Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-02-09
FACES ON THE WALL.
nY nAnn1rr prrcnrn srowE,


Authoy Of Uncle TOMS Cabin" "Ny VIE
and \" etc.
Once there was very good little girl, who,
by reason OF her goodness, knew where to
find strawberries in the winter. In the same
way less perfect people, blessed by the gen
erous fairies Of memory and imagination, may
sit, as do now, in the midst Of falling leaves
and whistling Winds and call back the green
grasses and the summer sun. ] see yondcr In
the glen the darling Of our house, the gold
gleam in her brown hair, a chain of daisies In
her hand, and in her eyes the roguish medta-
tlon of Il 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
glances to the tips of her tiny fingers she is
wide awake.
But now the merry play is over, and our
pet ncstlcs yondcr on the sofa-cushion, tired
at last in earnest. Slowly the lids fall, and
the lingering smile dies out but the flush
in check and lip remains, like the glow
after sunset. The gathered buttcrcups and
daisies are loosely held by the fair little
hand, no shadows, even of dreamland, dis
turb the sweet brow's perfect peace. She
is fast asleep.
In other words, two chromos hang upon
the wall, bowitching child-heOds, in which
every mother secs something of her own dear
ones, never grown old; and never lost to her,
however time or death may have dealt with
them.
Nothing plcases more at first sight or gives
pleasure longer than poetical pictures OF
children. "The little child" " whom Jesus
sets in the midst of every family is JOY that
grows not old and fades not.
Age cannot withcr, custom cannot stale
Its infinite variety
For this reason a happy picture Of q child
brings an enjoyment more lasting than amy
Vti,os, bse~N'esi ~ 10 ",'bjsot 81 which io ei''
ever tires.
But these pictures, besides their constant
charm for grown folks, arc such as chudrc1
can understand and love. Our little "Widt
Awake" and EAST Asleep would give many
| a pleasant hour of cOmpanionablc amusc
mcnt and intercourse to the little people
akin to them in age. The pictures that chill
/ drens eyes rest on as they are dropping off e
| sleep. or as they awake In the morning
| seem to them like living friends. All sort
| of childish dreams and fancies make of tn,
/ pictured face u real companion. Not only il
! the parlor or sittlng-roOm would they be al
attractive and fitting establishment, bu
! they are charming pair for the adornmen
/ of Il nursery.
Undoubtedly these two pictures are por
| traits There is a realistic faithfulness ant
truth about them that forbids the idea o
their being fancy heads. They will remint
many parents of little ones either here or il
/ heaven. Dickens says somewhere of hi
portraiture of little Nell that he has ha
letters from the farthest regions of the cart
speaking of children who resemble hers
dear, and so carly taken! He who paint
one child well, paints thousands, and speak
to the tenderest feelings of innumerabl
hearts.
OF course there is pleasure in possessn
an original pointing; but when the questio
lies between an original at five hundred do
lars and chrome which can scarcely be di;
tinguishcd from it, at ten dollars-particr
larly when one has not the five hundred t
sparc--the choice is not very difficult. As t
these two exquisite chromos, only critics
examination can distinguish between til
copies and the originals, which sold for man
hundreds-which is certainly more than ca
be said of the best copies of most picture
painted by hand.
Blessings upon chromolithography, b
which the successful painting of a mastt
can be reproduced indefinitely, and can entt
thousands of homes with its cducatin;
quiCkening, reforming influences
Ii is not alone into the dwellings Of tt
great and wealthy that we follow this prett
pair with anticipations of delight. We 81
them in the cottages of the poor, in the Ia
cabin of the backwoodsman, brightcnin
the toll of the hard-worked wife and mot
er, and receiving the almost adoring wond,
of children who have never seen pictures b
fore.
God bless the darlings-send the lit
comforters fast and far !