Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-27

Ing before him on .hs table some piece
OF modelling, OF book. and working
while 81 his repast.
THE BURNT GOOSE.
The only occasion on which Nine.
Rnlin has made her presence felt was
al q dinner recently given by ROdln 20
a few select artistic and journalistic
Friends They came our o. Mepdcn
invited 20 "a dinner supposed 20 take
place at lu the evening but which was
not placed on the table tin e. And
then & bls found that gOose-the
principal part OF the repQst-Nas ournt
Rodin told Nine. Rodiu thar the goose
WAS burnt. Thertupon she heW into 4
towering rage NOT with her husband
but with herself, the unfortunate goose
was snatched bodily from the table.
and Nine. Roiiu vent shrieking Into
the Eitcheu literally tearing her hair.
ROdiu at for moment 10 grave 81
lence ami looked az the faces Of his dis.
mayed guests. Then he burst into up
r0ari0us laughter, which was eo irresis-
table that every one else joined IN AZ
ter this llCiIent the dinner passed or
"wth0ut accident as ROdiu afterwar1
said: aud every one had a good time,
for R0din II q most entertaining talk
er, ard his ideas ARE so original that
Il Is always a treat 10 listen TO him.
ABODE OF AN ARTIST.
Ten minutes spent in The Roila home
IS sufficient 20 demonstrates that the
place is the bOde OF an artist obliVOus
Of everything except his work. Disor-
der seems the order " the day. 50 10
speak. Rodin boasts Of aEe picture
gallery. This II jus, opposite the Din
ing room. II rs really q big lumber
room. There Is a set Ot parior gurni-
sure Ia Co. % f0urQoster bed and "a lot
Of other household stun Most OF the
paintings SIRE not even hung They
rest on The floor With their faces tlrn-
ed toward the walls. Some OF these
paintings are By the very finest french
masters--carriera B0ugereau and 9TH
ers who have, from time % time pre-
scented specimens ut their best work 20
w. R0dig Even "a painting by l0hn
s. Sargent Of Rodn himself, hangs IN
an obscure corner. tegc and there
about the room Rodiu has glass cases
containing llttle ont treasures % his
own. None of these mas Intrinsic VAL
ne. but they are things CHOSEN BY R9-
din himself, and money would not bay
them. Among other things, Is a little
wooden model ~ a pigeon. II was
brought from Egypt by friend. To
the outsider 4 seems b bc worth about
30 cents-if that much. But ROdin goes
into ecsiacies over u.
HIS LITTLE WOODEN PIGEON.
Just look" he exclaimed. Eat those
wonderful Zines (t0 the ordinary OBJ
server these lines seem 10 be very
straight. and making inartistic angles
but Rodin sees things differently, how
much they express IN few simple
strokes. What a wonderful people
those Egyptians were. Rodm thinks
SO much or this little wooden pigeon.
atlmires Il so greatly. that ne frequent
" takes II TO bed with him and places
Il on his pillow. lie win contemplate
Il by the hour. and has even been
known 10 bring it 70 Paris In his pock-
et.
Rodln believes ia representing
through art any subject found In ma
ture-no matter how bestial or repug-
nant to taste It may be. Questioned
on this point he said.
Mature Is my excuse. Whatever
Nature shows me. that ! try 20 exhIb-
II In plaster. Whatever you see IN ma
tpre is Unsuitable In art. My Doorway
Of He'll has been denounced for the
many horrible figures and disgusting
emotions portrayed; but, / answer. IL
men do these things here surely We
may represent them In hell"
This famous Doorway OF Hell"
stands as q central object In Robins
new studio. Il ~ an enormous piece
0f sculptor, on which the artist has
been working for years Surrounding
the grues0me portal are hundreds OF
figures IN ali imaginable Pastures men
and women. fiends and mortals. de-
scription OF these figures would not be-
permitted TO 20 through the mails. Ro-
din IL proud OF this work. and the more
Il IL denounced The better he seems to
Ike Il. He seems utterly Indifferent 10
public criticism. and perhaps the secre.
OF this success rests In the fact that he
works for himself"
HIS IMMENSE STUDIO.
His immense studio. which Is sex
ag0nal building or his own design, Coa-
slsts OF one large room. with overhang-
ing side galleries arranged like mu-
scum. In glass cases throughout this
building are hundreds, or rather thous-
ands. of little figures OF every descrip-
tlOh some or lnese little casts are
not more than a few inches square,
while others are colossal. Rodin de-
lights In making tiny models OF men
and women, placing them In a case to-
gether and shaking the case up. They
assume all sorts OF queer postures. and
Rodin leaves them this way They
give him IDEAS for groups he says.
one OF the small rooms IN ROdln's
house Is used az an office, and in the
last two years he has employed a Sec