Evening Star Newspaper, February 21, 1926, Page 67

MAGAZINE SECTION ILLUSTRATED FEATURES Part 5—8 Pages he Sundmy Staf WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1926. ‘Stone Mountain Temple Will Surpass Great Nile Structure BY LUCRETIA E. HEMINGTON. HERE reigned in Egypt some 32 centurfes ago a great mon- arch and a mighty builder, Rameses II, who left more architectural _marvels along that mystic stream, that is, the Nile, than perhaps all the other pharaohs taken together. At Abu-Simbel, just at the head of the great dam, at the very entrance to Nubia, stands the farbamed rock-hewn temple to this bullder of many monuments. A series of steps leads from the Mfe-sustaining river up to one of the most stupendous structures ever built in any land. Its whole facade con- sists of four giant seated figures of Rameses 11, two on each side of the entrance. They are €5 feet in height and their welght is enormous. The Egyptians had found that 370 tons Was the limit of the load which their engineers could transport from one place to another, but this rule was Leffective in these giant figures, for they are carved out of the solid rock with a perfection of detail and a real- t&m that are astounding. They were built for all time so far this world is concerned, and - perpetual imperturbability has, sh the passing centurles, ted in fllusive beauty in the ng pool that is the Nile. They 1d the entrance to the chambers « temple that are cut out of the Wiz rock. Within the shrine are and lofty pillars that t of 30 feet, and they al part of the sand- ff from which they draw their he centuries come and the cen- while the everlasting hills of nistone hold thei hewn temple the perfection of an eternal youth. cven the desert sands that have 3y oved with th ible force of a £ranite tide have dismayed their se- >unity, for when that leveler of monu- mental greatness was removed by nodern engineers, the untouched temple_smiled once more into the #unny Nile. That majestic temple along that ramous river is to find a duplicate in kind, after the passing of 32 centurles, in the shrine to memory that is to-be built near the base of Stone Mountain, near Atla and this modern structure rpass in measure- ments the amazing dimensions of that enclent, eternal marvel in stone. It will possess the overwhelming quality of the everlasting as does its counter- part, for every section of it will be componently of the living tissue of the granite that is the mountain. No srieze, or column, or altar, or statue wwill be severed from the original rock; they will be carved out of the mass end the superfluous granite removed. The plans for the temple, the im- posing plaza, the reflecting pool, and the esplanades were made by Augus- tus Lukeman, the sculptor of Stone Mountain, and presented by him as & gift to the Memorial Assoclation, an act expressive of his deep interest in the whole tremendous project that it have undertaken. temples are given ious outlook of dis- tant hills, flowing streams, wide ave- through wider lawns, but this unique memorial ix to have, as it were, @ background of mountain granite rising 900 feet above the earth from which it springs, with a carved , midway down its curving side, | e mounted men riding spiritedly cath wind-swept banners of the v, an_epic grandeur in heir gallant courage whose depicting sront Lioof to crown of hat will run rmous measurement of 150 alier and Christian Robert E. Lee at head, the intrepid horsemen e forward in brave array, for- rd into the field of memory sym- by the temple that is cut into rock beneath their chival- Will Possess Overwhelming Quality of the Everlasting, as Does Ancient Work of Rameses—Its Dedication to “Memory™ APPROACH TO THE MEMORIAL HALL, SHOWING LAGOON AND TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN CON- FEDERATE SOLDIER. THE STATE STEPS ARE TO BE 48 IN NUMBER, THE LAGOON 50 FEET LONG AND 150 FEET WIDE. THE MEMORIAL HALL, CUT INTO STONE MOUNTAIN, IS TO BE 100 FEET WIDE INSIDE AND 150 FEET OUTSIDE. - All drawings copyright, 1028, by Stone Mountaln Confederats Memorial Assoctation. Is a Tribute to Sacrifices and Sufferings of War—No Frieze or Column or Altar or Statue Will Be S'everecl From the Original Rock—Temple, Imposing Plaza, Reflecting Pool and Esplanades Are Part of Projected Adjunct of Mountain Sculpture Which Depicts Heroes of Confederacy—Only Light for Chamber to Flow in Through Entrance. f | { | | 1 | | ®ranite wall running fr | Confederate soldier then that a seating capacity of 15,000 wil, be achieved. It appears that tr mevntain as a background