Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-10-02

has made several attempts to make
feature of sketches of American men,
manners and places, but has always, as
yet, succeeded only in failing. They
would persist in beginning at the wrong
end, and instead of employing Amerl-
can artists they sent over men from their
own London staff, who were utterly and
entirely ignorant of everything on this
side of the herring bond. Now, for
supercilious Englishman, who expects to
shoot buffalo from the back windows of
the little log tavern which we call the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, and who dares not
go out of sight for fear of being am
pushed and scalped by the Comanche In
dams, who, it is known, perambulate
Broadway, tomahawk in hand, to en-
deavor to delineate the distinctive fea-
| lures of our cis-Atlantic life, is about as
reasonable as to engage Modoc Captain
Jack to retail silks and laces in Stewards
dry goods store. And yet this London
paper has PERSISTED in repeating It's
| blunder again end again. First came
| Frank Vizitelly, whose sketches of
| American life and men were so ridicu-
| lous as to cause a universal guffaw on
| both sides of the ocean, even the Eng
! lishmen admitting their absurdity. He
1ASSN'
not the breaking out of the war given
| him another chance, when he did much
! better. as war and battle pictures are
pretty much alike all the world over
| Then came two or three draughtsmen of
| lesser note, who all failed miserably.
| Then Matt Morgan arrived, and he did
| little more than the Others-he, hOWeV-
er, effected and engagement here with
! Frank Leslie and his work on the papers
| combined with his theatrical scene
painting, of which art he lisa master,
| secure him a handsome salary. The last
| attempt of the NeaCs to secure series OF
! American pictures was by sending
young fellow named Radcliffe, who
| made more ignominiOuS failure than
! the others. and was soon recalled.
Now that they have taken a step in
the right direction by engaging Mast, it
is to be hoped that they will meet with
! better success.
MAST AND THE HARPERS.
BY the way there is some interest in
the coming back of Mast to the HarperS.
He thought he was badly treated by the
Republican party after the reelection OF
Grant. He wanted to go abroad, and
he wanted the reigning party to send
him as a cOnsul--the reignipg party
couldn't see it, though the artists ser
vices to the party during the campaign
| were more valuable than those OF any
other one man. and he really deserved a
reward. The Harpers, who didn't want
to loose their most valuable artist, natuT-
allv didn't second Nast's endeavOrs very
heartily, and in fact rather turned the
cold shoulder on his political aspirations,
Of ipI HiGannDlnt
ed knight of the pencil Indignantly res
igned his position and cleared for merrie
England The Harpers, however, found
such terrible falling off in the circula-
ton Of their weekly in consequence OF
Che loss Of their telling cartoons that
they found they must get their author
back at any price. For more than q
wear he resisted all their Establishments
and persisted in enjoying his holiday,
and it is only now, that, having had his
fun, he has consented to resume his
place. ...o.
The terms are said to he $4,000 a
wear. carte blanche as to the choice Of
Subjects, though he receives kindly, of
course, any suggestions. This seems an
enormous sum, but the artist is worth
every penny of it to his employers.
Mast is very rapid worker, aud IS
also very industrious, and his income
from his pencil alone is probably more
than equal to the Presidents salary be
fore it was doubled. He draws for no
papers or periodicals but the Harpers,
but he illustrates a great many books,
and publishes comic almanic of his
own which sells by the hundred thous-
and. Beside, all this, he is going to ell
ter the lecture field this coming season
with discourse on -'Caricature, in the
course of which he will rapidly sketch
before the audience pictures of eminent
or well-known characters. Mast is d
, lucky chap.
THE GAY SUMNER BIRDS OF FASHION
7 have returned from their summer fitting
| to the woods, the mountains, or the sea
side. and their brilliant plumage again
brightens, and in fact Eliminates, Broad
l way. Not being a woman, | can't tel
YOU much about the fall fashions OF
dresses. | can only say that they seen
to me to be more bewilderingly nondes
] cript in cut and form, and more aston
ishingly brilliant and glorious in color
e and more strangely various in mdteria
S and variety of texture than ever before
D The ladies all go about in enormous stec
e or brass clasps and buckles, like so many
n shackles; each one is girded with ;
e strong belt to which, in humble imita
3 ton of sword and bayonet. are fastened
y parasol. fan, and other female contriv
ances, the very names of which are un
0 known to the present writer.
l. In the way of amusemCnts, we are no
n likely to want. One new theatre, thC
|, one which was to have been Fechters, j
i completed and open. Another comedy
I theatre is being rapidly pushed to com
q petion, corner of Thirty-tifth street ant
e Broadway, by Messrs. B0ucicault ant
= William Stuart These in addition Il
v all the others, will surely keep u
It amused. The Wakes Family, the Bacl
# Crook, Notre Dame, Salvini, the Italian
n tragedian, Rip Van Wrinkle, two comi
q operas, the Lydia Thompson Troupe
: and a new conjurOT at SteinWay Hall
e are the leading attractions this week.
l. AS to the financial pan but l spar
: you! BAYARD'
u u BRANDON Town FAIR. THE followin
r. report was not in its place when tn
1t awards were copied by our reporters
u FROM COMMITTEE ON QUILTS, SPREADS AN
~ woRsTED GOODS
:, A handsome carriage blanket of shad
h ed woods, knit on machine, by i
e Powers. ..a.....
+ III L l.