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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-06
"Charity Atmosphere"
Chilled Fires of Genius

For three weeks Stanislaus Szukalski
worked in the studio, Then one day he
threw down his mallet and chise. and
exclaimed =, ~ .. -
Il don't seem to be able to work here.
am not in the proper atmosphere.
have lost something To the aston
ishment of his bcnefactor. he walked
from the place and never returned.
Hc went back to the North Side to n
cheap little studio. His place was the
rendezvous Of artists and writers, and
for time he held class there.
Miss Walker, who had won certain
honors herself in drawing and painting,
first met him there. This was before
Americas entry into the war. She be-
came a student in his class. lie is said
to have been a. thorough teacher, and
when illustrating to his class where he
Thought certain muse es should be he
would takl the muscle Of the model II
Aist Nand and jerk It into that position.
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other men. He stood in line like 9th.
ers. instead Of rushing impulsively to
the window and demanding n license.
And then he put his famed signature to
a new work Of art when, in liquid char
acters, nc put his name to the applica-
ton for license.
1t was the same signature that had
graced the bizarre statues; those same
statues which caused New York
sculptor Of fame to exclaim: IAN of this
artists work should be cast in pure
gold. After seeing it. never want to
take up mallct and chisel again."
When he had obtained his license.
Stanislaus smiled and said: ~ dom
know when we are going to be mar.
ried. The Ouija board ought to know.
Anyway. We are going to live on a
farm and raise pigs
But Miss Walker. who was standing
outside In the corridor. rubbing elbows
with score of other brides. be. SHE'D
at the idea of farm and pigs. and
then Stanislaus-the terrible Stanis.
laus-smiled meekly and said, Yes,
dear"
1t was MI so conventional. the way
Stanislaus got married.
1t is interesting to study the marked
antithcsis Of the pair.
Miss Walker had lived her life in ease
and luxury. Stanislaus Szukalski had
been Ill from hunger even In the last
year. Miss Walker had had entire into
the best of homes by right of her family
position. since she was old enough to 20
about and she had been inclined to
a thorough appreciation of caste.
She was bridesmaid to have. been In
the Mary Landon Baker near marriage
TO Allister Mccormick. when all society
was kept waiting at the church." Her
father Is one Of the most prominent
physicians in Chicago. He was major
in the Red Cross during the war and
gained fame by stemming the typhus
epidemic in Macedonia. lie is chief of
staff at the Childrcn's Memorial Hos.
pital.
DR.. Walker is the son of a pioneer
Chicagoan and was graduated from
Yale. lie is a brother of the late judge
Charles NJ. Walker. lie has been pres.
dent Of the Yale Club in Chicago.
DR.. Walkers other daughter, Har.
riet, married Paul Yelling. son of the
former president of the Illinois Central
Railroad
Stanislaus Szukalski's father was a
blacksmith.
Although recognized by Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney John Sloan. Robert
Henri. Peter Larson. Walter Dean
Goldbeck and the upper social ele-
ment in both Chicago and New York,
he has sncercd at society and refused TO
sell any of his work for private col.
lections.
Hungry But He Refused
To Sell "PO0r" Statue
There is stll Il story in Chicago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-06
Chased Art Director
Who Had Offended Him

Stanislaus recently exhibited AT the
Art Institute in Chicago. 4 whole room
was given him. One conception, which
is supposed to have been slightly anti
British. was placed in n corner. Hc
saw the change, flew into violent rage
and chased one Of the directors of th'
institute through several rooms,
That peculiar conception showed how
Poland had been downtrodden, He has
declared that his love for Poland and
his grief at her deplorable condition
have been among the great inspirations
in his art.
Tho members of his class. the one
that Miss Walker attended. were taught
that they must hold uppermost in their
minds some major emotion to inspire
them in their work.
Szukalski at sixteen. was the infant
phenomcnon Of the Art Museum OF
CraGow, Poland. Artists went from
Berlin, Paris. ST. Petersburg and
Vienna to sec his perfect creations In
clay and bronze. Then his father emf
grated TO Chicago and set M black
smith shop.
Helen Walker at eleven, won q silver
badge in u drawing contest open to the
juvenile readers Of IA children maga-
zine, Last year at an exhibition for
American artists at the Art Institute
she offered a painting to the directors.
but it was rejected. 1t was later shown
at n department store exhibit arranged
by insurgent artists, an organization
headed by Rudolph Weisenborn.
At the time Miss Walker became a
member of the rebels and since has been
active in the work.
Szukalski has been an exhibitor at the
institute since he was eighteen, Ar.
thur j. Eddy discovered" him as far
back as lDli. when futurist sculpture
was something Of a vogue.
when You know the story Of the
artist. Stantslaus Sxukalski. you un-
better the spirit that animates
hts work. said Mr.. Eddy. '.lis "
but twenty.six. A couple OF years ago
be saw bis father killed. Ills mother
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-06

