The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-30

tors, as remember them, the female angel is
In the majority, and the whole party sport long
unwieldy wings. My angel has short, service
able wings; wings that under no circumstances
could inoommode the owner in the use OF club
or pistol, or touch OFF the last by accident.
They are the wings Of the cherubim, the wings
that Canova loved TO imagine he could see. L
ADMIT that wings seem misplaced on a figure
wearing hat but never having seen one OF the
ctty's guardian angels with his hat of or an
angel with hat or bonnet on, and feeling that
my work without wings would be rejected,
stuck them on; also the hat. make no claim
that the guardian anger is wholly original
Its architecture Is OF the composite.
Part of II was sketcned from a we'll known
member of our police ambulance force, part OF
II guards a crosswak, the hat is worn in OAK
land, the belt in most OF the interior towns the
star in San Francisco. the nose and mustache
IN Chicago, and lie tout ensemble, minus the
wings, which are mine and Canova's, is the
property of Puck Punch. Life ana the other
comiques. 1 claim the combination OF the hat
and wings / am not aware that they have
heretofore been used In combination. l author
ize you to remove the hat or the wings. but
forbid the removal of both the hat and the
wings.
l beg leave to call attention to the narrow
band around the neck of the angel. Ii Is not
intended 10 represent collar. 1t is the edge
of bullet proof shirt. The shirt is supposed
to be part OF an 'Ober'-coated combination, In
Guiding a portion of underclothlng and socks.
The hand. face and jaw need no protection.
The attitude is not one OF defiance nor repres-
sion, but rather indignation. The left arm
akimbo, with the right hand closed, palm down,
is suggestive Of repulson; possibly decna-
ton OF an offer Of something In the line OF re-
muueration not strictly the compensation es-
| tablished by ordinance.
f. Pianos work is even better than
| Wells. His price Is $4,000. but it was not
| considered by the artistic eyes OF the Com
| missioners. Some of the models look like
| haIf-fnished nightmares, but the superior
| ity of Gulielmo's work is without question.
''This is the design that has always re-
eeived my unqualified approval" said Ar
thur F. Matthews, when shown several
photogra phs of the designs, as he selected
that OF Victor Guliemo, and regarded Il
with admiration. It Is exactly fit for the
place and the purpose.
Tho statue OH the dome will neve
count as a figure. / mean that people will
never e ct near enough to it to judge of tht
modelling. 1t is required merely as dec
grafton and a finish to the building. Th'
first requisite for statue of that kind is /;
direction. 1t must stand lightly on th'
dome, and not be heavy or stiff, and mus
look a perfectly balanced design from be
low.
81 don't want to criticize Mr.. Wells
work, but what will that be from the dis
lance at which it will be seen ?" and Mr.
Matthews pointed to the accepted design
which has one arm uplifted and the othel
partially suspended.
THAT pose will make it oue-sideC
affair. besides it will give it too much thu
appearance of a spike. The figure on tn,
Starr King monument has pose tina
makes it look like a rail; in fact, every
one notices that that figure is stiff, ant
does not fulfill its purpose as decoration
Details don't count in q figure that stands
up aloft, everything is in the silhouette
| should admire Gulielmo's design ever
more If there was a little less drapery a
the base, but on the whole it thoroughly
fulfills the condition required. Yon see {
dome is thoroughly symmetrical. no matter
from what quarter you look at it; th'
curves are symmetrical, and the decoration
that completes it should be equally we'll
balanced.
people who are not artists would no
consider these requirements, concluded
Arthur Matthews. "They would verl
likely be carried away by some little de