acts souuding-board, and it is promised that the m from the band sta. tioned at the entrance of the hall, or even a singer’s voice, can be heard by those seated aronnd the lagoon. St THE entrance proper, which will face a wide boulevard, will con- sist of twin granite pillars, with a each pil- lar to a handsome structure of the same stone that will stand at each end of the long esplanades. One build- {ing will be the official home of the Memorial Association and the other will serve as the office of the custo- dian of the temple. As in the reflecting pool of the Lincoln Memorial and in those of the Taj Mabal in faraway India, so in this new lagoon, the etchings will all be done in sunshine and in shadows by the exquisite hand whose devotion 1s to Memory. It is beauty floating doubte; it is reality etched in a dream: it is the sheer essence of artistry limned in the unreal. What poetry of motion those gallant horsemen blows the lagoon into 111 be given s the wind movement! | They will be seen riding this side of | the columned entrance, riding past their own hall to Memory, immemori- age that has won the admi friend and foe alike. And through their shadowed riding will float like a ghost through tk rkened rooms of memory the figure of the unknown symbol of the cost of war to those who serve in {its masterpiece that will be a lasting me- morial to his ability. He has worked like a Titan during these last 11 months since his selectlon by the Me morial Association to carve the side of Stone Mountain Besides “completing his Pittsfield Memorial War Group, on which he was engaged at the time of his ap- pointment, he has completed the plans and the master models for the whole scheme of the memorial in the South. Moreover, he has a number of men at work ‘now upon the face of the mountain. Out of the Middle Ages has come & | phrase which describes Mr. Lukeman; he is a master workman who la dedi- cated to work. His steady progress on the monument upon which the South has set its heart must be « source of genuine satisfaction to the Memorial Association, as must be, too, | the fact that critics have looked upon the plans of Mr. Lukeman and spok for them words of high praise. Primitive Foods. R TURN to food conditions much more primitive than those i vogue will be necessary if ravages of dental diseases are to be checked | This is the lesson derived by Dr. T. D | Campbell of Adelalde University from !an exhaustlve examination of teetl fand jaws of Australian aborigines, | which he finds are strikingly large vell formed and healthy, says Sclence Magazine. “There is in every r spect Dr. Campbell says, “a ver: marked difference between the well- formed Australian dentition and th. ill-formed, dise stricken mastica tory outfit with, which modern civil z=d peoples are burdened.” The marked immunity from denta disease among the aboriginal childrer and grown-ups he dttributed to the | coarse, tough food which formed their ja nd the crude methods of prepa. ration and cooking. Even children's {teeth he found were well worn fro. | chewing tough substances at an ear! | . . - New Golf Game. | HHANDICAPPED in his golt game by rheu - pains that troubled {1 ¢ time he swung at the ball | N. E. Warwick of Cleveland, Ohlo, re fused to give up his favorite sport | Instead, he fnvented a remarkable {new form of golf, | Science Monthly, in’ wh ) |is hurled with a whipping motlon |above the head instead of being drivex | from the ground. | With light, whiplike sticks he now |claims he can make a better score |than ever before. The heads of the |sticks are cups that hold the ball | Warwick has developed three kinds of clubs—the hurler, for the long shots ordinarily made with driver or brassie; the midhurler, corresponding to the midiron, sand the sinker, cor- | responding to the putter. With the hurler Warwick claims to get more distance than the ordinary golfer gets in'the average drive off & tee. Fire Preserves Fruit. EW process for preserving frui. etables d Kkindred things mal use of a tem similar to thar adopted for X usting wireiess valves. According to recent research the main cause of decay in perishable goods packed in tins is the presence of ygen, and the object of the new Th is a brief resume of the e is to remove the oxygen. f ing | proces: The frult is placed In the metal con | tainer, over which is placed a metai cover. A piece of wood impregnated | with a special solution is next placad over the shield and ignited, and wher conflagration is well developed ti !nnd into it he should pour the perfec- | ranks a symbol, 100, of the | container is hermetically sealed. tain beneath the riders, the front temple will be made to appear and out from the rock back- sund in the manner of a bas-elief. wide entablature, bearing an in- tion in five different languages, ing it in a sense a universal appeal, svill be supported by six monoliths, ‘Doric columns, cut out of the solid rock, thelr bases and their capitals growing out of and into the granite of vhich they are a parts They will sur- in size all other columned mono- umeter, and they will sta wypart. | Those at Abu-Simbel reach upward for 30 feet, a giant loftiness vwhen all 18 sald and done. Behind these altitudinous columns ~will be cut back into the rock a semi- circular chamber, whose dedication will be to memory, for in the center of the shrine will be fashioned a huge figure from the granite of the moun- tain, undetached and an integral part of the whole, a figure whose sym- hollsm will be caught in the word “Memories.” this statue will possess & height of 20 feet. it will be so related to the whole that its size will seem o the beholder to be normal and nat- iral, as does that of the seated fig- ure of Lincoln in its temple along the Potomac. P e Seated female figure that is “Memories” will commemorate the secrifices and the sufferings of the ‘women of the South, a lasting tribute to their gentle endurance and thelr unshaken devotion to the cause they had espoused. It will be touched with @ plangent pathos, for it will reach out through all the centuries with a fine flare of loyalty, of tragic self-denials yor a lost cause, a cause that in the in- herent scheme of things was doomed 1o faflure. On the circular walls of the cham- LOOKING OUT OVER THE LAGOON FROM MEMORIAL HALL. ber, whose measurements run 100 feet in length, 50 feet in height, and 50 feet in depth, will be cut engaged Ionic columns, 13 in number, one for each State whose flag was that of the TOMB_OF THE UNKNO k. “STEPS OF THE STATI N CONFEDERATE SOLDIER AND THE LEADING TO MEMORIAL HALL. Contederacy for a brief minute in the years of the Union. The spaces between each two col- umns will be dressed down to form panels on which will be cut the names of the founders’ roll members from the State to which the panel s dedicated. Above the panel, cut into the wall, will be the State's coat of arms, while at the base of each panel, i the floor. the same coat of arms made in brass will be sunk into the granite, to be kept polished by the tread of those who visit that sacred interior. The ceiling will be dome-shaped and cut in patterns to harmonize with the general scheme of the chamber. A circular architrave will run above the Ionic capitals with an entrancing il- lusory support for the weightless roof. The only light for the vast memorial chamber will flow in through the main entrance, giving the room a hushed and subdued atmosphere, a fit setting for a dedication that is to memory. Under each panel, cut badk into the mountain’s granite, will be a vault for the deposition of a duplicate of the Confederate roster of the State. Besides the figure to ‘‘Memories,” there will be in the heart of the cham- ber an undetached granite altar. A circular seat will sweep about the hall at the base of the engaged col- umns, and sitting there one may con- template in silence the majesty of the chamber, his soul enthralled with the subtle necromancy? of ‘Memories,” for in her face, whose eyes are be- holding things not seen, will be the loyal isolation and the tragic loneli- ness of those who have loved and lost. The carving of her face will challenge 'the most exquisite skill of the sculptor, tion of his accumulated genius. The plan for this interior cham- ber seems marked with rare and ap- propriate beauty of detall. It is mem- ory’s own—serene and undisturbed by any unrelated touch. It is the work of a master builder, an artist sculp- tor, and an architect. If the interior seems utterly har- monious and- in keeping with the spirit it commemorates, the exterfor is no whit less in its unity of scheme and in its graceful introductory al- lurement. The immediate entrance to the hall will be by means of two superb flights of granite steps, the first and lower flight consisting of 13 tiers, each named for a Confederate State, and the second possessing 48 steps, one for each State in the Union, named in_the order in which they entered. This longer flight will be UMNS. AN INSCRIPTION ABOVE THE CARVED IN FIVE LANGUAGES, COLU BE flanked by granite plers, on top of which will be placed bronze urns, in whose depths will be burned incense real