Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-05-20
PALETTE AND SCORE.
Notes or Music and High Art About
This City.


Notes or Music and High Art About
This City.
THE concert season is drawing 10 close.
Mrs. ANNIE NJ. SHKB and Prof. Louis
Vaas, are arranging pupils soiree to be
given early in June.
The next musical entertainment will be
given at the Opera House by Barlow, Viii
son, Primrose q West on May 81.
THE Lyric Opera Company has not come
forward, this spring. Where is the "Oli-
yette" you promised us, Col. Lucas?
A BRILLIANT charcoal sketch Of Artist
Myles is on an easel at Nicolls. 1t is a
steady of head and is very well executed.
Music teachers of the better class, both
vocal and instrumental, report larger
number OF pupils this season than ever
before.
TUE decorating kiln at the pottery is
| largely drawn upon to bake the painted
ware, the handiwork of our Wheeling
artists.
A cRAYoN portrait of the late David Park,
| and said 10 be an excellent likeness, the
| work OF Mr.. Anshutz, is on exhibition at
Nicolls.
Col SAN MILLER. at the Auditors Office,
has developed considerable taste and talent
| for the flute and will soon make pleasing
performer.
Col. SAM HARRISON has not discovered
| any new talent in the musical line, recently.
| His selections thus far have been very
happy ones.
WHAT was once a beautiful tambourine
| study in water colors now adorns the walls
| of the Leader Office. But, alas, ii has been
broken up and patched.
A La BILLIE street lady has a set OF
| China of 260 pieces, beautifully hand
painted. She was herself the artist, and
/ the work is most creditable.
"OS n bust is a favorite sty.e OF late
| photographs. 1t does not sound well,
| however, to speak OF lady's photograph
| and say "She was taken on bust
SOME of the most artistic and delicate
china painting we have ever seen was
| shown the writer, yesterday, and was the
work of lady member OF Miss Dodaridges
! class.
Mrs. WM. II. SHEIB has gone with party
| of musicians from PittSburg, to attend the
| Musical Festival at Chicago-the last OF the
| three great musical festivals given this
| year.
| A NEW style Of engraving, known as
| srtotype, has made its appearance, here
| We Yesterday noticed very fine portraits OF
! iongfellow and Emnlerson gotten, up in
| this style.
AMONG some OF the unfinished crayon
| portraits in the studio of artist Myies, are
| those of the late Conrad Schmulbach, broth
| er of Henry Schmulbach, and Mrs. Wolfe,
of Allegheny.
SOME of our singing societies have Of late
grown very clannish in their attitude to-
| wards each other and do not unite, as they
should, in one grand object Of furthering
'the gay science"
BRIGHT colored panel pictures are both
fashionable and popular at this time and,
art dealers say, meet with ready sale. The
! panel style of photograph has also come
into favorite use.
LAST NIGHT, a sextette of colored 'individ-
uals went out serenading. On Eof street,
near the Clay school, they sang the choral
from Patience" about "thc love long
, dead" in beautiful way.
The Opera House Orchestra proposes
giving concerts once or twice week dur
ing the summer months, to be veritable
summer night concerts, at which suitable
other talent will also assist
A PAINTING, after Dore, of "Sancho
Panza" and his donkey, by Mrs. Will
Handlan, is attracting much favorable
comment in NicolIs art store. A study o
an Odalisque, by the same lady, is also very
good.
A PRIVATE letter from Cincinnati, dated
on the ST. Lawrence, and written by
young gentleman. pays a very high COM
plement to young lady on board. He
says: she sang several times on the down
trfp, and would rather hear her than
Materna, any day"
Mr.. Hin, brother-in.law of Ran Stalnaker,
Esq, is very fair artist. He has lately
whiled away his leisure hours in drawing
three crayOn portraits, which are on exhi-
bition at NicOllS One of Gov. Jackson is
very good Likeness. while those of MessrS.
Ran and d. T., Stalnakcr are only fair.
AT the oratorio rehearsal at Prof. Harley
ThOmpsOn's, last night, in the absence OF
the regular pianiSts, Mrs. { W. EOh and
Prof. Killmcyer, Miss Annie Logan kindly
took the place and gave such excellent
satisfaction, that she not only received
many compliments from those present, but
also vote of thanks.
The church chOirS of Wheeling seem to
be sadly neglected this year in some of our
prominent churches, the music being OF
the most primitive character in many choir
lofts There is plenty OF good musical tai
ent in our city that should find employ
ment and encouragement, that now IS
never seen in our ChoirS.
A HANDSOME pastel portrait OF deceased
child of Mr.. VIM. Sutel is now growing
under the skilful touch OF Artist Myles.
1t will be beautiful piece of work, the
soft crayOns admitting of the production
of soft and rich tints. The picture will he
set off with tastefully arranged drapery,
which greatly heightenS the effect.
ARTIST JoHN MYLEs has in his studio two
old paintings, said to have come from
Rome. Both are landscapes, and in one,
picturing scene similar 10 the Baalbec
ruins. the perspective is magnificent. In
the other which brings in the water for
background, the same is noticeable, but
not so marked He has also painting OF
the Holy Family" from Rome, the rich
warm flesh tints Of which have successfully
defied time.
IL nothing unforeseen occurs, Wheeling
will have musical treat in the production
! of the oratorios to the Messiah" and Gre
| alton" now in process of preparation by
Prof. Hartley Thompson's class. The mum.
Der of voices is daily increasing and by the
time the oratorios are ready will be not
| less than one hundred. They are being
| skillfully trained and have already become
almost perfect in their parts. We may ex-
| pect a treat when these oratorioS are pre-.
/ Sentcd