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About Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938

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A Unique Gift To American Art
H.G.MUDGAL
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unconsciously becomes aware of
the artistic soul within him. There
is hypnotism in Hunter’s physi
ognomy. In his presence the uni
versal myth that an African is
a “savage” will instantly dissipate
like snow flakes in summer.
The parents of Hunter fled
South Africa in order to escape
the tryanny and oppression of
the Boers and the British. But
curiously enough, they hit Dutch ;
Guiana, another colony belong
ing to the forebears of the Boers,
on their adventure in search of
freedom. Hunter’s father was,
however, not destined to see if
he had really found what he was
looking for. He died shortly af
ter his arrival in the newr land
even before little Maurice was
born.
Maurice Hunts’s body bears
all the distinctions of a Bantu
youth. The hallmark of beauty
among the Bantus is not “regu
lar” features as conceived by the
..Caucasian tradition, but a perfect
body—a body tall and slender,
long arms with powerful hands,
firmly built muscles and a proud
gait. A handsome Bantu has the
suppleness of a panther, the
majesty of a lion, the grace and
timidity of a deer. It is the
spirits of the jungle and the
kraal that conspire to evoke
beauty in the body of a Bantu
youth.
Hunter is surcharged with ar
tistic temper and temperament.
His ambition is, as already inti
mated, to present a new art—an
other contribution of Africa to
civilization to rank with her iron
technique that changed the whole
course of human progress and
with her tom-tom, the father of
radio.
To pose is instinctive with
Hunter. One gesture, one smile, one
movement of his eyelid, a brisk mo
tion of his hand, or simply a toss
ing of Ids head instantly transforms
him into a new personality. His body
is so alive, quick and sensitive that
it responds to the slightest variation
of emotions, thoughts and meanings.
He has, indeed, a unique physique,
almost divine.
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Hunter’s lot has been like that of*
most artist®. He has known the
pangs of hunger and the shivers of
cold. He has slept on park benches.
Ups and downs have visited him as
they have done his fellow artists.
At the age of twelve, a penniless;
orphan,, he was a chore boy in a
hospital in Dutch Guiana, doing odds
and ends. He heard while there, a
dying American glorifying his native
land on his death bed, which lured
young Maurice to take to adventur- j
ing and seek his fortune in the!
United Slates.
Sailing the high seas, .shifting j
from one steamer to another, study- ,
ing deeply the fickle moods of the j
ocean, Maurice came at last to New i
York, the enchanted city he had i
heard of in the hospital from the j
dying man’s lips in Dutch Guiana, j
That was sixteen years ago.
Now he could realize his dreams.
Hunter is still a mine of dreams,
yet to be realized, although he has
already achieved international fame.
But New York could offer him
nothing instantly but a “Negro's
chance,” which meant that he be
came merely a waiter, a dishwasher,
an elevator boy, and so on, by turns,
And yet Maurice was a lucky boy.
It was while he was running the
elevator that Goddess Fortuna picked
him up and gave him a break, which
opened the door wide to the Hall of
Fame where he is now firmly estab
lished.
A Princess Bluebird it was that
once stopped almost dumbfounded
and stared at him. Then she smiled,
the sweetest a woman could ever
smile. She was a model herself and
had a quick sense of the esthetic.
She visioned in him immediately the
fountain of inspiration for thousands
of paintings, illustrations and statues.
And the next day she got Maurice a
job as a model for the Art Students’
League. Ever since he has remained
a model.
Artists with national and inter
national reputation have been eager
to get Hunter to inspire them, and
he has inspired them to greater
achievements and to enduring fame.
Among them are Charles Dana Gib
son, the great magazine illustrator
and the creator of the renowned
Gibson Girl. Others are Dean Corn
well and Walter Biggs, also leading
illustrators; Onorio Ruotolo, Daniel
Chester French, Mahoney Young and
Eugene Savage, famous sculptors;
and Meade Schaefer, Frank Leyen
A HOUSEHOLD HINT
LEMONS InHLaUNDRY AND
PANTRY
The lemon is perhaps the most
useful of fruits. Not only does it
enter into the preparation of all
sorts of dishes, but it may be used
in almost any room in the home.
Lemon juice may be substituted for
vinegar in any recipe that calls for
the latter, except pickling.
It may be added to sweet milk to
sour it suitably for cooking, or a
small amount of lemon juice and
grated rind may be added for flavor
when stewing such dried fruits as
prunes, figs, and peaches.
