Bisbee daily review., 1909-06-13
STATUE TO- IRISH FOR IRISH Sons of Erin In United States
 Disapprove Barry Memorial

story of early Erin. which the sculp- tor has made few sculptured fig ures tell. Commencing at the east of the frieze are seen to appear. tangible although underlined forms, which further on take shape as the rude. uncivilized children of Erin: then ap- pears the light of Christianity in the form of St. Patrick, the apostle, bap- tizing the king. The evidence of the refining influence on the people is seen.
 Next is seen the Christian king. Brian Boru. expelling the Danes. who had invaded and temporarily held the people of the island iu bondage. Now the invading warriors of Strongbow ap- pear, who. as an opening wedge, made it possible for the opening up of the country to the overwhelming forces of the English king and the consequent subjection of the children of Erin. who in their distress look longingly toward the west and the New World. The heroic statue of Commodore Bar " stands in front of this pedestal and it's accompanying groups of statuary. It represents the aliant Irish fighting man standing on the deck of his ship. slightly looking up. It Is to be cast 1 in bronze and is to be fet high. not including the pedestal upon which it stands.
 In his description of his design, the | sculptor concludes by saying:
 The frieze and the two groups sym ! belize the history of a people who, oppressed in their own country, emi- grated to America, where. joining the 1 colouists, they continued the struggle against the same oppresscrs and for the same object. which was liberty. Tn their struggle to which this ex- He of Erin. John Barry, displayed dis tinguished loyalty and skill. the whole soul and mind of his race was with him. His thought was it's thought, his spirit it's spirit; both were his inher- itanca. To ignore the truth of this ia a monument to the exile of Erin, who was by birth a foe to the king, repu' diated by the Americans. would be to accord to it less than its due. i This at least Is my belief and this model my attempt to give 1t expres
 sion in plastic form
 The distinguished Irish sculptor de voted many months and much study and patience to the preparation Of his design and the execution of his mod ! el. It is a sterling tribute to his brave fellow-countryman, Commodore
 Barry. and an able exposition of his
 tcrv and folklore. The War Depart
 ment was satisfied with his design
 and was ready to pay him the $1.o0t
 he had earned. The monument promised to be an honor and an orna ment to the city of Washington, where it was to be erected.
 Ondrlw O'Connor was poor boy living in a small town fin Worcestel
 county, Mass. All the instruction ht
 had was what his father. also a seuip
 tor, could give him. He learned
 great deal by working as a commor artisan at the Worlds Fair in Chica
 go and watching the foreign artists al
 their work. His home and studio art now in Paris, and the French SaioI
 has recognized him as an artist o
 distinction.
 His labor and time of designing tht
 memorial to Barry, to all intents ant
 purposes. will be thrown away. T' satisfy the objections and criticisms O the Irish societies in this country, h'
 has started a second design at hi strdin in Paris.
 It will be hard to imagine his feel ings as he sits down to his drai tihl board and is confronted by the fac that in his second design he must pu his DOT little nude figures of tn ? frieze into the overalls of bod cal
 Tier or else pin a badge on them 10 [ A policeman and, above all. to per wade his design with local interest.