Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-08-31
Mrs. Brooks Very Much Alive
and Artistic.
IsabeIlas and Columbuses Fashioned
With a Wooden Paddle
ffoa Real Duttss-cAAt With The
Genius.

Florida building. On one side of the little
tied Queen Isabella in a Reverie," and at
first sight every visitor either stood in adj
miring silence or broke out In exclama-
tions Of astonishnent that such product
az butter could be made into such form
Of delicate beauty. On the other side
Mrs. Brooks, with little maple wood
paddle or knife in hand was moulding the
manly features of Columbus, and as she
worked she talked with all the enthusi-
asm of a yoang art student.
Now do tell the people am not dead,
though as high an authority as Harpers
has published news and art item to the
effect that the Centennial butter sculp-
tress died recently. o, no, am very
much alive" And truly she looks it, for
when one sees her fresh and youthful look
ing face and hears her soft, clear tones, it
is hard to believe that she was woman
and celebrated seventeen years ago. She
is native of Cincinnati and schoolmate
of General Goshorn of the Centennial. and
was first persuaded to attempt something
for public exhibition by Mrs. Lucy Webb
HAYES. She had been a nodeler in almost
every ma,aria, nsed for the n,rnose since
girlhood. but had not studied art, and
81 - 81 -. a.o.;.I T.a
''"''u 'u.'e 'no pe'' ,'''''' -'.' no
suit win MIS- hayes ehcoaraseineh''
was 1.-The Dreaming Iolanthe."
"And everybody liked it so much" con-
tinued the artist, naively, that Mrs.
HAYES said must 90 on, so made full
length Jo,antbe, which was taken Ia
D., g. ,,,,z;,;o,, ~ 1870 and was
-, :,
'ey Has"s pia."
sht lhis .oiuhious ra'her seio"-
much more so than that lsabeiiaF
80, if 1t weren't yellow, they'd say 1t
wasn't butter, and some folks think that
IsabeIla isn't but Won see I can change
tho dra,erv bv IA single s.roke of this
hnroh - s,ra,ys and I will wb;ten th;s
r,oI,,u,y,n, a H.,Ia .f,arI gst II 70 NV No.
49,. -.
.ioh' , w" 90 ~ 80 - =.
the many uiuereht '9pes "a .he .Hs'n ~
the Art palace and the one general type W
Christ, why 1t is very simple l think
there was an original picture or statue OF
Christ made at the time and SO the
artists have all along had Soou
general Idea OF how lie looked. y,
there must have been some representation
OF person who attracted SO much atten-
tion and, who, rs we are bound to believe,
was the very picture and Incarnation OF
nobleness and manly sweetness. " there
certainly was"
ut would be pity, ma am, 10 quote
history against 80 pleasant q Delek W
that"
you ought 10 go TO italy, wnere .here
there are thousands and thousands OF
images OF Christ, IN tine chufches, on the
roads and everywhere, anu you Will see
that although many OF them are very ruuo
and others eathefpeateh-why,l have
seen many that had moss on the horth
side OF them-yet among the pest there Is
general resemblance. NOW ABOUT .he
Virgin, there was no picture OF her' aho as
the painters wanted TO make her haho,
some young woman, each one painted
after woman OIL his own nation, anu 50 ~
went. You say that picture OF lae Dutch
virgin iooss rli'cuious " you, ouo r.,s .
wo.iul JoL -, 49,, - ~ .h;s
Jus' sout - ..a ..,,'Y ,.' - - >,
si',ii ai''ei iIS'n et'e r'si.ei Ca;,,,trs :.
Al. l,f+
hlial smtpu aoioss ''o ,;' ,si' 80 a.; III
vneIomt.n l W. I~ Iarar1i,,ad aIsohaIla asair
anu wnen ~, r,-,' ' M "tLaa,ista
SO" 49, 80 ~, t;,,,;,,t;ors ,,f race and
wa; suD ..;D ~ f1ahaiia ;s an,,,I,;ne, h,,t a
pas'aI ~. - 49,. I, T. siaa ,ia,v MIN
,..s .7pau''n "oi n,.a, ,ro,n5 for +, oo,n,non
~ ,e"ei on al - - @ - I,,s,i a,,d ia ~.
,u9 Sa,;.ata III, 80 4.
me - stns t,I u.' - au,I,. 5;,,,,,,a5
iiea.iy ~, 80, 80 ~. arivar ,rith a AT 81
anu vnS taps An .his as a,.sr,,
.nt,eiIn I' a.. - s.r;..1u oe,ra, Nth
~. 80 80" T. nIfa,,ad ,,ar,rai,s ~ IsabalIa.
h'a'oiy u 'le las,.;f,,I ~ sa axI,;s;,als
pus :. - - Srn,sr, H. a1nao;aIi,
.sa peaisnu ia - IL .n,,.b;naJ havo oror sean
g., a.l,,o TIL tools used NV Mrs Rrook a
are a common butter paddle, somewhat
sharpened. two or three hardwood point
.eheiy anu 81 ua, eu az sno 80. ~ '..aad
iuS "o1n' anu a..aaI -, ,,,ie,t. -,
spiAi'eiS VI
- -,
And since we are upon the suolec1 o'
high art and race limitations IN plcturingl
and other high and loity themes, IL mlen'
be well to asK-why olo no one ever pice
ure or carve piack anger oI wnlt, =,
deviif Maybe they 40 IN ohiha' out ~ al.
the literature OF III the Arsan ua'ion. =.
from the Puranas 10 faraalse LOST oiacA
lnvariaoiy the repfesehea.i'eo Vi e'n anu ,
',ao,l Tohn Runvan urobabIv never saw
2 b1aek man In his immortal alleQory al
tho s1nernal mowers are fair and shin
inc ones y ali the Internal ones are dark
and Madame Bubble. who is only tolerabli
had ia ..syortbv.u It is worth while to in
ouire if the prejudice against color is in
herent in the constitution of man. Thi
R;hle everywhere uses white as the sym
Dol of purity, and when the religious poet
yro,,ld describe the felicity of the redeemed
he saws they
AN ,,.h;..
a., Al r. lr,,'sri,,p. NJ, ,i,i,rv ,hau hso-p
=.
Arkansas, in the language of one Of thu
exhibitors, went cold nose on this fail
from the very start Of the hunt,
and If it had not been for some six OF
eight of us the old bluntheads would have
queered the whole derr ed shootin' match.
BY 'bIuntheads," regret to add, hi
meant some men rather distinguished In
the politics of the country. The state only
appropriated SIS, COO, and subscriptions ia
the amount Of COO more were hastily
secured. and with the total very hand.
some building has been erected and .
rhas,...,.
pre't! ia,s eAnio's ~. t..ts et.,ran,b - -
Gay YVES ehe 10 ene - ,o,ha rrr;hr,
ysrsa.y on net ''. ts,.;dao..,,v n hsp,,.
fier o.i'Oins M ,;ai;t;,n = as al, tbs staa.,,s
s ssrh.s;, "a tbsrs srcs,,5 for her space in tbe
= IA...,,or,, - r., Arts and HorticuI.
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