The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-23

ra,tea weather-proof also; and wnens
they do peel and fade. as all coiois WIZ
,ney can be easily renewed Dy any an,
800 Tbo n,oprietor himself keeps ht'
ua 90, Of bottles containing paint 10
match his statue: and with deit ht'ie
L,csh he goes over the coat ana cohar
after every heavy storm.
"The whitney statue. being OF iron' Is
very durable and heavy. but 1t Is cheap
one Nj. whitney is hollow Fellow ana
his outside is a mere shell. 1t Is on this
account that the price Is low, as many
have been ordered and solid iron Is not
demauded. A whitney statue can be
bought for $50. and l should think ior
$50. II there are many orders for them'
LIKE TO BE INDIANS.
.erhe nractice OF buying prominent men
az cigat-store statues Is popular ior
two reasons" went on the Indian dealer
smiling AT his own words. FIRST, II Is
10 boom n certain candidate. But as
this man may die out utterly at the
convention and not be nominated, thete
&c another motive in purchasing any
thing that is TO be used rs mucn as the
cicar-sfore Indian This motive Is the
normanent establishment of the man MN
self i'm public opinion. Take Mr.. whitney,
Tor oyample The statue OF him, outside
IN, humblest shop, keeps him fresh IN
mind so that, if placed in nomination TOT
the Presidency four years or eight or
sixteen years hence. he is well known.
Besides this fact there Is the underlying
nrinciple of selecting a good man. a cigar
stole that has worthy man OUTSIDE IN
stead Of a reckless Indian STANDS better
in public estimation.
."rbere is another side, and this is
a moi
have his statue used in any way. III he
can't be perpetuated In public place IN
lronze a cigar-stoTe Indian VIII DO Tor
him.
"'rhe actual Indian as cigar-store
figure is becoming less popular. In the
old DAYS. when Indians prowled AROUND
the country and tales of Indian blood
shed were frequent, nothing so terrorlzeu
and interested as a good cigar-store IN
dian. But now things are different.
| touch of the human man, as we kho"
| him. is liked better.
"The most elaborate cigar-store In
| dian that I have SEEM" continued TINS
eood-natured cigar-Indian manufacturer'
WAS one of Olney. 1t represented a
,rurk and was dressed in the likeness OF
andmI Hamid. Olney's weIl-known con-
nectjon and interest in the Armenian
| question no doubt inspired the image.
"The Olney statue was made OF woou
| IN the old-fashioned way. In former
! DAVIS all cigar-store images were OF TINS
material. They were carved out OF WOOD
bv hand. The carvers were natural
! sculptors
.For the benefit Of those who do not
| know what a natural sculptor is IL may
be told that he is a man who carves
| naturally. He has a talent for that kind
of work. and, without lessons OF any
| kind and without any patterns before
him. he carves out Of log OF WOOD
| figure that is fine enough TO slahu III
| front of a store as a sign.
| OUT OF A SPAR.
"The Olney Statue was done by nat
ural carver This man Is an old sea cap,
| tain who collected for years all the oiu
spars and. pieces of mast from wrecRaees
| and stored them In an OLD barh' W men
he cot too stf in his joints for the sea
| he retired and took in carving
with piece of spar before nm aho
q nhotoeraph of the man or lndlan 70
he carved, this old fellow goes 10 "orS
| with iack-knife and saw ana plane dnu
small boring tools, and gets up good
,ookine image He works slowly taxing
tbree months for a lfe-size figure, but nc
! aeks 5000 or $500 for his WORK. olhey
statue took him four months II 10 soiiu