The sun., 1907-08-18


tyre he wanted for his negro soldier
MY man, he said. blocking the negro. 4
have been looking for you. want to immor-
tnlize you'-Saint Gaudens used the long
word for the fun he got out Of 1t in watching
the negro's amazement over IL. for negroes
marvel more over big words than they do
over near miracles in nature. i wish to do
you in stone. want To-
That's az far as he ever got with that ono
too. The negro believers In the night doctor
superstition have all heard that after they're
killed and sold by the night doctors their
bodies are picked for preservation pur-
poses In fluid that causes them. when tho
dissectors are through with them, to turn
TO stone.
Saint Gsudens In urgent need Of a model
for his negro soldier took after tho negro to
explain the situation to him. Seeing this,
the black began to howl as he ran, and then
a policeman began to race after the negro
and the sculptor. Saint Gaudsns pulled up
when he was shouted at by the policeman.
whats aiiin' yeez? Did the dings frisk
yeezr the policeman asked Saint Gaudens
and Saint Gaudens, though he was born In
Ireland himself, couldn't understand that
question, naturally enough.
-'I want that man. he started to say to
the officer. for the purpose Of
well. oi'n git him fr yesz.' painted
the cop. and away he went after the negro.
who was turning q corner then.
The policeman raped on the pavement
with his club and blew his whistle, and tho
policeman ON the other beat heard the
signals and saw the flying negro bound
his way. and corralled the man. There
were slaty gray or sshen spots all over
the bresthisss blacks face when he was
finally brought back to where Saint Gaudens
| was standing.
Then the sculptor sndeavored to ex-
plain to the two policemen and the negro
just what his difficulty was and how he
wanted the black to pose for him. But
the policemen couldn't see IL. and they
roasted Saint Gaudens for running after a
decent negro on the public street.
-'Oive tn best notion in tn wurrid q
pinch yeez fr it, said the policeman first
on the scene, and Saint Gsudens would per-
hsps have been taken to the station house
had not one of the instructors at the Cor
coran School OF Art come along and fixed
the matter up.
After that in order to keep Saint Gaudens
out OF trouble in his model hunting essays
delegate that part Of his task to q COM
petent and approved volunteer. but he
didn't like this method. fearing that nobody
could know just precisely what he wanted
in the way OF negro for his black soldier
except himself. So we instructed him as to
a better way to approach such negroes as
look ked likely for his purpose. We told him
not to mention anything about pictures or
-
to tackle them and ask them IL they
wanted some work.
do you want job?' he asked the next
black he came upon who looked ss IL he
might ill the bill.
-'Ah'm wukkin' now. boss the man re-
piled. suspiciousIy. for as usual 1t was
after nightfall when Saint Gaudens went
forth on his model hunt.
But the sculptor managed to dispel this
suspicion and gave the negro the address OF
his studio, asking him TO drop around there
on the following forenoon. On the next
morning Saint Gaudens was busily engaged
at modelling a sarcophagus pieoe-a recum-
bent figure when there was timid tapping
on his door.
-'Entor' the sculptor sang out. and the
door was opened and the negro pushed
III MS Dedu anu One IOOt.
Come right in. Lafayette said Saint
Gaudens pleasantly. but the big dsrkys
face showed the agony Of fear that had
seized him.
He kept his eyes fixed on the reclining
clay figure upon which the aproned sculptor
was working. and big beads began TO pop
| on his forehead. Saint Gaudens read the
meaning Of the fear expressed in the negros
eyes. The black had it. Of course. that he.
the night doctor. was working with the
scalpel over the body Of somebody fresh
killed.
-'Gawd ha' mussy on nah nigguh soulr
screamed the black. in frenzy Of fear. and
then the sound Of his voice giving him re-
lease from his rootedness. he lesped for the
stairs.
There were two fights Of stairs. and the
black fell down both Of them. bowling.
stop himi Stop him. 1 ssyr called out
Saint Gaudens from the top Of the stairs, and
the janitor OF the establishment tackled the
negro as he flew toward the door. grappled
with him and bore him to the ground.
| His terror increased to shrieking hys-
terra when Saint Gaudens trotted down the
stairs in his working rig. and the janitor
had to put his hand over the mans mouth
to stop his cries. But he hadn't stopped
them before the whole house was aroused
and the halls were filed wi ith terrified women
and whimpering children.
Turn the fellow loose said Saint Gau-
dens disg'stedly. seeing that he'd never get
any good out OF that model. and he slipped q
81 bill into the coat pocket of the stnl prone
negro the janitor let the man up. and away
he few as IL all OF the furies of Tartarus
were after him.
Saint Gaudens gave UP his personally
conducted search for a negro model
then. just the man he wanted was sent
20 bin by somebody q few weeks later in
the person of an educated but very black
and characteristic negro messenger In one
Of the Government departments Of Washing
ton, and this man answered perfectly for
the negro soldier OF the Shaw pieos.
Saint Oaudens had q lot OF trouble too
In getting white models for the soldiers of
tho piece. He was asked vhy he didn I
Lpick out a few soldiers from the Regular
army outfits stationed In and about Wash
ington, uniform them In the soldier clothes
OF the civil war and get ahead with his
piece. but he well knew why he couldn' Z
do anything OF tho sort, although he didn't
become discursive on the subject.
He was perfectly aware that the regulars
OF the latter years OF the nineteenth CEN
tury were OF a wholly different typo Of men
| from the volunteers of the '0Oe Tha rau-