Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-01-23 | Page 2 | Yong S. L. Boy Shows Rare Ability

Y Young S. S L. L Boy Shows Rare Ability Knife Stick and Soap All He Needs Need The rhe artistic possibilities in a. a cake cale of soap when a paring knife and an orangewood stick are wielded by deft fingers bave been discovered discovered ered by Miss Ellen Ta Taylor lor superintendent of tile the House one of the resourceful agencies of the Community Chest The young oung artist is Henry one of Miss 1 Taylors Taylor's neighbors or community family in whom Wilom she is especially interested The boy lives with his parents Mr 11 and Mrs Irs Herbert at 9 North Eighth West Vest street According to his mother mothe he has been artistically inclined from hIs carll earliest est childhood Not ph physically strong he has been unable to attend school regularly and has had no real art training until within the past few months Miss Taylors Taylor's attention was vas called to his Ilis unusual talent by visits to hIs home and through her suggestion he has now become a pupil of Miss 1 Caroline Harrison at the West Vest high school where he is being taught to model in clay He also has recently become a pupil of the Jack Sears school where he is taking a course in commercial art SOAP IS MEDIUM Soap as a medium for tor artistic expression was called to Miss 1 Taylors Taylor's notice a a few months ago so she suggested It to her young friend It is isher isher her pleasure to keep hIm supplied with innumerable bars of soap from which with tile the aid of an ordinary paring knife and an n orangewood stick he carves the most deli delicate ate and ingenious figures Ills His first efforts were animals and birds but am g hIs latest a bust Lincoln One of the first things which h attracted the attention or of Mahonri Young famed Utah artist was vas the head of a woman modeled in butter for the state fair AccordIng to Mrs Alice Merrill Horne Home no medium need be despised as too homely for artistic handling Miss 1 Harrison thinks s highly of the boy oy artist and predicts a no notable future for him MAKES TIGER CAST A bronze plaster cast of a tiger which shows skill on the tart part of tile the young oung artist hangs in Miss Taylors Taylor's office at tile the Neighborhood House It was a gift to Miss Taylor in appreciation of f her interest in his work Members of tile the boys boys' club of the Neighborhood House directed by tile the Rev Frank L. L Hunt are particularly interested in young artistic ability and enjoy watching him do things at which they maryel wh while le his traIl frail body prevents him from entering into their strenuous actIvities