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ment the skies frightened With success
seemingly assured. Saint Gaudens welded
Miss Augusta F. Homer-a marriage that
had long waited upon the dawn of finan-
cial independence.
For almost sixteen years thereafter
SAINT Gaudens labored conscientiouslv
with splendid results in the studio he es-
tahllshed in New York and became al.
most from the outset one of the most
conspicuous figures in the art life of the
metropolis. While at work upon tha,
wonderful monument to the late wife OF
Henry Adams, the historian. a master.
piece of sculpture, which stands I'm Rocl,
Creek cemetery. Washington and for
which a score of deficient titles have been
proposed. although Saint Gaudens would
never give it one-the sculptor first visited
the picturesque hamlet of Cornish y
H.. and there he soon afterward
bought an old brick tavern and converted
1t into summer home. To this haven
in the uplands of New England the physi-
cally broken sculptor came many wears
later to make his permanent residence
and here he did his final work
The Adams monument. SOmber and IN
Scrutable, is associated with another sig
niticant event in Saint Gaudens' career.
one October night in 1901 the :, ulptor $
chief studio burned, carrying to destruc-
ton not only all the sculpture in progress
but his port fo1ios containing the records
of forty years. On that dreary morning
after the fire the head Of the Adams mon
ument faced its creator-a seemingly ap-
prOpriate S0uvenir-the one and only
thing that escaped the flames. After this
blow Saint Gaudens set bravely To work
and soon had re overed in his work niue Il
OF the lost ground.
One circumstance that. aside from his
death, gives Saint Gaudens unusual
prominence in this. the year of the Lin
coin centenary. is that the Irish sculptor
interpreted the martyr President in art as
no other painter or sculptor has ever
been able to do. His two heroic figures
the one representing Lincoln standing.
having place in Lincoln Park Chicago
and the other showing Lincoln. seated.
a gift to the South Side of the city of
Chicago by bequest OF the late John
Crearer of that city fhe latter one of
Saint Gaudens' last statueSl. seem TO
reach the very apex of achievement as
counterfeit presentmentS of the savior of
The Union. Only few weeks ago the
national government selected the Saint
Gaudens head of Lincoln as tho best Dor
trait extant for reproduction On the one
hundred million commemorative postage
stamps which have been issued for llce
this year Other nota BILE statues of the
nations most prominent men which came
from the hand of Saint Gaudens were
the monument tu Gen. Logan. on the
lake front, Chicago; that to James A.
Garfield. In Far'roIl,'t P.:t. pRilad l.
phia. and dat triumphant sherman. in
Central Park New York. the horse and
rider preceded by that exultant inspiring
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under this ili-te.npered master Saint
GaudenS rebelled and found employment
with more tolerant cameo cutter. Jules
lie Brethon by name. All the while he
was studying drawing at the Cooper In
stitute in the evenings, giving rein to a
talent that had first manifested itself in
charcoal scrawls on the fences near his
home and which had instantly arrested
the attention of some of the customers
of the shoe-making father. little later
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II = ~ ." .-4t.F HI 81
Fatrick's day al
ways serves to d.
rect public atten-
tion 10 the person.
alities and the
achievements of the
III q st celebrated
members of the
Irish race, ana
particularly I II q
foremost represent
ativeS of the Irish
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By Irwin S. Cobb.

