THE. PITTSBJJllG'-DISPATOH, STTNDfOpTOBER201889
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WE APPEECIATE ART.
Piltsburg in the Front Bank of Cities
of -Artistic Culture.
THE DEMAKD FOE FIKE ART WARES
Famishes Evidence of Oar Increasing
Wealth and Kefinement.
THE'IaTE CAPTAIN JO.VES AS A CEITIC
TnUTTIK TOE THE DISPATCH.!
OF all the cities
in the United
States of equal size
and importance,
Pittsbnrg stands
first on the list as
a market for the
sale of art pottery,
bronzes and bric-a-brac
This fact
is well known to
those who are best
able to judge of
such matters, bat
is not so clearly
appreciated by the
general public.
Still, anyone wh0
-will take a walk
through the busi
ness portions of
other cities, after
seeing the magnifi-
The Greek Slaie. cent displays made
In the windows of Pittsbnrg dealers, cannot
fail to observe the marked contrast between
the splendid collections of art objects which
are exhibited here and the comparatively
meager assortments that are shown in most
other places. It is al worthv of note that
thedemand for this class of goods has grown
rapidly doting the last lew years and still
continues steadily increasing. Ibis indi
cates two things, which must prove of great
Soft Patte Sevres Vate.
interest to onrcitizens, and altogether denotes
a Tery agreeable state of affairs. In the
first rtlace. it shows that there is here a
large and constantly increasing class of
persons able to anora these ratner expensive
luxuries, and secondly, it furnishes the
most incontrovertible evidence or a growth
in refinement and culture which bids fair to
surpass that of any other locality. Even
snch a city as Chicago, which, from its size
and importance might reasonably be ex
pected to be somewhat in advance of Pitts
burg, is in reality far behind us in the de
mand for fine art wares. Of course, the ap
preciation of the beautiful as displayed in
this direction is of comparatively recent
giowth in this city, but it is of that steady
growth denoting an ever increasing love of
the artistic and elegant, which gives it a
character far above that of a mere craze for
what is fashionable, and places it upon the
secure foundation of an intelligent regard
for the elevating and ennobling tendencies
of art.
EDtTCATIJTG THE PEOPLE.
It was during the Centennial Exhibition
at Philadelphia that this popular demand
for fine art ware had its inception, not alone
as regards Pittsburg, but with the great
masses of the people all over the country.
This as the first lair opportunity afforded
to large numbers of the American people to
gain an insight into some of the rare manu
factures of the Old "World, and its influence
was soon to be observed in the changed
character of the decorations of their homes.
In Pittsburg the most healthy leature of
this active demand for art products is that
it is not by any means confined to any one
class of people, nor even to those who have
the means to readily satisfy such reasonable
desires. The wealthy people buy freely of
the most rare and expensive pieces; those
ot more moderate means purchase
with just as much taste but more
couservatively, being governed in some
measure by the question of cost; the poorer
people, those who must exercise economy, in
order to live well, and at the same time
within the limit" of a small income, display
a rare judgment in the selection of lower
priced wares possessing some of the desirable
characteristics of the higher grades. It is
Doulton Jar in Louit XV. Style.
this well-grounded appreciation of what is
elegant and tasteful, that is placing this
heretofore prosaic manufacturing city in the
front rank of art loving communities, and
making the culture and refinement ot the
greater number of the people one of our most
notable characteristics. In this connection
it is worthy of remarK that the late Captain
Jones, whose recent and sudden death is
mourned by so many thousands of persons,
was regarded as one of our best critics in
this branch of art. Being a man of keen
preemptions and quck decision, and having
been afforded uuusual opportunities of ac
quiring knowledge through his extensive
travels and wide acquaintance, the Captain's
judgment was considered as reliable upon
most subjects on which he ventured to ex
press an opinion.
Of the different sources from which the
applies of these art products are brought,
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England stands pre-eminent in the manu
facture of pottery; France in that of works
in bronze, both in the real article and in the
imitation, or what is known as French
bronze, while Italv is noted for her sculp
tures in marble. There are a number of
celebrated makes of English art pottery,
among the most famous and most important
being the Royal Worcester ware, Doulton's,
Crown Derby and "Wedgewood wares. The
popularity of these fonr wares is in the order
in which they are named.
THE KOTAIi WOECESTEB
comes first, but it is being closely followed
by Doulton's products. Indeed, this latter
ware bids fair to take the lead in popular
favor, in the smaller pieces particularly, for
the reason that the Worcester ware has ben
so extensively manufactured in the smaller
and lower priced pieces, that it is not now
so much sought after as formerly; in the
larger and more elaborate works, however,
it still maintains its ascendancy. Doulton's
lactones which are located in Burslem, in
Staffordshire, produce some of the largest
and most important wors that are manu
factured anywhere in the world; they
are beautiful in form, rich in
color, and cohered over with
decorations, contrasting strongly in this
particular with tbe refined and delicate con
ventionalized designs of the Koyal Worcester
wares, which in other respects they re
semble. The richness and beauty of the
Doulton ware is dne mainly to the genius
and skill of its originator. Sir Henry Doul
ton, he having been knighted by Queen
Victoria lor the elegance and superiority of
his products. The energy and enterprise
which have been instrumental in bnilding
nr this world renowned industry is in
stanced in the sending of Mr. Lionel Bilton
as far away as Australia, in order that he
might secure new and heretofore unused
varieties of flowers to serve as motives in de
signing, with a view, of producing results
different from anything previously seen.
It is, perhaps, not putting it too strongly to
assert that Doulton ware is soon to take the
front rank of all tbe art potteries. There is
another variety of ware made at this factory
quite diflerent from the one above referred
to, but which is also very popular. It is
also a remarkable fact that tne Doulton fac
tories produce everything in the line
of earthenware, from sewer pipe to
the finest works, and are especially
noted lor productions in the line
of sanitary pumbing. Although tbe
French are more celebrated for their works
in bronze, they still produce some fine re
sults in pottery, of which the famous Sevres
china is the most important. This ware is
commonly ornamented with bronze, as is
also the beautiful Louchet ware.
