The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-04-30


Miss DeForrcst, series Of
art papers by Prof. Harris,
tho able and interesting articles ia
The Century upon sorental and classical
art, and other pertinent and valuable liter
allure bearing upon its work.
Mrs. Julius Ward Howe is writing
"Longfellow Sketches" in the Critic.
Omaha has class in English literature
numbering about seventy ladies, most of
them married, and including nearly all tie
ladies OF literature in the city. On Satur-
day afternoon there is class discussion, at
the last of which, papers are given by the
ladies on the earlier dramatists, the condi-
ton and influence of the stage in the time
OF Shakespeare, and other like topics ind-
caiive Of much study and interest. From
all hands the praises of the course are
heard.
Query. Where is the consistency of
those gentlemen who condemn so strongly
the time devoted by women to fashion and
gossip, and yet are alarmed, or scornful
when it is proposed that their wives devote
small portion of their time to literary
pursuits, and artistic or intellectual ac-
complishmentsR Boston Is enjoying
series of lectures by Miss Lorainn Buck
lin, upon potteres, porcelain, Jewels and
embroideries. The lecture promises to be
of absorbing interest, Miss Bucklin hav.
ing very intelligent sympathy with her
subjects. This she shows by rich material,
interesting facts, minute study and re.
search and illustrations by handsome re.
productions of different wares. Speaking
ing of the manufacture OF msolica in the
10th century, she says majolica was made
solely for the delight Of the rich and pow
erful, and its manufacture can scarcely be
classed with the industrial arts but must
take its place h@idc sculpture and paint
ing.
The Princess Louise is at the head of
great number of associations for art needle
work, fan painting, house decorating in the
Queen Anne style, and artistic promulga-
tons Of taste. She is fond of artists,
painters and musicians, invites them to
dinner and takes them to her box in the
opera.
Good book says the sage, furnish a fenst
of which we never grow tired. They
never satiate the mental appetite, and they
r. ~ never unwelcome in any .-uch of ,ho,n
and they make one wealthy beyond the
dreams of the modern Spectator. The
riches between their covers they freely
give away. They hoard their treasures
with misery care, and yet they bestow
generously. They never refuse to be con
suited, and they never treat one with dis
courtesy or disrespect. They are indeed,
tie most indulgent friends that we have
IN this world, and their company is always
desirable, especially when it can be Sc
cured, as the popular saying has it, for n
song. A selection may now be made OF
standard volumes that would adorn any
library, at prices that seem fabulously low
when we consider the works and their au-
thors. Truly we live in an age when the
riches from the literary ships have come on
shore for nothing.
The Art Interchange for April 18th, has
some excellent thoughts on practical sub
iect, that of matrimony. 1t says "ln no
country in the world but the United States
will young man expect young woman
to marry him when he has no visible means
of support. But it is as true here rs else
where that matrimony is presumably en-
tered into for happiness, and it is quite as
true that when young couple marry with
out means to provide the necessaries of
life they marry not into happiness but
! misery If girls knew the value
of money and were taught to earn it
there are plenty of ways open to them for
earning it---there would be fewer marriages
between mere children, few such vulgar
displays as some of the large church we'd
dings, and less talk of good engage
ments" and more of true love- A good
wife will help and counsel her husband
many man by his wile's good counsel
cannot be expected from woman who,
acting upon impulse, PUSHES hcadlong into
an improvident marriage. Girls will con-
tinue to marry thoughtlcssly until they are
trained to know what it means to support
oneself and to realize that weathering the