Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-02-13

grouped and fashioned that friends may
unite in council, or couples enjoy an
uninterrupted tete-d-tete at will. The
fireplaces are filled with plants, through
the leaves and flowers of which glitter
the sides of repousse brass. Rare cabi,
nets, quantity outlined, stand sharply
defined against the still undecorated
pale gray walls. All are beautiful, but
the one with silver images in inches is
also historic, having belonged to Charles
l. In the middle drawing room a large
square bav-window overlooks the broad
walk of kensington Gardens in the
daytime, and shows the living piano.
rama as it passes to and fro at night
the tableau vivant becomes a picture of
still life, when the rich crimson velvet
drapery is drawn behind Michael An
gelo's group of Leda and the Swan,
artistically bringing out the noble feat
ures of the composition. En- suite with
the drawing-rooms a dining-room har-
monies with the rest, the floors of all
being parqueterie, and the carpets, like
that of the staircase, Indian. From a
door behind large screen the mysteries
of service are silently performed by the
aid OF lift. Having gone the round
of the home circuit, We emerge once
more on the lovely spot where the sea
lion is yet in the act of swallowing his
fish, and the water is still flowing from
his nostrlls; where Mrs. Millais and
her daughter are still welcoming their
guests, and where groups of well-known
faces. hailing from the world of politics,
literature, fashion. and the arts, discuss
the questions of the day.
At the end of the London season
general mobilization Of the family Mil
lais takes place-boys and girls from
school and lads from Cambridge assem-
bling in Perthshire. the usual scene of
their summer joys. At st. Mary's
Towers, for instance, Millais, in the
bosom of his family and surrounded by
friends, is a thoroughly happy man.
Before the rich autumnal tints come to
lure him lover the hills and far away"
he spends his days in fishing, or playing
golf on miniature scale in the garden
round the house. St. Mary's Is family
mansion built by Lord John Manners,
and situated on an eminence above
Dunkeld. From the tower the view ex-
tends over many counties. whence the
artist has taken the scene of some of
his finest landscapes, and which abound
in those lovely bits so we'll known.
The stately hospitality of Palace. gate
now gives place to the simple hospital
ity of domestic life and those friends
who visit the master at st. Marys are
less guests than members of his family /;
while the sweet mountain air and the
taI Il ,alr IS H.. H..
one happy, from the youngest little elf
to the stranger who may be visiting for
the first time. One characteristic of the
menage Millais is the rational dress of
the womenkind. Unlike the ladies of
other artistic households, they do not
SAVIOR of the studio and the lay figure,
nor, forgetting that they live in the
reign of Queen Victoria, A. d. 1879 dress
themselves after the fashions of 121 b.
c., posing as mothers of the Gracchi,
Athenian maidens. or Pompeian nymphs
in impossible stuffs.
About the 18th of August Millais
generally breaks forth from the peace
full pleasures of domestic life, and hur-
rying further northward appears on the
moors in the complete garb of sports
man. Full of vitality and enthusiasm,
he strides across the heather with the
air of general brigand. To those
awaiting the arrival of the sportsmen
in the shady hollow where the luncheon
is prepared, the sight is interesting.
The dogs ranging wide make sudden
point the party halts, puff of smoke,
and the black dot against the sky drops
to the gun of John Everett Millais.
While most London men would be ex-
hausted with the days unwonted toll
the artist keeps the ball going until
midnight, and is as fresh when he takes
his candlestick and bids them all
CHEEKY good night as he was when he
appeared on the scene of action with
the last echo of the breakfast bell. The
morning after the 18th, while lifes
pleasures are for the moment in abey-
ance, Millais betakes himself to
neighboring orchard, where, with news
papers and cigars, he seeks such repose
as may be granted him under a cherry
tree. Somehow repose is just the one
thing denied our friend for although
he may succeed in getting away from
the busy haunts of men and women,
children are sure to find him out, es.
pecially in an orchard. While deep in
Worlds last acrostic, piteous cries from
the branches above bring him to his
feet to rescue the adventurous young
lady who, with more courage than dis
cret!on, is now struggling with fate and
many twigs, and is presenting him, un-
consciously and gratuitously, with a
very remarkable study from Nature.
Essentially a child-loving man, he is not
only the friend and companion of his
own children, but the lover and comrade
of all others, whom he captivates by
his kindness. The public honor and
admire the artist in his work his
brother artists respect and believe in
his genius but within the sacred circle
of private life he reaps the rich harvest
of unbounded love-that harvest which
he has sown by his kindness. his manly
tenderness, and his own faithtulness of
heart.-London World.
BENEFIT OF TRAvEL.-The American
who goes abroad generally comes back
we'll content with his home. The con-
ventionalities of old society and habits