Omaha daily bee., 1885-03-06
MARY LOVE.
\ Fashionable Young sculptor wooes
b tho Sctrcss White Carving Her
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New York journal.

New York journal.
Miss Mary Anderson, the celtb,a'e
American actress, after being engaged G.,
%paper) to the Duke of Pos,laud, Cane
Farrsr. James Gordon Bennett, Lor,
GArmoyle, the Archbishop of Canterbut,
and Mr.. nenry Il. Abbey, Is now said t
have actually centred her affection upoi
a young sculptor of London named Rene
He, IL seems, was some time ago com
mlssioued by Mr.. Abbey to make a life
size, f%ull-lepgth statue of the charming
actress, TO be placed in the Royal Acad
envy and subsequently in the lobby of The
Lyceum theatre. Mr.. Abbey was led t
choose him from an ideal bust which hi
made of Misl Ellen Terry, and which
gave such q susve and beautiful contoui
to the head of that lady that Mr.. Abbey
dubbed him tho woman's sculptor pal
excellence. Miss Anderson thin made
inquiries and much admired some of the
works of his which she was shown,
Then MIR. Abbey determined to make
the actress a present of the statue of her.
self on the sole condition that she should
consent to sit for 1t. The position chosen
was to represent Miss Anderson in the
costume of Galstea as che first awakes to
life.
This was chosen as the most appro.
pirate and striking of all her impersona-
tions and the most likely to bs made an
effective statue.
The work was begun about six months
ago, and Miss Anderson tool q great In
terest In it from the very start. On sew
ersl occasions she dismissed rshearsals to
attend her sesnce as o model, and very
soon the work seemed to absorb her
| whole attention. She grew enthusiastic
over it and gradually came 10 prolong the
| stttings from enc hour to two, three and
four.
The statue was the cor slant subject of
her conversation, and from that 1t very
often passed to the young sculptor, OF
whom che spoke with great fervency and
admiration. This was remarked by
the watchful eye of DR.. Hamil-
ton Griffin, the step-father of the
actress, who Immediately requested
to accompany Miss Andersen on her
daily excuraions to the studio of Mr..
Rene. But this apparent surveillance
soon worried Miss Anderson, who mott
fed the doctor that his espionage was an
noyipg and requested him to remain away
and attend to mis- business affairs.
Then Mrs. Griffin, the mother of Miss
Anderson, took q hand in and appeared
suddenly to take the most lively interest
in the matter of the statue. But the
old lady's criticism and remarks about
the work were naturally rather ludicrous
and brought soms confusion to Miss An
derson's family pride. At any 1ate she
made this the ground of requesting her
mother to absent herself more frequently
from the slttings.
Though the work dragged on In dura.
ton Miss Anderson did not appear to
weary of. She took the most liv ely in
tereat In the smallest details, and even
spent some of her time In taking lessons
in modelling from the handsome Mr..
Rene. He is said TO be a very Adonis,
with long, flowing blond locks that fall
over his shoulders, a slight form, delicate,
intellectual features, small hand and q
large, liquid blue eye.
He Is not mora than twenty-six years
of sge, and a slight mustache completes
the picture of q young fellow who, half
from his talents and half from his ! .oks,
has suddenly grown fashionable. That
is the portrait, at any rate, that Is made
of him by a lady who has accompanied
Miss Anderson on several of her excur-
sions to his studio. he, too, has shown
an excessive interest In the work he Ia
performing for Miss Andersen. Urgent
work, which should long ago have been
finished, has been pushed aside, while he
labored assiduously and long over the
statue of the beautiful American actress
Thus INT has grown to the point of
asserting positively that Miss Anderson
has at length allowed her heart to be
taken captive, and that the offer OF
the young sculptor's hand has been ac,
copied. Dr.. Griffin and Mrs. Griffin
have, at any rate, demanded explana'
lions on the subject, and Miss Anderson
has refused to give them, remarkine
that her heart and her hand are her OWE
to bestow whenever and wherever she
sees fit.
The gossips in the London clubs pre-
dict that at any moment the formal an
nouncement of the engagement of Mis-
Anderson to the young sculptor Rene II
likely to be made. He himself, pre-
serves a discreet silence, which not ever
his most intimate friends have beer
able to pierce through. But one thing i
conceded, that a hsndsomer, more charm
ing couple could not be found the worlC
over.