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PARK AND CEMETERY 
MODEL FOR SUN DIAL. A. STIRLING CALDER, SC. 
MONUMENTAL NOTES, 
Alexander Stirling Calder, the Philadelphia sculptor, has 
been working for some time upon a sun-dial, a gift to the 
Fairmount Park Art Association from one of its members. 
It is to be placed in the “Sunken Gardens” of the Horticul- 
tural Hall in Fairmount Park. 
In both the conception and arrangement Mr. Calder has 
happily dealt with the problem. The Dial is supported by 
four caryatides, representing in symbolic form the four Sea- 
sons — Spring by the early rose, Summer by the poppy, Au- 
tumn bearing the grape, and Winter garlanded by the bunch 
of evergreen. Each bears in her left hand the apple bough, 
significant of the opulence of the year. The figures are 
crouched easily, signifying that Time can be supported grace- 
fully by the seasons. 
The Dial has been fancifully wrought, and the difficulties 
of the problem of space and figure nicely adjusted. The face 
was calculated by Messrs. Queen & Co., of Philadelphia. The 
plate will be 24 inches in diameter, and of bronze set flush 
with the table. On its face, time will be measured between 
the hours of 5 a. m. and 7 p. m., the intervening spaces 
being measured by intervals of five minutes each. The 
height from the lower plinth or platform to the dial face 
will be 4 feet 6 inches. The gnomon will be of bronze, 
elevated on two small feet above the surface of the dial, the 
triangular form representing the wings of Time, holding the 
hourglass. With the exception of the bronze-casting, the 
Main will be carved of Tennessee marble. 
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At a recent meeting of the Municipal Art League of Chi- 
cago, Lorado Taft outlined a plan for decorating the city 
parks and boulevards with sculpture, to be produced by fhe 
Chicago sculptors. Elaborate plans are being made to show- 
unique work in the way of park decorations, including a 
scheme of fountains, statuary, and general figure work, as 
well as groupings. Definite steps have not yet been taken, 
but it is expected to start the work within the next two years. 
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A monument in the form of a drinking fountain, the gift 
of the Hon. William Tebb, has been erected at Burstow, Eng- 
land. Cut on the front of the drinking trough is this inscrip- 
tion : “In memory of the mute fidelity of the four hundred 
thousand horses killed and wounded at the call of their mas- 
ters during the South African War, 1899-1902, in a cause, of 
which they knew nothing, this fountain is erected by a reverent 
fellow creature.” 
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J. Massey Rhind has a fountain now standing before 
the “Town Hall” in the Model City exhibit at the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition. About the base of the fountain are 
three figures in a diagonal line, one representing Progress 
holding out the aegis of power to Genius, but interrupted by 
Ignorance and Greed. Surmounting the base and looking 
down upon the struggle is the heroic figure of a woman rep- 
resenting the Ideal. 
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Representative Burleson, of Texas, has introduced in the 
House a joint resolution, to provide that the State of Texas 
he granted the right to place in Statuary Hall of the Capitol 
at Washington. D. C., as representatives of the State of 
Texas, the statues made by Elizabeth Ney of Sam Houston 
and Stephen F. Austin. 
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The equestrian statue of De Soto, the discoverer of the 
Mississippi river, is the work of Edward C. Potter, the well- 
known animal sculptor, and stands in the Central Plaza of the 
St. Louis Exposition. The sculptor has portrayed De Soto 
in that crisis of his expedition when he first catches sight 
of the Mississippi. The sturdy voyager has involuntarily 
removed his hat in homage to the Father of Waters, and is 
reining in his steed sharply. The animal’s head is drawn in, 
and as he settles back on his haunches, every muscle of his 
lithe, graceful body is brought into play. It is a true Span- 
ish horse, such as Cortez rode through Mexico, and the 
stately Don who surmounts it is a worthy rider for such a 
steed. 
The group stands at one side of the Plaza facing a similarly 
treated statue of Joliet, modeled by A. Phimister Proctor. 
DE SOTO. E. C. POTTER, SC. 
