Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 5, 1875, Page 7

Re tatives, has been the ‘nfle Tev. E. N. Pakard is cxpected home this C. J. Gilbert bas roturned from a three-weeks' ,in Colorado. 8 e o Tandolph entertained & number of ber fricads verv hospitably and pleasantly Friday eveDIDE. ‘The company was a happy one, snd the affair 8 complete success. % : L. E. B. Dayce bas falien into line, an jincd the apxious throng who have announced Jomed e candidates for Cleris of tho Su- L’tl,ar Court. He may bo superior to the :’;fl tran, acd vet not receive any Domina- ticn. N 1k hes retarned from an extended “':’f,',f,fifi, the Far West. Aesoon 8¢ ha left o TOu tho Dauk of California collapsed. S e Tior. A. L. Vail, of Chicage, will preach ‘the Daptist Cliurck: this morniug. Tha Rev. 4ir. Chapell 1s expected Lome the 15th. Tho South Evapston putlic ‘#chool opened Stonday w4 200 echolars in attendance. 2o refal of tho Eranston merchaats have been raiding & certain Sonth Evsuston residence dur- ¢ the week, to o y _ h";‘::\:_ er pumerous anreceinted billa. Some e ot with a warm recopi.on. corki el RAVENSWOOD, STREET LMPLOVIMENTS. ant to a cali made by the Committes ap- | nng frame, ornamented with i & previous gession, & meeting of the fi::‘;: o place: wia Nield Triiky: aveiiing fhe object being to devise some method of oreanization for the improvement and peantifying of Btreets and parks, the ting and caro of trees and folisge pubiic and private property, end the gen- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1875 —SIXTEEN PAGES, most elaborate preparations for the event. and on theappointed eveniog, with numerous friends, repaired to the parsonage fully equipped for the evening's cnbermmme:.\tL surprising Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, who had been kept in blessed iguorance of the intended invasion, and only knew that the day was the fifth annivereary. of their happy warriage, It was aitogether a most delightful innovatibn upon established custom. The evening was pasgad pleasantiy by all partic- ipating, and the congratulations were numerous aodheartfelt. The presents were not all of the character usually given on this soniversary, but maoy were costly and beantiful. 3fr. and Ars, Hoover hsve endeared themselves to the whole comtatnity during their stay hers. Thac ibey may be equally fortunate wherever they may go. that the sky of their married life may never be obscured by a single passing cloud, aod that, as tho vears roll oo, {riends may gather aronnd and celebrate with them their silver, golden, and diamond weddings ia the wish of all who koow them. i Arother untable affair of the past week took ‘lace Jast Sabbath at the Bantist Sabbatb-gchool. Tho ten young ladies who took part in the rop- bian security under .execu--| Iesentution of the ** Christian Graces” at ihe Tecent enccessful concert presented their pastor and leader, the Rev. James Rea. their photo- g1o0hs in group. Three of the number appear 2s Faith, Hope. and Charity, while the remain- ing seven are grouped around a cross entwined with wreaths. The whole was eet in & rich wal- gold. Alre. Mclu- tosh, 1o behalf of the young ladies, made the presentation address. She said that the memen- to was offered by them to their good friend apd pastor ae 2 token of friendly regard and kindly appreciation of services rendered during the concert. DESPLAISES. The ladies of the M. E. Church deserve much sl advaucement of villago interosts by im- | credit for their coarage snd perseverance under its. w?h?’l:nfalk reeponded generously to the esh’s goodly number beiug a attendance. _The oting was calle the most disconraging circumstances. They had provided refresbments at the open-air concert d to order by the Dev. W. A. | for a much greater number than the managers 2. Setio siated in_brief the pecaliar necea- | had succeeded in nducing to attend, sud the w.fl immediate action on the part of all in- tarested to secure the end sought for. The otes of {he last mecting were read by Cole, Secretary, aad were approved, after waich iate 8 ‘permanent OTRADIZALOD. A msutm.fou aad by-laws, prepared by the proper Commitiee, for {he guidanco and direc- Hion of members of the Aseociation, wers sab- mitted to the pleasure of the meeting, and were and after the transaction of tho usual ouot of busineas &ixtuning to orginizatioos of this character, following oicers were - W5 chosen: President. A. A. Clark; Yice President, tho Rev. W. A. Lloyd; Becond Yice Presidont. Frederick Sulzer ; Third Tice President, Samuel Brown, Sen. ; Sacrotary, afr. Prancis W. Litile: Trensurer, r. W. K. n; Execative Committee, Mossrs. Wash. ?3‘ ‘Horn, C. W. Chisndler, 20d A. A. Wiswall. "The came uncer which the organization is o te 18 that of the Ravenswood Improvement As:oastion, and in order to eecore the united eo-operation of the entire community, the mem- ‘have caused to be incorporated in their ‘acpstizusion an asticle which gives every one ybo shall feel go inclined wo opportunity of Join- o the Association, snd aiding in carry- e ous muchmeeded improvements aud sefoms. The articie referred to gives every on over 18 years of age, who i¢ a resident or real-estate owper 1 favengwood Or vicinity, the dight t0 become & membor of raid Aseociation payment of 8 pominsl sum, the same to weed towards defraring incidental expenses. The Association is composed of the solid men 404 lesding citizens of tho place, and starts ont under good auspices, snd wil undoubtedly jo s valusble acquisition toward £romotmg the prospanty of Ravenswood and immediate vi- cnity. The next meeting of the Association witl be held Friday evening. S BCHOOLS. The fall term of the Ravenswood public school will commence next Mondav under s new regime. In comeguence of the resignation of the former Principal 20d her 2ssistant, the School Trustees bave appoiated toe following-named ludies to watch over tho coming man aod *‘teach the young ides bow to sboot” : Principal, Miss Sera- phine Jamat ; Assistanis, Miss Elvira Banvis- ter aod Miss Qclavia J. Barrows. The Trustees hsva been very happy in their se- lection of teachers for the ensn- ing term, and, under the excellent ent which is eure to follow the en- deavors of the ladies named, the echool will con- tinus to sustain the gocd reputation 1t bears for the education of the younz. There has been godue excitement of late in the social circles of the place, 1n consequence of & Tumor to the ef- fect that a lesdinz citizen is soon to lead to the ltar a0 accompliehed lady, well kiown to the socaety people of the town. Upon investigation, the rumor has proven to be well fonnded. The afairis to come off shortly, the names of the bappy couple who are particato the contract be- ing .rererved until & future itsue of TEE Tususz, —_— OTHER SUBURBS. . BORWOOD PARK.! The public achool will commence its fall term fo-morrow morning. The teachers ars on hand with renovated minds and bm,liea; and the po- pils will doubtless for the most part be gladto st least divide the honors between the play- ground and the echool-room. The school build- ing has been thoroughly repaired and putin complete order, and a successful session is an- ficipated. A union eervice was held At the Baptist Church Honday evening. - “ Miss'S, findsham and Miss Walker, who have beea for eome time pass guests of Mr. and Mra. Bberha-d, will leave in < fow daya for school. - Mr. De Berard has returned from his visit to 18co08iD. i ¢ ¥r. Stevers is making a buriness trip to Iowa. ¢ The geotie hint in last Sunday's TRIBUNE con- mmf’ the weeds in the etieais has bad a very gnd elfect, 23 a drive through the suburb Fri- y brought info plain view several dwelling- bonres which previously had been completely o and there are cow places where a team & be driven outside of the carriage-way with- out danger of failicg into coocealed ditches and withlle. There is still 10om for improvement, I:Dd'.he