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Show l ,"" II n an n mi i n ii n ii in in mi in mi j v ' ' ' ' , v - . : ' - n V w : v - 'if "CHRIST, THE REJECTED." Ey S?.rah Cecelia Cotter. IN the sculpture room of the Pan-American Exposition Art Gallery, is a bit of pure Carrara marble which almost seems isolated, so different is it in conception from it-' mute oompapions, says the Catholic Union and Times of Buffalo, from which the above picture is reproduced. Art critics have prais. d it to the full, and thousand-? who are not art critics have admired its beautv with an admiration that criticism could not destroy, because it aD-pealed aD-pealed to their hearts. In the official catalogue No. 1563a is briefly labeled "Christ, the Rejected,'; and the identity of the young Irish Catholic girl who is bravely striving to attain an ideal nothing short of the highest is hidden under the indefinite title "S. C. Cotter." Miss Cotter exhibitor another remarkable production of her hands. It is a life-seated figure of St. John. Miss Cotter resides in the little town of Iron-ton. Iron-ton. O. She has the only bit of Catholic art in the exposition gallery; of the nine women sculptors represented she is the only one from the west, and she alone of all the exhibitors has not studied abroad. The whole progress of sculpture in all the Americas, from the beginning to the present day, is de-picted de-picted by some sixty-one artists. To be one of these is an honor not lightly won. |