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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27
children could not 20 Out for lack of

children could not go Out for lack OF
clothing.
ing trial for the stealing OF a watch IN
a crowded horse-car. AT the time OF ms
arrest he was steadily employed. me
woman's story Is that some one else stoic
the watch, and that her husband IS IN
nocent. This Is not an uncommon tniis,
when all the police OF New YORK are busy
watching the saloons.
II am investigating the case. and ma
that the man has always borne eoou
character. SO ! move we have our asso-
citation counsel take the case up ana ell
deavor To liberate the man. s
Forty pairs OF giovcd hands ciapped
approval. and a heavy chord or applause
It was. These Stun rescuers are WORK
ing not for looks but for usefulness.
When they 80 Summing nuns are IN
their way, and they wear heavy dosskil
gloves Of tan. stitched down the ,, DacS
with q shaggy stitching that resembles
the silk imitation OF Persian iamD. III
is a silken chenille, glossy ana ornament
tai
After this point had been settled. the
reader went on TO say that she recon-
mendcd that the woman be handed over
TO the suitable Employment Committee.
Upon, this, up jumped a woman VINO IS
hired by the Auxiliary 10 look up en-
ployment She is herself well known as
a philanthropist though not woman
OF vast wealth.
Il can put the woman at work at once
as a sweeper I'm building said she,
And so the case ended. This Is enough
10 show how the sium committee works.
MRS. CHANTS IDEA.
Mrs. Chant told interesting stories OF
similar work of Englich girls, and recon-
mended the adoption of a neat, light and
warm Summing rig for winter, so that
this worthy charity need not be stopped.
All the famous clergymen Of New York
city are urging IL along. and one of them.
q fashionable minister. who goes TO New
port in the summer and entertains great
deal In the winter, was worldly enough
to remark that he knew not which 10
admire mCst-the good work that is being
done or the very bright business-like,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27
STUNNING WITH MRS. CHANT
Forty Metropolitan Girls SHOW Fer EtH
YMk's hllsstones CT Diasiel'"
/ SLUl SUIT OF TAN And FUR.
Each Member Pledges Iierseifto Invent
n Charity" During the Winter-Eiking
In Narrow streets Worldly Clergy
men Admire the Girls.

NEW YORK. oct. 25.-The arrival OF
Mrs Ormiston Chant in this city caused
n genuine fiutter In clubdom and associa-
ton life OF the East. And the activity
which followed brought into existence
one OF the prcttyest fads OF the year one
witch bids fair TO be popular the entire
winter.
The new fad Is known as the "Individ-
ual Charity Auxiliary" and It's members
are composed OF the dainty butterflies OF
society. Their mission is 10 seek the de-
serving and unfortunate victims OF our
recent hard times and put them on their
feet Their fields OF labor are the slums,
the miestones of disaster.
HOW they LOOK.
The ancient habit OF Summing with the
aid OF hircline In uniform IS ucad And
the new fad opens up hitherto unknown
path Of doing good.
Nearly every day you can see on the
narrow sidewalks OF the slums tall bru-
nettes and plump, brght-eyed blondes.
society's pets. hurrying along on the
eelf~imposed mission of which Mrs. Ormis-
ton Chant was The forerunner in England.
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is in a wing of Blenhcm. ana is only used
with It's giant range and brick oven when
there is 4 feast in progress
MAT MlsIl, M
All the old games were played, and
when I came 10 tn. apple-paring test,
that enc infallible indication of the III
ture. all watched brsathics sly while Miss
had nc, passed unnnticcd. twirled the
pcel!ng around her head and flung Il with
FER right hand backwards into the air
Three times Il circled round. cracking
twice. Then II landed In u .ouSle twist
upon the floor. and its reading. as seen
by all present. was Enthusiastically M"
tMArlborough.' exclaimed the young
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27

husbands hair, iron gray. deepening 10
black / want you TO get the nri a.. re 49, VI
his complexion and the llghl ol NE so,d
Can you color this statue f0r me anu
have il ready bv holiday time
"But. madamei Color plaster cast
Impossiblel Dissertation
are being done VIII you do IL. or must
L get another portrait PAINTER
II will do it'll suppose said the ar
fist. but / will make no charge Tor II.
Let it pass as my amusement Never tell
madamei | may die of modification when
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27