harvest is by no means completed. Mies Lottie Moyt colcbrated the auniversary of Ber 12th birthday at tha residence of ber grand- the Bev. L. C. Coliius, Thursday. A few ©oly of her more mtimate friends were invited. Ouldoors the dav was unfortunately unpleas- ant. and the Littla folk were obliged to resort to parlor games for amusement. This, however, dld Dbtsesm to detract from the enjoyment of e utde pariy, for at that age it easy to be happy evea under circum- cloee of tho day found them with a quantity of eatables and other articles on hand, and cor- respondingly in debt. They went bravely to teps wero taken toward securing a | work. bowever, soliciting purchasers from house to houee until they had disposed of their entire stock, realizing about $25, and wholly freeing themselves from embarrassment. Hereafter there can be no donbt but that Des- plaines is in the country. Withoat fear of con- tradiction, she may claim to have the champion greenhorn. The distant rural towns of Wiscon- 8in, Michigan. and Iowa, which bave hitherto farnisbed such promising material for the Chi- cago confidence-men, must now vield the palm to Desplaines. It is the same old, oft-repeated story, and the ur- rence took place at the Northwestern g:pcl on Kiozie street, just before the departure of the Janesville passenger-train. Mr. —, a prominent milk-shipper of this place, had been to the city to make his monthly _collections, and was on his return, with the avails of his labér safely bestowed in his pocket. He mests at the depot & plausible, Granger-iooking individual, who enfers into conversation, aod succeeds in sacertaining bis residence, He is then informed that his Granger friend lives just beyond at Palatine, and the suddenly-crented bond of friendsbip grows stronger and firmer The new friend has been purchasing & bill of gro- ceries which must be paid for before they can bs shipped. He sccures the temporary loan asked for, and disappears from the scene of action. Mr., Milkman's experience cost him just 88, for which Lie has tho check of bis Palatine friend for over £400. He is_preserving that check, care- fully Sono up in oiled silk, and expects with the avauls of it to go into the brnking business at no distant day. Mr. sod Mrs. Frank Parmeles, of Chicago, were the guests of Mr. Sherman Satnrday. Mr. and Mrs. Sherman were suddenly called to Chicazo to attond the funeral of a near relative last Sunday. Mrs. Bopking' friends will be glad to know that ehe 15 improving in beslth as fast asit is possible. Her attending phrsician sssores her family that ehe will soon be able to ride out 2nd visit her friends. 3 OAKLAND. Mr.and Mrs. T. G. Dressler and their pon Frank have just refurned from a protracted visit outin the country. Their friends gave them a most cordial welcome on their return after so long a departare. Mr. Homan, a contractor and builder of some note, bas taken np his residence in Oakland. MMiss Louisa and Sarah Durr hsve just re- tarned from a pleasant fogp through the west- ern part of the State. No news has been hoard s yet from Mr. Felt, who has been missing since last Saturday. Every nook and corner bas been searched high and low, and no nformation has been elicited that witl lead to his discovery. An usintentional error was made in the notice of Mr. Mauoderille's excarsion in the southern part of the State He only weut a8 far as Roci- ford, and on his retarn stopped at Aurora. The P. W. Jos. had the first mecting of the ecason Thursdsy evening. Another entertgin- ment is visible on the hotizon. A birthday party, in commemoration of Mrs. Darr’s semi-centennial birthday was given at her residence Tuesday. The iovitea guests camo doly m the afternoon in time to sit down to an elegant repast prepared by the hostess. Several persons desire to know if that old- time Laterary Sociery cannot be resurrected agamn. Wiil the President respond for the edi- fication of some of the members ? T, 8. Gillett is erecling a new house on Cot- tage Grove avenue, near the railroad crossing. It is of pressed brick, two stories and basement. The United States Hotel has been altered and fixed over, ready for winter boarders. ‘The private night-watchman, whose beat hies pear South Park avenue and Thirty-seventh street, discovered two suspicions Iooking char- acters prowling aronnd during the middle part of the nigat, whereupon his suspicion was aroused, and he followed them around until 3:30 in the morning, when he saw them break into a house on one of the above thoroughfares, and emerge therefrom about balf an bour sfter cntering with a large bundle mober their arms, He stopped them aud asked thewr business, bat got no answer, when he Loocked one down with.a club, and forced the otber one to surrender after placing his revolver at his hesd. The man is from Joliet, whero he has been for eight years. WALHALLA. ted tapers flare in equal rows, K cast their wav'ring shadows on the wally sances. the mot untoward, and * all went | Tossed froand backward, ev'ry censer throws ety a8 8 marriage be!l.” Refreshments were eerved at ‘s seasonable boar, and they were all that o birthday sunper demanded. The young People teparated, highly pleased with the day's ment, and congratulating their youog Tpon hier near approach to the dignity of | Heavy crapes the faded Deing in Lier teens. Among those present were 1ts perfume on the boavy mantled pall ; And those who bow their wecping heads sround Give soft Amen to every requiem, Tntil the mellow, cadent sound 13 borns aloft by waiting cherubim, rlands deck, And twine among Lhe laurel and the fern,— N Dunlap, Kittie and Nellie Guiick, | While statues draped the portent little reck lfllfiga‘wn, Hattie Seymonr, May Lane, Lida mfigh:‘chf\gnms‘my. Lizzl; Campba!l,dlccn- ’ ab, of Chicago, Annie Jennings, and Car- My Colling, &% . JEFFELSOXN, The Rev. Dr. Holmes, 412t Bablath in the Congoegational Church. The | qjves o the Pxnt its is very highly spoken of by those who WEB favored by Listening to it. The public s=hool commencod Monday, to the _ot all, particolarly the parents. The ::mbum attendance was not as largo as may ipected Iater in the season. JroL Faroeworth hes resched home again. sulion evidently sgrees with him, as be has ated to such an extent that his most Inti- -xf‘;nenfla would scarcely recognize him. Yok Bobert Hastings intends visting h'h‘”’u s and will ba abeent several wesks. by . Merceresn and son have returned from a m;oLun Superior, Their Lealth has been the o) Denefited. but ‘it is o be presumed that m‘l’;flmz breezes of that hyperborean lake be far more acceptable now, dunng this Ielter; Ting weather, than while on their trip. >ouie Roberts, son of Mr. C. Rober:s, was Wisoned Mouday by wild ivy. Ordimanty Jefferson is one of the healthiest of :hm ®0d its citizens pride themselves npon h:xemnhqn from the presence of those ** {lls ey i8 heirto.” The present, however, nmm bean exception to the general rule, as e severs cases of sickness are reported, [y © mostvart ceused by malarial fevers. ,M:Mom.ck bas been especially afflicted, as bave iy L8 Post few weeks six of her children by dnsim been taken down with tho prevail- disease —ngsuming in their cases a tiphns . Two of the children of the Rev. Dr. ir. Dy We suffering with the Bame diseage. BonptVid_Goodman is quite il Mr. Frsok g g8 #0d Mr. John Gavigan are just recover- 4 Tom severe sicknesses. Mrs. John Sweeney Convaleseent, & Toe BARRINGTON. 