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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.
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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. Sulli
van.the present.incumbent appointed by
the county commissioners, has consider,
able strength. Ed Bignell is for him
and he is supported by other large
interests. Charley Branson's candidacy,
as usual, is a mere blank cartridge. W.
J. Cranddll of Firth has a boom of
formidable proportions. Aaron Buck
staff of the Fourth ward has a consid
erable following from the country and
will be a strong candidate A rumor to
the effect that George Woods has shied
his castor into the ring for county treas
urer, is gimg Firth Warders very much
concern, as up to this time the Fifth
was practically conceded to Kimmel.
Major Pieice will make a gallant fight
for the nomination, and "there are
others."
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