The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-04-23

u GODDI IjSS TO BEi MARRIED.
| The Handsome Profile Of IL School
| Teacher on the Silver Dollar.

The Handsome Profile Of Il School
Teacher on the Silver Dollar.
The announcement that the GOudoSS
Of Liberty is about to be married has
aroused new interest in the woman
whose face is known to more people
than that OF any other woman of the
American continent. Every man, or
woman or child who has 4 silver dol
lar carries the handsome profile Of the
Philadelphia school teacher, Miss
| Anna W. Williams. Her classic fea-
lures have been stamped upon millions
| Of the silver disks.
1t is 20 years since the pretty blonde
| girl became world-famous. 1t was
! then stated that Miss Williams profile
was the original OF the Goddess of
| Liberty on the silver dollar. The
| friends Of the young woman placed
every obstacle in the way OF possible
| Identification, but fai ed in tncir object.
Tho story of how Miss Williams came
to be the Goddess of Liberty may be
rctold, now that il Is said she is soon
to become bride.
In the early part of 1876 tho Treas
ury department. secured, through com
munication with the royal mint OF Eng
land, the services of q clever young
! designer and cngraver named George
Morgan. Upon his arrival in this coun
try Mr.. Morgan was installed in the
! Philadelphia mint and was assigned
tho task Of making a design Tor a new
| silver dollar. Aftcr many months 0
| labor the young cngravcr completed
| the design for the reverse side OF the
| coin, upon which he represented the
| American eagle. His attention was
| then turned To the other side, and Ills
original inc!inAJion was to place on ii
q fanciiul head representing the God.
dcss OF Liberty. Bat tho ambitious
! designer was lOD much OF Il rcuiist TO be
satisfied with HmerH product Of fancy
Finally he determined the head should
| bo the Representation Of some Amci'i.
can girl, aud forthwith diligently
searched for his bcautcous mald.
it was u long search. although pleas
AM. lie told EiS friends OF his desires.
| and one Of them spoke Of the really
classic Neauty Of Miss Annie Williams.
| The Eng.'5h designer was introduced
to the girl. Mr.. Morgan W., w. once
Impressed by -" hear'..ul face and
studied it carefully. Then he told her
what he desired, and she promptly re-
fused to permit herself 10 DC the sub
! jcct Of the design. Her friends, how
ever, induced her to pose before an
artist. After five sittngs the design
| was completed.
MIR. Morgan was SO enthusiastic that
| he declared Miss Williams profile was
the most nearly perfect he had seen in
Er gland or America. His design for
the Bland dollar was accepted by Con-
! gress, and so the silver coins have been
pouring from the mint5 all these years
adorned with :he stately face of Il
Quaker City maiden.
Miss Williams is a aecidly modest
young woman. She resides on Spring
Garden street, not fair from the school
in which for years she has boen en-.
poycd as an instructor in philosophy
and methods in tho Kindergarten de-
partment. Sho is slightly below the
average height, is rather plump and
Is fair. She carries her figure with a
stateliness rarely seon and the pose of
the head Is exactly as seen on the
silver dollar. Tho features of Miss
Williams are reproduced rs faith
fully as in q good photograph.