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Popular Science Monthly 



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A gigantic granite statue is to stand in Washington — 

 a monument to the heroes of the "Titanic" 



To the "Titanic" Heroes 



A COLOSSAL statue to the men who 

 died on the "Titanic" that women 

 and children might be saved first, is soon 

 to be unveiled in Potomac 

 Park, Washington. The 

 statue, fifteen feet high, is 

 the work of Mrs. Harry 

 Payne Whitney, and is 

 carved in granite. It was 

 put in the stone at Quincy, 

 Mass., and shipped from 

 there to Washington for the 

 unveiling. 



The stark simplicity of 

 the whole design, and the 

 reach of the arms, which the 

 artist consciously exagger- 

 ated, make the statue one 

 which will be seen and re- 

 membered. Mrs. Whitney 

 recently gave an exhibit of 

 her work, the original design 

 of this statue being the 

 center of attraction. 



The Lively Bird on Our Cover 

 ANSAS CITY was re- 

 cently treated to the 

 unusual sight of a spirited 

 race between a young os- 

 trich and a motor-cycle, when 

 a policeman attached to the 

 motor-cycle squad of the city 

 police force paced the bird 

 nearly a mile and a half on 

 Cliff Drive, one of the 

 fashionable thoroughfares of 

 the city. 



The bird is seven months 

 old. Specially trained for 

 such work, it has appeared 

 in numerous state fairs in 

 races with automobiles and 

 motor-cycles. The police- 

 man, although he could have 

 easily made a speed of 

 seventy miles an hour with 

 his high-powered machine, 

 paced the ostrich. His speed 

 indicator showed that the 

 bird made forty miles an 

 hour. When near the finish 

 line, the policeman brought 

 cheers from the crowd which 

 had gathered to witness the 

 race by opening the throttle 

 of his engine and finishing 

 well in advance of nature's fastest bird 

 at a whirlwind speed of over a mile a 

 minute, to the dismay of the ostrich. 



For part of the race, the motor-cycle kept just ahead of 



the ostrich, both bird and machine making a speed of 



forty miles an hour 



