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At Request of Charmer
But change hnd come ever Stanis
laus, lie tried being unconventional
for a time, going up the alleyway nnd
through the kitchen te tee Miss
Walker, but he finally gave it up, and
horrors! clipped his locks, put nn n
I quietly told te be sure, which Illus
and begged the woman's pardon, and
Indicated by his manner, that the thing
was at an end.
That night he dined en tea 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 a leaf
and sometimes nibble en it for weeks.
He was extremely proud In these
da;, ns his Chicago friends knew him.
"Uttle Bohemia," which lies in that
section of Chicago just north of the
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hh Sculptor, Whose Bizarre Statues
it! Made Fellow -Artists Gasp, Wins
trates .the temperament of the sculptor.
He was In indigent circumstances, A
friend suggested that he de a bust of a
prominent society woman, a woman
whose husband lg one of the foremost
millionaires of Chicago.
Stanislaus Szukalski seeks In his art
te portray by n certain caricature the
true nature of the subject. He was
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Rather Than Sell Werk te ''Un
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Asking if Remance Has Wen Vic
tory Over "Temperament "
The Rampaging Lien
and the Bridal Lamb
BEFORE marriage Szukalski
, Were tattered clothes and long, flowing, unkempt locks.
Nibbled en stale bread or went hungry.
j Paraded Chicago's BeuV Mich in his weird attire.
, Nearly wrecked the Art Institute in a wild rage after a dispute
with a director.
jiFTER marriage Szukalski
f" Get a hair cut!
Darted into alleyways te escape reporters when calling en his
fiancee.
Announced he uas going te live en a farm and raise pigs.
Said "yea" meekly when his bride vetoed this plan and announced
he would continue his art.
TNTRAMMELED art, with baggy
Iti forehead, long hair peeping from
beneath, strode te the sheltered en
trance of Chicago's exclusive "Geld
Cetit," hammered briskly en the
commonplace knocker and entered
though wide-swung doers.
Tas, almost allcgerically, Stan
tibus Szukalski, temperamental and
nweneyed Polish sculptor, went
Uck te Chicago te claim his bride,
Mils Helen Louise Walker," heiress
lad one of the city's foremost so
ciety belles.
And thus did untrammeled art be
come fettered matrimony. Because,
far, Stanislaus has been abso
lutely conventional in everything
-in the taking out of the mar
rife license, the "quiet wed
ding" at the home of the parents,
pr. md Mrs. Samuel J. Walker, and
fie regular honeymoon.
1 One knowing Stanislaus as of old
euld exclaim in astonishment, "It
i impossible! That fellow would
Biver marry in that way. He is tee
few he preaches nothing but free
dom. If he married, if would be in
we outlandish, ultra-unconventional
fashion."
But, alas! 'tis true that Stanis
Mns, the man who has startled New
YeTk and Chicago by his "horribly
ptrfect" statues statues which were
unlike anything ever seen before
M accepted the marital yoke in the
me way as the clerk in the store
wthe most unimaginative man im
finable.
We Says, "Nay! Nay!"
And He Says "Nay" Alse
When the ceiemeny had been per
formed in the Walker home the
wide said:
.vTt8re IcavinK for Terente for a
honeymoon. We will return te
Yerk and live in Stanley's
"J at 426 Lafayette street.
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even when it was first rumored. Said
one society editer:
"With nn artist like Stanislaus,
whose ideas of freedom arc btrangcly
personal In their application (he declines
te fellow the views of his clients in the
matter of modeling) . it 1m clear hew
radical an adjustment must be, made
with him as the husband of a wealthy
wife.
"Stanley is about the Inst perten in
the world aene would call a 'geld-dlgger,'-'''aHery,
en? knows he would
b? a rich, man today 'f -willing te humr
the whims''l)f wealthy' patrons who
wanted te make 11 vogue of him nnd hi
weird 6culptuYeT"
Stanislaus has always taught that le
be a great artist one must held upper
most in his mind some great haticd,
love or major emotion te spur him on
ward. Hunger has always been clusuud
ns one of the greatest purs te artistic
achievement. Stanislaus has known
hunger. He has done wonderful erl.
Fesslbly hln spur is hunger. A well
fed Stanislaus may recline en easy
couches and puff cigarettes nnd think
of working, Instead of working. Who
knows?
