The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-01-14
MONTANA'S SILVER STATUE
THE MODEL THEREFOR, 1T Is
SAID, WAS NOT REHAN.
A Minneapolis Woman Claims the
Work Of Artto Be a Reproduc-
ton Of Her Form, With the
Exception Of n
Head.
A Beauty.


Chicago. Jen. 10.-After all the talk
about the now famous Montana silver
statue, and when it was thoughtthat the
peerless Ada Rehan had triumphed over
her rivals who wished to pose as models
for the heroic figure, the theatrical world
is convulsed over startling disclosures.
Ada's classic proportions, her graceful
outline, fat, chubby hand and Limerick
contour will not be reproduced in silver.
Another equally as fair as "our Ada'
and whose form is lust too sweet Tor
anything" has knocked Miss Rehan's
claims into a cooked hat. Jealous &C
tresses will but be forced to pass harsh
criticisms upon the silver statue when
they view it, for aside from the head
and features, which are perfect repro
ductions of those of Miss Rehan, the pro-
portions were taken from the plump
and rounded body of pretty Exile DE
Lambert.
Il am really the woman who posed
six hours a day for several weeks while
Sculptor Parks and his assistants trans
ferred the proportions of my body to his
clay model" said she. Miss Rehan's
enthusiastic theatrical friends may rest
assured that only the fair Ada's head
measurements appear in the clay And
the pretty little woman glanced over
her small glasses as a trace of a smile
crept over her face. II don't want to be
mean, but MI. Parks has not treated
me right in telling his friends that the
measurements of the model were all
those of Miss Rehan. My home is in
| Nlnnnano1ic onI coro,o1 .~o~4I. r
learned that the sculptor wished a model.
My friends declared that / would make
a good poser, and just by way of an ex
pertinent l visited 1S43 Michigan avenue
TO offer myself to Sculptor Parks as a
model. That was in August. He said
mat he had had nearly 200 applicants
but that they had defects which made
the1n unnt to pose in the place of Ada Re-
han: Oddly enough he eyed me over and
engaged me at a good compensation to
pose. NOW, I'm in a position to say that
Ine tehan measurements about that
lark model were those of the head. My
ilttie hve foot + and a half inches OF
BODY and my outline furnished the form
for that statue. Minneapolis people gen.
orally like to be heard, and I'll just stand
out Tor my share of the honor in that sill.
HI STATUE 1fOlu montana. tOOr Mrs.
Beach will feel relieved when she dis.
covers that her rival, Ada Rehan, fur.
nished so little of the line measurement
OF that statue. 1t may be a source OF
delight for my Minneapolis friends te
think that a young woman from the State
OF Minnesota had actually outwitted the
Montana rivals, and even Ada Rehan
who the country thought had been immor
talized, so to speak, in the shining
precious metal. Ada doesn't know whal
Il rare treat she missed in not posing a<
her own model. No doubt she has bee,
forced to tell her friends just how trouble
some it was to stand on a pedestal. II
warm blooded, and the mere fact that
had to remain for hours without clothing
is frought with very few shivers." AnC
the plump little woman paused to ask
a few questions about the popular opinion
of Ada .Rehan's fitness to serve as &
model. Il think Ada is too 'beefy,' a:
they say, for a model. What I nave seel
of her arm is up to the standard, but
think her hips are entirely too broad
Funny thing about Ada. In her stag,
costumes she always takes good care t.
show as little of her arms and bust a.
possible"