Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1911 — FINDING SITE FOR KING’S STATUE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FINDING SITE FOR KING’S STATUE

LONDON. —To allow King George to form an idea as to the best site sos the King Edward memorial statue which is to be erected in London, a flat wooden dummy was taken into the Green Park on a dray the other day and placed in different positions while his majesty watched the proceedings from a window of Buckingham palace. The model, which was pre» pared by the office of works, was made in two parts consisting of the pedestal and the equestrian statue. The strange spectacle attracted a large crowd of curious people. ■.