The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-03
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in her possession, a little group of
dogs, with the name Of cd. G.
! French thereon. This has been in
her family for some twenty years:
and wondering if the Cd. c.. French
so chronicled could be the famous
sculptor, Daniel Chester French, she
made the inquiry and received reply
in the affirmative from Mr.. French.
"I am much. interested to know
that You possess and value,' wrote
Mr.. French, Zone of my earliest eff
forts. It is perfectly true that I am
the sculptor Of the little group you
own. It was made about 1870, which
seems thousand years ago to me.
Perhaps it would be nearer the truth
to say the little group was made by a
boy bearing my name, for I hardly
recognize him in looking back over
all this length of time. I have al
ways thought that the expression of
the group was very good.' Mr.. D.
10. Coate, while the teacher if liter
allure in the Shelbyville high school,
has yet found time to indulge his
talents in another direction, being a
member of the class which recently
finished the course of instruction in
the Heron Art Institute.
The June "Century' is an inter-
esting one from every standpoint,
but especially from the fact that it
lis a "Western' number, much of
the material contained therein being
Iof western life and endeavor and con-
Itributed by writers having their res
iidence west of the Alleghenies. A
number of poems under the heading
Of "a Group Of Western Poets,' is
one Of the features of the number,
and a most attractive one, "Hoosler
Spring Poetry,' by Mr.. James Whit
comb Riley. leading off. "The I'm
charted Blue,' by Mr.. Charles Eu-
gene Banks, included in this group,
is a delightful example of poetic art,
possessing that alluring lyric quality
ALWAYS dominant in Mr.. Banks 5
verse, with vividness of figure and fine
nuances of sentiment, not often
: found in such colorful combination
: Mr.. Banks, who is temporarily So
iourning at Davenport, Iowa, altho
former resident of Chicago and a
cosmopolitan. Is the president Of the
: Western Association Of writer's. In
decd t'iat organization rather doml-
hates be group as NJ. Riley IS one
: of the vice presidents. and another
writer fere represented, Mrs. Alice
Williams Brotherton, Of Cincinnati
is also d member of thai assoc ation
A Mr.. .'sse w. Weik, who writes OF
A *Lintrlr as a lawyer IN another
part Of nc mo gaziro. is likewise nun
= be,cI among this organization 5
= r-iub.-s
, Among other contributors to this
S part of the "Centu"y,' S Mr.. Gale
e Young Rice, of Louisville, who here
, shows himself as happy in moro
= lyrical expression as he has been sue
d cessful in the dramatic form Whlcl
S he has previously os,%yed, two OF
f three dramatic poers from his pen
: having been published by Mcclure
r Phillips & Co. 1t may be of Interest
i to know that Mr.. Rec married Mis-
e Alice Caldwell Hogan. author o.
t "Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch
g and "Lovey Mary" who now write:
+ herself Mrs. Alice Hogan Rice.
( There are some stunning colo
T prints in this number of the ''C,h
) tury,' notably frontispiece from ;
:, miniature by the we'll known painte
on ivory, Laura C. Hills; "Friends ,
from painting by William NJ
s Chase; "The Sculptor and the King
s being reproduction of one of Georg
d de Forest Brush s canvasses; anc
It "The Green Kimono' from a J,sle
l. by the late Robert Blum, noted 70
< his pictures of japanese subjects
is All these artists are of western orr
e gin, Chase. as we'll known. being
e. native of Indiana. There is also TIL
e reproduction Of Sargent's recent por
,e trait of Secretary Hay, this n blac?
J. and white, with a short poem by Nh
is Hay, which betrays a certain sad
70 ness and weltschmerz II. Hay
le birthplace of Ohio chasing i'm wit
a WESTERN writer's
re The work and personality cf tina