St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-15
Her Likeness Appears in FlOrld Pic
ture as Scantily Draped
Philistine.
Whereat the Social World is HOrrified
and the Lady Herself is All
Torn Up"
The New St Louis Police Commissioners Pre-
pairing to Make War on the Chief-Ol
Inspectors Difficulties.
Grand Opera Not Appreciated at So a Seat
Assault on an EditOr-A
New Panorama
Correspondence Of the Globe.

is a very thorough type of brunette be auty,
with wonderful dark eyes, food of black
hair, and form apparently fully up to the
high degree of physical womanhood indi-
Gated by her face.
Mr.. John Fry is st. Louis artist who
has done well in France. and has returned
TO his old home here, where he is one ot
our leading local artistic lights. Mr.. Fry
some time since conceived the idea OF
painting great picture for the Paris Salon
of 1855. and everybody who takes any in
terest in art in st. Louis, was on tip-toe to
see the result Of his work. 1t was exhibited
TO us this week. The Hebrew
Hercules, Samson, is shown Juggling at the
wheel of the Pnilistines, while the women
Of that nation, represented by committee
of four, stand in a corner Of the picture
ieering at the toler. "How very like that
standing woman is to Miss Laura Browning"
said one critic. sit is a portrait of her, ="
said another, and very shortly everybody in
town knew that Miss Browning's portrait
appeared in the Samson. Imagine
4 BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN
clad in the fiue fashion of Philistia, which, l
blush to say. consisted of a skirt and nothin z
else. Imagine this skirt cleft at the side so
that a finely moulded limb peered through,
exhibiting from knee to sole symmetry
which easily excused the disclosure. Imagine
everything YOU please about the rest OF the
picture and you will net be far wrong. 1t is
what the artists call semi-nude. the per-
ceutage of clothes to lady is not quite fifty.
| called on Miss Browning and told her
that The readers of the GLOBE would like to
know something of her experiences as a
model. "Ips outrageous" she said. Il
have been treated horribly"
''Still the likeness is excellent and
the picture one of rare beauty. | Think"
continued diplomaticaly, THAT the women
Of PhIlistia must have been very charming.
'-Oh. have seen the picture, and if Mr..
Fry had kept his promise [ shouldn't have
cared. but as tits, have been rendered al
most crazy by the affair"
''Hcw did it all happen!'
ssWel, YOU know, didn't pose for the
for the-well, you know. didn't pose for
ANYTHING but tne head Mr.. Fry showed me
a sketch of the body, which | supposed would
only show
ONE UXDRAPED SHOULDER AND ARM.
let him have photograph of my face, and
now nobody will ever b,Iiev. that | didn't
let him paint me Just as that horrible picture
presents me.'
tine picture then is made of your face
and some models fOrm!"
"Wnv, Of course it is. How could it be
otherwise. Do you imagine for moment
WHY pursue the interview! There is q
very unhappy, as well as a very beautiful
little lady in this city who has been very in
discreet. would not pay her such poor
compliment as to imagine that it was not al
hers.
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Trouble is predicted in police circles. A
new board of commissioners has been
lately appointed, and one of the members
has declared war on the chief of police. Pri'
vate detectives have been employed, and &
case is being made against the chief with
much care and work / do not believe tina
the case will amount to much-although it i:
said that there are thirty gambling houses
open in the city-because Mr.. HArrlgdn j:
supported by the very best element in st. Louis
and il Is commonly believed that there is no
a thief OF any prominence in the city so eff
fcctive has tue policing been. There maj
be other causes than this, however We haC
a gang of safe blowers at work here few
m Inths AGO, who broke some thirty safe:
turing their engagement. / saw a caleula
ton at police headquarters yesterday that the
amount realized from these burglaries was
IL
average of IS. sc in each safe, and allowing
that there were three men in the gang, i
will easily be- seen that there are other things
than effective policing which will discourage
theft.
4sz
The trouble in the coal oil inspector
Office, Of which wrote you last week, is no
entirely over Your readers will remembe
| that it was said Coal Oil Inspector Mem
| tire had been engaged with b. L. Da
/ NEWPORT in the business OF getting pardon
| for fc!nns for money. Since ms last letie
| Mr. Davenport has declared war on Mr.. C
| VI Napton, and il was generally believed
that 4 duel was on the tapis. NaptOu ha
| declined 10 fight, and now some OF hi
| friends, / am tod, mean TO call Davenport
1 out IL opportunity offers. The suit for Grim
! inal liocl Instituted by DIR. Lutz, Mr.. Mem
/ tires friend, against Mr.. Moore, the mauag
/ Ing editor Of the Post-Dspatch, has beer
/ supplemented by civil libel suit Tor $1,000
/ damages against the paper. This sui
/ Is not based on the allegation of pardon
breaking. however, but refers 10 an Garlic
| part OF tue tght.
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The other evening paper, the Chronicle
! has also received a little advertising lately
/ II published very dolorous story OF the woe
| Of u Ridow named Pennyypacker whose al
/ fectiuns had been trihed with, as alleged. b
/ Mr.. ". II. Swift. VINO lately married 4 yer
charming lady. Miss Josie Verdin. Tn
story attracted a great deal Of attention, Ow
/ lug 20 the standing of Mr.. Swift, and espcci
/ ais Of Miss Nerdin, and among other
4 whose attention was attracted was MIR. Ros
well Swift, the son Of the bridegroom. II
armed himself with what the Chronicle de
/ scribrs as an indecent aud beastly weapon,
and assaulted the editor. There was fire.
| fight terminating in drawn battle. Y0un
Swift was arrested and E iitUr Little sat dow
aud composed a fervid account of tue attemp
10 asSsssinate him. In the mean time ever,
man. woman and child in ane city Of 81
Louis is fairly aching with anxiety to fin
out what in the nstion it was that Mr.. Li;tl
was lit with.
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Mr.. CLas. L. Hunt. known 10 many res
ders Of the GLORE. a. it was his coustan
custom to summer in Minnesota. was burie,
to dav. he leaves an estate valued at over
million of dollars.
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To-day the footiugs for a s45, 600 art ga
lery were PLAYED al the intersection OF Thir
teenth street and Washington avenue.
I few days ago representatives OF tie Glob
Panorama company, Chicago corporation
arrived IN the city, and within foriy-eigf
hours had designed, signed contracts an
began excavations for the gallery. Vine
7 com pieted it viii b. a tEeBty-fOur face
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