The evening world. Newspaper, January 20, 1921, Page 21

UARY 20, 1921 East Side Boy Makes First Harding Bust Started Drawing on Sidewalks Louis Keila, Sent to Cooper Union by Longshore- man, Became Great Sculptor—Plans to Help Other Poor Youngsters ‘With Talent. By Will B. Johnstone. Cogrright, 1921, by the Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Evening? Ward.) H*: a New York street gamin, raised in Mangin Street, on the far east wide, overcame obstacles of environment, became a successful sculp- tor and finally was commissioned to model the first bust portrait of President-clect Harding, furnishes an incredible chapter in modern-day ro~ mance. Louis Keila, the goulptor in ques- tion, is a Ukrainian by birth and an American by adoption. His artistic career began around , Rivington Street, where he made sketches on the sidewalk that at- tracted the attention of a longsherc- man, who urged him to study at Cooper Union. This advice was fo Jowed, and to-day Mr. Keila is one of the ablest of our younger sculp- tors. Homely subjects of bis early en- vironment first attracted Mr. Keila, but later he specialized in bust-por- traiture, attracting so much atte tion thereby that the Republican Na- tional Committee sont him to Ma- rion, O., last fall, where he modolled the next occupant of the White House. Sculptor Keila spent a week there with Senator Harding, catching his subject during and between confer- ences with delegations and party managers, two weeks before election, during the white heat of the Presi- dential gn. Under ‘the most trying circum- stances Mr, Keila studied the new President and bears witness. “Senator Harding os the calm, plagid, immobility of the true American,” said Mr. Keila, “Posing for his bust the Senator ‘was a sympathetic subject and re- vealed a true understanding of the artist's inspiration, @ frame of mind free from self-consciousness, merely promoting an artistic result. “To an American by adoption, like myself, he showed a kindly hospiial- ity, indicative of the true American spirit, a spirit which fosters a strong- er patriotism among Americans of foreign birth, “When 1 approached the Senator to sit for me he haa just returned from a specoh-making trip. His apeeoh had been volivered in the open rain and 5 tired and hoarse.” dont care whatcha do,’ was the Senator's colloquial welcome to me “When it came to posing he asked: ‘How do you want me to ait?’ I apolo- gized for having to order him around. ‘That's all right, Tell mo what you want,’ he replied. His voice had that deep, pleasant resonance of an Kd- win Booth. i “Working in’ the Senator's plainly furnished office, two hours at a stretch, there were constant inter- ruptions. I placed the chairs for his visitors to suit my purpose. I even sat on the window sill and worked when all the chains were occupied “The conferences, business, "social and political, gave a clear insight into the Senator's character, “He seemed to dominate through submission, A man of few com- ments, he gave approval or disap- proval through a movement of his mouth, his most expressive feature. His eyes only showed emotion when @ngry—then they were live coals under shaggy, protruding eyebrows. #le has a kind and sympathetic laugh, his smile producing three distinct wrinkles at the corner of his eyes. “The Senator is:an admirer of the arts, The art of eloquence when dis- played by any visitor especially pleased him. “To criticism he was not thin- ed but very |, as in sd im a newspaper ilson’s letter ask- : of Harding's printed speech wherein the candidate appeared conferring ua a private citi with the repre- ative of the French Government League of Nations question tor Harding read the Presi- dent's latter. ‘Do you want to make a reply? asked the secretary. Without be- gs tho shghtest trritation, the saide ‘Yes, Cll answer him.’ “When an overzealous supporter tried to suppl the Senator with some ‘politic mud’ to fling at his opponent he remarked: ‘No, I want to win or e like & gentieman. As ible President I must. preserve dignity of that great office,’ © candidate was modestly con- fident of election. “You're going to get in, Warren,’ stated an enthusiast to him one day. “It's in the stars,’ smiled the Sen- ator. “As a type Senator Harding inter ested me,” went on Mr. Keila, "H the Marion ideal, a sincere American, 4. salt-of-the-earth type, raised on the Bible by his mother. He has the eye of the Amcrican eagle, “His head is roundly balanced, and his face has the characteristics of Abdul Bahob, the Persian humani- tarian. Photographs do the dent-elect injustice, because his strong back-head (bump of venera- tion) is eliminated, being out of focus. “His nose has a bend to the right, and his mouth, the most difficult fea- ture to model, is lower on the left side than the right, His forehead ts ike Rodin’s, the grént soulptor, with gveat bumps of perception over his la feels, from his own ex- that art can be employed in snerate potential gang~ t 3 since appre- tistie Is found in the evidenced by his nentor, voted his spare time to settioment teaching, endeavoring to supplant inclination to crime with the uties of art in the minds of the embryo gangsters, perience, n Judges who have handled delin- quent youths have supplied him with many pupils, Mr. Kella’s Harding bust met with the hearty indorsame ing Tres Harding family’s What the com- nt thought of his work is conve) in a’ letter to Mr, Keila, which follow U. 8, Senate, Washington, D. C., Oct, 23, 1920. Louls Keila, N. ¥. City: Dear Mr. Kella—You have been mighty fine to me in making the bust portrait. It was very dim- cult to give you needed time, but you have considerate a! worked out a portrait which, to me, {8 a wonderful thing in view of all the circumstances, Good luck to you, and much suecess In your own work and the ideal education You are promoting. Sinceroly, ial WARREN G, HARDING. Can You Beat It! \WWHAT ARE YOu DOING ? (The New ¥. TIE 19S on : renin Wortay, by The F LOTHES LINE AND TWO PINS Dip Yau \ HANG SONETHING! (THERE wal . J SO aetieee TAL, OU were very much interested in the rich American widow who married the King of Greece's brother and used her money to put King Constantine back on the throne,” remarked Mr, Jarr. “Here's ®@ chance for more rich American widows. I see by the papers that th English Government has created 30,000 new. titles.” “Tt doesn't interest me,” replied Mrs. Jarr, “TH tell Clara Mudridge- Smith about it, though; she may be a rich widow some day. But most of those foreign noblemen prefer hand~- somely dowered young girla to rich widows.” “They will take any they oan get, debutantes or widows, 80 tong as they have money,” ventured Mr. Jerr, those foreign noblemen seem to want is money, and all that our gnobbish Somen poem to WAAL is to Marry a title.” “| cannot agree with you in that,” remarked Mrs. Jarr, “There are many of the old aristocracy who are like me. I have no uso for the aew nich, lam glad | am not im that sort of society.” ion enka atte “Anyway,” she f & paase, “I would not care to be in suburban society; suburban people aré dread- fully bourgeoise.” “Well, that's easy; we don’t live in the suburbs,” Mr, Jarr replied, “No, and we are not going to live there,” snapped Mrs. Jarr. “Asa said, those suburban society people are really ridiculous.” “specially in winter time, when they can't get coal,” remarked Mr. Jarr, “or all the year round, when they can't keep servants. I know, Jenicins tells are, and he lives in the suburbs.” “But thdse Jenkinses ere pot in society, not even in suburban soci- ety,” said Mrs, Jarr, ng ge A “Still, I shall not criticise them. a Jenkinses are very worthy people in their way, and, at that, some of the Four Hundred in this city are ao bet. ter than they ought to be.” arkeds "A 1ot of poor peobie t know marked. “A lot of poor peop w ae no better than they ought to be, either.” “Ob, I dare say,” replied Mrs, Jarr. “Still, [ prefer not to associate with that kind of people.” “Well, according to the newspaper reports, moving in the best cirotes leads us into temptation,” ventared Mr. Jarr. “We never read of an elopement or & big embexgiement but apera tell us that those oncerned ‘moved in the best society’ r that ‘they entertained lavishly.’ ” “That's what got them into trouble, perhaps,” suggested Mrs, Jerr. “Eape- ally in the embezzlement cases, ce JARR Roy il. . MECARDDL Copyright, 1941, by the Pree Publishing Co. = oe FAMILY (The Now York Evening World) They had to embezzie because they entertained lavishly.” “Well, 1 don't entertain lavishly, but your speaking of embezajling re- me that I missed $10°Rihad in minds m. ket. Did you seo it?” said Mrs, Jarr, calmly. "I took it. I need it to take some ladies to luncheon and a matinee to-morrow. But I don’t think I'll he able to en- tertain lavishly on $10. Do you?” “Oh, quite lavishly,” sighed Mr, Jerr. "That $10 to see me through the week." Well, it will hardly see me through the afternoon,” sald Mrw. Jarr, coolly. And that was ail there was to it. was BEAUTY" HEALTH Courant, How DoYou Wash Your Face? HAT face treatment do fon W use which secures for them as @ rule such noticeably healthy looking skip? A good com- plexion and poor health are strangers to each other, and we are only sorry 1921, by the Press Publiatilns YES) By Maurice Ketten A } PAIR OF / INVISIBLE \ STOCKINGS | Co, (the Now York whigh manner of his clientele, result looked into well may that his sm by a women and adopted b { he recomn ng World.) ‘treats’ the faces ‘glowing ure his thod was carefully few widewwake them, And ded. Our tonsorial artist supplies bimeelt with two basing, a small quantity of water counterfeiters when we put a touch of rouge and a daub of powder on our cheeks and hope that we have given ourselves the glow of youth, In a large city not far from New York there is a barber who haw ac quired considerable local fame for the Revival ‘of “Drunkard’s Cloak’ Might Aid Prohibition Enforcement. N the early days in England the puniehment for a too frequent Imbiber was to force him to wear what was known as the “drunkard’s cloak.” One application was guaran- teed to effect a ® cure, The “cloak” was of heavy wood made in the shape of 4 bugo pall, A: i upper part, Pilgrim stocks, just fit offender's neck. The “el locked top and bottom hatitual drunkard was about this way until f ° KO was ready to align the pledgo. One of these instru. men ot “moral suasion” was re- cently bought at auction by American collector, water, a bu cool Nair fitting orubbing on ve bet an thé nt) d over and over again. mach appl and made a littl no longer at Sa light~ boiling, several welght | Purkieh of sterilized cotton, a ap and a bottle of the 1 both anc woh & manne that the the with the tips of the fingera im ofls w H every en thy 1, a small hese he arranges a faucet of running the hot water is kept so ner; h fresh water, one warm, basing are now is snugly confined In a cal with o ball of d shoulders are leaning, fresh hot water over the only towel is her js being pre- Is kept up, the vintit (tim al- xikin looks quantity of worked ly a small texture and f the treat- ch, whigh condition, “tone,” ater ap 1 neck with a wonder that most plexions than here ia not the wor should of health, A these dayw and waver, Soft water @ iM not injuce the rwever, #6 must kin &s law » stldied and init THURSDAY, 20, 1921 MARCH * BY: NEAL R. OHARA * This 1921 Inauguration Should Be the Most Success- ful the Hotel Men Ever Had--10,000 Customers Will Pay $50 a Day, With Free Bath Privileges. Coprright. 191, by the Prem Publishing Co. (The Now York Mruning Wort.) VERYTHING in Washington goes back to normalcy on March 4 «=~ cept the hotel rates. Those go back on March 6, Aside from hitch in the price list everything pointe to @ gals day wien ding comes into veto power, This 1921 inauguration should be the most snccessfal the hotel men ever had. They will go the limit for Prexy Harding,‘ — evon if the limit is $50 a day with bath. } Once every four years isn't bad for hoisting : you considér what the landlorda do every men could stop at the Washington hotels, it sionists could afford it too, March 4 will be @ great day in sighteeting annals, Ten thound | sworn in. It's onty