The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-08-01
Mrs. snooks Washing the children.

II the religious press gets ahead Of
the FL Paso Journal we give 1t fair
warning that il must get up on its spine.
We have stood the " Sleeping Cherubs y
by the Christian Union; We have gaZed
on the pictu OF wall-eyed virtue with
which Brother Talmage ropes IN sub
scribers from the rural districts IN
moved, but when the Christian at
Work sends rs a picture of two sore
eyed dogs watching three mariDo lambs,
and wants rs to pay them $50 for Ii,
then, indeed, the free spirit Of the
American citizen is aroused.
We want 1T distineti: understood thsi
Hereafter, every subscriber who takes
the Ell PasO Journal viii receive beau
tiful chrome entitled ' Mrs. Snooks
Washing the Children" 1t is oneof those
beautiful home pictures that at once
appeal TO the fondest and hOliest affec-
tons OF the heart. Every man who
sees it VIII at once Would he were q
boy again." when being washed and
getting soap IN his ey es was one of the
regular Sunday Affections next to the
catechism.
In the foreground is Mrs. SnOoks.
Before her is a tub, and one of the or
phans is struggling in the water The
artist has seized upon the moment when
the infant has Just opened his mouth
for prolonged solo, but is dexterously Y
checked by his mothers swabbing his
voice with a spunge. The manner IL
which a stream of soapy water is repre-
sented running down the urchin's right
eye is very finely done. In the other
eve is thrown all the added emotion of
pent-up grief and " sorrow that knows
} tongue. We defy any man to see
this picture without being stirred to
his inmost depths. Mrs. Snooks' face
is a study. 1t is such an expression II
motherly love, housewifely zeal, aSd
beautiful devotion to duty that can be
likened to nothing except that seen
upon the face of our mothers on wash
days and at house-cleaning times.
Three of the children have alrea(A
been washed. Their rosy countenancA
bright with exuberant health, have be IN
further heightened by the art of the
limner, who has depicted them suffering
with colds as one result of their baths
At the same time their complexion
forms an agreeable contrast to the three
behind the tub who have not beer
bathed. This is finely done and cost a
world of labor.
The whole forms an agreeable con-
trast to the naked cherubs sent out by
the religious press. 1t is domestic
scene, full of holy Joy, and tranquilized
by sweet and dreamlike peace.
In order to convey the idea that even
in so perfect a home as this sorrow must
enter, the artist has depicted one of the
children suffering with measles. The
way in which the measles blotches are
struggling with the dirt on his nose,
having captured the last-named rgan,
is one of the sweetest things in the
chrome line that has even been pre-
sented.
We are now prepared to furnish these
chromos to every subscriber of the El
Paso Journal. We append few Ger
tifcates from prominent individuals
"True to life. The very atmosphere
smells of soap. Henry Ward Beecher
&c I assure you, on my honor, that tn,
| chrome is so natural that one of M
children actually caught the measles
| from looking at it. Ben. Butler.
"Reminds me of the time when they
used TO wash me, now many, many year
ago. Susan B. Anthony.
Send the IL, 900 dozen of your chro
mos Washing the children We wan
to offer them as premiums. ."-Christial
at Work.
cit shows domestic misery in the
highest degree. No woman ought to b
allowed to have seven children. vic
toria Woodruff.
We trust these testimonials are suffi
cient. We could append many tbRus
ands; but we forbear. Now let th'
| honest masses show their apprecia\o
of art by coming up and taking 81
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