A WOMAN SCULPTOR. MRS. KATHERINE TUPPER PRESCOTT, OF BOSTON. The Artist Should Not Cultivate the Teacher's Methods Too Much, but Cultivate Individuality, It is only within recent years that the master mind of man has been | forced to recognize the capability of woman to become proficient in any one art. In painting, architecture and music she has made rapid strides. | but perhaps in sculpture she has had | the greatest struggle for recognition, | It is generally acknowledged that women are doing the most, at the present time, toward the cultivation of art and the dissemination of art education, and man is beginning to realize that woman is more than likely to supersede him, Mrs. Katherine Tupper Prescott, of Boston, is 8a woman in the foremost ranks of art, and in her particular line, stands almost alone, Her school is partially of her own creating, and | her individuality is‘ prominent. In| an interview she said: “Too many artists. especially wo- men. study continually under a] teacher, too timid to start out and try their own wings, and so their | work grows to be echoes and repro | ductions of the master under whom | they studied, and their own ideas are | merged into those of others.” | And so it is with many women art- | i | { | MRS. PRESCOTT AT ists whom 1 can reeall, and vons more forcibly than the work of Marie Bash- i kirtsefl, which I saw in Paris. Strong | and vigorous.as a man's in teuch, | and marvelous in its breadth for 80 | young a woman, yet I was more im- | pressed with the touch of the master | ~Bastian Lepage—than with any in- | dividuality of the artist. | Not so. however, with Mrs. i cott, whose talent has developed re-| markably in a very few years, and who devotes her time in working out her own ideas, ich are most novel | and original. Her art is her birth- | right, for she siden { Pres. | ; ‘odd 0 taste for MR3. KATHERINE TUPPER PRESCOTT. sculpture as a child, when she used to model all sorts of fan- ciful ideas in dough, but rot un- til after the death of her husband, several years ago, did she undertake to do serious work. She began with a bas-relief of her father, which was remarkable as a likeness, and then followed an intaglio of Mary Ander. gon. It is in portraiture, perhaps, that Mrs. Prescott excels, and while her cameos or bas-reliefs are the per- fection of art, it is the intaglios which appeal to one’s senses, when viewed in the proper light, as almost an illu- gion. In “Daybreak,” ber latest in- taglio, this is especially felt, It portrays the head of a young girl, with the hair blown forward, and to one side, forming a background to the face, which 1s most reposeful in its expression, with eyes just awakening to the dawn. Perhaps her most famous bas-relief portrait is that of Paderewski, The whole medallion is only about five inches in length, and the head much less than that, but the exquisite deli “Hands on." A very charming and witty widow residing in Washington gave her lit. tle daughter a mythological primer several years ago and the child im- mediately became intensely inter ested in the romantic stories of the gods and goddesses. Long after she exhausted the primer she was ceaseless in her demands to have her appetite for incidents, which hap- pened in the Elysium fields and thereabouts, satisfied. One day her mother thanght it would be a good iden to take her heart's delight over to the Corcoran gallery and show her the statuary and casts and other works which have the heroes of myth- . ony for their subjects, While pursing this pleasant pur. cacy of the handling and the absolute fidelity of the portrait, render it one of the most perfect of the cameos in modeling extant. There have been innumerable reproduc tions of this in plaster, bronze, coms position, and for one enthusiastic ad- mirer of the great artist, it was cast in solid silver. Other faithful portraits which Mrs, Prescott has executed include those Emerson, Wendell Phillips, Mrs. Kendal and John Boyle O'Reilly. She is now at work on an order from a Baltimore millionaire for a $000 portrait to be cast in bronze, in the “round’’—otherwise a bust, It may be hard to realize, but Mrs. Prescott says it is much more diffi cult to execute a bas-relief than the “round,’’ for in the latter every measurement can be made with the utmost accuracy, by means of instru- the artist depends entirely upon his intelli. gence and the fidelity of his eye. Some of Mrs. Prescott’s ideal sub jects are beautiful to a degree, and especially is this