Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-19
How Chance Encounter and
Threatened Fight Made
Him a Knight.
CAREER MOST ROMANTIC Osr
Met His Fianccc. u Denver ci,,
Berlin, and They Are To bc
Married Next Year.
Special Correspondence.

Ger VINO proved to be Frederlc,
william German crown prince reco,
milton and explanations which res,,i,..
In mutual attachment and frlendsht''
royal command TO settle In Berlin MAJ,
his imperial highness PATRONAGE wy
mission to the most exclusive cjrclA.
aristocratic society in the kalser's ,H
tering capital: betrothal to n Colorsy'
beauty and heiress, the belle az NJ,
season. that is the story in brs, wy
lame and fortunes favors TO Sienor AZ A.
do Sguanci, % years old, Florentin.
sculptor. painter. actor musician ani
all-round genius. '
TYPICAL AMERICAN GIRL
His engagement to typical Ars,
can girl. Miss Eva Frederick lie Foo.
daughter of Judge and Mrs. Owen =
lie Fevre of Denver, clothes Spp,nI
with particular interest for peonIs ~
the United States, for unless all slrru
fail he is bound TO be heard OF NM
liantly and decisively I'm the world 4,
art He has, indeed. already "arrlvads
to an extent sculptors twice his 40.
might envy, for the products of M.
chisel already occupy inches in sora
OF the finest galleries of Italy Gsr1
many, France and Russia, and he wear.
decorations of honor bestowed by he
king OF Italy, the vatican at Rome ANA
The French government.
PRINCE AND FIsTICUFFs,
The story of Sguancps chance meet.
ing with the future German kaiser IN
cafe at Florence year ago. which
promised TO end in fisticuffs, but wound
up instead in denouement that starr.
ed Sguanci on the way TO fame. reads
as If II might have been snatched fron
a novel or play. Sguanci was drink.
ing and chatting with trio OF artist
friends, when he suddenly observed
himself being sketched by one Of two
young officers, German-unlformed a
few tables away. Pulling out his own
sketch book and crayon, Sguancl, eyes
flashing, started to draw the officer. He
works with lightning speed and before
the astonished young German had time
to realize what had happened. Sguancl
was standing before him, Showing A
sketch. true to life, before his aston.
ished gaze. Il saw you drawing me 50
I've drawn you, and here you are" A.
observed. with note Of defiance IN
his voice.
ARTIST APoLoGIzED.
The German crown princeton N a,
he-is by no means timld, and In ANN.
slant he was on his feet. with INK ns
clenched, looking Sguanci square In III,
eyes. III another moment q blow Nigh,
have been struck had not one Of Ina
other Germans hastily grasped lths
young sculptor by the arm and r..
vealed to him the identity of the young
man whom he had sketched. OF course
the abashed Italian Immediately bowed
low and rendered prOfuse apologies
which were as promptly accepted when
Sguanci was invited 10 join the royal
party at coffee and cigarettes.
ENDED ALL RIGHT.
An hours laughing. animated CONVEX.
sation ended up with an assuranc. o,
he crown princes readiness to SIT 10
Sguanci for "A bust, the first the future
kaiser ever had made, and commits.
'ion to execute and bring 1t personally
TO the palace at Potsdam. When the
bust was finished Sguanci prepared 10
'onyey IL TO the Marmor Palals IN
Potsdam, eventually arriving in Ber-
In with his bust under his arm IN
package. Betaking him.
self to Potsdam, he was destined for
mother unconventional meeting With
MS imperial patron. for the crown
prince happened TO be driving through
he gardens of Sans Souci park when he
'pied Sguanci looking vaguely for the
'ight way TO go, and overwhelmed him
With welcome. Frederick William N.
listed on the young sculptor jumping
nto his dog-cart, bust and all, and vas
lrlven by his imperial hlghness himself
Iirect to the palace, where he was hon
red In every way, and asked to select
no niche best suited to the work,
GENIUS ATTRACTS.
sguanci began to attract notice 10
It's genius at the age of 10, when bis
Irst important work, PRO Humanl-
ate was produced. All his works
how strength. life and beauty. Two
ears ago he was knighted by the king
I Italy and given the title OF Cavaliers
ella Corona d'Italie, which had never
efore been conferred on so young o
nan Shortly after the accession Of
'ius y, Sguanci executed magnh-
emily life-like bust IN marble Of biz
ollness, which now stands In a con-
picuous place In tho private quarters
I the holy father of the vatican. one
{ his recent achievements was the
ompletion Of n heroic-slze cast EMU
led "Herosm In the Mines" depicting
ow miners give their lives to save
Tho sculptor presented thS
.ork to the lottery organized BY me
rench government for the benefit OF
he victims OF the Couryiores mine DIS
ster and the minister Of the interior
!. Clomenceau. has thanked SguaneI
n letter OF rare Cordlality end apprt-
lation or so peculiarly appropriate
IT.
SOCIAL BERLIN BOWS,
Because OF his patronage by u'
rown prince Sguancrs genius has az
acted the attention Of artistic AM
lcial Berlin during the past brilliant
JASON, and he has been n welcome
lcst at the most exclusive salons u
10 kaiscr's capital Besides his sNt
ith the chlsel and mallet, sguand .
h amateur actor OF fine attainmenlN
nd might easily have achieved su.'
,ss ON the stage had NOT sculpture
aimed him for its own. lie Is aEv
musician, and plays tho pinAo ei'
ngs IN accomplished style.
Miss lie Fevre, the charming Ameir
IN girl who Is TO share the sculptor
'tlstlc future. IL daughter Of "
mbia, who might have been snalch'
from n Gibson or Chrlsty picsurf.
III. willcgy and graceful she, va
aduated from Bryn Mawr and Ias
lmpleted her education IN France
III Germany, acquiring the two ial'
lages and further adding 70 her as,
by course or slnElh5
in Madame Jane Osborne-Hani'ss.u,,
. American soprano just crsased ~
long period AT the Leipslc glaud "t
a. Miss LeFevre Is Wei SIo@n IN n.
tn eastern and western sosiai es ~
rs In the United States. WAN IN
rents. she will make her h onis