Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1926, Page 10

MODEL OF GORILLA | TAXES LOCAL SKILL Taxidermists of National Mu- seum Toil to Mount Speci- men Naturally. Taxidermists of the National Mu- ®eum are hard at work on one of the Tnost difficult bits of artistry they ever have been called upon to make—a clay model of a female gorilla about eight years old, over which to fit a skin recently received from Ben Bur- bridge, Jacksonville, Fla. The chief difficulty, it was explained by W. L. Brown, taxidermist in charge of the work, is that there is no available model upon which to work. Female gorillas are rare in collections. The modelers have only portraits to work on, and are obliged to rely largely on their own knowl- edge of anatomy to reproduce the ani- nial as it appeared in life. For most creatures it is only neces- #ary to take the modeling clay @o the Zoo and copy from life either a crea- ture of the identical species to be mounted or some close relative. But there are mo live gorillas at hand. There are very fow of them in cap. tivity anywhere in the world. Chimpanzee as Model. The nearest live creature from which odel could be made is the chim- panzee, at the Zoo, but this species of apa’ differs very widely from the corilla. Mr. Brown said, has be. come a vocation for real artists, re- quiring ali the skill of the scuiptor besides additional professional knowl edge. This skill can be acquired only by vears of practice. Once it was a matter of taking a skin and stuffing it with excelsior, sawdust or cotton, sticking in some teeth and a couple of glass eye day stufling has been discontinued entire The effort is 10 get a mounting that will actually deceive persons at a distance Into the idea that the animal is alive and Which, at the same time, will undergo the closest scrutiny of anatomists tor technlcal inaccuracies which would be unnoticed by any but ex- perts. First, 2 number of miniature clay models are made. These in them- xelves & works of art. Some of them produced at the National Mu- ®eum have heen reproduced first in »f paris and then in bronze o found ready sale. From the ree in the case of this go. . one is selocted after a careful ration of the different atti- tudes. Skin Must Fit Perfectly. Then comes the most difficult part of the work—bhuking the life-sized clay model. This is the basis of the whole reproduction. Hours are spent on the tiniest details to make sure they ane sclentifically accurate. Books of anat- omy and zoology are consulted and acientists are called into conference. The model must be of exactly the right dimensions so that the skin will fit over it as tightly as it did over the live animal. It is not alone necessary, sald Mr. Brown, that the clay model be scien- tifically accurate. Weeks of tireless effort may be spent over these, and when the work is completed it will show a lack of something—softness, Mr. Brown calls it—which cannot be #nalyzed but which mgkes all the dif- ference between life afid death in the completed product. Right here is Where the artist comes in. It requires e touch to impart this bringing of a dead crea- ture to life. -\ successful sculptor might pro- gress well, according to Mr. Brown, D 1o the point where the clay model is abandoned. The next step is to make from the model a cast of plaster and burlap. Over this cast the skin is placed. This, according to Mr. Brown, is probably the most dificult step of all, and belongs ex- clusively to the taxidermist. There is only the hard, unylelding skin with which the artist must work. If there has-been the slightest mis- measurement in the construction of the clay model the skin will not fit. It must, in fact, do more than fit. It must fit naturally. Shown Holding Plantatn. This female gorilla will be shown holding in her hands a plantain, which probably was her favorite food in life. It is planned to send to Florida for a plantain to serve as a model fo this fruit The museum now has a male gorilla 1 its collection. but there is as much difference between him and the ani- mal Leing mounted as between an irritah! pretty flappe The bones are different. of the face different. Doubtless, when they were alive they thought different and this is the wmost important point of all. The work would he lost if the artist re- maiden of the jungle ighting rather than about love making or tending to a family of little gorillas. The artists have to guide them the death 1 old gori and it has helped somewhat in locating the bones and portuberances rectly but they have taken care to avoid copying too much. The greatest help possible. savs Mr. Brown. would have been a death mask of this particular specimen, bit unfortunately none was taken. These National gluseum taxider- mists bLelong to th® school of ultra- They differ widely who tries to make lic of something. maintained.” said Mr. Brown, “that the taxidermist must be more of an artist than the sculp- tor. Once an error is made he can't erase Te depends on the un- The sculptor can elim- inate his errors with a chisel tunately rmists are growing fewer. T it no real school where they the trade. They have to up wherever an opportu- nity offers ENRQLLED A.S “CITIZEN.” w ses syml 1 have lor Dr. Karl Muck Signally Honored | in Bayruth BERLIN. September 4 Karl Muck of Hamburg. ductor of the Boston Symphony Or- chestra. has been made an honorary | citizen of Bayruth and awarded a gold | medal. The occasion for the honor was the fifticth anniversary of the Bayruth festival pl Dr. Muck is regarded the greatest Wagnerian In 1924 and 1 Bayruth plays 7 former con- as one of interpreters. Bavruth further ob- served the annive by depositing wreaths at the tombs of Richard | “wagner. Franz Liszt and Hans Rich- ter, besides sending flowers to Frau Wagner, widow of the composer. will be 89 in December. Mrs. Corson Sails. SOUTHAMPTO; ber 4 OP).—Mrs. second Wwoman to sw Channel, sailed for New on the Aquitania Clemington Co; m the English York today She said she had abandoned her ‘in-| mark and was hurrying home to ac- tended visit to her mother in cept an offer to mive tank swimmine «nd diving performar P powerful old man and a | The lines | Unfor- | Dr.| he conducted the! She | England. Septem- son, | | 1 | | Upper: W. L. Brown, taxidermist ‘at the New National seum._(left), and C. R. Aschmin, an assistant, placing a skin over the clay model of a gorilla. The picture below shows the model. [6THBODY INMINE EXPLOSION FOUND Last of Victims Removed| From Oklahoma Shaf(. Blast Is Laid to Gas. By the Assosiated Press. TAHONA, Okla., September 4.—An- other chapter in Oklahoma’s mine di: aster history was closed here this aft- ernoon when the last body was re- moved from the Superior Mining Co.’s mine No. 29, where 16 men met death in an explosion yesterday morning. One or two bodies were found near the entrance to the mine, which indi- cated the men had attempted to work their way to safety. Most of the bodies, however, were recovered under dirt and debris at the 712 west eniry, where the force of the explo- sion’ centered. A collection of mine gas and coal | dust is believed to have caused the blast, which occurred shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday morning when 143 miners went into the workings. Many of those who escaped were slightly burned. Individyal funeral services will be held tomorrow for the victims. The crowd of several thousand per- sons gathered at the mine entr: dispersed and weary rescue crey dropped their tools when the six- teenth body was brought out. Vir- tually all hope for the entombed men was given up yesterday, but the res- cue work was pushed relentlessly on the bare chance that some of the vic- tims might be found alive. The mine, one of the biggest pro- ducers in eastern Oklahoma, is union- ized, and it is believed that each of the men killed had some company in- surance. MONACO SHOPS dRDERED TO KEEP OPEN ALL YEAR Famous Casino Directors Back of Move. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 4.--A state of lwar exists belween the business folk of Monaco and the directors of the | Monte Carlo Casino. 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