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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1940
'Listen, My Children, and You Shall
Hear': Story of the Long-Delayed
Start of a New Ride by Paul Revere
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
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L ISTEN, my children, and
you shall hear . . .
No, not the familiar
story of the “Midnight Ride
of Paul Revere.”
It’s the story of another ride
by that immortal horseman—
a ride that should have start
ed more than 50 years ago,
but didn’t. Here’s why:
Back in 1884, on the eve of the
150th anniversary of Paul Re-
vere’s birth, a movement was
started in Boston to erect a statue
to the Revolutionary patriot at a
cost of $25,000. The city council
indorsed the plan and appropri
ated $5,000 as its share of the
cost, the remainder of which was
to be raised by public subscrip
tion. Furthermore, the city fa
thers passed an order, authoriz
ing the use of Copley square as
the site for the proposed me
morial.
Next a committee was formed
to have charge of the project
and this committee issued circu
lars inviting sculptors to submit
models for the statue. It made
no suggestion as to the character
of the design but offered to pay
$300 each for the three best stud
ies.
Eight of ten models were sub
mitted by sculptors from all parts
of the country, all of them, of
course, anonymously. From these
models the committee selected
three—those sent in by Daniel
Chester French, who had made
the famous “Minute Man” erect
ed on the site of the battle of Con
cord; by Thomas Ball, who was
the sculptor of the statue of Wash
ington which stands in the Public
Garden in Boston; and by a cer
tain “Charles E. Dillon of Utah,”
who was unknown to the commit
tee.
A Young Westerner.
After long deliberation the com
mittee unanimously decided to
accept for the statue the design
by this “Charles E. Dillon” and
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CYRUS E. DALLIN, famous sculptor, and the plaster model of the
equestrian statue of Paul Revere which the George Robert White Fund
trustees, headed by Mayor Tobin of Boston, have commissioned him to
execute in bronze at a cost of $27,500. The statue will be erected in Paul
Revere Mall in the north end of Boston, close to the home of the Revolu
tionary patriot.
THE MINUTE MAN
Statue by Daniel Chester French
on the site of the Battle of
Concord.
it was soon announced in the
newspapers. Then it was dis
covered that they had misspelled
the name of the winner! His right
name was Cyrus E. Dallin, a
young fellow of 23, who had been
bom in Utah and had arrived in
Boston four years before, penni
less, lonely and bewildered be
cause he had never been in a big
city before.
His first work was in a terra
cotta factory and, while working
there, he had made an ornament
for Mechanics hall. It was the
seal of the Massachusetts Chari
table Mechanics association and
it consisted of an upraised human
arm which young Dallin had
modeled after the upraised arm
of a young Indian, one of a dele
gation en route to Washington to
see the “Great White Father,”
whom he had met on the train and
with whom he had talked in the
sign language.
“That arm is still there in Me
chanics hall. I like to go around
and look at it now and then,"
the 78-year-old sculptor of today
will tell you with a smile. “I
got the magnificent sum of two
dollars for doing that seal. That
two dollars looked like $2,000 to
me at that time—and it doesn’t
look so small, even now, at
times.”
It is easy to imagine the young
sculptor’s thrill when he learned
that he had won the Paul Re
vere competition. Returning to
his small studio he found a card
under the door. On it was writ
ten:
“Dear Dallin: I came up to
congratulate you on your well-
deserved victory.—Daniel Ches
ter French.”
Says Mr. Dallin: “That was
the kind of greatness that Daniel
Chester French had in him! No
wonder that he could comprehend
and interpret the great and gen
erous Lincoln as understandingly
as he did in that Washington Me
morial marble of the Great
Emancipator.
“From that day until his death,
a few years ago, French and I
were close friends. I have al
ways noted in life that the bigger
a man is, the more generous he
is toward others. There is no
feeling of jealousy in a great
man. He is too sure of him
self to fear others in his own
profession. When a man is jeal
ous of another man in his own
profession it is an open confes
sion that he is not sure of himself
and his own powers.”
Soon after Dallin was an
nounced as the winner of the Paul
Revere competition, the city of
Boston gave him a contract to
make the bronze statue. Then un
expected difficulties arose, due to
the jealousy of an artist whose
son had been unsuccessful in the
competition. He started a con
troversy in the Boston papers by
charging that Dallin’s model was
historically inaccurate. Although
other artists rallied to the de
fense of the young Westerner,
the dispute grew so hot that the
committee decided to hold a sec
ond competition.
Dallin Wins Again.
French entered it again, as did
Thomas Ball, sculptor of a statue
of Lincoln in “The Emancipa
tion Group,” the original of which
is in Washington and a copy in
Boston. But again Dallin was the
winner and again the generous
French sent him a note: “Dal
lin, you've beat us again. You’re
far and away ahead of the rest
of us!”