in a democracy @ thing like that Hotel rates will be stiffer than a sightseer’s neck, gress protecta the electorate, By special act of that vigorous body there in the price of green stamps for pasting on souvenir post cards and the cost of felt banners will positively be kept at a minimum. » Street qar transfers will be held at the parcel checking at the Union Station more. Thug Congress keeps its trust It has been eight long years since dent and threw the Republicans out of Democrats won a war, erected 500 new Federal 10,000 Republican Postmasters. Sniffing the blame the @. ©, P.’s for rejoicing at returning to nermalcy? $50,000 deem too much for an inauguration when only us folks ones that pay? Or A MODERN MAID GUERTTE MOOERS MARSHAL! Com eime New Pink Kveaing Wena) OR the woman who wants to + magry, there is the choice be- tween the man with character end the man with temperament; char- acter always bores, temperament either beats or betrays, So there you are! A man’s wite may be the corner- stone of his succeas—or the mill- stone @bout his neck, that drags him down to failure. Once a husband played “button, button” with bis wife's frocks, but nowadays his life is just one snap- fastener or hook and eye after an- other, “Faith like a mustard seed” ts merely @ phrase describing the sort of faith any woman has in any man after she has known him ten years, ‘The baby vamp who reads that her dress is “more modest and sane than it ever was" will begin to wonder what is the matter with it! ‘The maa who courts a girl “waits on” her, aud—since turn about ts fair play—after they are mmrried she waits on him, ‘The only really brutal spreader of scandal is the person who feeds It to the subject thereof, with the excuse that “she” (or he) “should know what people are saying.” Sometimes a cat says, “Miau! * Miau!” and sometimes she insists on giving you the address of her dress- maker, Turning off Niaxara, stopping 5 bull with a red flag, converting & cannibal—these are eusy and grate ful tasks compared to convincing one’s husband that there is a flew in his logic. A kiss ts the spring tonte of the * heart, but like other tonlog, # must 1 not be taken too frequently or the effect wears off. aes Where Did the Idea Come From? Ne@ merchant in Bilbao, O Spain, advertised. that he vowd shortly be on the market,, @ Fesult, the, with a drop. {uu other cities mother, the expenae and trouble of a second trousscau. tous to wed and willing to have a simple wedding, well and good. An explanation from becn so much kinder and all concerned, power.’ In those eight situation APAN'S population durihx 1919 was increased by only 300,000, as against a usual rate of 1919 birthe numbered 1,823,491 and deaths 1,513,687, the net gain, therefore, being $08,794. Reduced oumber of marriages in conse- quence of higher cost of living is one reason given by the authort- ties for the failing off.” But it is probable that the principal cause The dtvorce rate in 1918 is un- officially retarned at 112 per 1,000 marriages. This compares with a German divorce rate of 21.6, which ia the highest in Burope. It should be remembered that these unoffl- cial statistics are subject to cor- rection. COURTSHIP MARDIAGE mrs ca York Yee Wend t 9 EAR MISS VINCENT: ¢ | financial | my part, and thie 5 he is trying to renew the friend- pio told me that if he really cared for me he would get married i iy and not | waste any more time. M. L. G.” 1 am inclined to agree with your Certainly I would not go to If ‘the young man is anx- him might have Anewer to Lilian: I do not think you can forgive the young man under the olrcumstances. Answer to Doubtful French Girth “Dear Miss Vincent: Just @ word to writers of fifteen and sixteen. 1 thought at th: joo to be an didn’t have a beau. thought | was in love, yee Mias Vincent, | jus! stake. FivnZ*ard believe, me he wee worth Ing fon, Now t know what LOVE Treans. HAPPY WAITER.” My dear, you should say “waitress” However, T was rejoleed to get your er and I bope others will profit [ety nt Seinting im bape, thee & i” especialy will heed your ~