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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26

and the dissemination of art education,
and man is beginning to realize that
woman is more than likely to supersede
him.
Mrs. Katherine Upper Prescott, of
Boston. is woman in the foremost
ranks of art, and in her particular line
stands almost alone. Her school is par
TALLY Of her own creation, and her in
dividuality is prominent. In an inter-
7iew she said:
Too many artists. especially women,
study continually under teacher, too
iImid to start out and try their own
wings, and so their work grows to be
rchoes and reproductions of the master
lnder whom they studied, and their
own ideas are merged into those of
o.hers."
And so it is with many women artists
whom l can recall. and none more forci-
bly, than the work of Marie Bashkirt-
t-etf, which saw in Paris. Strong and
vigorous as a mans in its touch. and
marvellous in its breadth for so young a
woman, yeti was more impressed with
the touch Of the master-Bastian Le-
page-than with any individuality of
the artist.
Not so, however, with Mrs Prescott,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26

most popular ideal subjects is her "Oid
and New Year" 1t is the face and head
OF beautiful child. with wind.toSSed
curls, the face buoyant and beaming
with the hope of new life and eagerness
for the future, while beyond, dmly
seen. as though slowly and gradually
receding from view, is the bent and fur
rowed c0untenance of ali aged man,
with flowing beard and scanty locks.
lhiS at once tells its own story most
torclbly of joy to the New Year, Peace
TO the Old"
Mrs. PrescOtt's method of work is
most interesting to one like myself,
unlnitIated. She seldom now makes a
model in clay, but uses new compost
ton known as modelling wax. 1t has
many advantages over the clay, as the
latter muSt~be kept constantly damp,
and II the work is left unfinished IL
must be carefully moistened and gently
covered with wet cloths, 10 prevent the
clay from drying and cracking. In
working with the wax, The artist may
leave II at any lime, and for any length
OF time. and it is always in perfect con-
dtti0n for work.
When the model is completed it is
carefully laid down and a sort of barri
cade of clay is built around it. When
bhiS q liliCh VI
plaster of paris and water is poured
slowly over the model TO avoid any air
bubbles which would ruin the east, and
the mixture is poured in until il is even
with the top of the 'barricade." IL is
then left until it has thoroughly hard
ened. the time of which varies according
TO the size of the model. l hen the
plaster cast is gently separated from the
model, and its perfect impression is
found in the plaster intaglio. which
forms the cast from which the baS-relef
will be taken.
Mrs. rrescOtt's most artistic results
are obtained in these bas.reliefS, for the
lower The relief is made the more diff
cult and more effective in its roundness
and perfection of form. The process of
making an intaglio follows the bas-
relief, and the same artistic. effects of
light and form are shown up, but in
reversed order.
For these attainments in her art is
Mrs. Prescott placed i'll the foremost
rank by artists and critics. She is
woman beneticent to her sex. and she
has opened up an avenue from the field
OF woman's work which those vino
choose TO follow will find leveled and
cleared from the brambleS of expert
mental labor. ELLA STARR.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
MERRIAM PARK.

