THE BEAR "MONARCH. " 223 



Several artists went to Woodward's Gar 

 dens today to sketch and photograph the 

 bear, but he refused to pose, so they did 

 not get the best results. It "would be un 

 wise to stir him up and excite him at pres 

 ent, and unless the artists can catch him 

 at his meals they will have to wait a little 

 while for a chance to study the grizzly un 

 der favorable conditions. 



Sculptor Kupert Schmidt has made an ex 

 cellent model in clay of Monarch, which 

 will be a valuable assistance in designs 

 requiring the introduction of the California 

 emblem. 



Mr. Schmidt said: 



"I am very glad to have the opportunity 

 to study the real grizzly, and I find him 

 very different from the models generally 

 accepted. I have modeled many bears, but 

 never one like this. You see in this de 

 sign some figures of bears (showing a wax 

 model of decorative capitals). These were 

 intended to be grizzlies, but you see they 

 have the Koman nose, which is characteris- 



