The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-20
THE EXPOSITION.
Continued Success of the Big
Show.
The Attendance, the Display,
and Notes in General.


success may be figured out by viewing the
number of daily attendants. as already pub
lished in our columns. The grand total up
to date is ninety-three thousand eight hun
dred and ninety. The number of visitors
yesterday was nine thousand eight hun
dred.
The more the Exposition is being at
tended the more is the visitor convinced
that we are making success of it.
The Commissioners held a regular meet
ing yesterday evening. A communication
was received from the United States Mail
Line saying that all their coupon tickets,
whether detached or not would be honored
by them, and they asked that the same be
accepted. The question was taken under
sdvisement.
The Committee on Music reserved their
opinion on the motion to have the organ
play daily.
The attractions to-day are of the finest
kind, and judging from the crowd that be-
gan pouring in at noon, the attendance will
be big one.
Curriers' Band was again present this af-
ternoon, and will give grand concert this
evening.
The Whiting organ concert from 12 to
e'clock this afternoon was listened to by a
large crowd.
THE PICTURES.
There are pictures and pictures, and he
who thinks he can see and examine them
all at one visit, or two, or dozen. to the
galleries of the Exposition has an imper-
feet idea of what picture really
ID. We see more to look at now af-
ter going every day since the OPEN
Ing than the first day when visitors
were permitted to enter and examine
them. 227 is a marine view on the rugged
coast of Norway that caused us to break
the commandment that forbids ourcoveting
our neighbours goods the opening day.
This exquisite little gem is by GUIDE, and as
we see by the catalogue, is owned by Mrs.
r. b. Plimpton, who also owns the
small landscape by Lessng, that
we so heartily commended some days
ngo. The little GUIDE is simply treated, as
ID always the case with pictures by this
Rrtist. but the expression is the expression
OF q terse and vigorous poem, complete in
MI its parts. The sky is study for an
a.,
torn in fragments by the gale and trail
their jagged edges heavy with rain SO low
that you feel that you could
almost clutch them with your hands. The
breakers dash madly upon the shore, and
you fancy almost you hear their roar.
The foreground deep in shadow, alia the
ledge of rock bold and harsh in the middle
distance and gray and cold in contrast with
the yellow glow along the beach. Afar is
Seen the black trail of smoke from passing
Z: s:"s petdnTs no"nE /; t1s ons angry II bese sss
lisa happiness even to covct, but how
greater far to own. No. 205 is such con-
trsse to this-a doudy kitchen maid is pre-
tending to be asleep in an impossible atti-
tugle amidst the disorder of very untidy
Kitchen, where appear lot of vegetables,
apparently procured for boarding house
dinner consisting of some ears of corn, un-
husked, tomatoes beets carrots, onions
sc, perhaps the best piece of work in the
painting; tin wash-basin of the color of
mahogany a broken pitcher and some
buckets and pans family indicated in a
cupboard. The dowdy figure sits with her
arm in position impossible to place her.
scat, with her head resting upon it and
making shallow pretenses of being asleep:
one arm lies strained back over
the chair-back like stick. The dark blue {
skirt is foot too long for the figure, and
seems to be slipping off at the waist. A !
flazy tableaux of the girl and her young
msn apparently member of some brass I
tRTe, and are probably intended to repre-
seut dream of the sleepy young
woman. Behind the visionary pair of low
ers appears a sun or moon with ring /
around it, indicative of storm, which will l
doubtless arrive in earnest when the girls
mistress comes home and finds the litter in |
the kitchen. This picture is neither posi- I
hle, probable or desirable. 1t is not poetic /
and not realistic. 1t is vulgar in every de- t
tail, badly composed and badly painted, f
and ought not to have been exposed to the s
harsh criticism it receives in picture b
gallery. t
l6-"The Devotee," "by John Rewensteyn,
8 picture of the sixteenth century, of the s
,ch0ol of Holbein, and in its characteristics n
very greatly resembles the work of that it, v
ustrious artist. The picture seems to be C
he portrait of q religious devotee of the t
highest class, clad in cape of sables and
Nth her plain, Quaker-like cap of lawn a
Ihading the upper part of the face. In her b
,ands is clasped the rosary. The face is as Q
inely modelled and fresh almost as though )
inished last year. The delicacy and finish fl
every detail is quite refreshing be-
ide some of the sloppy tech o
'ique affected, in these = later II
ears by artists. The prim Elizabethan h
uff around the neck gives formal and cl
recise appearance to the figure that might CO
therwse pass for sober Quaker lady OF OF
he be ter class to-day. This excellent and ta
most valuable specimen of the masters of la
hat day is we learn, the property of Mr.. A. ol
!. Bullock, OF this city. CO
101-"Going to the Fair"-by G. Brett p'
ach, of Berlin, is pleasant little picture nj
hat one is fond of looking at again and al
gain. The scene is in the, Fatherland, and
spresents bright scene of country life, CT
with children at play, and in
be distance lawmakers busy in the fields. ar
oming down the road are young people in st
mart Sunday costumes on their way to the
lir. Hans and Gretchen, arm in arm, smile TO
yeetly upon each other as they saunter.
retchen, with white apron and blue rib va
ons in her hair; Hans, with bunch of pr
osies in his cap and a bright red waistcoat, tn
the very picture of contented happiness.
ehind come other couples. Fritz and hi
ina in innocent dalliance, Fritz endeayor- W
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