Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1890, Page 8

WHITE HOUSE ANNEX. The President’s Household at Ores- son Springs. ART IN THE MIDST OF NATURE Exquisitely Furuished Quarters ‘Warmed by Cheerful Log Fires, in Which the Administration Revele— - Curd Room Put to a Nevel Purpove, --_—_— RESSON is now the autamn annex of ithe Executive Mansion, and here it is that the President is enjoying his vaca- tion, only giving what time is abso- lutely necessary to the consideration of official matters. The following description and illustrations of the President's cottage are from the York Herald: Aésy and festive air permeates the place. ‘The stars and stripes wave patriotically from the Mountain House cupola and the railroad station and trail gracefuily over tho entrance to the officil cottage. The bands play ‘Hail to the Chief,” the small bors “hurrah for Har- vison,” and all goes merry as a marriago bell. New interest has entered into the life at the Mountain House since the arrival of the Presi- dent's family. An sir of eager anticipation is @istinetly observable three times a day at the approach of meai hours. QUITE EXOLIsT. ‘The great English hall, with its roaring oak fire and high mante! jam, is always crowded at these times with ladies who, though pretend- ing to be chilly as they linger by the crackling logs, are in reality on the qui vive for a look at the presidential party. If perchance they have been favored with an introduction a picasant nod and smile from Mrs, Harrison or Mrs. McKee are sure to reward them for being Inte im the dining room. Very frequently the offi- @ial ladies stop to enjoy the fire in the social hall when they come in from an carly morning walk from the cottage. When it was decided that although oecupying a cot! selves the President's family woul re to them- take their meals st the Mountain House, steps were im- mediately taken to make ready s private apartment suitable for the dignity of the occu- ite, mat first Mr. Dunham was quite at. his wits’ end to know just which room to remodel. It was finally decided that the card room must $0, as this was most convenient for the ladies ‘and easy of access from the main dining room. In a twinkling the card tables were banished ‘and replaced by s heavy antique oak table of emple proportions, for, as one old mountaincer aid upon seeing the presidential party arrive: “They are a purty big family.” A sideboard, side table and chairs of elegant @esign and workmanship were sent ap from Philadelphia, completing all requirements. The table is always artistically ornamented with delicate mountain ferns and handsome orchids. waiter, who is the envied of all his com- panions here, expends all his inventive powers and original designs for the center decorations. ORNATE, THE PRESIDENTS COTTAGE. ” Nestled in a grove of besutifal ash and oak frees the President's cottage is most charmingly situated within a few hundred yards of the Mountain House. Itstands on the brow ot little hill which overlooks Crystal spring. Timpid pool of water which is said to be ‘the fountain of youth and beauty.” The cottage, whieh is of Gothic architecture, is painted a ehrome yellow. with rich red trimmings, the shin- gled roof being of the same warm tone. fcrming 8 pleasing contrast with green foliage. As be seen in the picture a steep flight of steps gecends from the lawn to the veranda, which is furnished as an outdoor parlor with easy chairs. @ivans and hammocks. A tall Japanese screen an esthetic touch, while awnings of striped canvas give protection from the curious eye. ith double yy the piazz ‘doors the recep’ THE RECEPTION ROOM. ‘The heavy furniture. including the upright piano, cabinet and table, is cf white ash highly polished and most beautifully finished. The divan, tion and easy chairs are of wicker enameled in white and gold, with cushions of various colored plush; one of art blue, one of crimson and another of Nile n contrast ively with the furniture, while across the divan a Roman robe in blue snd gold is thrown artistically. The ba ‘ished floor is covered in the cen- ter with s Turkish rug. In the open fire pl great mountain ferns and tall brown cattails are heaped in artistic confusion. A scarf of striped Madras is gracefully bung from the mantel shelf. A spread umbrella lamp, with pale yellow shade and filigree iron frame. stands just in front of the door opposite the za, whieh is partly draved with « Mexican jlanket, only half concealing the vista of hall beyond. Innumerable objects of vertu add an indefinable air of refinement and beauty, which called forth expressions of pleased surprise from Mrs. Harrison upon first entering it. At the rear of this hight wsthetic apartment, to the right and left of the hull which divides them. two bed rooms, These were pre- pared for the President and Mrs. Harrison, re- spectively. ‘The one to the right, s symphony in pink, is the one selected by Mra. Harrison, where the dreams of the first lady must be couleur de rose. The walls are rose colored; the leading shades in the Turkish art square are pink, ‘The dainty brass be is canopied and draped with white lace over rose satin, while the deep bow window is bung with shoer dotted muslin tied with rose ribbons, and the sashes are screened with drawn India silk in the same delicate shade. The President's room ite is equally Sos Pogo wv ry pa white an: rugs, hangings per.es harmonious tones, | he f r i 3 7 i i | £ i £ t cape eabnveaeiceeieitensoeaesnescmanmesenennsodsens eocrarmmmarsscateneeapraoeneeena eines ieeieoetatilthealeireiteseslansetnarceeteseciteesenieasienstomerntdeesmenseaageeoshoeetetaeesneepetaiiriasenpes aressedanapeanmnanssaenadaantiiamasanananaaaladammmedesee maaateneieean manda mmctmertimmseesamainiadiman ae ae pra tend nt lanl ad Ah ae nn eaten ai etn tad PI ae THE EVENING ee : * STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, asa finish. The floor is bare and highly polished, the center being covered with an art blue Turkish rag. The furniture is all