Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-04-10

why, OUT Cn1S makes nlm u1duQeT eAaU
anything else.-Daua6ury Neavs.
Sneok's Chrome.
If the religious press gets ahead of
the El 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 Bro. Talmage ropes
in subscribers from the rural districts,
unmoved. But when the Christian at
Work sends us picture of two sore
eyed dogs watching three merino lambs,
and wants us to pay them twenty dol
lars for it, then, indeed, is the free
spirit of an American citizen aroused.
We want it distinctly understood
that we are in the chrome business
ourselves.
Hereafter every subscriber that takes
the Ell Paso Journalwill receive beau
tiful chrome, entitled, "Mrs. Snooks
Washing the Children" It is one of
those beautiful home pictures that at
once appeal to the fondest and holiest
affections 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 affections next the
catechism.
In the foreground is Mrs. Snooks.-
Before her is a tub, and one Of her Or
phans 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 it is
dexterously checked by his mothers
swabbing his voice with sponge
The manner in which stream of soapy
water is represented running down in
to the urchin's right eye, is very finely
done. Into the other eye there 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 in
most depths. Mrs. Snooks' face is q
study. 1t is such an expression of
motherly love, housewifely 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 house cleaning times.
Three of the children have already
been washed. Their rosy countsnances,
ffGfFfhi farFfhssrie hsigntssssrs ntsssrsnt health he bean
limner, who has depicted them suffer-
ing with colds as one result Of their
baths. At the same time their COM
plexion forms an agreeable contrast to
the three behind the tub who have not
yet been 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. It is domestic
scene full of holy Joy and tranquilized
BY q sweet and dream-like peace.
In order to delicately convey the idea
that even in so perfect a home as this,
sorrow must enter, the artist has de-
picted one of the children suffering
with the measles. The way in which
hemeasle 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 El
Passo Journal. We append few GER
tifcates from prominent individuals.
"True to life. The very atmosphere
smells ofsoap." Henry Ward Beecher.
81 assure you on my honor, that the
chrome is so natural that one of my
children actually caught the measles
from looking at t.'-Ben. Butler.
"Reminds ME of the time when they
used to wash ME, now many, many
years ago."-Susan B. Anthony.
"Send me 5000 dozen of your cllro-
mos, Washing the Children We
want to offer them as premiun1s."-
Christian at Work.
cit shows domestic misery in the
highest degree. No woman ought to
be allowed to have seven children
Victoria Woodruff.
We trust these testimonials are suf-
ficient. We could append many thou
sands; but we forbear. Now let the
honest masses show their appreciation
of art by coming up and taking the
Journal.-N PaSS0 Journal.