! 'Listen, My Children, and You Shall
Hear': Story of the Long-Delayed
1 Start of a New Ride by Paul Revere [
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
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LISTEN, my children, and
you shall hear . . .
No, not the familiar
story of the “Midnight Ride
of Paul Revere.”
It's the story of another ride
by that immortal horseman—
a ride that should have start
ed more than 50 years ago,
but didn’t. Here’s why:
Back in 1884, on the eve of the
150th anniversary of Paul Re
vere's birth, a movement was
started in Boston erect a statue
to the Revolutionary patriot at a
cost of $25,000. The city council
indorsed the plan and appropri
ated $5,000 as its share of the
cost, the remainder of which was
to be raised by public subscrip
tion. Furthermore, the city fa
thers passed an order, authoriz
ing the use of Copley square as
the site for the proposed me
morial.
Next a committee was formed
to have charge of the project
and this committee issued circu
lars inviting sculptors to submit
models for the statue. It made
no suggestion as to the character
of the design but offered to pay
$300 each for the three best stud
ies.
Eight of ten models were sub
mitted by sculptors from all parts
of the country, all of them, of
course, anonymously. From these i
models the committee selected
three—those sent in by Daniel
Chester French, who had made
the famous “Minute Man" erect
ed on the site of the battle of Con
cord; by Thomas Ball, who was
the sculptor of the statue of Wash
ington which stands in the Public
Garden in Boston; and by a cer
tain “Charles E. Dillon of Utah,”
who was unknown to the commit
tee.
A Young Westerner.
After long deliberation the com
mittee unanimously decided to
accept for the statue the design
by this "Charles E. Dillon” and
THE MINUTE MAN
Statue by Daniel Chester French
on the site vf the Battle of
Concord.
it was soon announced in the
newspapers. Then it was dis
covered that they had misspelled
the name of the winner! His right
name was Cyrus E. Dallin, a
young fellow of 23, who had been
born in Utah and had arrived in
Boston four years before, penni
less, lonely and bewildered be
cause he had never been in a big
city before.
His first work was in a terra
cotta factory and, while working
there, he had made an ornament
for Mechanics hall. It was the
seal of the Massachusetts Chari
table Mechanics association and
it cons.sted of an upraised human
arm which young Dallin had
modeled after the upraised arm
of a young Indian, one of a dele
gation en route to Washington to
see the “Great White Father,”
whom he had met on the train and
with whom he had talked in the
sign language.
“That arm is still there in Me
chanics hall. I like to go around
and look at it now and then,”
the 78-year-old sculptor of today
will tell you with a smile. “I
got the magnificent sum of two
dollars for doing that seal. That
two dollars looked like $2,000 to
me at that time—and it doesn’t
look so small, even now, at
times.”
It is easy to imagine the young
sculptor’s thrill when he learned
that he had won the Paul Re
vere competition. Returning to
his small studio he found a card
under the door. On it was writ
ten:
“Dear Dallin: I came up to
congratulate you on your well
deserved victory.—Daniel Ches
ter French.”
Says Mr. Dallin: “That was
the kind of greatness that Daniel
CYRUS E. DALIJN, famed sculptor, and the plaster model of the
equestrian statue of Paul Revere which the George Robert White
Fund trustees, headed by Mayor Tobin of Boston, have commissioned
him to execute in bronze at a cost of $27,500. The statue will be
erected in Paul Revere Mall in the north end of Boston, close to the
home of the Revolutionary patriot.
Chester French had in him! No
wonder that he could comprehend
und interpret the great and gen
erous Lincoln as understanding^
as he did in that Washington Me
morial marble of the Great
Emancipator.
“From that day until his death,
a few years ago, French and I
were close friends. I have al
ways noted in life that the bigger
a man id, the more generous he
is toward others. There is no
feeling of jealousy in a great
man. He is too sure of him
self to fear others in his own
profession. When a man is jeal
ous of another man in his own
profession it is an open confes
sion that he is not sure of himself
and his own powers,”
Soon after Dallin was an
nounced as the winner of the Paul
Revere competition, the city of
Boston gave him a contract to
make the bronze statue. Then un
expected difficulties arose, due to.
the jealousy of an artist whose
son had been unsuccessful in the
competition. He started a con
troversy in the Boston papers by
charging that Dallin’s model was
historically inaccurate. Although
other artists rallied to the de
fense of the young Westerner,
the dispute grew so hot that the
committee decided to hold a sec
ond competition.
Dallin Wins Again.
French entered it again, ns did
Thomas Ball, sculptor of a statue
of Lincoln in “The Emancipa
tion Group," the original of which
is in Washington and a copy in
Boston. But again Dallin was the
winnei and again the generous
French sent him a note: “Dal
lin, you’ve beat us again. You’re
far and away ahead of the rest
of us!”
