The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-16
THE OLD SKETCH CLUB.
"reminiscences Suggested by the Death
Of Another Member.

ho oiAh oi ySotcTudy CofftdIheu thc
announcement of the death Of Mr.. Will p.
Noble, which took place on Sunday from
consumption, of which Mr.. Noble had for
the last four or five years been sufferer.
Mr.. Nobe's name is insepsrably associated
with the Old Sketch Club, that afforded so
many delightful reunions to the artistic,
literary and other local celebrities of Gin
cinnati some twenty years ago. These
clubs were at first meetings of artists at the
different studios or houses OF the artists OF
the city, participated in by themselves and
a small circle of their intimate personal
friends.
Each artist brought sketch illustrative
of subject that had been agreed upon
at a prior meeting, which sketch, whether
in oil, pencil, crayon, India ink or clay,
became the property If the host of the
evening who usually supplied frugal col
lation. The evenings were passed in So
cal chat, music, recitations and in such
wise as the assembled company saw fit to
adopt The aesthetic literary. musical
and social celebrities flocked into these de-
lightful reunions, and it soon became nee
essary to select more commedious places
of assembling than the generality of artists
studios. The lovers Of art music and hit
erature soon invited the artist to announce
their houses as the place of meeting, and
many gentlemen of the city entertained in
turn the Club with brilliancy that is re-
membered even yet with pleasure.
Ladies were not invited to these CONVEX
SpZinnp hr1t nnato QrfiStc n1nciaionS nd
writer's united to render them delightful.
1t is sweet to dwell upon those delicious
evenings and to recall the names of those
who participated, as we'll as sad to think
how many OF the old circle are gone.aoBu-
chanan Read, the poetartist, whose poems
are so studded with the dreams of his es-
thetic fancies; VIM. P. Brannon, the
author of the Hard-shell Baptist sermon
"and he played on a harp of a thousand
strings, spirits of just men made
perfect" which was published TWEEN
| ty-five yeaes ago in nearly
every newspaper in the United States; W.
w. Fosdick, whose poem of "My Grand
fathers Spring" we all remember; Thee.
Jones, whose fine genius ended in a mad
house; Robert Heller, the magician, who
spent several delightful evenings with us
with his wonderful musical Improvisation
and slight of hand; Samuel N. Pike, whose
beautiful Opera-hSnse on Fourth street Isl
fitting monument OF his taste and enter
prise; j. T. Eaton, whose exquisite color
Ing has ilavar been excellsd nv -..- aarr,,,sts
g; d a. t,;i,on" a, ~, M, nnno
bnew KIT ~ astaa,n. pc' Wn Yonno whose
earlier % sk etches and n;ctnres az we're SO dream
I iin noo,;o aii .hasp n p'ov na nthers Souh,lass
vi whose @ ns 90 At % the moment a % asca ,,e recol.
lertis,n arc anneNard nonr Nnbfe l. the
iast isn,es M + In Raard I anfg fg ~ ta,nn,eJ % sons
aro in Nav WI Ta,nas n,s u CnoLtnS
mol os Chcoao nh;a;r, ,,lano
uarrn worra,, s ,:s ;m,;tahiS, bu,,,or pno
;s ~ Kar. ' r.,aa ",.Ia ms 1nn,'h KrmLal ;n
O. !ln;a Mooin JmareI Tr "nu ."o o,,d Mnncure
n Hu ' "o ,,,ha inI nftau uiupe. W. " ,;t,, and on
a - u'l"as' ., Wy oi.e, ny. iottars f,on,
IpNss9l .nfse eo'iees,'s "i.u:ne ,Ir,S,'a a
Loa'uon tlia' we all enJ"y ~ ..e Nf,1rln,,,,
% y. "a co1emporarv. All. D.rhes., t"u'u' ~.
I'm fiorr"ce alu wahae.i1s nosso T.n y!o.ln
10 heard no more there ia'er years. W'h.e'
's' or was IN caro-, Limos; bullet' tne
Sculp or, IS gone, ana ihos' II. Jones ~ 40
washington. of the othcrs' rev OF tne
artists yet ilnger IN our mlust' CyTus :, var
rett' Ih"mas n. 1ealman anu wilI,a'll I,
thompson, a. whose houses we more ,nan
once met, are humpered witn the ueao.
During IT'S existence one c'up gave . series
OF taDleaux AZ the opera-ho,se' wherein
Mr.. Samuel P'ke appeared WIN hute s'io
that surprised ms triends WIN ms e.AllliStte
executlon. lhese tap'ea"A were gwen l"i
the purpose OF RAISING money W plocurg e,
bnst OF the then lately ueceaseo PoeV w.
w. Fosdick. ...
The commission was aIterWaru e1ecuteu
in plaster donlv) py lom Jones' Later il