of natural mahogany with cushions of contrasting plush. A tall brass lamp with pink umbrella shade is effectively placed on the reader's table. A large square window with the upper sash of stained glass Jets in the sunshine, while oppo- site the open fireplace sends ont a cheery glow from the crackling oak logs these cool after- noons and evenings, The bath room and two bed rooms, besides the servants’ apartments, are upstairs. A dress- ing room with hot and cold water adjoins each of the first-floor bed rooms.while the entire cottage is, thanks to the wsthetic taste of Mr. Geo. W. Boyd of the Pennsylvania railroad, a marvel of beauty and comfort, Still there ie nc more interesting pert of the establishment than the children’s corner. ‘This consists of three small rooms at the rear of the house on the ground floor, each com- pletely fitted up with miniature furniture. In the first room there is a tiny bed, dressing case, chairs and table, and everything else necessary for its little mistress’ pleasure. THE MINIATURE PRESIDENT's stUpY. Opening into this attractive apartmont is “Baby McKee's study,” with its ofticial-looking ash desk, with rolling top and every appoint- ment, A Swiss clock hangs on tho wall, from which a cuckoo calle the hours, i Separated from these rooms by a narrow hall ig the kitchen of thie veritable “doli’s house.” Here wo find # tiny range built in the wail, with real chimney, in which a genuine fire may be built for cooking purposes, A sink. with hot and cold water, js attached, just as in my lady's kitchen, Heigh, ho! whata gay time Mary Lodge has presiding over hi littie quarters, while Baby MeKeo playa President to his heart's con- tent in bis cozy sanctum, ‘The toddlers found this unique corner the evening they arrived, and whata chattering time they did have over it! Littie Marthena Harrison was there too, and ail three of the children were in » high state of expectuncy over the discovery. Mary Lodge no sooner saw the comfortable little cradle than, like golden hair of old, she climbed into it and found it ‘just right,” but Marthena wanted to rock too, so she climbed in, while Baby McKee, finding he was too big a boy for that, put the two little girls to flight. He then investigated the mysteries of the Stove’s construction to the cost of his dainty white frock. It was a hay nook for the idea, that of furnishing this hite House children, and one which they fully appreciate. The rear view of the executive cottage shows the unique httle balcony which goes out from the second-story hall and which, with its drawn curtains and easy chairs, looks like an opera box—and so it is, commanding, as it does, a fine view of the seenic effects about Cresson Springs, This is — to become a favorite haunt of the Presi- ent. From this little portico n good view of Mr. Andrew Carnegie’s cottage muy be had. OTHER GuEsTs, The Carnegie cottage is an unassuming struct- Ure, containing every comfort and Iuxury de- sirable ina summer home. For many years Mr. and Mrs. Carnegic, nee Miss Whitney of New York, have passed « portion of the season here, adding much to the social gayeties by their clegant hospitality. This summer they are at their castle in Scotland und the cottage is occupied by Mrs. Carnegie’s brother, who is here with his famil Just back of the President's cottage and ad- fomning Carnegie’sis the summer residence of ir. B. F. Jones, chairman of the national ro- Jablican committee that nominated Mr. Blaine for President. Mr. Jones is warm personal friend of Secretary Blaine, at whose soiicitation he accepted the chairmanship of the committee. Mr. Jones’ cottage is quite the most proten- tious one at Cresson. It is Jargely built of gray sand stone. Its turrets and arches make it a very imposing building. Mr. and Mrs. Jones ealied on Mrs, Harrison one afternoon thii week and will soon exterd the presidential family their lavish hospitality. Many wealthy Pittsburg fumilies have cot- tages. There is one very noticoable character- istic of cottage life at Cresson—that ix, no one has any use for a chef, as, without exception, ‘all who come to Cresson take their meals at the Mountain House. The Mountain Honse accommodates eight bundred guests and all the season it has had it greatest capacity put to the test. .t stunds i ark of = beauty, where fountai: Sewer beds an beautifully kept walks «elig! the eye of the beholder. There the President's family walk every day beneath the giant shade trees which are just beginning to change color, here and there a maple of gorgeous crimson, another a brilliant c low, in vivid contrast with the still verdant oaks. Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. McKee and Mra. Russell Harrison attend the children’s hops nearly every evening, and on several occa: is Baby McKee, with Mary Lodge and Cousin Marthena, has tripped the light fantastic toe, to the great pleasure of the guests at the Mountain House. Gen. James A. Ekin, who was Presiden’ Harrison's commanding officer early in the war, enjoys pleasant relations with the family. . and Mrs. George W. Boyd of Philadel- hia, who are intimate personal friends of the jarrisons, are still at Cresson, where they are the center of a large circle of the most cxclu- sive set. —se0—____ ‘Webster’s Moral Character. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. We are sorry that George Ticknor Curtis has felt called upon to defend his friend, ie Webster, from the charges of drunkenness and unchastity, but since he has done so we are pleased that it isin sucha manner as to con- vince every one but such ignominious icono- clasts as deny any virtue ina public man and delight to defile the images of the gods, That Daniel Webster had his faults is not denied; that he had fewer of them than the average public man of his own time or the Present day iv affirmed by Mr. Curtis. The ebarge of drunkenness is easily disproved, Mr. Webster lived after the manner of men of his day, but to call bim a drunkard is on a par with the charge that Lincoln was a buffoon. Mr. Webster never could have maintained his rank of facile princeps as » lawyer, orator and statesman for so many decades if he had pros- tituted himself to drink, as bas been so often charged. The accusation answers itself. ‘The most interesting part of Mr. Curtis’ de- fense is where he tells of Mr. Webster's love of purity and hiv abhorrence of vulgarity and ob- scene talk, leading him on one occasion to ab- ruptly leave # dinner party because of an indecent story. A mau of such character is proof against charges of unchastity. One can- not defi-e the boly without similarly affecting the mind, and when the latter is found pure there is co reason to seck further proof of rectitude, which, however, in Mr. Webster's case is abundant, Daniel Webster is one of the pricoless names of this nation, His genius transcended that of any other American. He has left us a heritage that is inexhaustible. No great man was ever free from the shafts of calumny, The price of success is vituperation from the unsuccessful, the envious and the malevolent. Webster needs no defense avy more than Washington, Lin- coln or Grant, but if any is wanted it is easily attainable. The Young Lawyer’s Views on “‘Puffs.”” From Texas Siftings Not long since I heppenod to meet a young man who bad just been admitted to the bar, and he called attention to the fact by saying: “Well, I've got my shingle out.” “Glad to hear it; wish you every success,” I replied, and passed on, That afternoon the yor man came into my sanctum. ‘Look here,” said he, “it occurred to me that you might think I spoke to you of my admission to the bar with the desire that ye ould mention it in your ‘Oh, no; I had ur modesty about such things,” “Well,” he said, “I was afraid you might, and I thought I would just run up and ask you Rot to say —— about I pledged myself not to say a word. “Because,” be added, “I think it very bad form to be eternally button holing some news- paper man to gets paff out of him. Don't 0 you Laid I quite agreed with him. “Although, I suppose," he continued, medi- doesn't doa mm CI tame before the Public ovcasion- Especially a young professional man,” I nm” ally. “Well, that's 0," he admitted, “It is pretty bees pamiog ob Gast fore seas eezers but good deal about him in one he another, aoa peet ence baad thing sar 1 and told him so. = ———_— ‘ SEPTEMBER 13, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES, are much at fnnit.. A bor is e: ww GOVERNMENT CLERKS. TRE E-KILY be WOMAN AS AN ARTIST Soguire on sduseions 8 git monpected te am = ee ee — _ a it hap ma te he) ape A Washington Institution That is an| Brother Consider Smith on Trial for | Characteristics fenien' Ly inting, a rl parents ‘cae cite ~ 3 thie ai Amazement to the Foreigner. Mis Life. " * aes looked upon as an acco! me! she de- x enee ene Five Recognized Authorities Talk} veions into s vory pemablo amateur. It the | JRgX,* Weshington ball room tast gotson | Prom the Detroit Five Pro Beauty to a result of girl’s parents are poor she must be expecte earn something toward her own support w! learning her art. All this hinders her About Her Future ia Art. NONEED OF GOING TO EUROPE | *™eator- EUROPE NOT NEEDED. American Schools ax Good as Any—She Can Do as Well as Men and Get Guod Prices for Her Labor—Fame and For- you.ask? Because there are good schools hi Let a girt gt thoroughly grounded in her here and'then go to France or Germany to makes it impossible for her to get a thorough The {idea of going to Europe to study is a wrong oue nine times out of ten. Why, do were conversing three people—the Baron [De——, newly attaehed to s foreign legation, a young department clerk and a clever girl ftom Boston, “And then,” said the girl, “there are the people in the departments here. They are a pretty large part of the population, aren't they?” “Oh, ze departments?” said the baron, “I have heard zat zey are ze houses of alens for No sooner had the members begun to put in an appearance at Paradise Hall than an out- sider would have caught on to the fact that something of grave importance was on the carpet, Eider Toots walked about with his hands crossed under his coat tails and his face a blank. Judge Discovery Smith busied himself looking over « lot of legal docu- ments, and Shindig Watkina, Eight-Hour Johnson, Remember Taylor and Samuel d to hile and ere, art ee the ‘ tane Within Reach of All. the beautiful works of art: but if she study | 2¢ Paupers, hein’ Sie conversed together tn tow tones ent there from the beginning she is apt to lose her | “And I have heard,” said the clerk promptly, | *hook their heads in a grave and sorrowful —— originality and to hbocome apy @ copyist of | “that the foreign logations here are the places soe Giveadam Jones generally upsets “ @ master sho prefers, ro there is no par-| of ref, i i the stove, knocks down the » breaks a {Copyriauted.] Wontar aeleat Er send tare idee srcon a0 of refuge for the impoverished roputations of pipe. Written for THe SVENTNG Stan. HIS is wom golden opportunity. Never before in her history has she had sO many avenues open to her. She is no longer dependent upon the sterner sex. She isa bread winner herself, She bns invaded every branch of manual work, and to her credit be it said she has proved herself painstaking anda hard worker. Now, it would seem that she has gone in for art not because she wants to while away an idle hour, but because sae wants to carn her living by painting. Five distinguished artists have given me their opinion on her chances of success, They are Messrs, Chase, Smillie, De Haas, Kenyon Cox and Siddons Mowbray, They speak unreservedly, and what they say may well be heeded. All agrce that women should and do make as good painters as men when they settle down to work, There 1s fame and fortune for them, too, and anever-widening field of usefulness. One feature that all of these gentlemen make clear and dwell upon is that it is no longer necessary for women to go nbroad to study. Our own schools are just as good as