Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-01-04
FACES ON THH WALL.
by HARRIET DEEcuER srowr

FACES ON THH WALL.
by HARRIET DEECuER STOWE.
d"1"or Of" Uncle Tora'a cabin,"" My Wife and T."
"Mt"ts'et's Wootng,"ctc.
Once there was a worry good little girl, who,
ny reason Of her goodness, knew where to find
in the wlntor. In the same vav
lcsa perfect people, blessed by the generous
FAIRIES Of memory aid imagination, may sit, as
do now, in the midst of falling leaves and
whistling winds, and call back tho green
grasses and tho summer sun. Bco yonder in
tho glcn tho darling Of our house, the gold
CLEAN in her brown hair, a chain Of daisies in
hor hand un,i IN f'nr eyes the rougsh media
ton OF kitten, weary for All ins!S!;t only, of
its play, and thinking sly'y Of another spring.
Thrown back upon the velvet grass, she il not
resting, only pausing; from her bright chances
to the tips Of her tin. .'ugers sho is wide
awake.
But now tho merry play Is over, and our pet
nestles yonder on the sofa cushion, tired at
last in earnest. Slowly tho lids fall, and the
lingering smile dies out but tho 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 droam-land. disturbs tho sweet brow's per-
feet peace. She is fast asleep.
In other words, two chromos' hang upon tho
wall, bewitchin6 child-heads, in which every
mother sees something of her own dear ones,
never grown old, and never lost to her, how
ever life or death may have dealt with them.
Nothing pleases more At first sight or gives
pleasure longer than poetical pictures of chill
dron. 4" The little child whom Jesus sets in
the midst of every family, is q Joy that grows
not old aud fades not.
age cannot wither. custom cannot stale
Its infinite variety"
For this reason happy picture of child
brings an enjoyment more lasting than any
other, because it is subject of which no ono
ever tires.
But LEO pictures, besides their constant
charm for grown folks, are such as children
can 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
themin age. The pictures that children's eyes
rest on as they are dropping off to sleep, or a.
they awake in the morning seem to them like
living friends. All eorts of childish dreams and
tancles make of the pictured face real CON-
panion. Not only in the parlor or the sitting
room would they be an attractive and fitting
establishment, but they are charming pair
for the adornment of q nursery.
Undoubtedly those two pictures are portraits.
There is a realistic faithfulness and truth about
them that forbiGs the idea of their being fancy
beads. They will remind many parents Of little
ones either here or in heaven. Dickens saws
somewhere of his portraiture of little Nell that
he has had letters from the farthest regiocs Of
the earth speaking of children who resembled
her-so dear, and SO early taken! He who
paints one child we'll, paints thousands, and
speaks to the tenderest feelings of innumerable
hearts.
Ofconrse there is pleasure in possessing an
original painting but when the question lies
between an original at five hundred dollars
and = chrome which can scarcely be distin-
guished from it at ten dollars--particularly
when one has not the Ave hundred to spare
the choice is not very difficult. As to these
two exquisite chromos. only critical exami-
nation can distinguish between the copies and
the originals, which sold for many hundreds
which is certainly moro than can be said of the
best copies Of most pictures painted by hand.
BlessinSsu on chromo-lithography, by which
the successful painting of a master can be re-
produced Indefinitely, and can enter thousands
of homes with its educating, quickening, re-
forming influences!
1t is not alone into the dwellings, of the great
and wealthy that We follow this pretty pair
with anteipations of delight. We see them
in the cottages of the poor, in the log cabin of
the backwoodsman; frightening tho toll Of tn
hard wife and mother, and receiving the a.
most adoring wonder of children who have
never seen pictures before.
God bless the darlings- the little CON-
forters fast and far!
The charming pair of oil chromos, " Wide
Awake" and Fast Asleep" of whose real
beauty and attn activeness Mrs. Stoves grace.
full sketch can give but an imperfect idea-so
plea: :aa are tht y to al who love art or chill
dren-have always sold in the picture stores
for $40, aud the original publisher has never
been able to supply the great demand for them
even at that price. And yet. although thous-
ands of them have been sold in America at
that high rate, they are now within the reach
of all, for they are
GIVEN AWAY
to every subscriber to The Christian Union IN un-
sectarian, literary, religious and domestic weekly
newspaper, edited by HENRY WARD BEEcHER.
The pair, by fortunate arrangement which one
OF the partners of this house was able to make in
Paris during the late SIEGE with the proprietors Of
the pictures, are furnished to Mr.. Beecher's pub
fishers at rate entirely EXCEPTIONAL The subjects
are Life Size.
As to the Christian Union, the great success Of
that Paper has been marvel in tho history of Jour-
nalsm, and the scholarly and critical New York
Nation calls it mot only the ablest and BEST but aleo
the most popular of American religious periodicals.
This paper, after the first of January will be
printed on stn larger Sheet FOL ed in tpenty-four
pages, pastel at the back and trimmed at the eaes
decided advantage, possessed by other religious
weekly published. It contains contributions from
eminent writer's of all denominations, and has mat
ter Of interest," for every member Of the household.
young and old. For the year 1872, Mrs, HAas11r
BEEcuER STOWE will write erclusirely for the CHx1s
TAN UNION.
The terms Of subscription to this paper are. For
one year, ONLY $780, This will entitle the subscriber
to the paper and to tho above pair of beautiful OIL
Chromos. TIE CHRISTIAN UNION, including the
Illustrated Holiday Number, t2S pp.), will be sent
FREE until Jan. LIST, to all who now subscribe for
the year 1872.
Send money In postal ORDERS drafts, or req;stered
letters, direct to the Publishers;
SPECIMEN COPIES Of the paper will be mailed FREE
postage to any address on receipt of six cents BY
J. 3. Ford Co., Publishers, q Park Place, New
York. For full narticlars see advar4iso.,,an4 49,