Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-04
CAN0VA'S LION.


erature more iuterestin,. tban biayronI,,
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''''N "'n pu'le sure mat many OF our
readers must have felt with me the in
tense pleasure of coming unop n bool,
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"n'eu mas suddenly ana Unexpectedly re-
Ntalel tLe mystery OF some pictures
Wi i, we nave seen IN the shop vim
uoNs w our n9y Hoou such books are gen,
tIull! p'oEtAP,ts' remember several
P'clutes mat hAuhtrd me MS Il boy.
Nmons them Were ne Retreat From
MOSCOW, anu u Dung Canova Model
ihE ile lion
mere or under what circumstances |
saw thS lhtter connol recall, but |
nsNr sun III my mind the graceful inquire
OF the Doy manipulating the anatomy. of
non 9 picturesque person by his side,
hlHd OF plphih on table, stndry antique
soiN,,s,. Tpvn me u32ri and l remember
-, r,,, rl'Lrt t'lluiE he lLht me PIC
,,ure represented boy. who modelled II
, non anu was made King OF the sculp-
1Irs, ,.h'trNbody, OF COURSE knows all
pp'."t NHN9Na una MS Wolutous WORKS,
bul What SET out TO do was to amuse
i iil sg.. NHu NY readers win bit OF
biography which - just as tine rs any
thhg IN hrton. ! propose to make the
pri'leNt KIND OF story OUT OF Two true IN
c.uents IN me lite OF one OF the worlds
greatest arusts.
ii
lie was only three years old when
his father died. ilis 'noti Oh, ,porrinI
again. nnj la ,,1s inrt 20 i',WI'nvi Hus'i ~
grandmother JIn V.os J,,ica,o "a , n'a
will. dreamy cveg and n ,,t,,raI i'.,., NY
the beautiful "' 'o'' Va
His grandfather was tbe stonc,,os,D
Of the village. whose work Ind won fnr.
him Iocnl fnmc TTn res,I, 5,d , T0t No., top
boy should he bis snccc sg1,''eu 1 'iiat W.
end no bnd him tnt,+.St ir,,,,'ii ~" ~ ilIa
indeed ma n ncn "7'l M ut" us L1e 10y
while lie was siiIi nm Infant Th re ,. IauGs
mother and storej tt ,u'i it,io lhe EraHd-
ssrehgthened the body with TIE wutchfm
MY $500 ot loving nurse, The grandfather
some - ~ or pulH' pictured LIN at
no,,o,t u'u ~, Wy IN ms place adding or
nnulHnts 10 the village tombstones, dis
p."f Ihs ms CleNerhess upon new buildings,
I ,i,u oeehIsWlse maintaining the rcputa-
of ,l,iS I,,ij ,a"E.i I'M Whlch was the name
So, i I'm may
Du'h uIler h' mad begun 10 make fig
uIes OF men ami things on paper, tie
ii,,ssvNu 9lohenllson put q lump of clay
.ot"lc nliu ana showed him how sculp-
sgrS ihodeled-the instruction being crude.
,ylo SO', ,l, , put useful The grandfather,
LADS fancy into va" ,',. oiloTT'9ne, turned the
% =, ~ e eal,y age OF . the boy was able
, 70 neip nus grandfather in the shop. But
s,,r"I XIII ana grandmother to their
tinncI m ~ e Va fa- confess ihat the boy con-
tionate ali Ia rom h.ronE; lLe ahee-
rrnatest '1u uaine n9rturcd him with
softened ~ ~ ,uiu me village mason
the modelin r.'u ianors. Observing that
rave HIM OF MoWers. and animals
a or.v n;ni more delight than any other
emplovmcn, nv ,Gneourlgei him in this
hoy became " ap iis natural bent, and the
cially In tho mnd T. n'Iie expert, esne-
was only ~ iouellns or animals. He
to bring Nh, "nen nn incident. occurred
patron Of fba ar 70 inc notice of a noble
'"e ats
nv III
The noblemnn in this case had nal
ave near TIE cottage home az tbr yo,,',,.
mq9eler; He had a chef Who moi nnis
hridcd himself on lis cooling ny, only
ihe artistic arrangement az uu1 on
ny some accident or strange ovcrs ,
~ almost the last moment ~ thc s,s.'
, nis OF one Of the nobleman's great nV I ban-