Miss Laura Chandler gave a lawn
party at her home Tuesday evening.
Those present, were. Misses Minnie
AdamsUn, Blanche and Maud GuheI.
Grace Matthews, Mamie Pitts, Ruth
Fink, Litta Zahn. Bessie Gibson. Mabel
Woods, Clara kuhIes. Bessie and Lucy
Perry, Min"'e Olson. Ervilla Hostetter.
Messrs Is. Fargo, Clever Irving,
Henry Jasmar. Willis Ray. Paul,
Brooks, Elmer Larson. Willie Barney,
Bell Rogers. Harry Neill.
s Miss EulaIi Douglass and Miss Cad
die Frick will give card party at the
home OF Miss Frick Monday evening.
Mrs. a. S. Choal and Mrs. Z. L..
Leaver. OF Shelton. Conn. are guests
OF their nephew, w. S. Fargo.
Misses Daisy and Josie Bell enter
tanned the Troubadours of the Park
tuesday evening.
Mrs. H. e. Hunter will give a must
Gale at the home of Mrs. Danforth next
Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. Severns and Mr..
and Mrs. ". L. Curtiss spend the week
at White Bear.
Mrs. George E. Williamson gave a
charming morning reception Thursday.
Mrs. E. II. Milham ard daughter
Mabel spent the week in 9araboo. Wis.
Misses Mollie and Edith Chamberlain
have been the guests Of d. l.. Brooks.
Mrs. &. A. Magnusson entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayden, of Chicago.
Miss Marion Searies will entertain
the Kings Daughters Monday.
The kOotenai club gave a party at
Woodruff hall Friday evening.
Rev. W. c. Covert is at the National
park for the summer vacation.
Miss Kate Bell. of Hastings, is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. A. b. Bell.
Mrs. George Il. Smith. of Hastings,
was Park visitor Thursday.
Miss Madge league, of Detroit City,
is visiting Mrs. NJ. L. Mason.
Miss Singleton and Miss Lillian Par
sons are visiting in Atwater.
Mrs. E. A. Currie is entertaining Hon
Neil Currie. of Currie Mimi.
Mrs. f. A. Mcfarland is entertaining
her sister, Miss May Ward.
Ed Houghton and a. l.. Woolsey are
visiting i'll FaribauIt.
Mark Magnuson is spending two
weeks in Willmar.
E. H. Murray has returned from his
farm at Madelia.
Mrs. W. L. Matson has returned from
Detroit city.
Miss Caddie Christie is visiting in
Duluth.
l.. Valentine is IN Rushford.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
ST ANTHONY PARK,

At recent meeting of the W. C. T.
U. the following delegates were elected
to attend the district w. G. T. U. con-
yention: MesdameS Flagg. Hemenway,
KuslereI, Whitcomb and Stewart.
MIR. and Mrs. W. L. Angel entertained
their friends FRIDAY evening in honor
of Mr.. Angell's sister, Miss Margaret
Angel, Of Winnipeg.
The Misses Bernice Cannon, Leta
Blake and Daisy Chase spent the first
part of the week at Lake Minnetonka :.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce aud Miss Nc
Cannon have returned from two-
weeks outing at Poplar Lake.
Miss Mcdonald. of Des Moines, will
spend the winter with Mrs. Held, of
Raymond avenue.
Mrs. S. E. Brace is entertaining Miss
Fannie Bronson, of Sharon, Wis.
DR.. Cannon has returned from
weeks visit at Albert Lea.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26

it was once the custom to reward and
promote cOnjugal felicity by giving a
fCch of bacon TO the couple who, after
year Of matrimonial experience, could
swear that they had not once regretted
entering the estate commended of ST..
Paul to be honorable. 1t appears that
even the piouSss prior of Dumnow, who
instituted the custom hundreds of years
ago, had certain modern. sceptical no.
tons about the success of marriage
Apparently he was of the opinion that
there would seldom be many claimants
for the prize.
The number of candidates who filled
the conditions have not been many IN
the whole history of Dumnow, and the
presentations of the fitch of bacon have
been few and far between. But this
year Dumnow revived the custom, and
tTO couples received the award due to
those WHO marry and do not regret it,
Aug. 6. One was Dublin magistrate
and his wife and the other a railroad
servant and his wife. from HEREFORD
shire. The jury was composed OF
SIX maidens and six young bachelors,
and after the trial an operate cantata,
''1e Dumnow Fitch" was performed.
The oath which the winners of the
fitch have to take is enough to deter
many from proclaimipg their married
happiness to the world. After the trial,
which takes the form of questions and
answers in the presence OF the assem-
Dled multitude, the oath is administered
70 the happy pair while they kueel upon
two hard, pointed rocks.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
A BIG DRESS ORDER.
1t Was instieated by a Woman
Fierce jealousy.

1t Was instigated by a Woman's
Fierce Jealousy.
"Women play odd tricks on one an
other sometimes" said a smart Amer
lean woman the other day, "but the
queerest lever heard of was perpetrated
by one social leader i'll Western city
upon another. They were rivals, and
hated each other accordingly, though
, outwardly they preserved the semblance
of pleasant relations. Every chance
that either got to give dig at the other
was eagerly seized.
But the final and most effective
stroke, after which no calls were eX-
changed, was delivered by Mrs. L..
She sent out cards for grand enter
tainment and then took pains to find
out what Mrs. F., her competitor. was
going 10 wear. A GORGEOUS pink bro
caded satin was the material of Mrs.
F-'S gown. it was ascertained.
accordingly, Mrs. l., whose hus-
band was in the dry goods business, OBJ
tanned several hundred yards of the
same Identical stuff and draped the
walls OF all the rooms on the 10 yer floor
of her house with it. You may imagine
the feeling of Mrs. F., Oh arriving in
her superb new frock, which she ex-
pected to make sensation. Naturally.
she ordered her carriage and drove
AWAY in Tears ,,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
MRS. PRESCOTT AT WORK IN HER STUDIO.

