Supplement to Bulletin No. 2. 



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Diana of Gahii. 



An example of an unsuccessful 

 effort to make a statue seem to 

 speak is that of Marshal Ney, 

 erected on the spot where he was 

 executed in Paris. To indicate 

 that the General is shouting to his 

 troops behind, the sculptor has rep- 

 resented him with wide open 

 mouth. When last seen by the 

 writer, the sparrows were nesting 

 in it. A petrified smile soon degen- 

 erates into a grin ; hence though 

 even a radiant smile may be sug- 

 gested in a statue it must never be 

 attempted. So likewise a sweeping 

 action must not be arrested when 

 half completed. The sword of 

 Damocles while still suspended by 

 the hair is awe inspiring, but pic- 

 tured as half way from the broken 

 thread to the head of the sleeper, 

 it would be absurd — a falling body 

 that does not fall. 



The beauty and grace of the 

 Diana grow upon one as contempla- 

 tion continues. See the shell-like 

 car, the charming waves of the hair 

 with its slender fillet, the beauty of 

 the shapely head and expressive 

 face, the graceful curves of arm 

 and neck and bosom, the satisfying 

 folds and loops of the costume, 

 nothing <hort of marvelous when 

 one considers that these effects are 

 produced with hardly a seam, with 

 no other pattern than the human 

 form itself, and from the two pieces 

 of rectangular cloth, which for the 

 most part are innocent of needle or 

 shears. Probably Diana's thoughts 

 are as simple as her garments. Yet 



