The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, August 29, 1896, Image 9
THI COURIER. rv , Si Ft, .- FCi Skit rvsr . . sv -: Ti if K p&s ni- fcSfET rafe-" &- K J.T. UK - k:i. I THE GREAT STONE STATUE. John Currio's letter on the statue question shows that he has a right to the stone he is working on. and that no one else has any right to it. The mar ble was given to him by an individual, not by the state of Tennessee, or by any official of that stata. John Currie sas: "Upon my request, Mr. T. S. Godfrey of Knoxville, Tenn., replied that he would gladly give the donation upon the representation made as to the Statue and where it was to be built and that I was the party who would carve the same can be seen is letters of the gov ernor of Nebr. In due time the marble for the Statue was ready for shipment to me but I coaceived the Idea that it would be very good advertisement for Tenn and her famous Quarries of mar ble as well as Nebraska if we could ar range matters so that an apparent official presentation could be made of this marble from Tenn to Nebr. which suggestion was gladly fatten up and acted upon by the owner of the marbta. In due time I procured from the R Roads free transportation for this mar ble, and it was finally shipped o my name for the state of Nebr." Mr. Currie'j meaning hides behind numerous capitals and incomplete sen tences, but the average man would con clude from this statement that the mar ble had been presented to Mr. Currie by a Tennessee dealer in marble, who wished to advertise bis wares. The Journal has conveyed the idea that the people of Tennessee so loved the people of Nebraska that they gave them sev eral tons of marble in order that the statue of Abraham Lincoln concealed in it might be revealed by Johu Currie. Those who care enough about it to consult a tile of the Journal for the last two years will find repeated puffs of the statue of Lincoln growing under the hands of John Currie. It was by means of these notices that the 6tone mason was enabled to get subscriptions from people too buBy to use their own judg ment on the matter. By means of these notices he secured favorable let ters from Governor Holcorab, which he used to convince the Tennessee quarry owner that John Currie was an artist instead of a skillful artizan. Governor Holcomb has had enough experience with the Journal to make a less confid ing man suspicious of the integrity of its criticism, commendation or blame, but Governor Holcomb's large serenity and confidence in mankind is deeper than the Journal's duplicity, and lie wrote as many letters of commendation and introduction as John Currie de sired. Blatant persistence on the part of John Currie secured the marble from Tennessee, and neither the governor nor the committee which he appointed can take it from its present owner. John Currie has technical skill. He has no artistic ability. His letter shows how dim his intelligence is, how faint his appreciation of the ability and cul ture necessary to the man who would make a statue. He might be able to block oat the statue from the model under the supervision of the sculptor, for that work is done by a machine, and requires only the technical knowledge of a stone cutter. A sculptor's creative work is finished when his clay model is. He takes a plaster cast of the clay model, which is then thrown back into the clay bin. He then gives the cast to the marble cutter, who measures it and selects a block of marble long enough and wide enough to include a parallelo gram of the cast. Then with a machine called a pointer he locates the nose on the cast and bores into the marble until the machine stops him. He continues to locate points in the marble until all he has to do is to cut down to them the whole process is purely mechanical. When the statue is thus blocked out the artist finishes it. John Currie has had a life long experience with marble; he knows its physical characteristics as well as St. Gaudensor French; probably he knows them better. He also knows that be is not a sculptor. Referring to sculptors, he Bays he can get "experts" to help him. Artists know no such word as 'experts." Expertness refers to skilled hands, not to the sympathy, im agination and poetic flame that an ar tist uses when he creates. Any man with industry and a small degree of me chanical ability can cut out a stutue from the model but "first cut jour model." SARAH B. HARRIS. J &S! SiS State Fair. Tennessee's Pardner." COUNTY CONVENTION. Program of State fair week, Omaha: Tuesday, September 1. Grand mili tary and civic parade, headed by the Twenty-second regiment, U.S. A., and band from Fort Crook, with militia or ganizations from Omaha and neighbor ing cities. Wednesday, September 1. Parade of beautiful Moats sent in to represent counties of Nebraska in competition for the $500 offered in prizes by the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, and headed by bands from different parts of the state illumi nations and fireworks. The Knights' parade. Thursday, September 2. Mystic par ade of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, cele brating the Feast of Olympia. Twenty gorgeous floats in line, representing var ious classical divinities and carrying out with absolute fidelity the story of the feast. Mounted Grecian soldiers will accompany each car as it rolls along, and a radiance of light be shed on all by the royal torchbearers and the bearers of red fire. Friday, September 4. Court ball of the Knights at the den, and ceremonies attending the coronation, and unmask ing of the king and queen. Saturday, September 5. The North western Scandinavian Singing society 1,000 voices, give a festival of song at the Den. The newspapers of the world are arousing great interest by their chron iclings of Bret Harte's travels, with his attendant successes and adventures. An adaptation of one of his books, en titled "Tennessee's Pardner," has met with great success during the past two seasons in the cast. Next season it will be presented in the west, where several of the scenes are laid and where the characters will be greatly appreciated. Next week the republicans of Lan caster county will select their candidate for county treasurer. The fight prom ises to be a spirited one. A. L. 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