whose talent has developed remark
ably i'll very few years, and
who devotes her time in working
9ut her own ideas, which are
most novel and original. Her art is
her birthright. for she evidenced a taste
for sculpture as child, when she used
10 model all sorts Of fanciful ideas in
dough, but not until after the death of
her husband several years ago did she
undertake TO do serious work. She be-
gau with a bas-relief of her father,
which was remarkable as a likeness,
and then followed an intayliO head of
Mary Anderson. 1t is in portraIture,
perhaps. that Mrs. Prescott eXcels, and
While her canoes or bas-reliefs are the
perfection of art, it is the intaglios
which appeal to ones senses, when
viewed in the proper light, as almost an
Illusion. In "Daybreak,' her latest
intaglio, this is especially felt. 1t por-
trays the head of young girl, with the
hair blown forward, and to one side,
forming background TO the face, which
Is most reposeful in lis expression. with
eyes just awakening 10 the dawn. This,
with several other of Mrs. Prescott's
latest and b, st examples, are on eX-
hibition at MiiIrr's art~emporium on
Twenty-third STREET. Among them is. per-
haps. her most famous Of bas-relief por-
traits-that of Paderewski. The whole
medallion is only about five inches in
length, and the head much less than
that. but the exquisite delicacy of the
handling. and the absolute fidelity of
portrait, render it one of the most per-
feet canoes in modelling extant. There
have been iDnumerable reproductions
of this in plaster. bronze, composition,
and, for one enthusiastic admirer of the
great artist, it was cast in solid silver.
Other faithful portraits which Mrs.
Prescott has executed include those of
Mrs. Potter Palmer, Ralph Waldo En-
erson. Wendell Phillips, Mrs. Kendall
and John Boyle O'Reilly. She is now
at work on an order from a Baltimore
millionaire for a 500 portrait TO be cast
in bronze, il the ''r0und"- otherwise, a
bust.
1t may be hard to realize, but Mrs.
Prescott says it is much more difficult
to execute bas-reIief than the s'round,' u
for III the latter every measurement
can be made with the utmost accuracy,
by means of instruments, while in 8
''relief' the artist depends entirely upon
his Intelligence and the fldelity of his
eye.
Some of Mrs. PreScott's ideal subjects
are beautiful to a degree, and especially
is this so with Juliet and the Nurse u
This is bas-reief, and portrays the
head of Juliet, not in the, least conven.
tional, against that of the wrinkled and
white-capped nurse. marguerite and
Mepbisto," another medallion, is treat
ed In the same way, and one of the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
Sale OF a Man.

Chicago Record
In the lawsuit now in progress be-
tween the old dowager Duchess of
MOntrose and her youthful husband,
Mr.. Miner, on the subject of money
matters, the terms of abe purchase and
sale OF the young man have been
brought to light. When the septuagena.
rian duchess welded the twenty .three-
year-old stocKbroker she settled OF
INN an annuity of $4,000, to be derived
from the jointure Of $4,000 paid to
her out of the estates of her second
husband, the well-known sportsman,
Sterling Crawford. Since the couple
quarreled she has ceased to pay her an
nuity, and it is for this that he has
brought suit against her. the details of
the case being of singularly shameless
character, and scarcely to the credit of
the plaintiff. So far She has reTrained,
l may add. from putting into execution
her threats of applying for divorce.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
PLAIN JOHN |. BLAIR.
The Amazing Life Of Blair, Of
Blairstown, Who Is Now
Dying.
HOW HE MADE MILLIONS.
Everything He Touched
Turned to Gold, and a
Whole Lot Of 1t.
HE MADE ONE MISTAKE.
Kansas City Man Took Him In
on a Real Estate
Deal.
HE MADE ONE MISTAKE.