The romance between the sculptor nnd
his bride Is nt least of three years'
standing. She formerly was a student
In his class. She went te his little un
couth studio with ether pilgrim nf art
and listened te the jeuthful sculptor
dUsertute en the subject dearest te
both their hearts urt. f
But concerning the conventional part
we will dig Inte fceme interesting inci
dents concerning Stanislaus later he
hnd been writing letters te Sliss
Walker for the last jear. fnt, nrdcut
letters: Then suddenly there came n
laconic "yes' ever the wire.
Stanislaus snatched up his tain o' e'
shanter nnd hurried te Chicago. Ills
long hair and oaken stick liecame a
fumillar sight en the "Heur Mich." Up
called nn his bride in her handsome
home en Lake Shere Drive. He mnde
a strange fljurc against the background
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And then he put his famed signature te
a new work of art when, In liquid char
acters, he put his name te the applica
tion for a license.
It was the same signature that had
graced the bizarre statues; these s-ame
atatues which caused n New Yerk i
sculptor of fame te exclaim : "All of this (
artist's work should be cast in pure !
geld. After seeing it, I never want te
take up a mallet nnd chisel again."
When he hnd obtained his license,
Stanilaus smiled nnd said: "I don't
knew when we are going te be mar
ried. The Ouija beard ought te knew.
Anyway, we are going te live en a
farm and raise pigs.'
But Miss Walker, who was standing
outside In the corridor, rubbing elbows
with a score of ether brides-te-be, shied
nt the idea of a farm and pigs, and
then Stnnlslnus the terrible Stanis
laus smiled meekly nnd bald, "Yes,
dear."
It was all se conventional, the way
Stanislaus get married.
It is Interesting te study the marked
antithesis of the pair.
Miss Walker had lived her life in ease
and luxury. Stanislaus Szukalski hnd
been ill from hunger even in the last
year. Miss Walker bad had entrc into
the best of homes by right of her family
position, since she was old enough te g0
about and she had been inclined te
a thorough appreciation of caste.
She was briilcsmaid-te-have-becn In
the Mary Landen Baker near-marriage
te Alllster McCermlck, when all society
was kept "waiting nt the church." Her
father is one of the most prominent
physicians in Chicago. He was a major
in the Bed Cress during the war nnd
gained fame by stemming the typhus
epidemic In Macedonia. He is chief of
staff at the Children's Memerial Hos
pital. Pr. Walker is the son of a pioneer
Chicngenn nnd was graduated from
Yale. He Is a brother of the late Judge
Charles M. Walker. He has been pres
ident of the Yale Club in Chicago.
Dr. Walker's ether daughter, Har
riet, married Puul Welling, son of the
former president of the Illinois Central
Bnilrend.
Stanislaus Szukalski's father was a
blacksmith.
Although recognized by Mrs. Harry
Pnjne Whitney., Jehn Slean, Itebcrt
Henri. Peter Lurren, Walter Dean
(Jeldbeck and the upper social ele
ment in both Chicago and New Yerk,
he has sneered nt society und refused te
sell nny of his work for private col
lections. Hungry But He Refused
Te Sell "Poe)-" Statue
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UTHUN the artist's father died
" he appeared and asked for
the body.
"I ivant te dissect it," he an an
iteuitccd calmly. "I'm tee peer te
buy a cadaver for anatomical
studies. I knew my father would
wish it."
He get the body.
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Szukalski's atatues are the sen
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Poverty and Hunger
Were Pals of Sculptor
SZUKALSKI, although penni
less and hungry, broke a
statue into bits and rejected' a
cheek for $1000 because the work
did net suit him, although the
sitter teas satisfied.
He refused te work in a studio
provided by a wealthy patron,
where he had light ajtd comfort
and feed because the "atmos
phere" was uncongenial and went
back" te his old garret, and his diet
of nibbled stale bread.
Offers te join dinner parties
were rejected even ivhen hunger
was gnawing, because the artist
feared he was being given
"charity."
Tho'e who knew him sny he never
worked from n model himself. In
all his "grotesques" critics have ad
mitted that hi anatomy was correct in
every detail. At first sight his figures
seem te be terribly distorted, but en
close study It is found that everything
is strangely correct.
