Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-09-25
ART NOTES.

Mr.. Ezekiel, the Cincinnati sculptor who
has tten commissioned by tie lsrlelites Of
AIierirn u design statue tu hc unveiled st
the centennial exercises Ut Philadelphia. in
! 1875, has completed his model It has for
a central figure Goddess Of Liberty. of he
role size. By her side Is al IDEAL figure Of
boy holding aloft the eternal ire and tvri-
flying the universal belief in higher power.
On the other sidei> On American eagle drop
ping TIE killed serpent Int ,lerance" over
the edge Of the preeipce. The group will
he executed in Rome, oGtui one Sulid marble
block, and will be double life ,ize.
The base will he - feet in heisht. and will
be subscribed with the date ''lS76." with
the clause from the constitution providing
for religious liberty, and perhaps the sen
tcnce, Prom the lsrae.ilcs Of the United
States 10 the General Government" IL Will
first be unveiled in tarmount park daring
the centennial celebration, and afterward
removed to Washington, where it will he
permanently placed.
The striking success Of Miss Thompson in
the royal academy exhibition in London has
called attention to the English female sehools
vi art, in the leading one of which, that at
-
" have before us an accuunt of the diStri-
bati-u OF przeS at the Bloomsbury school.
at which the archbishop of York Uaiciated
1t appears from the report there read that
there are IA schools OF the kind 10 the
United Kingdom, and 223,3i3 students in
them There are 10 data given TO show
the range and order Of studies. There are
five grades Of competition; one open to all
the schools une iJr the individual school.
for lrizes Presented By the queen, and by
the science and art department the third
Tor certificates ot excellence in various
branches ana OF efficiency as teachers the
fourth Tor u recently endowed two-years'
scholarship; and, hnully, tor prizes given
from time 10 time by friends e.! the school
The grand exhibition Is he'll at the South
kensIngton school, and, in speaking OF the
astonishing progress in art-culture made in
England, IN recent years, Mr.. Ilawley, T.
A., stated that no fewer than lS0 900 works
have been sent thither from the various
schools. Miss rhomisun, D., genius Is spur
and excmPlar To these youug women, now
that she has 50 brilliantly aehiesed recogni-
tion by her Roll Call
y TENAs EoMANcE.-Years aso, and Vet
Mt many. for it has been since the war,
some disagreement arose between a couple
Of married folks in one Of the old states.
AMI after much pain and suffering and pub
lie exposure of family afflirs in the courts.
4 dsrrce of divorce was obtained and they
who had stood at the altar Of Hymen to
be i,ined in union were parted at the
altar Of justice, to which they hal appealed
Their own way each Of them turned and
long yenrs have come and gone since then
The husband and father travelled with his
burden q the golden shores Of California,
and there, 10 doaht tried hard to forgive
ard forget. The wife and mother, with
their baly, struggled with the skeleton OF
her ieadened life and in time came to Texas
by ~c'ae i.,tuity her husband came to Texas
alSn.
Last Friday they both were aboard the
train b,and from Galveston to this city The
the littie daughter while looking curiously
over tie cir az the strange faces, sudde1 1ly
caught sight Of her long gone father. Be
i1ru her mother could stay her, she had
rg-Iel To him crying . Papa papa The
greeting of fithcr AMI child was touching
aui beautiful. All the old emotions, all
tie smothcred love Of wife and child, came
back in an instant. - Mamma is here said
the little girl; e come apd 90 to her.
And She led her father to the astonished
mother, and 4 poetic predestination was ac-
coinrli<hed. They met and talked as OF yore,
AMI soon all was well with them again.
Chastened, as by fire, they seemed to know
each other better. The sequel is soon told.
After rea hing Houston the services of
Rev MIR. Ii .ekett were called for, license
obtained and the marriage vows reaSsumed
with far better understanding of their
nature and sanctity. And thus it is - AIS
well that ends well. .'-HouStOn (Teras)
Telegraph.