Jubilant over his success, Dal
lin returned to his home in Utah,
there, as he says, "to celebrate
my victory and to bask in the
sunlight of the approval of my
parents and friends.” But he soon
learned that the celebration was
a bit premature.
He returned to Boston in the
spring of 1885 to complete the
statue. He was called to the may
or’s office and again a contract
Paul Rides Ar^ain to
Summon Legionnaires
BOSTON. — Paul Revere
rides again on the 165th anni
versary morn of the “nine
teenth of April, ’75”—but this
year the galloping tradition of
Paul Revere will not halt at
Lexington’s battle-green or
Concord’s bridge. This year
he’ll go careening on across
the continent to rally another
army of patriots from a wider
nation that stretches to Rio
Grande valley and Oregon
farms. This year the annual
national convention of the
American Legion meets for the
second time in historic Boston.
The dates are September 22
to 26.
Paul Revere’s is the figure
that adorns the bronze of the
Legion’s twenty-second con
vention medal. He is the rous
ing spirit of the Bay State Le
gionnaire organization at na
tional convention headquar
ters, 8 Beacon street, now go
ing full tilt on its mission to
make this return-visit of their
land, sea, and air-force com
rades from every state and
United States possession, the
greatest patriotic pilgrimage
to the “Cradle of Liberty” this
land has ever seen. The Le
gion’s 1940 war-cry, “Keep Out
and Keep Ready,” will be,
they say, “the shout heard
‘round the world.”
was signed. But when the com
mittee tried to raise the money
for the statue by popular sub
scription, it found that the con- j
troversy, which Dallin’s rival art- i
ist had stirred up, had made
many people hostile to the proj- j
ect.
Within a short time it became !
evident that the public had lost
interest in the project. Subscrip
tions to the fund came in so slow
ly that it was doubtful if the
sum required for the statue could
ever be raised. Swallowing his
disappointment as best he could,
the young sculptor started on an
other project.
Remembering the Indians
whom he had known in the West,
Dallin designed the figure of an
Indian, standing on the skeleton
of a buffalo and shooting an ar- j
row into the air. He exhibited it
in New York in 1888 and it won
the gold medal of the American
Art Exhibit.
This new triumph had an un
expected result. A wealthy Bos
ton woman who sympathized with
the young sculptor over his diffi- !
culties in the Paul Revere com- !
petition offered to provide the
money for him to study in Par
is. Thus, out of what had seemed '
to be a major tragedy to an am- !
bitious young sculptor, came his
great opportunity and he eagerly
accepted it.
Soon after he arrived in Paris
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show ar
rived there and Rosa Bonheur, the
famous woman painter, took ad
vantage of the opportunity to
paint the American horses and
their Indian riders. One of her
favorite models was old Chief
Rocky Bear.
He Meets Rosa Bonheur.
One day Dallin saw her at work
on a painting of Rocky Bear. It
inspired him to become a sculp
tor of Indians and horses and
from that inspiration came the
idea of the Indian equestrian
groups which are to be found in
several American cities. The first
of these was the familiar “The
Signal of Peace.” The next was
“The Medicine Man” in Phila
delphia and the next “The Appeal
to the Great Spirit” which stands
in front of the Boston museum.
Since that time Dallin has pro
duced many other famous stat
ues—“The Scout” in Penn Valley
park in Kansas City, “Massa-
soit” in Plymouth, Mass.; “Anne
Hutchinson” which stands in front
of the state house in Boston; and
his famous tribute to the Ameri
can soldiers taken prisoners by
the enemy during the World war
—the statue which he called
“Captured But Not Conquered.”
He also did the Pioneer monu
ment in Salt Lake City and the
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ monument
in Syracuse, N. Y.
For Cyrus Dallin is now one
of America’s best-known sculp
tors. But it is probable that, for
all the honors that have come
to him, he will take more pride
in his masterpiece, which is to
stand in Paul Revere Mall in
Boston. It is the spirited statue
of that famous midnight rider,
reining in his equally famous
horse as he papses to shout his
warning, “The British are com
ing! 7 * >
A few weeks ago it was an
nounced thal the trustees of the
Robert White fund, headed by
Mayor Tobin of Boston, had com
missioned him to execute in
bronze, at a cost of $27,500, the
design which was selected away 1
back in the eighties. So, after
half a century, Cyrus Dallin, the
unknown young sculptor who had
come out of the West, is vindicat
ed, and an undeserved stigma
has been removed from his fame
as an artist. And, after a long
delay, Paul Revere will soon start
on another ride!
TPHE wool industry continues its
wonders to perform. The story
it is unfolding during these modern
times of ours is a fascinating one.
