The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-07
NEW FACES FOR WOUNDED
MEN MADE BY SCULPTOR
Copper Masks Moulded by Der
went Wood, British
Officer.

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OF renown. English by birth but half
American by ancestry.
lie Is Francis Derwent Wood. a name
familiar IN the United States. where
various collectors possess examples OF
his work. Woods steadily growing
fame. moreover. was extended In
America just before the war began.
WHOM he was commissioned by Lady
Paget and the Duchess of Marlborough
on behalf of the American women in
England to execute the statue Of Will
lam Pitt. which, as soon A circum-
stances make the thing more suitable.
will be presented by them to their native
land IN commemoration OF the hundred
years OF peace between this country and
America
Lieut.. Wood. as he now Is. has dis
covered how TO give new faces TO men
who have lost theirs In the war. He
can make new eyes. cheeks. foreheads.
chins: in fact he Ia making them daily.
new faces. or at least parts Of faces. for
Ave such victims Of war.
Remarkable Faeial eurGery.
The most pathetic case OF all Of these
was that OF a trooper named Everitt.
whose face had been broken by an ex-
plos!ve bullet. His nose had been car
rid away almost entirely and his left
cheek torn open from his ear to the
corner OF his mouth. Like most of
these victims Of facial Disagreement, he
has had to undergo operation after
operation. He received his wound on
May IS OF last year. Finally ne was
brought to a London hospital on
September 2. n up TO a couple OF
weeks ago. despite the fact that his
wound had entirely healed and surgery
admittedly had done all that II could
for him. he remained a sad sight.
BEFORE the war he was n taxi driver.
Now. made at least presetable by the
wonderful facial mask which Wood
has contrived for him. a mask consist
ing Of false nose. cheek and a mus
tachc" which conceals his injured lip.
e~X-Trooper Everitt Is plying his old
trade again and doing well at II.
when he saw himself with his mask
for the frst time said the sculptor.
he jumped for Joy"
New Eye for Soldiers.
Another case In which Wood has
salved human Hreckage In that Of Driver
FERGUSON. a member OF the Canadian
Field Artillery. who was h~ideously
wounded at Ypres on April IS. 1915. A
piece OF shell carried away his right
eve entirely. and az the surgical report
professionally puts II. 'the surrounding
structures" In the ordinary way there
.s
fetal eye ito" and as In the case of
Trooper Everitt. his Disagreement was
90 appalling TO behold that 1t In doubt
ful II he ever could have taken up his
old trade. which was that Of a machinist.
Now with the upper part OF his right
cheek restored and what appear to he
two perfectly good eyes beaming NJ YOU
from behind spectacles his youngster
not only will be able TO earn his living
hereafter, but Is going 10 get married,
and tho gratitude OF his fancee to Der
went Wood is only surpassed by his own.
These are the two worst cases with
which the sculptor has yet had 10 deal. but
others in which he has been equally sue
cessful are those OF Private Harper OF
the Kings Rcval Rifles, who also lost
NOS, of his nose and the biggest part OF
his cheekbone Lance Corporal Davis OF
the Australian Imperial Forces, who
v ~ minus an eye and part OF his cheek,
and a British private. whose left cheek
! and nose were frightfully torn by a
shrapne! bullet. All these men Will now
he able to follow their own trades. In
stead OF having to exist, Stunned by al
save the mos, sto,cal OF their fellows. on
the princely pension OF twenty-five shi.-
lines $3.50 a week, which Is all that their
country can AFFORD to pay in cases OF
total !~ncapacity."
Woods War Service.
Soon after the beginning OF the war
Col. Bruce Porter Of the Royal Army
Medical Corps made "A speech tn the
members Of the Chelsea Arts Club, o!
which Derwen. Wood is a member. The
Colonel asked his hearers TO make a
sacrifice Of their art, and II they were
too old 10 fight to accept the lowest
service In the ranks Of the II. A. ". g
\ Goodly number of the Chelsea artists
enlisted In the r. A. NJ. G, forthwith
and among them WAS Wood. A
~ lie Is not available FOR active service
!Ils father am from Harrisburg. Pa.
married an Eng,ishwoman and settled
down at Keswick. In Cumberland. where
nerwent Wood was born.
He began his artistic career at Karls-
ruhc. later returning to England. and
becoming a student at the Royal Acad
envy. There he won the gold medal and
tho travelling scholarship. which tool
him for some time to Italy, He afterward
became assistant to Thomas Brock. II
A., one of the most famous OF British
sculptors. Honors were awarded him n
the Paris Salon, and four years ago HI
was made an associate OF the Roya
Academy. Examples Of his s~tatuary arr