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Show HD 0O"C IDEAS ABOUT ART. Rural French Crltlc nive Sculptor Unhappy Half Hour,' At Chuloncntho-Saono has Just lit'on lnaiiirnrated the monument oxe-(..Ui"t oxe-(..Ui"t by Moreau-Vauthler nnd Rcrnrd 'i commemomto tho nn'tlonal defense superb tmiruHslcT who cnirlcs n,cross his saddle tho body of a eoler bearer v.' o ct qlasps In his arms his brok.cn '.(andard. On tho eve ot the unveiling, tho mu-nL'pul mu-nL'pul councllj presided over by the mayor, repaired to thp foot of the atattin to examine and see if It should Ira nccopted. "Are you not going to tear off this green mold?" asked tho mayor nt thr sculptor. "Hut, monsieur," replied tho sculp-lor, sculp-lor, "that 1b verdigris." "Verdigris! Verdigris!" said the nt-yor. "I understand that very well. I'arbleu! I know that this Is verdigris; verdi-gris; 'but It Is dirty. If I had a kitchen outfit of that color I 'would havo It scoured. That must be cleaned up. You'll have to make that shine." "But, monsieur " At that moment a member of the council having struck the body of the bronze horse with his cane, they all cried out: "'This sounds hollow!" ""our bronze Is holldw, monsieur," sail tho mayor, Tho unhappy sculptor then took great pains to explain that all bronzo sta'ties wero hollow. Tho mayor maintained nn air ot defiant Incredulity, Incredul-ity, and as ho passed around the monument monu-ment said: "It appears to me you havo hardly detailed tho hair In tho tall." This was too much for tho sculptor. "I wished," he Bald, "tb screw natural hair Into hi tall like the hair used In children's hobby horses. It would havo taken six months to havo dono so, and I reflected thnt it would have cost you too.puch." And the municipal council of Chalon agreed with the Justness of this observation. ob-servation. Le Crl do Paris. |