The Newtown bee., 1890-10-24
Rosa Bonheur; How girl succeeded.

In a simple home in Paris, some 90 years ago, lived Mir Bonheur and his poor family. Hewas man of talent in paint ing, but he was obliged to spend his time in giving drawing lessons.
 His wife gave piano lessons, going from house to house all day long and some times sewing all night. All this was to support the family, for they had four lit tie mouths beside their own to feed. There were August and Isadore and Juli- ette and lastly, the one I am going to tell you about, Rosa.
 Her mother, tired with hard work, died when Rosa was about eight years old. The children were placed in the care of q good woman, who sent them to school, but Rosa didn't like to be shut up in d school room, and spent most of the time playing in the woods, gathering daisies and marigolds.
 So her father thought if she did not love school, she must learn something useful and tried to have her taught sew ing, but she couldn't learn this and be-
  she had to be taken away. Finally, she was left to herself for awhile and she hung about her fathers studio, copying whatever she saw him do. Then he suddenly awoke to the fact that his little girl had great talent. He began to teach her carefully in drawing At this, she studied and worked with all her might.
 One day she happened to paint the pie tuer of goat. She found so much plea sure in the work that she made up her I mind to paint animals, only. 1 She had no money to buy or hire mod els, so she had to take long walks in the country, working all day in the open air. She loved animals and it pained her I to see them killed, but she must learn how to paint their suffering on canvas and so she went to the slaughter pens o1 Paris, and sat on bundle of hay with her colors about her, drawing and paint ing, while the butchers gathered around to look at her pictures. I At home where the family had all nov ed together again on the roof of the honse Rosa made little flower garden, ant 1 kept q sheep there for model. Very I soon, Rosa's brother would carry the sheep on his back down six flights o1 stairs and, after letting it graze on tht grass outside, would bring it back to its I garden home on the roof. ] At 19 years of age, Rosa sent two pic lures to the fine art exhibition. The crit ics spoke kindly of these and encourag ed her to keep on painting. I At 27 her splendid picture, ssCanta Oxen,n took the gold medal and wal I purchased by the English government Her own government presented her witt a silver vase.
 Her father shared the success of hi; daughter. He was at once made the dir ector of the government school of desigI for girls.
 Orders for work now poured in upor l her, more than she could do. Four years later, after long months of study, sht painted ssHorse Fair.' This was great Fly admired, both in England and Amer ica. It was sold first to an EnglishmaI l for $s0O0, and was finally bought by tht I late A. T. Stewart of New York, for his famous collection.
 One day, after she had become famous the empress of France called upon hel and, coming into the studio without ] warning, found her at work. She arose to receive the empress, who threw hel arms about Rosa's neck and kissed her After short call, the visitor went away | but not until after she had gone did Ros; discover that, as the empress had givel the kiss, she had pinned uqon the artist blouse the cross of the Legion of Honor This was the highest honor that the enl Il press could bestoW. Home and Schoo Visitor.
 Boys will be boys''? Yes! ii boys may D
 Models for men;
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 tulness sure
 Say it againl
 If boys will be boys such as boys ought to be- Boys full ofsweet minded, light hearted glee- Let boys be boys, brave, loving and free,
 Till they are men!
 
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