In the laundry, linen or muslin
may be bleached by moistening with
lemon juice and spreading on the
grass in the sun. Iron rust, fruit or
ink stains may be removed by rub
bing the spots well with lemon, cov
ering with salt, and placing in the
sun. With obstinate spots it may be
necessary to repeat this process sev
eral times. __
MEN ARE ATTRACTED TO
STRONG, ENERGETIC .WOMEN
The woman whose step is springy
and youthful, whose eyes sparkle
and glisten, whose every movement
radiates the vitality and energy of
natural charm is always popular,
always sought after. Men surround
her at every dance or party she
attends. For men are attracted to
strong, healthy, energetic women;
but—women who are weak, run
down and constantly ailing can not
expect to be popular. Don’t let
popularity pass you by. Don’t be
a slave to poor health and to a
hundred petty ailments. Start tak
ing St.Joscph’s G.F.P. today and
build up energy, vitality, strength.
This rich, vegetable tonic invigo
rates and stimulates you, and helps
you to enjoy that compelling
charm of robust health. Your
local druggist sells the big dollar
bottle on a money-back guarantee.
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Oke HJJomaMX Doric
decker and Leon Gordon, well known
painters.
His face and figure have honored
and immortalized beauty on maga
zine covers, between the covers of
books, on the c invases, and in the
city parks and squares. Among the
great works he has inspired are
Daniel Chester French’s “In Flan
ders Fields” that is now in Milton,
Mass., and “A Wise Man from the
East,” “Pirate,” “Wild Love” and
others by various artists.
Recently Ezra Winter, who painted
murals fo. the Manhattan Trust
Company at 40 Wall Street, the
highest building in the financial dis
trict, has immortalized Hunter in
three out of six panels. He appears
in “A Scene at the Battery in 1799,”
as a typical sailor of the period; in
“The t living of the Wooden Water
Mains for New York’s Water Supply ”
as a foreman; and in “The Tontine
Coffee House at the Eas End of Wall
Street,” as a specialist in bird-lore,
inspecting parrots for wealthy
patrons.
Hunter’s genius is essentially cos
■mopolitan. He embodies the Cau-'
casian types as facUely as he does
the Negro. He is matchless in por
truying the African spirit in all its
forms. He has appeared as an Arab,
a Turk, a Hindu, a Mexican, as a
man from the Congo, Senegal, Zan
zibar, and Egypt.
There is romance even in the parts
he portrays. He is a hunter and the
one hunted, a merchant, a solder, a
pirate, a prince, a lover, a vil
lain, an inventor, a wild man, a
bully and so on, in endless variety.
He is madly in love with his art.
Day and night he seeks to improve
it. He lavishes every penny he can
save on his art. He buys from Mo
rocco, Tunis, Persia, Turkistan, Cen
tral Africa, China and Hindustan
genuine costumes to live his part
with an awe-inspiring originality. To
collect such costumes is his sole
hobby.
Hunter is also a philosopher.
Through posing, he thinks that he
gets nearer to the human heart and
leaves an indelible impression that
an African, that a Negro, is a human
Should Young Girls Be
Protected From Love?
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Have you a puzzling love affair on which you nezd friendly ad- ,
▼Ice? Write to Julia Jererae, care of this newspaper. If you wish a
personal reply please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
—
This question is asked by a young
wife in the windy city of Chicago.
My dear Mrs. Jerome:
When I married Jim two years
ago he had an excellent job and
he made me promise that I
would never work out. He want
ed to take care of his wife, he
said, and he felt proud that he
could give me pretty things and
leisure enough to always look
and feel fresh and happy. He
was wonderful to me!
But now how different things
are! He has been out of work
four months and our savings are
all gone. He tramps the streets
by day, and by night sits silently
staring at the floor.
Now. I used to be a beauty ex
pert and know where I could get
work but I am afraid to broach
the subject to Jim. He is so
proud that I fear he won’t accept
my help. But if I don’t do it
he will in desperation go to
racketeering or maybe worse. I
know he’s had offers to enter a
crime ring. What shall I do?
ANXIOUS.
Stop feeling so much awe of your
husband and have a comradely talk
with him.
Tell him that your love and re
spect do not rest upon money. Tell
him that you have as much right to
keep your marriage intact as has he;
that you would a thousand times
rather work than have him go into
somethng which might mean the
loss of his liberty.
