The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-05


A well-known young man. says the Mem
phis Scimitar. who is very much smit-
ten with a young lady who has fond
ness for children, thought the proper thing
for him to do was to take his niece to
the animal show and let her see him in
the role of an affechopate uncle. He
bought the little tot peanuts and lemon
AIDE, and everything her childish fancy
craved so long as the young lady was
looking his way. After the performance
was over and while they were looking at
the animals the child wandered away from
him. He was busy watching the young
lady, and thought the child was walking
by his side. When he reached the en-
trance he felt a small hand in his and
thought 1t was that Of his little niece.
About that time he caught the eye or
the young lady who was near him.
He noticed a smile on her face and
thought she was pleased to see him.
Miss --, here is my little niece" he
said in delight and he reached down to
present the little girl
Instead of his little goden-haired niece
he found that he was holding the hand Of
a black-faced little pickanninuy This ex-
planned the cause of the unusual smile the
young lady had given him.
His face turned several colors, and he
did not wait to explain matters.
In the figure of Columbia protecting the
Filipinos an American girl welcomed Ad-
miral Dewey
From the tip OF her helmeted head to the
soles Of her sandaled feet not a drop OF
foreign blood flows in the veins Of Maude
Courtney, the model selected by Sculptor
Lopez.
She was born in Brooklyn twenty years
ago.
She has brow broad, open, low.
She has full blue eyes, teeth that daz-
zle, carriage that is queenly, a heaG
that speaks of independence
She is feet Tan amazon in strength
and health.
Never since she came into the world has
she known a serious Illness
Il selected her" said Sculptor Lopez.
for two features that are rare among
women. She has arms that are almost
perfect. She has neck that is partcu-
larry beautiful"
This Is rare praise from the lips of an
artist, and particularly rare coming from
a sculptor, who looks only at form, dls-
tracted not by the beauty Of flesh tints nor
the harmony, however vivid, Of color
1t Is praise OF the most unusual sort to
come from Charles Albert Lopez, who OF
all the artists VINO have given their time
TO the Dewey arch has been the most ex.
acting, the most critical.
He saw Miss Maude Courtney on the
the songs that have long ago been rele-
gated with old-fashioned portraits and the
Dolly Warden gowns of our grandmothers
to the shelves Of attic closets. Through
the summer air there ho0ted to his ears
the strains of "Massa's in the Cold, Cold
Ground" or the mple melody of "Way
Down Upon the Suwanee River
There is Columbia" ne said "as have
conceived herr
With enthusiasm Miss Courtney lent the
grace of her figure to the sculptor's art
She watched with as much interest as he
in the little stable studio where he worked,
the group as is grew.
Her patriotism lent her energy. and she
found il easy to assume and sustain the
pose set for her.
Day after day she came, patient for
hours helping to inspire inspiration.
Finally early in September, when friends
could see what the handicraft promised,