5 wooden wedding of the Rov. Georgs K. :‘w'!r 20d wife was celebrated at tho parson- ‘ednesdsy evening. The party was none the B3 & sicoces in that is was entirely urexpected | from bis Sstimable pastor and bis wife. The Is- | Soor? of the e i 2 PR timg urch and copgregation had for f ‘Gives bonor to the newly-sculptured urn, High balconies the sable mourning wear, And lend their solemn homage, sermonie, Where, sombro from the half-way shaded giare, The organ pours ita offer, symphonic, of Chicazo, preached | The priest, in flowing robes of white xnd black, From altar. een!erln§ the gathered throng, wed portion back, ‘And sends the Spirit upward, borne on song. And now the reverent cortege flles past, ‘With messured step and ever-bated breath, 8o, when the morrow's sun shall come at last, Ita rays shall light the saddened Hall of Death. ‘GEORGE BLAxE, T e Strange Encounter. The Birmingham Gazetle says: About & week ago Mr. Morris Roberts, the proprietor of the Zoological Gardens at Balsall Hesth, became New | the purchaser of fine lioness at Mrs. Manders' sale, On the animal reaching the menagerie at Balsall Heath it was discovered that its feet bad been injured in traosit. It was consequently necessary that the wounds shonld be dressed at certain perinds, and, the animal being apparently tamely disposed, the keeper has on one or two occasions fearlessiy entered the den for the pur- pose of applying the nocessary remedies. ~Be- tween 4 and 5 o'clock yesterday he entered the den, and, before e nad an opportunity. of clos- ing the door, a mastiff dog who had broken away from his chain rushed in sfter him. The lionees immediately attacked tbe dog, springing upon its back and pinoing it by the neck. - The mas- tiff, which is almost as largs aa the lioness, re- sinted this attack, and. having freed itzelf from its more powerfal opponeat, sprang at ber aod bit her in the throas, holding on by its teeth natil the lioness gave it a tremendouns blow fith jungnw. harling it to the far side of the den with such force against the keeper thad he was knock- ed staggeriog against the wall. The roaring of the lioness and the barking of the dog were ro great that Mr. Roberts, who was in the hotel, came down in haste to see what was the matter. Seeing the dangerous situstion of the keeper, he Exr;cuud & large bar of iron and handed it to im, and the keeper, talung the first opportunity that presented itself, struck the lioneas a terrific blow on the head, stunniny it for a few seconds. This eoabled Jr. Roberts to rescue the kee) erilous position, bat not a moment too 28 the lioness made a desperste rush at the which had scarcely been fastened. Fortu- hately, the keeper, who has had considerable interested thomselves in makivg | éxperience was mohurt. o FINE ARTS. The Collection of Plétiires at the Exposition Building. The Men Who Hiave Dené the Work---Labors of the Art Committees, Folly of Fashion in Connéc- tlon with Artistic Furniture. Eastlake and the English Auiberi- ifes---Household Art in the Exposition. @limpses of Chicago Artists—Miss Shaw, Miss Clarke, and My, Bullock, The Rélation Between Artists and Their Employers—Gagliardi's * Horace Gréeley.” Buyers’ Day at the Expo- sition, THE EXPOSITION, 'THE DIBFLAY OF PICTURES, 9 The curtaios are down at the Exposition gal~ leries. and there is & sound of busy proparation behind them. Mr. Stafford and Mr. Beard, the Chicago Committee of Artiets, and their assist- ants are banging the pictures, and have advanc- ed g0 far that they do not hesitate to make the most confident promises of the valus and suo- cess of the exhibition. Nobody but the author- ities and the omnipresent press, not even the artists, are admitted, and on the eve of ‘the opening of the exhibition it is not desirable to publich a mass of details respecting 8o large a collection of pictures soon to be open to the inspection of the public. Thers will be five or six hundred pictures, balf of them at least'worthy of comment. In order to make some dpproach to doing tbia important collection justice, Tne TrisuNE will begin a o~ ries of articles Wednesday, the morning of the opening of the gallery to the .pubiic, and continue them through the succeeding week at guch length as appears desirable and useful. These articies will aim at the character of re- views rather than critical notices, with the ob- ject of furnishiog a guide to persons seriously interested in thé study of finé art, by which thoy may direst their attention to thé valuable points of the exhibition, with sufficient . infotmation sbout the artists and their works and &tanding tosid in arriviog at an intellizent judgment. The interesting feature of the exhibition, in which, perhaps, it surpaszes any previous col- lection ever opebed to the public, is its COMPLETE ILLUSTRATION OF THE DEST CONTEMPO- BANEOUS AMERICAN ART. The Eastern artists ate less_known here than at home, and some account of the career and characteriatics of the more important of them will be more valuable than an Attecpt to point out their tochnical merits and defects; to do which, in the case of artists of such ability and varied styles ns the leaders of the National Academy, probably no person in this city is fully’ competent. Noticé is given i in another place that Wednesday i§ “* Buyers’ Day,” when persons intending to purchase will. be ad- mitted upon anplication to the Exposition office for special tickets. : For the excellence of the exhibition the public isindebted to the enthusiasm of a fow men, whoee exerlions it is but fair to racognize before they make their final bows and retile behind the resalt of their labore. Their naines are saf- ficient guarantee that evervthing connected with the conduct of the exhibition, the arrangements, and tho sales, will be honorable and stiightfor- ward. THE FINE ART COMMITTEE, a8 has been before ménuoned in these columns, consistsof Franklin MacVeagh, Chiirman; E. B. McCagg, W. E. Doggett, J. F. Stafford, A. B. Mason, W. L. B. Jeoney, and P. B. Wight, the lust two being especially devoted to the Louse- bold art department. The work of collecting the pictures for tho gsllery has fallen mostly upon Mr. Mason and. Alr. Stafford, the _former conducting the correspondence and doing a great deal of the guiet and inyisible work. To MR. STAEFORD fairly belongs a Jarge sharo of the credit of the conception and exccution of the peculiar exhibi- tion which we aro sbout to witzess. Ha nns long been s genuine enthusiast ahout pictures, and has enjoyed the Dersonal friendship of the principal srzists all over the conutry. Without ever being a dealer, he has in the last twenty yeara acted .as agent in the sale of mauy thou- sands of dollars’ worth of pictures, not for com- miseions but from friendship for the artisis. Immediately on being appointed. to .the Fine Art Committee of the Exposition Mr. Stat- ford gonceived the idea of making the exhibition of this Iall a distinctively Amesican display, and of doing this without the atsietance of Eastern art dealers,—s project which most persons fa- miliar with such things thought hopaless. Com- missioned by the management of . the Fxposi- tion, Mr. Btafford went to New York last spring, and, in & short time, ‘through his personal relations with the artists, eecured the hearty co-cperation of Whittredge, toa President of the Nalional Academy, of William Beard, Huutington, Hart. Le Clear, Eastman Johnson, Gifford, and other prominent Academicians, after which it was an casy matter to enlist the assistancs of other artists all over the country. To these men we are indebted for the groaps of pictures, from gix to a dozen in each, hung in accordance with the designs of the artists, and draped geparately, which now oc- cupy ‘three of the galleries, and cousitute so beautiful s feature that it is dificalt to refrain from describing themr at once. Besides obtaining the piotures of these artists, many of which bave never been exhibited befors, Mr. Stafford has been indefatigable all the season in looking up ,and borrowing from the owners valuable pictures from private galleries East and West. with the whereabouts of which nobody is better acquainted. Two private dealers only have been allowed to contribute to the exhibition, Ar. R. E. Moore and S. P. Avery ; and to these genflomen the ackmowledzments of the Art Committes and the public aré due for some valuable victures, A thiog which influeaced the artists especially to coutributa to the Chicago exhibition was the agreement that - . WILLIAM H. BEARD,~ . b well known to the public as an animal-painter, and better known to his artistio brethren as an artist of great ability in a variety of directions, as well 38 & man of character.