The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-25
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER Is. 1890

tronomer. Matilda. who was the next in
point Of age, but who is now dead, would
have created name for herself in the
musical world had she lived, as she was
a piano player of exceptional ability. While
attending the Conservatory OF Music in
Paris she won second prize in competition
with a score of other clever students ana
was also The favorite pupil of one of the
masters. The youngest of this quintet of
marvellous girls, Julia, who has just reach
Ell her twentieth birthday. has won ce-
leDrity as musician. For many years
she was a pupil of Ysaye and was high
~ praised by him for her playing on the
violin. She is also clever performer on
the either. The mother of these girls ia
sweet-faced, gray-haired woman, who
doizes her children. she has devoted
her fortune to their education and she has
lived TO see the fruiton of her labor of
love. She is now residing in Paris with
her children, who are devoted TO their
parent.
California enjoys the distinction of be-
ing the native state of this famous family,
John G.. klumpke who now resides on the
corner of Chestnut and Larkin streets, is
the father of these girls. He was separat-
ed from his wife many years ago. The
girls were born near the Mission, and left
San Francisco In 1871, since which time
they have lived in Germany and in Paris,
where they finished their education.
The history of Miss Anna Kumpke's
| success is one of interchangeable study and
hard work. On leaving this country Miss
! klumpke pursued her studies in Germany
| for a number of years, aud then, accom-
| panied by her mother and sisters. jour
! neyed TO Paris. She there entered the IA
nous Julien Academy and received in
| struction from F. de Nillefroy, Jony-ROb-
| ert Fleury Jules lie Febvre, and William
| Bouguereau. That she profited by their
faapbiOer vra l,Nrt ae~ ar,il efT
| she made in her chosen profession One
| of her drawings was exhibited In 1882, and
won her a silver medal and praise from
| her critics. During the next four years
| she bent all her energies to her work, and
| as a result success followed success in
| quick order. In 1885 she received honora-
| Bile mention at the Paris Salon, a silver
| medal at Versailles. grand silver medal
| and prize at the Julien Academy, and a
bronze medal at the Universal Exposition,
| Paris, which is equal to third medal at
| the Paris Salon.
| In 1889 Miss Klumpke visited her native
country and exhibited a splendid picture
| at the Academy of Arts in Philadelphia,
| entitled I'm the Washhouse." This pic
| ture, which took the gold medal, shows
| a group of industrious workers in quaint
costume. with earnest faces, intent ON
| their labor. Another picture painted by
| the artist is called "Scheherezade," which
was hung at the Salon last year and won
| the highest praise from art connoisseurs.
| The figure in the picture is a striking one.
| 1t shows a dreamy-eyed Arabian girl in
| picturesque costume The face In this
| picture, as in all the pictures shown by
the artist, is its central light. Another
| striking canvas by her is THE Knitting
| Girl" which was exhibited in the Paris
| Salon in 1887. Another of her pictures
| which has peculiar interest aside from its
artistic excellence is entitled AT the
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| of the woman who, when a young girl,
| posed for Millets "Angelus."
| On her return to Paris she exhibited one
| of her canvases at the Universal Expo
siton and was honored with the bronze
| medal, a prize much coveted by artists.
| Among the special and other exhibitions
| made by the clever American woman were
| as follows: Annual exhibition at ROuen,
| Versailles Museum, St. Botolph Club and
| Art Museum, Boston, Worlds Fair, Chica-
| go; Nashville Exposition, and the Mark
| Hopkins Institute of Art in July, 1897.
| A great deal was said in the papers when
| Miss Augusta klumpke was apo nted an
| that time there were 1913 women studying
| medicine in Paris. OF these, curiousFy
| enough more than half were Russian,
| while not half a dozen were Americans,
| Despite this fact Miss Klumpke was the
| successful competitor. She was establish
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| two visits a day and her night watch at
| stated intervals, at which times she was
| entirely responsible for the management
| of the place. Her advent was not hailed
with reclamation by the male internes,
| because of the prejudices that then existed
against women entering the profession, but
she materially decreased this feeling by
| her activity and ability. She received her
| education in Switzerland and compile led
| It in Paris. She was the first woman to be
| received as an inferno in French hos
pital and won a gold medal in competition
with 300 students by writing an able trea-
| tise on nervous diseases. She was married
| 10 Or. Deierne a member of the faculty
of medicine in one of the leading iustitu-
| tons in Paris. Both are now practicing
| their profession, and have a long list OF
| patients
| Dorothea Kumpke won her way into the
| Paris Astronomical Observatory over the
| heads of fifty Frenchmen who We're COM
| peting, and she now has charge of the de-
! partment which computes the measure
ments of the Stars in the Paris belt. She
works eagerly from 9 O'Clock in the morn
| ing, till o'clock in the afternoon, and fire.
quently at night she stays up in the round
tower with her telescope turned upon the
stars. Miss Klumpke went to Europe
twenty years ago mad has studied in Ger
many. Switzerland and Paris. She was
recently decorated by the French govern
ment. She is eager to return to her own
country and carry on her work of science.
Miss Julia Klumpke visited this city
about four years ago, and was offered the
position of instructor in the State Blind
Asylum and some other institution. She
has a bright future in her chosen sphere
as she mas marked ability. A brother of the
brilliant woman resides in this city. He is
John w. Klumpke, and is an electrician.
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