DIN. my boy said
the hotel clerk of
the ST. Reckless
TO the head wine
clerk, IL think FL
take a little vichy
and milk. And
please be careful
not to make it 10
strong of the milk.
] feel very fragile
and transient this
morning.
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ica's foremost sculptor. but he was per-
haps the premier sculptor Of the world
in his generation and was so recognized
not only in the new world, but In the
old. That brilliancy which appears to
be a trait OF the Irish race was in Saint
Gaudens matched by his versatility. In
his prolific sculpture he handled the
y dely divergent mediums OF marble and
bronze with equal facility and In early
life ne had proven himself a master as
u cameo cutter.
Persons who are perhaps just a trihe
jealous of the pardonable Irish pride In
Saint Gaudens are sometimes wont to
point out that he was not unreservedly
an Irish product. His father was aFrench-
man. as may be judged from the name,
and Augustus Saint Gaudens. although
born in Ireland. was brought to the
United States when a baby. so that the
two republics can claim with the Emerald
isle a share of the credit in fostering his
genius.
However. Saint Gaudens will probably
go down into history as pre-eminently
an Irish sculptor-not so much because
of the locale of his birth as because lie
seemed to typify in his temperament
and in the creative power of his art
exactly those qualities which admirers
OF the lr1sh race are wont - pronounce
Its dominant racial characteristics That
he always took the greatest pride and in
terest in his native land there is ample
evidence. and it is significant that the
last pretentious piece OF work upon which
he was engaged was statue of Par
nell destined for his birthplace, Dublin
This figure of Parnell represents the
great Irish orator just rising and put
ting on his overcoat-an unconventiona
but characteristic attitude. But in this,
as in many forerunners, Saint Gaudens
conquered not less by the perfection of
his art than by the daring of his con-
ception.
Close friends of Saint Gaudens recall
that it gave him especial pride and pleas
ure when in the AFTERNOON of his all too
brief life there came to him the commits
sion for this statue OF Charles Stewart
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X
And that was why the ordinary man
would rather buy great gross Of Scotch
highballs than one pair of socks. A mao
is driven by necessity and the fact that
his toe nails are gnawing the inside OF
of the toe caps on his shoes into a haber-
dashery. He knows exactly what he
wants, to wit, socksA pair of black socks
with toes in front and heels at the back
and the soles underneath. Just plain
North American socks, that will acquire
an openwork or porous-like appearance fore
and aft. when he's worn 'em once. the
same as all other socks. There's nothing
else in the world that he wants except
socks. He's Mr.. Socrates g. Sockins. from
Soxville Center. Hose county. 6ocksylva-
MIA, and he used to play socker foot ball
on the same team with Sockalexis. the
Injun. Sockless Jerry Simpson wasn't
even related to him by marriage. Thus
satisfied in his own mind he enters a
place where socks are purveyed to the
sock-using public and states his wants,
namely, socks, to a beautiful floor walker,
who has the same naughty grace and in
dolent manner seen in q show girl that
has a drag with the manager. The floor
walker unbends sufficiently to pass him
along to a youth wearing his front hair
in an antler effect and q vest with dine
room pictures embroidered on it. To this
impressive youth he repeats his modest
desires.
Really now, YOU don't want no black
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rs CONSIDERED BY
/ SOM E AS THE
GREATEST CELTIC
G ENIUS OF THE
CEN URY - THE
EARLY ENVIRON
MT OF TIL E
SCULPT TOR - DIS
TINCTIVE FIGURE
OF PARNELL, THE
GREAT IRISH LEAD
Err, OVER WHICH
THE SCULPT o R
WORKED WITH
LOVING CARE-HIS
STATUES OF LIN
COLIN, FARRAGUT,
SHERMAN AND LO-
GAN-THE MARVEL
GUS PIECE OF
S G. u L P 7 u r E
GRIEF" IN T H E
ROCK CREEK GENIE
Terry.
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Parnell Although the sculptor was al
ready heavily handicapped by Ill health
and was not as free from financial worry
as the artist should be, he attacked this
new work with unusual enthusiasm. He
remarked over and over again that he had
enough Irish in his makeup to appreci-
ate the character of his subject. An un-
expected difficulty appeared in the execu-
ton of the figure of Parnell. Only few
photographs of the Irish leader could be
found and those available were very un-
satisfactory as basis from which the
sculptor should work. So Saint Gaudens
turned for inspiration to the caricatures
of Parnel published from time to time in
the English funmaker Punch and thus
the cartoons that had been drawn origi-
nally to ridicule the Irish patriot came in
the end to serve an exactly opposite pur-
pose.
X
Readers who delight to note the un-
promising beginnings OF genius cannot
fail to be interested in the environment
which nurtured mis- exponent of Irish
poetry in marble and bronze. The father
of the sculptor. Bernard Paul Ernest
Saint Gaudens, was Il native Of the south
of France and there learned his trade OF
Shoemaker. As young man he over
came the Incidence of that sunny cline
and became in effect a tramp shoemaker,
tourneyfng by easy stages to Paris, thence
to London and finally to Dublin, Ireland.
where he fell under the witchery of the
Irish beauty of Mary McGuiness, a girl
who bound slippers in the shoe store for
which he made boots. 1t seemed for a
time after the wedding as though the
mercurial Frenchman would settle down
and liSe happy ever after in the Irish
metropolis. but a few months after the
third baby came the old nomadic spirit
returned. and SO the shoemaker, his wife
and family set sail for America.
In New York the eccentric f'renchman.
hotheaded and fanciful, devoted far more
attention to the engrossing subject of
secret societies than he did to the more
prosaic one OF the shoe trade and ac-
cordingly Augustus had early TO take Il
hand in the bate for livelihood The
first dozen years.of his life. during which
he received the ordinary common school
education of the New York boy of half
a century ago, were spent in sordid sur
roundings. but after he left school at
the age of thirteen years and was appren-
ticed TO cameo cutter his artistic talent
developed rapidly. and this despite the
fact that the man Avet, to whom he was
apprenticed-one Of the first stone cameo
cutters in America-was anything but an
agreeable employer.
After several yearsA2f miserable life
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ALGERNON.

