Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-03-06
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All the Year ROund,l
It would be a delusion to sup
pose that she enters the room. She
is not one of the soft, gliding crea-
turesI invented by novelists, and
supposed to steal into the heart as
into the presence Of the hero. Miss
Daw bursts upon you at once, like
a well trained hurricane. She is ex-
pansiye, eloquent of voice and Of
gesture-were l quite sure hat the
remark would not cost me my life,
| would say that she is noisy. Yet
there is nothing about her to which
exception can be taken. She speaks
good English with an elegant pro-
nunciation. She is perfectly fresh
and frank, and has a habit of say
ing what she thinks; which, charm
ing as it is now, augurS i'll for the
man destined one day to call this
thing of brightness his own. She
is clad this morning in enthusiasm,
and dark green known as the Nor
ris green. Her figure, very tall,
slight, and elegant, is freely shown
through the tight robe actually
strained over it; her hair is not laid
smoothly in any Ineligible order,
but suggests thatit has been brush
ed in opposite directions by insane
ladies' maids. A Rubens hat of
astounding grandeur of conception
crowns this startling figure. Miss
Daw is armed with a book Oh
sketches, and has just come from
Heatherley's or the Slade School Of
Art, / forget which. She is full Of
art and artistic talk-that is to say,
of art of one kind. Her warnings
toward music and poesy are of a
mild nature, as compared with her
enthusiasm for the arts plastic and
pictorial. Miss Margery Daw has
made good progress in both of the
latter. She has thrust aside paint
ing on pottery with Scorn and de-
rision, she has advanced from water
colors to oils, draws and models in
the life school. Whether she will
become a second Rosa Bonheur re-
mains to be seen. Probably, as
she has both beauty and money, she
will marry a broad-acred squire and
hunt three days a week in the sea-
son; but wherever she may go, her
artistic instincts will go with her.
This type of a girl has been greatly
on the increase since the death Of
fancy work-a species of industry
which produced, at great expense Of
time and money, a large number of
entirely useless and worthless ar
ticles. Our artistic girls are by no
means free from the faint of aesthetic
cant, and plunge into the mysteries
Of decoration with unflinching
courage. Ranged on opposite sides,
they debate with much vivacity and
at great length the respective mer-
its of the systems now in vogue,
including the style known as "deco-
ration by pot" in which everything
is considered with reference to the
employment of blue and white
china! The artistic girl is very
proud of knowing distinguished
painters. She talks feebly to and
of them, and has views as to their
method of work; but the summit Of
her ambition is reached when
Stodge, r. A., or Scumble, A. r. A.,
introduces her portrait into an
academy picture with . catching
title, such as "Ask Papa" "ThO
Mitten," Sat Last" and SO forth.
Then she is supremely happy, and
having sworn the artist to secresy,
quietly tells Jawleigh, who is soon
nected with the press" all about
the matter, knowing, the sly puss,
that the world will certainly be in
formed of her identity with
Stodge's or Scumble's model.