He often said. "I learned my mat mat
emy from my father."
The'-e who knew the story naturally
found this a rather uncanny expression.
His father was killed in a ""trect car
accident. Stanislaus found the body In
the morgue. He showed no emotion.
He went te the nfficlaK and asked for a
permit te keen the body. When they
asked him what he wanted with it, he
rep led : ,
"I want te direct It. I want te learn '
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One of Szukalski's statues
is starving in Poland. His sister, a
girl of nineteen, i in the fame terrible
district.
Eight Uncles Killed
or Sent Inte Siberia
"When sjmpathv was expressed for
such tragic afflictions he said: 'Oh,
we are iimm! te sorrow In my family.
My grandfather had nine sons. Klght
were either executed or sent te Siberia
as reolutienist". My father was the
ciily one te escape
I "This long-haired, rathrr undersized
Polish lad. with the face of a poet, has
undeniable genius and don't forget
I that the difference between genius and
j inlenr is that genitis lights its own
firc."
I Se much for the hitery of Stanislaus
anrl his tirfde.
Thre was it t one time talk of pa
rentnl objection. But that was ever-
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Insistent. He was urged te be lenient.
He sought te be "mildly critical"
In the work. The society woman posed
for him and lie drew her features from
the marble. The work was completed
at last. The society woman was al
lowed te see It.
"My goodness." she exclaimed when
she s-aw the work, 'De I really leek
like that?"
The sculptor hnd been unable te con
trol tome of his desire te picture "that
within," the true nature as he saw it.
Then, when the first surprise was
ever, tlie society woman, wne is Known
as a "geed sport," shammed a delight
ever the work nnd wrote a check for
$1000 en the spot.
The sculptor looked at the check,
looked at the woman and theiii ,1i1h
giue wandered te the bust.
"Ne no," he said, "I can't de It!
I can't let that lcue my atelier. I
have failed In this work. It Is net
art. 1 have net shown in this what I
wished."
Then te the surprise and consterna
tion of bis subject' and patron be
matched op a malm nnd hammered the
Chicago Bher, saw inudi of him. He
went abroad in the most p.itliutic at
tire, his hiiir long, his clothes r.igged
and his tees sticking out of his shoes.
And all this time society people who
had seen his work were clamoring for
him te se!l -eine of It or nt least
allow them te help him. But een the
aid of his own peiseunl friends was
scorned.
One nfternoeii a writer In Chicago
who has since made a name for him
self saw the sculptor en the street,
noted his unfed nppea ranee uiu asked
ilim te come for supper.
"Ne," said Stanislaus Szukalski.
"I cannot come for supper, but I shall
be glad te conic around after supper."
He was afraid that this friend was
pitying him and invited him only te
feed him. He confessed as much Inter
und udded that he had gene three da)s
i without feed.
There is an engraver In Chicago who
took a particular interest In the sculp
tor and approached him ' through
friends. It was urged that the sculp
tW te the Seuth Side and work In a
newly equipped studio.
Ills friends showed him hew he could
further his art, hew much, better he
anatomy. 1 nm tee peer te buy the (ewe. Week before lnt. when Stnnlx
cadavers of ether men. Mj father laus was carrying the marriage license
untilil uis. :, nreund in his pocket nnd calling en
weuldwlsl.it. .... , Mi's Walker every day he was noticed
It was thus b.v dissecting the bed.v i going up an nllev.
lie did this te avoid reporter. Ker
since he went te Chit age he has said:
"1 have nothing te sa.v . Our romance
Is three veais e'd. Whj de the news
papers bother us new ?"
But anjwav en this particular d.iv as
he went in the kitchen way, by giving
a password te the isjuk, lm went up
stairs where nnlv V)r nnd Mrs Walker
were te he found lie told reporters
...... ., ''nn .miss waiuer was net at home
Stanislaus recently exhibited at the" ,mt ,.ln nm (.,. ellt nt fi A M an(J
Art Institute in Chicago. A whole room rhe reporters knew- that this was true,
was given him. One conception, which ''"he fact that he visited the parents nt
i i.i u i! i .i ...: '' "me when the daughter was net home
is supposed te have been slightly anti- ww, (1inrr(,, ,,., of ,10 ",,,,.