PITTSBTXBG AIT AET CENTEE.
If a doubt exists in the mind of anyone
as to Pittsburg's rank in the matter of ap
preciation of fine art products, a visit to
some of the first-class dealers in such com
modities will set it at rest forever. Through
the courtesy of Mr. Hardy, of the firm of
Hardv & Hays, the writer was afforded a
considerable insight into the growth and
importance of this business in Pittsburg,
and also an opportunity of closely examin
ing some of the more rare and valuable
works. Among these are a coupie ot pieces
in real bronze, fresh from the Paris Ex
position. One of them. -'The Greek Slave,"
is a noble work ana 01 exquisite grace. The
other is entitled "The Fairy Tale," and
consists of the figures of two children
deeplv interested in a book. Upon
a superb bronze pedestal rests
a fine bust of the blind oet,
Milton, and near by stands a large and
striking figure in French bronze called
"The Sower." "Spring" and "The Fisher
Boy" are two handsome works iu Italian
marble. A specially fine vase inKuyal
Worcester ware is decorated with a view of
Stratford-on-Avon, the birthplaceorShakes
peare. A set of three vases in fine Louchet
ware, ornamented with gold-colored bronze,
form a beauti'ul group. Pierced Royal
Worcester ware is a beautiful product, in
patterns not uulike filagree work in metals.
Wedgewood ware also finds considerable
lavor, and some very beautiful specimens of
this goods may be teen.
At the art rooms on the second floor of
Mr. W. W. Wattles' establishment some
very fine works were seen, particularly in
Doulton ware. Several fine pieces ot this
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Teplitz Ware.
goods were seen in designs of the Louis XV.
style, and Mr. Harvey Wattles, who pos
sesses a valuable fund of information on
this subject, is authority for the statement
that this is the class of designs which are
now in the greatest demand, and which,
from all indications, will continue to be for
some time to come. He has also shown a
splendid tall vase in soft paste Sevres ware
with gold bronze ornaments, which, he says,
is a class of goods that is rapidly becoming
scarce, and is now made only in
IiABGE AND VALUABLE PIECES1
of elaborate design, some of them costing as
high as from $2,000 to $3,000. This vase is
also in tbe Louis XV. style, as are a num
ber of others of similar character, including
the Doulton jars referred to above, which
present the anomaly or strictly French de
signs in products of English manufacture.
It is hardly necessary to call attention to
the character of these designs as the style is
so generally known. The cuts ot the two
vases of which special mention has been
made, are from pencil sketches drawn by
Mr. Harvey Wattles. A piece of new
Doulton ware has a design in relief, carved
in while the material is yet soft. In the
colored decorations of this ware a change
has been recently made, inasmuch as the
gold lines and ifetwork, lormerly so freely
used, nas been abandoned, and the style of
work is less conventional.
At tbe store ot Wattles & Sheafer some
further information was gleaned regarding
Royal Worcester ware, to the eflect that no
two pieces of it bear the same decoration,
and that every piece of it bears a stamp by
which it may be known, and some markings
under the glaze which aid as safeguards
against counterfeits. At this place may
also be seen some fine works in bronze, of
which "The Rustic Sculptor," by E. Aizein,
and "The Difficult Duet," by A. Gavadez,
are two of the most important. The latter
work is from the Paris salon. Perhaps
some handsomely carved ana highly orna
mental clocks, spven or eight feet high, may
be taken as indicating the regard which
Pittsburg people have for time and time
pieces. E. P. Roberts & Sons have some fine
works in Italian marble, of which the finest,
perhaps. Is the one called "Venica," a
mandolin girt. They have works of all the
diflerent kinds mentioned above as being
seen elsewhere, and also a large number of
pieces of what Is known as Teplitz ware,
another English production, which is man
ufactured in all manner of fantaitio shapes
and designs, and which is possessed of a
beauty of form and color peculiar to itself.
In the designs for this ware use is made ot a
combination of the delicately beautiful and
the quaint grotesque, and serpents, lizards,
alligators and all kinds offabulons monsters,
such as griffins, dragons, etc., are pressed
into service as motives.
A MAGNIFICENT SPECIMEN.
At the store of Mr. J. C. Grozan may be
seen what is doubtless the finest piece of
Louchet ware ever brought to this city. It
is a very large and handsome vase, of rich
design and exquisite workmanship. This
ware is manufactured at one of the smaller
factories in Paris, bat it is unsurpassed for
beauty of design and fineness of finish by
the products of any of the larger works. At
the same place may be seen a very hand
some table of rich brass, highly ornamented
and with a top formed of one large piece of
Mexican onyx, and also a fine cabinet of
the same materials. There may also be
noted, among other fine works, a splendidly
executed figure of an American Indian and
an excellent bust of Beethoven, both in real
bronze.
Everywhere one may go throughout the
citv, the same indications of rare taste and
judgment are displayed. Beautiful designs
in all kinds of artfstic manulactures may
be sen: Art pottery, fine bronzes, pedestals
in Mexican onyx, brass, bronze and other
materials, inlaid tables, desks, etc., all
Large Vate in Louchet Ware.
of which are the most elegant and beautiful.
All these fine goods are of foreign manufac
ture, but this is a condition of affairs, which,
in the nature of things, cannot long con
tinue. Our desire for the beautiful has been
thoroughly awakened, and its satisfaction
has come to be regarded as a necessity not a
luxury, and it will not be long before
American enterprise will enter into the pro
duction of art manulactures to compete with
all tbe world. To this end it is necessary
that we should produce men with tbe busi
ness energy of Wedgewood, and the artistic
skill of Flaxuian the men who first estab
lished the industry iu England. The
first we already possess, and the
second will surely arise as soon
as it appears that the time
has arrived and the work may be accom
plished, and that will be in the not far
distant luture. We will then secure what
we now most sorely need, and that is really
fine work at a moderate cost. This would
be a natural result of the aDundance with
which it would be produced, lor Americans
could never rest content with producing
goods, however fine, in such small quanti
ties, as the Sevres manulactures, of which
but few are taken away from, France, they
being mostly absorbed by the aristocracy of
that country. When that time comes we
will, perhaps, be ahle to teach other na
tions something about art, as well as con
cerning matters of a more material and
prosaic nature.
