The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-25
NUDE EXHIBITS
SHOCK PUR|7Y
LEAGUE. HEAD
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Grannis AS
founded at Sculpture at the
Frisco Exposition.

~ SEH. 1uRh Apr. 24.--Heigh no.
&c undrapcd fountains and We nude
figures Of the elements and the emo
tons! Either fasten about We gar
ment OF modesty or take We hither on
the wing. for the Female Anthony
Comstockn is on purity's warpath
San francisco, with her Barbarv
coast, is wicked enough" says Mrs.
Elizabeth 3. Grannis, founder and.
for the tWenty7nintb time. Just elect
ed president of the National Christian
League for the Promotion OF Purity.
without strcwing prouis
through the exposition grounds sculpl
tured groups which beam, under the
California sunshine. with the same
frank lack of apparel that adorned the
beauteous Lady Godiva"
Goodness knows. IA said Mrs. Gran
MS yesterday. conditions in San
francisco are bad enough when II ohm
3. Hammond. chairman OF the Worlds
the exposition city, handed in his
resignation Why. Mr. Hammond
wrote me recently that the nude sat
uary and paintings appealed to the
senses at every turn and insulted de-
cency on every hand want An
thony ComstOck, one of the leading
members Of our organization. to 20
ont TO San Francisco and inspect this
statuary. There is work indeed for
the great Anthony Gomstock in San
Francisco
Mrs. Grannis displayed TO 4 report
err number OF newspaper clippings
showing pictures OF the statuary and
the pretty little New York model, Aud
rey Munson, who had posed for much
OF the classic, albeit frankly nude.
Z ~ IN m ri ra 1Ps
See this!" exclaimed Mrs. Grannfs
with righteous ire. This young wo-
man ought to be ashamed OF Herself
Maybe she has perfection, as the
sculptors call it feature and figure.
These are for her boudoir not for the
general public
Just look al these exploded the
incensed lady,. examining prints OF
PicciTilli's! groups of Spring Sum
mer. Autumn and Winter \ not
a stitch Of clothes on. these women.
Do you think these figures represen-
to the country girl the spring. sum
.mer, autumn and winter that she
knows? OF course not Its the fool
ish notion Of the artist that he must
make. a naked creature sy1nbolize
everything in the world. How can a
naked woman, even though her faca
end figure are perfect, represent win !,
teri.
The nude figures OF men and wo-
men. reclining and running. in the
friesess of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney's
t'Fountain Of FL Dorado" particularly
distressed the purity leagues. cen
isor.
Maybe they are beautiful from the
standpoint Of art she sneeringly OBJ
served. Yet are not the subjects
themselves very suggestive? What
earthly help do these nude men and
women offer to boys and girls who
have never before seen displayed the
nude masculine and feminine figure?
1T is the precipitat.on or sudden know
ledge ot things concerning sex life
that upsets young minds and leads
young people. budding into maturit.
into unpleasant thoughts and ideas.
Sex knowledge. when carefully inn
parted J, leads TO a safe and sane awak-
ening. Then we. who must say that
art is great IN America. must stand
back and applaud whatever wretched
creature. without a stitch of clothing
to her back. that these illustrations.
forsopth. ladies' and gentlemen. are
TO. put Zip as a statue. Nude statuary
should be suppressed