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born in Philadelphia 
in 1870, and there he 
began his studies at the 
Academy of the Fine 
Arts. After four years 
in that school he spent 
two years in Paris, first 
under Chapu, and later 
under Falguiere. On 
his return to Philadel¬ 
phia he opened a studio 
of his own. FI is first 
commission was the 
statue of Dr. Samuel D. 
Gross, which now stands 
in front of the Army 
and Navy Medical Mu¬ 
seum in Washington. 
As a matter of course, 
much of his time has 
been devoted to por¬ 
trait busts. While he 
laughingly calls these 
“ pot-boilers,” to him 
they are by no means 
the least vital work, nor the least interesting. 
Each in turn calls for that close study of 
character and exercise of technical skill in 
which he delights. Why then misprize their 
significance? But if I were forced to dis¬ 
criminate I should say that he is in his 
happiest vein in the modeling of children. 
Here all his sympathies seem to become 
MOTHER AND BABY 
A Study 
A SKETCH FOR A FOUNTAIN 
one firm foot forward, 
as he advances toward 
you, still debates, be¬ 
tween doubt and desire, 
whether or not he shall 
accept your invitation 
to toss you the ball that 
he holds half hidden in 
his hand behind him. 
A word may bring him, 
but for the moment he 
is not quite sure of you. 
The look and pose of 
hesitancy is caught to 
the fraction of a second. 
In another wink the 
ball may be flving in 
your face. 
What may be con¬ 
sidered a companion 
aroused and to concen¬ 
trate in the tenderness 
of his touch. Take, for 
instance, the charming 
portrait of little Helen 
Harte. It is as plain 
and straightforward a 
piece of work as you 
can find, nothing more 
than the bust of a child, 
unknown to you, yet 
the appeal made by its 
mere genuineness is ir¬ 
resistible. Here again, 
by the way, it may be 
noted, Mr. Calder gives 
a demonstration of his 
practice, wherever pos¬ 
sible, of saying how 
his portraits shall be 
mounted. With the 
making of the bust, he 
insists, should go the 
right to make the ped¬ 
estal, varying within 
narrow confines in the design, but preserving 
against all chance the desired aspect and 
elevation. 
Two other figures, which are still in the 
rough, illustrate excellently the manner and 
spirit of Mr. Calder’s interesting child sub¬ 
jects. “ The Man Cub,” representing a 
lusty boy of three, let us suppose, who, with 
A SKETCH FOR A FOUNTAIN 