Jubilant over his success, Dal
lin returned to his home in Utah,
there, as he says, “to celebrate
my victory and to bask in the
sunlight of the approval of my
parents and friends.” But he soon
learned that the celebration was
a bit premature.
He returned to Boston in the
spring of 1885 to complete the
statue. He was called to the may
or’s office and again a contract
Paul Rides Again to
Summon Legionnaires
BOSTON. — Paul Kevere
rides again on the 165th anni
versary morn of the “nine
teenth of April, ’75”—but this
year the galloping tradition of
Paul Revere will not halt at
Lexington's battle-green or
Concord’s bridge. This year
he’ll go careening on across
the continent to rally another
army of patriots from a wider
nation that stretches to Kio
Grande valley and Oregon
farms. This year the annual
national convention of the
American Legion meets for the
second time in historic Boston.
The dates are September 22
to 26.
Paul Revere's is the figure
that adorns the bronze of the
Legion's twenty-second con
vention medal. He is the rous
ing spirit of the Bay State Le
gionnaire organization at na
tional convention headquar
ters, 8 Beacon street, now go
ing full tilt on its mission to
make this return-visit of their
land, sea, and air-force com
rades from every state and
United States possession, the
greatest patriotic pilgrimage
to the "Cradle of Liberty” this
land has ever seen. The Le
gion's 1940 war-ery, “Keep Out
and Keep Ready,” will be,
they say, “the shout heard
round the world.”
was signed. But when the com
mittee tried to raise the money
for the statue by popular sub
scription, it found that the con
troversy, which Dallin's rival art
ist had stirred up, had made
many people hostile to the proj
ect.
Within a short time it became
evident that the public had lost
interest in the project. Subscrip
tions to the fund came in so slow
ly that it was doubtful if the
sum required for the statue could
ever be raised. Swallowing his
disappointment as best he could,
the young sculptor started on an
other project.
Remembering the Indians
whom he had known in the West,
Dallin designed the figure of an
Indian, standing on the skeleton
of a buffalo and shooting an ar
row into the air. He exhibited it
in New York in 1888 and it won
the gold medal of the American
Art Exhibit.
This new triumph had an un
expected result. A wealthy Bos
ton woman who sympathized with
the young sculptor over his diffi
culties in the Paul Revere com
petition offered to provide the
money for him to study in Par
is. Thus, out of what had seemed
to be a major tragedy to an am
bitious young sculptor, came his
great opportunity and he eagerly
accepted it.
Soon after he arrived in Paris
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show ar
rived there and Rosa Bonheur, the
famous woman painter, took ad
vantage of the opportunity to
paint the American horses and
their Indian riders. One of her
favorite models was old Chief
Rocky Bear.
lie Meets Rosa Bonheur.
One day Dallin saw her at work
on a painting of Rocky Bear. It
inspired him to become a sculp
tor of Indians and horses and
from that inspiration came the
idea of the Indian equestrian
groups which are to be found in
several American cities. The first
of these was the familiar “The
Signal of Peace.” The next was
“The Medicine Man” in Phila
delphia and the next “The Appeal
to the Great Spirit” which stands
in front of the Bostop museum.
Since that time Dallin has pro
duced many other famous stat
ues—“The Scout” in Penn Valley
park in Kansas City; “Massa
soit” in Plymouth, Mass.; “Anne
Hutchinson” which stands in front
of the state house in Boston; and
his famous tribute to the Ameri
can soldiers taken prisoners by
the enemy during the World war
—the statue which he called
“Captured But Not Conquered.”
He also did the Pioneer monu
ment in Salt Lake City and the
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ monument
in Syracuse, N. Y.
For Cyrus Dallin is now one
of America’s best-known sculp
tors. But it is probable that, for
all the honors that have come
to him, he will take more pride
in his masterpiece, which is to
stand in Paul Revere Mall in
Boston. It is the spirited statue
of that famous midnight rider,
reining in his equally famous
horse as he pauses to shout his
warning, “The British are com
ing!”
A few weeks ago it was an
nounced that the trustees of the
Robert White fund, headed by
Mayor Tobin of Boston, had com
missioned him to execute in
bronze, at a cost of $27,500, the
design which was selected away
back in the eighties. So, after
half a century, Cyrus Dallin, the
unknown young sculptor who had
come out of the West, is vindicat
ed, and an undeserved aiigm^
has been removed trim his fame
as an artist. And, after a long
delay, Paul Revere will soon start
on another ride!
Smart Spring Outfits Stress
Supremacy of Handsome Wools
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
'T'HE wool industry continues its
wonders to perform. The story
it is unfolding during these modern
times of ours is a fascinating one.