JOHN l. Blair Is reported seriously, if
not fatally i'll at his home in Biairs-
town, n. j. His death will remove a
unique and striking figure from the
business world-a man who is as well
known in st. Louis. Kansas City and
Chicago as he is in New York. He is
now past ninety. and until his present
illness it has always been his boast that
he had never been sick day in his life.
He began life without dollar, aud is
now worth not less than $4,000. 900. In
a Chat which Press reporter had with
him couple of years ago he gave some
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26

could be found at his desk at $50 in
the morning, and this at all seasons of
the year. 1t is his boast that he has
never speculated. never attended
horse race or base ball game, and has
only once been to theater. His bust
ness methods are original and often
eccentric. At one time he was part
ner of John B. Alley, but differences
arose and they separated. Then Alley
sued for something like 81, 800, 900.
When the case came to trial MIR. Blair
was not ready and requested an adj
journment. There was small army of
lawyers employed in the case, aud hot
war of words ensued. The judge in the
end granted postponement, but
ordered that bond for double the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26

10 the very ecstacy of love; while she.
Daring the bubble reputation as a soldier
might.
Doth lea them on merry. merry dance
Until the coming act
In this she mends
the pantaloons and yields the Christening
slipper.
And TO the sands of Coney carries the bas-
ket
Her youthful hose. well saved. world too
tight
For her big shanks, and in the surf
But of one pair alone q boy. who says:
"Oh, darling nanny. what q guy you are :"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
ENGLISH HAPPY MARRIAGES.

Some of Them Recorded in the
Annals OF Dumnow Town.
Dumnow. in Essex county, England,
has been bringing itself before the pup
lie again by a revival of its f1itch-of-
bacon ceremony. Dumnow ought to be
able to furnish some answers to the
great question of how to be happy
though married. 1t is the place where
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
A WOMAN SCULPTOR.
Mrs. Katherine Tuppsr Pres
colt, Of RoSton, in Her
Studio.
VARIOUS ORIGINAL STUDIES.
The Artist Should Not Guilt
vate the Teachers Meth
DDS Too Much.
INDIVIDUALITY THE THING.
An Interesting Story OF the
Life Of an Interesting
Woman.
INDIVIDUALITY THE THING.

1t is only within recent years that the
master mind of man has been forced to
recognize the capability of woman to
become proficient in any one art. In
painting, architecture and music she
has made rapid strides, but perhaps in
sculpture she has had the greatest
struggle for recognition.
1t is generally acknowledged that
women are doing the most. at the pres
ent time, toward the cultivation of art
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
One Dollar (S1.Oo,,

Every day. st. Paul to Minnetonks
and return, via Great Northern Rail-
way, including tour OF the lake on
steamers of the Lake Minnetonka Nayi-
cation COmpany's fleet.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
Inside Facts.
New Works

New Yor kSun.
Mrs. Willowsnap calling on Mrs.
Wangie)-Your mother has lot of new
furniture hasn't she, Willie?
Willie-Yes'm. and the man comes
here every week to collect the bill.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
One Dollar (Sf.oo,,

Every day, st. Paul to Minnetnnka
and return, via Great Northern Rail.
way, including a tour of the lake on
steamers of the Lake Minnetonka Nayl.
CATION Company's feet
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO.

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY. So.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that
he is the senior partner OF the tirmof
f. j. CHENEY & Co., doing business in
the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will paw
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Ca.
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use of
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day of Decem-
Der, A. ID. 1856.
srA1 A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and ma.
cous surfaces or the system. Send for
testimonials. free.
f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O,
Sold by Druggists, Too.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26

