The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-18

gian bird exhibition. Here also is Bier
stadt, the famous painter of the "Rocky
Mountains" in a large painting repre-
senting Seal Rock, Golden Gate, Cali
fornia. Then we find Inness and Wyant
and Colman in magnifcentsunset effects.
and Arthur Quartly in large canvass,
depicting a wreck after storm. Baker
is here also in an idealistic and
lovely child, and David johnson and j..
w. Casilear are represented by poetical
Interpretation of landscape. Wonderful
drawing and facial expression abound
in Koschenzenther's beyond Repair"
and Vaselar Brozik's "a Cabaret During
the Thirty Years War;"
One more room, the little Cabinet
room. and our survey of the pictures
NEARLY six hundred in ally is completed.
We enter it, and here we find many
choice works, among them a very fair
portrait by Prof. Ferd. T. L. Boyle, who
before the war was settled for long time
in st. Louis, and we believe commanded
a regiment that went from there to the
front and did good service for the
Union.
But the night is warm, especially 50 in
crowded room, and retracing our steps
we find ourselves once more in the lobby.
But we do not pause, for few further
steps take us to the balcony of the Acad-
eny of Musics proscenium. There we
find every seat occupied. Below us We
discover great prOmenading hall made
by flooring over the parquette from the
dress circle to the stage. The stage also
forms part of the whole, and every inch
of surface is carpeted with Brussels. In
the center Of the floor, shut in
with great masses of plants,
ETC., in full bloom, sit the orchestra,
while around and around promenade
ladies and gentlemen-we say promenade,
for dancing is never allowed ON so august
an occasion as this. Going down stairs
we find the seats in the dress-circle all
occupied, and having thus completed our
survey of the buildings, we estimate
that there are five thousand persons
present.
Now, whom do we find participating
in these gatherings? Tie most enlight-
ened people in the city. On this special
occasion we find Rev. DR.. r. s. Storrs,
second only to Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
as pulpit orator; Rev. DIR. T, De Witt
Talmage, che most abused, and, next to
Beecher, the most popular clergyman in
the city; also any number of clergvmen
of lesser caliher: then United States
Judge Benedict; the family of Con.
gresham s. B. Chittenden; the fam
lily of Rt. Rev. Bishop LittIejohn,
of the Protestant Episcopal Church;
Mr.. A. S. Barnes, the great New
York textbook publisher; Mr.. R.
w. Hubbard, artist and President of the
Association; Mr.. w. Hustled, man of
wealth and Vice President Of the Asso-
citation; and others too numerous to
mention, including many of the artists
whose names have already appeared.
But tonight is the occasion for per-
sonal display, and to an uninitiated OBJ
server the impression might be given
that fashion rather than art brings many
bither. Well, perhaps it does tonight,
but wait until tomorrow, and you shall
see as we have been seeing all this week
these thousands, and many Others added,
going slowly from picture to picture, cat
alogue in hand, studying and admirng.
At future time hope to treat more
fully of art in Brooklyn. For the pres
ent this glimpse of us in this direction
must suffice. Let me, however, add that
We have another exhibition annually in
the spring. CRAs.