Mrs. Mcbride (entering the kitchen)-
Bridget, didn't see that policeman kiss
your" Bridget-''Well. mum. sure an yez
wouldn't hev me lay meself open to ar
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27
STEALING 4 Posi-.

Hastily leaving his scat he rushed out
Of the Opera-House past the astJnished
ushers ana dashed from the door. In
I've minutes H. was back carrying IN
Lis hs nd "A queer looking little parcel mat
passed ful case for Opcr1-glas5es. DOWN
into his seat he slipped and ffJn the case
he drew-a lump of wet clay.
With lightning fingers he clasped MS
hands around the lump, and with eyes
cast upward began TO model For TWO
toug hours he WJrked-workc1 until the
curtain had descended upon the sing -rs,
and the little impromptu receptions Rad
begun. Then the audience began to file
OUT OF the lower house. and he had 10
SION A quick stroke OF the wet hand
lserchief in las lap shielded ths clay, and
b,rk into the case he slipped IL, only a
fa,v near hin noticed hts work. and these
smiled fndulgenrly. interested in the little
,,iav that was going on in the audience.
In his own rooms the next day the
scuintor finished the clay bust. putting on
the Touches from memory, and when II
Was done he invited all his friends In
10 see A lovely woman in classic garb
SAT with upraised eyes. cast afar off, and
an id.alizai expires sion OF music upon
her face. The sculptor does not know
whom he modelled. ard 20 this day the
little bust stands IN hls studio. although
BE- now has a proud position IN the ar.
tistic world and need not work surrepti-
tiolsly.
Painted busts are liked by those who
insist that the co,ored bust Is the high.
est form OF the sculptor's art. They pro-
duce abundant proof that the italian mas
tiers colored their statues and demand .
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27

| see her turn the cornes:
hear her manlsh tread,
| feel an awful presence
That fills my soul with dread.
Great Scott. She's drawing nearer.
I'll vanish while | can
II she's the coming woman.
Then lnt the going nan.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27

Clinging 10 old methods-Dr Upton ION
fan hunting trip in the country)-So this
IS the farm whore 800 babies were taken
care of by the fresh air fund, eli? You
Pasteruized the milk, l suppose? Farmer
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27

old lady during the hard timss)-"We'li
have to trust To Providence for something
TO eat. but / don't know what In the
world we are going TO do fo- something
10 wear"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27

Let's go on a bust" said one man
at Key West TO another. what sort OF
a bust2' ilibust."-Pittsburg Chroni-
cle-Telegraph.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27

life coloring to-day. The Dresden work
has been initiated considerably for making
s,asuettes OF children whose ideal little
features suggest GOODNESS when seen In
marble. Marble statues OF children 90
not find favor in the art OF to-day, FOR
indoor work. 49,
AS the ball of art, once set rolling rolls
on until 4, wears itself out or falis into
oblivion 90 statues. busts and ngures OF
solid material are so much in favor now
that there is no telling where they DeSin
or end.
COLoRING CAST.
There Is a clergyman In New YORK OF
great reputation who has been having
a bust made OF himself. True TO custom.
the SCULPTOR sent a plaster cast 10 the
family for approval before touching
chiseI TO the marble. The little cast was
very lifelike and the sculptor was not
surprised TO receive an order for several
of them. But Judge OF his astonishnent
a few DAYS later when the wife OF the
clergyman sent for him.
Are YOU a painter she asked.
PORTRAIT painting has long been my
profession" said he.
d. Then take this plaster cast and color
1t. / want you to catch the color Oh my
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27
IN MARBLE PERPETUAYED.
Sculptured BuSts Take the Place Of Paint
ingS in Family Picture Galleries.
ART OF STEALING A BUST SITTING.
In Melba's Flower Song POOR ARTIST IN
the Audience Moulded Box Beauty
Never Confessed the Vandalism
Making Busts of Brokers.
Copyright. 1886, for The Times)

Busts are taking the place OF oil por--
traits in the family art galleries prepared
for posteritv. In them are shown better
the figure, features, pose. expression, size
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27
When She Meep>.