beauty. ‘Who, seeing those on those days when ceremonies take place there. The smoke from those urns will rise like the epirit of Mem- ory to the gallant horsemen as they ride the lofty trail of their high en- deavor. Thus an ancient custom adorns a modern themo with an ethe- diaphanous clouds of incense rising to melt in thin afr, could ever forget their inallenable tribute? A wide plaza will run between the base of the steps that mount to the hall and the steps that lead down to the lagoon. From the ends of the INTERIOR OF MEMORIAL HALL WITH ITS 13 COLUMNS. CCUT INTO THE MOUNTAIN, THE HALL FEET DEEP AND 50 FEET HIGH. WILL BE 100 FEET WIDE, 50 plaza paths will trace their ordered vay Into the forest that grows at the foot of the mountain. On the plaza will stand two flagstaffs, one to fly the Confederate flag and the other the flag of the Union. | And seeing those fla, at the base | | of those steps, one will sense a bit more clearly the cost of that abstract thing we call the Union; will know the more indubitably that out of that struggle has come a strength of union never before guaranteed by any docu- ment_or any act, a union to be safe- guarded and treasured as a priceless heritage whose birththroes were those of civil war. At the base of the steps at the head of the lagoon will be an imposing monument with its recumbent figure draped in the flag of the South, while the dust of an unknown Confederate soldier will be hallowed within the vault of the monument. The lagoon itself is of impressive dimensions, for it will have a sweep of 330 feet and a width of 150 feet, its waters creating the impression that they are fed by a hidden spring in the heart of the mountain. The illu- sion is to be accomplished by letting the water at the head of the pool | flow out from under the granite wall. | Wide white esplanades will run completely around the pool, and seats and benches will 'be so planned for Charcoal Auto Gas. | | 'HAT charcoal gas can be used 9141 fectively as a substitute for gas- oline in motor vehicles was demon- strated recently by the French gov- ernment in a 1.500-mile endurance test for cars using this new form of | fuel, says Popular Science Monthly. | It was found that a motor truck| burning charcoal and using the gases |of combustion in its cylinders costs less than one-fourth as much to op- erate as a similar truck burning gas. For the use of charcoal gas no changes in the design and construc- tion of the motor are necessary, it is said. The car, however, must carry a wood or coal burning furnace, which is fed with charcoal blocks. As the charcoal burns, the gas rises to the top of the furnace, whence it is car- ! ried off to the motor. There the gas {is ignited, much the same as in the | gasoline car, and its expansion sup- | I plies the power to drive the plstons 9& the automobile’s engine » { unquestioning devotion of men who bear arms under the flag of their | country. Always, when the wind blows, there | will be a forest hymn of praise float- | | ing upward toward the silent chamber | where memory holds her requlem | | mass. Those serried trees but com- | plete the utter perfection of the plan | of man, bordering In green the white majesty of the memorial, a coronal of green whose chaplet is to Memory. Somehow it would seem that the temple should be seen by moonlight, {for under the white magic of that | wan gold the utter dream of its.beauty | would be revealed, even as that of the | Taj Mahal at Agra or that of the ! Temple of Rameses that sits in im- perturbable calm on the bank of the Nile that faces the rising sun. Augustus Lukeman has in this me- morial at Stone Mountain employed | the accumulated skill of all his pre- | vious achievements as a sculptor and as an architect, and he has achieved a This process results {n carbon diox ide (CO2) being left in place of the oxy- en. The food is preserved for mu ter periods, without admixture o chemical preservatives. Testing Trousers. OW many times can a man sit ] down without wearing out the ! seat of his trousers? A definite answer to this really im portant question now can be obtained in round numbers from a novel tex- | tile-testing machine devised by the | Bureau of Standards to measure the | durability of cloth used in making | Army uniforms, according to Popular | Science Monthly. | When applied recently to a new | quality of cloth for Army trousers, it was found that the wearer could sit down 97,000 times before the cloth | showed the least sign of wearing through. * FLANKED BY STONE URNS, INCENSE WILL BURN. THE “STEPS OF THE STATES, WHERE !