Show FAD OF MAYOR SU X SAN FRANCISCO EXECUTIVE A MODELER IN DOUGH mah little I I 1 IK tic anti aril il I 1 1 th niP ps Iken of 0 I 1 thru lamillar la I 1 tillar 1 briw I lit litter ter ills III I 1 liol rit with itAl mity it it Is a i lopsy I 1 like ike I 1 let t ROM BONI THE SN Iran elseo chroni elf etc great men are peculiar in their 1 I hours of case all ii of them hive have their hobbick in private life and ride them history teems with ith incidents nero had i passion for fiddling ind cinalu gren the bei be agia in early rome near nearly as good U those grown some centuries later b george I 1 in his new english garden peter tho the great was an amateur ship 1 b ibid allder r of ito mean abilia while henry III of fraere was aas an artificer in docks clocks several of the I 1 also being expert locksmiths few of the really great men except jim corbett were ever given gien to athletics but there la Is one notable instance in the case of loula louls philippe tor for the season that while he had lad never practiced on oil tho the cinder path he bee became irne at one bound the moat remarkable sprinter in europe everybody knows all about gool king cole who ho wa as a jolt old soul which brings the history of hobbles down to mavor sutro sutra of san 5 fran ci alco ca lord of the seal locks grand seigneur of the city hall and a whole lot of other things besides mayor sutro his a hobby an ar artistic listic ono one at that which hia his modesty has kept hid den for lo 10 these many years fifteen at least the mayor Is a modder in clay ind dough an humble follower fol loxer in the classic footsteps of phidias and michael angolo angelo with a twist of his wrist and a twirl of his thumbs he turns out won darful forms testifying to his ennius and his beill and the beauty of the plastic art his ills honor has never tried hie his hand at an heriod piece and while he can he has done very little in chiy he lie prefers dough he ile tilrey revels in dough let artistic souls writhe in agony over 0 er hitt hat the may consider a plebeian prostitution of a noble art let them turn up their noses cind ind rail at dought what of it mayor sutro cannot help it like king midas of old e he touches turns to dough tough and at th present time they say he has more of it than any other great man in san francisco having plenty he doe does what he pleases with it and he pleas pleases pleass s to make little pigs and baby seals and cows and horses and to cover them over with a coating of mucilage and present them to his friends as souvenirs verily in the hands of mayor sutro dough has supplemented the rocks of ancient art for something like fifteen years has mavor or sutro con col cealey his greatest accomplishment from the people who are now his con for nearly three elustres li his liis is he chosen to conceal the light of hia his genius under a bushel now it Is to all out rho mavor alaor has blushingly acknowledged knowledg ed it and stands ready to take his place in the hall ball of fame in company with alexander Alexand pr badiang and the butler butter sculptress dough and butter brea I 1 and oleo yea yes said mayor sutro in his office the other day after a certain amount of bashful hesitation I 1 I 1 make a gool goot many things out of dough principally anil little pigs little seals sean cowa cows and horses I 1 have a talent that way and I 1 have ambled a great many people with it in the last fifteen years I 1 dont know really how I 1 dis covered ita it a sort of a like talent I 1 suppose it just grew when I 1 was mas in europe some vears ears ago I 1 used to make little figures out of the bread I 1 would take from the table and surprise a great many people very fe few people here I 1 new I 1 could do this just a few of a jy friends and I 1 have hae not said very much ranch about it I 1 have hac a number of tho the os s at my house out on the heights and averal of my friende friends have diore mote just i is a soon as they are made vou oil know you coat them with mucilage lige and the will last any length of time the cirbo intimation of the mayor i genius in this diorec ion ton outside of lit hb own immediate family vms given gisen on the veranda of a hotel on howell mountain one hot bummer summers da day y a about t eight vears ears ago ills now noa alenor had bad driven up the hot dusty road in HIP the hottest day in all the vear ear ind auca he had hid cleared the cobwebs from his throat was a positive tle godsend to the summer garli who baan hadn t been seen anone to talk to but themselves theme elvea a far gone consumptive and the redheaded red headed landlord they took him in tow immediately and hia bla honor heli belt forth on the then most popular subject with himself himsel even evea interest tn in this nagged flagged after i time ume and the guests paraded in tor for dinner clearly they welt wu through the meal and when it was as finished returned to the veranda eranda sutro sutra started in afresh on bis his popular abject and while hile be he talked the young ladles ladies noticed he was wan working in his hand hands the inside of 0 a piece of bread be he bad had taken from the table be lie nna o 0 tho the blead until suddenly sud sudi lenly enly 1 e stopped and handed to the oung lady nearest him the pro luct of bid his hands a perfect little pig 1 the monarch ot of seal rocks nas as in demand at once e fach each summer girl wanted A wimple of his art and so long 1 its a bread held out sutro turned out chaken more pig 1 sells cats and anti horses hors es it Is said that he lie blushed furiously all thu that th U afternoon and the next day at the compliments paid to hia ills really A on darful skill n number of these pieces furnished at onla eight years HBO ago and coated knitli mucilage on the pot spot to leop beep them from c racking cricking are still in a bountiful beautiful state of cf preservation |