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PAPER-MILL WEATHER PROVIDED FOR HOME GARDENS
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With the arrival of Spring. Washington turns its thoughts to
cherry blossoms, menaced this week by flood waters.
BLOOMS PERILED
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Washington Awaits Its Cherry Bios
soms, but Flood Waters May Halt
Flowering This Year.
HE placid Potomac, which has
mirrored the majestic beauty
of Washington’s famous Jap
anese cherry blossoms for many
Bpring seasons, may have destroyed
the blossoms this year when it flooded
its banks in wild rampage. But the
Capital still hopes that at least some
of its flowering trees may have with
stood the onslaught and will burst
forth in full flower to symbolize the
peaceful quiet that follows storm.
April and the Japanese cherry blos
soms of Washington that have be
come famous throughout the world are
synonymous, and there were many In
dications the pilgrimage this year from
•11 parts of the United States and even
from other countries would have ex
ceeded any heretofore to this shrine of
a soul-gladdening gift of nature.
Just when the delectable spectacle
Would be at its height was yet too early
to forecast, for the record running
back more than a decade shows a
spread of several weeks in the appear
ance of the blossoms that ring the
spacious Tidal Basin and the Speed
way back of the White House. The
event is made uncertain now by the
recent disastrous flood.
But when accurate forecasts are
possible they will be broadcast in every
conceivable manner and in time for
•11 who want to see the display to start
for the scene—if there Is to be any
display. To assure this the alert
ear-to-the-ground men of the Depart
ment of Agriculture will be tuning in
daily on the trees to detect the first
suspicion of rising sap that fore
shadows swelling and ultimately burst
ing buds.
Various other American cities have
blossom displays which attract large
groups of beauty lovers, for whose ben
efit festivals and pageants or various
kinds are produced. Among them,
however, the Japanese cherry blossoms
stand unique—a breath-taking out
pouring of loveliness effected with na
ture's utmost simplicity. On this oc
casion the Japanese Ambassador and
his family, the latter often In the garo
of their native land, regularly make a
somewhat ceremonial visit to the trees
»nd are newsreeled and still photoed
to a standstill, but beyond this and the
snapshooting of pretty girls bowered
by the blossoms, celebration of cherry
blossom time In Washington is con
fined to motoring or walking through
the fleeting fairyland.
[IN A WORD, here is an event, parai
leled nowhere in the Western
world, noteworthy because in a city
accustomed to prodigious events and
awe-inspiring spectacles, such as presi
dential Inaugurations, state funerals
and great military parades, none at
tracts a greater outpouring of people.
And the mute appeal of the buds is
made all the more impressive by the
background of majestic glittering mar
ble and granite architecture against
Which they so quietly appear.
The spontaneity of the homage the
blossoms receive is not the least of the
charms of the occasion. After a suc
cession of those glltterinc warming
days that tell Washingtonians Spring
time has reached down Into the earth
With an infusion of warmth, the buds
almost leap into being. As simply and
as naturally, hundreds of thousands of
men, women and children, President
and potentate, prince and peasant, are
drawn hither. And when they have
delivered their smiling message to
mankind the buds may wither and fall,
but they never actually die. "Die” is
an utterly Inappropriate word it be
comes evident when one learns In
Washington that the blossoms of every
year live on forever In the conscious
ness of those who have seen them.
Presented to the people of the
United States as a visible, annually
recurring expression of the warm re
gard of the people of Tokio, the Jap
anese cherry trees are the most cele
brated of the many varieties which
beautify the great parks and boule
vards of the Capital.
The history of the cherry trees dates
back to 1909, when Tokio, as a lasting
token of friendship, sent the first con
signment to this country. Upon arri
val, however, they were found to be
pmt-lnfected and It waa necessary to
burn them. But Tokio refused t® be
discouraged. Three years later an
other shipment was received and the
good health of these newcomers took
them past the plant immigration bar
riers.
Mrs. William Howard Taft, at the
time First Lady of the Land, planted
the first tree in Potomac Park and
upon her invitation Viscountess
Chinda, wife of the then Jamanese
Ambassador, placed the second one in
the ground. Next followed the setting
out of the rest of the 3,000 in geomet
ric patterns.
