The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-08-25
SCOTLAND NECK, N. G., FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1916
MRS. DORSETT FROM
NORTH CAROLINA IS
PERFECT AS MODEL

Daughter of Mountain Farmer Is Much
Sought After By Artists.
Washington, Aug. 24.-Mrs. Samuel
T. Dorsett, whose husband came here
from Asheville several years ago, is de-
scribed in the Washington Times of to-
day as model for artists. The local
paper prints a striking looking picture
of Mrs. Dorsett.
American womanhood for American
allegorical figures in art appears to be
the slogan of the artists of the country,
said the Times.
This statement is made in view of
the fact that has just come to the light
revealing the identity Of the model for
the Junoesque figures in Paul Bartlett'6
pediment for the House of Represen-
tatives wing of the Capitol building as
North Carolina farmer s daughter
who is not a professional model
Mrs. Dorsett is the model She is
the wife of prosperous Washington
real estate broker and makes her home
in this city. Because of her majestic
figure and perfect proportions she has
attracted the attention of many artists
and has posed for them to be preserved
in marble or on canvass, as the case
may be, several times
Mrs. Dorsett is the daughter of
Captain John Milton Thrash, of North
Carolina, and she was reared on farm
on the sides of Mt. Mitchell the high
est mountain on the American continent
east Of the Rockies.
"The section of the country from
| which Mrs. Dorsett halls is called the
Sapphire Country, because many gems
OF that kind are found there and the
deep blue flash Of the sapphire is re-
fiected in the clear blue eyes of the
young woman whom artists have called
living Brumhilde-a Daughter of the
Gods
Mrs. Dorsett is just an inch short
Of six feet tall Artists have said she is
perfectly proportioned. Her full figure
adorns the diplomas Of award bestowed
by the Panama-Pacifc Exposition as
the majestic allegorical figure of Pan
anna. This was made from photograph
and engraved by the head engraver of
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
| here
Mrs Dorsett lived in the Sapphire
Country most Of her life-ard she js
still well in her twenties. She grew up
on the farm. She knows how to ride
and shoot and has spent most Of her
life in the open. A few years ago she
went to Florida for a winter visit and
at one Of the big hotels was introduced
to foreign nobleman, an artist, who
was painting pictures in this country
He was struck by her beauty and he1
unusual figure, and requested her tc
pose for him. She complied more as a
lar..s&than anything else. The picture
was a great success.
''After her marriage, Mrs. Dorset
met the late Max Weyl, the landscape
painter, and Mr.. Weyl, asked her tc
pose for him. He was painting pic
ture of her to prove his ability at fl
gure painting and portraiture. He was
engaged on this picture when he died
Paul Bartlett, the sculptor, met hel
through another artist, and asked he
to pose for the figures to be used OF
the House Of Representatives pediment
She appears as the great figure in th'
center Of the pediment and as the wo
/ man sitting at the spinning wheel il
the center of the left of the pediment
"While these fgu--s were being mad
= S. Y. Turner, the mural painter, me
Mrs. Dorsett and at his request sh
: posed for a number Of figures in hi
famous mural decorations for the Stat
:, capital at Madison, Wisconsin,
|. Mrs Dorsett is well known here an
/ in North Carolina.