The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-11
l|lDnE IS sTlll
EXPOSED TO COLO
Rerenting Thescus Steals Back
in Darkness and Drspes Re
cambcnt Form.
SOCIETY Is SHOCKED
Statue Of Social Belle on Lawn
Horriies and Thrills
Original a Cultist.

WASHINGTON. y. e, Oct IL
And Theseus, repentins. stole back t
In the night. drove away the minotaar /
and spread saf, erspery over the cold. |
white limits az the deserted Arisdne- -
Extract fyon tire New Washington
MyfAulcss
The sninotaur Ia the new version
sypafss the curiosity of the personal
friends az Miss Natalie Barney. rrorni-
asns society girl. who poeed In the
-.4s,oresher@ 10 her sister tor The statue
IF Arladne
Ths labyrinth " ,rpited by the wind
ing and complicated streets o. Wash ]
layton. which confused several pronli. !
nens visitors IL TIE cry, who. not wish.
inx TO ask the waA. for reasons Of their
own, attempted TO penetrate to sheri-
dan Circle and arrived somewhere In
the ncighhorhood of the Navy YARD
The niinotaur is furious because ne
had no, half the opportunity he de-
sired TO gaze upon The beautiful Arl-
adne and the physiological beast In
various human disguses thronged
Sheridan Circle again to-day. Now
-
and then he approache near enough
to raise corner 81 'he draper!
Ye Snalie Ladds, Tso.
Early to-day ne took the iotin oi
small boy going To school. ana IN this
disguise he boldly approached the re-
cumbent figure and pulled away the
drapers. But instantly Theseus, dts
Euised as a policeman, WAS on the
job and Ariadne was quickly reeos-
cred
Warhington's society circles are
shocked but thrilled by the incidents
marking the arrival of the statue from
PAfis. and the fact that the undraped
replica OF tn. yeung woman. who IL
known to nearly every man and wo~
man la the smart set, should have
been exposed to the vulgar gaze upon
her mothers lawn.
Immediately gossip recalled how the
Barney girls" Joined an East Indian
cult. and few days ago. when the
head OF the cult died In the Orient
they appeared In the deepest mourn
ing ever seen here. All their lingerie
and petticoats were black. A bed
room at the Barney hoine vas pa
pered in black and the bed was COW
cred with black sheets and black pill
low caEes.
Mrs. Barneys father established
.sPikea- Opera House In Cincinnati,
{ ard she has a large fortune. She has
been IN charge OF most of the big ANA
u teur theatrical events here in recent
yearA end III portrait painter of some
note. No word had been received from
her or her daughters to-day AZ to the
disposition Ut the statue OF Mas Nata-
Y lie. Mrs. Barney, though over sixty.
danced with great success in charity
N benefit last spring.
Following the discovery to-day that
some yicious-minded vAndal had
marked with charcoal the nude statue
fence wAs built around the de
i serted Ariadne" in the yard OF tho
home.
II would like to lay my hands on
the miscreant that marked up the
nta4ue. declared Charles Onley. East
4 Indian butler, who is in charge OF
the Barney property to-day. II
gef hold of him, there'll he "a hot
time.
Last night about 10 o'clock.
thought ! heard some one in the yard
took a pistol and rushed out jus,
In time to see somebody leaping the
hedge and dashing through the Cir
ele.''
e,nIey then gave the first statement
regarding the statue issued by an.
representative Of the family. To :
United Press reporter he said:
Quarter = Glimpse.
After / get this booth built. an,
one who sees the statue viii have To
Il Day me quarter ! could have made
4 pile OF money already IL / had been
financier.
This statue is garden ornamen,
and IL is going to stay In the garden
Miss Natalie posed for II In Paris, /,