The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-07-08

statues, and beautiful forms only llilll
liberated from their marble prison,
and here in this studio of Simonds we
see the live falcon which served ms
model for the marble one, and we near
how much trouble the artist has taken
to receive the bird and care for itwhllo |
making of II study. We are APT to
think that volummous draperyi OF
that most ancient dress Of ALL are only
suited for the sculptors art that the
dress Of the present era is too prosaic,
but stop for q moment before thestatue
of Stevenson, with the model of the
first steam engine, by Hocchi, of Flor
cncc. He Is sitting by Il broken crock,
and before him, upon n work table, Is
the model Of the engine, which Inc Is
examining with the most intense M
turest. He Is in his shirt sleeves, a.
paper cap upon his head. The plain
workman's dress, the rough boots,
every wrinkle in the trowsels, the
gaping pocket, even the rude seat are
all invested with the poetry of genius,
which dress or outward circumstances
have no power to destroy. When IN
tcllect sits cnthroncd upon the brow,
when creative power looks ont of the
eyes and plays upon the fingers, the
dress, whether ii be fig leaf Roman
toga or the practical pantaoons of the
present day, is forgottcny it is merely
circumstance of time--theuue beauty
is immortal.
The workings Of inventive genius in
another sphere is shown in tWostotacs
Of Michael Angelo by Hocchi, One at
the age Of eleven, when he Is por-
trayed as chiseling away at the head of
an old man, the youthful brow con-
tracted as if in pain at the conceptions
which were too great for the tiny fin
gers to execute. The other by Pozdo,
of Milan, shows him ms Il young man
ut work upon the Fawn
In this statue, one secs that the anN-
ioty Of the youth has changed into the
more assured character Of the man,
While the eye denotes the rapt tcrvor
of the poetic soul, flied with its burn
ing lancies, there exists no doubt as to
the ability of executing what tbcmind
has conceived.
tIuy richly endowed was Michael
AnooIo architect uointer noef and
sorIntoro Unon whot other being has
srch , Garland of choice Gifts de-
.oordolo Rrt Ioovinu this themc
which wa world GLADLY nnrsuc. though
- wou,d co,,v u. iar from Vienna and
Walt Apstelnnr we will Glance at
othor of those CONSULTATIONS of The
,rii.t,s drooro. Tbnr, IL r,n mother
~ Nrosos ,r,.saJ in Ilo,r,t;on costume.
hol1;,n bc, hco,ttG,l bgby in fine little
ho.l-o, If bnIrnsbas she is proboAlv
-, han ,yo, "a dono.it Il in thn river
and hor Invo,,, e,nn Is fpll Of conflict
,no c,ol;ro, tho y,iof ot sonorotino
r.on, bo, do,lirg tbn III, inc bonc that
l,o,, .,I,,,inod tn 1.-Two and IN occonnlsh
a,n,,4 tI,ino, eor his neonlc
Nno ,natt,, 1i,uo do,no.tic nicf,ro is
tho .,otro - q l;ttIo ,,jr, l,nittinr and
,aa,;no Iov. ;rtoro.,od sho isr So
80, s., not,,oG,oo,., ho,.o roroottcn
,heir dity and have stoned before
thcy cot TO the "nliddlc of the seam
nocdle.r Peop over her shoulder and
Won will see that She is reading the
"Iifr Of BENJAMIN Franklin" in Ital-
ian The letters are about the size of
ordinary print and are blackcned 50
that YOU are deluded into the belief
that ii is a real bool, she is reading.
Another statue bearing on the pcdes-
tai the words, "Time is precious " Ii
| is better to get wisdom than gold, y rep
rcscnts a half made figure Of a girl
combing her hair and reading. Arts
tically, the statue is commendablc, but
the thought struck me that the lesson
is Il bad one to inculcatc Time would
be saved, health promoted and moro
wisdom acquired il she would make a
business of c0mbing her hair and dress
ing herself, and then sit down and
make Il business of reading.
Rut hcrc Is Il little chm with whom
we must MI sympathize. He had Il
nice c,,p Of milk and through some
,p;schonno II was brokcu in hi. hands.
uostill holds fast TO one piece. the 9th.