very interesting details of his early life.
lie was born near Belvidere. n. j., in
1872. the descendant OF Scotch Govern
an'er who came to this country in 174O.
One of his ancestors helped to found
Princeton college, and was afterward
its vice president and one Of its pro.
feSSors.
My father" said Mr.. Blair, .sdied
when L was fourteen years old, and
from that time on l was compelled TO
SHIFT for myself and contribute TO the
support of my mother, seven brothers
and three sisters. The first money [
ever earned was by trapping rabbits
ana muSkratS and selling their skins.
got dollar for sixteen skins, and felt
richer III its possession than ever have
since. When was ten years old l be-
came clerk in the store kept by a
cousin Of mine at Hope. l remained
with MIN for seven years, and then set
out for myself. removed to what is
now Blairstown. but which was then
almost wilderness, and opened gen
eral store. | had managed to save few
hundred dollars, and the balance of NV
capital was loaned me by my mother
and cousin.
Money Came to Him.
Mr.. Blair prospered from the first, and
was I'D few years the owner of a chain
of stores, established one by one and
managed by his brothers The building
OF small railroad i'll Warren county,
in which BlairStown is situated. dis.
closed to him new source of wealth
by which he was not slow to profit. The
greater part o. his vast fortune was
made by railroad building in Iowa. His
general plan was to organize a company
to build road through an undeveloped
section. Then he would persuade the
people living along the proposed line
to Issue county and city bonds
sufficient to pay for the building
of the road. the work being invariably
done by a construction company,
which was John |. Blair in another
form. Bonds would be issued for this.
and stock equal in amount to the bonds
turned over TO his company, which was
also himself. The settling I'D of the
country opened by the road never failed
to make the stock valuable, and IN the
end the shrewd New Jersey shopkeeper
became many times millionaire. At
one period of his career MIR. Blair
owned and controlled more miles of
railroad than any other man, Wander
blt not excepted. He built the town of
Blairstown into solidly prosperous
lace. To get to and from BIairstown
he constructed the Blairstown railroad
the chief business of which has always
been to carry John /. Blair back and
forth.
Plain ssJohn
Mr.. Blair's habits have always been
simple and unpretentious, and he Is
known to every nan, woman and child
In Blairstown as plain "John l." His
garments are always plain and usually
ill-ftting ana shabby, while his silk hat
gives every evidence of having seen
service long before the war. Through
out his long life he has been a hard
worker, and until his present sickness
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
WOMAN'S SIX AGES.
Lines Written by a PIagiarisffc
Philosopher on Copey's Pier.

All the world's stage. -
And all the men and women merely players;
Whether it be the painted scene mid garish
3 lights, e -
Or on the golden sands of Coney 'sIsle. 49,
They have their exits and their entrances
Aud every woman on the shore plays many
~ parts,
Her acts being six ages.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
Steamship Special via Eastern
Minnesota.

Leaves st. Paul Fridays only, 10 a.
m, reaching Duluth $3.50 p. M, con-
Meeting with Steamship" North os West
for Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo and
east. StaterOoms and tickets 1893 East
Third street, st. Paul.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26

Comes next the miss. all furbelows and
= friZZles,
With little squeals and squirms when Nep-
tune
Tries to kiss her tinted toes And thus
Her life begins. She plays for admiration
And weaves lIfe's plot. the thread of which
Grows tangled. full of snares
Such as bonbons and balls and picnics lend.
Timfd as doe is she. her blush as ready
As that of Eastern Rose, when Bull Bull
-. sings.
But years will harden.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26
The Three Day Ffeekla Cure.
ATTENTION, c csyx;s4s s and

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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26

At first the infant,
Mewling and pulling on the sands,
Neglected by the nurse for a Fourth ward
tough,
Full of strange oaths and featly as Norman
barb
Fresh from the pillow.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26

Willard Read, of Boston, Mass, is a
guest at Harvard Place.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-26

Manufactured by NINE. N. YALE Beauty
and Complexion Specialist 146 Safest, Chi
cagO.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-08-17
Mighty Right.

1t is now pretty plain to the Ameri-
can people at large, as demonstrated
by the attempted tariff reformation,
that there has been but one force at
the seats of Government that has pre-.
sumed to withstand the overtures of
our powerful national trusts and CON-
bines. That force has been the Chief
Executive almost single handed and
alone. His persistent and determined
attitude throughout the tariff struggle
has been In behalf Of equity and right,
and 1t has made him powerful enemies
before whom ninety-nine public men
out of a hundred would quake and
tremble. But for this stubborn and
characteristic attitude of the President,
the people would again have been
fooled as usual, and long ago. To
promise in platform is one thing,
and to fulfil the promises in good faith
after being elected and given the nee.
essary power, is quite another. To
pursue the righteous course gives tine
statesman nothing but his salary and
legal allowances, while to pursue the
wrongful course with the hand behind
the back to receive unseen whatever
may be put into it by trusts and CON-
blnes in search of votes, means money