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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1935.
THE AFFAIRS OF CELLINI
The Story Of A Great Lover, A Great
Artist-The Most Charming
Rascal Of All Time
(BY LEWIS ALLEN BROWNE)
"Beautiful!" he exclaimed, speaking to himself
"Benvenuto Cellini of Florence was the most famed goldsmith of the sixteenth century, but his "affaire" ran the gamut of adven- tures in intrigue, politice, war and love. Driven from Rome because an enemy caught him in the quarters of a noble-born widow, he returned to his native Florence and his art made him a favourite with Alessandro, the all-powerful de Medici Duke of Florence. But he also makes, bitter enemies here and after being forced to kill a nobleman in Fenice he gets back safely with a post romantic affair to his credit-or at least to his re- cord. He locates a beautiful model, Angela, and on the way home. is insulted by a jealous nephew of the Duke.
Benvenuto had been warned of the jealousy and hatred that Count Maffo held against him, but had given no thought to it because he had not passed a dozen words with this mean and ungainly nephew of Duke Alessandro,
But when the Count so vilely insulted him at this time, and without the least cause, he put his hand to the hilt of his sword almost without volition, as auto- matically as a man would take a step.
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'Any two of you at a time, gentlemen," Benvenuto said, calm- 13. "I will gladly engage in com- bat. Only a fool would duel one against an "unlucky thirteen."
One of the Count's friends laughed at this and said, "Splen- did "
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To save his face the Count sheathed his sword.
"I told you, gentlemen, that Benvenuto was but a nasty fly. One does not honor a dirty insect with suficient equality, for # combat," he said, and he turned and walked toward his garden gate. The others hesitated, look- ed at Benvenuto with secret admiration, winked at each other in secret derision of the Count, and followed him through the gate.
Benvenuto laughed. loudly and derisively, but none of them came out from the high garden gate, and after a short, wait, he con- tinued on his way to his shop, which was located at this time in front of his luxurious living quar- ters. The shop faced the street and one could go to his living quarters through the shop or through a private entrance around a corner of the building.
The living quarters were fitted with great windows and a wide high balcony looking down on the beautiful Arno.
He went directly to his living room, his mind still filled with the beauties of Angels, and sat at his desk to make the first draft of the pedestaled." fruit salver. That" tall, high pedestal would be an accurate minature replica of the undraped body of Angela, if his plans could be car ried out
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He then busied himself on the big vase until darkness, then as
the girl's mother" would bring her, but he would see to it that she went away again and left them alone,
With punctuality that bespoke her greed for money, Beatrice,
old the hideous
bag, arrived" promptly. with the beautiful Angela" at the shop of Benvenuto. He had sent his apprentice, Ascanio, to deliver a girdle plate to a customer and was alore when the hag came with the 'gir! who believed the old woman to be her mother.
With a glance at the work. bench the old woman saw a half dozen articles of gold and imme- diately tried to bargain for more money for the services of Angela as a model.
"With your riches, it is miserly to offer me so little!" she whined.
"It is not mine, it is the property of others, I get paid for my workmanship. If you do not care to carry out the bargain...”
Well, yes, in that case," and she held out her hard for the money.
"You understand what I want of the girl to be a model for me, to sit or to stand as I ar- range her--and in the nude if necessary."
Beatrice nodded.
"A model is a model-and that is all that my Angela will be. Pay me."
She took her money and start ed to go, turning back to shake a bony anger at the girl. "Hark well to all I have said." Angels or it will be the worse for you!”” she cried, shrilly.
"Yes, mother."
"The gentleman will want you to remove your clothes, for the modeling."
[ ́"Yes," mother.”””
The old woman departed: An- gela stood, dumbly, taking no in- terest in anything about her, but staring down at her bobbin lace
He led her to his living quarters
DIOCESAN OLD BOYS MEET
Successful Annual Dinner
LOCAL ESTATES
Captain Bosworth Grimths, late of the sa. Kaiapol who died in the Kowloon Hospital on September 15, 1934, at the age of 44 years, left local estate to the value of $5,200.