T^OT least among the charms of the
~ blossoms are the names of the va
rieties. There are two great species,
the single, which usually appears about
a fortnight in advance of its rivals,
and the double. The white single blos
som which transforms the lagoon of
the Tidal Basin into an enormous deli
cately-tinted teacup is called Shira
yuki, which literally translated means
"snowflake." Then comes an inter
mediate, Ariake, signifying "dawn.”
and this finds no one so lacking in
imagination as to fail to divide the
derivation of the name. The last to
bloom, in double blossom glory, is the
Fukurokuju, most stately of all. Its
upright branches bear blossoms of
deep pink and symbolically the Japa
nese have given it the name which
means "happiness.”
The cosmopolitan character of the
congregation that annually parades
before this altar of natural beauty is
most emphatically expressed on the
Sunday falling half-way between the
appearance of the buds and their de
parture, often brought about by a sud
den wind which blankets the park
with their petals with dismaying
speed. The motorcade which con
verges on Washington at that time
from the luxurious limousine to the
"jaloppy.” And this does not take
into account the many thousands who
travel blossomward on trains and by
air.
So great has become the onrush of
“foreign" cars at cherry blossom sea
son the proportion of those contrib
uted to the parade by Washingtonians
yearly grows steadily smaller. This is
intensified by the discovery that a
more satisfying way of viewing the
spectacle is walking under them, and
many thousands who arrive in motors
take care to park their cars far from
the congestion that requires the most
extensive special policing the Capital
undergoes save, perhaps, quadrennially
at inauguration time. Recently side
walks have penetrated the farthermost
reaches of the blossoming garden of
trees, and bridle paths, too, carry their
heaviest equestrian traffic when the
display is at its zenith.
JJUT if the popular appeal of the
blossoms reaches its peak on one
particular day, that does not mean It
begins or ends with a single occasion.
On the contrary, it manifests itself
with the unfolding of the first white
tips of the Shlrayukis and continues
until breezes have carried off the last
pink petals of the Fukurokujos. Thou
sands make dally visits to the park
and all sorts of preferences for seeing
the blossoms at their best speak
through their “systems." Many pre
fer the twilight hour, when the Shl
rayukis make a huge white bouquet
in the gathering dusk. An ever-in
creasing number maintain the ideal
time to see the trees is at dawn when
the pink buds of the Ariake and Fu
kurokujo species greet the first beams
of the rising sun.
The reverential awe in which the
beauty of this most celebrated grove
of ornamental trees is held is the suc
cess with which vandal hands are
stayed from destruction they are all
too often accustomed to wreak upon
nature’s handiwork. The trees are
protected, of course, by law. as are all
the ornaments of Uncle Sam's spa
cious parks and gardens, but they are
even more thoroughly guarded by the
public esteem in which they are held.
It would be a hardy soul indeed that
would snip <me wee bud and police,
accordingly, say the blossoms are the
most easily protected of any of Wash
ington's natural beauties, so numer
! ous are their unofficial friends.
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FARMING SCIENCE ASSURES NEW EASE
Mulch Method Means Fewer Backaches and Better and Earlier Crops for the
Amateurs Who Have Been Devoted to Cultivation of Food Since the Days
of the World War—New Ideas Give Practical Results, Even Though
They Appear to Be Very Fantastic When They Are First Observed.
By Gene A. Day.
SPRINGTIME is gardening time
for 10,000 Washingtonians, who
delight in growing delectable
vegetables for their home tables
in their own backyard, or on special
tracts of land provided by Uncle Sam
for the historic club gardens of the
District, which have persisted suc
cessfully since the chaotic emergency
days of the World War.
Ever since Jack Frost, nature’s in
imitable strong-man and despoiler,
packed his portmanteau and departed
this latitude for regions of frigidity,
the crunch of spade and hoe, attack
ing mellow and fertile soil, has sig
naled the advent of the 1936 garden
ing campaign, close to where the Po
tomac flows toward tidewater. Gov
ernment clerks as well as their supe
riors, Army and naval officers, profes
sional men and business men, and
even a scant smattering of Congress
men have complained of backaches,
blistered hands and tired muscles,
after week end sessions on rear lawns
where the big battle, to sow now in
order to reap later, is operating in
high gear.
Rightfully, the District is outstand
ing in gardening achievements among
municipalities of its size. George
Washington, source of this city’s name,
was the New World’s first scientific
gardener, farmer and forester. Here
is seated the headquarters of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, than which there is no better
farming and gardening research estab
lishment around the world.
The profuse display of garden seeds
in retail stores from Rockville to Ana
costia, from Hyattsville to Cabin John,
proves that our modern city folks and
suburbanites are gardeners at heart
and by hand. Because stores, nowa
days, do not stock goods which will
not sell. Plows are creaking, harness
leather is straining, gardeners are per
spiring; that miracle of nature which
metamorphoses tiny seeds into big
beets, radishes, bunches of spinach
and carrots is off from scratch to an
other start.