(For The Times)
The menace Of a Richelieu
Or tn invective of a Lear,
Could scarce affect me half as much
As pretty woman's tear.
+. }. c.. Jr.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27
CASTS IS SOUVENIRS.

II is a brave artist who will so inn
mediatelv TO work from his plaster cast
10 make a marble figure. lie VIII want
10 turn out q few Of the ordinary plds-
ter casts for his own criticism and that
Of friends. The little casts may be want
cd as souvenirs. or they may be impef-
feet i'm shape when seen In the white
material which Is more trying than the
duh clay. But after the casts are pro-
gOUnced perfection the artist sets 10 work
upon the marble ito set the angel free.
It was AZ the Grand Opera last winter,
when Melba was singing Marguerite 10
De Reszke's Faust, that there sat IN one
of the lower seats of the operahouse a
young artist who had come to New YORK
from Washington 10 chisel in marble the
busts of famous people. lie was poor ana
wholly unknown. But | shall succeed
II they viii only let me try" he said TO
himself feverishly when he saw the COM
petition in the metropolis and the many
steps Of the long ladder above him, all
full OF climbing artists
Melba had kindly consented 10 allow
him 10 mould her, and so had one or two
of the other stars. But he longed 10 try
sat in the boxes, and whose appreciation
Of art brought them night after night TO
the Opera House at the expenditure OF
thousands of dollars to see good acting
and hear good music. They know true
art" he declared, proudly.
Bat how was he 10 work? Unknown
In "A great city, how could young aAtist
gain recognition? once he rang the bell
AT a great house and demanded audience,
only 10 be sent away and threatened with
arrest
one night as Media trlled her flower
song he looked upward into one OF the
boxes There sat a beautiful creature
loaded with Jewels leaning forward with
sparkling eyes and sweet mouth. u must
model her. must" he panied wild with
the excitement of art,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-27

and STYLE than I'm the canvas They lack
color only, but In looking at bust the
absence Of color Is not noticed if the bust
be artistically planned: and for pOsterity
the sculptured marble Is in greater favor
than the framed picture. Ii Will bear
more ill-usare. and. like the Venus de
Milo. will live for hundreds of years, go
ing through fire and water and lying bur
led in the earth without serious impair
ment.
Men and women artists both arc doing
the marble SCULPTURE work. Their IA
vorite patrons consent 10 sit for them
at first for casts because urged 10 do so.
When thew see the plaster cast chaste,
refined and clear I'm all lis outlines, pre-
sentiment of themselves. they readily give
a commission for a marble bust
HOW THEY WORK.
The artists who DO sculpturins are
many. Several have achieved national
reputation Kuehne Beverage did Cleve-
land and COrOett. Mrs. Huneker has done
Mrs. James Brown Potter, the actress,
and many Washington women. one New
York artist has made marble busts OF all
the leading Wall street men. casting them
al leisure from mud impressions made
while they We're working az their utahs'
His tools are "A batch OF clay, proaH,
fiat knife. "a handful of sharp modeilerS
and a bunlle Of wet rags Tor keeping 'ic
lie works while the Wall street man
Is debating his letters, getting a siue
view then Later he mOulda rapidly When
conversiug with the man face TO race.
The back of the head Is done at luncheon
time. when the head is moving. TO get an
the Hfe-lines. and for the last touches
the busy maenate OF the Street consents
10 walk around the room for rev MIN
utes. stopping 10 view himself and criu-
else the work Of the mOdeller's hands.
Moulding a bust is easy work Tor the
first fifteen minutes. In that time tie
head takes shape with quick pats or the
hands. a sweep of the clay holloWs out
tho eyes. a lump OF clay moulded long,
like lady finger, stands Tor the nose ana
"a sharp stroke leaves the chin free. Inc
throat is done by a strangins process
OF the fingers and the shoulders spalted
like a pat-a-cako into broad. round shape.
That Is what It all looks like 10 the spec
tator. And the bust bears quick re-
semblance i'm outline 10 the person here,
when the first resemblance Is gained, the
work of the nat-a-cake man stops ana tAe
touches OF the real artist begins
In Il certain library there Is bust or
Peter COODer that was moulded for the
twentieth time before ii suited the ar,
fist After il suited him II was moulded
again to suit the family. An extra stroke
upOn the cheeks fattened them too mucn,
and the lack Of a stroke had left too much
hair up on top OF the head. The same
with the moulding Of the busts OF the
brokers II was TEDIOUS work, 10 be done
many times.
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rich. beautiful. self-sacrfcing. independ-
emf and delightful young women who are
doing 1t. HELEN NARD.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15

