The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-04-26


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ARTISTIC NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MoRRIs's
DEsIGNs-A MODEL STEAM STREET CAR.
Conway writes from London to the Gin
cinnsti Commercial: An interesting ex-
hibition closes to- day in KensIugton. 1t
is display of ornamental needle-work liz
tended for the Philadelphia exhibition.
There is school for that kind OF work, OF
quits recent origin, which was started un-
der the patronage of the queen, and under
the presidency OF the Princess Christian OF
Schleswig- HoIstein. 1t has thirteen titled
ladies on It's council. Its artists commit
tee are Leighton, Prinsep and Bodley.
The object OF the school Is to restore
ornamental needle-work for secular pur-
poses to the high place it once held among
decorative arts, and to supply suitable
employment for poor gentlewomen."
They have over a hundred LADY
workers." all carefully trained, land the
school undertakes to execute decorative
needle work of all kinds (lsce excepted),
also TO repair and restore ancient needle
work, to which particular attention is
given" Ladies desiring to execute work
for themselves can have it prepared for
them, and "crewels" and other materials
may be had on application. Lessons given
to amateurs, halI a guinea an hour; and so
forth. / am plagiarizing from the Prin-
cess Christians circulsr.) 1t is this school
which has got together its choicest work
and given us glimpse of 1t before send
ing il TO Philadelphia. 1t is the finest
work of that kind which / have seen,
and is q revelation OF the extent 10 which
t1e needle may render effects hitherto sup
posed to be the monopoly of the artists
pencil. The poet Allingnam once wrote
some lines to u girl sewing, which began,
"Oh Mary Ann, you pretty CIR, and, as
remember, declared her needle TO be
Cupid's AFRO ", but 1 don't know what
lyrical enthusiasm might not have been
aroused in him If he had seen these young
ladies engaged in their most beautiful
work. Ever since the school was estab-
hshed the work has been expanding in i'm
poItance. IL began with the embroider-
ing of court robes, fire screens, curtains,
ott0mans and the like, but nov tae needle
decor stors prop Sc to arrange the entire
interiors OF drawing-rooms. Instead OF
papered, frescoed or dis tempered walls, 1t
Is proposed to have richly embroidered
hspgIngs, subscribing the same purposes
as the old tapestries, though much lighter.
Mr.. William Morris, artist and poef, has
designed and these ladies have executed
tion-a wall designed of floral scrolls on a
cream-colored ground, which certainly
makes the wall ON which 1t Is hung appear
very rich.
ANOTHER OF HIS DESIGNS
is for dado, in which a series of conven-
tional peacocks' tails is wrought on fio-
raj ground. all in desp, dim green, which
L imagine might be effective in a room
filled with richly carved furniture. But
the finest thing is an architectural de-
sign for the decoration OF the end OF
room, made by Mr.. Walter Crane, deco
rative artist ofrising fame, which consists
of lofty pilssters, vito almost life-siZed
figures beneath Inc arches, and Others
seated in lunt ties above. There are also
screens, curtains, quilts, Chimney -valan-
ces, anu other things on which all manner
of flowers and vines are represented with
SURPRISING skill. One very obvious aug
gesEion or the exhibition is that all the
specimens seem to pre-suppose populs-
ton living in palaces. The poor gentle
women" seem 10 have bean inspired oY
visions of lost, or dreams offuture splen-
doris OF the palatial kind. 1t may be that
the Quaker City will be suddenly seized
with divine rage for these costly nand
fabrics, but on this side OF the water it
is not probable that the upholsterers have
great deal to tear. At the same time /
could not help refiecti0g while examining
this work yesterday, That our age of ma
chinery has made US unfamiliar with
class of work capable or some very
wonderful and various effects. Another
novelty meant for Philadelphia has just
bee n exhi bited, and seems intended to re-
cover for English invention and enter
prise some OF the ground they lost in bav
ing been so far behind Amer a in the use
OF street tramwsys; it is a street car move0
by steam in such away as TO conceal all that
horses or human wayfarers may regard
as OF jectionaI in steam engines. There is
ateht condenser which condenses the
sleam TO a temperature OF 200 degrees,
the steam from the safety valve is also
taken into the tank and condensed, and
the locomotive is not only noiseless, but
consumes its smoke and steam. The en-
CINE works, Independently of the tram
car, weigh little over tour tons, and runs
six miles without needing more water.
The boilers and machinery are all so in
closed that the car is not distinguishable
from an ordinary street car, except that il
moves without horses. The engine is of
20-horse power, capable OF running II
miles an hour, and when going at six
miles an hour may be stepped In the
space of tour and hall yards. 1t runs up
gradiants with graf ease, and on the
whole is very clever application OF steam.
smoke Is marvellous enough.
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