Arizona republican., 1916-05-28
SHOWS WAR HAS BEEN AN
 INSPIRATION

'I believe" said Kuehne Beveridge, i whom I visited in her Munich studio, g Adalbert Strasse, today, as she | showed me her latest works, executed l since the outbreak of the war. in dealing with the words singlv Hu nianity is mostly born with trend toward the ground-but Mother Earth is beautiful and Warm and even the evilest things buried in her become purified Nature, knowing all par dons all, 'l endeavored in my group. The Vampire which excited not orly in tcrest, but much opposition years ago. particularly by MT. Comstock, to show that seXuality is the cause of all action and Of all the wonders of nature and :n life.
 'I do not mean 10 shock or offend hy the word 'sexuality.' I do not there by mean sin or stupidity, both of which invariably bring regret But what tlo mean is the wonderful mys- tery. the divine unrest O. Nature I should like to tear the veil of hypo-
 
 miracles of life We are always seek ing to perfect, and yet it is the humar Human who is so lovable, so interest ing. A perfect man or woman would 1ore us beyond words. IL is the weak ress in others that endears them to us This statle of 2 young girl holding T skull in her hands is called the Lost IIoIr' CT the Lost Opportunity Is not tho greatest tragedy that-to have failed to grasp the opportunity. This next statue is The Fleeting Moment. Keats words:
 Sop and consider. Life is but day. A fragile dewdrop on it's peril GUS way inspired me in this work" stood long before this statue-the intense excitement of swift motion al most takes ones breath away. One is carried along at express speed-the figure vibrates-lt lives-it runs.
 Then Miss Beveridgc showed me two portrait statuettes-the first a little English girl. extremely character l>tic in boyish. athletic attitude, the feet far apart. hanGs in the pockets, m imrertinent, little aristocratic En- 5iish face. Beside this statuette stood | one of ShulZ as Beekmesser Tn Hans Sacks as he sings it in Bayreuth. The | personality of the singer and that of the role he portraits are most cleverly brought out
 i The artist then showed me Mental | Science" a very unique example of her work She said, as she pulled the white sheeting from the marble group: | ''I believe in mental science l be- 1 lieve that mind completely dominates matter, and that faith can overcome all obstacles. The greatest secret in life is to le2u to concentrate. This statue 1 is Mind over Matter"
 Then Miss Beveridge showed me a bronze statue of Olive Sanden as Salome. It was full of cruelty, pas sion and disdaln-it was Salome. Can l say more?
 "I will now show a simple group of two human beings-it illustrates thae when We love we live. It is called 1 Possession
 T fear" said the sculptor. ana smiled as she led me into a second
 
 these works will hardly meet with the approval of my country women I am however, not illustrating the American womans condition or temperament. but womanhood in general. This first group I call The Yoke Woman. yoKe is man. and m this I have es. sax ed to show his disdain of woman but ne needs her. They are chainet together for all eternity and he can rot get on without her. I do not wisl tC humi1iate the modern woman, bu firmly believe we love being unde the yoke.
 This second statue is Marriage l. e., it is my conception of maria ge- bound together. hands and feet-al 1cIior hampeIed utter boredom, com ?lete unhappiness. Perhaps II is yer cynical, but I have never seen a happy and can only portray what I hay seen, felt or imagined.
 And this a small sketch of a foun tain that l hope some day to erect honor of my little sister Ray. It rer resents the figure of lovely woma touring out the truth on parche and barren desert of lies. You kno she left to go and tell our countryme Of the true conditions in Germany For a moment Miss Beveridge's beal tiful eyes looked far away and sad then she tuned with sigh from u eyuusitc little sketch, and drew asi' a curtain. "lt is not every woman she said, "who will show the wor Ter greatest weakness, but this grol T. am aboct to show you illustrat mine"
 must say that the meaning of t
 dashing group before me, although
 was full of purpose and action. r
 naired an enigma to me until the a
 list explained it.
 Tt is" she said, Inspiratio
 The giantess Imagination is runni
 away with the dwarf Reason. T
 woman is larger than the man. |
 qllickness is greater than his streng
 she pulls him with her he wishes
 remain at his work, but she drags h
 on to luxury. She is treacherous a
 greedy. One hand she holds out wi
 ing to sell herself for luxury. T
 woman here symbolizes Imaginati
 Now I will let yor peep into
 ohamper Of horrors, which will ill
 trate my theory of ina gination
 I drew back in horror, for in m
 realistic manner l saw young won
 struggling in the hands of an assa: - Out of a block of marble. in tr Ro1inesque manner. came the tol
 arms and head of woman struggl