Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-16

Left. Let it come from the Right, and
in spite of the gentleman's insistance pre-
vented his making the prepared speech.
The proposition to adjourn came from
member of the Right, and Gambetta hastily
proclaimed the adjournment. The follow
ing day member of the Left questioned
the hastiness of the Presidents action at
the previous seance, when Gambetta an
swered that on the death of Lincoln both
chambers had adjourned under the empire
at the motion of Mr. Rouher, an Imperial
ist, and that it was meet the Republic
should prove as generous and respectful.
1t has been rumored that the train which
runs from Marseilles to Nice has been
lately
THREATENED BY BANDITS.
A company of armed gendarmes accom-.
panies each train from Marseilles to Nice
and Nice to Marseilles, so as to protect the
passengers. That part of the country, al
though at present belonging to France,
retains many of its old Italian customs,
and many of the inhabitants have inner
tied highway robbery from their ancestors.
The mountains along the route are high,
ragged and full of caverns, and the woods
are thick and wild, SO that many convenient
haunts are there to be found for these chez.
alters de Pidast'ie; and what rich spoils
they would find in one single train even,
moving along this road, for the richest
people in the world 60 to Nice and the
neighborhood in the winter, the men to
play at Monaco and women too, while the
latter go mostly armed with rich raiment
and costly jewels to shine among their
fellow creatures. On their return they
carry these same adornments with them,
and many their rich spoils from the gaming
table that, as have remarked, would be
rich harvest for band of robbers 1t
seems it was their intention of blowing up
the train or of running it down some de.
lives, as dead bodies are easier to rob than
living ones.
ART NOTES.
The last pictures received by the COM
mittee for the next salon were sent in yes.
terday. 1t has been distinctly understood
that no favoritism will be allowed and no
extension of time awarded. Knowing
that there would be no revocation Of the
decision, artists accustomed to procrasti.
nate have been obliged to make more haste
than usual. Although 2, 500 is the number
which the committee have limited them
selves to receive, more that double that
number of pictures have been sent in, and
the task of the jury to chose from among
them will not be an easy one. One may ex-
pect to hear whole chorus of complaints
from those who will be refused admit
tance, for after once entering the salon it
will seem a cruel thing to shut the door in
ones face. Mr.. Baudry is to expose fresco
painted for the ceiling of the Com' de
Cessation Supreme Court; Mr. Henner,
a nymph seated-as he never paints
anything but nymphs (yet what divine
nymphs), and they are usually standing,
variety in his subject will be remarked.
Mr.. Bonnat exposes two portraits 4; Gervex,
"The Civil Marriage" and Manet, The
Escape of Rochefort." AS the quantity
this year will be reduced, it is to be hoped
there will be a superior quality. had &C.
casion to see very fine picture by an
American artist, painted for the salon, but
which could not be completed in time with
out sacrificing it in part, but it is to appear
next year, and will undoubtedly attract at.
tentiop. 1t is by young artist, Mr.. vii.
bur Woodward of Cincinnati, and is titled
Id Renaissance. The picture is quite
large. In the foreground to the left stands
a young girl, almost life size, clothed in
white drapery, her light hair falling in
waves on her shoulders, and with an in
spired leok on her face her fingers strike
the cithara she holds in her hands
her feet rest upon flowers, which seem to
spring up around her, while in the back
ground rise up mountains with that tint
peculiar to Ia grande peiature. To the
right in an opening of the mountains are
the great spirits of the Renaissance, with
Dante in the foreground, after whom
come Giotto and others.
THE PORTRAITS ARE PERFECT,
And prove with what care they have been
treated. The picture is charming, and one
you do not tire to gaze upon-the young
girl is poetry and harmony itself, in fact.
Mr.. Woodward is one of the few Ameri-
can artists possessed of much poetic sentj-
ment he has the elements of true artist
within him, which time and little more
hard labor will develop. 1 say true
artist, for the object and dream of art
should be the beautiful, and l cannot come
to believe that those who photograph ex-
ternal objects with the coarseness of coarse
natures deserve the title. The naturalist
school which for some time has taken the
precedence, and which seems destined to
drown all elevated literature, is doomed to
lose ground in painting, for a reaction is at
present begun and earnest artists feel how
far it is from satisfying true artistic
natures.
There have been some changes in the
regulations of the salon this year, prinei-
paliy as to the price Of admittance. The
mornings will cost two francs entrance in
stead of one, and on Fridays the fee will
be five francs for the entire day, besides
Thursdays, which have always been free,
will remain as the other days-that is, two
francs in the morning and one franc in the
afternoon. This change is destined to
create great deal of dissatisfaction, for
the French people are eminently demo-
cratic and dislike privileges set apart for
aristocracy and wealth, that making Fri
day accessible only to the rich, as in the days
of the Empire, will scarcely find favor un-
der the Republic. 1t is the suppression of
Thursday, however, which will create the
greatest Indignation, for it was the day of
the poor who really appreciate art, and the
chances OF recruiting young artists among
all classes will diminish, but the artists at
present care not so long as this enterprise
will not take money out of their pockets.
VAL.
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