The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-31
DESIGNED BY WHITING YANKEES.
A Studio Where Many Statues of Native
Americans Are Made.

Americans Are Made.
New York SUM-
In Canal street there is low, dingy
building with wide door, which IN
warm weather is always swung open.
The interior, as seen through the open
ing, suggests masquerade ball Fig
ures in all conceivable styles of gaudy
costume are crowded together some
ranged demurely along the wall, 9th
ers standing nose to nose and
Sinking in each others faces as
though talking in low tone and ma
liciously criticising their neighbors,
while occasionally there is seen stand
ing with dignity apart an imposing
swell, with his drapery wrapped males
tically about his shoulders. The variety
of costume among these people Is only
equaled by the variety of emotions
which seem to be inspiring them. Some
are in towering rage, with arms up
lifted threateningly, while others are
mischievous, or sedate, or clipper, but
the majority seem to be either cheer
fully or sadly idiotic. They fill nearly
all the standing space in the little room,
and even swarm out upon the sidewalk,
where people gather to stare at them
curiously from time to time.
Though nearly all these queer speci-
mems differ in complexion and costume,
they all had common origin in the
butt ends of ships masts, and their COM
mon mission in life is to stand in front
of shops and perpetually offer bogus
cigars to passing multitudes. A jolly
young gentleman was in an inner room
of this tobacco image menagerie, and
whistled softly as he with gentle touches
put perfect blaze of crimson bushes
upon the cheeks of young lady who
was brazingly flirting and smoking a
cigarette as she did it.
1.-THE image business in New York, "
he said, sis not what it was few years
ago, because we have lost old Daddy
Brooks. All, old Daddy was the boss
carver. and he taught al ont all the cary
ers we have here. That's why we call him
Daddy. He used to be down in West
Broadway somewhere. Now he is in Chi
cago, and he took lot of the boys out
with him-that is, he took three or four.
There never was over dozen carVers
here in New York at one time. There
are not over six here now. They are
all Yankees. The foreigners don't catch
on, somehow. but the Yankees take to
chopping out wooden images just as
they do to whiting a pine single.
''We go down to the ship-yards and
buy the butt ends of masts. Some are
six or seven feet long, and some moi
figures or little figures accordingly. Gu
of a seven-foot stick you can get $4(
figure. We take the stick out in tina
back room first, where We have dir
floor. Here we heW them into some
thing like a general outline. Then W,
hoist them upstairs, where we chil
them down until we get to the fin,
touches and sandpaper; then they com
down to me and l fix them out with
shining coat of colors on their woodeI
clothes, put them on rollers ant
trundle them out among the res
of the gang out there, where the
wait until they make a mash an
are carted away. l also take bat
tered and weather-s stained figures an
put on an ear here or nose there, @
paint blind eye into life again, ri
them out in a brand new suit of clothe:
and there they are. 1 get anywher
from $40 to $40 for the images-rarel
over $40. There are only two or tire
other shops, and We send images a
over the country.
''Oh, of course styles change, but tn
genuine old rowing redskin with ba
eye and an ugly looking tomahawk
his hand is the stand y-that is, in tt
majority of the eastern and midd
states. When you get way out We
there is quite run of just SUCK flas
Bowery girls as 1 am painting up he
now. Dudes had quite a go for Will
I have got fully twenty five dud
planted around in Brooklyn and Ne
York even now, though dudes are {
the wane, and Pucks, that were so pop
lar few years ago, are now so mu
dead wood on your hands. The Scotc
man has gone for good, guess, thouE
] hear he is still all the go over in En-
land. But the plain old war-who
savage of the plains is the only CHI
you can bank on as steadily tru'
worthy. Indian maidens do very we
but not SO well as the fine old gol
drinking warriors, with feathers al