Gerald E. Flanagan.
NATIONAL GUARD NOTES.
Lieutenant a. L. Pearson. Jk., returned
home yesterday from St. Louis.
A SBMBEK ot the officers from the local or
ganizations will attend the funeral of General
Hartranft.
Ca ptain W. H. Davis made a flying visit to
lit. Pleasant on last Thursday to attend the
wedaing of Mr. C. C. Law.
Captain Coon visited tne range at High
Bridge on Thursday. In practice he made 17
bull's eyes out of 20 shots, with a total of 87
out ol a possible 100.
Captain Emory Thompson, Company I,
Fourteenth Regiment, was unanimously re
elected captain of tba company for the ensu
ing fire years on last Wednesday evening.
The plans for tbe new armory for the Eight
eenth Regiment and Battery B were submitted
to the officers at the Board of Control meeting
last evening after a few suggestions were
adopted.
Captain O. C. Coon, Company J, McKees
port, has purchased a handsome gold medal to
be shot for by tbe members of his company on
next Saturday. Such members that have made
a shapshooter's score will not be permitted to
enter.
The election for captain in Company G,
Fourteenth Regiment, was not held on last
Thursday, as there was not a sufficient number
of men present. Lieutenant Colonel James B.
R Streator, of the Tenth Regiment, was a
spectator at the Fourteenth Begiment inspec
tion. fTHE following list of members of the .Eigh
teenth Regiment have entered for the Brown &
Hirth medal: Captain O. C. Coon. Lientenant
Chris Lauer, Sergeant Pearce Garvey, Corporal
Kingon, all of Company I, and Corporal A E.
Boss, of Company G, and Lieutenant A L.
Pearson, Jr.
Major General John F. Hartranft
died at his late residence in N orris town on
Thursday. By his death the Guard loses
one of its best friends. Under his management
the reorganization was made after the riots of
1877,'and through bis advice and ability as com
mander it has reached its present bish stand
ing. He will be buried on Mondav afternoon
witb military Honors, General bnowden. Com
mander of tbe First Brigade, bavins been de
tailed for that purpose. The following is the
record of General Hartranft's military career
covering a period of 32 years. Private, W orris
City Rifles, 1S57, elected (Second Lieutenant,
First Lieutenant and Captain tbe same year.
Lieutenant Colonel First Regiment, Second Di
vision, Lieutenant Colonel and .Division In
spector, Colonel First Regiment, Major General
beptember 2. 1870, Commander-in-Chief from
January, 1873, to January 21, 1879, Major Gen
eral and Division Commander Jauuary 23, 1879,
resigned October 28, 1853, reappointed same
date, commission expired October, 1888, reap-
Sointed in General Order No.,21, October 25,
88. by Governor Heaver. His record during
the late onpleasantnesshas been published.
Adjutant General D. H. Hastings, as
sisted by Colonel Thomas Hudson, Lieutenant
Colonels Elliott, Potter and Robinson, and
Major Barton D. Evans and Lieutenant Bean,
Second United Scales Cavalry, conducted the
inspection of the Fonrteentb Regiment on last
Tuesday. Promptly at 11 o'clock Colonel P. D.
Percbment presented his battalion for inspec
tion and muster, after which details from tbe
vanons companies reported to the Adjutant
tor guard mount. Captains Nosblt andTnomp
son were tbe old and new officers of the day;
Lieutenant Over officer of tbe guard. Tlieu
came the inspection drill, and for an hour the
regiment was put through the different ma
neuvers on the list in a very creditable manner.
Tbe regiment uastben marched to tbe East
Liberty station, and tbe company commanders
took charge and returned home. The visiting
officers were invited to Colonel Percuinent's
residence, where tbey were entertained in tbe
usual bappy manner of tbe host. Among those
present were Generals Hastings and Wilie,
Coronet Smith and Colonel Hudson, Lienten
ant Colonel James R R. Streator, of tbe Tenth
Regiment; Lieutenant Colonels Elliott, Gray,
Potter and Robinson and .Major Evans, of the
Governor's staffi Captains Hamilton and Mur
doch, of General wllla's staff, and Adjntant
Cbarles Reese, of the Eighteenth Regiment;
also the field and stall of the Fourteenth Regi
ment. Corset, Gloves and Hosiery
Be sure and get onr closing-out prices be
fore buying elsewhere. We can save you
money. F. 8choenthal,
612 Penn avenue.
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A PAIR OF -SLIPPERS
Worn by an Egyptian Lady Ages Ago
Form the Theme For
ANEWPOEMBI SIR EDWIN ARNOLD
He Defends the Foets and Poetesses of
Passion.
A PROTEST AGAINST P0B1TANI6M
SPECIAL TXLXORAX TO TBK DISrATCS.1
San FBANCisco,October 19. Sir Edwin
Arnold and daughter sailed for Japan this
week on the Pacifio mail steamship Belgic
A large delegation from the Century Club
or this city, and many personal friends bade
farewell at the steamship wharf to the
giited poet and his charming daughter. As
a parting word, Sir Edwin said that he left
America with much reluctance. This, bis
first visit to the TJnited States, will form
the subject of a series of graphic essays in
the London Telegraph, of which newspaper
the author of "The Light of Asia" is chief
editor.
