The Russellville Democrat., 1893-11-09

l 6rearsa st4aks ef fs4se and < swset rsstre fep2se The lpznrigas hair. parsAd from the center of the elsau-ellt \ Brgv. and com bed l9N upou G. NNs in | ripping waves of glory over her iovely | snouldefs and pusaing besoat 0a which f rssts tas unsullisd faows ef maiden pari- ! tv. The dainty chin with just the sng- { gestioa of dinpls tae shel-hks esr nest- ' ling in its so1fusing tangls of ringlets, ! ths hsaltatul contour of the cheeks, like | the pstals Of hsif blown rose, and fhs 1 aiaDasteF neck, complete picture fhs Like i Of which Jeulptor has ssld0u produced. ! ThiE was ths creation Whieh tAe con. < fzrati7sly HEknoEu aEt3st placed before ! the world st the Csntsazial. It was seut tIsrosgh St Louis and Cincinnati, st l which Plasea # was received With great { praise by art critics. Among work were Henry Shaw, WaymHu ! Crow, and Jas. F. YaafmAu. The ultra arsigtic people, it must be oEns3, emtleissd ! tae work a an innovation, but otherH iss # l was received with greatest favor
 At Philadelphia aas was received with perfect ovation by the people. The art 1 judges doubted her ability to model such : beAuti .ul forms, and to eonvires them she took tbs butter that had been puUlieiy eaurned ia ths dairy bailding and iu the ] presence Of the entire national e8muis- sion and the board Of finance, lnodslsd a { beautiful head on the chzEn top The , doubteTs doubted no more and gave her a ! place in memorial hall, a much better 20 sition than ir the wgmsns pavilion, where t was Erst placed, and Whsrs ] it wac overwhelmed with the cr0wds ! h memorial hail tweuty-eight guards were required to keep l ths people in line who wished to see the wondsrfui creation iu the overwhelming ] beauty of it's glorious features of more than ] Grscian mold. The Dreaming I0lsuthe' thus became one Of the wonders of tbs l Centennial.
 Dom Pedro, emperor of Brazil, was a i frequent visitor, and he pronounced it the I greatest work of art at the exposition, which meant much, as he wss an art con- 1 noisssur of DO mean leapaeity. It may be mentioned here that whenever the emperor ! visited Florence, after our artist removal ] to that pivotal point of the art world, he ! always called at her studio and spoke iu the highest terms of her work.
 1 She did no work al the Centennial, ez- ] eept to modsl 8 hand for casting before the 1 judges in the dairy building, to show her 1 ability for doing gneh things.
 After her triumph al Philadel phia, | which, had she not been % wholly wrapped i up in her art, must have turned her head 1 she went 10 New York, Boston, and other ! Eastern cities where she gave public sxhi- 1 bitions of her work, and was everywhere l received with the warrnest evidences of appreciation. Among her patrons were i such men as WendaIl Phillips and Oliver s I-1f g~H- E~ tyrafv1auA 1 Of the times, who came daily and | watched her az her work
 I From the East she was invited to the in- 1 dugtrial exposition at Chicago, in 1877, | and to show the favor with which she was | received it is only necessary to state than 1 in siz weeks her receipts were sufficient to l dsfEay her expenses to Europe and for a ] long course of study there.
 1 Her next objective point wss DesMoines, wkere she gave public exhibitions of model l ing at the state fair. An amusing ] incident happened there which may be of 1 interest to my readers. The butter she ] used was tested by ths governor of the i state, and her exhibitions were given in q ! large hall iD the presence of thousands, i with a band to furnish music. Now it 1 happened that the platform on which this | band was stationed was connected with | her platform, but her models withstood all l ordinary shocks. The band struck up the l s'Marseiliaise,N a4d from the mass of but l ter before began te appear the face of the i first Napoleon. Then they began the Anvil l Chorus and Napoiean' stern features gave | place to the kindly ones of Washington ! But the ice box could resist no more, and 1 slowly the model began to settle, till the 1 shoulder appeared to have sustained a compound fraeture All the audience said l f4Oh h-hW but Mrs. Brooks caught the ! falling model in a piece of drapery, and i the damage waa quickly repaired. As the i figure was slipping down the manager of l the fair, who was sedate.aescon, stepped 10 the platform and said:
 ''Mrs. Brooks, thes audience would be | pleased to know the name of your sub 1 ject."
 She had never called her work anything 1 but a study, and 90 she told him. Then l the humor of the affair struck her and she l quickly added:
 ''This is the head of the coming man, and thus the gentleman solemnly informed
 the audience, which broke forth into noisy ! demonstration.
 From DesMoines she went to Washing
 ton, D. C., where she was received with
 great favor All the members of congress
 and the officials of the government visited her. Here in May, 1878, she modelled her full length 1 Iolanthe, which marked another triumph in her career, and was noticed widely in l the journals of New York and Washington. cannot refrain from making a short ex-
 tract from notice that appeared in The Washington Post. Said the writer: "Art circles in Washington have in the last few
 days been profoundly impressed with statue, the work of a comparatively un-
 known artist, whose wonderful beauty of
 conception and marvellous perfection of
 finish have awakened such enthusiasm and
 cOmmendation as are seldom accorded in
 this prosaic age t0 the efforts of genius.
 Art will bend low to place upon
 her browb the laurels of triumph than
 whicA no more complete and brilliant was
 ever won by child of genius'
 The theme chosen for the full length
 statue was the lovely prircess as she lay
 sleeping in the beautiful gardens of her
 father palace, just before Prince Tristan
 awakened her. The hgnre is reclining, and
 the rippling streams of golden hair fall in
 cascades of beauty over her heaving bosom,
 to which one dainty hand is pressed. The
 face is one of saintly purity and incOmPar-
 able beauty, ite tender lines and lofty ideal
 of its graceful curves being like the ex-
 pfession of some angelic being who had
 suffered the impress of her radiant coun.
 tsnanee Co be caught by the artist hand.
 Every detail was perfect, and every line
 line of beauty.
 HIN EUROPE
 The full-length Iolanthe was modelled in
 May, 1878, and in July it was taken to
 New York, en route to the Paris exposi
 ton. At New York she waited three weeks
 for @ ship that could carry ice. August
 23 they landed at Hayre, and from there
 the superintendent of the railroad gave her
 an entire car for the free transportation of
 the statue to Paris where it passed through
 the custom house simply as '110 pounds
 of butter" It was put on exhibition and