The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-07-23

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i ii r@::34..@.s pres scts ab>z.' cf
the T.! lust Jvttr~u1 Hc give il ri"
warning that it must get up On ia
spine. We have stood the sSIeepirg
Chyrubs," by the Christian Ua;on we
nave gazed On the picture Of wall
eyed virtue with which Brother Tain
age ropes In subscribers from the ru-
raj districts, unmoved, but when the
Chvltta11 at Uork sends us a picture
Of two sore-eyed dogs watching three
mcrino lambs, and wants us to pay
them $40 for it, then, indeed, the
free spirit Of an American citizan is
aroused. @
We want it distinctly understood
that we are in the chrome business
ourselves.
Hereafter, every subscriber that
takes the Ell Paso Journal will re-
ceive a beautiful chrome, entitled
"Mrs. Snooks Washing the Children"
1t Is one Of those beautiful home pic
lures that at once appeal to the fond
est and holiest affections of the heart
Every man who sees it will at once,
"Would he were a boy again" when
being washed and getting soap in bis
eyes was one Of the regular Sunday
Affections next to the catechism.
In the foreground is Mrs. Snooks.
Before her is tub, and one Of the
orphans is struggling in the water.
The artist has seized upon the moment
when the infant has just opened his
mouth for a prolonged solo, but is dex-
trously checked by his mothers
swabbing his voice with a sponge.
The manner in which a stream of
soapy water is represented running
down into the urchin's right eye is
very finely done. In the other eye is
thrown all the added emotion Of pent-
up grief, and "sorrow that knows no
tongue" We defy any man to see
this picture without being stirred to
his inmost depths. Mrs. Snooks' face
is study. It is such an expression
Of motherly love, house-wifely zeal
and beautiful devotion to duty that
can be likened to nothing except that
seen upon the face of our mothers Oh
wash-days and all house cleaning
times.
Three Of the children have bee nal
ready washed. Their rosy counte-
nances, bright with exuberant health,
have been further heightened by the art
of the imner, who has depicted them
suffering with colds as one result Of
their baths. At the same time their
complexion forms an agreeable con-
trast to the three behind the tub who
have not yet hathed. This is finely
done, and cost world Of labor.
The whole forms an agreeable con.
trast to the naked cherubs sent out by
the religious press. It is a domestic
scene, full Of holy joy and tranquiliz-
ed by sweet and dream-like peace.
In order to convey the idea that
even in so perfect a home as this sor-
row must enter, the artist has depict
ed one of the children suffering with
the measles. The way in which the
measles blotches are struggling with
the dirt on his nose, having captured
the last named organ, is one Of the
sweetest things in the chrome line
that has ever been presented.
We are now prepared to furnish
these chromos to every subscriber of
the Ell Paso Journal. We append a
few certificates from prominent indi-
viduals:
True to life. The very atmos-
phere smells Of soap Henry Ward
Beecher.
Il assure you, on my honor, that
the chrome is so natural that one OF
my children actually caught the meas
les from looking at it.''-[Ben Butler.
"Reminds me Of the time when
they used to wash me, now many,
many years ago. Susan B. An
thony.
"Send me $4,000 dozen of your
chromos, Washing the Children
We want to offer them as premiums"
|-[Christian at Work.
ut shows domestic misery in the
highest degree. No woman ought to
be allowed to have seven children."-
| |[Victoria Woodruff.
We trust these testimonials are
sufficient. We could append many
thousands; but we forbear. Now let
the honest masses show their appreci-
alton Of art by coming up and taking
the Journal.