even when it was first rumored. Said
one society editor:
with an artist like Stanislaue,
whose ideas of freedom are strangely
personal in their application (hc declines
TO follow the views of his clients in the
matter of modc!ing). it is clear how
radical an adjustment must be made
with him as the husband of wealthy
wife.
Stanley is about the last person in
the world lone would call gold
digger, - ss every, one knows he would
be rich man today II willing to humor
the whims Of wealthy patrons who
wanted to make a vogue of him and his
weird sculpture ...
Stanislaus has always taught that 10
be a great artist one must hold upper.
most in his mind some great hatred,
love or major emotion to spur him on.
ward. Hunger has always been classri
as one Of the greatest spurs to artistic
achievement. Stanislaus has known
hunger. He has done wonderful work.
Possibly his spur is hunger. A we'll.
fed Stanislaus may recline OH easy
couches and puff cigarettes and think
OF working. instead Of working. Who
knows? - .
The romance between the sculptor and
his bride Is Mt least of three years
standing. She formerly was n student
in his class. She went to his little un-
couth studio with other pilgrims Of art
and listened to the youthful sculptor
dissertate on the subject dearest to
both their hearts-art.
But concerning the conventional part
We will dig into some interesting incl.
dents concerning Stanislaus later-he
had been writing letters to Miss
Walker for the last year, fat, ardent
letters: Then suddenly there came a
laconic yes over the wire.
Stanislaus snatched up his tam o..
shanter and hurried to Chicago. His
long hair and oakcn stick hecame a
familiar sight on the ''Isoul' Mich lie
called on his bride in her handsome
home on Lake Shore Drive. lie made
n strange figure against the background
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and begged the woman's pardon. and
indicated by his manner. that the thing
was at an end.
That night he dined on ten and some
Of the stale rye bread In his studio. He
always used rye bread. he told his
friends. because it kept longer than
white bread. He would purchase loaf
and sometimes nibble on 1t for weeks.
He was extremely proud in those
days. as his Chicago friends knew him.
Little Bohemia" which lies in that
section of Chicago just north Of the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-06
ZlTA'S BABY IS CHRISTENED
Girl Is Named After Two Spanish
Queens

Madrid. June FIX. Empress Zito's
baby was baptized in the Pnrdo Palace
Yesterday a. Maria Cristina Victoria
Eugenia. This name was given TO the
child in accordance with the former
Austrian moharch's special desire 10
commemorate the hospitality of the
Spanish royal family in the hours Of
misfortune. "a
The Papa Nuncio ofiria,cd at the
ceremony, which was strictly private,
only few persons Of high rank being
present. The Spanish sovereixns acted
as sponsors. The others present in.
cluded Archduchess Maria Theresa, the
Duchess Of Parma and Archdukcs Maxi
milan and Otto. IA,
The baby's name il a combination OF
those Of the Queen Mother and Queen
Of Spain.
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quietly told to be sure. which Illus.
trates the temperament Of the sculptor.
He was in INDECENT circumstances. A
friend suggested that he do bust Of .
prominent society woman, . woman
whose husband Is one of the foremost
millionaircs of Chicago.
Stanislaus Szukalski seeks in his art
to portray by a certain caricature the
true nature Of the subject. He was
afraid that he would be unable to con-
troll this desire in "sculping" the So
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-06
Stanislaus Szukalski
Poverty and Hunger
We're Pals of Sculptor

CZUKALSKI, although penni-
- less and hungry, broke
statue into bits and rejected q
check for $1,000 because the work
did not suit him, although the
sitter Wds satisfied.
He refused to work in studio
provided BY a wealthy patron,
where he had light and comfort
and food because the "atmos.
phere" was uncongenial and We,,t
back to his old garret and his diet
of nibbled stale bread.
Offers to join dinner parties
were rejected evcn ,chen hunger
Was gnawin9. because the artist
feared he was being given
"ckarity."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-06
GASPARRi IN POOR HEALTH
Papai Secretary Of state Takes
Early Vacation This Year

