Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-11-13
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He would then eat light break,
ffaastt Of maize, get married, and taxi
ing his GROSS gun on his shoulder So
ont and shoot q oanyasbaoS muskSa
for his luncheon. Columbus, as he
will appeas at the Eden Musee, has
q dark but pleasant face and pleasant
5Whiskerss took his head my
hand and looked into his steady,
gentle eyes. Also into his vacant
head.
The head and face3of the figures
are made first in clay, as 4 sculptor
would do it. It is fun. / made one.
IT was pleasing, but the man It re-
sembled I never met. He was a
stranger to me When the clay is
sufficiently hard to use for that pur-
pose q plaster mold is made from it,
i'll sections, Of course, 81, that it may
be easily removed; then tho melted
Hesh-colored wax is poured in until
it has attained a thickness Of from
an eighth to a quarter Of an inch,
and then it is allowed to harden.
After sufficient time for this the bust
is removed and numbered and DATA
logued, 50 that it may be again called
into use years hence if anything
should occur to bring up this figure
to the public notice. The Worlds
Fair now,iof course, at once attracts
attention to- Columbus and his group
Of rocky pie biters from Spain.
Here we Q them in all their wanton
wilderness and freedom. Columbus
had not got his clothes on yet when
l saw him. He has a good figure,
though, and q nice pink torso. He
was Sc yearsEof age at the time he
had this torso taken, | believe.
The bodies of the entire Columbus
group had been made, and with cheap
ribbed underwear OH them they stood
in a little convention at one end of
the room. Some were kneeling,
some We're standing and some were
in other attitudes that would have
looked heroic if the drapery had
been a little more extensive. The
bodies and limbs are made as fol-
lows: First they are modelled in clay
in the position exactly that tboy are
TO assume when completed. lnen
the mold is made from this and then
the wax is put in first, followed by a
heavy coarse cloth, three thisknestssess
OF which are used to give strength
and firmness of character to the sub
ject.
A lady was engaged in dressing
the figure of Columbus. She at
tends to the costuming of all the
wax, people. She was just putting a
wad Of excelsior into his bosom as I
entered. Another young lady has
the somewhat monotonous Job Of
putting on the hair and whiskers,
one at q time. Many think that the
wax works wear wigs, but this is not
true. Each hair is put into the wax
by means of a little steel jabber, and
the wax pressed down again to hold
it. 1t takes three days to put the
hair on a man like Liszt or Ole Bull.
In getting up a figure of Col. Inger-
soil, of course, one day would be
ample. In the Columbus group there
is one sailor who has not shaved for
a week. This,is effected by putting
the beard in full, and then clipping.
it to the proper length. He looks
quite lifc-like, and his irregular teeth
which, with his sandy, stubby beard,
give his a regular sea dog look.
Ferdinand will be represented also.
I saw his bust in beeswax. He was
rather a plain man with a look of
anxiety which I attributed to a feel
ing of uncertainty about the time
when his new clothes would reach
him from Grand street. Ferdinand
rescued himself from oblivion by
giving his hand III marriage to Isa-
bella of CASTLE, on the 18th of Octo-
Der, 1469. Five years later, Ferdi-
nand was proclaimed king on the
death of Henry Nv, who was Isa-
brother. 1t is said that her
folks opposed the marriage on the
ground that FcrG. could net give the
necessary bonds even if lie got the
Office of king; bnt he did, and gave
good satisfaction.
In 1902 Ferdinand drove all the
Jews out of his dominion because
they would not advertise ina paper
with which he was connected. 1t
was in this same year that Isabella
fitted out two or three ships neces-
sary for Columbus to go in and dis.
cover America, and when he returned
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