those in Europe. ‘Those who can afford to will of course be benefited, but a journey to Europe is not necessary. Another important point brought out is that women are now doing as strong work as men, as it is almost impossible to tell whether a man's or a woman's hand has held the brush, WILLIAM M. CHASE'S VIEWS, “What woman can do inart and what there is for her in it as a profession is now being tested for the first time,” said Mr. William M. Chase, the artist, to me the other day. Mr. Chase, in addition to painting beautifal pictures, finds time to give instruction to classes at the Art League. He is known to everybody as a great artist, and this school he considers the best in the country, Here the young woman has an opportunity to show her capubilities as an ar- tist, and from her Mr. Chase declares that ho expects great things inthe fature. ‘Lhe matter has never before een thoroughly tested, and now that a course is open for her she must work. The pretty little pansy ina gold frame hanging in one corner of the academy is a thing of the past. It is serious work now, “Of course, as in everything else, she must be absolutely thorough,” said Mr. Chase. “One great drawback with ‘women is their super- sensitiveness. They fear they won't reach their goal and often become unnecessarily dis- couraged. “Ihave hadagreat many lady pnpils and have been much picased with their progress; for instance, Rosina Emmett. now Mrs, Sher- wood, Miss Dora Wheeler and Miss Hecker have made very wnecessful records for themselves as artists and have shown what women can do with the paint brush. In France school of painting as yet, you know. Now, my idea in regard toa course of retty ings of the art world are pleasant, but if well in this country. Most young women want to paint figu Now flower painting is to me a dcligh marine painting. o think lightly flower pninting. this line, but no very good results, simply el I think designing is an excellent thing & woman to | @ work that is more province than a etchors, and everybody wold etchings becau: were the fashio until etchings area drug in the market their value, KENYON cox, oughly, that while they take up the art more qui than men they have not the perseverance ti us far, they are here and there is also a fine art school. Bonheur stand: fession, but had » would have achieved any great renown; brother Anguste I consider quite painter, yet what 1s bi ing L consider rather a lucrative branch of the head of her by this monns; Mixs Barber, who illustrates i has been very successful. single illustration, There is something have nothing to do in this line, should think a girl who has a taste for study abroad is that a young woman may paint pictures, but they won't be her own. ‘hey will be her master’s. Of course it is very delizhtful being abroad, as all the surround- ® question of study one can do that quite ae study, although, as you know, my specialty is Bus women are very apt to Any one, they think, can painta daisy or sunflower. For this reason we see much amateur work im cause flower painting is considered so easy that any one can do it, while in reality to paint io is just as diffizult as to paint anything an’s, as she has better taste. Some women have succeeded admirably as There is Mrs. Moran, for instance, who excels in this line. The demand tor etch- ings, however, depends upon the fashion of the hour—a year or so ago everybody etched ut thie has been overdone one can buy them now for almost nothing. Thero are, of course, etchings that always keep one of the instrnctors of the Art League School, thinks that if women wish to accomplish any- thing as artists they must work more thor- His experience in teaching has been Schools in Europe are not as good as generally ‘8 young woman must study alone under a master, who leaves her very much to her own devices. The Julein at Paris isa good school and in Copenhagen There have been very few women artists; been aman she never 98 good a reputation? Illustrat- art, and some women make a vory good living for illnstrations vary from fifteen to twenty-five or a hundred dollars; the latter, I think, is the highest price ever paid for s carious about this work, however; sometimes I have more orders thanIcan fill and again I Pastels at prosent are the fashion and I or- traiture, 28 well as talont, might ‘make s ery European diplomats,” The girl from Boston was equal to the oc- casion and prevented the hot’ retort on the baron’s lipe. “Ah,” she said, “I am so glad. for I'm o philanthropist, you know, and I adore poverty— of all kinds,” Half the men in the room nnd several of the women were department clerks. The elegant elderly gentleman who was assid- uously feeding the pretty daughter of s “Chi- cago Cresus rejoiced im the possession of a $1,400 clerkship in our department, the howl- ing swell, vho was lazily altowing himself to be amused by a sweet rosebud debutante, was the chief of a division in another department, the group of young exquisites, who were mak- ing the life of the party, were all clerka, Sov- eral of the women, who were receiving the most court, foliowed the same calling. “Ah,” said the baron, after havi more of the people in the room, ment ciarks—zey are Washingto: He was entirely right, Who are the princi- pal buyers in the shops? Who are the chief |e er eg of the theaters? Who form the ulk of the renters of houses? Who are most of tbe readers of Tux Stan? Who fill t churches? Who crowd the bars? Who mi up tho rank and file of “society?” Who are the members of the clubs? Go calling before 4 o'clock; go toa bar room before that hour; sit in the club at 3:30. You will find yourself almost alone. Nothing goes on in a social way till the departments have emptiod themselves, Auy attempt to classify these clerks is absurd, They come from ~yerywhere in America, from almost everywhere on earth. There are Poles and Russians and Americans among them. Some are Califorians, some Floridians, some Yankees, come Michiganders. They are rich and poor—from the