Rome. June 0.--Cardinal Ciasparri. :
papal secretary Of state. left Rome yes.
terday to take the cure at Monte Ca.
TIM. near Florence.
The Cardinal usually takes his yaca.
tion in September. This year he has
suffered from eryMpelas and also IL run Z
down following his hard work In to
recent conclays and Inter In making ss.t
ransemeltS for the Eucharlstie g..
srss.. His psy.kian ordered him q .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-06
Used Fathers Cadaver
for Anatomy Studies

WHEN the artists father died
W he appeared and asked for
the body.
81 Vant to dissect it," he an
nounced calmly. "Pm too poor to
buy a cadaver for anatomical
studies. ! know my father would
tpish it,"
He got the body. 4.... ..
The anatomical enactnsss OF
Szukalskfs statues ore the sem
satiom Of The artistic World.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-06

| |IINTRAMMELED art, with baggy
tam O. shanter slanting across
N forehead, long hair peeping from
bsneath, strobe to the sheltered en-
trance Of Chicago's exclusive "Gold
Coast" hammered briskly on the
commonplace knocker and entered
through wide.swung doors.
Thus, almost allegorically, Stan
islius Szukalski, temperamental and
unmoneyed Polish sculptor, went
back to Chicago to claim his bride,
Miss Helen Louise Walker, heiress
md one Of the city's foremost So
dety bellies. -
And thus did untrammeled art be-
come fettered matrimony. Because,
y far, Stanislaus has been abso-
htsly conventional in everything
Tin the taking out of the mar
hse license, the quiet we'd
ding" at the home of the parents,
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel J. Walker, and
TIE regular honeymoon.
One knowing Stanislaus as of old
would exclaim in astonishment, at
% impossible! That fellow would
never marry in that way. He is too
nee-he breaches nothing but free
dom. If he married, it would be in
some outlandish, ultra-unconven-
tonal fashion,"
But, alas! It's true that Stanis-
aus, the man who has startled New
iork and Chicago by his "horribly
eflect" statues-statues which were
unlike anything ever seen before
a' accepted the marital yoke in the
ame way as the clerk in the store
or the most unimaginative man i'm.
aginable.
Srsde Says, Nay! Noy"
And He Says NAY" Also
When the ceremony had been per-
.0imed in the Walker home the
bride said:
we are leaving for Toronto for a
,s0'' honeymoon. We will return to
sS York and live in Stanley's
suaio at 42s Lafayette street,
e San'ey will have to work alone. I
~. ~ not going to interfere with
aas.. sa And then her voice had a
.Asr injection, "Do you think that
~ an going to give up nv painting ,
No. indeed" "' painting
The husband nodded his head !, .
"' manner The wife was speak.
.. AND the terrible stanislaus,
Art Ins,;. "fec"ed the Chicago
,r.,. institute once when he had an
q 'S%e0' h'e about the placing Of some
,t,.. m' work, who walked tho
b .'s ..s.n, IN rags and hungry, refusing
~ spt wha I'm, ,he aid even Of friends,
ath., VINO :. calmly took the body of his
ss.to,, 70 further his study of
ra.s.a .'0%y' as he did not have the
n.ny.s; n'y 70 buy the cadavers of other
.sss,., sss.-this Is. same stanislaus who ohss has
IN. ll4su s'1 MS MS wealthy patrons became
dosYs ~ o'ner husbands, gentle and
hss.s,, .s A. And so they left on their heir
4. Even if stanislaus has ,,,,..,, =,
Mo ln,,al ~ n's ideas about freedom
s.u,d ,aows' aS maybe he hasn't~one
liss.rn s never .a say that he was a "qold
suId that he married SO that tIs hs
huna~ssss ~ss have to suffer the pan~s %
VN.vs w. as he did even recently
t.t seorned Wealth
Aeant "Toadyin0"
,os,s,v ss,s vague apprehension. In
's concerning the match
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Has His Locks Shorn .r
At Request of Charn,er

But a change had come over Stanis.
laus. He tried being unconventional
for time. going UP the alleyway and
through the kitchen to see Miss
Walker. but he finally gave 1t up. and
horrors! clipped his locks, put on
collar and tie. and appeared at the
Marriage License Bureau attired like
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-06

Is starving in Poland. His sister.
girl of nineteen, Is in the same terrible
district
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pkh,k SCULPTOR, Whose Bizarre Statues
ID 1lade Fellosv- artists Gasp, Wins
v " Bride ON Chicago's Gold Coast and
n Nosu Boy5 to Conventions Of Dress
and Living He Scorned When tn
!. "B0hemta" ,.<' .~@'.....
NNTAINED LION OF ATELIERS
arIIPS SHAGGY/NANE WHEN
s WEMTHY GIRL SAYS "YES"