To such a high point of achievement
has skill, science and artistry
brought the production of wool fab
ric in the matter of versatile
weaves, textures, patternings and
colorings. A wool material may
mean most anything from weaves
of sturdiest utilitarian character to
something as sheer and lovely and
as delightful to the touch as hereto
fore was associated only with deli
cate chiffons and such.
So versatile and comprehensive
are modern woolens they glamorize
the program of fashion throughout
its every phase. An entire ward
robe may consistently be developed
nowadays of wools.
If your appeal needs call for a
stunning utilitarian coat for sports,
travel and about-town wear, or for
a three-piece ensemble that consti
tutes, because o(, its interchange
ableness, a wardrobe within itself,
or if you are feeling the urge for
a charming dressy coat-and-dress
ensemble made of eye-appealing
woolens, here they are all three
types pictured in the accompanying
illustration.
The grand and glorious wool
plaids brought out this season are
proving a constant source of in
spiration to designers. Especially
for coats do contemporary style
creators think in terms of daring
plaids such as is shown centered in
the group pictured above.
To the right in the illustration see
a stunning three-piece suit with re- '■
versible cape. This patrician mode !
was recently displayed in a Ber- j
muda showing of voguish travel and |
cruise outfits styled of outstanding |
woolen materials. The significant
thing about this thoroughbred mode
is that it is in line with the thought
that exists among world travelers
who recognize the supremacy of
strictly all wool fabric when it
comes to going places by land or
sea. The check of the jacket is
repeated in the four stripes set in
the skirt. Having a cape, a jacket
and a skirt a three-piece of this
type is adaptable to all sorts of cli
matic conditions at the same time
that it carries the stamp of style :
distinction wherever it goes.
The sentiment for refined and
ladylike fashions, so all-prevailing
this season, is admirably expressed
in the attractive coat and dress en
semble shown to the left. The idea
of a long wool coat in a subtle pastel
color topping a dyed-to-match crepe
dress is meeting with widespread
favor. Sunburst tucks are effective
ly employed on both the suavely
fitted coat and the prettily fash
ioned dress underneath. Note the
longer gloves crushed at the wrist.
The toque is color matched to the
ensemble.
Speaking of this season’s coats
the widespread flair for gray re
flects in long coats of gracious prin
cess lines. Often these are sans
fur, but if fur is employed a lux
urious gray fox collar is apt to be
choice.
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It’s White Season,
Fashion Dictates
Crisp white lingerie touches, flat
tering white hats, white jewelry,
white gloves and bags worn with
the navy or black greet the eye at
every turn.
That fashion has a way of defying
calendar datings and weatherman
prophesies has long been known but
even fashion has outreached all
previous records in the matter of
the early start given white hats
which have really been in good style
for quite some time now.
You don't have to wait to wear a
crisp white pique sailor with your
new navy suit. The accessory en
semble that stresses white pique for
neckwear and numerous other white
accents has, no doubt, brought
about the acceptance of the white
pique hat earlier than usual. White
pique flowers on your lapel tune in
j to the picture, too. Many dark
straws are trimmed with white.
! Colored Accents
Smart for Spring
Color is going to leave a bright
mark on the clothes that smart
women will wear this season.
Gay flowered chapeaux, jeweled
collarbone accents, colored gloves
! and bags brighten more sober cos
tumes, mingling in a fashion kalei
doscope. Only one or two splashes
of color will appear with the smart
est costumes, in line with fashion’s
commandment. ’’Don’t overdo ac
cents.”
Color is going to be seen in clothes
themselves, too, though these hues
will be more subdued.
Lingerie Trimmed
Bretons in Favor
With the uddition of frivolous
white lingerie trims to their severe
tailored lines, high-crowned breton
hats are spring-like accompani
ments for navy blue suits and gay
print dresses. Tucked organdy and
lace, for example, are used for the
tailored bow and headband on one
of these upturned sailor affairs of
navy blue straw.
Feathered Felts
In your wardrobe of hats be sure
to include a smartly feather
trimmed felt. Hats of the type pic
tured are extremely voguish. No
matter how many flower adorned
chapeaux you may feel the urge to
buy, your hat collection will be sad
ly lacking in the latest if it does not
include a handsome wide soft brim
felt that flaunts a gay and debonair
feather. Pictured at the top is a
smart gray felt with softly dipping
brim—a lovely complement for a
lightweight wool frock. A very
smart red felt is shown below, com
pletely stitched round and round up
to the crown. A quill of import
beige shoots up with a dash.
I
Pastel Bengaline
For Juvenile Coat
Pastel bengaline in dusty pink or \
soft blue is fashion’s latest find for
the making of little girls’ coats.
