Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-28

that state to be placed in Statuary Hall
in the National Capitol Mrs. Hoxie's
first work was the statue of Lincoln
which stands in the rotunda of the Cap
itol. 1t was modelled from life when she
was a young girl. and is believed by
many to be the best representation Of the
martyred President in existence After
ward she did the Farragut statue which
adorns Farragut Square in Washington.
Like Miss Hosmer, Winnie Ream en-
joyed the privilege of being taken to
Rome and Paris to pursue her studies I'M
der the best masters to be secured.
After the completion of the Farragut
statue the young scLlptress married Lieut.
r. L. Roxie of the United States Army,
who induced her to give up her art work
for many years. The kirkwood statue is
the only large work she has undertaken
since she resumed her work after a lapse
OF nearly a quarter of a century.
Within the past ten years a notable
number OF excellent pieces have been pro-
duced by woman sculptOrs. One Of the
most recent is the magnificent fountain
now being completed upon the Rockefel-
Ter estate by Janet Scudder. 1t represents
a boyish figure blowing a long trumpet.
and is attracting much favorable COM
ment
Miss Evelyn Longman has attracted
special notice from the fact that she won
the commission for a pair of magnificent
bronze doors for the entrance to the
chapel of the Naval Academy in a COM
petition conducted by the National Sculp-
ture Society, which was open to all Amer
lean sculptors. Five men composed tn
jury selecting the design, and Miss Long
man won by unanimous vote over thir-
ty-seven other competitors.
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Most Of the decorative work upon the
Pan-American building, in Washington,
Fine Decorative Work W 0 m a n
by Woman Sculptors. The rp .oas !,
frieze in the council chamber. represent
ing past episodes in the history Of North,
South and Central America. is the work
Of Mrs. Sallie James Farnham Of Og-
densburg. y. Y. Mrs. Farnham's art has
come to her without special study. After
a period Of illness her husband brought
her some modelling wax. thinking it would
helm her to bear the tediousness of her
enforced inactivity. As she had no mod
cling tools, she borrowed some OF the
surgical instruments or her attending
physician. with which she achieved such
remarkable results that upon her resto-
the art. The splendid soldiers and sail
ors' monument recently erected in her
home town Is one OF her destgns.
one OF the most important efforts In
ecclesiastical sculpture Yet attempted in
in the Cathedral of st. Louis by Miss
Melya Beatrice Wilson. 1t consists OF a
great sculptured frieze representing four
teen different scenes in the life of Christ.
Miss Wilson expects to spend at least
four wears upon this work Miss Helen
Mears. young sculptures of Wisconsin.
has received the commission for sculp
tured frieze for the decoration of the
Women are executing an increasing
nnmher of successful designs for memo
rial monuments. Miss Belle Kinney OF
Meanwhile has designed statue to the
memory Of the women Of the Confed-
eracy. reproductions OF which are to be
aced in most Of the southern state cap
rails The fountain In the Pan-American
building in Washington. was designed by
Pevne whitney and a daughter of the
1ats cornelius Vanderbilt.