The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-20
DAVID EOSTR0ME
GREAT SCULPTOR.
American Artist Is Winning
Many Laurcls iii
Europe.
ONCE POOR BOY IN IOWA
Will Exhibit Remarkable Statue
in Coming Salon in
Paris.
BY MARQUIS DE cAsrELr.ANE.

Especial Cable to Tho Times. Dlspatch.l
Paris, March 1o.-In the 1sle ST..
Louis, which is washed by the yellow
waters OF the Seine. 1 have happened
upon one OF the most extraordinary
Americans in Paris.
His name is David Edstrome, and he
is sculptor; more, he is very, very
great sculptor. as great, I think. as
George Gray Barnard. When David
Edstrome made up his mind to be q
sculptor he had Just 81 in the world.
and yet with that 81 by some miracle
he managed to get from Iowa to
Stockholm
For a. long time{he sold newspapers
In the streets OF little town in Iowa:
the next we hcarof him he was stealing
a ride on baggage car in the drec-
tion Of New York. He paid his board
and lodging. across the Atlantic Ocean
by slloveling coal on a big steamer.
Then he worked by day and studied by
night and when he had sold a bit OF
sculpture worked at his art both day
and night not only in Stockholm, but
in Rome, Florence and Paris.
But nothing large was ever heard
OF him until he had won recognition
at the Paris salon, at Munich and in
Venice. The museums OF Gottenburg
now own some OF his works, and the
Theil gallery OF Stockholm boasts ten
statues OF remarkable beauty and
genius.
!. Gets Recognition Mt Last.
IA M co ~ rio ha iE
to exhibit one OF his most rem arkable
statutes called Rhapsody" Mr.. Ed
strome works ten hours daily. and his
studio in the Isle st. Louis Is filled
with works showing his extraordinary
talent
Among Americans who have been
fortunate enough to obtain examples
Of his art for private collections IS
notably Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. America
has good reason to be very proud OF
this great sculptor
We are in the midst OF our annual
springtime exhibitions Of painting and
sculpture. and cannot help noticing
the great number OF American artists
who live In garrets in the direst
poverty and need. The American Art
Association has literally died OF mani
ton. The tax for clubs OF all kinds is
so excessive in Paris that many in.
stitutions cannot attempt to pay then
and hence they must 80.
| Speaking Of the great number Of
hard working. badly paid American.
struggling for a footing in Paris witt
Henri Rochefort the other day, III
said:
"Let them be of,good cheer. Sixty
years al go a painter came into little
shop in the Rue Notre Dame de
m. offnre1 f6f
dealer picture for 800 francisco
The dealer refused and the painter
went his way. Turning to me the
dealer said: That's painter from
Fontain ebleal. I don't lwish to fill up
nv shop With rubbish that won't sell.
| Yet / might be willing to give him SO
for that picture.
The Experiences of sIlllet.
..The young artist was Francis
Alillet, and tile rubbish vas The
Angelus.' to-day worth perha ps a
million. Alillet nearly starved to death
and amongst those who helped te
great lady than the Empress
Eugene.
when his great picture, The Mat
! with the Hoe was shown to her sht
pronounced 1t vulgar. The courtier:
took up the word and poor Millet wa:
l
completely ruined"
But Rochefort declared that whcr
artists are starving they do their bes
| work, so perhaps we owe "Th'
Angelus" to the bitter need OF thu
! struggling genius. Horace wrote OK
| cellent verse when pinched by poverty
and 1t is worthy OF note that wler
artists begin dining every day the!
usually decline.
AIMING nious German has invented
continuance which makes kissing per
fectly safe in spite OF the microbes.
In shape 1t resembles a tennis racket
/ a piece Of gauze saturated with anti
septic liquid Is stretched over a
ivory frame. When Horace wishes t
embrace Cynthis, Dante or Eeatrice Al
that is necessary for safety; is to pu
this new invention UP against the fac
i OF the fair one to be kissed. TIL
adorable and adored face is not hide
away by the gauze. which Is trans
4 parent, and should there llnger an
insidlous microhe in the dimples 6
& her mouth the antiseptic makes shor
i work OF them.