A/fR. W. R. BEATTIE, foster father
^ of club gardening in the Dis
trict. and kindly regarded by all who
know him. has a busy season ahead.
Even though you do not know Mr.
Beattie personally, you surely will rec
ognize his voice, for he is the garden
ing expert of the Bureau of Plant In
dustry, whose practical suggestions
have been brought so regularly to
your home by radio on the wings of
the ether. He has long served as the
efficient coach, tutor, teacher and
leader of Uncle Sam's local club gar
dening activities. Indications point to
the cultivation of some 1,000 club gar
dens this Spring, under his supervi
sion, while there will be at least 9.000
home gardens of the backyard variety
in action. Mr. Beattie officiates a»
adviser and counselor for any and all
of those amateur green vegetable
growers, who request his aid.
Dr. L. H. Flint of the Bureau of
Plant Industry—B. P. I. as it is called
in Federal farming circles—is an effi
cient gardening compatriot of Mr.
Beattie's, but one who is not so fa
miliarly known among Washington
gardeners. Yet he is a specialist
whom they should meet, If possible,
because Dr. Flint is the scientific chap
who has put the short cut into green
produce-growing here abouts. In for
mal language, he Is best described as
the paper-mulch expert of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Paper-mulch gardening in the Dis
trict is synonymous with less labor,
fewer backaches, but better and ear
lier crops. It is the latest edition of
paper magic at its best. And even
though you are not a practical gar
dener it is something worth reading
about during this era, when techni
cal agriculture has come into its heri
tage and is more popular than ever
before in history. That is your writer's
best alibi for this feature piece.
Despite that science says artificial
rain making is impossible, both ama
teur and professional gardeners now
have a simple hatchery of synthetic
weather at their disposal which In
sures rapid growth and practically
guaranteed vegetable crops. Grow
ers from here to Nyasaland can now
have close-to-record vegetable patch
es with minimum labor outlay and
without special regard to wind or
weather, drought or blistering sun
shine.
This new and reliable source of
soil moisture storage, favorable tem
peratures, insulation against heat and
cold as well as freedom from weeds
which provides made-to-order weath
er consists of wear-resistive, specially
processed paper, which is applied as a
protective blanket over your vege
table garden. It is also suitable for
use on rose beds, nursery plots, hedge
rows, about flowering perennials and
also around your grape vines and fruit
trees.
Shake hands, Mr. Gardener, with
Peter Paper Mulch, if you haven’t
previously met this welcome new
comer who takes the backaches—or
most of them—out of both food and
flower gardening. Mr. P. Paper Mulch
just about guarantees the success of
your plantings, almost irrespective
of natural weather conditions. This
latest aid to vegetable production also
lessens cultivation labor, so that your
spare time, instead of being dedicated
to hoeing in the hot sun, can be de
voted to rest, leisure and enjoyable
recreation. Your writer writes from
personal experience, as the 1936 model
is his seventh-year test of the system,
which features ’’weather at your order
from the paper mill.’’
'T'HE simplest and speediest method
"*■ of preparing a paper-mulch gar
den, according to our experience, ia
to apply a layer of paper along on*
border of the plot to be planted after
the soil has been plowed and pul
verized to the desired texture. Testa
made by your Uncle Sam at Arling
ton Farm prove that the best com
mercial paper for mulching, which
costs about $6 for 500 square feet, ia
durable for at least five years in th*
latitude of our National Capital. This
paper can be used here year after
year without replowing the soil. AH
that is necessary is to stir the soil in
the actual plant rows between th*
paper areas and to fertilize those
productive strips with fine, well-rotted
manure or commercial fertilizer. This
simple cultivation can be performed
with a narrow, long-bladed hand hoe
or a walking cultivator of the push
type. We’ll admit it sounds sort ol
freakish and impractical, but we have
personally tried it now for four succes
sive years and know that the unplowed
paper-mulch garden will work foi
you like a dutiful slave, if handled
properly and accorded any kind of a
fair chance.
If you are dubious about spending
so much cash for paper in your initial
test of this apparently fantastic meth
od of growing vegetables for the fam
ily table as well as for canning, us*
ordinary impervious, black asphalt
building paper—acid-proof—the first
year. It costs $1.25 a roll of 500 square
feet, but is procurable only in roll*
which are 3 feet wide. That means
you have to cut this paper in pre
paring “protective cover” for such
vegetables as beets, carrots, radishes
and similar garden foods which are
planted in 16 to 18 inch rows.
