The New York herald., 1922-03-23
Continued from First Page.


Tngcrsoll Aiken. one of the greatest Of
American sculptors. and William De
Lcftwich Dodge, celebrated mural
painter. Both swung between anger and
laughter. Mr.. MacMonnies did not at
tend. though he sent a letter explaining
in patient detail, in words of one
syllable, as people instruct children,
what it was all about.
As the stage was set for the comedy
when the curtain rose at II, the Burgo-
r'astcr, pleased and pink, paipably in
good humor with himself and the world.
had at His right Murray Hubert. presi-
lent of the Aldermen. and at his left
Henry Smith. representing Comptroller
craig. And elsewhere around the horse.
snae were Henry BruclSuer President Of
the Bronx; julius Miller. President Of
Manhattan. and Edward Riegelmann
President of Kings, with Joseph Haag
secretary of the Board of Estimate
They faced a packed room. women be-
inS there in proportion of three or four
to one to the men, and all buzzing with
curiosity or it may have been righteous
Indignation.
Gen. Sheriff. Protests.
The Mayor opened the party BY sus-
Gesting that pictures Of the Rough Cuy
and the downtrodden females be passed
around while the secretary read Mr.
MacMonnies's letter. and for awhile the
Tammany art critics knit their brows
over the picture-all but Henry Smith
VINO sat smiling sardonically and
twiddling his thumbs. Then letter
from Gen. Charles H. Sheriff. protesting
lAf N fpr~ he .st.. ~. ..t..
Hall Park followed. the protest being
or the ground that II was Florentine
conception and therefore incongruous
against the facade of the Colonial City
Hall.
Sherrilfs letter orencd the proscciI-
ton, and at the Mayors invitation the
ladies arose one by one and threw their
little bricks No. | was Mrs ida
osborne. who told the judge and jury
that it was a terrible thing to suggest
the idea that man symbolized virtue and
woman vice. and she asked what would
be the effect on the race of viewing a
group wherein brutal male had his
great big feet planted on the little soft
necks of helpless women. Here the
Mayor nodded emphatic agreement n
Laughs at Fish Explanation.
no ioI tne defense that the DrOno
figures were not women at all, but mer-
maids. Mrs. Osborne said she wasn't
bit impressed not a bit. When, she
asked. had man ever been tempted by n
hsh? Ha. ha laughed the Burgomasier.
and around the horseshoe-except for
Henry Smith--ran echoing ha. has. such
Is the esprit de corps of this admins
tration.
Mrs. Philip Ochscnweiter, Jr., captain
OF the League of Woman Voters of the
Sixteenth Assembly district of Brook
lyn, and "a Democrat IL you must know"
said the group might be all right from
an artistic standpoint, but that the
Rough Guy was too pugilistc Might as
we'll set up statue OF Jack Dempsey.
Besides 1t was shocking idea to set IL,
In one of the most public places Of
New York group showing women
Turing men.
At this point Mr.. Henry De Lcftwich
Dodge shivcred slightly and gazed at
the. ceiling with the manner of one WAC
entrcated support from. on high for
breaking sclf-control, and Mr.. Robert
Ingcrsol Aitken, not long since mem
ber of the Art Commission himself and
known the world around for his work In