—shounld come to Chicago and superintend the banging of the picturee. The confi- depce in Mr, Stafford and Mr. Beard on the part-of the artists. who are a willful folk, sod will not follow even their own interest, un- less it pleases them, may -be sald to have been the point on which the whole undertaking .de- pended. Mr. Beard arrived hers two weeks ago, and has been ever since aogaged in superintend- ing the hanging of the Eastern pictures. He is himself represented by a group of six or eight paintings, There are two Beards,—William H. snd James H.,—brothers, both known as animai- Elineera. the former (the one hers) especially by is wild animals,—bedrs, deer, etc.,—olten in grotesque attitndes and situations. William is the:younger, an Obhio boy; born at Painesville® long edough ago to put him now in the fdi} maturity'of his powers. As it is the havging of picttres rather than -paloting them that ia just now under coosideistion; 1t is pertinent to the.subject that Mr. Beard is not one of the artiats who are all brush and fingers, nothiog but & painter, but 2 man disungoished by many qualities outside of his art, and it was reat good luck that sent him to us at this time, sfuhl’:pictmr nndcbnnct.gr:!s an artist thers wil somethiug more eai ter the openi: of ;ha‘:thu% g s PERIog, \either Mf, ,nor Mr. S8tafford have any- thing to db with the Arranfement of the, - ¥ GALTERY OF CHICAGO WESHERN AmTISTS, whiich they préferzed to comimil 5 ths lockl rtists, The Cot n charg ;! J. .l;. Gookin8, J. R. Robertson, F. Freer, Charles Peck, E. Root, J. F. Murphy, C. Shwerdt, and, despite sgrious drawbacia and #ome ratiar bondpiciohs but ihevitabls blem- ishes, the gallery will make ahigily respectablo arance. P8 ne thiog is most of all to be hoped for in connection with the whole exhibition—that the sales should be succeseful. The idea of the manzgers has been o bring good American pic- ey to the @doot8 of tho purchasers i‘x‘zlt u such .8 WAy tliat - they could ensily compare and select aud make ourchases directly ffom the artists, withont the jatervention of dealers. 1f the sales stiould be l-rge wb may éxpect séries of such exbibitions 1n ncceeding yeaid i if 1O, we can scarcely ex- oxpect that the artiats will take such paws as they have this year i eénd pictures, for 1t has been the best aytiata who have taken the mdat trouble, oreé of them, M. F. H. dé Raas, for cxample. having stayed at borie all summer to patot pictures for this exbibition. The youasehold art department has been in the caro of Mr. Jenney aud Mr. P. B. Wight, the lat- ter taking the most active part. MB. WIGHT 4 ia an architect, formerly Secretary of the American Institute o Arcnitects in Néi¥_ York, and now Premdent of ihe Chicsgo Chépter of the Institute. tle made & bitet residence it Chicago 1n 1358 and 1859, and then went to New York, wheo he remained until after the fire of 1871. Early in s rési- dence in New York he bécamo interested in the efforts mado by & school of enthusiasts in En- gland to revive the arta of tha Middle Ages in their true spirit. The New York Academy of Design, the Merantile Library of Brooklva, and the Yale School of the Fine Arts are of iis de- mgnlgg. The Academy isin a Veronese style. but %the interior was not finished = in Accordance with the vplans of the ar- Chitéct. The Mercantile Library and the Fine_ Art School aré revived " médieval. The Mercantilo Library was nlmost completely furnished and decorated from lus desjgne. flo also desipued, décorated. and furnisifed the resi- cenca of T. P. Jacob, kt Lowsville, in 1866, 1857, and 1863, Along with uis architectural work he was at this tume Ilargely engaged in designing not only housebold furniture, bat bronzes, gas- fixtures, motal-work, carpets, and decorations, Designs for frescoes, geuerally in the most brill- iant and danng plfcbrcma, have been among the most esténsive of lis works, and just besore fit “return to Chicsgo he was almost exclu- svely engaged in this kind of work. His only work in this city (o designing furniture and decorations is the officeof the American Express Company. His designs will probably be sebn in the Exposition ina new set of decorative wall papers. The structure prepared for house- hold art 10 the Exposition is of Mr, Wight's do signing, but is not vet furnished with the ob- jocts to bo exhibited. DOMESTIC FURNITURE. THE FOUNDATIONS OF GOOD TASTE. A few more words respecting the foundations of good taste in domestic furniture will not be eupurfivous. Authority is to be regarded with circumspection in fine art a8 in other depart- ments of human kaowledge. Ruskiv, Eastiake, and Hamilton are good counselors bnt bad mas- ters—not worse than others—but a slavish atti- tude ‘towards anybody’s will ur opinion is na- wholesome. There are no means of arriving 8t good judgment of pictures, statues, or house- bold furniture, save byan acqualntance with the principles of sound arf, and the cultivation of ood taste by réadiug, reflection, and, especially, obsérvition. The individual opinions of great writers will never aoswer our private and inde- pendent purposes. The chief beuefit to be hoped for from the present farniture reform is not tho sadoption of somo old English fashion of making sofas and sideboards, but our relesse from fixed fashiona altogetber, the application to our personsl needaand wishes of the general principles of correct faste. When this is done we hall have furniture that isat the same time sensible, comfortable, and taste- Tul. Let it b repeated,—the chiof benefit to bo hoped for from the faraiture roform is A RELEASE FROM FASHION. This is empbatically the most_valuable ides that can bo urged upon our lionseholders in their present stage of devetoptnent. The tsianny of fashion is obvious on every hand, it need ot be expatisted npon. When we see a gléam of light on any side, some sensible idea, and malke to- ward it, fashion as likely as.not 1t there beforo us, and adopts the kensible idea, and carmes it farther,—to an excess, of course,—and puts upor it 8 hizh price, and gives it. a name, and lo, the sensible idea has vaniebed! This is tlie danger of the rage for ‘‘Kastlake furhiture.” The very name ihdicates 1t. WIO 1S THIS BASTLAKE, that he should 1l over us? Wiy, he is the former Director of the Britisn National Gallery, an accomplished artist, and an emment art scholar. Nevertheless, he is ot infallible, and knows he is not. He has been more than once egregionsly taken in by spurious pictures in buytag for the. National Gallery, and preferred to repoge his_judgment upon the critical eye of & certan ,well-known dealer. He bas produced one of the best books mupon Household Taste which we have. foll of good prin- ciples and good hinte, bus Euited to a richer and more fixed society then ours, and strongly mark- od with & personal taste for a particnlar heavy oid English style, which weare at hiberty to adopt or not, as we please. Fashion nas seen the opening. and has seized upon him, Already we bear the confident objection, * Oh, it it is not Enstlakian,” aa though this were of any impor- tauco. The fuct is that it is not of the least consequence whether our carpets, or our wall-pager, or our chairs and tables, are in accordance with the taste of Eastiake or Dresser, of England, or of Mr. Jenney or Mr. Clarke, of Chicago, or anybedy else, provided they. anever our purposcs well, and do not vio- Iate the sensible, sound princinles of good taste which are the masters of the masters. The affectation of a taste for * Eastlake fur- niture” 80...commonly - _professed, of- ten by very vnlgar nud ill-educated people, is Do beiter than any other fasbion, nuff’pmbnbly wili not endue any longer. The predilection of the Englist anthorities for heavy, strpight work is well known, pud _, thewr influpnce is undoubtedly good ir view of the outrageous use. of woodwork. made- in almost all our handsome furnitare. Yet it may be gues- tioned whether thay do not .carry the principfe too far. 1tis founded, as they declare, upon the idea of, working jn accordance with the prop~ erties of the matenial employed, nsmg wood for example, ahways in 1be diraction. of the grain 8o 88 to preserve its preatest stremgth. 