Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-01-02
YANKEES.
4 Studio where Many statues Of Natiy
Amnrlcans Arc NIlhe.

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4 studio where Many statues OF Native
Americans Are MADE
In Canal street, between the boWery
and Broadway, there is a low, dngy
| buildinc with = wide door, which in
warm weather is ALWAYS swunr men
Tss ;u.,,;,, A. soon tbrorrb his
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opening suggests " o'i'.
figUre> IN all coneelNaoIe styles OF
! yaudv costume are crowded together
/ some RANGED demureN along the wall,
o,h,rs s,,o5inc nose to most and smir6-
IL. f.o,s a. horcb
ny !" e"N" o'',' -
iS'Nlhg III 4 1o" 'o"t anu n'',V'o"N'S
criticising their nelghoors' while occa-
slonally there is seen standing with
| DIGNITY apart an imposing swell. with
| his drsnery wrapped maie>tically about
! his shoulders. Peeping around him at
a .imDprinc dude. with hat ON the back
! Of the head and hand up at the little
downv yellow moustache. may be seen
a wickrdlv rooui>h Young lady, with
nttorly unuermi>Sible bangs, alarming
a,,,as,r5 ~ milo and alfred in raj
mtnt whereof the astounding variety
Of brilliant colors would, by compare
son Nave made Joseph's gorgeous at
,ira 1n;ta a somber Garment The VA
- ~ costume sm6ng these peonle is
an1y a,rolleI hy the variety of emo
t;or. wbirb seem IN he insnirino them
sue are in a towering race. with
rms unified tb~reatcninGIy. while 9TH
ors arc miscbieyops ~ seiate. or chin.
,,ar Int The majority seem to be either
c5aerf,nv ar sadly idiotic, They fiji
y~aarly aji the standino snace in the lit
Re room, and ven swarm ont D o the
Sidewalk. whore people Gather 10 stare
at ,bam cnrionlv from time 70 time.
Tbonrh nearly all these oncer speci.
mons aiffrr in COMPLEXION and costume.
tbov aIl had \ common ORIGIN in the
Lrtt onds of shins' rasts and their
common mission in life i TO stand in
front of sbons and perpetually offer
hocns cicars 70 nassino multituies. A
iojIv voTng Gentleman was in an inner
rnom Of III, tobacco IMAGE menageric.
md wbistIed softly as he with Gentle
touches put a perfect blaze of crimson
bushes upon the cheeks of a Young
lady who was brazpnly flirting and
smoking a cigarette As She did it,
The image business in New York.
he said. lis not quite what it was a few
wears ago, because we have lost old
Daddy Brooks. All. old Daddy was
the boss carver. and he taught about
all the carver, we have here. That
why We call him Daddy. He used to
hc down in West Broadway somewhere.
Now he i, in Chicago. and he took a
lot Of the bows out with him-that is,
he took three or four. There never
was over A dozen caryers here in New
York at one time. There are not over
six here now. They are all Yankees.
The foreigners don't catch on, some.
how. but the Yankees take TO choppine
out wooden images lust as they do ia
whiting a pine Single.
We 90 down to the ship wards and
buy the butt ends of masts. Some are
,iN or seven feet long. and some not
over two or three. and We make bic
figure, or little figures accordingly
Out Of a seven foot stick You can gct :
GOOD forty dollar figure. We take the
stick out in that back room first, where
we have A dirt floor. Here we hev
them into something like A GENERA.
outline. Then we hoist them upstairs
where we chin them down until we ce,
to the fine touchc, and sand paper
thpr thoy come down fo me and f>
on their wooden clothes, put them o.
the rest Ot the gang ont there, WheT,
thov wait until they make n mash anc