female figure of Victory which Saint
GaudenS modelled from the woman whom
he always considered to be the hand
soonest model he had ever seen.
Whistler. the painter. and other giants
of the world of art. who were also con-
genial and companionabe To Saint Gau-
dens. endeavored to keep up the scup-
tors spirits in the face of encroaching i'll
health. but from 1900. when he returned
to America after sojourn of three years
in Paris, it was a losing fight. He lived
as much as possible in the open, skating
and golfing while his strength lasted
and later sitting by the hour on the
porch or being carried about i'm an impro-
vised sedan chair With his eboing
strength he, at the request of President
Roosevelt, prepared the designs for the
nations new gold coins, and finally death
found him with his hands still moldine
a cherished relief of his wife There is
more than ground for hope that the
long-awaited American school, OF art
has been founded by this son OF Ire
land. whose birthday we celebrate within
the month dedicated to ST. Patrick
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gent merely asked for Scotch highbali.
He got it. Pleasant day? Yes, no. rain
ing outside? Don't say? All right. I'm
pleasant day, then. Fifteen cents. please.
Thank you. Brush. Next gent.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS +;

Sealed proposals. endorsed "P5oposal
Brook Sewer with its Appurtenances.
will be received by the Committee on
Streets and Sewers at the Office of John
II. Burleigh, City Engineer untn IueS-
day. June 1, 1909. at 7.30 o'clock F. M.
The work consists of the building OF
about $50 lin. 1T. of reinforced concrete
sewer TT. 6 in. diameter with the neces-
sary outfal1.
Specifications and blanks for bids may
be obtained and plans and profiles seen
at the office of the City Engineer, % Main
|street. .
Bids must be made on PROPOSAL blank
attached to the specifications and con-
form to all the requirements of the In
distractions therein. s.,a;. Sc
certified check on some local banks N
Should the successful bidder fail to e.
ecute the contract and file bond within
Item days after notification of award his
check will be forfeited to the City OF
IMaterville. 1t shall be returned to him.
however, upon such proper executing and
| securing of the contract. Checks of un-
successful bidders will be returned to
them immediately after awarding Of the
CHARLES D, SAYwARD,
GORHAM C. CARR.
CLARENCE B. CORTHELL
| HARRY e. GREEN, "a ~
GEORGE B. JACKSON y
COMMITTEES on Streets and Severn
Waterville, Maine, May II, 1909.
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DARING RESCUE
Of Young Lady a. on Wilson NJ!
River at Wi|Iimantic.
Nellie Donohue Falls in Quick
Water, While Fishing.
Tom Reynolds, Eoxeroft Aead.
Soph., Faces Death But Saves Her.

Dover. Me. May 26.-An accident
which, but for the quick and brave ac-
ton of Tom Reynolds, a Sophomore i'm
Foxcroft Academy, would have proved
fatal, occurred on Sunday morning at
the Grecley's Falls fishing pool on
Wilson river in Willimantic.
Miss Nellie Donohue. telephone OPP
orator at the Dover Central office, was
fishing from the smooth ledge just be-
low the falls, when in some way her
foot slipped, and before she could re-
cover herself she was precipitated
irto the quick water which sweeps by
the ledge with terrific force. now foam
ing and tossing in its spring pitch of
turbulent waters. There were fisher
men in boats anchored at a little dis
lance from the pool, but before they
fully realized that a life was in peril
Tom Reynolds courageously plunged
nto the water and managed to reach
Miss Donohue just as she was going
down for the second time. He is a
powerful swimmer and succeeding hi
SctLIDS MISS boIoIIut out vi liz mann
current TO a rock near the shore, where
he held her until help came from the
kotel. vncn both were taken from the
water in Il much exhausted condition.
and removed to the Willimantic
House, where they were soon none the
worse for the accident. y
Mr. Reynolds is receiving many com
pIimcnts for his heroic action without
which it seems almost certain Miss
Donohue would have lost her life. This
is one of the best, but at the same time
one OF the most dangerous pools
around Sebec lake. At the spring fish
ing the whole Wilson river in it's swol-
len state sweeps through a narrow
gorge in the ledge which forms the
natural dam, and makes a current ibe-
low that is extremely swift and hare
even for boats to encounter with safe
| ty. Lives have been lost at these falls
and it is regarded as almost miracle
| that either one or both were moi
drowned before reaching shallow wa
ter, Sunday.
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Colby Notes.