"Letters of Administration have been granted to Christopher D'- Almada e Castro, solicitor, lawful attorney of Jeanne Maria Griffiths,
Members of the Diocesan Old | zine, which will have kept them Boys' Association foregathered at well-informed. I should like, how-widow, and Kätheme Brendwa the Chinese Merchants Club on ever, at least to refer to two. qut- Ballantyne, alster of the deceased. Saturday night for their Annual standing events the Speech Day
Dinner.
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very and to a
The Club presented animated and Uvely scene over 100 people sat down sumptious dinner.
Mr. J. M: Wong, the President in the course of the evening's speech stated that considerable progress had been made during the past year, no less than 65
ordinary members and two fe members having enrolled.
last January, which was so greatly honoured by the presence of His Excellency the Governor, and the success for the first time of the school in winning the Inter-School Sports, which had previously been won only by St. Joseph's College and St. Paul's College. Each of these in a different way was an enormous encouragement.
Financial Standing “Financially I think you all know more or less what the position of the school is. We have a large debt to the Government on which we have to pay an annual interest and sinking fund, amounting to over $8,000. Clearly this amount is crippling, as even in the most successful year one cannot make a profit much in excess of this, parti
Mr T, S. W. Chan the Hon. Treasurer was heartily congratu- lated for the efficient way in which his duties had been performed. The chairman also announced with regret that a former head- master of the school Mr. Piercy was seriously ill in, Vancouver and the speaker suggested that a let- ter of solicitude be sent on behalf of the Association: This was uncularly when it is remembered that animously agreed upon.
In conclusion, the president thanked Rev. Mr. Sargent and all the members of the Committee for the generous support which he had received from them during the past year and he assured them that it had been a great pleasure for him to have worked together with them.
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Past Students
It is positively thrilling as one visits each place in turn and finds in them all the same spirit of loyality and hospitality, an en- thusiasm which is both an example and an inspiration. To-night is. In a sense the climax-the greatest of a long scries of Old Boys' Din- ners, and to you here at headquar- ters I can bring greetings from dozens of your fellow members far away.
"Nothing could have brought home to me more the wonderful value of loyalty in a man's life. Pity the man who is self-made who proudly boasts that he owes, nothing to anybody-it is more" than likely that nobody owes any- thing to him. Surely no man's the school is also an Orphanage, Hre is complete unless he has lo- and that the annual loss, on ac-yalties in it. Loyalty to his God. count of fees remitted in this way amounts to well over $10,000
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Debts Pald
*During 1934 we were able to pay the full amount due and in addition to make a further reduc- tion of capital debt of $1,000, so In his speech, the Rev. C. B. R. that our position continues to im- Sargeant, Headmaster of
the prove. Such a contribution as the school said:
old boys are making towards in- terest payment, amounting to over $1,500 in 1934, is therefore of in- estimable value, especially at such a time of depression when one can never feel sure of keeping numbers up and from my heart I thank you for it.
"I think there is no need for me to describe in any detail the events of "the past year in the school, as ali members of the Old Boys' Asso-
ciation have received the Maga-
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to
couldn't be so dumb as that, she must be joking him, he thought.
He showed her some gold vases. "It will be like that," he said.
awaken her. to the meaning of
"I know you will be interested "Pretty," said Angela.
hear about the old boys in "Come, I shall begin to model love and passion before he was
other places, several of which I done with her." the pedestal.”
Day by day Angela continued have been able to visit recently, to pose. Some days she posed no and for me these meetings in dis- minutes. Some tant places are quite outstanding more than ten days she sat by the window over-among my memories of the last looking the Arno, constantly busy year. with her bobbin lace. But every midday, Benvenuto noticed, she showed deep interest in the food he brought her. She ate greedily.
"You" will over-eat, Angela,” he warned her.
and opened the door to his room "Here," he said, tossing her, a thin silken cloak, "disrobe and throw this about you while I get ready.”