To The Dispatch correspondent. Sir Ed
win a few hours be "ore his departure ex
pressed himself as charmed with America
and the American people. He pronounced
New York as grand iu its great men; Bos
ton, a welcome home for the traveler and
student; Washington, the most bciutilul
city on the continent; Philadelphia, as
charmingly picturesque; Chicago, as phe
nomenal; Denver, as an oaK ot steaay, sub
stantial growth; Omaha, a modern mart,
and San Francisco, most attractive to the
tourist.
THE NETf SCHOOL.
TJdoq tbe morning of his departure. Sir
Edwin smoked an after breaktast cigar in
his rooms at the Palace Hotel, and chatted
pleasantly with a DISPATCH correspondent
upon timely literary topics. As a moralist,
as a poet oi sweet purity, as a man of fine
sensibilities, there is scarcely an English
man to-day better qualified to speak, in
terms ill or good, of recent Americtn litera
ture, and more especially of erratic fiction
and poems of passion, than is the well
known student of ancient Asiatic literature.
"I have read Ella Wheeler Wilcox and
Amelia Rives." said Sir Edwin, knocking
the ashes from his cigar. "The others I
have not read." You speak of Mrs. Atner
ton, Edgar Saltus, Abby Jackman and
other writers of whom I know no.hing, and
of whom I have never heard. The Quick or
the Dead I read with a vast deal of interest.
I do not regard this recent American litera
ture as a new school, and most certainly
such a school shonld not be established. I
do not think there exists to-day a separate,
distinct school ol this kind. There are cer
tain writers headed by our own Swinburne,
and the giited men of" France, men whom I
know. I do not admit that these men con
stitute a school in literature characterized as
fleshliness.
A BETOLT AGAINST PURITANISM.
"Their work is the old eternal classic re
volt against Puritanism and tbe narrower
forms of Christianity. The first of them all
was the Emperor Julian, one of the finest
fellows that ever lived. In his heart there
was a revolt against Christ and His teach
ings, for in his breast was the old grace of
Greece, and the glory of Rome. This new
religion, draped in gray, seemed odious.
Look round and see the clergy consign the
babes to everlasting torment, and say 'tis
wicked for a man to look at women's ankles.
Do not misunderstand me. I should never
excuse immorality or forgive offenders
against public decorum. Let us remember
Swinburne's verses, andbelieve that thepoets
of the present make but a natural and even
uselul protest against the extravagances of
Puritanism. I agree with him who writes:
'Dost thou believe that because thou art
virtuous, there should be no more cakes and
ale!'
"I was sitting with Walt Whitman the
other day, and T repeated to him some of bis
own virses, and explained their philosophy
and their beauty. He said to me: 'Yon are
the first man to explain my own lines.' At
this I said to him, 'I am no more ashamed
ot body than of soul. I look largely, broad
ly at men, at literature, at the affairs of
life.' Walt Whitman is right. I swear I
am no more ashamed of bod v than of soul.
Read those lines of Robert Browning in
which be says: 'Nor soul helps body more
than body once helped soul.'
THE ENEMY OP BEAUTY.
"Ah, me, it is a sad spectacle, a disgust
ing thing for tbe world to be ashamed of
beauty. This does not apply to bad books.
There is no excuse for their birth or their
existence. There is no enemy to the beauty
of the world, the Greek of life, like the ob
scene man. He is tbe guerilla that de
faces, mars the shape and form of nature.
If such books are written to sell, to pander,
the man who writes them is a villain, and
should be cast headlong into the broad
Pacific, aud the woman vea, she is worse
than tbe man. There is Rider Haggard! I
know him well, and meet him frequently on
the 'underground.' His work is clever, his
'She' even better I think than 'Cleopatra.'
There are beautiful things in his books, yet
people will not read. But then you cannot
judge Cleopatra by the young women of
Boston. You Americans are very moral.
There is more propriety here than across
the sea."
THE MAIDEN OP THE NH.E.
One day last winter Edwin Arnold was
walking along Piccadilly. Soon it was
raining hard. He took reluge in a museum
of Egyntian antiquities. There he saw the
slippers of an Egyptian mummy. He took
mem up, ana nis quicK. perception saw tne
Maiden of the Nile, who wore them, stand
ing before bim as a living reality. He drew
an envelope from his pocket, took hurried
notes, and some time since completed a
poem of great beauty. The Dispatch
correspondent has secured these verses lor
exclusive publicatiou in America, and they
are printed to-day for the first time iu this
country:
TO A PAIR OF SLIPPERS
IN THE EQYPTIAH EXHIBITIOir, PICCADttiT.
X.
Tiny slippers of gold and green.
Tied with a mouldering gulden cord !
What prettr feet they must hive been.
When Caesar Augustus was Egypt's lord t
Somebody graceful and fair you were;
Not many girls could dance In these!
When did the shoemaker make you, dear,
Such a nice pair of Egyptian threes?
n.
Where were you measured? In Sals, or On,
Memphis, or Thebes, or Pclusiumr
Fitting them featlv yonr brown toes upon.
Lacing them deftly witb finger and thumb
I seem to see yonl So long ago!
Twenty centuries less or morel
And here are the sandals; yet none ot us know
What name, or fortune, or face you borel
in.
Your lips would have laughed, with a rosy
scorn.
If the merchant or slave had mockingly said:
The feet will pass, but tbe sboes they have
worn
Two thousand years onward Time's road shall
thread.
And still be footgear, as good as new!
To think that calfskin, gilded and stitched.
Should Rome and her Cassars ontlive; and you
Bo gone like a dream irom the world you be
witched. rv.
Not that we mourn you; 'twere too absurd;
You have been such a very long while way!
Yonr dry spiced dust would not value a word
Ot tbe soft regrets that a verse could say.
Sorrow and Jov and Love and Hate,
If yon ever felt them, are vaporized hence
To this odor subtle and delicate
Of cassia and myrrh and frankincense.
Y.
Of course they embalmed you? But not so
sweet
Wero aloes and nard as yonr youthful glow
Which Amentl took, when the small dark feet
Wearied of treading our earth below.
Look! It was floodtlme In Valley of Nile,
Or a very wet day In the Delta, dear!