lines read clear and plain, would lose
the mysticism Of his position-always a
desirable thing in a laureate. See no"
the lines would go on If taken from
Race:
Some time afteryou are old,
You shall come and l will take
From your brow the sullen ache,
From your eyes the twilight gaze,
Darkening upon winter days.
How admirably those lines would go
at a Presidents birthday!
BRICE'S LITTLE SINGER.
"To illustrate. the difference in Presi-
dents and their tendencies" continued
the same unquestionable authority
take Calvin S. Brice and his poetic
preferences.
q have It upon the very best or all
thority that Brice likes the poetry OF
Ella Wheeler Wilcox better than that Oh
any other poetic writer. Both are from
the West, and though it is not expected
that a President would show any sec
tional bias in a matter OF that klna.
know that Brice certainly does ADMIRE
me Little Singer from the West Her
Century poetry has specially am
told, pleased him. And she Is versatile
too.
.T am thinking, as I speak, OF her
lines on many different topics. She can
treat anything. Suppose denomina-
tional war were to arise, or great IN
Hernational religious controversy, see
how she could handle it,and how SNIP
". Take her little quatrain:
q so many Gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
When just the art of being kind
Is all the sad world needs.
Gould the subject be tackled any
more easily and yet automatically than
that?
MORTON'S LAUREATE.
"Morton's calm spirit fancles Glider.
/ know he likes him extremely well.
The President is said TO read Glider
evenings, but l happen to know 1t is
Levi P. Morton who fingers over the
leaves of elders poems His verses
are not liked by every one, but l think
even his enemies would say-if they
would read them carefully-that they
are not as bad as they are painted. AS
for myself, like elders lines always.
Morton has been called the Hero of
Peace. Why not quote elders lines
written under that title:
Unto the patriots heart
The silent summons comes,
Not drawer he VINO does his part
To the sound of beating drums
Il am almost sure l have seen him
reading elders
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''Twere best to calm the syirits noble
rage,
To live in dreams, or else Ugh pas
sion shun,
While round and round the aimless
seasons run.
"This is gentleman's poetry; and Nor,
ton is q gentleman, you know.
HILL LIKES MILLER.
4 think / said that a sectional bias
was not expected So, therefore, l do
not expect you to be surprised when
mention the name OF Joachim Miller as
Hills favOrite. Miller can sound the
home note every time. He could sing
Songs of the Season as well as he
has sung his Songs of the Sun-lands.
and each small event would have its
polished word of praise.
Suppose, to make the widest Jumps
of suppOsition, that Hill were in the
White House and that there should be
a poet laureate, and that Joachim Mil
ler-Walkin' Miller as they saw
should be Laureate. Suppose. next.
that Hill should take a bride. Could
not Joachim celebrate the event Won
derfully We'll? Take those lines of his:
She is sweet as the breath Of a Cas-
tile rose,
She is warm to the heart as a world of
wine.
And as rich to behold as the rose that
grows
With its red heart bent to the tide of
the Rhine
Now do you think any Presidential
bridegroom would want a poem more
dignified, more beautiful and more an
propriate than those lines? Miller
could do as we'll as this every time.
ALLISON AND ALDRICH.
Il have always understood that Allison
likes Thomas Bailey Aldrich. | do not
state this by my own knowledge. buS l
have heard he did do not see why he
should not. Each has the same dip,o-
macy. each the same smoothness, each
the same softness.
Allison would want poems done up
on. the milder subjects and in the mild
er veins. His vacation might be sung
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Dumas LIFE STORY,
As it was Cleaned by Bah From
ViCtOrien SardOu.

