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Show Ugly, but Honest The following Incident o, -curred when Ralph Waldo Kmcr6on was sitllng for the artist, D C French who was at work iiprni the bust Which is now in Memorial Me-morial ball at Harvard unlversltj During 1 ne ot th- sittings Mr Bmerson rose suddenly iin! walkodajher to win m' the art'uSt Win vvorkhiK lie looker lone, and earn-stl. at the work, and then, with an Inimitably droll expression, said. Phs trouble Is, 'he more It resembles rae, the worse it look? After the culptor had finished the bust he asked Mr Kmersoti to Inspect it Tho philosopher's opinion wus characterlt lc Of the man. Well " he said nt last, "that Is the face I shave." Boston Herald |