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Some Monuments in Lincoln Park, Chicago. 
Lincoln Park, Chicago, is quite well furnished 
with statuary, as will be observed from the accom- 
panying plate, although that does not include all 
the monuments to be found within her limits, and 
indeed the park commissioners desire to divert fur- 
ther benefactions into other forms of memorial. 
Although many of the monuments are worthy ob- 
jects of art, a few excellent, an artistic sense will soon 
discover that no art commission or other competent 
authorities were in advisory control of the monu- 
mental art features of this beautiful park. But the 
monuments are diverse in character and association, 
and in many cases are the gifts of the several na- 
tionalities of Chicago’s American citizens. 
One of the finest works is the bronze statue of 
Abraham Lincoln, by Augustus St. Gaudens. It rep- 
resents the martyred president as just rising from a 
chair which is behind him. The statue and pedestal 
stands on an elliptical granite platform 6o feet by 
30 feet, reached by a flight of steps, and sur- 
rounded by^a granite bench and balustrade. The 
memorial was the gift by will of Eli Bates, and was 
unveiled in 1891. It cost about $40,000. 
Another good work is the bronze Shakespeare, 
by William Ordway Partridge, the funds for which 
were also left by will of the late Samuel Johnston. 
It was unveiled in 1894. The portrait was mod- 
eled from the death mask and authentic portraits of 
the great poet. 
The “Signal of Peace,” the bronze Indian 
group by C. E. Dallin, and which attracted conside- 
rable atte’ntion at the World’s Fair, was presented to 
the park by Judge Lambert Tree. 
The most imposing monument, by having 
prominent architectural features in connection with 
it, is that of the heroic bronze equestrian statue 
of General Grant, modeled by Louis T. Re- 
bisso. It was unveiled in the presence of an im- 
mense popular outpouring Oct. 7, 1891. It was 
erected by popular subscription and cost over 
$65,000. The statue is 18 feet from the plinth 
to the crown of the hat, and it stands on a granite 
arch construction designed by F. M. Whitehouse, ar- 
chitect. 
The statue of Schiller was presented to the 
park by the German-American citizens. It is a re- 
plica of the Wurtemburg monument by Ernst 
Rauss. 
“The Alarm,” a bronze group of Ottawa In- 
dians, was presented to the park, as a memorial of 
friendship for the tribe, by Martin Ryerson in 1884. 
Around the pedestal are four bas-reliefs, illustrating 
Indian life. It was modelled by John J. Boyle. 
Another gift of Judge Lambert Tree is the 
statue of Robert Cavalier de La Salle, executed b^ 
the Belgian sculptor De LaLaing. Itwas unveiled 
in 1889. 
The statue of Linne, or Linnaeus, was erected 
by the Swedish-Americans of Chicago, and is a re- 
plica of the work of Dyverman, a Swedish sculptor. 
The figure is fifteen feet high, and was cast in 
bronze at Stockholm. It is mounted on a granite 
pedestal, the corners of which are embellished with 
figures typical of the seasons. It was unveiled in 1891. 
There are other monuments in Lincoln Park of 
more or less interest and importance, among 
them the statue of Benjamin Franklin, the gift of 
Joseph Medill, and that of Hans Christian Ander- 
sen, donated by Danish citizens and unveiled last 
month. 
It will be noted from the foregoing that this park 
has been highly favored in the matter of monuments. 
The other parks of the Chicago system have been 
comparatively neglected in this respect, but the 
compensation will rest in the possibility of greater 
works of art being located within their borders. 
Undoubtedly in the future, more care will be exer- 
cised both in the choice of monumental art and its 
appropriateness for certain locations. Already in 
some proposed memorials for which bequests have 
been devised, expert artists and art critics have been 
invited to advise on the important considerations 
involved, and we may confidently expect that the 
future monuments of Chicago and its parks will be 
works of art, indeed. 
In a government report from Columbia says 
Chambers Journal, there appears the description of 
a tree, known as the chaparro, which possesses the 
property of being fireproof. It grows on the plains 
of Columbia and the north of South America called 
savannas, extensive districts which are parched 
with heat except during the rainy season. It has 
long been the custom to clear the ground for the 
new vegetation which springs up so luxuriantly on 
these plains after the rainy season by means of fire; 
and such fires, miles in extent, kindled by the herds- 
men, destroy everything in the shape of vegetation 
except the chaparro tree, which survives to afford a 
welcome shade in an almost treeless region. It is 
a small tree, seldom growing to more than twenty 
feet in height , with a girth of about three feet, and 
it owes its protection from fire to the nature of its 
hard, thick bark. The bark lies on the trunk in 
loose layers, which do not readily conduct heat to 
the more delicate parts of the structure. It is a 
general idea among the natives that this tree grows 
only where gold is abundant in the soil below. That 
it is common in auriferous districts is indisputable, 
but there is no ground for supposing that it does 
not grow elsewhere. 