clerk whose carriage calls for him (precious few of these are there, but still some) to the poor fellow alpaca coat tar into the fall an coat far into the spring. Some are rakish bachelors, who spend their mb: in forbidden pleasures, others are the fathers of large and struggling families; some are wpendthrifts, al- ways in debt, and generally in the clutches of the money lenders; others are thrifty and own property; some are not yet out of their teens, others totter upon the verge of the grave. When 4 o'clock comes this strange assemblage completely disintegtates; their eall- ing Gis them nothing in common after ot- fice hours, Did it ever oceur to any one how curiously the selfishness of men manifests itself? A man- of-war goes ona cruise for three years, Dur- ing that time the officers are literally cooped up together and see practically no one but each other. That ship goes out of commission say at Sun Francisco and the officers are ordered east. Yet those of the officers who make the long journey across the plains together fre- pane of glass or smashes a lamp in his exuberance of spirits, but on this occasion he eutered the hall very softly and put in his time reading a novel, entitled “The Bloody Big Toe of the Dark Heel Kavine.” fe was only when the meeting had been for- mally opencd that an explanation of the mys- tery was had. Lrother Gardner looked sad, but full of business, as he mouutod to his sta- tion, and when the wheels had been properly greased he said: ~Gem'len, we hasn't met heah dis cavenin’ to listen to an essay or lecktur’ by some famous man. We hasn't met to do biznes consarnin’ de welfar’ of de world in gineral an’ de United States ix partickler. De occasion 1s one full of wdness. Not dat we hev lost a brudder by de band of de grim destroyer, but dat we mus’ put a livin’ brudder on triaf far his life. De facts am pobably known to all of you. De commit- vee on internal harmony has sartin charges to prefer agin Bradder Consider Smith, an’ he will be ‘lowed # chance to prove hisself inno- cent.” The above named committee, through its chairman, Col. Gluecose Green, then read the following charges: 1, Having spoken of Brother Gardner as charlatan. 2. Renting a box at the post office. 8. Going inand out various banks without auy other errand than to make people believe he is a depositor, 4 Claiming to strangers who visit Paradise Hall that he runs things there. 5, Borrowing money of members of the club and neglecting to repay the same, 6. Alleging that Brother Gardner was cutting his cloth to secure the next presidency. 7. Advising various members to split off from the old club and form a new one, the constitu- tion of which should provide for # banquet at every meeting. 8. Declaring his belief that all fowls were common property. “Is de accused ready for trial?" asked the of the charges was art itis res, tal be- for her hey and ickly 10 gO sident as the ed. “He ar’,” replied Brother Smith as he stepped forward. Yin! well, We will now take up charge No. 1. How do you plead?" “Guilty, sah, but guilty bekase I didn't know whet ‘charlatan’ meant when I used de word. I heard one white lawyer call anodder by dat name, an'I s’posed it meant dat he knowed about all dere was to know. 1 dun used it to compliment you, sah.” “Um! It may be possible. I'll decide it dat way, but let dis be » warnin’ to you "bout usin’ ballets too big to fit de bere of de gun. Charge No. 2." “Not guilty, sah, I nebber bad no box at we pos’ office. 1 was jess makin’ believe I “Oh! Wall, de charge can't stand, but it will be de giniral opinyan of dis club dat you has made a fool of yourself. Charge No. 3.” “T'ze done guilty, sah, but I'ze sorry fur it.” ‘os pro- her the tor The pre- n can ¢ h - i “Sorry fur it—yos! Brudder Smith, when a there is Miss Bertha Morsot, who is quite a | good living at pastel portrait painting. The | ently do so by accident, The cruise being 4 famous painter, and a young’ Philadelphian, | prices paid for a portrait are nct bigh, “bat the ch elcome pron ag +r Lariat paling agar nage, eae} Miss Mary Cassett, has done some good work. | work is more quickly accomplished than paint- | Whether they see one another again, It is the | por! amp pak > What Yes, there is a long list, from Rosa Bonheur to | ing in oils, same way with government clerks. Tw | cocked on his ear what is de inference? a Elizabeth Gardner, who have shown that iia nt saiebioub aoeaeky aes suaY work nite by ibe evecr Maviyeer tal) rep awine seakpect, din ne to figger N and year outand each not know where the | it out? You'se Tens geese eae Payee iad oe studied in Bonnat's atelior and is the instractor | other lives, or even, sometimes, whether he is | # false show to deceive de public, an’ you kin Marie Basbkirtseff. in drawing and painting from life at the A PROFESSION NOT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT. “At present, however, the successful woman artist isthe exception—and for this reason, that painting is too often taken up as an ac- complishment and not as a profession—but the field should be open for women and the ques- tion never raised whether a pairfting is by a man ora woman; the character of the work should alone be the important issue. To en- courage woman in this ficld prizes have been offered of late at thoacademy. Among the suc- cessful competitors at different times bave been Mrs. Condie Lamb and Mrs. Jewell. The idea ia to Dring out the best possible ideas of women in this direction. seldom assist my pupils; they must do their own work, so that when they leave me they | to devote to studv, of course, depends may be independent. In one of my classes at] moasure upon the pupil. We take all the Art League the pris are doing very strong work; I woul iefy any one to tell whether the work was by a man or a woman. Whether women can make a fairly good living as artiste I do not know. There is no reason, it seems to me, why they should not doso, In regard to ‘educ they can leara better here than any other place that I know