Say to him that, as an equal
partner in your relationship, it is
your duty in time of stress, to keep
the home fires burning; that you do
not mind working and would con
sider it rather a lark after your long
rest.
Remind him that wives all over
the country now are going out to
help their men and you consider it
an honor to contribute something to
a love which has been so beautiful.
Also suggest that he take up the
study of some new trade and quit
locking for work for a couple of
months and rest his nerves. By that
time things may be easier. Then
put on your hat and walk out of the
house and get your job.
TESTED RECIPES
Do Not Neglect Preserving^
Calory for calory, sugar stands to
day as the cheapest of all foods in
common use. While other foods have
been mounting more or less steadily
in price during the last 50 years, the
retail price of sugar today is so low
that the consumer can purchase 353
calories for one cent. The same
sum expendel for bread would pur
chase 182 calories; for beef, 48 calo
ries; and for eggs, 24 calories.
With these facts in mind, thou
sands of women will do more pre
serving this year than ever before,
for preserves furnish adequate quan
tities of this economical food; com
bined with the vitamin-carrying
fruits and vegetables. Try these
rather unusual recipes and see what
an addition they will make to your
preserve closet.
Tomato-Raisin Conserve
2 quarts fresh, ripe tomatoes
4 sour apples (peeled, cored, cubed)
2 lemons (cubed)
2 pounds sugar
6 sticks of cinnamon
1 tablespoon whole cloves
2 pieces ginger root
1 small piece of mace
(tie spices in cheese cloth bag)
Boil all ingredients except sugar
until a thick mass is obtained. Add
sugar slowly, boil about 15 minutes
or until jelly stage is reached, whick
is when the mass sheets from tht
side-of the spoon. One cup of nul
meats may be added to this just be
fore removing from the fire.
► Combination Fruit Conserve
2 pounds peaches
1 pound quinces
1 pound pears
1 cup nut meats
1 pound apples
2 lemons
suear
Peel, core and stone fruits. Cut
into fine sections and weigh. To each
pound of fruit allow *4 pound of
sugar. Place fruit and sugar in al
ternative layers in preserving kettle
and let stand for several hours. Slice
lemons and add. Cook until mixture
I becomes thick. Add nut meats five
minutes before removing from fire.
Orange and Lemon Jelly
Cut six oranges and six lemons in
slices about '• inch thick. Measure
and add Ilk cups water to each cup
fruit. Boil gently 60 minutes or un
til perfectly soft. Drain through a
cheesecloth bag over night. If not
perfectly clear, drain again through
flannel. To each cup of juice add
% cup sugar. Boil to jellying point.
Fill into glasses.
Pickled Pears
4 quarts pears
2 pounds white sugar
2 cups vinegar
% ounce stick cinnamon
li ounce whole cloves.
Peel pears. Boil the sugar, -the
; vinegar, and the cinnamon for 20
| minutes. Place a few of the whole
pears at a time in the syrup, and cook
; them until they are tender. Pack
them into thoroughly cltaned jars.
►being, capable of all that a human
could achieve.
An artist realizes more truly both
the human and the divine in man
at moments when he discovers the
rhythmic beauty in the perfect form
of his model. When Hunter is in
such a philosophizing mood, one can
easily see that he is on a spiritual
adventure.
With all his success, Hunter is not
satisfied with his posing. In posing
he is simply putting on a mask for
the story, for the author, for the
artist. None of his own dynamic
personality could have a dominant
part to play in the thing of beauty
that is being created. lie is de
termined from now on to make his
personality a prime factor.
How is he going to do it? He is
now developing the art of panto
mime—an art demonstrated through
gestures and rhythmical motions of
his exquisite body. The spirit of a
melody, the meaning of a poem, the
unfolding of a story—all these he ex
presses through his new medium. He
has already given these pantomine
recitals with phenomenal success be
fore distinguished audiences of both
races.
He thinks that the camera will be .
a great ajly of his new art. Its hid
den possibilities, in his opinion, for
creative art are still unscratched.
Posing for it is a new delight of his.
Since he has a philosophy about
his work, Maurice Hunter truly be
lieves that through this new art of
human pantomine mankind could
build for a higher civilization. At
least such is his modest expectation
and his ambition to blaze the way
towards that goal.
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This simple remedy has a remark
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