British, was placed In a corner. He posed p.ircntul ehjet tien
aw the change. Hew into a violent rege ' New the question is among the studio
of his own tather that jeung Szukalski
acquired that knowledge of the struc
ture of tlie human, which, even In his
most bizarre conception, is stnrtiiigly
accurate.
Chased Art Director
Who Had Offended Him
he consented. The studio was idenllj
iqulpped for u sculptor, had living I
nmirtpre fill. I Al-nix Ihlni. t. nL ..n. I. In. I I
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even te feed.
and chased one of the directors of th
Institute through sevcriil rooms.
That peculiar conception showed hew
Poland had been downtrodden, lie has
declared that his love for Poland and
his grief at her deplorable condition
have been among the great Inspirations
in his art.
JThe members of his class, the
that MJss Walker attended, were taught
that the.v must held uppermost in their
minds .sonic major emotion te inspire
them in their work.
ssVnkrtUk! nt sixteen was the infant
iihennmcnen of the Art Mucuin of
Fer three weeks Stanislaus Szukalski jfefc. , a.Xl: "and
weiked in the studio, Then one daj he ' v.iinnn te see lit ncrfeet' creations tu
"Charity Atmosphere"
Chilled Fires of Genius
Inv nt.,1 hrnuze. Then his father rail
gnited te Chicago und set urt n black
smith shop.
Helen Walker at eleven wen n silver
bailee in n draw lug lentest open te the
I juvenile renders of a chlhheii s umgo umge
i zinc. Last year at an exhibition for
and sncietj ilass. "Will Stunisinus' air
survive his marriage m wih his mat
rlage survive his art !"
ZITA'S BABY IS CHRISTENED
Girl Is Named After Twe Spanish
Queens
i Madrid, June tt Hx-Knipress .Ita's
one I babr wns baptired In the Pnrde Palace
vcstenlay ns Maria ('rlstinu Victeria
Kugenia. This nanie was pheii te the
t hlld In neterdance with the former
Austrian meiiiirclt'.s special desire te
commemorate the hospitality of the
Spanish rejal family lit the' hours of
misfortune. -.
The Papal Nuncie elht lated at the
ceremen.v, which was strictly private,
enlj u few persons of high rank bclntf
present. The SpunUli sovereigns at'ttd
as sponsors. The ethers present In
cluded Archduchess Mm in Theresa, the
Duchess of Parma ami Arihdukes Max!-;
millaii and Otte. a
The bab.v's name In a combination ..of
i threw down his .mallet and chisel and
, exclaimed :
I "I don't seem te be able te work here.
I am net in. the proper atniespheie. 1
i hnve lest something." Te the asten
ishment of his benefactor, lie walked .", .:..'. . .. -. i....i.... . thoe of the Omen .Mether ami Oueeii
from the place and never returned. s,e elTeied a painting te the directors, i of Spain.
' He went back te the North Side te n but It was rejected. It was later shown .., ,..' 7iii .
cheap little studio. Ills place was the'" department store exhibit arranged, GASPARRI IN POOR HEALTH
, ., , , , , i by Insurgent artists, an oigiinlxatlen I
rendezvous of artists and writers, and hcQllea bv icudelph Welsenbem. p , 8ecretary of 8tate T-kM
for n time he held n class there. At the time Miss Walker became a PaPal eecret"ry 0T el"l TaKM
Miss Walker, who hnd wen certain 'member of the rebels und since has been early vacation Tnn Year
honors herself In drawing and nuintiiiir. I ai,i,lvi,i ",M". . i?. ' .. u ' Re.me' Jun -t-aivllnal Oaiparrl,
butt .te bits, With a low bow lie turaet) could work In such, a place, nud finally
first met him there. This was before
America s entry Inte the war. She be
Szukalski has been an exhibitor at the rmnal secretary of state, left Berne tm.
Institute since he was eighteen. Ar-, terday te take thn cure ut Mente t'
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suffered from erysipelas and also I rukiTaw
te have been a thorough teacher, and
whelllustratlng te his class where lie
theiifht certain muse'es should be he
weujd take, the muscle of the model la
t hlsAaud and jerk it Inte that position. i,e MW
"When veu knew the story of the
artist, Stanislaus Szukalski," you un
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uih work, said air. i-jiui. "lie u
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