Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-07
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~ ARTS July 16.-SurprlSing hap
- penings have been reported from
many quarters of France, this
week. None, however, is more
unusual than the exploit of nj. Adolf
Cappellani, a French sculptor, whose
thirst for absolute realism came neat
being the death of himself and several
Others.
Realism is M. Capellani's strong
point and when recently he conceived
the idea of executing a figure of a man
sinking in quicksands, he decided to
obtain actual photographs of some one
in such a plight. None were forth COM
ing. however. nor could model be
found obliging. enough to risk his life
for arts sake. So the sculptor mace.
up his mind to be his own model. i' @
He carried out his IDEAS with quite
extraordinary thoroughness at Mont
st. Michel where the sands are as
StreacherouS as in any part of France.
Il Having put on an old suit of clothes,
he went out to a dangerous spot and
duly began to sink. AT a convenient
distance photographers, on his instruc-
tons, put UP IA acknowledgement camera
and began taking pictures OF him Ii
he was soWly sucked under. Mean
while he tried to look and act as nor.
3ror-stlicken as possible.
The thing was thus being beautifully
carried out when 1t suddenly occurred
to all concerned that the whole per-
Torrance was getting perilously near
to reality. The sculptor, sucked down
almost to his waist, stopped acting in
a hurry, and the pictures taken of him
show that his fright was no longer n
5pretence AT the same moment the
photographers ceased to photograph be-
cause they found that they and their
camera were sinking rapidly III the
zQuicksands. Help came just in time
and all We're dragged out safe and
sound.
NJ. Cape1lani has finer series OF
Studies for his statue than ever he
dreamed Of but one would think iiaS
would feel Il bit uncomfortable when
contemplating them. None the worse.
for his adventure he is about to SCI
to work on his figure which viii be-
exhibited at the Salon of the Artist
Francois
ANOTHER EPISODE.
From the episode of NJ. Capeliani let
us turn to that OF a French soldier and
every French bride has .dot" and
this ladyts consisted solely of two post
age stamps. One would conclude that
at all events her husband was no for
tune seeker, but he may have been.
notwithstanding, for the two stamps
in question are worth $1,000. They are
rare specimens of Mauritian issues
and their story is rather interes uny.
The lady whose pspnef-.y they are ~
a Creole ssz4 has been married several
years. The sergeant who esponsed
her was told that the value of the
stamps would increase and instead OF
selling them lie had them framed and
put his treasured in a French bank This
week. his regiment being ordered
abroad, he went to the bank with his
wife to Withdraw his deposit and his
comrades In arms troopelsfo formed
procession to escort the couple carry
ing home their fortune in two postage
stamps.
JUVENILE MONSTER.
Little Therese Marceau, whose age is,
q, and who lives at lie Mans. evident
~ is the type of juvenile monster that
French novelists are fond of introduce
ing into their works AS the result of
prank of hers, her younger sister Is
dead and her mother is insane. One
day this week. Therese's parents,
who are farming people. sent her to
keep her eye on some cows which We're
in q field close by the farm house. Off
She set, accompanied by the younger
child, who was only 3 years old From
time to time one of the parents looked
over the hedge to see that everything