The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-26
SHE MISSED THE COWBOY.
FrauIein Stole Expresses Disappoint-
ment at Not Finding One in
Topeka

When Fraulein Antoine Stole told
her audience at the Grand Opera house
that she expected to see a cowboy in
Kansas, and that she would be disap-
pointed if she did not before leaving the
state, she meant what she said. w zen
her western trip was decided upon she
packed her camera and made it ready
for the journey for the express pur-
pose of taking a snap shot picture of a
Kansas cowboy.
I wanted something from the west
for my collection of paintings, said
Fraulein Stole last night, land now that
the buffaloes and Indians are gone I
thought the cowboy would be the most
Characteristic figure could get.
went to Junction City, but L saw no
cowboy; 1 came then to Topeka, but 1
saw right away that real, genuine cow
boys wouldn't be found here, and now
I'm afraid I will not get the opportu-
nifty of using my camera. 1 will be
much disappointed, indeed, for really
expected to get a cowboy picture in
Kansas"
IF you went farther west you would
probably see a cowboy" suggested
some one.
yes; well you see I did not under
stand that you had cowboys in one part
of your state and not in another.
thought of cowboys in connection with
Kansas, and I thought that if I ever
got to Kansas anywhere I could see a
cowboy. Well, I guess that is just the
way many of the things in the west
correspond with the ideas we have of
them in the east.
I meant to take a picture of a cow
boy and afterward make a painting I'M
der the magnifying glass as I have
done with all my miniature pictures"
continued Miss Stole, branching off to
4 discussion of her work. That is the
way I have done with all the scenes
reproduce and the paintings also. The
camera has served me well, for I also
take a photograph as a basis of the
reproduction. Then of course I sketch
the color effects, and with the photo
graph and sketch before me prepare
the reproductions"
Fraulein Stole was born in Berlin
and graduated from the Royal school
of art in that city. Since that time she
has devoted her life to art. She is a
little woman with pleasant face and
charming smile, and a wealth of heavy
gray hair. For a number Of years she
has conducted an art studio in Boston.
The idea of reproducing famous paint
ingS on miniature plates and exhibiting
them with the stereOpticon is original
with Fraulein Stole and she has the
distinction OF being the only artist in
the world that ever attempted it. She
said she conceived the idea. while lee
turing on art and travel in Florence
at the Worlds Fair, where she accom-
panied her lecture with views in black
and white. Il wanted to give the
American people an idea of the orig
inal color tones of the famous Europe
an paintings" said Miss Stole last
night, for knew that the American
people would enjoy it,
Miss Stole was not wrong in believ-
ing that the American people would en-
joy her work, as demonstrated by the
audience which completely filled the
two floors of the Grand Opera House
last night. Not a sound beyond sub
dued- expressions of admiration was
heard in the auditorium during the
time that the views were being thrown
on the canvas. On the stage Frau
lein Stole occupied a chair and ex-
planned the pictures as they appeared
The majority of the sixty views were
marvellous reproductions of paintings
by famous masters in the European
galleries. The remainder were views of
scenes in Europe, with the color effects
exactly as the originals The exhibit
ton proved an enjoyable two hours
entertainment, and closed with a view
of the Minute Man statue as it stands
in Boston.