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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1935
Page
17
Miss Harriet Meyer, a Vassar graduate, runs a New York studio offering masks and busts of clients. She adapted European methods into a pliable perfumed plaster that sets in 12 to 15 minutes without fully covering the face, allowing subjects to speak and move briefly during the impression process.
The piece details a studio method for sculpting lifelike masks using a wire frame, plaster impression, and clay molds. It notes a prisoner in Texas who evaded dogs with a mask-like likeness, and discusses the growing popularity and potential uses of three dimensional likenesses by artists like Harriet Meyer.
Yoseph Stabihoyd a 67-year-old Bohemian waiter in Sayville Long Island requested a lively sendoff. A 12 piece band played jaunty tunes at the funeral and an after funeral party followed at the Central Hotel for intimate friends. Pallbearers carried the body to the hearse while operatic numbers and waltzes filled the procession. The funeral party reportedly danced and enjoyed a lavish time at Mr Stabihhoud’s expense as noted in the unusual farewell.
A UK note details British manufacturers designing streamlined baby carriages and motor vehicle styling. A photograph from an airplane factory shows the new designs. exhibits at the British Industries Pair drew crowds, two venues, Olympics and White City, displaying sleek lines and futuristic appeal amid changing street and building aesthetics.
A public exhibition in Los Angeles featured Egyptian water clocks used to tell time. The devices relied on a float mechanism inside a water-filled cylinder, with jars feeding a steady trickle to drive a hand across the dial. These clocks, dating to Cleopatra’s era, used Greek numerals and differed from later wheel and gear timepieces.
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