PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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CHRISTENSEN MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, CHEROKEE PARK, LOUISVILLE, KY. ; BEFORE PLANTING. 
The Christensen Memorial Fountain, CheroKee ParK, Louisville, Ry 
This memorial was erected by Miss Margrethe Koe- 
foed Christensen, now Mrs. Wm. B. de las Casas of 
Boston, in memory of her mother, Mrs. Pauline Chris- 
tensen. It is built in the hillside, of weather-worn 
and moss-grown stones of shapes selected to develop 
the desired outlines. The arch, the recesses and cer- 
tain projecting forms are designed to suggest the 
memorial piles erected in Scandinavia during the Vi- 
king Age, around which cling some of the myths and 
traditions of the country ; they also recall the forma- 
tion of rocky cliffs on the island of Bornholm, Den- 
mark, the birthplace of Mrs. Christensen. 
The drinking basin, or trough, for horses, is of 
oolitic stone modeled after a Viking ship. To the 
right, above the stone benches, is carved the Danish 
Coat of Arms and the name “Christensen.” 
The significance or motive of the design is probably 
known only to Mrs. de las Casas, and to the designer — 
Arthur Loomis of Louisville — who had exclusive ac- 
cess to bits of personal history connected with what 
is spoken of as “the most romantic and beautiful life 
of Mrs. Christensen.” It is said that this data has 
been requested by a well-known author “for use in 
an important work of fiction.” 
Memorials of this, and of somewhat similar charac- 
ter, seem to us a more desirable type than any num- 
ber of monumental stones set up in cemeteries ; natur- 
ally the greater their artistic merit, the higher their 
value in every sense. 
Frances Copi.ey Seavey. 
CHRISTENSEN MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN; AFTER PLANTING. 
Note the excellent effect produced by the gracefully drooping habit of “Matrimony Vine,” a simple but 
desirable plant for locations of this character and for use in connection with rock work generally. 
