 Taft's representations of Lakes with quiet trickling water was in keeping with his general theme of quiet dignity for public sculpture.On the day of the dedication the "Chicago Daily News" expressed this point with a photomontage juxtaposition of Taft's fountain and Lake Michigan in all its fury.After one got past the symbolism of the ladies as lakes, complaints existed about the lack of recognition of the contemporary form of female representation in art and literature which had gone from the Lillian Russell-type to the Gibson Girl to the Lillie Langtry image while Taft had apparently chosen "packing house ladies" as his female form.