The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-15
BARNEY STATUE HID
MYSTERY GROWS
Mrs. Barney Denies Her Daugl,-
ter Was Model, but Sculptor
Contradicts Her.
TO DESTROY THE ORIGINAL
10 DESTROY THE ORIGINAL
Brys, Artist, Declares He Has II
Gossip. Recall That Barneys
and M'Leans Are Not Friends.

Washington, d. c., October 14.-What
is the Barney statue? When was 1t
placed on the lawn of the fashionable
residence in Massachusetts, Avenue?
Who placed 1t there. and why? Does
1t represent the beauty Of Miss Natalie
G. Barney, the younger daughter of
Mrs. Albert Clifford Barney, or is it
the likeness of some maid of antiquity !?
These are questions that are being
asked in diplomatic. social and official
circles, and no one can reply with GER
tainty.
The Hindu butler at the Barney home,
who answers to the strange name OF
Only, to-day caused the statue to be
placed in coftin-like box. and holds
the key to the lid. The lid may be lift-
ed II Only is properly approached.
Within the last two days vahdals
have, with charcoal and colored cray
ons. written various remarks on the
statue. 1t was to prevent a repetition
Of this sort of work, as much as to pro-
tect the figure from the gaze of the
curious and the attacks of the elements.
that Only caused 1T to be placed in it's
box.
Positive denial that Miss Natalie was
the model for the statue came to-day
In cable from Mrs. Barney and both
her daughters 1t corroborated the
statement of Nine. All Kuli Kahn, wife
or the charge .d'atfaires of the Persian
legation, which appeared in this morn
ing's New York Times Nine. Ali Kuli,
who had Just returned from Paris,
where she visited with Mrs. Barney
and her daughters, asserted that Miss
Laura Barney Is now at work on a
Dust OF her sister. Natalie. and that.
therefore, the statue on the lawn must
be some sort of antique"
10 deepen the mystery, j. Brys, a
serted that Miss Natalie's figure was
shown In the statue, and that the orig
inal was securely locked up in his
STUDIO SLUG IN Farragut Square. He added
a. copy. Mr.. Brys refused to allow
the treasured original to be seen. al
though urgently requested to do so,
and terminated the interview by de-
claring that he intended to destroy"
1t at once.
II do not want any more notoriety
about the thing" he exclaimed. "and
SO have concluded that the best thing
TO do Is to destroy the statue.
Have you received orders from
II do not care to make any further
statemcnt.". he replied.
Among the gossips to-day 1t was re-
IHhihCd lHdL dllcullOl w AS III ~ Gtli1cu
to the presence of the statue on the
barney lawn by the Washington Post
which suggested that 1t should be COW
cred from public gaze by the police.
rho Post Us owned by John r. Mclean,
and (. vas recalled that Mrs. Mclean
ana Irs, Barney had not been on
friendly terms for somo time.
Mrs barney has been prominent
patron Of the amateur theatre, as we'll
as Of art and literature. About three
years ago she gave lawn drama for
dhsffty upon the beautiful grounds of
the country home of MI.
ana Mrs Mclean. 1t was at Friend
ship that Hr and Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth spent their honeymoon.
Tfis advance sale OF tickets for this
performance. 1t is said was quite graf
flying. Admission to the grounds was
given for 40 cents. and for the use OF
select few who paid So, 81 and 50 for
their tickets q choice section of the
1awn was roped off. Mrs. Mclean, half
an hour before the performance. With
out consulting Mrs. Barney, is said to
have caused the ropes to be removed
bv her workrncn. When the So, ~ and
SIS ticket holders put IN an appear,
ance fasiionnbly late. they found al
their placer pre-empted by the b0-cent
crowd The next day Mrs. Barney In
an Interview, expressed her dlsap-
prevail of Mrs. McLcan's action,