After the first strip of paper is laid
as & border across your garden, you
can plant a row of seed or transplant
such products as cabbages, sweet po
tatoes or tomatoes along the inside
edge of the paper. Then, after leav
ing a 2-inch space for the plant row,
a second strip of paper is applied. The
papier in all cases is best held in place
with loose soil, clods, bricks or stone
placed on its upper surface to weight
it down and prevent disruptive wind
action from blowing it away. Staples
made of No. 10 galvanized wire, with
a face wide enough to cover the paper,
may be used, their prongs, some 8 or 10
inches long, being thrust into the soil
to anchor them in place—if you want
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added equipment.
The mulch paper is easily applied
by use of a stick placed in the core oi
the paper roll, and fastened to another
handle of similar length, the two be
ing linked together by either wire oi
stout cord. The gardener, using this
simple device, can walk down the mid
dle of the inter-row space, unrolling
the paper behind him as he goes. An
other practical method is to push th(
roll into place with an old broom as
you walk along the row. Or you car
even flip the roll of paper with either
hand or foot, without using any han
dle as a guide. This, of course, in
volves straightening the roll by hand
if it runs "haywire fashion” from the
true course as unrolled.
Practical and inexpensive machines
are now on the market for the assist
ance of professional gardeners and
truck farmers who raise vegetables or
the acreage basis. The record project
of that description in this vicinity is
over on the Eastern Shore, near Her
lock, Md„ where a progressive pro
ducer is growing 70 acres of canta
loupes paper-mulch style. The me
chanical devices place the paper ac
curately and rapidly, and pay fot
themselves in several seasons by elimi
nating otherwise essential, but costly
hand labor.
(''JNE year your correspondent plant
ed his garden in the traditional
manner and did not apply the mulct
paper until the corn, beans and othei
food crops were several inches high
That system also proved practical and
is particularly applicable in the cas<
of gardeners who learn about th<
sterling advantage of the mulct
method after they have planted theii
m
gardens, but who still wish to test
mulching by way of the paper mill
without waiting until another season
rolls around.
After all the seed is planted, seed
ling plants are transplanted and the
paper cover is anchored securely in
position, you can frequent golf course,
tennis court, natatorium, bridle path,
base ball game—or what is your pet
form of leisure—until the cows come
home, or rather until the vegetables
are ripe for table use. Your papered
garden works while you work, and,
veritably, does double duty, by also
working while you sleep. It is the
closest approach to automatic food
production extant. When the corn,
carrots, cabbages and cucumbers get
high enough, you can thin the stand
by hand, using the paper as a carpet
upon which to walk. If the season is
unusually rainy, the weeds which grow
in the exposed plant rows will occa
sionally have to be yanked from the
soil by hand. However, a lew hours
of such w’ork during the growing sea
son will maintain the mulched garden
free of feed-pirates.
The mulch-paper layout serves as
the stimulation of an irrigation sys
tem. Rainfall which is so light and
limited as to be of small benefit to an
unpapered garden provides plenty of
moisture for the paper-mulched plant
ings. This is true because the paper
blanket is so applied ‘hat all the mois
ture which falls drains directly into
the seed and crop rows, where it seeps
into the soil around the rootlets of the
growing plants and accomplishes max
imum benefits.
Prior to the advent of warm, set
tled weather, the black paper radiates
heat from the sun and raises the tem
perature of the surface soil which it
safeguards from 7 to 8 degrees higher
than that of the neighboring dirt. The
paper mantle also conserves soil mois
ture by presenting surface evaporation.
Plenty of moisture allied with favor
able temperature facilitates beneficial
bacterial action in the soil thus pro
tected. Even during dry weather, with
no rain for three or four weeks, the
soil under the paper to a depth of
several inches will remain moist. Con
tiguous earth, unprotected, will simul
taneously be as dry as cattle bones,
j bleaching to extinction on a West
! ern plain.