so with ““Jaliet and the Nurse.''” This is a bas-relief and portrays the head of Juliet, not in the least conventional, against that the wrinkled and white-capped nurse. ‘Marguerite and Mephisto,”’ another medallion, is treated same way, and one of the most popu- lar ideal subjects is her Old and New Year.” It isthe face and head of a beautiful child, with wind-tossed in the IN HER STUDIO curls, the face buoyant ing with the for and be hope of new life future, while be- as ‘though slowly and gradually recedi from view, is the bent and furrowed countenance of an aged man, with flowing beard and scanty locks, This at once eagerness the ne ta tells its own story most foreibly of Joy to the New Year. Peace to « (3d Mra. Prescott’s method of work is one like myself lated. She seldom now makes " i a model in clay, but uses a new com. position known as modelling wax. It the clay as the latter ! damp, and finished it carefully mu ened and gently covered with wel cloths, to prevent the clay from dry ing and eracking. the wax, the artist may leave it at any time, and forany length of time and it is always in perfect conditi for work When the m carefully laid down barricade of clay When if the work is must be iste ys adel is con and a sort % built around it this has hardened, a thick i ' sl i avoid any air bubbles which would ruin the cast, and the mixture is poured in until it is even top of the ‘‘barricade.”” It left until it has thoroughly hardened, i to the size of the model. Then plaster cast is gently separated from is found in the plaster intaglio which forms the cast from which the bas. reiief will be taken. are obtained in these bas-reliefs, for the lower the relief is made, the more dificult and more effective in its roundness and perfection of form. The process of making an intaglio follows the bas-relief, and the same artistic effects of light and form are shown up, but in a reversed order. For these attainments in her art is Mrs. Precsott placed in the foremost woman beneficent to her sex, and she has opened up an avenue from the field of woman's work which those who choose to follow will find leveled and cleared from the brambles of experimental labor.—{Ella Starr, in N. Y. Recorder. massive pedestal. The mother was stumped to explain to her daughter what the scarred and broken mass of plaster signified other than being the dismembered remains of a grand hu- man figure, The little one, however, quickly helped her parent out of her predicament. There was a large lacard on the base of the pedestal aring the forbidden words ‘Hands Of.’ The little miss looked at what she deemed was the title of the work with an expression of scorn and the same sentiment was indicated in her inflection when she spoke. ‘Hands off,” she remarked with a sniff of su- perior wisdom. “Hands off. 1 should say they was—and the foots, too !""=[Chicago Times. ow Tame turkeys can be trained to NOTES AND COMMENTS, corn is quoted higher than wheat, Tue railroads of the United States carry in a year 600,000,000 passen- gers and transport 800,000 000 tons of freight. Tur Methodist Episcopal Church has 2,500,000 members, owns over 24,000 churches and 10,000 parson- ages, worth in the aggregate ¥125,- O00, 000, Herr Lowe's invention of the “tailor-made’’ armor is followed by that of a Hungarian, who says he can make from wood pulp a fabric suitable for clothing. SOME notion may be formed of the enormous volume of corporation law from the fact that federa. courts are operating 152 riilway systems, re- presenting a capitalization of $2 500, - 000,000, And on all the litigation that those figures represent lawyers are collecting fat fees. Thue of illiteracy in the United shows that of a total population over 10 years of age of 47.- $183.009, therear26 824.72 illiterntes, or over 14 per cent. I'he percentage of illiterates in the white is over seven and a statistics States population half. and in the colored population nencly 57. Tue statistics of houses used wholly or chiefly for dwellings are vague and unsatisfactory, but it is a fact pretty well known that there are $9 O00 (0K) houses in the United States 000,000 in France and Russi: AMIE) In Eng an and 6 ngninst 6H. - 4 (RE) IMM) In Germany. In Russia in consequence of th Tas shrunk so low splendid prospect of the harvest nd $ i eR, © 1% price i that mar cattie int harvesting the y farmers are si ing o thi : would i Cau In th and wheat n ut ¢ the cattle, “x corn { worth are A Max whose business licit subscribers for i complains ure ¢ hard Un ri be th iecihine subs subscribe de payment ins i= that many sick folks along with are wenicir WE pXPeUNive gen usually employed Ture are no which speak of ° true that size is ry pared with either Japan is relatively small. At tl little Korea bas square of 90 (Ee miles, and consequently equal in territery Engl land and Wales combined. population of the last constus was re- ported as 10,518 947 8 inclosed by » wall and ' HE) IRRE Tue in of absinthe in worst .