1t is sur- prisiog, however, that ANOTHLR EARLIER AND MORE IMPORTANT PRINCI- f . PLE obtains no more prominence in. their minds, the idea of working in accordance with the material thatis going to use the furniture, —that is to eay, thie buman figure. It is of a great deal more im- portance that a chair or sofa should bear some relation to the shape of the persons who repose | upon them than that they should conform to any qualities of pine or oak timber. If wood does not fit, it ought to be made to fit. Mach of the Eastlake furniture would furnish but a slight clew to the sort of animal that uses it, the adherence- 10 8traight lines being persisted in to a degree that amounts to bigotry. Objec- tons to ornameutal curves in straight-graioed and inflexible wood, &croll-sawing, and unneces- eary kiaks in the legs of black wainat tables and chairs, are unquestionably eoand, ut what 18 the objection to a bent rail.across the back of a chair? There 18 no danger of persons who do not understand wood-work bewng offended by it aod thoso who do, are well aware that there is no difficalty in giv- ing the curved _bar_all needfnl strength. What real objection can be made to the bent ouk and cane-seated chairs 80 common in oftices ? Above all what objection can be made to the graceful, and light, and etrong cane and wicker- work Im"mmra now abundantly supplied in our markets ! The diaciples of Eastlake appear to tlupk & curye .a gin, but the indicatons sre.. that the American taste will tarn, more. than the English at least, to the arabesque and - miry- styles, which mneed confess oo inferiority. " When our spriog-buggies sod Concord wagons give way to the. correspond- ing British vehicles, then and not before may we {?ok for the general adoption of the -extreme dgl;‘.zn:;l!fl;: etlvle " ot lnmi:re. Let ns not.l-a 8 free country, be:imposed upon; let us take Esatlake, 8s we tako Bnupdn. wir.‘t’: mang grains of aliowance. It may be that he knows vastly more than we do about hia specialties, and can teach us a thonsand useful things, but he is not infallible; he has hobbies like “other enthnsinsts. and above alt he did not wiite with a view to Western Amierican civiliza- tion. If we prefer to hang our pictures the natoral way, oo one hook, aud he advises two, e cannot yield to Eastlake on any ressons he has yet submitted, and we claim the right to talk with him about {z. Nevertheless, one great 500& may come out of the agitation. sides the .many epeci hunts that we get from the books, the ides is dawoing that thera is no absolute nocessity of tollowing the fashion in household faraiture. As s00m 25 thia fact is fairly recoguized, we shall W 'lm'x!re hl“ha o furniture - '8 want it, we shall escape xorbitant prices put _npgm“;ll. fashionable 63, o ahall havd fdrhiturs thit ean nbver £0 out 6f fashion and that will be strong enough to last for many years. An articls on’ HOUSEROLD ART, BY CLAREXCE. COOK, was published in Scribner's for Juns, annonnced a6 the firgt of A series, since- which none have appeared. The publishers explain that the defay id due to the difficulty df prepaniug illustrations 8ad text, and the other articles il foliow at an” uncertain time, and will finally be collected in a book. The illusirations are by Francig Lathrop, aud those 1o the June article were excellont. Persons studving the subject for the purpose of improving their éwn tasta will find Sir Christo- pher Dredzer’s book. * Truth, Beanty, and Pow- er.” ndt less valuable than Eastlake, though somewhat less popilar in form. ) THE EXPOSITION promiees s valnable-exhibition of _artiatic furni- ture 8od housebold objects, the department be- ing in the very competent hands of Mr, Wight and Mr. Jenney. A structure containing n pas- sage-way and 8iX roomse is in conrse of construc- Lion 1 the middle of the Exposition Building, which i3 to L. titted and decorated with fur- niture, carpeta, tiles, glass, otc., of artistic pat- terns, which will be duly described in theso col- umas. ———— HOME ARTISTS. . o MISS A. C. SHAW. Thera is alwaye eatiefaction in noticing the Buccess of eteady and faithful efforts to riso above the average of excellence, and to emergo from the ratk and file of contented mediocrity. ‘Whned, dnder the present disadvantages,a woman succeeds in thus eingling herself out from her contemporaries, there is atill greater pleasure in recogmizing the fact. Unless appearances are deceptive, thersis a young lady in Chicago, a landscape artist, who is actively engaged ia this process, and likely to give the aterner sex occagion to look to their laurels before sho has dome With them. Hor name has ocgasionally appeared in the cata- logues of Chicago exhibitions simply as **A.°C. Shaw,” with hotliing to indicate that it belonged to & woman, as there certainly was nothing in ber pictures to limit them to eitber sex. Miss Annie C. Shaw is the name known to the artists, 84 it onght to be to all the artistio public, Mies Sbaw is the daughter of a physician in the southern part of the city, snd has a studio in the Metropolitan Biock. She paints solely land- scapes, and her best pictures are cimple in their subjects, snd of modern size. Thero bave lately been standing in her studio views in Keene Valley, New York, on tho Merced, Colorado, a compdsition of willows and amarsh, sketches at Calumet, at Swamp- scott, Masgs., and other studies, 'Theso are alt Rood.—tbe largeet, but not the best, being ihe Adirondack view, Keene Vallev. This picturo and the marsh willows, with some other_paiat- ings of gimular character, will be exhibited 1o the Exposition, and attention is called to them be- cause they sre meritorious home pictures, and of such quiet character thal they are likely to be overlooked iu the presence of other more brill- iapt works. There are soms rather tremendous pieces of coloring in the Chicago gallery, if the present hanging 13 adhered to, sgaiusywhich other pic- tares will have a bard struggle; bat far be it from us to add fo the’ desperate troubles of a conscientious Hanging Commitiee who have as much difficulty in pleasiog their sabjects as an oxecutioer in haoging o felon to his satisfac- tion. Miés Shaw's most characteristic pictures are the simple landscapes of low, grassy country aud trees,—modest subjects, but not to be de- spised vn that account, since they are as elab- orate as those on which Corot -won his great fame, and of not dissimilar character, Their merit is chiefly in the self-control which has kept the artist well within her own powers, and » _the exceedingly, snd somewhat inexplicably, pleasing sentimect which she has man- aged to impurt to them.—a quylity fhe value of which in a young artist cannot well be over-estimated. Thore will be opportunity to say more of them when the oxbibition is opened and the public admitted to seo them, It is not to be supposed that Mies Shaw, though young, bas sttained such good results without long 'traiuiog. On inguiry it appears that she began pepcil-drawing at I0 years old, snd oil-painting at 14. For four years she was in lr. Ford's studio, and it is an indication of strengtl that she bas been able to linerate her- self quite thoroughly, from the maunerisms of her teacher. while retaining the technical slall scquired from lim. She is to be counted not ss one who bas ‘-already attained" any more thao any other young artist, bat as onoof the most promising workers we have. The studies which have bitherto been cinfined to Chicago—excopting ""‘ifi'“ Journeys—ought to be—aud it is hoped will "be—coutinued in the best achiools at the East and abroad. IS8 SARAH CLABKE'S WORK. The following account of & beautifal work by 8 lady well known in Chicago 18 from a letter of Anne Brewster in the Philadelphia Bullefin : Robte, Italy, July T.