The Portland daily press., 1875-12-16
Art, Music and the Drama.

j. NJ Wales, an American draughtsmaL,
now studying in Paris, is viewed as prospect
i've rival to Mast in caricature.
The London Spectator is eloquent, enthusi-
astic and fairly rapturous over Jeffersor's RIP
Van Wrinkle.
Alexandra Violletle-Duc, younger brother
of Eugene Emmanuel, the architect, is prom
inent landscape painter in Paris.
Several works of art, among them three
busts of Caracalla, are missed from Rome,
within year, and they are now, though
through what channel is not known, in the
museum at Berlin.
A suit of armor, composed of thin plates of
steel, worn by Joan Arc, has been placed in
the MuSee des InUdlides. 1t was presented to
La Pucele by Charles VII, aud she placed it
in st. Denis after she had been wounded near
Paris.
Stuart Robson, the actor, is said to have a
habit of biting his inger-nals. He also has
small daughter. The other day that dear child
deliberately pared her finger-nails, and in the
innocence of her heart approached her comica
progenitor: "Papa," said she, "hsre are some
nails for you to eat" Tableau de famille!
A curtain has been discovered in some out of
the way chateau in France, on which is painted
a scene from the Ecoles des Maris, with Molere
playing Ariste and his wife, Armande BeJarte,
playing Leonora. 1t is evidently contempo.
rary picture, and hence of great value. Sou
venirs of Molere are few and almost priceless
An actor who did not like to be taken for
"supe" is told about by the Louisville Ledger
as follows: Mr. John Marble, who is now
playing at Macauley's Theatre, is quite wag
in his way. Yesterday, while at dinner, at
one of our principal hotels, waiter ap-
preached him and gently asked, "Soup, siI?'
"Whats that" demanded the actor. Soup,
sir?" reiterated the waiter. "No, sir-come-
dianp' was the dignifed answer, which "set
the table in roar
The women artists of London have organ
lied series of meetings designed for mutual
improvement, where a qualified painter is to
offer criticisms. sit is proposed" says the
Athen@um, "that pictures which are in prog
ress for exhibition, by female painters, should
be brought together, and their qualities, short
comings, and, we presume, merits, pointed out
and advice for the remedying of errors prof
fered to the artists"
Emperor William, of Germany, has been pre-
sented with a finely bound collection of manu-
scripts of famous composers. Among them
are two quintets by Spohr, a piano piece by
Thalberg, an Italian air with orchestral accom-
paniuent by Carl Maria Won Weber, a SYM
phony by Schubert, and the first score of Bee
thoven's eighth symphony having various run
ming comments Of the composer Oh his own
work, such as: "This will never do" "No
Good" "Will have this repeated?" Sc.
That gloomy play, 'Rose Michel" which is
having great success at the Union Square
Theatre in New York, will not, Mrs. Burnham
thinks, reduce the number of suicides in this
season of business depression and suffering. A
report of suicide headed ga man kills him
self because he couldn't support his family"
was recently read in her hearing, and samll
boy felicitouslv remarked: "What fool! Why
didn't he kill his family?" Much better do SO,
perhaps, than to leave them to starve alone.
"Around the world has cslebratedi the first
anniversary Of its existence in Paris, when two
performances were given. 1t has worn out in
It's career three Acudas, two Passe artouts,
two Pheas Foggs. and any number of Mar
garets and Nemeas; it has sprained the leg of
one dancer and the wrist of another. Only
Dumaine the "Archibald Corsican" of the
piece, has never failed or fatered, but has reg
ularly appeared every night for 365 consecutive
nights, Good Friday being the only night in
the year on which the piece was not given, and
the end thereof is not yet