The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-07-12
A Beautiful Chrome.
MRS. SHOCKS WASHING THE CHILDREN.
From the Ell Paso Journal. I

From the FL PasO Journal.
| Ii the religious press gets ahead of the Ell
Paso Journal, we give it fair warning that it
must get up on its spine. We have stood the
Sleeping Cherubs, by the Christian Union !;
| we have gazed on the picture of wall-eyed
virtue with which Brother Talmage ropes in
subscribers from the rural districts, unmoved
! but when the Christian at Work sends us a
| picture of two sore-eyed dogs watching three
merino lambs, and wants us to pay them 500
| for it, then, indeed, the free spirit of all
| American citizen is aroused.
! We want it distinctly understood that we ere
! i'll the chrome business ourselves.
Hereafter, every subscriber to the Ell Paso
Journal will receive Il beautiful chrome, emit
tied g Mrs Snooks Washing the Children"
1t is one of those beautiful home pictures that
at once appeal to the fondest and hottest affec-
tons OF the heart. Every man who sees it
will at once, .'Would he were boy again"
when being washed and getting soap in his
eyes was one of the regular Sunday eff .ctions
next to the catechis1n.
In the foreground is Mrs. Shocks Before
her is Il tub, and one Of the orphans is strug-
Cling in the water The artist has seized upon
the moment when the infant has Just opened
mouth for a prolonged solo. but is deXterously
checked by his mothers swabbing his voice
with Il sponge. The manner in which stream
of soapy water isrepresented 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 Snookss face is study.
1t 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 on
| wash-days and at housekeeping times.
Three of the children have already been
washed. Their rosy countenances bright
with exubeant wealth, have been 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 yet
bathed. This is finely done, and cost a world
of labor
The whole forms an agreeable contrast to
the naked cherubs sent out by the religious
! press 1t is domestic scene, full of holy Joy
and tranquilized by sweet and dream-like
peace.
In order to convey the idea that even in so
perfect home as this sorrow must enter, the
artist has depicted one of the children suffer-
ing with the measles. The war 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 chro-
mos to every subscriber Of the Ell Paso Jour
nal. We append few certificates from prom-
nent individuals:
True to life The Very atmosphere smells
Of soap. L Henry Ward Beecher.
81 assure you, on my honor that the chro-
mo is so natural that one of my children
actually caught the measles from looking at
it. Ben Butler.
Reminds me of the time when they used
to wash me. now many years ago. Susan B.
Anthony.
Send me 1900 dozen OF your chromos
Washing the Children We want to offer
them Us premiums. = Christian at Work.
1T 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
ferbear. Now let the honest masses show
their appreciation Of art by coming up and
taking the Jous7Ml.