} Lhe ery to riand lis capital city twenty feel high tu) iat if ie i pu 2is00 : 5 mitains « or in the France feature? of re it 95.00 rease republic. 3 show that sinthe were sold at reall swelled to hectoliters, and there ling increase in the r alcoholic drir ks th of the absiathe habit had any- 1g 10 do directly with crime ain, but it is « fact that the num- af persons andemned by the courta advanced from 86.000 in 1860) to 127.000 in 1885 these sa'es had 126. (00 COrre- sule of Wheth ier this Was a Son all he is ul iexd fiscal year ended June 30, 188%, OM) 662 letters from foreign lands drifted into the dead fetter office, Washington. The indi- viduals addressed being not discover ed, neasly all of these missives had to be sent byek to the countries whence they came. Yet the United Hiates post office is vastly more clever at finding people than are the author. itio# abroad. (miy a few days ago a letter dispatched from New York with the superseription, “‘Levi I Morton, Paris, France,’ was returned marked “Inconnu’’=i. e¢., ‘“‘un- known.” Nevertheless, the ex-Vice- President was in the French capital at the time at one of the great hotels, the Dunrixa It is paported from Oklahoma that tho meioa planters of that Territory have found ar unexpected enemy in the coyotes that abound there. On account of the drouth the springs and quench their thirst on melons. When one gets thirsty he hunts a melon patch, jumps on a melon till he breaks it, and then, thrusting his fruit, regales himself with the con. tents. Then he usually reports to in great numbers to wants, make havoc of a melon pateh in one night. A Waspixarox sea captain com. ining of the tramp nuisance at seu. There is a large and increasing num- ber of men who make a practice of beating their way from place to place on vessels, and the coasting craft are their favorite prey. They manage to ready for sea, and hide themselves until she is fairly out on the salt water, when they make their presence known. Sometimes a gang of hve or six will get on the same vessel. Of course, they have to be fed, as the captain is more or less responsible for their being there, but as no ac. the fellows to work but there is list ! . : {usually select that a landlubber can do, ts “DuerLLixa in France,” said a man recently returned from the gay eapi- tal, “is in a lurge majority of cases farcical. Old-fashioned, muzzie-load- ing duelling pistols are used. and the [quantity of powder used is graduated according to the gravity of the insult, The contestants stand thirty paces apart, facing away from each other, At the signal they turn and fire. Ow- ing to the small charge of powder, the bullets usually drop to the earth If the lead did earry the required distance, the force of the projectile would not be sufficient to break the skin of the duellists. Having satisfied wounded honor by shooting off the revolvers, the contestants depart in a cheerful frame of mind. The duels do not always end so pleasantly, When a quarrel of a very serious nature the principals sometimes on enotigh powder to do actual damage, I wax ealled on to act as second fora man who before reaching either man. is insist shattered his opponent's shoulder withh a bullet. Americans have proven to be awkward ers for thi Clustom- =hoot-but-don’t-hurt duel- In several where Americans were challenged, and had Isis instances the choice of weapons, they have se- The invari- 1 y the challengers ' lected Colts revolvers, able result hist found it was i venient to fight incon Tree Planting Society. a society in Brooklyn with muel “We have h conld be imitated rehes yesterday, Planti He Inere ss PR 16 trees premises Tree VP yn which did result fe hh wile ras © pest i block » here meme ae * ’ BEES ( enced re f removi COONS fences i revs they have su I lead to the final ex. ingion ua finest shade frees ” in wttld think that ople trouble the world of their beauty by the ug = and — Ww uxh In is = American Magnificence. Without making much fuss about it. a large number of