Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-03-30

The LECTURE MONDAY NIGHT-The third lee
tnre Of the course for the benefit the parsonage
- Pauls Lutheran Church was delivered Monday
evening at the Smithsonian Institution. by Rev.
DIR. J. G. Morris of Baltimore. The theme was
Woman in the History of the Arts
The lecturer said that in pursuing the researches
OF history, we ind that the condition OF the female
sex has been constantly improving rs man adj
vanced in civilization. As wife. mother. and
daughter she has invariably been benefited by the
progress of the race. To some degree this was the
prior TO the Introduction of Christianity, but
since that time the elevation has been more rapid.
and woman has exercised far greater influence on
society. The question may be asked. whether
instead of being the passive ecpient Of the bene
fetal results to her which attributable To the
acts Of man alone. woman has not done much TO
bring about her own elevation in the social scale ,
neither indeed. il is not due to her almost solely
instead of man. who STYLES himself lord Woman,
now adays, rules absolutely in relation to matters
Of dress and fashion, and in earlier ages of the
world may she not have exercised similar healthy
influence on society TO that which she has
power to WELD and have performed her share in
the advance of tle race, We find that wherever
any instance of human progress occurred she was
close along with man. Sometimes little ahead.
occasionally slightly behind. but most frequently
just alOn9side-awayS close up. however; and
wherever We find her alongside. We observe that
the progress of the race was far more rapid.
The lecturer then remarked that woman has
contributed full share in forwarding poetry and
music. and that she is not unknown in the records
Of science but art is the branch of study i'm which
she excelS. He then went on to illustrate how
woman contributed To art before she applied her
own skill to representing natural objects on the
canvas, by furnishing tue theme for artists and
inspiring them to the performance of works which
call forth the admiration of the world. Sine was,
lac said. an indispensable element in ali the no
blest associations of artistic skill. 1t but
natural that woman, being the object of the
blest inspirations of art should herself desire to
handle the pencil and easel, and she entered the
neld where she has won laurels for her sex. We
have accounts of eleven hundred female artists,
but this does not include thousands who have
never risen to eminence. lie then told how these
eleven hundred were distributed among the
branches of painting, sculpture, wax works, &c,
and proceeded with the inquiry, why is it that
such a large number Of women devoted them
selves TO the art, They might have adorned the
home circle. and fulfilled the purpose of their be-
ing in other walks Of life, probably more to their
OwR enjoyment He thought the cause was their
affection Generally. they were the daughters
wives. sisters, sweethearts Of artists, and
through, affection for those relatives were led To
employ their own skill IN 4 manner that would
bc pleasing and acceptable to- them.
The lectrcr next proceeded To sketch the his
tory Of art aud the association Of woman there
with. aud mentioned the names Of the most re-
In1rkabe female artists OF various periods and
countries giving brief description of their works
and ain account al their lives Among these was
one named Cora uf whom il * stated that she dis
covered the art If moulding figures in Lds Teti. 70.
She WAS the daughter of an artist. Some half
dozen other female artists Of the Greeks were men
Toned. and the lecturer remarked that among that
people the cultvat of art bv females appears To
have been quite common circumstance such
Was not the case however. with the ancient
Romans and we have accounts only of one female
artist among them, who was of Greek origin
Coming down 70 later periods of history. the
noted female artists of the Italian, Forentine, We
netian, Flemish, French German. and English
s'hOOls were respectively noticed; and nnally the
few great names Of this class that America can
boast of. The lecturer concluded with
highly appropriate remarks Oh the cultivation Ci
art in this country.
,.-fI,
witty and humorous remarks in relation tn the
Idosyncracies Of the several characters mentioned,
and was replete with interesting and instructive
lessons The next and last OF this series OF lectures
will be delivered on Friday evening next by DIR.
DstoE. of this city, the subject OF Earth and
3Ian and we have reason to believe that it will
he highly Instructive essay.
HoUsE Manufacturing the last three or four
weeks the public mi nl in and about the
of Tenth and r. streets has been wrought mp to the
highest pitch of alternate expectations and disaP-
pOintInent with reference TO to the progress Of
party who. il would seem, las rlshly pledged
himself To remove tTn-stnry frame house from r.
street. the corner Of Tenth, 10 SOnew here in
Thirteenth street. From present appearances.
this party las either made ErSt-rate contract or
shoe king bah ono. II he has been employed by
the day lac is all right for good twelve months
Job; hut. on the other hand, II lac las undertaken
do the bust HeSs for Il specific sum, without re-
ference To time. it strikes - ties that there las
not been great financial e hZZle' since l-3.
he will have made before that twn-siUry house
reaches its destination. This morning. quite
gathering of spectators watched the unitrd Efforts
VI the hands engaged upon the work with no Iittle
enjoyment The arrangements made for eftcting
the - move were of the most primitive character,
consisting of few pieces of ordinary - trace
chain block and tackle. and few pieces of
inch-and ter rope added To sundry iron pins
OF foot in length, which were driven into the
ground about eight inches for the - team TO pull
against -Four Disguised cider cOlOred horses,
Litched in juxtapositon, after the manner Of
Georgia field blowing team. constituted the mo
tive power; and, notwithstanding their apparent
constitutional weakness, they found no difficulty
in pulling I'D the aforesaid pins, parting the
ropes at each trial. Still the house moved not for
ward; and at the end Of trial, in which several
chains Were severed. bystander remarked, with
wicked word, that he saw the house go back an
inch. The building itself is an object Of public
eomInisseration, being Perched upon five little
wooden trucks and one skid, and wears SO intense
look of dependency To excite the warmest
sympathy OF the boys who surround il at all times
and prOiier uncalIed-fOr opinions rs to whether
the house will not have grown To twice its present
dimensions before reaching Thirteenth street.
Fl<H FEAsr<-Bachelor lovers Of the greatest
treat Of this particular seasOn-fne rock shad and
white perch, dressed to a charm within an hour or
two after being taken from the water-should by
all means COntrIve 10 come up from Alexandria
on the trip Of the George Page when leaving that
city at D. III. with the Orange aud Alexandria
railroad paSsen gers They dine OH the boat, and
such hsh feeds Archie Fleming sets before them.
are not to be hal elsewhere than ON the bosom or
banks of the broad Potomac. Mr. FleuIingS cook
ION tue bOat) is a. famous a Virginia spriHg-fshs
cook as the world holds The boiled roc L, fried
perch. aud baked and Pl1nked Shad which are
now being daily served up To all who chose To SIT
down al the George Pages table. not To be
eauallpd anywhere We advise all no wish To
comprehend how delicious fine fish really on
the Potomac in the spring 10 he sure To take Occa-
sion shortly. Ia dine Oh the George Page.
The NEW SUPPLY OF WATER.-We stated the
other day that the aqueduct water had been let
into the old pipes connected with the Capitol res
srvoir On Monday afternoon the fire plugs
along Pennsyvania avenue were tapped by the
Officers in charge, and each discharged n strong
volume Of water that truly refreshing To look
drOstatic resources Of the city. Never before, by
artificial means. has such AN abundance OF the
Hmpid element been seen in streets. Ii was
suggested by an officer in charge that by attaching
proper hose tO the fire plugs along Pennsy lvania
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