Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-18

Special Correspondence OF The EVENING STAB.
NEW YORK, Nov. II, 1882.
The art season may be said to be fairly open
Artists are busy in their studios working up the
studies made during the summer in the country
and abroad, and the various galleries are tre-
quented every day by troops of the "highly cul-
tured," who worship art If they do not buy.
The special autumn exhibition at the Academy
Of Design is dead failure. Very few academi-
clans are represented, and even they have
nothing noteworthy. The hundreds Of other
pictures do not rise above mediocrity except In
very few cases. Whoever suggested this exhi-
bition has certainly found out his mistake by
this time. There is an interesting exhibition Of
studies and sketches at the rooms of the Amer
lean Art Association. Frederick A. Bridgeman
has two or three examples of his voluptuous
oriental women, one Of them Jewess gorge
ously arrayed. J. G. Brown, who has become
famous as painter Of the street boys of New
York, has portrait of deaf old woman sitting
in an armchair, and the interior Of an old farm
house kitchen. Both OF these studies show
skillful work and are very much admired.
Perhaps the most interesting pictures in
the exhibition are some studies of the
female figure for panels in dining
room. There is both fine drawing and color
ing. The same artist has another example
of his skill at figure painting in a scheme
OF color for professional freze. Those
ing in this country should feel encouraged, for
without doubt there is tendency now in this
direction Besides those have named Edward
Moran has two clever sketches, 8. r. Mcknight
Blum has some creditable figure sketches picked
up In Spain. OF the landscapes, two mountain
scenes by Fl. P. Smith, and some sketches in
Arizona by Thomas Moran are the best. Earnest
LongfellOw, nephew Of the poet, has good
bit of work-an interior scene in the Alhambra.
Several fine collections Of foreign paintings are
on exhibition at the various auction sales rooms.
Much interest is taken in the arrival of the MA
donna del Candeabri' by Raphael, which is to be
placed In the Metropolitan Museum. Munroe
Butler-JOhnstone is the owner Of this picture
which he values at 800, 600. He came along to
take care of it.
PATTI AND OPERA.
Col. Mapleson Is not having particularly
glorious time with Her Majesty's Opera Com
pany. On Patti nights he is assailed by the
army of people, who are obliged to pay $40
seat for the eXOrbitant prices and is belabored
by the critics for the miserable support the great
dlUa receives. On other nights the general run
OF the opera is so Internally bad that everybody
complains. By-the-way, it seems rather odd
that the organization should be called Italian.
Mierzwinsk, the first tenor is Pole: Rossini is
Hungarian, Savio, q Georgian; sClodo, an Al
satan; Juch, a German; Zagury, an American;
Galazzi, an Italian; Nie0Iinl, a Frenchman, and
Patti, Spanish. Wednesday was one of the most
astonishing opera nights | ever experienced. 1t
was 81 Afrcaine," and Galazzi failed to appear,
through illness. In his stead appeared half
starved and awfully incompetent person whose
name Is Caravatti, and who made guy of the
whole opera. The debutante of the evening
was Mile. BOema, who seemed certainly mature
enough to call herself madame instead of mad
emOiselle. Her success was not startling. The
opera, taking it as whole, was miserable in
almost every sense, and the audience Shove / It's
displeasure plainly. Mapleson should pull HIM
self together and use more care III his presenta-
tions OF famous operas The public will stand
good deal; but it will turn eventually if trOdden
upon. If it should decide to stay away from the
Academy of Music what would become of Col.
MaplesOn?
COOKING AS AN ART.
Men who are fond OF good dinners, and what
men are not? are rejoicing in the fact that much
interest is being taken Just now in the art of
cooking. Women who have been married for
years and have families attend lectures,in cook
cry two or three times week. More marvellous
STILL young women who haze hever dine sany-
thing more domestic than to lounge around In
negiige dress, reading novels or stitching at
and patiently practice the arts of the kitchen,
from washing dishes to the making of deli
ciOus pudding.
us learning to cook going to become mania
among people of fashion?' asked Maria Par
lOa. who has just opened school of cookery in
18th street.
II have young ladies from some of the best
families, replied Miss Parloa. 1.-THE, interest is
increasing every day. You would be astonished
to see how eager some of my young ladies are
sis it because they really want to become
usetul?"
"Some of them are actuated by that motive
but fear many of them go through the train
ing simply because it is fashionable to know
how to brOi a steak or to make plum-cake"
"Are they apt to learn?'
swell. yes. At first they are afraid Of max
Ing their hands rough, and shrink from pairing
potatoes and things of that sort. But when one
makes bold dash the next follows. Learning
trial of all the poor things have to 30 through"
"Do they conquer in the end?"
After hard struggle 1T becomes to them a
matter OF fact operation. One of my pupils
would faint every time she picked up pigeon
pigeons are worse than chickens, you knOw-to
dress it. But to see her at it now, YOU would
think she was an old cook. She's young and
pretty, but she's so expert, mean.
How do you find cooking in New York;"
1T Is good In the first-class restaurants-bet-
But except where French cooks are employed
In private houses there is great need of improve
ment. Americans use the frying-pan too much
and eat an astonishing amount of indigestible
pastry. The American pie deserves all the abuse
that has been heaped upon It,"
This conversation took place in a richly fur
nished reception room. Miss Parloa when she
delivered a lecture upstairs afterwards wore a
blue and white checked Bingham dress and a
large white apron. AS she talked she prepared
dishes on kitchen table and cooked them in a
big range at one side Of the lecture room, which
had painted waxed floor, cupboard ice-chest
and all of the appointments Of well-ordered
kitchen. The class sat facing her. It was COM
posed of married ladies chiefly. They were
quite attentive at times, but had to be remon-
strated with now and then for gossiping too
much. In calculating the quantities of the in
gradients used they made all sorts of blunders.
1t was almost painful to see them struggling
with fractions.
TRAVEL ON THE IL.
Travel on the elevated railroad is not I'M
alleged bliss by any means. In the first place,
the durnal fight with the gateman wears on q
mans nerves. OF course no self-respecting citi-
zen Of New York allows day to pass without
Its little argument with the railroad employee!
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