New-York tribune., 1876-04-22


faces. nor reality into human movements attitudes and
gesres knows the conventional rules for these eI-
pressons and has studied some lie Brun or other WIN
diligence, but though he plainly knows which muscles
pull the face up into mrth or drag down to doefui
dumps strctest following out Of the recipes brings
no essential truth with It, and Mr. Wimarth has found
ere this that Ls Brun with all his diagrams of JOY"
"Grief" "Rago," and Ecstasy" cannot mako
Hogarth any more than Delsarte can make Rachel.
though he might make MacKaye. Mr.. wilmarth Is out
Of his beat when he tries to be animated humorous or
tragc-even when the tragedy further that the
agony caused by gawk handling handsaw. But II he
had the power be all that painter Of anecdotes ought TO
be- he would still disspate squander his talent unless
he could learn to expend IL proper subjects In No.
279, There 10 Music in all things II Men had Ears,
Qeayng out Of the absurdity of the statement the
fact being that s because have that there
is not music TO them in all things; we know not
whether animals In general are as insensble TO
sound ns they ara thought to be to light.
but everybody knows that dogs are put into a
state OF extreme misery by some peoples playing on the
piano or singing and this susceptibility Is one OF the
manifestations their higher rank IN the scale ofbeing;
In No. 279 then. We have as disagreeable theme rs
could have been chosen OF the whole catalogue OF the
little miseries OF human e selected Tor the object OF
careful learned artists work for many weeks ana theh
framed and hung up for the inspection Of people who
whatever else they may want are here In America
pretty not to want what are called NERVES"
near him; heavy built. phlcgmatic German, VINO
having got through torturlng his audience by perform
ance the ACCORDION (mOng musical Instruments tue
counterpart OF the sawshapencr Is now trying 10 make
belieye-but, though he follow Le Brun and Dr. Charles
Bells prescription with German faithfuness, he cannot
persuade he Is doing more than makebeeye-hathe is
suffering tho agony Of the darned In listening TO Ills rival
musician OF the handsaw 1t is not pleasant to sec such
welmeant efforts to look wretched prove abortiye
Although sti following Dr. BelD the coTugator muscle
which knits the co0perates with the depressed
anglo OF tho mouth with the best intention in the world
and although the frontal muscle adds Its operation,
a d there Is In consequence acute turning upward
OF the inner part OF the eyebrow" STILL in spite
OF this strict following OF tho recipe, nothing
comes Of 1t all but n conviction that this
heavy German IA only making believe ho does not Ike
the sharpening well as he likes bis own accordeon
The spectator at that II he didn't really en-
10y he would stop rolling about the wagon-seat to
which he has so superluously climbed, and would 20
away lager beer saoOn to feed and forget
IT, the kegs among" In the foreground OF the picture
thero young who Is also trying to follow Dr.
Bells rules and look II he were delighted with the
saw-sharpenng This IA grained mechanic who
wouldn't get up howl no matter who played on the
piano As he wishes As TO think he finds the Germans
pretended anguish exceedingly ridiculous 1t Is IN vain
that he endeavors 10 restrain the relaxation OF the
muscles that surround and control the lips The muscles
concentrating TO the mouth prevail they become more
and influenced they reract the lips and display
the teeth. Tho checks powerfully drawn up,
the eyelids wrInked and the eye almost concealed
Tho aohrymal gland within the orbit Ia compressed
by tse pressure the eyebal and tho eye
suffised with tears" Here Dr. Bell hows us TO demon
stration how Joy Is TO be expressed and Mr. Wlmarth
has done all that apt scholar aud thorough teacher
can do follow his directions. Yet N the spectator
Will step little aside and look at Mr. Johnsons third Old
man. who Is addrcs ssing a remark with some sly humor
ia II 10 his neghbor II he will pry little closer
and look at the couple IN the opposite row bo man who
has found the lucky "red ear and Ia claiming the for
feed kiss from bis girl that rewards him for ~ he viii
see how much easier for master who has the power
OF expression In himself 10 communicate II to his pic
tured people than for another however industrious and
panstaking who has that power. to communicate 1t
by following the most learned giyers OF recipes n Mr
wilmaTth had been able TO make his Music hath
Charms really funny like Hogarth's "EnraGed Musi-
clan" say whore have a parrot screaming. ballad
woman bawlmg. her baby whining. one child
with a rattle, another with drum. dog
ycping n knife grinder grinding. a milk-maid cry
ing her milk. a blind piper piping dustman
with his bell. a swoep-ho with his Sweep hog
the postman with his horn. the pavor WIN his rammer
the pie-man yelling Pies" two eats miauling ON the
ueast roof and the church bells ringing for victory
and all In Of the yolinplayers window. or close
within his hearing, who has got up early TO have nice
quiet time for practce-a sceno like this may be ac-
copied and excused "a the sport OF man OF genius
whose serious Work was gwen 10 very uH'l'' aS h""
who rarely painted such trivial subjects but engraved
them and 80 enabled 10 have them not have them.
To take them now and then out OF the portfolio. but not
ohging us TO hang them on our walls We' on the con
trary, have too many painters, and unfortunately Mr
wilmarth among Them all whose labor IA devoted to
tho elaboration OF such trivial incidents as this OF the
Needy Knife Grinder We have mover seen n picture
from bs hands In which the story told not equally
ipsnncant though has seldom been "a disagrceabe
ma iu the SawGrnder as downright silly as In No A37
practical Joke the Pioneer" or this picture
It Is needless to say much In fact, the
Interpretation OF II is rather beyond MS. Just what
this big fellow In a leathern apron. who has
mans beard yet IA afraid Is afraid OF hardly appears
That he should be surprised little at seeing large spider
dangling the end Of sne before his face might be
admitted especially when he sees that all tho people
about him are entirely undisturbod hut we cannot think
he would bo frightened, even supposing him coward
which except in the presence OF real danger
Why all expression should have been omitted from his
face and why all except man should have lost or
misaid their appropriate expressions too on this occa
sion does appear. Probably Mr. Wlmarth searched
In vain in Ie Brun Dr. Bell or Iavaor for the recipe
for the proper expression to be put on when you sec
largo spider dangling before your face at the end OF
ashlIne At such moments the corrucators and all tho
other learned muscles Just relax suppose. and give
I'D The only man here who has remembered that pro-
prieiy forbids his appearing without expression OF
some kind has snatched wildly at the first one that came
to hand
A blanket in tho alarm Of fear caught up;'
but unfortunately 1t proves msht expression after
ALL lie Is In state OF hilarious glee at the success OF
the practical Joke but tho victims back Ia turned
toward hlm and tho preparation Ia between nm ana
the victim with his back also turned to the hilarious one
and az the hilarious aforesaid Is only just mounting
tho garret stairs which these poopo nre taking her
pleasure sadly Il evident that he cannot REALLY he
laughing. hut must simply be posing for Mt "inarth
after having had his features comnoSed Tor MN accord
ing to DR. Bell An artist with the learning IN MS arr
trt than m