THE FAMOUS FRENCHMAN'S EAR
LY STRUGGLES AGAINST pow
ERTY AND FATE-CONTEMPLA-
TING SUICIDE-HOW DUMAS
VIEWED THE THEATRE A
GREAT WRITER WHO TOUCHED
THE KEYNOTE CALLED HUMAN
ITY-THE CHARMS AND WORK
or OLGA NETHERSOLE-PLAYS
THAT REPRESENT THE HISTO-
RY OF VE-REUNION OF HUS-
BAND AND WIFE THE CLIMAX
or A PLAY-ABOUT ENTHUSI-
Assn.
N'rom Our Regular Correspondent
NEW YORK, December 12.-There is
another black-bordered card to be
pasted in the daybook of 1895. 1t bears
upon it the name of one of the greatest
writer's Of the day, but, better still. 1t
bears upon it these words: "Lami des
femmes the friend of women-Alex-
andre Dumas. \ great man, great
writer, a great reader of the human
heart, a great reader, that most diff
cult of all things. of the heart of wo-
man. And more than that, a student,
and a successful one, OF the heart,
brain and body of women, for he we'll
knew the effect that the. one had on the
other. He pictured woman as she is,
but always he was pitiful to her Al
ways he forgave, and al1ays he recog-
nized that, when she &jmmitted the
sin which women look upon as the sin
of all sins. it was because she loved too
much. and he maintained that, first of
all. the man should be the one to for
give her. Every one of his plays
teaches that. Always there is the friend
who looks at things clearly, and who
saws. in some way or other. Forgive,
my friend, forgive this woman. Par
don is an attribute of GoA; try to reach
close TO God
DUMAS STRANGE LIFE.
And vet, if there ever was a strange
story. il was that of Alexandra Dumas.
Until he was a grown man he had 10
name except that which had been given
TO him in baptism. for he was one
among the thousands of children who
cannot say MY mother without
blushing. The day came when his
father recognized him and was proud
of him: was generous TO him and as
sisted him: but always there hung over
him this dark cloud that enyeloped
him from his birth. And even before
his birth. Do you believe in heredity?
It seems to me that, if you think, you
must.
Years ago, in Paris, there was a
Young man, ambitious, imaginative.
magnifcently strong physically, and
poor. All his days were spent in the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15