When your glided shoes tripped their latest
mile:
The mud on the soles renders that fact clear.
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You knew Cleopatra no doubtt You saw
Antony's galleys from Action, comet
But, there! If questions could answers draw
From lips so many a long-age dumb
I would not tease you (or history.
Nor vex your heart with tho men which
were;
The one point to know which will fascinate me.
Is, where and what are yon to-day, my dear!
vn.
You died believing In Horus and Pasht,
Isis. Osiris and priestly lore;
And found of course, such theories smashed
By actual fact, on the heavenly shorel
Whatnext did yon do? Bid you transmigrate?
Have we seen you since all modern and fresh?
Your charming soul as I calculate
Mislaid its mummy and sought new flesh.
vrn.
Were you she whom I met at dinner last week,
With eyes and hair of the Ptolemy black.
Who still of this ''find" in the Payown wonld
speak.
And to scarabs and Pharaohs would carry us.
back?
A scent ot lotns around her hung.
She had such a far-away wistful air
As ot somebody born when tbe earth was young,
And wore of gilt slippers a lovely pair!
EC
Perchance you were 'married? These might
bave been
Part of your trousseau the wedding shoes;
And you laid them aside with thos loto-leaves
green,
And painted clay gods which a bride did use:
And, maybe, to-day bv Nile's bright waters
nimsels of Ecvnt. in cowns of blue-
Great great great very great grand daughters-Owe
their shapely insteps to youl
X.
But vainly I knock at the bars of the past.
Little green slippers with golden strings!
For all you can tell is that leather will last
When loves and delights and beautiful things
Have vanished, forgotten; nay, not quite that!
I catch some light of the grace you wore
When you finished with Lite's daily pit-a-pat,
(And left your shoes at Time's bedroom door.
3CI.
Yon were born In the Old World which did not
doubt;
You were never sad with our new-fashioned
sorrow:
You were sure, when your gladsome days ran
out,
Of dt) times to come, as we of to-morrow!
Ob. dear little Maid of tbe Delta! I lay
Your shoes on yonr muininy-cbest back again.
And wish that one game we might merrily play
At 'Hunt-the-Slipper" to see it all plain!
, Edwin abnols.
Schooner Yacht Hadassab.
Saved It
"In about seven minutes, pard, we oughter
be worth 15 or 520, if them folks on the
train is got any gratitudel"
"It's all right the engineer is stoppin
'err
"I didn't expect no reward, gents; bnt
this will enable me to git back to my happy
childhood's home, and visit my poor ole
parents ag'inl"
"I tell you, pard, it takes genius to make
a success of the travelin' biz!" Pucife.
HOUSE CLEANING TO ORDER.
An IndnstrjTbnt Does Away With Mqeh
Disagreeable Gosilp-
There is a company here that takes the
contract for cleaning a house ready for oc
cupancy, says a New York letter to the
Washington Pott, It scrubs the floors,
washes the windows and paint, cleans the
cellar and the furnace, and gets all the
trash out of the dark corners and out-of-the-way
places that a well-trained servant never
sees.
If there is any painting to be done it does
it, or any whitewashing, or decorating, or
papering. The chimneys are cleaned, and
the steps and the back yard and the shed,
if yon have one, and, altogether, this com
pany does work that is balm to the tired
son.
Of course, it robs a woman of the pleas
ure she generally finds in telling John,
when he gets home from the office in the
evening, "I never did see snch a dirty
house as this when we came in. The woman
who lived here before had a perfect hog-pen.
Why, if I couldn't keep house better than
that I'd "
Tho Everett Clnb Piano This Week.
Certificate No. 87, held by Mrs. Sadie
Early, Tustin and Moultrie streets, Pitts
burg, receives the Everett upright grand
piano this week, 'on pavments of $1 per
week. Mrs. Early saves $75 in the price
of her piano by beiuc a member of our
club. She gets a piano for $350 that can
not be sold on" any other plan lor less
than $425. You are losing time and
money by not coming into our club. We
are delivering pianos every day. Send for
circular or call at the-store.
Alex Ross, Manager,
137 Federal street, Allegheny.
Corsets! Corsetn! Corsets!
112 styles. Best fitting goods. Every
well-known make. Examine the light
Eeatherboue, 89c, and Common Sense at $1;
our SI Equaline health corset; our 50c, 75c,
$1 corsets; our line of French satin corsets
51 50 to $3 25; the R. & G. corsets, 75c up.
Our prices always the lowest.
Eosenbaum & Co.
Irlib Point Imce Curtnlna nt Half Price!
Silk chenille curtainsathalf pricel Turco
man curtains at half pricel Slightly soiled
by dust at the Exposition go nt half price,
beginning Wednesday morning, October 23,
at Edward Groetzinger's, 627 and 629 Penn
avenue.
Unshed, Bat Still Complete.
Although we have done an enormous
business the past two weeks, our stock is yet
complete. Come at once, while ire have
sizes, colors, etc. E. Schoenthal,
612 Penn avenue.
Fob Cold Mornings. The most de
lightful thing imaginable for the cold morn
ings is "a plate of light, flakey hot cakes
made from Marvin's sell-rising pancake
flour. Get a package from yonr grocer and
try it. ttssu
Cabinet photos, $1 per doz. Lies' Pop
ular Gallery, 10 and 12 Sixth st, xisn
Wain w eight's beer gives gennlne sat
isfaction always. All dealers keep it. xnsn
F. Ss V.'s Iron Oity beer is unrivaled.
Connoisseurs pronounce it so-
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THE BARBER OF PARIS
Figaro's Glory and Importance Has
Faded in These Modern Days.
SOME FAMOUS ARTISTS IN HAIR.
Dressing the Locks of Actresses on Monthly
Contracts.
FALSE TEESSES GOING ODT OP FASHION
tCOBBISPOJTOIWCE OT THE DISPATCH.!
