St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-10-14


).BE,R IA 1865.
ter at St Louis; IN tho hcssa Of d family q
whose house she Rsas guest This gen
| tlernan, q God-speed To the young al
tist on 81 her journey to Rome, sent her, OF
the eve Of departure, an order 70 q large a
mount for the first figure she should mod
Eel, leaving her entirely free to select hel
Town time and subject. A statue Of Unone
was the result, which is now in the house
Of Mr.. Grow, d ST Louis, and which gave
such satisfaction to his fellow townslnen
that an order Nas forwarded tor iiss Ho-
mer for a statAe for the Pubic Library 1t
St. Louis, in the same liberal and consfi..,
crate terms Beatrice Cenci, exhibited
at. the Royal Academy last year, and
which won SO many golden opinions from
critics and eonnoisseurs, was on its way to
81. Louis, in fal1lmept.of this order. /:
The summers in Rome are, as every one
knows, full Of danger to foreignere. Dr..
Hosnaer having seen his daughter finally
settled returned to America, leaving her
with strict injunetions to seek some salu-
brious spot in the neighboring mountains
tor the summer, if indeed she did not go
into Switzerland: or England. Rome, how
ever, was the centre Of attraction; and, af-
ter ., the first season, which was spent at
Sorrento, on the bay Of Naples, Miss Hos
mer could not be prevailed upon to go out
Pot sight and reach of its hrdly dome and
noble treasures Of rts The third sum
mer came, and, listening to the advice Of
her friends, and in obedience to the ex-
press wish Of her father, she, made ar
engagements for avisit,to England The
day was settled, trunks were packed, she
was on the eve Of departure, when let
ter from America arrived, informing her
Of heavy losses sustained by her father,
which must necessitate retrenchnaens in
every possible way, surrender Of her Ca
sreer In Rome and an immediate return
home. Tho news came upon her like
thunderbolt Stunned and bewildered,
she knew not what to do. An only child,
and hitherto INDUCED in every whim and
caprice, the position was indeed startling
and perplexing. The surrender Of her
art career was the only thing which she
felt to Ee impossible; whatever else might
come, thas could not, should not be. i And
now come into play that. true indepen-
dence, Of character which hitherto had
shown .isteH mostly in Wild freaks and
tricks. Instead Of falling back upon those
friends whose means she knew would be
at her disposal in this emergency, she de-
llslpatched a messenger for the young sculp-
tor who had shown the daguerreotypes TO-
ts1r Gibson, and who, himself dependent
upon his professional exertions, was, she.
decided, the fttest person to consult with
as to her. own future career, He obeyed
the hasty summons, AMI found the joyous,
laughing .countenancel he had always
known, pale and changed, as it were, sud
denly, from that Of a, young girl to a wo-
man full Of cares and anxieties. He
could scarcity credit the intelligence, but
the letter was explicit, the summons home
peremptory ssGo Z will not was the on
" coherent resolution he found; SO the
two laid their heads together Miss Hos
;mer was the owner Of a handsome horse,
and an expensive English saddle; these
were doomed at once. The summer in
Rome itself, during which season living
there costs nothing, was determined upon,
and during those summer months Miss
Hosmer should model something so attrac-
tive that it should ensure speedy order,
and, exercising strict economy, start
thence forth on an independent artistic
career, such as many Of those around her
with less talent and training managed to
carry on with success. No sooner said /
than done; the trunks we're unpacked,
the friends she had about TO accompany
her departed, her fathers 4rcverses were
simply and straightly announced, and she
entered at once on the line ofindustry and
economy she and her friend hadstruck cut.
The summer passed away, and neither
fever nor any form of mischief attacked
our young friend She worked hard and
modelled a statue of Puck, SO full Of spir.
it, originality and fun that it was no soon
Ell finished and exhibited than orders to
put il into marble came It has since
been repeated again and again, and du-
ring the past winter only, three copies
have been ordered for England alone, one
for the Duke Of Hamilton. Thus, fairly |