The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-11-24
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not be far off.
No doubt Judge Hilton looks upon him
self as the executor of this childless widow
Let us hope tAat these art treasures will
serve nobler purpose than to swell tn
possessions of this grasping money getter
and that these children of genius, wrun.
| from the blood and sweat of millions, ma,
yet find their way into some grand public
gallery, where generations to come ma.
gaze upon their beauty and be instructed
by their art, who never heard the name O
the donor, or care q fig whether his worth
less bones rest in the splendid anausoieuu
at Garden City or in Potter's field.
/ We are now rejoicing in the exhibition
of the Society of American Artists. While
| not as deep as we'll nor us wide as churcl
door, it is enough" There is much t
praise and little to comdemn, and a grea
deal to hope for. The tone OF the exhibi
/ ton is healthy; in viewing the excellen
/ collection of pictures you are not shocked
by those artistic indecencies which find al
excuse in classic nomenclature. If q MAI
exhibits himself as backguard, 1 dom
care whether you call him Apollo or JOIN
Smith, and if a female appears before u:
in a costume that would make a moder1
harlot blush, l don't care q straw whether
you call her Daphne, Chloe Or Jennie
Brown. l therefore rejoice in the exhiyi
Of American artists.
| There Is scarcely foreign gallery, from
| the Vatican to ST. Petersburg, in which {
a9aeoI hoe "un.an .si .leeI ae, mi'hous GO taI
pthoio h laei iaoe noi q uoeehly niGe; iaan
VIZ ",iotie' ,t i,t vh h
=, i.Ii St'I s'a:ei' ~ Ky
&c .s M lL.oo L;;te ,isH iea e. VII
| But whatever our investments in pictures
and s.atuary, they fade into ins;gnifCanct
.,t ':. Atu. ~, .S1 '.aSa. !he .i'.
painter III ene "osie 1o-oay 1hinks nm
teli .t msla 5e,Sa lVm'ioea ~ IL: Ee's n.e or sn
si'ouSano t .; ooilaLa % ~, , picsure "hlch h;.i
co.s 'iLn WeIAs 1e,a4 polilaps liontms i nG "
S.u..y a:lo loii. a.A 'ecelYea Nc 9u :" ioi
| .'iiIty -siA iiiiIlu.eS %oIh III ItaViata, aac
Il. ilhe Ainoun1 ior @ d llel'g over twenty nm,
| 1!es "oih ~ 10 a.1 oaAz.' naoira' Nole hu
hiuss S:lu ,u'li peoLit 9oulu pay suc'i sum
Ior ;l,ear aliluS1e'I m o,o rof,una'e, m lol
raltl We .ss are all kihg' mere: ous | W'sh e !,
wan. het 70 lorge5 u, II she honorS US VIII ~
'eE plesenee ~, tiucll .oeser sle VIII TEST the
7oavenoS ut " tile .:i, ioy''l AMY
Inc Guy Is Stili G-serciseo ana a1Vlaeo
over me actins OF 11ehfy irVlns' WITHIN
| s"ehIS years ne" school OF ac1ins mas
sprung up aho III Its gfahdes0 eSenplar We
na nave no" ie'G'eu the oprOSile extreme
ny NV 7Siiuoi VI a''' oo '''iico' Hoeitto ~
thlnk that mere Is supesiati7e meiln III
crushlne every human emotion ana feeling,
ana tile result IS .nat ;iie sage az the pres
enS tllne, Is 1!lled "lti' a race OF wooden
men, "ilo5e cilef excel'ence Is que 20 O. then
.allofs' anu VINO, III inc language OF SNAKE.
s9etre. having neilher inc accent OIL
chrlstlan5' :, me ealt OF cnr'stlan' or pagan,
or man. exhlblt only the most dcsestaoie
sac OF human nature III the most neses- .9
1aoie manner. a lady mas criticised 4 n r
1nryings ns N, ohyiock IN style severe oat gust:
VI all ohakespea!eS s characters lherc Is not m
one OF more malkco inthv1uuallty than inc
vene'lan Jew. Every me IS cieaf CUT ano
str0ng; Gr1 ne Is ne1sher mean nor COW
araly. ne ~ has no no reason TO love chrls- rs
tan; every thliis @ thav nc ever knew OF the
christian Is 3 enbittered by cruelty and OPP
preston; the very man who comes to Dor
row ms money, only 1cW Gays pe1ore'
SPIT upon Mm N ON the m,aito' The moSt pub,
nc place IN Venice. Inc Jew, ROBBED OF
ms o1liy ch1'o, tfaAsfnea OF, ssiiled ana
dlssraced' breaks out with pent up agony
OF years; MS na1e, tefrtple ts IL ls' is nat
uf.l f h@ate-a @ nate suen s us any man! "ofehy