The Portland daily press., 1872-02-16

Aathor Of "Uncle Toms Cabin" "Afy Wife and l."
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once there was very good little girl who, by rea-
son OF her goodness knew where to find strawberries
IN the winter. In the same way less perfect people,
oiessed by the generous fairies of memory and imag
nation, may sit as do now, in the midst of falling
leaves and whistlng Winds and call back the green
grasses and summer sum- 1 see yonder in the glen,
the darling of our house, the gold gleam in her brown
nar chain of daisies in her hand and in her ewes the
roughsh meditation of kitten weary for an instant
only OF its play, and thinking slyly of another spring.
thrown back upon the velvet grass she is not resting
only pausing; from her bright gances to the tips of
her tiny fingers she is wide awake
But now the merry play is over, and our pet nestles
younder on the sof-cushion tired at last in earnest
Slowly the lids TALL and the lingering smile dies OUT
out the flush in cheek and lip remains, like the glow
after sunset The gathered buttercups and daisies
are loosely held by the fair little hand no shadows
even OF dream land disturb the sweet brows perfect
peace. She is fast asleep.
In other words, two chromos hang upon the wall.
Dewitching child d-heads in which every mother sees
something OF her own dear ones, grown old and
never lost to her, however time or death may have
dealt with them.
Nothing peases more at first sight or gives pleasure
longer than poecal pictures of children "The little
child whom Jesus sets in the midst of every family
Is a JOY that grows not old and fades not
sage cannot wither, custom cannot stale
Its infinite variety" a't
For this reason happy picture of child brings an
enjoyment more lasting than any other, because it is
subject of which no one ever tires
But these pictures besides their constant charm for
grown folks, are such children understand and
love. Our little "Wide Awake and Fast Asleep
would give many pleasant hour Of companionable
amusement and intercourse to the little people akin
to them in age The pictures that children eyes rest
on they dropping off to Sleep or as they awake
In the morning. seem to them like living friends All
sorts of childish dreams and fncies make of the pict-
ured face real companion. Not only in the parlor
the sitting would they be an attractive and
fitting embellishment, but they are charming pair
for the adornment of a nursery.
Undoubtedly these two pictures are portraits
There is realistic fithfulness and truth about them
that forbids the idea of their being fancy heads
They will remind many parents of little ones either
here or in heaven. Dickens says somewhere of his
portraiture of little Nell that he has had letters from
the farthest regions of the earth speaking of children
who resemble her-so dear, and so early taken! He
who paints one child well, paints thousands, and
speaks to the enderest feelings ofinumerable hearts,
OF course there is pleasure in possessing origi
nal painting; but when the question lies between an
original at five hundred dollars and chrome which
can scarcely be distinguished from it, at ten dollars
particularly when one has not five hundred to spare
the choice is not very difficult As to these two ex-
quislte chromos, only critical examination can dis
tingusn between the copies and the originals which
sold for many hundreds-which is certainly more
than can be said of the best copies of most pictures
painted by hand. -s .tt t. .
i Blessings upon chrome -lithography, by which the
successful painting of master can be reproduced nde
ntely and enter thousands of homes with its ed
ucating, quickening, reforming Influences!
1t is not alone into the dwellings of the great and
wealthy that follow this pretty pair with anticipa
tions of delight We see them in the cottages Of the
poor in thelog ofthe backwoodsman Frightening
the toll Of the hard-worked wife and mother and
receiving the almost adoring wonder of children who
have never seen pictures before. y III
God bless the darlings-send the little comforters
fast and far!