of, al- though [should advise a girl to go abroad after sh country. WHAT MR. GEORGE H. SMILLIE THINKS. bi “Painting is not a good business for any one | Pay the from s pecuniary standpoint,” Mr. George H. saya that there are too going into pictorial art. That is all very it. encouragement to the study of painting drawing unless & girl has marke talent. hoping to get into the life class. muny of them will be ierga dl jnead “Most of the pupils in his classes at the League and the four years in constant study. She cannot the life class, and one by one they must dropped out if they show lack of talent or plication. come from illustrating for the papers taken s thorough course in this | and naturally they occupy t! clusion of others of i field to the woman.” turally requires somethin; for her to enter a field already filled with men, who are physically make the fight for a living, although I think that women are well adapted by their natural good taste and instinct for color for the profes- sion ofartists. There are few women markedly ifted; when they possess extraordinary talent | woman, who has a taste for art, will study, itisa different thing—with tke rage of So it will be seen that the fleld is wide talent there is too much competition. As the harvest is the branches of the art which offer the most} must work, work, Work, unceasingly. remuneration I should advise practical design- | the only way to success. ing. There isa large field for designers for | sister! w per, carpets and book covers, aud textile fabrics are al in demand and pretty well paid for, The potteries, too, have at different times offered a prize, just how much I do not remember, for an improved pustal card, so you see this field isa broad one and widening all the time. “I think, rule, the woman who seeks for an immediate return for her years of study must turn to teaching. Here she can earn from six to twelve hundred dollars a year, if she makes a connection with a school,” I am surprised at the number of women who make a living in this way. Many come to me during their vacations to brush up and keep them- selves fresh, and my busiest times, as far ag teaching is concerned, are during the Christmas and summer holidays. Teaching seems to be the best outlet, as it offers fairly good and reliable salary. “In regard to portraiture, it is the last round of the ladder and the young woman who has developed a talent in’ this direction is near realizing substantial returns for her work, for there is no more remunerative branch of the art, in my opinion. ‘here are few good por- trait painters, butalways a greater demand for them than for ideal work. ART EDUCATION. “Concerning an art education all the requisites of one cau be obtained in this country. Thore are many good schools and men directing them who were educated abroad and who bring to bear all the methods of the European schools, Of course it is beralizing and broadening for one to go to Italy or France, but it is not go essential as it was fifteen years ago. For now we havo the metropolitan schools, where they have a corps of instructors in technical design, for the study of the cast and figures, There aro the Academy of Design and the Art League. ‘The latter is an offshoot of the academy, some of its members being teachers, Cooper Union is a very good schoo); then there are a number of private enterprises that have more or less excellent qualities, A very liberal education can _—— best ce sate in this samaar is a sort of a pol process, going al where one puts on the touches. A few years ago s residence in some of the art cities of Europe was quite essential end much the fashion, but that has died out, both as a this very want of the ideal faculty. Go in and win, Ii From Puck. THE IXDISCREET DU ‘wno's & QUACK?” fashion and as a necessity, Know? ot Dams ican, marie bonetan ttn ‘and ari ‘are iw wi pro este lp soem, Bn-| B—Tako the hair of « Hindo8, once ine while, in literature, you find's man mew ct & easly who is able to develop » high grade of talent The mouth of the English, out of the western wilds, but he is obliged to ‘The complexion of a German, come to civilization to make it bear fruit, Un- ‘Tho height of a Norwegian, Jess a gir) has an extraordinry amount of talent ‘Tho feet of & Chinese woman, she must spend much time in the schools, Ido bs not know of any artigs who has schieved any Tho tooth of an African, reputation without # long course of study, srrien ot s Belge, ting is one of those professions where Fee oe of ond few fortunes are made either by men or beeps ode 5 because in this country home art has rer on’ ofa ‘woman, not been patronized liberally, while mil- you have an American beauty. pan Eph ad cxpended m basiog foreign Toe Royal Hise Ling ‘ot enn st cmeaeen, ia not simply a train of handsomely De Haas, the painter of marine views, thinks there is just as much in art for women ag for men. The place they reach depends upon i Hl Leaugue and the Metropolitan Museum School, Speaking trom his experience as a teacher he many women if they do not expect to make their living b: fe thinks it is a mistake to offer too muc the Art League there are nearly eighty pupils le fears etropolitan hope to make their living by their art. If a girl wishes to fit herself thoroughly she must spend three or a doso of art in six months; the length of time students upon the supposition that they are to become full-fledged artists, The test comes in “The quickest results from a pecuniary view magazines; yet here isthe drawback, that all our best artists are now willing to illustrate, experience. The magazines, however, are very fair and always price for the best work, whether by d more than Smillie, the artist, declares, ‘Nor is it well | the ability to draw and paint well to illustrate; one must also possess that rare gift—imagina- ‘onger and better able to| tion. Often very clever pupils—those who do really strong work—fail as illustrators from Practical designing is going to prove a lucra- tive profession and one