Pabis, October 5. This winter very
little false hair will be worn, curling irons
are also to be abolished and it will be con
sidered very bad taste to change the natural
color or one's tresses. Nor will "Coiffeur
de "Ville," as hairdressers are called who
go to private houses, be called in as often as
tbey used to be. Bich people are attending
more and more to their own requirements,
valets are dressing their master's hair, and
the maids will look after my lady's tresses.
Of course, Figaro will be asked to come and
powder the servants in livery, bnt there will
he no more such nonsense as fonr hours de
voted to the toilette as was the case with
Talleyrand. The women are doing up their
hair very simply, and in fact dressing it
solidly in a way to allow of riding, driving
auu uauuiug, mfcuuui, uavmg ib m me eyes
or banging down the neck in loose frizzes.
Paris barbers are not what they used to
be, nor are the hairdressers either. We no
longer linger in a barber's shop to hear the
news, the gossip of tbe day, or the latest
can-cans of the boulevard. Everybody is in
too much of a hurry to exchange words witb
a fellow who shaves you under the skin
without chloroform, and insists on selling a
few bottles of the stuff which adorns their
toilet tables.
a peetentious baebeb.
Still Paris coifieurs are a pretentions lot
of males who mainly come from the southern
districts of France. One of them, over in
the Rue du Bae, is pretentions, "par excel
lence," and will do no business with any
person except he is of the nobility. This
imbecile imagines himself a born sculptor,
and the last time I saw him he showed me,
on a plate, a pig's snont in wax, which he
tald was a boar's head. He had modeled it
with sqnint eyes, and a month slit toward
nose; the foolish man actually tried to get
it in the French Arts Department of the
Exposition.
Long ago barbers and hairdressers were
compelled to hang a white metal basin at
their doors to distinguish them from sur
geons, who sheltered themselves behind a
copper basin. These are still used for sign
purposes; they are of oval shape and a small
piece ischipped out at one end, to show tbat
the basin would fit nnder the chin, if neces
sary. But there are no snch basins inside
Paris barbers' shops. A gentleman who
goes into one of them to be shaved must
wash tbe latber off his own face when Figaro
has finished hacking him. Then, it he
wants his hair dressed, he sits down again
in the very uncomfortable chair and the
iellow recommences. There are some hair
dressers who are not barbers, but all barbers
are hairdressers, and many of them are also
wigmakers. There is one man np by the
College ol France who has an oil painting
outside his premises which represents Ab
salom hanging by his hair to a large tree
while his horse is galloping away'in the
distance; and below, the following words
are written: "If he had worn one of our
wigs, this misfortune wonld not have hap
pened him. A barber of my neighborhood
has the sign which reads: "Shaving done
here to-day for money, and to-morrow tor
nothing."
A shaveb's studio.
We all knew Galabert, of the Rne Basse
de Rempart. He would cnt hair witb an
uncommonly small pair of scissors, and
looked on curling tongs as an abominable
heresy. He called 'bis barbers "clerks,"
and used to tell us tbat we must net sup
pose ourselves when in his shop in a place
similar to tbat of any of his fellow-tradesmen.
"You are in a studio," he would sav,
as he fingered about our craniums. He
grew rich, retired, and is now growing vines
in the Medoc country.
Old man Baudn, a hairdresser, who had
been in the business for more than 0 years,
was, four or five days ago, crossing the stage
of the Cluny Theater, where he had gone to
give some instructions about the wigs that
bis men are making for the next niece, when
he fell through an open trap, br hi bis back
not at all difficult, for he was over 80
and when picked up, exclaimed:
"It is finished. Go and tell my son to
come here, and take these things back to
the atelier."
His first master was the famous Giovanni,
and he commenced his apprenticeship in
1815. Recognizing the young fellow's ca
pacity, Giovaanl sent him to dress the hair
of tbe celebrated actors and actresses of that
epoch, and thus he came to know Talma,
Potier, Frederic Lemaitre and Mile. Mars,
and he was always full of anecdotes about
the illustrious heads which he had put in
curl papers. He possessed the finest col
lection of wigs in all Paris, and he leaves no
fortune whatever.
CONTBACTS -WITH THEATEBS.
One coiffeur that is to say, one house
will do the business of several theaters.
The larger theaters, such as the Grand
Opera and the Comedie Francaise, pay 200
frat.es a month, and for this two men must
be supplied every evening. The small
places of amusement pay only 150 or 125
francs, and there are some which even pay
as little as 100. Many actresses nearly
ruin themselves by their expensive and fan
tastic methods of dressing their heads.
Sometimes a wig costs as much as 1.000
francs when an eccentric fabrication is gotten
up, such as the "Tour Eiffel" or the "Cap
tive Balloon.
The Comedie Francaise has always given
great care to the wigs of its artistes. Talma
had bis bead-dresses designed by David, or
other painters of renowo, and he spent long
hours with the coiffenr trying different
styles which he thought appropriate to his
personages.. Although he had a good nat
ural head oMiair, he often bad recourse to
wigs to obtain a desired effect. Miles. Con
tat and Lange attached such importance to
their head-dress that during their incarcera
tion at the Madelonnettes and at Sainte
Pelagie, they deplored above all the en
forced neglect that their hair suffered.
Mile. Mara placed full confidence in the
coiffeur of the Comedie Francaise, and kept
to him, but Feveral brilliant actresses went
over to the coiffeur of the Empress Jose
phine, Desmarets performed wonders to
make up the little hair lelt on Mars' head
at her 60th year. She would consent only
with regret to the addition ot false hair, de
claring that it hardened the physiognomy,
and to avoid vexing her, Desmarets found
means to make a band with a few scanty
locks which be slipped in a false chignon
without her perceiving it.
A TALENTED HAXBDBESSEB.
