The New York herald., 1922-04-06
Woman Tells His Honor His
Monument Ought to
Be in Park.
GROUP READY NEXT WEEK
Real Art Artists Help Swing
Final Decision for Work
by MacMonnies.

The Rough Guy and his downtrod-
den sirens will be set in their APP
pointed place at the fountain in City
Hall Park next Tuesday. This is so
because our Burgomaster. up against
the law and the prophets. displayed
marked proficiency at the great Amer
lean sport of passing the buck.
At the close of the second trial Of
Frederick MacMonnies's much cussed
and discussed "Civic Virtue" group in
the Council Chamber yesterday Mayor
Hylan so shuffled the cards of circum-
stances that Francis D. Gallatin, Park
Commissioner. was led to ask the
Mayor for permission to grant a per-
init for the erection of the statue. Mr..
Hylan indicated that approval of the
request would be forthcoming.
The Brothers Piccirilli noted marble
masseurs Of The Bronx. entrusted by
art artist MacMonnies 20 trarsmute
dream into Some fifteen tons of SYM
bolic marble had a chat Immediately
after the hearing with the Mayor and
the Hon Mr.. Galiatin. and went away
smiling the smile for which their race
Is noted. They said their request would
be in tho Park Commissioners hands
to-day, and that they expected favor
able reply by the end of the week.
Ready After Next Week.
In the meantime. the Brothers Pic
cirilli, celebrated marble butchers, tell
the palpitating world that on Tuesday
set high on a motor truck and guided
erd guarded BY a network of guylines-
Roughguylines. undoubtedly--the Mac
Monnies group. fifteen feet high. will
take its way southwark through the
public streets. 1t will take most OF next
week to complete the job OF erection.
After that che public is invited to 60 to
City Hall Park and walk around and
around the statue and ponder It's pro-
pricty.
The second hearing settled nothing
II itself. merely providing the Mayor
with one of those indispenssbles Of
politics and married Iife-an alibi The
aiibi consisted in potent sayings OF more
o. less important persons who hated to
see the City of New York In the per-
sons of Its Government make long
cared donkey of itself ard who piled
the Mayor with arguments TO show that
the so-called Rough Guy was really
charming fellow. gentle and considerate
o. the ladies and unwilling TO kick a
single female--not very hard, anyway
and that he was a most beautiful and
Inspiring figure of resolute virtue strid-
lug forward out OF the cihtching hands
OF ruthless vamps.
There were not only speeches to that
effect but letters as WE'LL and from
ministers Of the gospel, the Rev. DR..
Ernest NJ. Stires OF st. Thomass and
tire Rev, Dr. William Norman Guthrie
o. St s-in-the Bouwere. Alto
Eether the Mayor had plenty Of pretext
for reverting to that practice of genius
which consists In being able to change
ones mind.
wants HyIan ImmortaIixed.
The really interesting suggestion OF
tie party-the one that caused ALI
hearers to thrill and which made the
mayor grow pinker than common and
10 assume marvellousy becoming air
OF deprecant modesty and to look at the
lady suggester as IL she had said some
tAing really worth whie--came from
the lips Of Mary Jane Lee OF the Home
Rule League OF The Bronx.
Gazing at the Mayor as he sat MA
Jesucaly among the ordinary members
OF the Board of Estimate but bearing
himself toward these persons with n
eracious condescension. Mary lane lee
was seized with a great irspiration
why should that ugly MacMonnies
tning ne stuck up in the city Hall Park
wnen' " the city really wanted to. the
nsu,e OF the Mayor himself could be
used to immortalize civic virtue2
We PREFER said Mary lane Lac
meaning BY I'VE" evidently the res,
4 Of her fairly well known sex One
statue OF the man who has cleaned up
the city. We would rather have The
statue OF the man who has infused
virtue into the city and made IL safe
Tor women TO walk the streets"
~ this there was a great clatter or
handclapping and a triIl OF apnrovai
from women who want to see the Rough
Guy thrown out and OF grumbles
and groans and even sybiIIant
hiss or two from those on the other
side Of the controversy. who think that
Mr. MacMonnies's critics should have
their heads sent TO reconstruction
hospital.
some Laugh CrudeIy.
Truth. too necessitates the chron-
icling of the fact that when Mary lane
Lee spiritedly tossed out her inspIration
and the Mayor looked as if somebody.
had made a mistake by not furnishing
the old Council Chamber with few
cneVai mirrors 80 That really fine
looking man could give himself the
once over now and then. there were
several loud. rather coarse laughs
One could not be sure. brt one OF
these rarcous laughs seemed 10 pro-
ceed from Henry Smith. Deruty Comp
troller who. batting for Comptroller
Craig again, had the usual row with
His Honor. and the other lau1hs ap-
pcared TO rise M from sroup OF no
torious art artists. including Robcs.
Ingersoli Atken, William Def,eftwr n
Dodge and jules Guerin The Mayor
looked frowningy nj t-asc art fellows
and they very promptly ceased their
risiblIiousness.
Oother women took I'D Mary Jane
Lees idea that 4 marble Hylan.-com-
pletAly attircd II desired. or In the
Pain Beach cos' ume of bathing Jersey
and bare legs--ei 0uld be substituted FOR
the MacMonnes l~urc. Mrs. W. y.
johnson of the BROOKLYN Alliance or
womens Clubs and Miss Mary Don
nelly. representing Cafhcl'c ciupwomen
among them, Except for the weekly no
decision bout between Henry Smith
and Hylan. this was the most diverting
moment OF the hearing
When the show began Mrs. Hylan
and Mrs. Virginia Hylan Sinnott. wife
of the Mayors secretary John r. Sim
mott. entered the Council Chamber and
took reserved seats on the dais from