The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-02
Editorial Correspondence
WINNIE REAM.

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Editorial Correspondence
WINNIE REAM.
HOW "a Brave Little Woman LCarSeu
Fame from the Hard MarbIe-A
y isitto the studio OF the American
seulptOress -TOuching story OF
IIMorning GIory-kquestriRn statue
of Iee-Beautiiul Design for u
ModeI-Miss Ream's Political SYM
paihies.
WASHINGTON, ID. O., Oct. 20, III.
Preconceived ideas mad so distinctly
marked out the boundaries of woman's
sphere, that the country was sstonished'
few years age, by the announcement
that the government had awarded the
work on the Lincoln statue to woman
Here was a field of art in which the
Drawer genius OF man walked win
trembling steps, and it seemed impossl-
lille that the timid nature OF woman
would permit her aspirations TO soar IN
that direction. 1t must. have been q
brave heart and perfect inspiration O.
confidence in the strength OF her genius
that prompted Winnie Resm, the brave
little g,rl o the west, to suddenly brush
away the cobwebs of prejudice which the
centuries bad grown around her sex, and
commerce a work so novel and appar-
emily so far beyond and above the sphere
assigned to womsnhOOd. Music,
painting and literature were fields
in which woman could work and
excel, but the work Of the sculptor was
one hitherto consecIsted to man. But
Winnie Rsam has succeeded in demon
s.rating that woman can not only enter
the sculptor's field with confidence, but
that there her genius may ind a fuller
development than msn's. She has
acquired fame by chiselhng it with her
tiny hands from the hard marble. The
American public was tardy in awarding
her the fame she deserved; she was
derided in the beginning; the press ridi-
culed her, but nothing daunted she
struggled on until she had woven the
chaplet and with her own hands twlned
it upon her brow.
AN ARTISTS STUDIO.
Miss Ream's studio is on Pennsyl Iva: ia
avenue. about hall way between the Ma
tional Hotel and the Capitol. She re-
s des there with her aged mother, who
Is infirm in health, and whose being
seems to be wrapped up in that of her
d tighter.
Upon entering we were uShered. by
the colored servant who answered our
c al, into parlor tssteiully furnished and
with every evidence of culture and social
refinement abiding in the home OF the
artist. An open piano and q harp sug
gested the pleasant manner in which she
spent her leisure hours with her music
and books. Around the room were
standing beautiful ststusry, the work
O. her own hands, prominent among
which were the spirit of the
Carnival and "Ssppho." After
spending n few minutes IN making al
examination OF those beautiful works Of
art. the colUred man reappeared and con
due ed H. u what he called Miss Nlnnie's
big studio. Here we ound q mum Der OF
uncompieicd pieces upon which she had
been working at odd times. Here was
tue nslt-develOped statue OF Farragut, u
W Jrk recently awarded her by the Gov
ernmeut. 1t Was lar enough advanced TO
easily distinguish the .eatures OF the old
admiral. W. were lett alone tor u short
while, when the servant again made his
appearance and announced that Nj :
Resm would be glad to see Us
IN her little studio, where she
WAS At work. Then it occurred
to us that this WAS a little device to show
us the different departments OF her
studio, and one 80 adroit and pleasant
As only woman would have thought of.
Following the lead of our sable guide,
we entered the "litLle studio" where
Hiss Ream was ut work upon her model
for the equestrian statue of Lee. We
were cordlally received by the busy little
woman who seems pleased TO exhibit the
work of her skill.
WINNIE REAM
Is petite in figure, has large, black eyes,
winch laugh and dance IN her head, rs
in the spirit Of an enthusiast, she talks OF
sculoturlng. II IN artist desired to
create the ideal OF Genius, DO not know
where he could find q truer model than
that of the little brunette herself. as >he
stood before Us, IN her working suit, with
n veil .urban on her head, from which
struggled curls Of the dark hair enclosed
within, and those laughing eyes emitting
beams OF intelligence, as though shed
from the very soul OF genius.
Around her were those articles which
90 to make up the studio Of an artist. In
one corner stood the figure representing
"Phe West" which she said the news
papers made fun OF when exhibited ut
s.. Louis, but which took the prize med
al fer finest art work At the Fair, not
their ridicuIe. Just to the
lett was half finished
BUST OF CUSTER,
IL. H.. i-sL 49, shn hnh laft II whom she