, 1876-04-02

Shirt 's-Woriks for the Centennial
TIE SONG OF TIE sH1ar.
Wherever the English language ia spoksn.
Hoods Song Of the Shirt "ls q household word
It il dark and dreafy. il not loathsome, picture
| Of phase OF life which exists mora or less in
every large city in the civilized portions of thu
| world. It is an epikome Of the strugele bs,
| tween temptation and poverty In its most hide-
| Gus form. tt is the oppression which ereedv
capitalsts deal out to the suzplusage OF cettsio
| kinds OF labor. It Is the despxiring cry Of th%
slave in 8 land OF freedom. It depicts = eceps
which is proportionately as common In Chicago
| or New York a. it ia in the grsat metropolis OF
! the world. And the feature is one that can only
! be Witnessed By making pilgrimage through
the gaTets OF cheap tenements, for it ia in thesa
alone that raga. degradation, and oppression cxa-
bo found. -
At the Exposition Of two years ago shere va
! On exhibition, among many no.able works Of at
Al elaborate painting from tho easol Of Cati
HuebueT, OF Dusseldorf. It WAS q Transcription
Of 3 chapter from the life OF the peasant weav-
ers OF Silesis, and portrayed with intense viYid-
mere subjected by their employers, the cloth.
merchants. The remoustr4nces Of tho strug-
Cling, uuderpaid operatives, whose exelliona
were insufficient to keep from their door the
RAuQt Won Oh lUu6efs anu k08 F&1IOu4 09YtEAk
resorted to by the wealthy cloth-me1chants 10
get the maximum Of labor ct au enforced mini
mum OF cost, nere depicted With 80 much forca
as to immediately cali to mind the most
energetic passages il tho "Song Of the
critics the picture was so denominatsd.
So truthfQily and so eloguantIy was the story
told By the great master Of color, that the pct-
ure A. its first exhibition in Berlin became II
once an object OF suspicion Is an incendiary
tFAAt nd ffy0 ~ $1a -
removed from the gaze OF the public, since they
feared that it would create an e.neute among ths
working classes, Who shrongel in thousands td.
witness tho graphically-sold story Of theil
WRONGS
During the past ten days there has been on o.
song Song Of 'i the shirt.s Tnis In PCT picture a. hs. !,
been exhibited in several at tho Eastern cities,
nch and hss gss deal Of 4
transcription Of Hoods ballad. though mildly
suggestive Of it. The spectator looks ia vain
for the dirt and squalor in. which there sita
wornan clad ia unwomsuly rags. Noxhere cau
sive. The woman, whose facs Is idealized and
in measure spirisualized, is not clad in raga-
Her dress is Of tho cheapest mase-
1ia1.. but it is fros from dirt and
RsnsSs Rstnss noo a; febt t ,oaa.r hch s :. nss4 20
from being plump, and this is much mora in
dicatiye Of ca1elesaness than poverty. All
through the silsns watches of the night has sas
been sewing on tho SHIRT which lies on her knee,
and On which she ia in the act Of Tightening 1
stitch. The candie in the httl fiat b1aRs sticA
has burned completely out aud the blutah-Rral
dawn comes streaming through the windows
The womAn'a eyes are red, swollan, and weary,
sqS D estsB ~.x more sh.a h' Of feeling encsd ct be
Eliminate the needle and thread. e1punge thu
Shirt and insert book. and the picture. instead
OF representing 4'The Song OF the Shirt simply.
portrsys Woman Who has remained sitting up
husband. Tho facs is Of tho New England
type, but cold as the Plymouth Rock. and in It
is expressed = commiuglng Of SORROW and
anger which bodies no good when tho truaut
shall return to the domestic hearth; clost
at hand on plain uncovered tabls
ca ndlestick in which are the remains Of can-'
die, an almost empty spool. and crust OF bread
tho last mentioned evidently thrown in foR
theatrical effect. and to inspire more vivid
light OF early dawn, which streams through this
single dormer window. has impaired to the oas-
side surroundings Blush shadow; while in
s ns H. :he candle has Long ansf
sourcs throws the red-eyed worker into
very strong Eeliet. She stands ont f1om
the canvas with Ill the remorselesa
idelity Of photograph. Indeed, tho pose ha1
LIS sAAAaeso a44 iis!att5 VI 5upJoSs "Ao. II
sold BY tho anabie operator, p" Nov, Keep your.
re r., On shst sP9* 1pd aont .nn move m t' ,oa
the neufe Is fadIty 10 dfa"ins. dhs Hafse
90 long; the arms a1e not equally foteahorten,
ene Esposs u tSa. . - and
,areo lay nsu1e- Zoo 'e1s hano 10 peAu-
a1auy modeea ano % ssM pelnteas Inc me nesn.
anta aEo dahcately handled, and the long tapef~
1nee1s SNOW ~ glance ~ !nat then !Ar onne:
,as M sesn - uss.e1 aa3s tnst ane ssnt naah - gsk
'na plumpeI toan ING otnet' c1ueed ny caro-.
ees hanqhog % o. tne eaaao"a = a Ias oeas Piece
TofR III tue picture Is quo atnioapaef1e eifecs q
9o u4o1otuh nesns' ~ - e4ti1to'.5 uAuulo", ou4
/, ;ses eoAness Nusn iu&euslnss In, tao mlsat9
ns. tns alass naa oep1c1ea~ 1ae accossof1ss
te ea1e1ou9 painted.
aIaLs ch1!1c1s4.
Concernlns . couple OF pictures 70 Dc exhibit
az tae Centenn1al' We auote 1ne 1oHowla3
rom pElvate lettes 11om fhllaoelpnta, "I1Esea
y young FIJI nos ses u yeafs oia. aha So
.essea 20 nar 1asner IS Tena1hao!a lnsiancs
EXT petcepuon WISH yon conld see. ana
y schoolgirl enthusiasm. ~ we went !t 70 see
nter,nv tina roon1. which was nIroa1v crow5ri