The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-07-25

other collecting Insects. and the third
IA a sculptor OF stone.
DIR. A. y. See, so. a retired Metho-
dist preacher. who with his wife lives
IN the Methodist Home for the Aged
In Topeka. has just completed a his
tory OF the Northwest Kansas con-
ference He not only gathered the
historical data and wrote the manu-
script for a 200 pag book. but also
printed h pages on a little hand
press and bound the volumes. Dr.
See was n pioneer circuit rider In the
big northwest Kansas conference and
later for many years was superlnten-
dent OF the district
Collects Insects.
Karl Stecher. 90. OF wichita. artist
and educator. chose to pursue what
he claims always has beer his hobby
collecting insects. An extensive col
lection OF caterpiiiers. gathered and
mounted by Mr. Stecher. recently was
disp aged In the show window Of "A
Wichita bank. II includes specimius
obtained by him on his travels
through six countrics-Swltzcriand
France. Italy. Turkey. Canada and
the United States. Mr.. stecher was
BORN In Obcrkich. Germany. He
Ksined most Of his education In Paris
wherc he resided twenty years max
NNNE ~ So" ~" ~ AAAn I'm y"
ere confined largely to scenes OF ma
ture la THE various countries he has
visited, Including one Of Mt. Blanc,
and several OF New York. BY his
brush he gained considerable rccog-
milton, both in Europe and America.
He stlll paints. having several can
vases under way at present. Several
Of his paintings are dated 1890. Mr..
stechcr came to America as years
ago.
Having made a comfortable fortune
farming since he came to this country
with his father So years ago from his
native Belgium. Charles DeLeye Of
Emmct-lonE since made famoug a.
the town that produced Jess willard
-devoteH much OF his time To sculp-
turing and making unique stone decor
afiona for his house and lawn. Some
Of these. which include a large Htone
gate arch a decorative wall. a huge
bafin surrounding a stone base ten
feet In diameter. are OF MOSAIC de
sign of y-arl-coiored tones set IN
concrete and decorated with the
a-uiptor's chisei. The decorative
wall IN i27 feet long and inlaid with
more than zee kinds Of rocks.
Gatfters Stoncs.
In fact the most difficult Job Of
all was the gathering 81 the many
kinds OF stones said Mr.. Dcl>eye.
u have been gathering them for %
years. Moss OF them came from with
In rs miles OF my home. but somo
came from Colorado. numerous other
states. and sven from Belgium"
IN the gate Mr.. DcI.eye carried out
a design common 10 Belgium. His
father was "A stone mason and before
they came "a America they erected
numerous decorative stone structures.
such as arches, public park bases,
crosses fish ponds, well houses and
stone designs on buildings. The gate
consists Of two pillars "a foot square,
surmOuntad by an arch Of solid stone,
the lRrgr keystone being carved 20
resemble a grotesque skull In MS
yard stands a tone cross seven feet
high. fhc terminals Of the standard
and crOss-arm being rounded TO re-
sembie a gigantic fiucr-de-iiA. lie
also has constructed a tone well
house Of unique design. ten feet In
height, the top Of which resembles
a Chinese temple with the %overhang-
ing caves. In each OF the -four well
house pillars he has lniaid glass beer
bottles They VIII be considered .
relies In n few years" remarked the
fermer-ScNiptor,