which the wise young ‘omising, but the laborers It is Foster Coarzs. Art | married, Curious friendships sometimes epring up— strange, incongruous, inexplicable friendships, Von—— with ferocious burly beard and mild blue eyes, suspected of mibilistic tendencies and said to be a political refugee, may be seen any day or night with that dapper little trifler young S—,and a real affection existe be- tween the two and when old Von—— falls ill, this youngster nurses him and tends him as though he was his brother. Or more fre- quently, a friendship is founded upon com- munity of tastes, as when two clerki together, graduate together and ign at the same time and become partners. here 18 the sociologist who wiil study the government clerk and tell us scientifically about him? He must Lorrow the title of Besant & Kice’s book when he docs and entitle his ‘treatise ‘All Sorts and Conditions of Men.” cei wit: steer A LONDON FOG, One of the Peculiarities of the Metrop- olis Described at Last. A.W. Bellaw in Drake's Magazine. It was the first real London fog we had seen. As London is a large city, of course, it can afford to havo good-sized fogs, It was so dark we did not got up till 11 o'clock. The fog was then very dense—and fail of dents—where you would poke your head out of the window to see what was the matter. Children below us were making fog-men, put him down fura bad, bad man. You stand convicted of de charge. Charge No. 4.” “Ize nebber dun claimed to run Paradise Hall, sah, I’ze showed visitors around an’ I'ze explained things, but I'ze allus been keerful to say dat I was way down to de tail endof de purcession.” “Well, we'll declar’ you innocent of dat charge, but let dis be a sulemn warnin’ fur you not to blow your nose too loud an’ step too high. Charge No. 5.” I has borrowed money of some of the mem- bers, sah, but 'ze gwine to repay it jess @ssoon as possibie.” “I'd advise you to do so. I'll pass decharge, but it’s annoder warnin’ to you. De consti- tushunal money borrower is@ man to be de- spised an’shunned. C! No, 6.” “What Idun said was dis: Isaid dat you would make a better president dan any man in de kentry.” “Ar’ you shore you said dat?” asked Brother Gardnor, - “Of co'se I aid it." = “Well, T'll pass datcharge ober. Charge No. “I jess said one day dat the club was gittin’ too big, an’ dat we ail went home hungry.” “Too big, ch? An’ youwashbungry! You didn’t say dis till arter you was fined $500 for = on de stove?” “No, sab.” ‘see. De charge stands. Howabout No. 8?” “I dun said datde Lawd made everything for the use of man, fowls included.” “You meant wild fowls?” well and At Art get ine our be ap- and “Y-yes, sah.” putting hats on them and pipes in their mouths, | «You didn's refer to fat pallets in somebody's Men had fun pressing it in their hands and fog- | hen coop?” % balling each other. Streetcars had extra horses | “’N-no, sab. “Brudder Smith, do pertend to say your conscience wouldn't trouble you if you haved into a hen house an’ card aways bag of chickens’ “T-I-I'd rather not say, sab.” “Oh! You is convicted of charge No. 8, and I now fine you $28,000 an’ declar’ you to be sus- pended until the same is paid im full.” «“Lawd save me, sah, but I can't nebber pay “Dat's your lookont, an’ ‘arrow escape as it is. Hi on all de chargos you would have bin given a bounce from dis club to make you tired all the rest of your bo'n days, You now has to get back.” to assist in pulling through the fog, and they would leave long tunnels along the route, down which one could look until it caved in, We heard it intimated that landlords stuffed their bed ticks with it, as it made soft, springy couches to rest upon, and better than straw and corn cobs, It was the worst fog that you ever attempted to shake a stick at. If you went to talk out of doors your mouth would fill so full of fog that you could spit it out only with great dificulty, Merchants would sweep it off the sidewalks and shovel it away = enough so thata man with a plug hat could walk under it. You could take a cross-cut saw and saw it very well. It was so dense that we would have been in the same fix if we had been onthe bottom of the sea. The vast weight of it broke down a number of roofs in the city. A man fell out of the third-story window of his hotel by accident, but came down through the fog so slowly that his friends had to yell to him to hurry up—or down—as they were get- ting tired of waiting for him and were afraid he would have to stay up there, When we went out in town we had to hire a man to push usalong. The fog was so thick that we couldn't meet snd enough back to see who he had got to sh him, A reliable Englishman told ua that a cen! little has had a werry you been convicted speak, but emotion overcame him and he sank down in aheap. When he bad been carried out into the ante-room Brotier Gardner said: “It deir am any odder brother in dis club who am inclined to gab, let dis be a warnin’ to him. Between de man who steals my chickens an’ de man who talks too much wid his mouf I favor de former. He isn’t half as dangerous to de eae an’ harmony of society. We will now go home.” ey OBEDIENCE TO THE DEATH. ago, during a similar fog, the squadron hoisted | A Delectable Anecdote of Napoleon, the anchor in the Thames and sailed up town sole! through the for, He said to this day thet Czar and the Prussian King. street is called “Fleet,” and in another street they stranded by the fog getting lighter, and in consequence the strect was pamed “The Strand.” As I am on probation 1 will not swear that this is altogether so, or more so. I went down street smioking a cigar, thinking I was making a good deal of amoke, but found the cigar had out at the same moment I had. You could get a double handful of the fog and squeeze all the water out of it, and families did this to save water rate. Our coat pockets would get so full of it that we had to scoop it out. We send you's section of yester- The editor of Gil Blas, in his last issue, vouches for the truth of this story: