Statues of Abraham LincolnLincoln Memorial . The Daniei Chester French 175-ton statue of Abraham Lincoln, in themassive memorial at Washington, compared with a human figure, Reflections on the statue come from streams of bright sunlight pouring betweenthe huge pillars at the entrance of the memorial. J __ _ ffLMORE OHIO TRIBUNE (wkly)THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 12, 1931,. Grace and Nobility—Daniel Chester Frenchs Lincoln. Photo From Associated Press. LINCOLN STILL ATTRACTS There is warm debate in the capitalas to whether the much publicizedGeorge Washington bicentennial cele-bration has been a fizzle.
Statues of Abraham LincolnLincoln Memorial . The Daniei Chester French 175-ton statue of Abraham Lincoln, in themassive memorial at Washington, compared with a human figure, Reflections on the statue come from streams of bright sunlight pouring betweenthe huge pillars at the entrance of the memorial. J __ _ ffLMORE OHIO TRIBUNE (wkly)THURSDAY; FEBRUARY 12, 1931,. Grace and Nobility—Daniel Chester Frenchs Lincoln. Photo From Associated Press. LINCOLN STILL ATTRACTS There is warm debate in the capitalas to whether the much publicizedGeorge Washington 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 expe
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