To such a high point of achievement
has skill, science and artistry
brought the production of wool fab
ric in the matter of versatile
weaves, textures, patternings and
colorings. A wool material may
mean most anything from weaves
of sturdiest utilitarian character to
something as sheer and lovely and
as delightful to the touch as hereto
fore was associated only with deli
cate chiffons and such.
So versatile and comprehensive
are modern woolens they glamorize
the program of fashion throughout
its every phase. An entire ward
robe may consistently be developed
nowadays of wools.
If your appeal needs call for a
stunning utilitarian coat for sports,
travel and about-town wear, or for
a three-piece ensemble that consti
tutes, because of its interchange
ableness, a wardrobe within itself,
or if you are feeling the urge for
a charming dressy coat-and-dress
ensemble made of eye-appealing
woolens, here they are all three
types pictured in the accompanying
illustration.
The grand and glorious wool
plaids brought out this season are
proving a constant source of in
spiration to designers. Especially
for coats do contemporary style
creators think in terms of daring
plaids such as is shown centered in
the group pictured above.
To the right in the illustration see
a stunning three-piece suit with re
versible cape. This patrician mode
was recently displayed in a Ber
muda showing of voguish travel and
cruise outfits styled of outstanding
woolen materials. The significant
thing about this thoroughbred mode
is that it is in line with the thought
that exists among world travelers
who recognize the supremacy of
strictly all wool fabric when it
comes to going places by land or
sea. The check of the jacket is
repeated in the four stripe , set in
the skirt. Having a cape, a jacket
and a skirt a three-piece of this
type is adaptable to all sorts of cli
matic conditions at the same time
that it carries the stamp of style
distinction wherever it goes.
The sentiment for refined and
ladylike fashions, so all-prevailing
this season, is admirably expressed
in the attractive coat and dress en
semble shown to the left. The idea
of a long wool coat in a subtle pastel
color topping a dyed-to-match crepe
dress is meeting with widespread
favor. Sunburst tucks are effective
ly employed on both the suavely
fitted coat and the prettily fash
ioned dress underneath. Note the
longer gloves crushed at the wrist.
The toque is color matched to the
ensemble.
Speaking of this season’s coats
the widespread flair for gray re
flects in long coats of gracious prin
cess lines. Often these are sans
fur, but if fur is employed a lux
urious gray fox collar is apt to be
choice.
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It’s White Season,
Fashion Dictates
Crisp white lingerie touches, flat
tering white hats, white jewelry,
white gloves and bags worn with
the navy or black greet the eye at
every turn.
That fashion has a way of defying
calendar datings and weatherman
prophesies has long been known but
even fashion has outreached all
previous records in the matter of
the early start given white hats
which have really been in good style
for quite some time now.
You don't have to wait to wear a
crisp white pique sailor with your
new navy suit. The accessory en
semble that stresses white pique for
neckwear and numerous other white
accents has : no doubt, brought
about the acceptance of the white
pique hat earlier than usual. White
pique flowers on your lapel time in
to the picture, too. Many dark
straws are trimmed with white.
Colored Accents
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Color is going to leave a bright
mark on the clothes that smart
women will weai' this season.
Gay flowered chapeaux, jeweled
coUarbone accents, colored gloves
and bags brighten more sober cos
tumes, mingling in a fashion kalei
doscope. Only one or two splashes
of color will appear with the smart
est costumes, in line with fashion’s
commandment, “Don’t overdo ac
cents.”
Color is going to be seen in clothes
themselves, too, though these hues
will be more subdued.
Lingerie Trimmed
Bretons in Favor
With the addition of frivolous
white lingerie trims to their severe
tailored lines, high-crowned breton
hats are spring-like accompani
ments for navy blue suits and gay
print dresses. Tucked organdy and
lace, for example, are used for the
tailored bow and headband on one
of these upturned sailor affairs of
navy blue straw.
Feathered Felts
In your wardrobe of hats be sure
to include a smartly feather-
trimmed felt. Hats of the type pic
tured are extremely voguish. No
matter how many flower adorned
chapeaux you may feel the urge to
buy, your hat collection will be sad
ly lacking in the latest if it does not
include a handsome wide soft brim
felt that flaunts a gay and debonair
feather. Pictured at the top is a
smart gray felt with softly dipping
brim—a lovely complement for a
lightweight wool frock. A very
smart red felt is shown below, com
pletely stitched round and round up
to the crown. A quill of import
beige shoots up with a dash.
Pastel Bengaline
For Juvenile Coat
Pastel bengaline in dusty pink or
soft blue is fashion’s latest find for
the making of little girls’ coats.
Wee tots from three to six look
adorable in these dainty coats that
are fashioned in princess style but
toning all the way up the front.