.Wee tots from three to six look
"adorable in these dainty coats that
are fashioned in princess style but
toning all the way up the front.
The better shops are showing this
type for it is an acknowledged style
of distinction in the juvenile world !
Fur-Trimmed Sweaters
A new trim for bright-colored
wool sweaters is to give them col
lars and pockets of fur.
Defective Eyes
May Be Cause
Of Headaches
By DR. JAMES W. BARTON
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Although most head
L aches are believed to be
due to stomach and intestinal
disturbances and a great
many to sinus
trouble, a large
number are due
to eye-strain.
So common is
headache due to
TODAY’S
HEALTH
COLUMN
eye-strain that it is often con
sidered the only or outstand
ing symptom, whereas eye
strain may cause symptoms
in organs far removed from
the eyes.
Headache from eye-strain may
come on slowly or rapidly. It may
be over one eye or both eyes, al
though the ache is usually more se
vere over one eye than the other
because one eye is usually weaker
or more defective than the other.
Headache may begin at any age,
but more frequently after the first
year or two at school. These head
aches occur with a certain degree
of regularity, per
haps once every
two weeks for a
while and gradually
become more fre
quent.
As these head
aches are often ac
companied by nau
sea and vomiting it
is only natural that
it is blamed on
some food that was
Dr. Barton eaten, eating too
much food, or eat
ing when tired.
Complaints Are Numerous.
In Handbook of Therapy, by Drs.
Oliver T. Osborne and Morris Fish
bein, it is pointed out that dizziness,
stomach upsetment, even nausea and
vomiting may occur without any
headache whatever and still be due
to eye-strain. Cold hands and feet,
chilly sensations, faint feelings, pal
pitation, irregular heart beat and
pain in region of the heart may be
due to eye-strain and be corrected
by correcting the eye defect.
Unfortunately, as eye-strain is not
suspected of being the cause of head
aches because of other symptoms—
nausea, vomiting, cold hands and
feet—many of these patients become
nervous and irritable which is apt
to cause more frequent attacks.
These symptoms are often called
“bilious attacks” and good nourish
ing foods may be blamed for it and
left out of the patient’s diet, causing
further weakness and nervousness.
• * *
Self-Inflicted
Chronic Constipation
l~'\ESPITE the fact that chronic
constipation may be due to
weak abdominal muscles which lack
power to drive wastes downward,
or to weak muscles of the intestines
themselves, most cases of chronic
constipation are due to carelessness
or thoughtlessness.
In discussing chronic constipation
Dr. T. F. Reuther, assistant in sur
gery, University of Illinois, in Clin
ical Medicine and Surgery, states:
“Most cases of constipation are
functions1 (not due to weakness of
muscles, obstruction or disease). In
these cases the patient must faith
fully follow the physician's detailed
instructions, perhaps for a year, if
success is to be attained in estab
lishing correct bowl habits.”
Health Instructions.
Some of the instructions given by
Dr. Reuther are:
1. Learn to live without hurry,
worry or psychic (mental or emo
tional) strain.
2. Get up half an hour earlier
than usual. Go to bed half an hour
earlier. Drink a glass of water on
arising.
3. Take a short brisk walk, or 10
to 15 minutes' “setting-up” exer
cises before breakfast. (Perhaps a
couple of lumps of sugar may be
necessary before the walk to pre
vent any “weak” feeling.)
4. Eat enough breakfast to dis
tend the stomach and so start the
"movement” downward of the whole
digestive tract. Eat the breakfast
slowly and then be regular. (It is
this regular, leisurely habit after
breakfast, instead of rushing off to
get to work on time, that prevents
constipation in most cases.)
5. Take no laxative drugs to stim
ulate movements of the intestinal
muscles, nor quieting drugs to re
lax the spasm in spastic constipa
tion.
I believe the most helpful of the
above suggestions is to get up early
enough to take exercise, eat a large
breakfast and have plenty of time.
• • •
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A.—Cracked skin of fingers may j
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in which case foods rich in lime
may help. These foods are milk,
cheese, leafy vegetables, egg yolk.
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QUESTIONS I
All plants should be sprayed
over at least once a week, using
clear tepid water. In the ordi
nary living room there is certain
to be considerable dust, no matter
how careful the housewife is.
* * *
Be careful not to fill baking
dishes too full. Escalloped foods,
rice puddings and fondues need
about two inches of rising space.
Foods made with baking powder,
soda, cream of tartar or egg
whites require at least three
inches.
* * *
Place a piece of zinc on red-hot
coals in the kitchen range or fur
nace. The vapor that arises while
the zinc melts will remove soot
from the chimney.
• • •
Tack several thicknesses of
heavy cloth or paper over the cor
ners of the table before covering
it with new oilcloth. The recov
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