He was eager to see if her figure was as perfect as he be leved It to be. He brought in his materials and the modeling board, fixed the lamp to soften the wax, and awaited.
"All ready, Angela?" he called.. "Yes."
He looked up. She was standing in the doorway.
She shook her head "Ike to eat.",
"Is that all you like?"
"Yes-well pretty clothes if 1,
"Beautiful!" he exclaimed, speak- could have them, like what the
ing to himself.
"Yes," she agreed.
"Here, stand like this-now I place this thin board on your head Lift your arms and support it, thus"
grand signoritas wear."
"Is that all?” Ines."
"Didn't you ever want a lover?" She shook her head.
"Do you know what a lover
"Bad.
Wicked, evil
Mother
She held the pose surprisingly | 157**-- well while he made a quick crayon sketch. "Now, you may rest your sald so.. She said I was not to arms." He removed the board. "Thave a lover."
will begin with the feet and legs "But didn't you ever WANT & Arst-na hold your right knee lover, Angela?" " like this...”
"Why?"
"Saints and demons! Why? Why do you suppose a maid wants a löver?"
So it was that he worked, and because of her beauty he pro- longed his posing and modeling -amazingly. His-apprentice As" "It would be allly,mother
canto, returned and stepped into said." the living room with the money. The youth stared at Angela in amazement. Angela looked at him without expression,
"If you want a lover, you want him, wise or silly. I can't under- stand you.”.
it
She went on with her bobbin "Put the money down. there lace. and get about your work." Ben- By the time that he had com- venuto ordered. He began to pleted 'the wax model of Angela, wonder what had come over him. that was to be the pedestal to the Never before had, he failed to fruit salver, he was extremely make a girl show interest in him, proud of himself as an artist, but to give evidence that he aroused disgusted with himself as a lover her." The beautiful Angela was an for he could not awaken one enigma.
spark of response in the girl when he kissed or embraced her, as he did frequently and evidently to her distaste or, at least, to her utter indifference.
Old Beatrice came at the ap- pointed hour and took her away, promising to bring her back the next day. She asked no questions: of him. She had trained the girl so well that she was sure of her, and she knew, moreover, that the girl was by nature thoroughly cold and unresponsive to anything except pretty clothes and rich foods. On the way home she asked, "Did he molest you?"!
"No."
***Did he put hands on you?"
"Yes
"And" you struck them of?" "No, he only moved me to be as
that she always carried with he drew them on paper ked
her
"Good enough, only he
aked!
When the old hag came for her as usual he showed her the war model Angela also regarded it stolidly.
"I am like that," sald, Angela. running her hand down over her breast and hip, as if verifying 1::| She said it coldly.
"For so good a model you should pay me more. I suppose, you are done with her the old woman said.
Praises Vase
I shall need ber much longer, like a fool to me. All artists are Here is your money fools like that. We will stop by the sweet shop for some currant tarts.
And that was all that was said.
"So here, Angela" Benvenuto he dined alone, with his servant, said, showing the rough draft of Filipo, who had come on from the pedestaled fruit salver, this Rome to be with him, he gave is to be of graven gold and the thought to the insolent, unspeak-pedestal there will be a copy of able Count Manno, p
your 1 £gure" Beautiful is it not? Next morning he was working "No, only crayon drawing, the As for Benter
quite fathum it early as he did when he had one replied.
appea vines and masks to grave, to get
bes that
Wants More Money
the time beautiful
She had
Angela who was, to be his model rum
who called herselfd
Co get your lace, old Beatrice ordered when Angela, went to
year and the other room she turned eagerly to Benvenuto.
Perhaps you would couldn't have her for a didn't believe sum and not
could daily
wish the old
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No school is complete without that spirit of personal pride and loyalty and I should say that. there is no lack more conspicuous" in the schools of China. A school can never be good if it is merely a shop for buying knowledge. It is something far more personal than that. "Alma Mater" is the phrase we often use and it has the right note, the personal touch. A school is like a mother and our relationships with it must be hu- man, in which character." tradi- tion and custom all play their part.
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