The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-04-07

HISTORY OF PICTURE.-Two of the
most celebrated artists the world has ever
known dwelt in the same city. One de-
lighted in delineatiDg beauty in all it's
graces of tint, form, aud motion. His por-
traits were instinct with the charm of
physical vigor. The graceful, half volup-
tuous outline of form and feature harmon
lied with delicately blended tints. On his
canvas, the homeliest faces had an almost
irresistible charm. The other found pleas
ure only in depicting weird and gloomy
subjects. Above all, did he excel in paint
ing the portraits of the dying. The agon-
iZing death throe, the CHASTITY face and
form, were all depicted with marvellous fidel-
ity. There existed between these artists
the most intense dislike. At length this
dislike eliminated. The beauty loving art
Ist had been engaged in painting the por-
trait of beautiful woman. ConnoiSseurs
pronounced it the most wonderful piece of
art that had ever been produced. His
brother artist was jealous of his fame and
sought revenge. By bribing the keeper of
the studio he gained access to the picture
each night. At first he was content to only
deaGen the brilliancy of the complexion and
eyes, efface the bloom from cheek and lip
and paint a shadow on either check. Later,
his strokes grew holder and freer. and one
morning the artist awoke to find the entire
outline of the portrait changed. He could
scarcely recognize in the emaciated form
and haggard couutenance the glowing con-
ception he had embodied. The palid face
and expressionless eye he had attributed to
a lack of genuneness in his materials; but
when the outlines were changed he sus-
pected the cause and Indignantly dismissed
the keeper. What the revengeful artist
u Inv u faIu or IF 81.
full brush was only restored by years of
patient industry. Reader, need we name
the artists, -Health, who paints the flow
ers and grassy carpet " no less than the
human form divine, Disease, the dreaded
artist who revels among the ruins both of
nature and humanity.-and Carelessness,
the keeper to whom Health often intrusts
his portraits. And is it not the beauty of
woman, the most admired of all the works
which adorn the studio OF Health, that
Disease oftenest seeks to mar? The slight
est stroke of his brush npon the delicate
organization leaves an imprint that re,
quires much skill and patience to efface.
Restoration must be prompt. Carelessness
must be dismissed Let suffering women
heed the warning ere Disease has marred
their chief beauty -llealth-beyond repara-
ton. DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription
has been used by thousands of these suffer
ers, and they are unanimous in their praise
of its excellence. If you would be trans
formed from the pallId, nervous invalid into
a happy, vigorous woman, try it.
Mrs. PARTINGToN AT CHURCH.-"What
DO you think will become of you % said
Mrs. Darlington to Ike, as they were going
from church
The question related to the young gentle
mans conduct in the church, where he had
tipped over the cricket peeped over the
gallery attracting the attention of boy
in the pew below, by dropping pencil tied
with a string upon his head, and had drawn
a hideous picture of dog upon the snow
white cover of the best hymn book"
"Where do you expect to go TOP
1t was Il question that the youngSter had
never before had put to him quite SO closely,
and he said he didn't know, but he'd like
to 90 up in Mons. Godard's balloon.
'Tm afeard You'll go down, if you don't
mend your ways, rather than go up. You
have been acting very bad in meeting"
continued she, land I declare l could
hardly keep from boxing your ears right in
the midst of the lethargy. You didn't pay
no interest, and l lost all the thread of the
sermon through your tricks
81 didn't take your threads, said Ike,
who thought she was abiding to the string
by which the pencil was lowered upon the
boy, "that was fishing line"
"Oh, Isaac" continued she, earnestly.
"what do You want to act SO like the prob
able son for? Why don't you try to be
like David or Deuteronomy that we read
about, and act in reprehensble manner"
The appeal was touching, and Ike was
silent, thinking of the sling that David
killed Golah with, and wondered if he
couldn't make one.