rank and title are visiting their otherwise summer residences, looking round” this eountry and its institutions Passing by some of these strangers friends at and nt criticisms tlie affairs on present state accustomed to simpler forms of wenlth at Count Nympsche, a German friend of Prince Hatzfeldt, who mare ried the daughter of C. P. Hunting ton, expresses the liveliest astonish ment at such an establishment as the Huntingtons occupy for other than royalty. He says there is no luxury or magnificence to compare with that seen in private houses in America anywhere from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and his opinion is echoed by foreigners of other nationality, as well as by our so-called English cousing, - A well-known lady, who has made Berlin her home for many years, returned to her native land | last spring to find such an Aladdin- like change that she says it has al- most made her silly. ‘*No one in Germany, at least, dreams of the ex- | tent of this moneyed aristocrasy,’ she paused—'‘1 hate that phrase, land withdraw it! But it surprises me to see luxury where | left mere comfort only twenty years ago. The emperor is not housed half so well as some of my acquaintances in their sumimer places.” The frugal Ger. man appears to be most touched by | American progress in the weird art of living up to a big income, | Boston | Herald, in intelligent minds mueh home, Use of the Fork and Spoon. Ain absurd and inconvenient dictate of the present fashion is the | almost complete banishment. of the teaspoon. The multiple fork has gradually encroached upon the spoon’s domain until even the various grains and vegetables of the more elusive sort, which were once wont to occupy little dishes and have 4 teaspoon apiece, are now amal. gomated with the rest of the dinner 1d disposed of ns best one may with a four tined implement. For the present teaspoons ae still permitted wr stirrin FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS, THE BICK=POART. You enme to a pluce where the fairies play. And a little sign-post ground, With four little paths from all around, And if you eould choose to go either way, But wherever you went you knew yon must stay For ever and ever and a day— stood on the And if one road led to the land of SNOW, Of the chimney-fires and where snow- balls grow; And the next led off to the Autumn hills Of the morning frosts and the cider- mills; And still through the woods, but fue AWRY The third lane led to the holiday Where long midsummer hours spend ; And if springtime lay at road's end, Where arbutus hides and wake-robing blow, = Which would you choose and where would you g07 -{ R F. Bunner, in yon the fourth Nicholas. ~1 Susie visited at grandma's house 4 chickens hatched, and notin Den great ng on and Were $ § - 2a zd a4 ihe O Wonaeriii fice chickens were fine O14 day and what wr Bn Gang Part 3! ihe must touch sponge Keep (iL moist Lover Lh rest of the brie Or two water | { a tarts hile whe! if he can 2d itis and in Hils Mmaxes Vegetables as Food for him, if he wi ipply fresh water to r out a cupful ench da I nless ao sof Is g the water will ne | bread are 1 { them. ail ioarn oa come for 3 b i tans On 1 hae sound of ii snap at it if waved on 8 brown straw when island. — Atlanta before him he ix on his Con- stitution. THE THUSDER CLOUD AND WIND, There thunder shower and wind. to settle the controversy decided to show what they could do. The wind was given a first trial. It threw with force roofs great dis. tance. unswung the gates, uprooted trees. and at last overthrew a chicken coop. Then pausing if out of breath. it exclaimed see what 1 have done! The thunder eloud smiled and said Try that stone gchoolhonse and we will the quarrel.” With great foree the wind threw itself against the masonry, tore off a shutter or two and left. “Is that all you ean do?’ said the thunder cloud. But don’t terrible?” “In your way, yes.’ “What ean vou do?” said the wind, feeling too well satisfied to suppose that the thunder cloud could do more. “You have not seen me yet," gaid the cloud; with this speech it went forth a flame that made the wind monn. Try that schoolhouse vonder.”’ said the still self-conceited wind. “and move it.” The cloud frowned and gathered itself slowly, as though waiting for the children to reach their homes, Then the seemed te open and a shaft of fire descended upon the massive pile. It retired inn great roll of applause, The building was parted and stood a tottering mass of rains. The cloud retired and the wind lulled==the conflict wax over. between the At last, they each arose fn quare fon fis settle you think am tory. And the wind, whistling and grumbling, simply whispered. “There is something greater than 1 am after all.” Moral : Do not expatiate too mach apon what you ean do. It might be only a blow—{Germantown Tele graph, HOW RIRDK FLY. fan you tell what Kind of a bird it I= by the way it flies? you love : birds and intend to become well acquainted with Lo know birds by their air 88 well ns by their colors and shape; on the ground as well as on the wing, and in the bush as well as in the hand. For though every kind of a bird hes not a manner peculiar to itself, thers is a certain something about almost all of them by which you ean tell them under almost any circumes stances, In the country you may see kites and buzzards. They sail around in circles, with wings spread, but still, From this habit of gliding they dre enlled in the north of Eng« land, Owls move in a buoyant manner, if lighter than the air. Ravens spend much time . turn loud croak, to the ground. leads’ us when on the wing striking each other, and their with a und scem to be falling Iu fact they are scratehing selves with one fool and have their center of gravity. their peckers fly opening wings, and falling in curves up trees they use their tails which } downward sort of #“ Most of the small birds | often on backs thein- lost and Wood- ing their rows sO are v] inci port. Cris VAaliCe, ne as SU iy by ad Re Nop; but walk. Skylarks sede lw + | Pe piarly as they rising and falling as they and most of ti waugiails and rise and fall perpendai sing Woodlarks hang 1 i and titlarks rise and iarks ised in the air fall in large CRrVeH down. {Chicago Times. Overfed Children. Many young y oh 2 ii overfeeding. ‘ : babies 10 become | or nd head. W hie n as in the end they ¢ : g intestinal sorders result, el from quent feeding, 1 child will be tO0 In : act- is before a = unt nt becornes absorbed. I1¥ hungry: the sarp.us fo od f i : irritant in the + #Y if} is Aan intestines § willed cient amg nourish hen waste away, and : persisted ii surely become 1 The intestinal dls- Mothers cannit be too des ply im- i ressed with the isnsortance of reg- ular feeding at proper fe intervals, = The Newcomer 'Siivinite.”’ The alloy and although it h with a f 8 AD composed ch fly of aluminum, been introduced mpets, its prac- tical status ha been deter- m It has great lightness, sil- very lustre, inalicab’lity and ductility, and although comparatively soft, is tough strong. In decorative work it may be used either in its nat. ural color, which is not easily tar- nished or painted with colors, which iv “takes” well. The manu- facturere ajso claim that it enamels well, but ¥ &) the enamel material applied mu st be fusible at an exceptionglly low temperature, as the metal iteel? softens and fuses very readily. The suggestion that is would be a pood sabstitute for cor rugated iron os roofing is ill-advised. In the event «f fire a silvinite roof would collapse very quickly, and thus chuse a more complete wreck than would wesult if iron were in use. Sulpharetted hydrogen does not tarnish the metal, even after pro- longed exposare; ammonia, on the other hand, distinctly affects its sur face while caustic alkalis and dilute mineral acide rapidly dissolve it. Vegetable acids, such as acetic, do not seem to produce any impression on the metal, but whether prolonged action, aided by alternate wetting and drying by exposure to air, will canse corrosion time alone can prove. a large field open for this waluable metal, but that it will really supersede any of the other metals in common use is not likely. =| New York Dispatch. ~ His Scheme. Newcomer silvinite,”’ 3 qx x flourish of rs wi yet ned and tt Oil An Australian mining journal is responsible for the following story: A miner in that country. who was obtaining fine gold by slucing, was asked how he saved it. He replied that he employed the common amal- gamation process, but used a novel and ingenious retort for the pepo. After nmalgamating with quicksilver, “1 get a potato,’ said the miner, “eat off one end, and scoop out a cavity in it large enough to take my ball of amalgam. I next take a spade or piece of flat iron, and place that lace the potato with the cut side wn. As the amalgam gets hot the ‘silver’ evaporales and all through the potato ious is can't gel through the skin. Is cool X it in
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