—. . . Apropos to masaic, I do not know that I have ever mentioned a beautiful book decoration of mosais-work which I have- been secing Iately. It is the binding for Miss Clarke’s two superb volumes, each volume containing a sct of her admirable Dante drawings. One of these books, when completed, will go to Lady Louisa Ashburton, Eng- land ; the otber to Mrs. Mitchell, of America (of dil- waukze), Mrs. Mitchell's copy will bs exmibited at the Centennial Exhibition, and will he 8 most creditable contribution to the Woman's Department that ia pro- posed. . The contents of the books are very charming—latgo pen-and-ink drawings of places visited by Dante places mads immortsl by the great Italisn poet. Al theso drawinge huve been made with the grestest care from studies which Bliss Clicke executed on the ground. She has traversed Italy 2 a trie Dante pil- grim, and these two besutiful books, unique aad rare geme, aro the Yesults of ber intelligeat labor. Biisy Qlarke, it must be remembered, waa the ouly papil Washinigton Alston ever had, if we except the lessons _and counsel that great American srtist gave fo Mr. Buchanan Rezd, when ho was a yonng artist, Legin- ning his profession yearsigo, in Boston. But Miss Clarke waa a veritable prupil in the full eignification of the word ; and after a foug, quiet, artistic life, sha pre- sents her confribution of & Woman's Work fo the Woman's Depariment of the United States Centennial Exposition, in this nighly refined and exquisito form. 3R, J. BULLOCK. . Geneva Lake, besides its attractions ds a wa- tering-place, bossts a good landscape artist in the percon of Mr. J. Ballock. Mr. Bullock at pres- ent keeps the pot boiling by taking photographs, and is ohiefly known in that wn{. but he was ed- ucated an artist in Philadelpbia with the Mo- rang, aod keeps up bis practice by painting bits of scenery sbout Geneva. where there is an abundance of charmiog subjecta. Some of his smaller sketches are very pleasiog. Of larger pictares he has scarcaly anything finished, but ‘some skies and other fragments are very vigor- ously and naturally blocked i, with & recogniza- ble likeness in style to Thomas Moran, Toeir fault is not weakness. and, while the pictures may not go beyond Nature at cerfaio times in brilliancy, hey are painted on too high a key for the taste of most people. Mr. Bullock has lately painted & picture of Mr. Sturges’ steam yacht, the Arrow, with a landscape, aod bas a lake view in grogrees'for fatily pending the Bum- mer n Geneva, in_which be ie to introduce the children io & boat in the foreground. A eketch- ing class cof children go out with Mr. Bullock every morniog to draw 1o pencil from Natare, a most sensible idea, and they make surprisingly good eketehes for their years. Ar. Bullock had recently coms to Chicago and had a etudio in the Opera-Housp or the Academy at the time of the fire. and was badly burnt out, since which he has been buried in Geneva. —_—— ARTISTS AND EMPLOYERS. THR RELATIONS BETWEEN THRM. TIn this age of photographs, when thousands of pictures are dooe, for one that was donejfitty years ago, there bas grown up a class, half artistic, half commercial, to supply the great demand, and success is more certain in pho- tography by & combination of these qualities. In former times the commercial man and the artist had little in common with each other. They looked at matters from & different point of vipw, and, though not antagonistic, bat far otherwise, for wealth must accumulate before art can exist, in any high degree. Yet their aims and culture were so very different that, when their interests hsppened to clagh, they wera apt to have little sympathy for each other, for each had to be guided by the rules and cus- toms which goverted their fespective callings. Few aro aware, perbaps, that there is a differ- enco between the rules, laws, or customs which regulate the dealings. of the artiat and the man of commerce, but that there is a aiffcrence, and what that difference is, and whars it lies, it will be my purpose to try to explain, and also_ their operations or practice in countries where art has beén longer cultivated than in our own country. The commercisl man, if intelligent, will look to the publhe good, for it is connected directly with his own good. His chief aim. however, is to accumulate” wealth and find the most certain and ready means to add dollar to doller, thou- sands upon thouzands. Heis perpetually on the watch 1o beize every chance to make 8 profit. This i8 &l very landable, bt if carried to the exiremiq the tendency is to barrow the mind and eaken its sympathy with others and all, except Lm it ci torn to its o¥n excluive advanfage. According to Adam Smith: in his * W Nations,” published a century ago, * u,:flr‘h‘;x:: which reguiate commerce are exclasivelv s¢lfish,” The goiden rule “to do asyou wou!d be done by is scarcely admitted in practice into oup cothmercial code: ‘- Business 13 business.” .s the grand magim of the comme:icial poténtase all over the.wor:k. The meaning of which is, that all féeling and sympathy for others, love, friendship, or patriotism, or even commoo bumanity, are ta be ignored. To take every advautage which the lawatlows, *“ Ply every art of legal shieviug " 18 the true defiuifion of the pbrace, * Buswess is business.” It is not, therefore, unnatural if the artiat claas shoutd thiok ¢be strict man of commerce mean and mer- cenary if he mereiy acts &s hé has been tanght ta thunk right. 5 g Tne arust may be more or less seruphlone than the man of commerce, ba: his means of deceiving, or overreaching. are limited to puff- 10g his own works, or getting them puffed, but’ that 18 rarély doue, except by dealers.” The ind of the artiat 18 almost exclusively occupied in looking st Natare and the best examples of art ; 1u observing the most pleasing mauner o which objects are grouped, snd uuder what light and sbade they have the best efect; wnat arrange- ment of color will be most harmonious, apd most delight the ee of the epectator. To creates thiag of beanty is his olief atm and purpose. He also is perpetnally oo the watch to catch the living manners, to seize ali the beauties of Na- tura, and to tranemit tbem by his art for the tood of ail. Thie has a tendency to hberalizo bLis 1deas. By connecting the happiness of others sith s own he feels a sympathy. for all, but thie bas a tendency, when carried too far, to render him 1mprovidens, and, perhaps, as a rule, the literars man and tho actist are far less provi- dent than the commerial. In their entbusiasm for their art, and loog and deep study of.it. they are apt to forget the remuneration for their labor, —at least that ts'a secondary considiration with maoy artists, aod for this the commercial clasa aro apt to atyle them fools. No artst can af- ford to let a work out of his hands unfinished. No artist who deserves the name but will have his work as well done as he Dossibly can do1t, and in countries where art has been long culti- vated, this fact is tacitly concurred in by the art-loving public, and a law is fouuded upon it whicn regulates the decision of tho courta. That is, whea a man has seen a specimen of an artist’s wors, and alterwards zives him an order for & painting, bust, or statie, the artist 18 of course the sole judge as to when it is finished, or a3 well as he can make it, and the price agreed on, for the artist's usual charge must be pad. Orif parties agrae to request the Court to pame some artist of note to give his opinfon this 18 beld to be fair and