The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1907-09-14
Chosen by St. Gaudens as Model for the
Coin Designs Which He Was Conn.,
111issioned to Furnish.
She Was Born in Ireland, Came to This
Country Not Long Ago and is
Twenty-Six Years of Age.

and cream. 1t speaks Of country lanes
and blossoming hedges and sunlit
meadows. There is nothing that could
possibly remind you of the city and it's
confined life and its more tinged at
mosphere.
Her figure is plant and graceful.
Mary Cunningham moves with the
easy dignity Of one who was born to be
beautiful She has dark brown hair,
which she wears combed up from the
high, white forehead. Her eyes are
of that cerulean blue over which ar
lists rave. but which they never paint
because they can't
Mary Cunningham was born in Ire
land. twenty-six years ago. She came
to this country not long since. She
worked first in Boston and finally went
to Vermont as a waitress, and it was
there that st: Gaudens discovered her.
She demurred when folks tried to
find out something about this Irish
beauty who is to- adornN American
money. But all she would tell of
herself was that she had several sisters
in the old country whom she hoped to
visit some day, and a brother in New
York who was. very fond Of her. :.
"Be an artists model?" she ex-
claimed. when asked about her plans
Never! just. let Mr.. st. Gaudens
copy my face because he was so much
in earnest"
The work on the designs is being
finished by Henry Herring, an artist,
who had been assistant to the dead
sculptor for many years. The bas re-
lief on the designs submitted at first
was too high and it is now being re-
duced in order that it may be possible
to pile the coins one upon another.
which could not be done when the fig
ure was higher than the rim. Coins
with too high projection in the CEN
ter cannot be stacked and would top
pie over. But this will be remedied
in the new coins before they are finally
minted.
The one-cent piece calls for the pro-
file of an ideal head with an Indian
headdress, with thirteen stars around
head, and the word Liberty" UNDER
meath, also the date, 1907. On the OBJ
verse side are the words "One Cent"
with wreath around them.
The ten dollar gold piece or eagle
has the same ideal head and headdress,
and a band around the headdress and
the word Liberty upon it. There are
thirteen stars around the head and the
date 1907 underneath. On the diverse
side is a standing eagle with bunch
of darts representing War and Peace
in one talon and an olive branch in
the other. Surrounding the eagle are
the words "Ten Dollars"
The twenty-dollar gold piece or
double eagle represents the figure Of
Liberty standing on rock with full
face as though approaching, holding
torch in the right hand and an olive
branch in the left: indication Of the
Capitol at Washington in the back
ground. with the sun shining and the
word Liberty" over the head Of the
figure and forty six stars surrounding
It, On the other side is an eagle, flying
through the suns rays, with the words
United States Of America" over the
eagle and the words Twenty Dollars"
under it, Around the edge Of this coin
are the words "E Pluribus Unum" and
thirteen stars, which answer for the
milling.