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Show "ITamlcI Hall" Is .the name of the latest group of studios In the city. It Is the origination of Fred Graham, be of the music bureau, and occupies the whole second floor of the Olsen & Griffiths building on South Temple street. Here are located tint studios of Anton Pcder-sen. Pcder-sen. Mme. Amanda Swenxon, Miss Lillian Olivfr ami .Miss Sybolla Clayton, as well as ihe office of the Graham bureau. The front room, running th rnilre length from oast to west, and formerly Seholl's studio, now occupied by a business llrm, will be turned Into a hall for art exhibits and muslealcs. as well as artistic meetings meet-ings of any character. It I:i lltted with a. north skylight and Is an Ideal and roomy studio. Several artists hnve already made plans for holding exhibits, and Handel hall, therefore, will shortly become the Bohemian headquarters. Ihe only drawback draw-back being that the number of studios is limited. U. M. young finished' an original model In miniature Monday that will create much Siiteri'.st. This model is similar to the first sIcKeh of a painter, and It cannot, can-not, therefore, be criticised al this time. The figure Is modeled in clay and Is an equestrian statue of General P K. Connor, Con-nor, a most prominent figure In Utah's history. Mr. Voting has made this original orig-inal sketch io enable him to have a design de-sign of his own to submit to the future committer or group of citizens upon whom will devolve the selection of a suitable design for the statue, which it has been proposed to erect in the grounds of the city and county building, and which has caused so much favorable comment. com-ment. Mr. Young's Idea Is certainlv a good one, judging from the first working model, and while the figure of the horso Is full of life and grace, it Is entirely secondary to the figure of General Connor. Con-nor. Xo ai tempi at portraiture has been made in this first sketch, the aim of the sculptor bt'lng to give ills impression in clay of his own idea for the life-sized statue which he would create from this model, and this design will he the one he Intends to submit to the proper persons per-sons In an effort to secure the commission commis-sion for making the statue. It will he a notable, monument to General Connor, should it bo placed in this city, and II would also be a monument to the sculptor who has the honor of modeling It, so the matter is looked upon as decidedlv-the decidedlv-the event of the hour In art circles. ".lack" Held contributes the original cartoons of workers In Bohemia today. One Is the the son's Idea of his father. Uandmaster John Meld. In the act of taking high C on his cornet, and tlifre will probably bo something stirring In fKlMONTI MAtlMIC YOUNO Cks- TO Bohemia when father meets son after the publication. Tlie other sketch is one of the lion. M. M. Young standing near his ideal of the monument to the seagulls, and in this sketch Held declares that he has caught the most prominent features fea-tures and characteristics .of the sculptor. sculp-tor. Mrs. Agnes Dahlqulst Tleckstrand, In connection with her studio work, has Inaugurated the study of great composers, compos-ers, and the weekly meetings arc proving of Interest to her pupils and friends. One of the lovers of art. a dweller in local Bohemia, has decided thai the house and library can remain with Its accumulation accumu-lation of dust rather than have It cleaned by the average housemaid. In his absence ab-sence recently the aforesaid handmaiden undertook to surprise the lord and master : by putting the den and other rooms to rights. A Winged Victory, head of Dante and one of BaryC's lions were flrsl given careful consideration, and fhat choice article. Sapollo, was diligently used to remove tlie dainty touches of burnt sienna which marred the plaster casts. Then another household utility, called Ivory soap, was brought Into play In washing the oil paintings, and she was just about to remove the Venus dc Milo on account of its broken condition when the artist returned and put a sudden quietus on the spring houscclcaning. |