'T'HE mulch paper acts as an 1ml
A tation, yet effective, scarecrow In
preventing crows, sparrows, robins,
blackbirds and other seed-stealers
from their nefarious activities. All
weeds that grow are smothered to
death by t/ie paper which covers the
inter-row spaces. This modem magic
Is masterly, in that it coaxes green
vegetables to grow, not because of good
weather, but in spite of unfavorable
climatic conditions. Furthermore, it
is a spinner of early maturity for
green stuff, food crops thus protected
being ready for the table from two to
three weeks in advance of those em
anating from unpapered gardens. Con
sequently, various gardeners are able
to produce two crops a year of the
same vegetable when formerly the sea
son was so short that a single crop
was the limit. Sweet potatoes, paper
mulch style, can now be raised prac
tically as far north as Central Ver
mont—a regular growth miracle, as
compared with the former geograph
ical limits of that species.
Papered gardening is especially ad
visable where strawberries, cante
loupes, watermelons, tomatoes and
similar crops are grown, as it shields
the fruits from direct contact with the
soil and thus prevents certain disease
losses. This new fashion in gardening
is also a champion of abnormally high
yields. Conservatively speaking, your
vegetable crops will increase from 30
to 50 per cent as a direct result of
the wizardry worked by the paper,
while the quality of the vegetables
will also be superior.
The latest innovation in paper
mulch gardening is offered this Spring
by the local 10-cent stores. It con
sists of a large strip of high-quality,
long-lasting mulch paper speckled
with holes through which the seed may
be planted. Sufficient seed and ferti
lizer are also provided for a garden as
large as your dining room table. Here
is a chance for every Interested local
gardener to test out the paper-mulch
idea in his own back yard, or even in.
window boxes if he is an apartment
dweller. It is a simple system, which
will appeal even to the porch gar
dener who grows his supply of vege
tables sitting on the veranda advis
ing how the job should be done.
Applying loose soil to hold paper in place around ornamental
trees in nursery rows.__
Mulch paper is readily applied on the Inter-row space be
tween the young vegetables, _ _
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The Ter Sanctus reredos of the high altar of the Washing
ton Cathedral, at Mount St. Alban. From an architect’s drawing.
WORSHIP IN STONE
Reredos of Cathedral, With 92 Figures,
Represents Song of Praise as Ter
Sanctus, From Holy Land.
By Victoria Stevenson, j
SCULPTORS are bringing 92
figures out of the cream Nor
man stone of the reredos of
the Washington Cathedral,
which is called the Ter Sanctus. The
great carving behind the high altar, of
stone cut in Jerusalem from the same '
quarries that supplied the stones for
the Temple, extends its sculptured
wings to both sides of the sanctuary.
Designed to proclaim a part of the
oldest liturgy of the church, it pre
sents its hymn of praise:
“Therefore with Angels and Arch
angels and with all the company of
heaven, we laud and magnify thy
glorious name; evermore praising thee
and saying. HOLY. HOLY, HOLY,
Lord God of hosts. Heaven and earth
are full of thy glory: Glory be to thee,
O Lord Most High."
Christ sits enthroned in majesty
with His hand upraised in blessing in
the center of the design of the great
stone screen. The Vesica-shaped
Glory, or oval of light ray*, used only
in sacred art about the figure of the
Savior, is formed by the opening
words of the Gospel of St. John: “In
the beginning was the Word and the
Word was with God and the Word
was God • • • and dwelt among us.”
Four creatures of symbo.ism in the
square intablature about the figure of
Christ represent the praise of the
whole animated world. According to
to their description in the Revelation
of St. John, the first is like a lion,
the second like a calf, the third has a
face as of a man and the fourth is like
a flying eagle, “and they rest not day
and night saying. Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty, which was and is,
and is to come.”
Within the four upper niches, two
to the right and two to the left of the
Savior, figures of angels and arch
angels portray the heavenly choir in
its unceasing praise in which mortals
join with their hymns of service and
thanksgiving. The scene in bas-relief
beneath the central figure of the
reredos pictures those who were near
est to the Lord during His earthly
life, "the apostles. Mary the mother of
Jesus, some of the women and the
brethren.” To the north and south
of this picture are the figures of St.
Peter and St. Paul, whose names are
borne by the Cathedral.
npHE series of small statues directly
above the altar In gablet-canopied
niches reveal Joshua, Samuel, Isaiah,
Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Micah. Hag
gai, Zachariah and Malachl. prophets
of the Old Testament, whose lives or
writings foreshadowed the birth of
the Savior. The old and new dispen
sations are, however, united by the
figure of John the Baptist.
The six large figures o' men and
women to the north and south of the
central panel symbolize the millions of
mortals whose charitable lives will
measure up to the six-fold test of the
last judgment. The three figures on
the north side, from the highest to the
lowest, represent those who will be
rewarded by hearing the words:
“I was enhungered and ye gave Me
meat:
"I was a stranger and ye took Me in;
“I was sick and ye visited Me.”