just. because when his empioyer selected the artist he (having seen a samplo of hik abiliti2s) selected at the same time the quality of the work to bedone. He was_probably no judge, never having made art his study, and if the artist attempted to aiter the work to piease kim, he might injure Lis own reputation. ‘To alter a work of art Lo please one totally ignorant of the rules of art is almost in- faliibly sure to spoil it, and no artist ehonid ever attempt it, In this Western country—comparatively new— art i8 ouly beginning to be appreciated, and it is questionable if there ever was & country 80 young and go far advanced in &rl. Bat of course thero are bere, as everywhero_else, many people who are well-to-do in worldiv matters, but know nothing of art, thoueh otherwise well educated, and who think they can order a work of art a3 they would a bale of goods, and huve it exactly done to please them. Why not? It is their money that is to pay for it. Now the worst of it is they are perfectly sin~ cerp and hopest about it, and it is hard to get them to see that it is very uoreasonable, very sbsurd. ‘They do not see, and, of course, can- not consider, the difference thero is between an urticleof commercaand 2 work of art. By a skillful merchant the qualities of goods can be epecified with nice exactness, and he can have the precisely to order. Dat who can gives specification of the qualities of & work of art? Lot the most intellizent man of commerce try his hand to specify what are to bs the qualities be desires a sumplo head-size portrait to have, what the pose and air of the head is to be, how deep the shadows or high the light, and what the tone and color, aud, above all, what the ex- pression to be given to eyes and mouth, etc. If he dor’t find his mistake he must be incapable of seeing anything whatever. The thing caonot be done, and any one who reflects, avd can comprehend the difference here mectioned, will see the impropriety, if not 1n- Jjustice, of intar!ennil with the artist at ail 1o induce him to alter his work to please his em- ployer. It is true the work may. or rather must, ne imperfect when finished, but 80 was the sam- ple he saw, by the same'hand, which pleased bim, or he wonldn’t have employed bim. He 1bas bo right now to turn round and say he does not like it and will not pay for it, after keeping him wecks, perhaps months, at work, and no nororable man who knows anything of st will do . Unti our law-judges, however, learn somethiog of art, or at least the differencé be- tween & work of art and ao article of commerce, 1t will be vuin to look for a correct decisiou in any digputed caso where art is coucerned. t will somotmes happen thac an artist, by an effort, perhaps uuconscions to bimaelf, surpasses bis usual merit, and if his employer be wealthy, and sppreciative of artistic excellence, be wili give the artist accordiog to his judgmeut, a check for as much as he deserves—dounle, or even treble, hug usual charge ; not from a feeljng of charity or.generosity, but because he believed it was justly due to the artists’ genius and induostry. An iustance of this occurred a few years aftar the baitle of Waterloo. ‘Tue Duke of Welling- ton met Wilkie at dinner one day, and having geen hia “Bind Fiddler” and other o lus works, he requested tho artist to paint & picture for him of the like kind. Wilkie asiked the Duke what was to be tae subject. *'Ob, somethiog in my own way,” said the Duke. Wilsie solected the subject of the Chelsea pensioners, on hearing the news of the great Laitle just as £oon as it arrived in London. The Duke was 80 much pleased mith the subject, and mode of treating i, that, thdugh 500 gmnpeas was about the price Wilkie usually got for similar pictures, the- Duke paid Jum 1500 guineas for this picture, and the engraver paid him the same amount for thej copyngut, with leave to publjsh the engraving. The Duke of Sulherland gave Sir Thomas Lawrence 1,500 guiness tor a whola length porirait of lus wife and child, although 500 was lus castomary price for full levgth ; but the Dachess was the beauty of all England, and chief of the ladies 1 waitiog on the Queen, aand, whether Str Tliomas made an extra etfort to ex- cel himself on this porwrait it is hard to say, but the Duke took thia mode of marking bis appre- ciation of the work, and, to have the approval of such men, who were noble by nature, as weli as by courtesy, was more gratifsing to the artist than the money. Among the legs wesithy it ig not unusual in cities where art is cultivated, to find eimilar instances of art being appreciated, beyond the artis:3’ demsnd, fiom ten to a bun- dred guineas ; bat it would be1n vain aa well a8 uareasonablo to expect any such ac- tion in 8 merely commercial mao, even after he bas acquired a. fortuno, unless bie bas had a fong training in art matters. And here is seen the practical difference between the commerctal rules of action and the artistic. If the artist see that, by some change of the design, cr light and shade, or color, he cin render lus work tve or £1x timesthe value of what be had agreed for, be will not hesitate an instant to do it. even though it cost hun more labor; but it wonld pever do for a merchant to increase the vaiue of the goods sold ata stated price I cent baypnd the price agreed to ; and here in this commercial community though the artist may produce & wolk of ten times the value of what was bar- gained for. he need not look for a dotlar more, for the reason that bis employer cannot ses or appreciate the increased value, from want of ar- tistic training, not from waot of will. The mer- chant can increase the value of his goods oaly st the expense of his purse. or by slow bard lsbor. The artist by » mental elfort. quick as thought, and with but little meckanical Isbor, may in- crense the value of his work indsfinitely. And now that Chicago, like other Iarge and fine cities, has gotten its parks and boulevards Buitable toils requirements, we may trust the dayis not far distant when, like these same cities, she may have a suitable gallery of statuary, or casts from the fine old Greeks, beanties that for ages have enchanted the worid, and a galléry of paintings by the best masters, or copies from them—and frestoall. Then the public teate will have achance to be cultivated in arc mat| and a’damand for worksof high mént 1s sure to follow, and is as sure to be supplied. —_— 0DDS AND ENDS. CHIC1GO. The Chicago Comimiftea of Artists ishard at work bangiog the pictures at the Exposition, Oue of tne larger palleries his besn devoted to Chicago and other Western bictures, and ifs ar- rangement committed entirely to the home art- istd, Mr. Beara taking no responsibility about it. The compstition with the best Eastern artists will be 8 eevere test of thé meriis of ourown painters; bat the prospects are that they will stand it better than might be expected. Wednasday, Sept. 8, will be * Buyers’ Day” at the Exposition exhubition of pictures. Persons in- tending to parchase will be furnished with spec- ial tickets on application at. the officg of the Ex- position, and no others will ba admitted until Wednesdsy. Mr. Stafford, of the Art Commit- tee, mill be in atwndance, bui no dealers, art- Iats, or othér personsinterostod in the aales, will be present Wednesday, and every facility will be offered to purchasers. The pictures are procured aurectly from the artists, and the prices, which are prined in the-catalozes. are below theordi- Dars prices of paintings by the samo artists it the East. The sales 'vifl. of course, te continasd through the whate exiubizion. ELSEWHERE. 