The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-22
GOVERNOR COOPER LOOKS FOR
ALGERNON SHAW.
Disappeared in Honolulu Two Years
and a Half Ago Distracted Parents
Still Keep Up Search

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cbaracferiza him to the casual obser, NJ,
mr. connanion as anvtbinp hut an
American unless he chose to divuIge if
He was an artist of considera HE abi-
rtv devoting himself nrincipallv to
black and white although usinp nasre1
with facility. He studied in French art
schools with considerable success. Some
of his earlier work consisted in pen and
ink reproductions of the forms of some
old ceramics discovered in earth mounds
in BRITTANY. Later i'm Paris he Pcied as
nrivata secretarv for Sarah Rernhardt
the ira gedienne afterwards writing IL
.lustrated articles on the actress life
and habits for various American publi
cations In New York he practiced his
art and was employed on the New York
Tribune He designed some effective
nosters and Illustrated current events
on many mainland naners as he wan
dered across the continent. New Or
leans and Los Angeles papers. knew his
work for a while until ne finally drift
cd IN towards San Francisco working
there awhile on the call From there
he had an evident desire to go to the
southern seas where n the Tahitian
grOup he expected to find his knowl-
! ledge of French useful securing several
letters of Introduction to Frenchmen
| there. Things went awrv financially in
/ san Francisco and Shaw gladly accent
I ed nOsition in the steward G
/ deDartment on the Australia offer
! ed him bv Joseph Seelv Late in
I JuIv 1899 he secured a position on Aus
| tin;s Weekly then published in illustrate
! ed form. For that periodical he went
! with other neyysna nernnen as an invited
guest 70 tho oneninp Of the WaiaIua
/ botaI on Auenst 4 making several
sketches ar the luncheon as his first
work in connection with the paper.
! These he sbowad to several that after
moan in an unfnisbed shane Phat
/ evening FrankIvn Austin advanced him
money enough to tide him over night
and the nexf dav saturday he was TO
/ baI,a ,aoaiI,ad 80 boIopce of l,is agreed
unon salary amounting to several dol
lars
| This no nevar called for The next
| noorpipo he avbibited the finished slSet
cbee which yvere canitaIIv drawn and
then was lost SIGHT Of until tho after
noon when he was seen unon the wrarf
rear tba transnort Ohio He had nor a,
49, ti,e,o 80 y,e,od fa, .,o,, nd his
tr,Inll v,itb vvbat snare cIotbinp he had
10 in tba oFicas of the Austin pub
Ilishinp Comnanv His nortfolio with all
his Sketches cIinnings letters and prac-
ticaIIv his credantiaIs ana aids TO Sc
cnrine a nosition as an artist we're tenn.
norarjIv in cbarge of Allan Dunn AT
The time associate editor of Austin's
weekly The nortfoIio contained MANY
IlittIe odds and ends of notes letters and
renroductinns Of his work that would
have haen naturaIIv nrized nv shaw
avtending as thev did over several
Years
on tbe dock he was heard ino,iirina
as to vacancy in the stewards denart.
mant on the Ohio and announced his in.
tention Of annIvinp for the ioh Ther,