Ralph Stackpole, Sculptor



An ordinary workman with his pick - and yet how impressed you are with
his sincerity. In him is asserted the dignity, the usefulness, the
nobility of all labor. He helps to turn the wheels of trade, to further
the interests of the world. He works patiently day by day,
notwithstanding the fact that those above him reap the benefits. Mr.
Stackpole has been most happy in his expression. The broad treatment is
thoroughly suitable to just such work as this. There are no accessories
employed. The work is absolutely direct.



The Kneeling Figure

Ralph Stackpole, Sculptor



With the love for all that is beautiful in life, in what God has made
and in what man has fashioned, the grateful devotee has mounted the
steps that lead to the altar at which she offers up her devotion. She
bows her head in humble reverence to her God for all that He has given
her to enjoy - all that is good, pure, true, beautiful, uplifting. And
we onlookers, too, would join the moving throng that bend the knees at
the altar of beauty and truth. Across the lagoon we gaze upon the great
stillness, and we with her murmur, "Father, I thank Thee."