Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-26

show pisces for banquet tables IA ono OF the
most artistic variety.
~ very many corporation dinners II has
become somewhat the custom TO have n
large table ornament which will from H.
form or detail suggest tho particular sort
o. enterprise In which the promoters Of the
dinner anc Interested. a great many Of
these fancy piece. are constructed from
sugar paste and others from nougst, a
candy paste literally bcsprlnkled with
fragments Of nut kernels.
The amount Of labor put upon some 81
these art works might H. considered wasted
when you consider how pcrishable they
nrc, and tho artistic quality OF the work
gives an idea Of great expuiso. because you
naturally conclude that such excellent
handiwork must come high
A young Rrcnehman employed In one Of
our local restaurants IA n clever exponent
Of TIL, branch Of sugar architecture. aud
be Is kept busy nearly all the year round
for banquet purposes alone
Like most men who have achieved sue.
cess In the lines Of artistic manufacture,
this young artist, whose name Is Dunnie.
VILE was compelled 10 serve n long and
nrduous apprenticeship. Starting AZ the
age Of fourteen he worked ~ helper for
awell known German artist. whose crc..
tions In sugar md gum paste few years
ago were considered mArvuls Six years
ago the old gentleman retl red on his lau.
fcls. and his young assistant, by asslduous
study In the meantime In drawing aud
modelling classes, was able at tho early age
OF seventeen 10 take his Instructors place
According to Mr.. Dcnnieyille there Il
nothing In the figure or flower line that
cannot b reproduced Ia sugar by n clever
worker.
CAPABILITIES or PULLED SUGAR.
The best material for flowers aud Gre
alton. Of delicate outline Is what the artist
calls pulled" sugar To make clear white
pulled sugar ho molts down tho finest
brand OF loaf sugar, and mixing the mass
when just hardening with little clear
strip. he works II after the manner Of the
man we occasionally Zee pulling long strin.
OF soft candy In uptown confectionery
window
From this mass before IL gets cooled he
shapes his leaves and petals aud sticks
them together In natural flower form IA
he goes along. Where the flowers have
body color, vegetable colors arc mixed in
tbs boiling sugar. when the flower il ono
that needs but u tlngo Of eolor IL 10 put on
with brush.
One OF the most artistic creations In TIL.
line was made for exhibition nj a French
ball held Ia lisa Tho body Of the design
was made OF nougat, and represented
wheelharrow three feet long. Inside the
whcolbarrow was an artistic heap OF Gala
Iilies aud roses. Of natural size and perfect
form and color. These flowers. leaf, branch
ana blossom were made Of the best quality
OF pulled sugar.
A fuat.riat satI.d ,a...,..... t.t...- -
used for figure pieces. The paste I. made
OF gum trugcanth. marble dust and cora
starch. This product can be given a finish
20 near like that Of highly polished porce.
lain ~ TO deceive the average observer.
When Augustin DAILY hanuueted Henry
Irving In isss, no ordered five figures q
Mt Irving Ia ns many different costumes
THESE figures were each eighteen inches
high, aud they attracted a great deal Of at.
tentiun ON account Of their artistic fidelity
10 life.
AZ banquet given Mr.. Edwin Booth By
Mr. DAILY IN the year following, five figures
OF the tragedian were exhibited, uniform
In size with those " Mr.. Irving
WHAT GUN PASTE Can Do.
Two OF tho best examples OF figure group
work that have been produced IN sugar
were made for the chamber Of commerce |
banquet In ISIS.
These groups were made Of what iacalled |
gum paste This is combination OF pup,.
sugar and corn starch. Ia this material |
the sugar replaces the marble dust used In |
composition paste. The two pleces were |
% feet high each. The modelling was nor. |
ieei, and their preparation took about four \
weeks time. The groups were afterward |
secured Us trophies by individual members
OF the organization.
very large table piece made Of gum
paste was shown at the chamber Of com.
merco dinner on Nov. ~. 1859. This piece
was .k and half feet high. Its NAH, IN
ealleu Tor over thirteen thousand pieces Of
sugar paste aud the artist worked steadily
az u TOT Alh weeks. II cost the chamber Of
coumerce people about $500 This was
probably tho finest table piece ever sho,yn
at banquet In this city.
AZ the French cooks ball in 1883 two ~
the many interesting show piece. were rop.
ressntations Of picture frames with relic,
flowers ia the center One group was a
cluster o. wild roses and leaves. perfect IN
form and arrangement The second frnfne
Southlhed wild macs ot very natural
looking apple blossoms.
oil PAINTING ~ CANDY.
" might seem odd TINT amy ana .bo,t5
make candy structure IN use ns the hasIs
Ior m OIL painting hut this very thing was
uohe ior the sake OF novelty, aud the pleeo
was exhibited with other, al a lnrp, eath.
erhg OF hanquctora. The pigtnrn f,nr,o
MAS VA, three feet long and two f,e. hjyb
Ihis part Of the work was made yyith ,,r,n
paste anu ai1eFward glldsd. The ornnmen.
.a'Mhs were modelled In tho npproy,d
p,stu'e frame ..'}le. In tho orenlng tho
sai 1iss created lAndsaape OF sugar paste 10
Although This part Of the work mich,
nave p'en made In natural color a. go
son,ll,'ed that the design mich, be No.
N"llAto v painted In oils. I'M. ,.a,
.Neuth OF tAc sugar surface led h, IL.
~, pr't' tho real foundation Of IN, -
Ho 'u''. produced by tho cor,bi,a,,''
~ 'ofi nee anl the plnau show. tL. l+
maker 'No artistic candy
az, p,,ee called the 1.-TWO Kpleher,,o.,
wpns"nts the old and ,,.,, 80,
~ lefs dress The old tir,eV
inrth., H. nN'Nn Ia m attitude suggest.
and h g.,,i, ~ Just taken a pinch Of snuir
besld, st.tIh ,ehHy 70 snecte. lie stands
his rlrh, le'Hlng upon a cane held in
booze haAd' The modern Kniol.r.
HeEs,,i hos quite NO graceful In form
and nj. .,,i. "a q dress snlt and high hnt
man ra,i i'lo Whhken suggest the En,l,."'
Herald 'HAh The American. New York