The New York herald., 1922-03-22
STONE HEARTED GUY
FACES TRIAL TO-DAY
Accused Of Cruelty to Soulless
Sirens Who Sought to
Steal His Virtue.

Accused of a battery and some may
Frederick MacMonnies's marble hearted
Rough Guy will be placed on trial this
morning before his Honor the Burgo-
master of New Amsterdam and solemn
| jury of his Honor's councillors. Upon
the decision or Judge Hylan and the art
experts of the Board of Estimate and
\ Apportionment depends very literally
the future standing of the Rough Guy
who started his career under the name
Of "Civic Virtue" Civic Virtue has
/ been on trial for its life in the City
| Han before this, but never, so far as
-eny one could recall yesterday, when
symbolized i'm marble.
The Rough Guy was indicted by
Prosecutor Hylan last week, the counts
being: (1) He was massaging the float
| ing ribs of lady at his feet with quite
unnecessary roughness, no true gentle
man being supposed to kick person
Of the admittedly opposite sex quite that
vigorously just to show that the mas
culine sex can resist temptation, and
(2) that New York womanhood is
thereby degraded and insulted by Mr..
Mae cMonnies's composition in expensive
marble.
AS regards the first count, II was his
Honors contention that the spectacle OF
a big beef an gent who ought TO be out
/ earning himself q suit of clothes would
set perfectly atrocious example to
thoughtless young boys who might pass
through City Hall Park and be inspired
to hurry home to give grandma the. boot,
and that these art artists who perpetrate
such dangerous suggestions ought to be
put in their place.
Concerning the second count, it is the
Mayors reported view that with 400. 900
women now able to vote in New York
\ city it behooves wise executive to be
extremely seduous about protecting the
dignity of the now sovereign sex.
Therefore at IL A. Nj. to-day the
Rough Guy will be tried, provided the
\ jury doesn't laugh itself to death, and
i If convicted, as the Mayor has intima ted
/ will be sent into exile--to RilSers Island
4 or to that little square not far from the
\ home of another admittedly rough guy
\ in politics. AL Smith
The MacMonnies group will not he
without its defenders, although the
sculptor himself, rapidly emitting bishes.
! piiiles. boots and tush-tushes as he spoke
OF the Burgomaster, does not, he said
expect to be present, mot yet being a
lOOl. bul iHSTe VIII De. df-
cording to expectation plenty Of the
| sex supposed to be insulted by the com
position. and it is not unlikely that de-
tenders OF the Rough Guy will arise
from among these attractive ranks.
Some woman always speaks up for the
cave men, or so the experts say, and the
party may turn out IN a way that the
\ Mayor has not anticipated
The defense will be that the figures
under the Rough Guys feet are not
\ female women at all. but fish--mermaids
--souless sirens-inhuman temptresses
\ things that should be kicked and stepped
\ on, symbols Of mans soul peril fol-
/ thousands Of years, and that the people
who are making such a fuss about the
Rough Guy (the Mayor excepted OF
course) ought to read up little on the
best authorities. the Bible included
The Fulton Fish Market will be rep
resented by a delegation OF fish dealers
i interested In preventing the degradation
Of fish of any sort salt or fresh. and
several anglers societies are sending
representatives to protest in the name
/ Of Ike Walton. 1t looks like a big day.