The executive committee of the Ath-
letic Association at the last meeting
elected Wilbur v. Cole of the Sopho-
more class track captain. C's were
awarded to the seven men who Won
points at the intercollegiate meet at
Orono or at the dual meet at Bates:
Joy. Stacey. Herrick, S. A. Cole, Vail,
Tibbetts and Chandler.
The Colby Junior League will meet
in Watervile Friday and Saturday.
The preliminary games will be played
Friday and the winners will play the
finals Saturday morning. College exer-
cises will be postponed during the meet
and the visiting teams~ will be enter
tanned by the Colby boys.
The Colby baseball team came in
from Brunswick at sos last night and
were met At the train by the Colby
Band and the student body. After the
team had supper, a special, car met the
boys at the college and took the band
and team down Main street. They
were followed by the college boys car
rying fireworks. Speeches were made
by the prominent business men arid
Colby celebrated her second Bowdoin
victory in grand style.
Earl Stanley OF Southeast Harbor is
visiting Harold E. Donneli at the D.
K. f. house.
Edwin W. Merrill 'O9, is in Newport
N. H., and Boston on business.
n. d. coIby's Big Celebration.
The Colby boys owned the cit,
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HaIioweiI High 10; Winthrop 6.

Hallowell High took revenge on Win
throp yesterday on the Muster field by
winning, 10 to 6. incidentally fattened her
batting record bit Everything went
Halowells way from the first, the Wis
itors having no look in for the game az
any time. BY a combination of hits and
close base running the locals annexed
three runs in the first, blanking Win
throp in their half. The whirlwind start
of the home team seemed to take Win
tnrop off her feet and at no time could
the opposing batters bunch hits to any
extent.
For Hallowei II. Fuller led the bat
ting with two magnificent double sack
ers, the first one playing a large part in
the scoring results. Carey batted well.
The startling base running of r. Full
Ter aided in the good work while the
team as a whole supported the battery
well.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-27
AbieI Robinson Dies Mon
day atAge Of 80 Years.
Cause Was Injuries Resulting
From a Fall Last Week.
Leon Gallant and Mettle Gordon
Married. Memorial Day Play.

Elmer B. Gordon left Tuesday for
Palmer, Mass. where he will be en-
ployed in the Insane hospital.
Mrs. Lizzie Richardson and father,
Russell Cummings, went to Hallowell
late Mrs. Ruth Moore, Mrs. Richard
sons mother in-laW.
Abial Robinson died Monday after
noon from injuries sustained in. fall
last week. Mr.. Robinson was 80 years
of age and with one exception the old
est resident of Winthrop.
Mrs. e. p. Libby and Mrs. Fl. W.
Stevens passed yesterday in Hallowell
and Gardiner.
Miss Clara Maxwell has been visit
ing in Portland.
The marriage of Leon Gallant and
Miss Nettie Gordon was solemnized
Tuesday evening by Rev. c. F. Sar-
gent at the Congregational parsonage
The bride wore a pretty travelling suit
of London Smoke. She is the daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Gordon and
has always lived here. The groom
came here early last winter and is an
emnloye of the Winthrop Mills co. Mr.
and Mrs. Gallant will reside at the
home of the brides parents. Friends
wish them every happiness.
The InVincibie Dramatic Club COM
posed entirely of local talent: will pre-
sent the Spy of Gettysburg" Mt the
Town hall Memorial evening for the
benefit of the Soldiers Monument fund
Tie cast of characters includes: Cen
erai Meade, commanding Army of Po-
tomac,, Miles C. Tremblay;. Harry Len
OK, Federal scout, Leroy E. Macom
Der: Major Timothy Tapley, an eccen-
tric member of Lees army, Edwin
Wadsworth; Uncle Moses Mulvcy, a
relic of the Mexican war, f. j.. Laugh
ten: Cyril Blackburn. black sheep of
a noble Virginia family, J. G. House,
worth; Solomon, an independent coon,
George Hamblen; Captain Warren. a
Federal staff officer. e. E. Wood; .ien-
nison, willing tool of Blackburn's,
Glendon Frost: Mabel Meredith, a true
hearted girl, Miss l.. Jennie Gray; Lot
tie Evans, her cousin full of mischief.
Miss Lucy NJ. Carr; Mrs. Moses Null
Vey, with mind of her own, Mrs. "A. L.
Leech. .,,a.
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An Anniversary Day Of the, Sixties.