Napoleon I was entertaining the Czar Alexander and the Prussian king st breakfast im Tilsit, when the conversation turned on loyalty. “My soldiers obey me blindly,” said the czar. “And mine are anxious to die for me,” added Napoleon. At the suggestion of the Prussian king a test of devotion was agreed upon. The royal party were breakfasting im the fifth story of a buiid- ae® Cog, det, <p yeu. con mee whet looks: ing that pape any t E plea 2 ———e-—______ TO PREVENT SUNBURN, les ecg ra ned ge ear window. BEAUTY AND PHYSIQUE. of the Different Races of Mankind. Beauty is a result of circumstances, such ag personal freedom and mode of life and of cone tinuous diet, not of intelligence and still less of the acquisition of knowledge, which Intter cam ouly benefit the individual whose fontures are fixed past scrious change before study is evom begun, A man or a woman who inherits his or her face and sacntal bab:tade, thongh it may greatly affect its meaning, can no more alter itssbape than assiduous training can turn @ smooth fox terrier into the wiry kind from Airedale. It may even be doubted. stra: deem the assertion, whether co tion will produce beauty, wheth intelligence will even in ages ¥ reeult which w. many will ywous educa. the growth of t a fishes, and thongh the ‘nse of fire, ha to the conception of of any kind. The Otabeitan when d Wasas uncultured asthe Papuan the former approached as beauty as the latter does to positiv The keenest race in Asin and, as al! who ki them assert. the strongest in character, the Chinese, wm decidedly the ugliest of soui-civile ized mankind, while the Hindoo, if sutticien fed, is, even when as ignorant as an anim almost invariably handsome, ‘The Circas= sians, who know nothing and are rather stupid than exceptionally intelligent, are physically a foulticss raco—far more so than the Germans, who, though tho best trained people in the world, display marked come monness of feature, as if the great sculptor— Nature—had used good clay, but taken ne trouble about the modeling. Sume of the ver: ablestamong them belong to the flat-nose puffy-cheekod, loose-lipped variety. The keene est racein tho world, and probably the one most susceptible to culture, the Jew, presente few types of beauty, being usually at once hook-nosed and flabby-checked, thongh in physique, as in thought, that race occasionally throws out transcendent ex. amples, “The tained Arabs of Egypt, who seem to poor brains, and, of course, have no education, are often extras ordinarily handsome; while in 1N60 the grands est head in Asia, a head which every artist copied as his ideal of Jove, belonged to Arab horse dealer,who, outside his trade, knew nothing. No modern men of culture would pretend, in mere perfectuess of form, to rival the oid Greek athletes, who intellectually were probably animals, or the Bersekers, who were jor the most part only hard-drinking soldiers, The royal caste, which has been cultivated for 1,000 years, seldom produces beautiful me and still seldomer beautiful wome Ya certain ore dinariness often wanting in the poor, « pecially the poor of certain " Devon in England and Arles and France. Devon is no better taught than Su foik, but mark the difference in peasant forma, In the last century the ablest men in Europe were remarkable for a certain #uperfluity of flesh, of which Gibbon’s face is the best known and most absurd example. and in our own time intellect, even hereditary intellect, is constantly found dissociated from good 4, and even from distinction, some of the abi.st men being externally heavy some of the ablest women au indefiniteness of check and chin, as if they had been carved by | the fingers in putty. No stranger ever saw Tenny- son without turning round, but Browning would have passed unnoticed in any Eu and gross, at marked or Austrian crowd. The air of physical re: ment, which is what continuons cu!tur Rive, is precixoly the air which is often lacking among the cultivated, ae it is also in mauy aristocratic families, , Indeed, though caste must mean more or less hereditary culture, it is doubtful if it secures beauty, Jt docs not in the royal houres, and iu any regiment, thou,h an officer or two will probabil, and first, the Proportion of splendid men will be found Greater among the non-commissioned than the commissioned office: The Distinctive Howls That Mark the Schools of Learning. From the University Magazine, Allegheny—“Alleghe! Alleghe! ‘rab! booms Allegheny’ Amberst—Rah; ‘rab-rah? “Rab; ‘rab: Am- b-e-r-s-t!” Batos—“B-a-t-e-8! "rah, ‘rab, ‘rah! 1a-ka! boom-a-la-ka! = boom-a-la-ka! Bates! boom!” B-o-w-d-o-in! " Rah, ‘rah! "ral Ha, ha, bi Doom-ae Boo.at ‘rah, ‘rab, rah! va California. Berkley! Zip! Boom! Ab’ Colby—“C-o-l-b-y!, "Rah, ‘rah, ‘rah!” Columbia—“Hurray, burray, burray! C-o» 1-u-m-b-i-a!” Cornell—‘Cornell, Cornell, @ornell! I yell, yell, yell, Corne' Dartmouth—“Wah, who, wah! Wah, whe wah! Da, didi, Dartmouth! Wah, who, wal! Dickinson—“Rip, ‘rab, bus, bis! Dickinseas iensis!” Georgetown, D. C. — “Georgetown, ‘rah! Georgetown, “rah! Georgetown, tiger, sia, boom, ah!” Hamilton—‘*Rab, ‘rah, ‘rah! Haw-il-tonf Ham-il-ton! Zip, ‘rah, boom!” Harvard—**Reh, ‘rab, “Bah, ‘rah, ‘ran "Bah, ‘rah, rab! Harvar: Hobart--""Hip, Hobart, kip! Hobart, hip, Lo? Bip, ho! Hip, Hobart! ndiana—"". U! LU! U! "Rab, ‘rab, ‘rah? Saith boom, bang!” Towa, University “S$. U. 0! 8. U. Ii gidd, ald ‘Rah, ‘rab, ‘rab! K-e-n-y-on! Kens Lafayette—"Rah, ‘rab, rab! Tiger! Lae fay-ette’ Leh: “Hoo-rah, h'ray! hoo-rab, b'rey? h'ray, Lehig Midd’, Middlebury{ "Rab! ‘rab, ‘rah? 1e-#0-ta ‘Rah! ‘rab! "rab! M-t.Bte lwrrah! Hurrah! Hurrauf boom! ah-b-hi” i of the City of—“"Rah, "rab, ‘rah! CCN. ud % uiversity of the City of —“""Rahy 1 N. sis! boom! ab-b-b oun. Dam Rab, “tab, ‘rab! U-N-D? Pennsylvania, University of —“Hoo-rabl Hoo-rah! Hoo-rah! Penn-syi-va-nia!” Princeton—“Hurrah! Hurrah! Tiger-sis-s-] Union—“"Rah, ‘rah, ‘rab! U-n-i-o-n! hikahy ‘rah, ‘rob, ‘rab! U.-V.- . "rah!" “Kab, ‘rab, "re st Nar-avty! virial? . b. ! go* a eg rank!