The better shops are showing this
type for it is an acknowledged style
of distinction in the juvenile world.
Brass-Buttoned Coat
Your cloth coat takes on new style
emphasis when it fastens with a
row of brass buttons. Silver buttons
on gray are likewise chic.
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By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean of The Moody Bible Institute
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Lesson for April 21
Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se
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MICAH’S VISION OF PEACE
LESSON TEXT—Mlcah 4:1-5; 5:2-5a.
GOLDEN TEXT—And they shall beat their
swords into plowshares, and their spears
into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up
a sword against nation, neither shall they
learn war any more.—Micah 4:3.
Peace on earth! Why, that is
hardly more than a phrase which
we recall at Christmastime as we
think of the song of the angels. Yet
now is the time to assure people that
there will be peace on earth.
Peacemakers who are now silent
were striving to bring in a man
made peace, following a will-o’-the-
wisp. Let us tell men about the real
peace which will come when the
Prince of Peace sets up His king
dom. Let us urge upon them the
glad acceptance of His personal
kingship in their hearts that they
mSy even now know peace within.
Micah warned Judah that their re
jection of God and His love would
bring them sorrow and judgment.
In the midst of his message, how
ever, he breaks forth into a glowing
prophecy of the glory that is to -ome
during the reign of the Messiah, the
Prince of Peace.
I. The Foundation of Peace—God’s
Word (4:1, 2).
Vainly do men labor to bring about
a lasting peace built upon the words
of men, for the moment there seems
to be gain in repudiating promises
given in the greatest of solemnity,
they become mere scraps of paper.
There is no security in such words,
nor in the guns and battleships used
to support or to break them.
God’s Word, the teaching of His
law, walking in His paths—here is
the foundation for real peace. Micah
speaks of the time “in the last days”
when the people of the earth shall
go up to God’s house to hear His
Word and to learn to walk in His
ways. To that blessed and holy day
we look forward with anticipation
and joy even as we now bring men
the message of Christ’s redemption
and His peace.
n. The Prince of Peace—Jesus
Christ (4:3-5).
This beautiful portion of God’s
Word (and such parallel passages as
Isa. 2:1-5; 11:1-12) gathers together
the longing and hopes of peace-
loving men of every age. Perfect
justice, the end of all wars, pros
perity for peaceful pursuits, boys no
longer learning warfare, complete
social security, universal worship of
God—what a thrilling promise!
Will it ever come true? Yes.
When? In the “latter days” (v. 1,
R. V.). Who has made such a prom
ise? God Himself. Who will bring
it about? God’s Son, the Prince of
Peace, who will come to “judge be
tween many people.”
Why will men be so blind to the
“sure word of prophecy; whereunto
ye do well that ye take heed, as unto
a light that shineth in a dark place”
(II Pet. 1:19)? Why will we reject
Him who is “the day star” (II Pet.
1:19; Rev. 22:16) and who is even
now ready to “arise in your
hearts”?
III. His Coming—As Saviour (5:
2, 3).
This remarkable Messianic proph
ecy gave more than 700 years be
fore the birth of Christ the exact
place of His birth, so closely iden
tified as to make both the prophecy
and its fulfillment a testimony to the
inspiration of the Bible. Note that
this was the passage with which the
priests and scribes answered the
question of Herod (Matt. 2:1, 4-6)
regarding the playe where the Mes
siah was to be born.
Thus the coming ruler of Israel,
the Judge of all peoples, the Prince
of Peace, is none other than the
Lord Jesus who was born into this
world as the Babe of Bethlehem,
“a Saviour . . . Christ the Lord”
(Luke 2:11). Israel rejected Him
and He had to “give them up” (v.
3), but the time will come when
they shall see Him as their King.
IV. His Reign—As King (5:4, 5a).
“This man shall be our peace”
(v. 5, R. V.). He it is who “shall
be great unto the ends of the earth”
(v. 4); and that can be said of no
man in all history except of Him
of whom we sing,
Jesus shall reigh where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys run;
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore
TUI moons shaU wax and wane no more,
—Isaac Watts.
His shall not be the reign of a
despot, for we read that “He shall
feed his flock in the strength of
Jehovah” (v. 4, R, V.). His ene
mies and the enemies of God the
Father must be put down, but His
people will find Him to be the ten
der “good shepherd” who “giveth
his life for the sheep” (John 10:
11). He is that now to every be
liever. Sinner, why not take Him
now as your Saviour, your Good
Shepherd, and join with His peoplo
in looking for His coming as King?
Opposition Helps
Efforts against the truth some
times help its progress; the seal and
the guard only make it more clear
that the Savior rose from the dead.
—Broadus.
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