom the statue of the lady, the shield shebears in one hand, the several smug inscrip-tions, and the immaculate purity of her garb,that she was intended by her creators tostand for the purity of the American metrop-olis, which, in the belief of the Associationfor New York, has been foully slanderedby New Yorks many traducers and particu-larly by the Fusion and other anti-Tammanyforces during the present campaign. Thisheroic exemplification of New Yorks purity, 628 THE AMERICAN RE^IElV OF MR. EDWIN HAWLEY. WHO HAS EFFECTED AN IMPORTANT RAILROAD COMBINATION. however, excited little but derision in theminds of New York citizens, and they werequite fully prepared to accept as a second ex-hibit in this novel method of campaigning the reply statue, which was unveiled severaldays later in the campaign Exhibit Mu-seum, conducted by the Committee of OneHundred, and which showed Lady NewYork as the victim of her real slanderer,, theTammany Tiger. In impressive contrast with theseVeTazano. exhibitions of New York politi-cal art is the splendid artisticstatue of Verrazano which was unveiled onOctober 6 in Battery Park, at the southernend of the city, by the Italian societies andresidents of the metropolis. The monumentis the work of Ettore Ximenes, director offine arts in the Ministry of Education ofItaly. Verrazano Day was celebrated by a parade of 25,000 Italian-Americans and byother exercises commemorating the achieve-ment of Giovanni Verra
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