3Ir. Thomss Ball's new sculpture “St. John,* executed at Flotence. Italy, has been photograph- ;d by Mr. L. Powers, son of the late Hiram owers, g Que of the best of thomodels for the Sumner statue in, Boston, perbaps the very besty 13 by Thomas Bail Millmore's is yaid Rot to be up to bia re;utation. ] » It is eaid that Mr. Rogers, the author of the Rogers grougs, bas succesded, with the assist- anceof Erof. Joy, of Columbia College. in produc- 1ug 8 satisfactory artificial stone for statuettes, Hide and Scek ” has.been cast i the ney material, which is not unlike marble. The Atiannc for September roviews the some- what heaced discnsaion_between William Hunl and Mr. Moore. and ihejr respective adherents, over the comparstive qualit:es of the Venetiag ‘and thé moderu+Freuch achodls of painting, ag exempliied by the picturesof Paul Veronese, Corot, alllgt, etc., in' the Quincy Shaw exhibie tion. According to the report Iately published of the Commusgivners of the Barlin mussums, tha Ber- lin gallery alone bas been euriched daring the past three sears Dy tha addision of 220 picturcs, 73 works of scalpture, 12,353 eogravings and drawings, 20,800 comns and metals, 50 Egvptian antiquities, and other additiona wn various da- partments. makingin the whole a total of 44,357 works 1n throe years. At a recent sale of paintings at the anction rooms of Christis & Co., in London, Turger's great picture of * The Grand Canal,” for which the arust received $1,500, was sold for 335,750, the largest price ever paid for a painting in an auction room. _Among the works by old mas- ters J. aod A. Botl's ** Abraham with Hagar and Ishmael,” sold for $23,625; and a **Pastoral Bcene,” by Adriasn Van degVelde, for §22,575. i HORACE GREZLET, - Sigoor Thowmas Gasliardi, the assailant of Ms, Larkin Meade's roputation, bas made a design for an exteorive monument to Horace Greeley, to be erected in Central Park. New York, which it is safe to say will never bo cairied ont. The Cincionati Commercial. thus describes the cen- tral figure, the statuo of the eminent journalist: Jmagive s dapper-looking gentleman, in a neatly- fittiog Trock coat, vest, aud pantaloons, sn immaculate shirt front, Tevealing in its centre what we should take to represent o large solitaire as larye as that which sparkles in the breast of Jobn Morrissey, with one band holding the partly unfoided Tribune, and the other restiog on a support beneath which 13 the Amer- ican eagle with wings siightly extended. Tho mpare body is ulightly inclined forward fn a gracoful att- tude a3 if about to address an andience, Tho features are classically regular, the head oval and well develop- ed behind the cars. The nose is acquiline with a regu- Iarly curved nostril. ‘The Iips are arched according to the conventional modei of & handsome mouth, and the chin decidedly pronounced, and with a dioiple ! Surmount such a regularly coriatructed head with hair inclined to curt, nestly parted and combed back over the ears, with & forelock not uulike that wbich adorns the front of Senator Conkling, and further ornament- ed with ‘side-whiskers s la English, and tho whole face given a contemglitive or meditative look, and you Dave, 35 near as we can describe it, an Italian artit's ideal of Horace Greetey. ) a VAISL. At just about the time that the Committas of the Exposition were hanging a little pictare of Vauni Wedoesday night, the artist was commut- tiog saicide in 2 strasge manner in New York He was called npon at & picnio given upon su island in the Sound to mage s recitation in imi- wtion of R:stor, which he did,-and, at the end, exclaiming in Italisn, * God, who judges all things, he juage of this act.” shat himself in the temple with a pistol and fell forward. Tt was at firat supposed to bo a part of thddcting, and the hearers appl#ided, but he was found to ba mortally wonnded and died in half aa hour. No reason 18 given for the deed, His pictures are very well known. THE STOCKING-BASKET. Goefly thron'd in her cushion'd chatr, A Mother reclin’d fro toil and care, Except the darning of a stocking, And her chajry perpetual rocking. 1 thought I had sumewhege seen [t atylod The pligue of life, such n basket piled With tiresome, everlasting stitching, With work 50 very unbewstching. And as sho broke the thread asunder, Weaving in and out, over and under, 1 wished the rents in human life Could be mended with as liztla strife. 8he took in her hand a tiny thing, striped with a white and scaclet ring, And amiled a5 she thought of the silken hate And laughing eyes of her darlng faie; Of the rosy lips and dainty hands, The pleading cries and the Joud demands, She aighed aa she thought of the warld untrisd, ‘And up and down her needle plied. Ble kmew it said, Oh ] blessed are such! And strok'd her work with a tender louch, Boftly folded and lid it away, As tie hittle feet in slumber iay. But on tho next s tear-drop lingers; The Mother weought with trembling fingers, And sadly bowed with an anxious face, ‘Appealing On 1l1gh for strength and grace To guide the stepa of her wayward son, To bless and protect her erring ane, Nor suffer the wand'ring feet to roam Forth from the love of his earls bome; To shield him from the glittering net Tns tewpter witn costly jewels had ses; To save bim from the 5 bowl. Aud all the dangers that sear the soul. Iy n . A om the'third her Ioks wors bent, The face wore a smile of aweet content, . For the fair-haired girl whoso gentle wiye Were extolled by all with voice of praisaz For her the sunshine ever glowed, ‘And from her lips rare music flowed ; With graceful carriage and modest mien, She movad through life like a far young quesn. The Mother said, with a fervent prayer, sy Hoaven ehicld her from barm and cars, From cruel want, and the stings that smart, From the braises of a blighted heart. The next were for thoss whose fest had trod For many summers the earth's green sod, And ths storms of many wintars felt, In joys had smiled. and in sorrows kuels. No cioud s0 dark, but the glimmering bus ‘Of the sunrise ever struggied throagh ; . @ Xo gloom 3o deep, faiih could not brightang No toil 8o hard, love conld not lighten. The last for one wha was passing down To ber narrow home with & silver crown Of wondrous lustre, that seem’d to shed Alight of glory ‘round her head. Peacefully sinking 1o the quist rest Awalting those of the truly biest, For her she plead the right to share All tender aid and watchful caze, * And thus the stockings all were monded 3 TWith each stitch » thought was blended ; With evry thread for futurs wear, ‘The weaving-in of a silent prayer. ‘RIVERSIDE. WOMAN’S RIGHTS. The rights of Womsn! What sre thay? The right her husband to abey ; The right to show forth, ail ber life, ‘How proud sha is to be s wite. The right to know how eggs are boilad § o wee b wEiatbunls are 2ot 80U6d; To know the state of every button, Ana how to cook 3 leg of muttou. The Hght to keen his houss well £d, And siways do as be should bxd; For Man's the head of all creation,— Tomar, 5 mere contintation. + The right 1o hava s Maz for brother, Or be the coustn to anothers The right—sh ! grasp the thought whe os— . Tobeths of a Man, Their rights whom men have never Are'scarcely worth a passing thought; ¥For they bave long Leen known to be A vory strange anomaly. NERW % . : THE FLOWER YOU GAVE H®E. ‘The flower you gave me is withered and desd, Ita beauty is vanished, and yet o I would not take silver or gold in tts staad, For, Lady, I cangot forget, ¥ cannot forgel the fair treases am1q Those mlky meshes, it tay ; T cannot forget the white hand that ‘The blossom and gave it awsy. ‘Then, though it {a faded, its beanty s A':& lost from its heart the bright dvr' I would not tske silver or gold iu its stead, *Tis dear, for "twas given by you. " CranLzs Noxux dxidony, : POPPING THE QUESTION. H youlove me, tellms sa ;. T have read i in your oy T have beard it in your mgl But my womsa's heart re 1f s0u love me, tell me 801 Bhould I give you Yes, or No? Nay, a girl may not confezs 5 ‘That her answer would be * Yeg ® ‘To such questioning, unless Hbs who loves her teils her o, & 1f you lave'ms, teTl ms 8o | Lave gives to watch and st} . € Tt gives for any fate; 5 PQOT, TDKNOWD 0T gratyme u:onlm-:',hnmul B