The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-05-28

what's the use Of pretty shoes ?" Answer
this question as you may pretty shoes are
now all the rage-black velvet slipper with
gilt chenille, red oriental slipper, gold EN-.
broldered, black satin visiting gaiter, but
toning down The back, "scarabec" satin
gaiter, with lattce-work of bands the front,
and heaven and the sex only know how
varieties of bewildering lottineS, which the
terrible Talmage may denounce, as he once
did striped stockings, as immoral Why
the dainty clothing Of pretty limb should
be SO is question which the Brooklyn Bo-
amerges can best answer.
The junior members of the Mercantile
Library here have been trying to rescue IL
from old fogydom unsuccessfully. A large
portion of the sinking fund has been SO ex-
cellently "sunk" by the managers that no
interest accrues from it for the purchase of
new works, and seeing that "to the making
of books there is no end" the library does
not keep pace with the times; but there is
nothing harder nowadays than to unearth
fossils, as is proven in the acknowledgement
of many corporate bodies in our midst.
American art is well represented in the
London Royal Academy this year, there be-
ing accepted and hung pictures by William
Magrath, N. A., w. j. Hennessy, N. A.,
Robert C. Minor, Walter Sherlaid and 9TH
ers mot to speak Of Geo. II. Broughton, who
can hardly be claimed as an American).
Strange to say Mr.. Ernest Partons two con-
tributions, one entitled "The Land of Hia-
watha," were returned to him, although
the trustees last year conferred the high
honor on him of purchasing his picture for
| the permanent exhibition. Mr. Munger,
too, has suffered rejection, but has bravely
entered the field, and, on his own hook, ex-
hibited his pictures.
Apropos of pictures very well known
animal painter, now resident of Paris, but
lately on home trip, told the writer that a
certain millionaire owner of New York
weekly newspaper, and numerous fast trot-
ting horses, asked him lately if he was
painting horses still "No" answered he
81 have given that up. l have gone back
to my legitimate art. No more pot boilers
of rich men sitting in their buggies and
traps, holding the lines of their favorite
trotters. I've done with that" The mil
llonaire stared at him; he could not con-
ceiye anything higher or nobler or more
purposeiul in art than this very work oi
which the artist spoke.
Mr.. Frost Johnson's full length portrait
Of his Eminence, the Cardinal -Archb bishoI
of New York, was yesterday morning taken
to the prelate's residence that he might sec
it. 1t depicts him in full sacredotal vest
ments, standing in benediction near hi:
throne in the Cathedral, and has been al.
ready seen and much admired by many
among others by the Coadjuter Archbishop
DR.. Corrigan, Vicar General Quinn, Righ
Reverend DR.. Lynch, Bishop of Charles
town Fathers Preston, Kean, Farrally, Hau
and many influential laymen. Mr.. John
son has worked with care and conscien
tiousness on this picture, and is well "wor
thy of his hire"
In last weeks letter by an inadvertence
spoke of Mr.. B. T. Renhart's new and ex
cellent picture as General Greene entering
Yorktown when it should have beef
"Charlestown."