At the present time the coiffenr of the
Comedie Francaise is Auguste Petit, a man
of taste and talent, wbo studies tbe old
s.vles, and is perfectly familiarwith those
that prevailed in the reigns of Louis XIV
and Louii XVL His men may be seen in
the Rue Richelien, but on a first night, or
at a revival. Auguste himself is there
ready to criticise and suggest any altera
tions or improvements.
These sort of hairdressers made their ap
pearance during the first years of the 18th
centurv. Before then, gentlemen used to
have their hair dressed and beard shaved by
a valet de chambre, while the headgear of
the ladies was arranged by female atten
dants. Only those who were of noble rank
or Princes were condemned to pass through
the hands of wigmakers and professional
hair dressers. The first in tbe profession
who made himself a worthy name was
Legros, who published a treatise in. quarto
on -the art or hairdresslng. He, too, died
by an accident. Not below tbe stage, but
in a fireworks display in tbe Place de la
Concorde, at tbe time of the marriage of the
Dauphin. The handsome Leonard Whom
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Marie .Antoinette, discovered acquired an
immense celebrity as"a "poser de chifions,"
as was called tbe art of alternating the
locks of tbe hair with folds of colored silk
gauze, and on bne occasion he wove no less
than 18 yards of this stuff into the hair
ot tne jrrincess ne .Liamoaiie. juicnaion
made his appearance during the Consnlate,
and it is to him that the bairdressiug bouses
owe wax basts. He declared himself the
friend ot artists, showed himself assiduous
to Feydeau, had a gig with armorial bear
ings on it, a negro driver, and charged 20
francs for each sitting.'
Henbt Hatnie.
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PICTURES AND PAINTERS.
Mb. John Johnston, the scene painter,
sometimes paints iu a diflerent medium from
tbat employed in worlffor; the stage. He has
two landscapes in oil ori ylew at Mayer's.
The exhibition of pictures belonging to Mr.
D. A. Mathews, which has been held at Boyd's,
was closed last evening, and the paintings will
be taken to New York during the fore part of
this week.
about 20 pictures have been sold at the Ex
position galleries, which, hi the opinion ot Mr.
Wilson, who has charge Of the galleries so far
as relates to the sale of Dorics, Is a larger num-
wr tuaa uas oeca aisixnea ot at a similar ex
hibition heldln any Western city. Thejr are
all American works, and a few ot them are by
local artists. Tbe pupils of the School of De
sign have been fortunate in this particular, as
several of their studies .have fonna purchasers.
A VISIT to the studios is always interesting,
and on Saturday afternoons tbe artists are
usually very welt pleased to receive calls from
their friends, and from others wbo understand
ana appreciate tbe merits of their work. It la
safe to say tbat callers will be well received at
almost any time; but since it is anything but
pleasant to be interrupted in the prosecution
of a serious work, it is only common courtesy
M so time one's visits that they will not par
take ol the nature of an intrusion.
Mb. A. F. Kino's latest picture will be seen
at Gillespie's during thewei-k. The subject Is
a still-life, consisting of a loaf of bread, a bot
tle of beer, a box of sardines, mustard, a glass,
a piece of crumpled brown paper and several
other small articles. Tbe various objects de
picted are painted with trntbfulness to nature,
are correctly drawn, and tbe textures of the
different surfaces clearly indicated. As tho
composition ol this picture is also good, it will
readily be seen that it bas a fair share or tbe
qualities which form the chief attraction of
such works.
Setebai. important additions have been
made to the' collection of foreign paintings
which Mr. Blelman bas on exhibition at the
Gillespie gallery. Among these is a large work:
by Corot, which shows to advantage the pe
culiar lumlnons quality which that artist suc
ceeded In giving to the sky In his paintings. "A
Good Story," by Leo Herman, is a clean and"
caret nlly finished work, of tbe kind that may
be lodged upon its own merits without regard
to tne reputation oi tne author, ueorge
Haquette's "Steering Lesson" is a strong pic
ture, showing a marked contrast between the
faces of an old seaman and a child, who is
amusing both herself and the old man by her
efforts at steering the boat. There is also some
good drawing in a work by Berne-Bellecoar.
and a rich bit of coloring by Diaz. This lot of
paintings will remain in the city during all of
the present week.
A PICTUEE which Mr. George Hetzel bas on
exhibition at Boyd's this week, is one that
should certainly please all admirers of tbat
artist's work. While in some respects a de
parture from his usual stile, it is at the same
time possessed ot all the features which have
made his works so deservedly popular, tbe
change in character being in the subject rather
than in tbe manner in which it has been
handled. The work- Is a landscape, the scene
being located near Harmony; Fa. It consists
of a stretch of level country, somewhat marshy
in the immediate foreground, where may be
seen a luxuriant growth of pond lilies and
swamp grass. In tbe distance, the scene is
bounded by some picturesqne trees rising from
the banks of tbe Connoquenessing creek, beyond-which
may be seen tbe tops of some
verdqre clad hills. In executing this work, Mr.
Hetzel has given evidence of bis ability to
Ealnt a subject of a character which he has not
ltherto attempted, and to do It well.
Xwo new paintings of the striking character
and pleasing style with which Pittsburg people
are becoming familiar as the work of Mr. 'E.
A. Poole are now on exhibition at Boyd's. One
of them is a scene on, Chartiers creek, near
Washington. Pa. It is a beautiful composi
tion, with a fine effect ot sunlight breaking
through the clouds and falling npon tba trees
and grass in tbe middl& distance. A number
or sheep are seen emerging from among the
toll herbage, on tbe left bank of tbe creek.
This picture is called "October," tbe color and
atmospherlc effect leuig,such-as may frequent-J
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had tbe pleasure of showing before.
PLUSH SACQTJES, 18 styles, from $15 to $89, worth "SO per eeat
more.
PIjTJSH JACKETS, 15 styles, fS to ?S6. worth 60 per cent mere.
NEWJI AEKETS, 8triped, from 54 to $15. Beaver. $7 50 to $99.
-CONNEMAKAS. Broadcloth Peasant Wraps. $9 75 up. " ".
