The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-06-13
Hospital Fair.
THIRD DAY,

Inc flowers 1Or tce Gay were coueiio"
Mr.. Joseph A. Dirwanger, and were proius1 -
quantity, and most excellent in quar''.
deed, one could expect nothing ei'e
noted conservatory. Noticeaoie a'no"s 'ue
new contributions are the hne plack walnut
doors for the Hospital valued at 500 from j.
p Wyman of Augusta.
n,rno the afternoon and evening the inter-
est centcred in the voting and the raffies. Many
votes have been thrown for the Knight Temp
lars sword, nut the warmest contest is over the
case of surgical Instruments. Thirteen physi
clans have been voted for Yesterday after
noon DIR. Hunt was the favorite, with DIR. Cor
don second, and DIR. Burr third; but at the
close of the evening, Dr. Fitch came to the
fare and led the field by neck
Iu rattle No. 9, for the doll Bessie" with
her carriage, trunk, wardrobe and general ont
tit Mrs L. o. Short won. In rattle No. II, for
Lowelrs "Sir Lauufall, hound in black wal
nut boards and illustrated in water colors by
Mrs w. L. Longley, G. B. Woodman VOL. In
rattle No 10, for the embroidered foot stool,
George Cram won.
Fluent Hall was filled all day by crowd
whose wants were amply supplied by the cour-
UeOuS WdteIs ONci R~oo "NiN ~-
corner of the hall alone
ADDITIONAL TABLES.
No. lis a beautifully decorated booth de-
voted to the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Ma
chine 1t is embodied with blu ting and crown
ed with the cap of liberty. Within are four
beautiful machines, encased in rosewood and
walnut. One of silver mounted, costing seven
ty-fve dollars is presented to the Fair. In
front of the booth is the inscription, 'Victori
Gus at Paris in 67,"-four years ahead of the
Prussians, you see
No. 16-Is the Newbury Street Church table
Here are to be found dolls, carriage blankets,
card cases, fans, neck-ties, various toilet arti-
cles and great variety of useful goods Mrs.
Barton is cashier, and the Mrs. Ruby and Tai
bot treasurers.
No. Ills devoted to the Domestic Sewing
Machine Three fiue machines are to be seen
on exhibition, from the agency of E. A. Joy.
Nos. IS and 2O-Are household tables, and
nearly everything in that line can be found at
these tables. The display is very fine indeed.
Mrs. Blanchard is cashier, and the Misses Alice
and Sarah Fernald, Louise Strout and Curtis
assistants A fine lot of maple sugar was re-
ceived yesterday.
No. 2l-ls Congress Square Church table, de-
voted mostly to the display of fancy articles.
a French imported $40 doll presented by Mr..
Linfield, of the Eureka Dollar Store, is one Of
its prominent features. A fine Pyramidal
show case, filled with fancy articles, attracts
much attention, as also does noticeable oil
painting by Miss Minnie Buzzell, aged 10 years,
Mrs. Burgin is cashier, and Mrs. Taylor, Ken.
dali and Miss Sturdevant assistants.
No. "a is for the display of articles fabricated
by the glass-plowers Upon set of terraced
shelves are placed great quantities of the beau.
tiful objects fashioned from glass.
| No. % is the lemonade stand, which is much
patrouized by lovers of lemon juice. The warm
weather yesterday caused large sales of the
| pleasantly acid beverage.
Art Gallery.
The collection of paintings and drawings in
the Art Gallery deserves much longer notice
than we are able to give it. We must content
ourselves with noticing briefly few of the
our attention. Days can be profitably spent by
the art lover in studying the 1O5 originals ant
excellent copies hung upon the walls.
The finest painting in the collection is un
questionably No. Ga by Leutze. 1t represents
dim old cathedral, rich in statues ant
pictures of saints, and adorned with rich reli
| quaries and hierarchical symbols. A band oil
fierce ReforIners, nerved by all the hate which
gives energy to the fanatic, are tearing tn
images from their inches and the canvasse
! from their frames. In the background mer
| ni1acS ic ooIab apff
very steps of the altar. The tesselated pave
meut is strewn with the consecrated mitres o
abbots and the sacred vestments of priests Ii
the foreground knot of women with horro
depicted upon their countenances, are bewailine
the destruction.
No. 4 is a copy of Couture's celebrated ''De
cadence of the Romans" 1t represents band
of jewellers, men and women, with flushed
faces and disheveled locks, reclining upol
| couehes in marble palace by the banks of tn
Tiber. Gazing down upon them, as if sternl.
rebuBing the decadence of their children
stand the carved efieies of old Rome. With
out is glimpse of the blue sky of Italy.
Nos. 80 and So are exquisite drawings in Indi
ink, by barley. The subjects are taken from
Dickens. The first represents Little Nell an,
her grandfather seated in the old curiosity sho
amid the tag ends of the costumes of centuries
while the practico-sentmenta Kit is dividing
his attention between the lunch before him an,
the sweet girl at his SIDE The other represent
Little Emily, stretched upon the wet sea-san'
crushed with her agony of grief and shame
while the honest fisherman is tenderly bending
over her.
| Nos. 6 and z are two of Birket Fosters un
surpassed water coiors.
Nos. SO and "a are copies of two of Murillo'.
most noted works, the Fruit Sellero and thu
Little Gamblers
Nos. and II are two of Van Nehlig's bes
efforts, marked by his mastery treatment oil
shadow and by the strong Individuality of biz
! figures. The BLOOD Money" is particular,
noticeable for its treatment of the conspirator
| in the foreground, and the dusky street at tn,
back.
| Nos. "A and "a are two of Norton's magnifi
cent marines-the Goodbye and the "Kear
sage and Alabama"
No. Sc is Rebekah at the Well The figur
has the 1.-THE form and dark, lustrous beauty O
the Jewess. The eyes are dreamy with a vague
expectation. The drapery aud the surround
ings are admirably managed.
| No. IS is "Wolf hunting ir Russia,
strange, white picture in which the most diff
! cult of all colors is handled in mastery man
ner.
No. 2 is the portrait of Louise Albrecht
charming picture to look at, warm and rich
with an air of purity about it that Immediately
strikes the attention.
No. II is Giffords Kaatskill Cove, paintin.
noticeable for the deep splendor of its clouds.
No. "a is the great panoramic picture o
Harris entitled New England Scenery. Its ad
mirable delineation, its comprehensiveness ant
the richness and delicacy of its coloring, make
it on e of the most noticeable paintings in thu
gallery. rels
No. 70 is that gem of painting, TAFT
''chckens." On looking at it one is ready t.
aver that chickens were never painted before
1t is a. original and unmistakable in its way as
the o of Giotto, or the chirography of Rufui
Choate.
No. CT is Mrs Murray admirable "The Chea
detected the best work that ever came from
| her brush
NO I'll is Maclise's we'll known s'Gipscy Moth
| err