Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-21

| whole houseful of Italian cart" Pictures
are to be admired for what they suggest
to us. They are the handwriting In
which the artist conveys his thoughts
to us. BY the use Of small means we
| can All our homes with suggestions na-
tural Rhosesome and pleasing. The
pictures OF the old masters sre often the
merest trssh. There are places In New
England where they make living by
producing works of the "old masters. Z"
Laughter Michael Angelo was dis.
gusted in his day at the attention paid
to such things. He chisled out an arm
once, and breaking it In two buried q
piece where he knew II would soon be
dug up. In due time it was unearthed,
and a great ado was made over 1t.
"Ahm said the the knowing connoisseur
''if modern sculptors could only produce
an arm like that" II made that arm, !"
said Angelo, who was hooted at for his
assurance until he produced the
other part, which he carefully preserved
and which exactly fitted the piece over
which they affected so much wisdom as
judges Of art.
Speaking OF affectation in art reminds
me of an incident which happened In
the Art Gallery during the Centennial
Exhibition. There was on the list, In
one of the rooms, two pictures, one
''The Doge of Venice" and the other,
1.-TWO Dogs" A gentleman, an Fart
critic" who had got slightly mixed in
his numbers, in explaining the pictures
to his friend, in referring to the last
named ofthe two, remarked: ''Those are
the Dogs of Venice" Laughter.
When l first began to keep house
was offered picture for $50. said:
so, its a daub; don't want it." The
man then offered 1t for $40; then for 50,
and finally bought it for twenty shil-
lings. have had great amusement
with that picture. 1t has had many
very ardent admirers, and has been
highly appreciated as a work OF art. l
have made it a rule of my life never to
danpen a mans ardOr. Laughter
The picture of the boy on the apple
tree, with the old man underneath wait
ing for him to come down, was one OF
the earliest scenes in my recollection.
A little fellow lying asleep, with a mis-
chievous chap tickling his ear, is better
subject than the Massacre of st. bar
thoiomew" or the Burning OF the Hen
nv Clay" Such scenes are not cheer
ing, and should be discarded Tor some
thing amusing.
Get Chickering fyOu can for your
parlor. Ii not that, get some other IN
strument. A guitar makes sweet music
when blending with the melody OF a
silyery voice. Ii not guitar, well,
then-an ACCORDION. That's about the
last thing in the musical line that a
man is likely to have. lmmoderate
laughter.
RoMPING PLACE.
But we can't always be listening to
music or gazing at pictures. There must
be place to romp in every house-a
place where children can enjoy them
selves without fear Of soiling the carpet
or scratching the furniture. There must
be TOYS, too, with which to amuse the
children. How many people deny in
nocent amusement to the dear little
folk. heard of one mother who never
would let her child play with dolls, be-
cause it was so much like worshiping
craven images. Laughter That was
a model mother. She resembled a
horse thief of whom heard once. He
was very conscientious man. He
stole horse one Saturday night, and
was arrested next day, near the scene
of the theft. "Why did you linger about
here" said the officer, "You had plenty
g 10
thief, edo you think I'm such a heather
as to travel on Sunday" Laughter.
Children must have amusements, and
il they did not yet themiat holne. they
would seek them elsewhere. Let them
have the dance, and other modern
games. All the flowers of pleasure do
not grow on the precipice OF danger.
There are thousands of them in the gar
den of the Lord. Blind mans buff is a
good, round, tearing game. How ! loved
to play ii in my youthful days! But
that happy circle is broken and will
meet no more. With several OF them
the game of life is ended, and they sleep
under the willows. Blind mans buft
has ever since been to me very sug-
gestive game.
4 man ought never to be over fifteen
wears old, no matter how long no may
live. My father was eighty-six, as the
record showed, but he never got to be
over fifteen. There is no use in living
at all unless we strive to make others
happy. You find people unsocial be-
cause you are unsocial yourself, and be
ing unhappy you make other people
miserable about you.
ANCESTRAL GHOSTS.
1t is no credit to man il he had
wise grandfather. | think little of
man who must 90 back and marshal up
ancestral ghosts to make up for his own
deficiency A man may say he fought
under General Lyon, but that means
nothing. want to know how well he
fought. Another one says he fought
under General Washington, but | want
to know how well he fought. He may
be like the man who came on the stage
when an orator wanted to make a par
ticular Fourth of July spread. A num-
Der OF old Revolutionary warriors were
gathered on the stage back OF him. and
during his speech he turned to them
and asked each one where he fought.
"Where did you fghtP" AT York
town" "Where did you fight" "At
Bunker Hill" Then he came to Teu-
ton, and asked, "Where did you tight?"
II vas unter Washington. But
where?" well, vas Won OF them
Hessians vot Washington took" ! don't
care under or over whom your father
was; that is nothing; but who are YOU?
Every man must come to he judged by
what he himself was worth.
One summer was passing over
low piece of ground when l ran across
two tsrtoises who were in conversation.
One was light shell and the other was
a dark shell. They didn't know | twas
there. and my presence didn't interrupt
the conversation" "Get out Of my
way," said the light shell. 81 am bet.
ter than YOU. Don't you see my color.