The way of dealing with and treating
the poet laureate in this country Wouiu
be TO make him member of each cao-
ine- and TO allow HIM to be one OF the
"Cqh;net Family Whether or not uhe
aDDcirtnent would be for life, or wnel1-
or each incoming President would have
the pleasure of appointing his own iau-
rea+e is another quesEOn-someJnlng
TO be decided later.
HOWELLS FOR REED.
A gentleman who is much lAtefes.eu
in pcstry. and particularly IN naive
American poetry, was 0lscusslAs INC
matter a few days ago.
~ should like" said he. Ito see pOc7
la,,re9-e in this country. And l must
sav tbat 7 should like to see the noldsr
Of the office changed every TOUR years
American Dcatry e. now so diveIs.he''
is so far-reaching in its aims anu 50 wy
,,-;delv VARYING in treatment. that 10 Sc
49, ono man would be doing a rank IN
irstice N all the other poets whose mer-
i g M less but who are dlnerent u
stvle. Compare, for example hliey @r ~,
Sfedman. or Carleton and ThomaS bdIl-
CIV Aldrich. Which is best! hlulcu-
lous.' YOU say, to compare.
u happen to know continue Si:s
gentleman that Thomas B. Reed IS
SsTv fond Of the poetry Of William u;
Howells. All men do not like it. put i
Reed we're made President and were
asked TO appoint laureate ne "ouiu
undoubtedly select W. d. Howells.
.Howelrs muse, while stiff ana MOI
altogether sweet, is mighty adsp'aD,e'
Take these lines Of his in Race publish
"a in either Harpers' or the century,
illustrated by his daughter See now
admirably they would fit N az heeu 5
hirtbday or similar tine occasions;
81 an Race and both are mine
Mortal age and youth divine;
Mine to grant, but not in tee'
Roth again revert to me
From each that lives, that L may give
Unto each that yetshsll hive
.eYon see the lines are a-little foggy.
b1t no more than is expected of a poet
Laureate. An sppQinted poet, whose
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THE ADMIRALs PEDoMET

One Of her majesty's cruisers lay
Choir I'm the harbOr Of Havana. 1H
temperature OF that port in July So
conducive TO persistent activity
part OF the junior watch officer
rate.
In fact, a comfortable arm chair
exactly to fit the eXigencies OF the
after the captain and the admit
turned ~.
one morning the mail brought
square box TO the admiral, and iha
ing he gave a small round instruW
sembling a timepiece, 10 the junior b.
officer saying:
"Mr. Marline. carry this with 50
your watch. and pass 1t along 10 you
lief with similar instructions.
MarIine put the machine 100 his %
and commenced 10 stroll 10 and fro
the admiral retired. Then ne ST.
himself out in his chair. and, Ngn
cigarette. began 10 watch the llr
ont. one by one, on the shore.
Next morning Lieuts Marlinc
hold and Bazaretie stood before
Gentlemen" said the officer
81 have examined this little in
which you tell me was carried by
gentlemen In succession on you
I'VE watches. and / am aStouiei
that. although / set II at zero
ing. It now records only two
miles. Gentlemen, / do not
condemn you on the unsuppo
monv OF a pedOmeter, and ! ml
that knowing you 20 be ambition
igent officers, ! am lOath 20 ii.
parent record so far below 'he
ouIrements. However, ] SHAH ass
carry the instrument again
evening. Gentlemen. you are ,A
Lieut. Mainhold had the hrs-
evening, and as soon a. INC An4-.
gone TO his cabin he seated hiHiH.
arm chair and ordered Allnelii p.''.-
line to appear before him.
'Ratline." said the heu'elaIl''
you went ashore to-day yoI
yourself without perInls5lo" l'.
hour"
Ave. aye, sir. ...-....
"You doubtless imaginel tni' ...
TO overlook your ofeIlse-
81 hoped so, sir. .tt- r
mot at all. You must tdet
mert and shake II violently iyi
and T shall say no more about
The morning after the Sam -.l
cers again stood before tne. .i'i-i
'aS.entIemen," said be, is-i
n,isiudged you. / find Oh N.'ii y.
rredometer this mornins l-aY IL.
dsstance Of eighty-niur
a a. ,-on three gentlemen ih tMeit
~ is evident that the macn.lit
la,.o,.t HESS" and sharp sP.Asl n-
We. .t,.. ,,reslonneter struck the I'm
az .ba nav. 'Gentlemen, you - %
eulsssd."-Pearson,s %eekiy'