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Show The Mary Morris II am 11 ton Statue. The Woman's Memorial Fund association asso-ciation is something new and worthy of attention. It has already several hundred hun-dred members and is progressing rapidly. rapid-ly. Miss Alice Donlovy, the secretary, whom I called upon, told me "that the purpose of the association was to raise a fund to pay the expense of an appeal fnthe lawsuit of Philip Schuyler versus the officers of the Woman's Memorial Fund association, the object of which is to commemorate in sculpture woman's wom-an's work in philanthropy and reform during the past century of the republic. "Mary Morris Hamilton," Miss Don-levy Don-levy continued, "was chosen to be thus honored as the typical philanthropist, and Susan B. Anthony as the pioneer reformer. The well known American culptor, Jonathan Hartley, was commissioned com-missioned to execute from life the bust -f Miss Anthony and had signed the contract to model the ideal statue of ihe typical philanthropist when Philip Schuyler obtained an injunction to prevent pre-vent the execution of the work on the ground that his relative, Mary Morris Hamilton, was not a public character of the same class as Susan B. Anthony. "The Hon. Walter S. Logan and Charles Demond have defended the suit for us with great zeal and ability, and we are now ready to take it to tho court of appeals at Albany. It is said to bo the first case on record in which the right to honor a humanitarian by an ideal statue has been denied by the court." New York Herald. An English Sarcastic Fling. When one of England's "lady Journalists" Jour-nalists" indulges in sarcasm, somo one must suffer. Here's what an unkind contributor in a London journal finds to say about our own Professional Woman's Wo-man's league: "At Palmer's theater, in New York, there has been perpetrated a performance perform-ance of 'As You Like It' by a cast composed entirely of women. 'The bouse was crowded by a distinguished audience,' I read, 'and the Professional Woman's league will benefit to the extent ex-tent of at least 500.' Anything for a Govelty, of course. So rumors already are afloat that a similar experiment will be made in London, and while on the one hand Miss Kate Rorke, the be? witching 'boy' of 'All For Her' and captivating young gallant in 'Cupid's Messenger, ' is being sought for an Orlando, Or-lando, the part of Charles, the wrestler, wres-tler, will, no doubt, be thrown open to competition among the strong ladies at the halls. Was ever such futile iion-eense? iion-eense? If the Americans are Shakespeare's Shake-speare's warmest admirers apd this playing at acting is the best they can do in his honor, then indeed 'heaven preserve pre-serve him from his friends.' " |