The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 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 Reproduce
tton of Her Form, With the
Exception of the
Head.
A minnesota Beauty.


Chicago. J?n. 1O.-Aftcr all the talk
about the now famous Montana silver
statue. and when it was thnughtthat the
peerless Ada; Rehan had ,rulnplcd over
her rivals who wished to pose as mo,l"ls
Tor the heroic figure. the theatrical world
Is convul>rd over startling disclosures.
+Nal classic proportions, her graceful
Outline. fat. chubby hand and Limerick
contour Will not he reproduced in silver.
tNhotllrr equally as fair as "our Ada"
an" whose form is lust too sweet for
anything, has knocked, Miss Rehan's
claims into Il cooked hat Jealous ac-
tfrsSrS will but be forced to pass harsh
tti'itislns upon the silver statue when
'Ary view it, for aside from the head
ana features. which are perfect repro
auctions of those of Miss Rclan, the pro-
PORTIONS We're taken from the plump
ana rounded body of pretty Exic De
Lambert.
am really the woman who posed
SIN l"llrS day for several weeks while
sculptor Parks and his assistants TRIMS
iSrfed the proportions of my body to his
ca! model, said she Miss Rrhan's
enthusiastic theatrical friends nav rest
assured that only the fair Ada's head
measurements appear in the clay" And
.he pretty little woman glanced over
nor small glasses as Il trace of n s,nil,
errft over her face. III don't want 4, Nv,
mean. but MIR. Parks has not treated
me right in telling his friends thai thr
measurements of the model wcrn all
nose nose OF Miss Rchan. NV home is in
minneapolis, and several months nro +
.r''riicd that the sculptor wished n mu,l.l
WY friends declared that would mako
good poser. and just by way of an on
ieri'ileht visited 1913 Michigan nycnuc
10 olirr myself to Sculptor Parks ns a
ll'ouei. hat was in August. He said
.i'l lie had had nearly 200 ;pplir,nts .
n't That they had defects which m,1o
,Ai'"' uiiiii 10 pose i'll the place of ADJ, Rn
Ai'''' Nu'iiN enough he eyed me over and
."S"seu me at Il good compensation to
iose' lbs NOW, I'm in Il position To saw that
i,' m "i'l! ikrlGil measurements about thar
lark model We're those of the hr,I Niv
i.i'. '.' hNe loot Gre ;n, II half inches of
Eous ana my outline furnished the form
rrly m t,; L,. S'a,i", III IT, nMnnrappis people gem
out ior my share of the honor in that sill
yer statue from Montana. Poor Mrs
Beach will feel relieved when sl. dis.
covers that her rival, Ada Rchan, fur
li,Sllr'i SO little OF the line measurements
oi 'liat statue 1t may bc IL source of
delight for my Minneapolis friends to
llnEl; that young woman from the State
| "i "i Minnesota had actually outwttrd the
Montana rivals. and even Ada Kchan,
| VINO the country thought had been ilulnor-
tallz.d, so to speak, in the shining
precious metal Ada doesn't know what
i l';lr" treat she missed in not posing as
her own model. No doubt She has hrrn
forced L" tell her friends just how trouble
som" IL was TO stand on II pedestal. Fin
warm blo",rd, and the mere fact that i
had t" rrniain for hours without clothing
is irought with very few shivrrS.' And
the plump litttle woman paused to ask
Il few questions abont the popular opinion
of ADJ, ltehan's fitness to serve as II
model IL think Ada is too 'brrfy,' as
they say, for IL model. Whit | have seen
of her arm is up to the standard, but
think her hips are entirely too broad.
| Funny thing about Ada. In her stage
costumes she always takes good care to
| show as little of her arms and bust :is
| ljOSSihlp"