Show irv s A j. j j. j ITI s1- s1 BL MOTHER f It i r t e t 3 4 q yr i k 11 M O CD O Ot it t a r 4 h q e n y J i RP 9 ni y as 1 k f i scat A i A i m mr r ac i is Jj il rW s r S k a 3 1 y tt sae i 4 tJ 6 f ce r r A REI h ht a a 4 iZ 8 4 y 1 Model by H. H A. A MaeNe MacNeal l. l Z 2 By Bryant Baker 3 3 By F. F Lynn Lynn- Jenkins 4 By James Fraser S. S By Jo Davidson 0 8 By Mario Korbel S X 7 By A. A Stirling Calder 8 B. By John Gregory their mothers mothers' mil milk It Love Lore of rya c. c i 4 S courage fidelity ambition was In home hw husband children made the wilderness to smile Q ii Accordingly he ire deU determined to erect a heroic of The Pioneer a 3 A In Oklahoma the last American frontier t t r a. a Woman s oman on the Cherokee Strip tk and the treat great tract of land opened to Then he asked g the galleries In New York to commission the lending leading Amerteen Amer Amer- American teen ican sculptors to make models for the monument Twelve responded responded- Jo Davidson James Fraser John rY Bryant Maker A. A Stirling Calder 1 v 3 P. P Lynn Lynn Korbel Arthur Lee IL A. A MacNell MacNeil Sterna Sterne Wheeler Williams and Young Young and anil submitted their models were on exhibition tit at the galleries for t 1 ells During tl nt time the models were viewed by more than Thor ill hU hot i Iho nd md ma made d e theirs their till the Shawnees Shawnee broke brolle and tied Oed Tb the iron women 0 men e and arld the women shaped the lead 1 omen en n Purse nursed ur e the watched wl by night re o 1 cm wounded and an the women Th The he en L brought t the water through th the peril of ot the tight light Cr Or Gre u aa u no never lver fae faltered fallere d 1 a and anil th the sons cone that then were email small nun hunter ere ot of Kentucky and were strong and brave an and 1 toll tail From The Tall Men by Arthur By fly ELMO SCOTT WATSON tV nS iA RAY DAY Y comes omes o on M May S 8 8 this year and on that day the M th thoughts of ot thousands of It Americans will tarn to Just such mothers 01 OJ those of ot whom the tile poet sings the sings the pioneer mothers s f Who wo never ne nOYer mitered faltered and who wIlli were PIe as ns much builders of ot this thU COuntry n ns their or the Ions on whom the they pave gave to their country There Is a n very nry good reason why our thoughts will turn th I year ear lo to the mothers of at yesterday while wo we lire are honoring we the mothers mothel choose we may muy mayl of ot today The reason Is that It If we have a 0 l part art lu ln deciding which of ot 12 sculptured models will q tt Ih he lIe nul fa n huge monumental statue which I U to stand II t m as S u Q memorial to the typical pioneer woman the 8 0 k d um nJ ngu I J Ernest roest who ho ha hM has made mode millions n il w W. Mariand en 11 n Oklahoman II th that t America has hos done Insufficient honor to the heroic women tI h inch vl r Our war wor heroes statesmen poets muSic musicians lans and Il 2 IMP a I T pr men as Daniel noone I Ift y Crockett Jim er Kit J het hilt l Bi aLu ull lilli boc been hono honored ld In bronze und stone he suld d l Pioneer forced to draw upon poo our nations for tout eer women We ire d pictures of ot the mothers What sturdy broods they r J da west west- est era r und and their daughters daughters' daughters ever daughters ever pushing uI homes on thu tho late uI their ban hu U gained I Loyalty three we n n persons and each ench I visitor was tune given nn on opportunity to vote for tor the typical pioneer woman In this unique contest the n figure re modeled by Bryant linker No 2 In the group shown above e received tho the largest vote among the ten thousand Second choice choke was wan given to the model submitted b by H. H A A. A Nell Mai-Nell No So 1 and third place went to that by bl byA A A. A Stirling Colder Calder No So 7 After Atter the exhibition In New York fork dosed the 12 models were sent to tono too shown there they will be exhibited In other cities no Boston o ton and being Including h Washington Cleveland Cle Chicago ugo City Ore Sun nn ros OS 08 Angela Angelis Oklahoma City and other oct'S In the Middle and Fur ur In each place the public will have havea pI places I vote will aid old Mr Its preference and this tide popular chance chanco to 10 o ross a 11 Marland In his hU final sN selection of ot the model which will be tureen for tor forthe fhe the heroic figure more than 40 90 feet In height which will be erected on City The completed statue Matue will be one ot of the of-the the he tho knoll n near r Ponca most colossal that luis lies been IN cost cast In many fenny years ear anti and In III size and I will f be second second only tc to the Statue of ot Liberty In New York harbor The I rotc the undertaking will be he between OO and nd fist cost st of ot total Important than the cost of the th undertaking or the size of ot Hut but more morp that nt at lu lunt t an nn enduring monument IH is to be Le erected I Ito Is the fact 1 statue I the Iho of ot the pl n r mothers of ot the tho nation What Whet other I t the Iho memory ury I to had hUll better claim to glory In says linker whose a ever er er woman e ranked to In the New V York e exhibit tier Her thure should I Interpretation the Victory of ot wa was to III lack life lite art I lint chat America ion bo be to 10 of of the world ever tr combined the the- Ideal al In amore morl way No blared the the trail trul slit she stirred hardy resistance If It the M inn inner n ner er trail I IUle Ithe with Hh built the nr nm its 1111 well wi-tl She hd bid to 10 te be he hoax ker ia is iaU the he pot not on and probably companion sweetheart and I U Ule he e wilderness |