The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles)


ICopyright. by Joseph B. Bowles)
MRS. Winnie Ream Hoxie has the ais
tinctiop of being the only American WIZ ~,
an who has had her statues accepteo W
tha ITnited states government and placed
IN the marble room of the capitoi o.
Wa shinptA. Her life-size marble hsuiv
of President Lincoln is famiiar "
sight-seers in the capitol, winnie ,ne the
bronze of Admiral Farragut Is one VI
| best works of art in Washington. o 49,
80 s,, other great Americans have been
| made by her)
Tho field of sculpture for women Is
unlimited, but the workers are lew,
for one must have a very oecioeo
| talent-a genius for ito enter the
| field at all.
There must be no mistake ABOUT
this. Mediocrity will not do. lnous-
trv and application will not do. Per-
severance will not do. The only rea-
son for men or women trying to FOL
low sculpture as a profession Is tnat
thew are so irresistibly impeieo
toward II and impressed with their
own ability that they cannot possibly
resist the impulse to model In clay.
MANY girls have sought advice on
this subject, asked how they couid
know IL they had marked ability or
talent, and also, desiring to be SOUP
tors. what method l would suggest
what teachers recommend? At these
questions l have sometimes lost my
. temper and told them that they could
: soon find out by shutting themselves
} nm with some clay and seeing wna'
{ thew could evolve from the crude ma
. terial. l have told them that, Ike
love. this knowledge comes not Ds
. appointment,. but at some unexpected
corner it springs forth" A good way
: the only way to test the matter
would be to take some common poi
ter's clay lit seems almost sacred u
me)-and If, alone and unaided, the!
cannot instantly bring forth some
2 thing beautiful or artistic from IL
= weird depths, where statutes lie I'm
= prisoned, then let them come fort
:. from that room, leaving hope Of
). hind" and let them then and Their
= forever abandon all idea OF bein
/. sculptors and following in the ZOO
steps of the divine Angelo"
MY own experience when maxim
- my first steps in the study OF art
study that has been such a gres
pleasure and comfort to me all M
AZ life long-may be of interest.
a. A mere child-a delicate girl ma
never been in a studio until the fat
full day when l was taken to Clar
Mills studio by friend. He We
modelling in clay and l was Instant
impressed with the fact that l, to
could model, and in that very hour
made my first essay. In two montl
l had made in clay the hkenesses
Thaddeus Stevens, Reverdy Johnso
Gen. Custer, Gen. Grant, Gen. McCl'
Ian, Gen. Thomas, Gen. Fremont, Re
resentative John Wentworth OF CT
cago. Gen. Frank P. Blair, Senate
John Sherman and Nesmith, Pars'
Brownlow, Gen. Morehead Of PenDs,
vania, Representative Garfield. &c
Yates of Illinois and Abraham Ii
coin. they were all life-size bus
and have copies Of them all here
my studio now, and I look at the
with deep and affectionate gratitut
. as they all became my warm a
devoted friends, inspiring me to
dustry, application and high ambitit
\ These busts were said to be striki
\ likenesses and the senators and me
beers who were lookers-on at my ea
4 efforts took a deep interest in tn
N young protege and had the kindne
~ sympathy and courage to uphold "
n ing hands.
II woman feels that she has
usual talent for sculpture and desi
to enter this field, let her determ
to make it her life work. Let
not be handicapped by maria
Every one can marry, but not
can model. Not that 1 discour;
matrimony-an institution so no
in itself-but it is distinctly not c
ducive to development in art. H
bands naturally are jealous OF I
other love, and mothers he
N yearns more tenderly over her I
- than her clay children. Little ones
mand constant attention, and ther'
work enough in, house, be the 81
y ants never so plentiful, to absorb
III constant attention of woman
n keep her busy day after day, W
II after week and month after montl
c. II Q woman student is really s
d ously in earnest let her study a
onv and draw from the nude