El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-30

markable that the casual observer
{ may wei be excused for falling to re-
/ cognize the face as common 10 all the
Z e5z.sies.
Poses Copied From Photos.
But there is another cause Of eye
deception in each instance the pose
} o the head is different. likewise the
pose Of the shoulders. These poses are
copied from photographs COR other
portraitsl OF the individual women
Z They are individually Characteristic.
me halr arrangements are copied from
tee same portraits. one realizes. IN
Z viewing the assemblage Of white house
mlStresSeSs that, IN the general et-
feet Of what is called likeness" the
race plays a much less predOminating
part than is commonly supposed.
The race, oy the way, is copied from
4. that OF no antique goddess. but iron
a mOdren arJ-WvIk by an American
woman sculptor, Harriet Hosmer It is
taken from her bust of Cordelia the
Shaksperian heroine, and is exceeding
" beautiful
Suggested by Holmes.
rms idea Of using a single classic
face for all the presidents wives was
suggested b. Prof ". H Holmes, who
IS the governments chief authority
IN all matters relating to the fine arts.
Apart from that, credit for the creation
OF the remarkable exhibit here de-
scribed must be given to two Wash
lngtOn women Of social prominence,
Mrs Julian James and Mrs. r. II. Hoes
the latter a granddaughter OF the
aIore mentioned first bride Of the
white house, Maria Hester Monroe
The labor they undertook in getting
together the costumes and Incidental
materials-all Of which were required
TO be the Veritable apparel etc of the
distinguished women cOncerned-was
almost beyond belief. For. be il under
stood, 1t was not merely the dresses
that were collected To lend additional
interest to the -figures-furnishinE
them, as II were, with something sug-
SeStlVe of tmOsphere''-Other be-
lOngings Of theirs were obtained.
Thus, for example, the hands Of
Martha Washington. folded in her lap
and wearing pair Of her very own
silk miIts, hold a WOrk-baE that she
commonly used Sarah Angelica sin
gleton. daughter-in-laW Of president
Van Buren, (anOther white house brideD.
carries handkerchief embroidered
with her maiden name; and in her left
hand is a fan bearing her married
monogram, "A. Y. b." A book clasped
IN Dolly MadisOn's fingers is a copy OF
Paradise Lost" printed IN the year
1872.
Shows Souvenir OF Fire.
Maria Hester Monroe stands by the
side Of q table and chair which were
brought from France by her father in
1886 On the table is a mirror that
was made from "A fragment Of a larger
one broken when the white house was
sacked and burned by the British in
1914; also q beautiful ivory and silver
ran, and small cup. decorated with
an eagle and Is stars, which is sup
posed to be the only piece of Monroe
china now in existence.
Although the faces Of the white
house mistresses in effigy are all the
same face yet each ''mannequin" has
had TO be separately and differently
modelled by the sculptor Of the Ma
uonal museum No wigs are used, the
hair being part Of the modelling Of the
head.
Only the head. neck and arms. IN
each case. have had TO be modelled in
the composition. the rest of the body
being covered by the dress Thus when