The corresponding figures on the
south side portray those who will hear
the divine commendation:
“I was thirsty and ye gave Me drink;
“Naked and ye clothed Me;
“I was in prison and ye came unto
Me.”
In their wonderment they seem to
ask when they had seen the Lord
to give unto Him such ministry. They
receive the answer, “Inasmuch as ye
have done it unto the least of these
my brethren, ye have done it unto
Me. Come • • * inherit the king
dom prepared for you • •
'"THOUGH the reredos has not been
completed and the central figure
is still in model, this description of
Its design enables the pilgrim better
to understand the story of Christian
Victory through the many figures
which already have been carved un
der the direction of Angelo Lauldi,
sculptor.
The wing which extends over the
•orth doorway of the inner sanctuary
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shows Adam and Eve, the first parent*
of the human race, near the archway.
Noah, by the portal In the south wing,
symbolizes the beginning of man
kind on earth after the flood. The
upper group of three characters on
the north wing, over the doorway,
shows, Mary, Martha and Lazarus of
the Bethany household. Below them
St. Mark, St. Luke and Timothy are
honored because their words carried
the story of salvation in many tongues
to the nations of the world. The
Bishop's Chair, or the Glastonbury
Cathedra, lately placed in the sanc
tuary, Is of compelling interest. R
forms a link between the Washington
Cathedral and the beginning of
Christianity in the British Isles, be
cause it is made of stone from th*
sixth century Glastonbury Abbey,
where King Arthur was buried.
In the group of the upper row of
carvings in the north flanking wing,
high above the Bishop’s Chair, per
sonal religion is symbolized by St.
Stephen, the first Christian martyr:
St. Alban, first known British martyr,
and Bishop Hannington of Uganda,
African martyr. The group directly
below represents corporate religion or
the obtaining of spiritual and civic
rights through organization. Hence,
St. James, the first Bishop of Jerusa
lem; Archbishop Stephen Langton,
builder of rights of the people through
the Magna Charta, and Henry Yates
Satterlee, first Bishop of Washing
ton and organizer of the Cathedral
Foundation, are pictured.
High over the doorway on the south
wing, the reredos presents Mo6es.
David and Elijah as Old Testament
characters. Below them are Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. The credence table
in the arched recess of the south
flanking wing is carved with panels
of wheat and grapes symbolizing the
bread and wine of the Holy Eucharist.
The group of characters in the upper
carvings above the credence table
symbolize education in the portraiture
of St. Athanasius of the Eastern
Church, St. Hilda. Abbess of Whitby,
England, and Bishop Lightfoot, mod
ern teacher of Christianity. The
group below depicts the teaching of
the gospel to all nations, or evan
gelization. St. Colomba of Iona i*
perpetuated as Irish apostle to the
North Britains. Irish and Scots. St.
Boniface, know-n as Wilfred of Devon
shire, an apostle to the Germans,
and John Coleridge Patteson, martyr
Bishop of the Pacific South Sea
Islanders, are also honored.
A/TANY smaller statues placed In the
■*" * reredos will memoralize men
and women whose Christian lives
so enriched the times in which they
lived that their Influences hava
strengthened the cause of true reli
gion. Whenever it has been possible
to obtain authentic portraiture, true
likenesses have been used. Detailed
study has permitted the artists faith
fully to represent the race, type,
bearing and attire of the people who
have been brought back from the
past again to exert their influence
for right living.
Thus the reredos presents pages
of histqry in the story of the brother
hood of man. The great screen will
show Cornelius, the Roman Centurion;
Polycarp of Smyrna, Martin of Tours,
who shared his cloak with a beggar,
and Monica, remembered for praying
her erring son to sainthood. The
sculptors will show St. Genevive,
loved by the French; Clotilda, vene
rated for her purity which won her
pagan husband's influence for Christi
anity; Cyrlal and Methodius, who
gave the alphabet and written lan
guage to the Slavs. Others memoral
ized in the reredos for their parts
in the history of the church triump
hant are Alfred the Great, Dunstan,
Vladimir, Edward the Confessor,
William of Wykeham, Louis XI, John
Colet, William Tyndale. John Wesley,
Phillips Brooks, David Livingston and
Fung Meik'en, the Chinese Christian
who died in defense of his faith at
the hands of the Red Communist
army.
Every personage perpetuated la
stone is an example of worship and
praise,
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