Mudied Anatomy From His Fathers
7'.' Cadaver and Nibbled Stale Bread
Rather Than Sell Work to "Un-
worthy Patrons"-NosU Society Is
ASKING If Romance Has Won PIC
tory Over Temperament"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-06
THE Rampaging Lion '... '
and the Bridal Lamb

BEFORE marriage Szukaski-
Wore tattered clothes ard long, houing unkemp locks.
Nibbled stale bread Went hungry.
Paradd Chcago's Bour Mich in his qOeird attire.
Nearly precked the Art Institute d after dispute
Nth director.
AFTER marriage Ssukalsk1
- a hair cut!
Dated aeyDays to reporters when calling his
fancee
Announced he going to live farm and raise pigs
Said yes" ekly hen his bride vetoed this plan
he uoud continue his
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-06
TERED GENIUS OF STUDIOS MARRZES HEIRESSA
'ID PUTS HIS FET7ERS ON UNTRAMMELED 1AR7F

Of the modernly furnished drawing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-06

There is still II story in Chicago,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-27
HEROINES OF HISTORY
THE WAY SISTER DORA AR
RESTED \ SMALLPOX
EPIDEMIC

WalSal in Staffordsh.re. England.
"a a great iron manufacturing town
where there are many coal pits.
blast furnaces and factories of differ
ent kinds
In the center Of this busy town is
a statue Of a handsome woman in a
nurses uniform. This is Sister Dora.
a heroine in every sense of the word
Sister Dora, who was born Doro-
try Patterson, grew up in Yorkshire
il the first half Of the 18th century
She was a dear little girl with a pas
sion for dolls She loved dolls even
more devotedly than does the aver
age child. Her favorite game was
TO pretend that he dolls were sick
and that she was their nurse. Some
times she washed and nursed them
so vigorously that she washed the
paint from their faces.
This desire TO nurse showed itself
more strongly as she grew into girl
hood. She begged to be allowed to
ct UP all night with any one in the
neighbOrhood who was H.
DOrothy's family recognized that
this great interest was not merely a
young girls fad. So they allowed
her to go away to study TO be a
nurse.
Nursing was very hard work in
those days. It did not have the
scientific helps il now has. Although
the nurses OF today go through a
most difficult training and do much
hard work, they did even more IN
Dorothy Patterson's time.
After nursing in many hospitals
and doing private nursing. Dorothy
went 10 Wa,sall and settled there.
In this great, busting manufacturing
town there were many accidents,
because of the dangers-most Of
which have been eliminated in re-
cent years-incident TO the iron and
steel industries. And there was only
one little cottage hospital which was
always overlooking.
In this pittifully-crowde hospital
Dorothy lived a very hard life. But
she was always cheerful, always
smiling. She had a special gift for
humoring men and helping them to
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-27
TWO I'M URED IN
AUTO COLLISION
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Harry NJ. Beamer and Frank
III. Huber Victims. For
mer In Hospital.

Harry NJ Beamer, Sol Edgewater
dr., manager of the Premier Bed
Co, and Frank II. Huber, 121 S.
Spring St. cashier OF the Mishawaka
Trust * Savings bank. were painful
" injured Sunday afternoon at the
corner of Lincoln Highway and
Cedar st. when the latter's Ford
sedan collided with DR.. w. Il.
Christophars Studebaker.
The Ford was about TO turn north
on Cedar St, while DIR. Christophal
was going west on Lincoln way. It
was stated by witnesses that the
physicians view of the Ford was
obscured by another machine. The
two cars came together with terrific
impact The Ford was badly
smashed. the windows being broken
and the wheels and body wrecked.
The Studebaker was also damaged.
Huber and Beamer were rendered
unconscious. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Z. Roe. go Lincoln way e, who
happened to be returning from
South Bend. rushed Beamer to the
hospital while Huber was taken into
the home OF d. J. Campbell. 526
Lincoln way z. DR.. II. J. Graham
was Immediately summoned. Ex-
animation of both victims was made
and the physician stated TO the
News-Times that while Beamer WA
badly hurt especially about the
head. the exact nature of his in
juries could not be determined for
day or two. In the case of Huber
however. DR.. Graham stated that
he was badly shaken UP, but not
seriously. DR.. Christophal escaped
injury.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-27
TRIES ON HER ! PIECE
BATHING SUIT IN STORE