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STOCKINETTE JACKETS, from 75 to SS 7fl; extra geeet
values.
MISSES', CLO-AJKSi
120 styles of Misses and Children's Cloaks,
Kinas or material, lrom 5z to 910. .every one a
30 styles of Infants' Cloaks, from $2 to $15.
sucn variety to be louna. eisewnere.
.'. HOSIERY :
We will surprise you this week". We will sell, commesseiag Wednesday,
150 dozen Ladies' All wool Hose, 22c; worth 35e.
120 dozen Ladies All-wool Heavy Hose, 25c; worth 35c
100 dozen L idles' Imported Cashmere Hnse, 30c; worth 50e.
80 dozen Eadles''Imported Caihmere heavier Ho'e, 47c; worth 8Se. . .
an rlriTAn T.nduMi' fliiarahteed F.ist Black Cotton Hose. 19c: worth 25s.
"Foil line of Children's Wool Hose, at
In MTJFFS of all descriptions and FTJB
tirely new line, at exceptionally low prices.
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OUR CORSET AND GLUVt DEPARTMENTS
attract crowds of eager purchasers. The assortments are Immense, while priees are tie ;
lowest, uome this Tree c, ye bargain seesers.
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510, 512,514 MARKET ST,
lr be seen daring tee present mostbr'Ia ij
asect or color IBO wore w a very pleasant ose.'l
there being just saSelest warmth of color i
tne grass ana tallage so lorn an agreeable coa-"
trast with the portions which still retain the
brightness of their summer green. Tbe second
(-Picture Is entitled "Autumn on tbe Cheat '
I HIT.. " Til. .ff... .MAA.4 1m ....a- .
River." The effect rendered is of tbesams
sesoon oi ine year as that oi tne one mentioned
above, bnt the subject is of an en
tirely diflerent character. Although the
river gives a name to this work,
and. of course, materially affects the tons and
manner of growth ot the trees along Its banks,'
very little of It Is seen In tbe picture, and the
effect Is al most that of the interior of a woods.
On the right of tbe picture are tome fine old
trees, with gnarled and twisted roots and foli
age glowing witb the rich colors of autumn.
Through the open spaces between the trees
glimpse of tbe opposite bant of tho
stream may be obtained, with; its verdure-covered
banks partly veiled and ob
scured by a delicate blue mist. In this
work also, tbe effect of snnligbt tallin" upon
tbe brilliantly colored foliage has been very
cleverly shown. Both of these paintings pos
sess tbe many pleasing qualities to which Is dns ,
much of the popularity ot Mr. Poole's work,
and they are pictures in which he bas main
tained his established standard ot excellence
throughout every detail.
It is strange, bnt nevertheless true, that
works of a certain class.sncb as those produced
by Corot, and by other painters who worked la
a somewhat similar style, are hardly ever sold
on their own merits, but almost invariably ca
the reputation of the authors, and in case the
picture should prove to be a counterfeit and
not really tbe work of the man whose name it
bears, tbe purchase Is found to be worth osly
a very small percentage of tbe price paid for it.
It is true. also,tbat it is works of this class that
are most frequently imitated, and. farther
more, that t hero are comparatively few per
sons, even among those educated la such mat
ters, wbo can positively pronounce as to tbe
falsity or genuineness of such pictures. Sobw
of the most enthusiastic admirers of Corot,
those who talc most glibly about
his "wonderful truth of tone," hla
"nice relation of values." et. wonld
hesitate a long while before giving the pnee
for one of his plctnres unless it bad his name
signed to it. This is true ot the great majority
of tbe "Corots" now on the market, but it does'
not apply to all his works, for it is unquestion
ably the case tbat be bas prodncnl soma
pictures the value of which Is well understood,
and of a quality which bis imitators cannot ap
proach; but is this any reason why people
should pay snch enormous prices for works
which donot possess this quality, whether they
were or were not painted by Corot? Why must
we enthuse over an inferior work because the
same band has produced a superior oner
What is the pecular characteristic of work by
Corot tbat gives to bis pictures snch enormous
values, and yet is so easily imitated that even
experts' are deceived? We do not so often hear
tell of counterfeits of work by Bongerean,
Alma-Tadema or Melssonier. Such works as
these men produce wouU sell without a signa
ture at all. or would make famous any name
attached to them, because their merit meats
for itself. It is really difficult to understand
wby a man will pay such high prices for works
the excellence of which he cannot appreciate;
and which, for alt he knows, may set be what
tbey are sold for, since not even aa expert
could positively pronounce them geawseu
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DIsguMlns Druirs.
Blue mass for torpid liver, castor oft for con
stipation, other disgusting drugs for piles, dys
pepsia and sick headache, are being surely ban
ished from use Dy tbe Sweet, fruit-like Ham
burg figs. 25 cents. Dose, one fig. JlactDraz;
Co, N. Y. TTStt
Axmlnster Carpets at Half .Prtee! .''1
Wilton carpets at half price! Moqaetta
carpets at bait price. All the goods we had
on display at tbe Exposition will be offered
at half price, beginning on Wednesday
morning, October 23, at 627 and S3S Penn
avenue. Edward Gboetzdjoeb.
Quick Now for Bargain
In all kinds of ladies' furnishing goodt
Everything must be closed out quickly with,
out reserve. F. Schoenthai.,
612 Penn avenue.
Just What You Want. Do you want
tbe finest oyster crackers that are made?
Then get hand-made or shell brand and be
happy. All grocers keep them. ttssu
Special bargains this week in gold and
silver watches, at Hauch's, No- 295 Fifth,
aye.
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The pleasantest and most
drink is F. & V.'s Pilsner beer.
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If Ton Want Is Bar Blaraaada r
I Go to Hauch's jewelry store. No. 386 Fifft t, J$
lave. Large assortment, Iowestprie?,5No-'i-
295 Filth ave. Established 1868. TrT3t" - .,
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Wraps, Newmarkets and Jackets," ia all
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