The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-19

Sit ef carved decoration IN their homes,
made BY themselves. and the work inspires
love OF homo decoration and OF home
possession. q the same time-not bad ssnti-
preacher said In his pulpit that New York
nothing but big ferryboat-its popu-
lation 10 90 constantly on the move
dainty brown-eyed maid opened the
palm Of her slender hand. For ssners-
for nothing save the soft. pretty things
| Of life, but her money was swept away
4 by . single mistaken investment, and tho
brown-eyed girl thought that wood-carv-
ing offered a means OF Livelihood. Her
and the round, hard ends Of the other
1T doesnt hurt bit, she said. 1T did
at first. but my akin has grown hard and
She lifted the end Of q richly carved plate
rack TO show the detail In It's workmanship
and then exhibited q handsomely carved
and artistically shaped bellows mounted
In brass and brown leather that was thing
'.f md -he said. that people like carved
chairs and tables better than anything
are In some dem and. And then picture
frames are. probably. the most profitable
firm and other Western Arms have followed
the example OF that one The West is as
much interested In wood-carving a. the
while was studying In Paris--before
though this Ia such 4 beautiful art and
one In demand among the wealthy. tho
artists In wood-carvng are none OF them
able TO make enough to stand alone IN their
art. All Of them work for large Arms, but
these let them take all the time they need
for fine work and also allow them to make
their own designs.
Then, too, these artists are fairly we'll
paid. although they do not make anything
In any other line makes far more
This artist, with her determination to
succeed. spared neither time nor expense
TO harm something worth while about
Woodworking Her experience Is an en-
f TO me ySiHns ~1m rass. Tno
II Ia one that will grow with the Year,. for
wood.carving In no other country has been
fad for the moment.
In America q modeller receives from
a a day up. He seldom receives as little
as 81 a day. A wood-carver, on the con-
trory, who does harder and more exacting
work, receives only from IS to 81
day and often. not 80 much IT u.
the carvers say. the poorest paid and the
hardest art to acquire.
or course. all carvers are not expert at
their work and the greater number OF them
do not know how TO draw; but all. alike.
understand the rules laid down for wood
carvers. and women and men alike tap,
tap. tap all the long day with their wooden
n ellets upon straight and curved tools,
chisels and gouges and the like; handling
the rounded ends. the ball ends the oil
stones, slipstones and draw stones with
the skill at their command and always with
the American principle Of hurry set before
them.
There seems a lesson to Americans In the
rich carved work done by German peasants
and brought to this country for sale. A
real sense OF the artistic seems evident in
their des gins. and the execution shows
both holiness OF idea and care In the way in
which IL 10 carried out. Few hunting orna-
ments are more artistic than theirs, where
the game IL carved out Of wood In life size,
often. with accuracy even In the finish Of
the feathers.
II IL given to any woman to be able to
initiate these peasants in a small degree.
Any woman who likes her furniture to be
artistic can learn enough OF woOdcarving
TO make her chairs and tables. the edges
Of her bookshelves and her shoeboxes
things OF beauty. II would not take any
great amount OF time or exertion to learn
enough for these purposes-that is, II only |
simple effects were beforehand the results |
would be lasting in their beauty. /
In out of-the-way corners Of this city one |
sometimes comes upon a ANAL wood carv-
ing establishment hidden In the Aemi-dark- !
meas of a basement where good work Is .
done. The articles made in these places !
are large pieces carved for garden orna- |
ments and for the houses or places Of busi- |