ROCKLAND, Mass, Nov. pa
young woman entered a store here
to purchase a bathing suit. She
picked out a one-piece outfit and
then asked if she might try il on.
The proprietor. although he had no
dressing room, consented, and the
woman went to the rear of the store
while he busted himself by trim
ming the window. When she had
put it on she asked him how It
looked, and on being assured that
It looked all right, she dressed and
eft with her purchase.
The juice of the toddy-palm is
used in many countries in the east
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-27
Contagious Diseases on
Wdne, Health Official Saws

Accordingto q statement made by
City Health Officer II. J. Magrane.
contagious diseases that a short
time ago threatened an epidemic.
are not as numerous as at that time.
although never out Of control. With
the releases given SATURDAY. there
remain only 90 cases Of scarlet FEVER
and two cases of diptheria still in
quarantine all over the city. and
according TO Or. Magrane. are for
the most part in isolated districts
Six cases OF scarlet fever were
duarantined Saturday. they were
Paul Well. sec W Fourth ST. Pull
mer Bluem. 6I7 w. Broadway. av.,
Evelyn Lowery. SOS Sarah st. Or
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-27

endure pain. She was looked upor
by al as q good angel
Sister Dora" as she was now
called. soon became famous and was
loved by al. A story is told OF he
heroism in saving a mans leg. I
had been very badly mangled. The
doctors said the leg must be ampu-
tated. S.ete- Dora was distressed al
this impending tragedy. So she beg
ged the docto~ TO allow her 10 try
10 save it. which che did by her
never-weaylng slIilful treatment.
Smallpox broke out in the town
People were dying by hundreds 4
smallpox hospital was established
bur no one was willing to take
charge Of 1t. When Sister Dora
heard this, she volunteered immedi-
ately. Through her courageous ex-
ample many offered 20 help her and
the pestilence was arrested. Many
poor souls, who would have died
without care were nursed back to
health. under the guidance OF this
splendid woman.
There was a terrible explosion in
Walsal. Many workmen were kill
ed, and the badly-hurt survivors
eleven in number-were brought 70
the hospital. For more than a week
Sister Dora did not go TO bed-but
two OF the men lived.
Just before her death, Sister Dora
had the satisfaction of knowing that
a new hospital was being built IN
Walsall. but she did not live to see
it completed.
II was the grateful workmen OF
Walsall who conceived the idea Of
erecting a statue to their heroine
Sister Dora.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-27
SUNDAY CONCERT
EMINENT SUCCESS
Well-knOwn Artists Feature
Splendid Program SPon-
sOred by Club.

The second Of a series 81 Sunday
concerts under the auspices Of the
MadiEral club of Mishawaka was
held before a large audience in the
First Presbyterian church sunday AZ
ternoon, and was a pronounced sue
cess. The work OF the Amph.on quar-
tet composed Of a. W. Logsdon.
first tenor. Z W. Morse. second ten
or Dr. o. - Scand.lng first bass
and L. L. Kemper. second bass was
heard 20 excellent advantage their
voices blending spIendldly. Mrs. ElO-
e: Jhy Parks. v.ollulst was at her
best, while Mrs Anna VI Wanama-
ker. Miss Fern Miller. Goshen. vo-
calist. Mrs. Margaret Duck COrpor-
an. pianist. and Herman Wilson, or
ganlst. all well-kn0wn artists. fully
maintained the artistic ability OF the
ensemble
The program was as follows:
The Sailors Chorus" Perry,
Amphion quartet. a W. LOgsdOn,
first tenor: r. w Morse, eecond
tenor: DR.. o. =. Scandl.ng. first
bass and L. L. Kemper. second bass;
The Rosary" Venin. Amphion quar-
tet: soprano colo. ''The Light From
Heaven" Gounod. Mrs. Anna NJ.
Wanamaker. Mrs. Violet Shy Parks
violin obligato: Mrs. Margaret Duck
COrporan, organ; Tho 1 Speak With
the Tongue" Green Amph.on, quar-
tet; organ solo. "Offetoire in r
fiat" Batiste. Herman wilson I
Love You Truly" Bond. In Alb
sence." Buck. AmphiOn quarrel; OBJ
stination." HIDE FOntenailles. Amp
hion quartet; piano solo. "Pastorale
Variee in z major" Mozart, Mss
Fern Miller. (a) steal Away" Ne
gro Spiritual. OBJ Hoy Lord" Ne
win. Amphion quartet: soprano solo,
(a) Autumn" Rogers. Oh Il Pass
ell by Your window" Brake, (c)
Lies Paradise" Brown, Mrs. Anna
n wanamaker; United Until the
Dawn" Parks Amph.on quartet.