The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-08-17

theatre. She was then in the zenith
of her beauty; g woman tall and
stately; sort of mixture of Venus and
Diana. Oh, what q face, what a
neck, what arms, what, no, | shall
stop right here; l will only remark
that she wore O short tunic that
reac ed the knee. l went homo and
dreamed her all night, and thought
should like to be an actor. Poor
woman, if she still survives, she has
Rheumatism, and pains in her back,
and neuralgia, and all those misera-
ble ailings that remind us that it is
about time to balance our ledgers.
There are several pictures of GUS
tavns Brooke, ono of the very bost
actors that ever visited America =
Melodranatic in many things, he had
as much OF the stuff in him of which
good actors are made, as any man
now remember, and what glorious
voice; it seems to mo | can almost
here it now, though the waves of the
ocean closed over him many years
ago. The ship in which lie bad on
gagged passage for Sidney WAS sunk in
sight of the British coast, and light.
ming a cigar q tow minutes before she
went down, poor Brooke met his fate
like Briton and hero. Estelle Pot
ter, well known throughout the Yves,
and California, is also among the
number; she too can be no chicken by
this time, but like the rest of us dis
covers that time still rolls on. The
Batoman Children have q place in
the list; alas, children no longer, |
| don't know if Kate is grandmother
yet, it sho is not, no doubt she will be;
and Eliza Logan is among the num-
Der; IA splendid actress, and an admir-
able woman.
Next we como to tho illustrations
OF the Seven Ages, by Lrd iv, OF Gin
cinnat'; excellent in conception and
ex cation. Gulekunst, OF Pniladel
phia, has some magnificent portraits,
which vii! give him f,remost posi-
lion in the ranks of American artists,
particularly good are the likenesses
ot MIR. Goshor, the director general,
and also OF General In~ley, the pres.
ldent of tho commission. Uawley
"hould do something handsome
for Gutekunst has done some
thing very handsome tor IIaw-
ley. II will astonish the good folks
Of the nutmeg state if th.t picture
ever goes to ua tford; in fact | think
that it astonishes lIawley himself
when he looks at it; bully for Cute
kunst, if ever havo my likeness
taken, Gutekunst is my man.
Bradley and Rulofson, of San
Francisco, have some admirable Cali
fornia scenes, but their exhibit is not
what might be reasonably expected
from so great firm, ranking as they
do among TIC very best photograph
ers in the United States. Bradley
has number # magnificent speci-
meme OF portraiture, and no place in
this exhibition combines any greater
i interest than hi1. In the space of a
few teot hang number OF faccs,
which call up world of widely dit
fcrent associations, and you look on
thcm with the assurance that they
are all true to the life. just think
OF l.! here hang the faces IF Edgar
Allnn Poe, and Audubon, Horny
Wilson, Lincoln, Grant, Leo, Calhoun
Farragnut, Webeter, jackson and
Morse. No such group can be found
in the limits Of America in 80 small
a space, and | doubt if they can be
found in the world. Tho likeness of
| General Lee was taken some years
before the war, but on it is the samo
calm sweetness Of expression which
even disaster and defeat was not able
to destroy; next to him, in civilians
dress sits General Grant, and near
him Lincoln; the likoncss being the
one best known to tho American
people. Jackspn's portrait was tax,
OH ut the hermitage little while be-
tore his death, and WcbsIer's Just af-
ter no had made his celebrated reply
to llayno. Farragut is taken in full
naval costume; he stands with u field
glass in his hand, and you can al
most hear him sing ont, d--n the
torpodoce! as ho did whilo standing
in the shrouds of tho Hartford. Cal
houn is there too, and EIgar A len
Poe. None of these faces represent
peaceful lives, of them have bad
more OF storm than sunshine. The
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