New-York tribune., 1907-06-24
Mr.. BARNARD ANGRY.
.ScuLgtor LeareS France to Get Pay
on Harrisburg Casts.

Geurr. Grey barnard. the sculptor, disheartened
because of unfair treatment he says he has re-
c~!vei from those interested in the statuary oe-
s.l,r-c by him 10 adorn the Capitol at HARRISBURG
4..,u arrived here Yesterday the American liner
81, Paul Mr. Barnard left Paris greatly Wroush'
L. o.-er the absolute Indifference Of the state oI
I,a..r,.,lvapia concerning its financial obligations
.. the sculptor and the marble company az al ~
rs- with whom Il had contracted to cut the As
,aaie In plaster by Mr.. Barnard
on the passage from CheTbourg the Sculptor
anger cooed somewhat. and he said yesterday @ thal
ha would Harrisburg 10 lalA hiaI'e'" ''0-
with the Capitol commission. -.
The sculptor sale he had given the WoIh oI HIs
tearr ana brain to complete the two great groups
.sT'be Jovs OF Life and Labor" and The sorrows
81 Life and Labor" for the main entrance 10 , ti
,,aDitol al Harrisburg. Exhausted from oVerwork
,,nt the nerves Of his hands nearly gave out MT
Barnard said forced 10 so from MS sIuuloS
at Morat-sur-Loing through the south OF france rance
gathering fragments of Gothic churches ana totIic
ART objects 10 sell in Paris At small prolt 10 pay
the sculptors who were working with MIN; he Wao W
forced do This work for eighteen ihoil''iS 10 20
his worknen and succeeded in earning LOT iliS
men the sum of $1,000
III has been said OF me-" remarked Mr.. Barnard
that I have been a poor bOokkeeper deny tla,
elnphaticaIly for every penny that have recelEeu
and paid has been entered for the last three ana
half years in double entry.
4 accepted the contract for 10000 10 IuIii9ti
the two groups for the main entrance TO the APP
tol AT Harrisburg, because l wanted 10 retZe uis
dream of a lifetime. l knew the amount "ouiu
not nay me for my tine and labor, or even the eN-
rense would be under carrying out the work II
WIS understood that when ! accepted the written
contract I was TO receive number Of oral con
tracts amounting additional S2O10p nave
MOI received All the money promised IN the writ
fen contract to say nothing Of the oral contracts
..Jcsapb Hustled the architect, came to Europe
aud ordered me TO make plaster casts OF the groups
-, rbe dedication last fall | had them nearly
5o,,o M a cost Of $500 when the order was coun-
,sr,,,andea ! had 10 pay for the casts out OF my
,,v-n nocket ] learned afterward from the CapltoI
f-or-,I,isSiou tEat i had not ordered the casts
TI,1,s far ] have been paid more than 5000" Ihe
contract calls for 100000. plus $500 for casts 50
far as the plaster casts are concerned. nave
completed all the requirements of the written and
,,erhal contracts. The group of the 'SorroWs ol
7 re and Labor were sent to Carrara 10 be cut
;rto marble and they are now boxed up at the
railroad station. because the State OF Penhs!
failad TO nav the S20l0 for the marble
IF thcv had sent me the $500 they owed me Tor
the casts they would have been shipped TO Penn
svl,3nia for the dedication. The state agreed 10
nav The Carrara marble people S2l.ep for the
marble The amount for cutting the group IN
marble that is boxed up in the railroad station
] Paid for myself"
Nr Barnard said the acting Governor had sent
for him and he feels that in the end the dim
cultiee will be Strengthened out. He will spend
the summer with his family in New Hampshire
and return France in october.