Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-06
ART NOTES.


ETcHINGs.- There is a great demand in
London now for scraps of old Dutch paper
on which to print etchings. Fly-leaves
from old books, often half covered on one
side with writing, are eagerly picked up
for the purpose.
TUBE CoIoRs.-Tube colors should be
kept in cool place, and the tops screwed
on tight; it is also we'll frequently to
change their positions, SO that the paint
may not settle. Should the paint get dry
in the tubes these can be opened at the
bottom, the paint taken out, and before
using it can be ground on the slab with the
muller with little turpentine.
WOMEN IL ART.-In the principal art
schools of New York the ladies are in the
majority, and their work is equal in every
respect to that of the male students.
Several of those who have already become
known to the public through their work
follow the example of many foreign artists,
and devote part of their time to studying
from the living model in the schools.
INVITATIONS. Imitation pearls, diamonds
and precious stones are being manufactured
in Paris to considerable extent, and these
productions are sent to the shops of all
lands. Hundreds of operatives are en-
ployed in polishing the colored stones and
in lining the false pearls with fish scales
and wax. The scales of the roach and
dace are chiefly employed for the latter
purpose. They have to be stripped from
the flesh while living, or the glstening hue
SO much admired in the real pearl viii not
be initiated.
THE Defense. Neuville's "Defense
of Rorke's Drift has been shown at the
Fine Art Society's gallery in London. The
moment chosen by the artist for represen-
tation is just before sunset, when the at.
tack was most vigorous and the resistance
most desperate. In the center of the
picture is low building used as hospi-
tai, the matched roof of which has been
fired by the enemy, and Is blazing fiercely.
One of the patients is escaping through
narrow window, while others are being
carried by gunners and men of the medical
department and transport service across
the inclosure to another building on the
left OF the spectator.
To CHINA PAINTERS. = Mrs. Janvier
recommends the use of the best quality of
French ware for decoration. She thinks
highly OF that made by Haviland & Co. at
Limoges, but says: See that the pieces
are regular and even in shape, and free
from spots or places where the glaze seems
rubbed off. Hold each piece SO that the
light comes across the surface, and if the
glaze seems full of little depressions, like
an egg-shell, reject it. This defect is gen.
orally caused by the excessive thinness of
the glaze. Turn it over and see if there is
depressed mark across the name; if so,
it is defective piece, rejected by the fac
tory for decoration. Nearly all the plates
sent to this country are thus marked. In
many cases, however, they can be used.
MANrEL misunderstanding to
writer in the London Queen, in England
the painted silk mantel valance and cur
tains are growing in popularity, some being
straight, and others cut out in scallops.
She says: 81 saw some red silk ones
painted with flying swallows in black, gray
effective; also some composed of two
shades of color. In one set the valance
was of pale blue satin, caught up with ro-
settles of coffee colored lace over silk of
deeper shade, on which were painted clus-
sters of colored roses and leaves. There
were three clusters painted, and each one
ilittu III buo space hlSio VIC sdeIu WAS
lifted. The little hanging curtains were
painted to correspond, and looked back
with very large pale satin bows. Another
combination was russet-brown plush and
old gold satin. The satin was painted and
the plush looped up over it.
COSTUME DECORATION. in En-
gland now are borrowing hints in dress
from the costumed figures in the art gal
leries, which is better perhaps than trusting
blindly to the judgment of the dressmaker
and the milliner Some of the artists ex-
hibiting recently in the Dudley Gallery
supplied some excellent models of dress
which lady might carry out with little
trouble, and wear with great effect. John
Scott's " Mending the Banner" represented
a dark girl with a clear complexion, wear
ing charming dress of white and yellow
brocade. In shape it was 81 a plain Prin-
cesse robe, cut square in front-a square
which is narrow on the shoulders and wider
below-edged with bands of yellow satin
about two inches wide, with row Of pearl
beads on the outer edge of the band long
sleeves, with a deep cuff of satin falling
over the hands; pearl necklace; the hair
cut straight over the forehead, and yell
Jo,u fiIIet hirdino the head ~