+ Thomas p. Brown, a veteran of the
Civil War, who resides ir this city,
and one who has much of the history
Of that crisis in the nations struggles
at hand, gave to the Journal man a
few days ago, Il clue by which he has
been enabled to verify some facts that
may freshen the memory of others who
fought in defence of the Union during
the war of thu. sos. Today MAY 27) is
the 46th anniversary of the battle at
Port Hudson, Louisiana, and the. hour,
about 1915 A. NJ. when one of the
brave sons Of Hallowell, Capt. John
Barrett Hubbard, who was. captain on
the staff Of Brig. Gen. Emory fell mot
ally wounded from a bullet of Con-
sfederate sharp shooter, while recon-
noitering before the breastworks of
that strongly fortified Southern garri-
son. Mr. Brown was third sergeant CT
Co: II, 18th New Hampshire Regiment
under command of Brig. Gen. Neal
Dow. on that day, and was only 10 or
II rods in the rear of the brave Hub
bard when he fell. Men rushed to the
rescue of their fallen comrade and il
men were shot down in an attempt to
remove his body; finally some colored
troops dragged the body, crawling on
their hands and knees. until it was
gotten beyond the range of musketry.
when it was taken to Baton Rouge, 90
miles away, and in course of time sent
here for burial, where the remains
now lie in the city cemetery, having
stone bearing the inscription of his
birth and where and when he fell on
| Ia a
son of DR.. John Hubbard. who was
Governor OF Maine in 1S50-1853. ana
one who remembered Hallowell in
many of his benefactions and whose
family continue to do honor to their
home town
At the time of the siege of Port
Hudson Sergeant Brown did not knoW
Capt. Hubbard, but remembered when
he was called by name and the an
nouncement made that he was from
Hallowell Mr.. Brown himself won
honors on that day that he is too mod
est to acknowledge. but your scribe has
seen his watch. suitably inscribed and
he is the holder of a medal. for being
the first man to answer the call fo1
volunteers to charge upon the rebe
breastworlts, when followed by 49,
others, the fortress was surrendered t.
the Union forces, which, coming SC
| soon after the surrender Of Vicksburg
opened up the Mississippi river for thu
vessels of the Union once more. These
| little facts which the reporter is abb
| to gather. almost by stealth. often
times brings to light many OF the brave
acts Of the heroes of the war that the
historian would never learn.
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Clarence H. Morse was yesterday unan-
imously elected to the captaincy Of the
Home baseball team. Mr.. Morse plays
shortstop and was with the team last
season. being considered one of thu" best
if not the best, player on the team. He
knows the game thoroughly and is ia
vorite with all and together with Dr.
Stinson, the manager, will no doubt make
this season the banner year for the Home
team. The first game for the regular
team will be Tuesday next with the Chel-
sea Locals. The Band and Clerks will
play their game Thursday or Friday.
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HOLLIS MAN SOUND OVER
In Case Which Involves Still More Sc.
rious Trouble.

Biddeford, Me, May 26.-Monday af-
ternoon about.5 o'clock, Frank X.
johnson, a farmer. of Hollis, was
brought before Judge B. F. Cleaves in
the local police court The charge
brought against him relates to Miss Ida
May Dyer, domestic employed at his
house, who died April 26 at the age OF
% years. ls 81
The case involved ont only the death
of a child, but also the death Of the
young woman who had been a town
charge and who was taken into john
sons family some eight years ago.
Some days ago complaint waseinade
to County Attorney Hobbs in regard to
this case and Monday lie sent Deputy
Sheriff Jesse A. johnson Of Sanford ito
Hollis, where he arrested .Johnsast and
brought him to Biddeforti, where he
was at once arraigned before Judge
Cleaves. t3 II
The respondent pleaded guilty to, the
charge made against him and was or,
dcred to furnish bonds in the sum Ut
$1,000 for his appearance before the
grand jury in September.
The cause Of the young womans
death is said. to be neglect at child
birth, which occurred some two weeks
previous to her death. -..ss-
1t is the parentage of the child with
which Johnson is charged and to- which
he. pleaded guilty. County Attorney
Hobbs here asked the court to hold the
offence to be beyond it's jurisdiction,
on the ground that the crime had rec
suited in the death Of Miss DYER AZ
the time Of the birth Of the childH no
physician was called and 1t is claimed
the young woman was left alone oil
night and when Johnson caxnes into the
room in the morning he found the child
dead and removing it, he carried the
body to the field. where he buried 1t.
Johnson IS a single man, and there
was no other woman in the house, but
his mother. who is 80 years old john
! SIN is well-to-do and prominent.