Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1915 — GATHER AT LINCOLN’S STATUE [ARTICLE]

GATHER AT LINCOLN’S STATUE

Children Seem to Recognise Compaq ion and Friend In Bronze Representation of President In the city of Newark, N. J-, there stands on the plaza In front of the courthouse a bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln. The'figure of Lincoln is Bested on a bench on which rests the tall hat that the president was accustomed to wear. Frequently yon see men standing there, looking at this remarkable statue, and it seems as if they were in confidential chat with the figure of bronze, so natural is its pose. Every day the little children play about the statue. To them It is the figure of a companion and friend. It hr not unusual to-see a child nestled In the arm of the statne, or clambering over it. Recently, a passer-by saw three children there. One little girl sat on one of Lincoln’s knees; another little girl leaned with crossed arms on the other knee and looked up Into the greet benevolent face; and the third child, a little colored boy. stood on the same knee, wound his arm' lovingly about the neck of the statue, and laid his cheek against the great bronze nose. These spontaneous tributes of affection from the children must surely gratify tbs artist who designed the statne, tor they show how remarkably he has brought out the great love for humanity that was perhaps the most striking characteristic of