The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-02-10

well kept, they will Dever get there.
Up 10 three or four years ago the the
atres used to be very subdued during
Lent. True, they all kept'open, but the
plays were familiar 'olf timers" and the
attendance used to be very poor. Now,
perhaps more care is taken to provide
dramatic pabulum during the Lenten
season than for any other term, and as
result, the theatres do better business
these forty days than perhaps during
the preceding four months. There is
not manager at present who does not
look forward to better bank account.
1 met leading picture dealer the 9th
or lay, on Broadway, and duriug long
walk had an extended talk with him on
ert and artists. "rhis is tAe season OF
the year." said he, "when art sales be-
gin, but SO far they have been pititfully
bad. ] attended sale the other even
ing by one of our best auctioneers, who
generally succeeds in gathering the best
class of buyers about him. Well his sale
that evening was veritable slaughter.
Compositions which ought to have
brought three or four hundred dollars
went for f-om twenty 10 Fifty dollars
scarcely as much "a the frames were
worth. One little gem by well known
artist, female head full of beauty, con-
ception, fitness of drawing and charm of
coloring. was picked up by lucky fel-
low for eight dollars. The artist could
have disposed of it few weeks ago for
one hundred dollars at private sale, but
he thought it was worth two hundred
dollars and hence sent it to the auction
sale. Now the frame on that canvas
cost thirty-five dollars, SO you may i'm
agine what the poor fellow of an artist
lost on work"
recently called on an artist who dur
ing the past year or two has earned quite
a reputation rs a portrait painter. His
price was 5000 picture, and he had all
the work he could do. His studio when
called was filled with canvases of all
sizes, "but," said he, "there are no buy
ers. Times are very hard for US poor
knights of the brush. Very rich people
go abroad and buy Bougeraus. Makarts,
Meisonniers, and such like works, and
pay all the way from two to twenty thou.
sand dollars them. H, re if man does
not paint from life, and particularly the
nude he cannot sell ct all, and then if he
gets hundred or two for the work OF
perhaps a couple of months he may con-
slider himself fortunate. Any hod car.
rier or lopgsboreman does better than
that. assure you, had 1 to begin life
over again 1 would devote all my ability
to the art of manipulating pick.axe and
shovel"
1t is for this reason that so many ar
lists lay aside the brush entirely and
take up etching and engraving for the
publishers. Here at least comfortable
living may be made, though to q man
welded to his art, this is perhaps merely
IA secondary consideration. + J
attended dinner of the Hair Deal.
er's Association the other evening, and
do not remember ever having been pres
ent on en- occasion when so many hirsute
jokes were banded. The menu was
really novelty and ss such send it to
you. 1t is as follows:
Oysters -Curled.
Soup-Hare r. fined Chinese.
Creme Ia Refine.
Scalp Fritters.
Poisson.
Papillotes de sole la PURGE de pomme.
Entries.
Calls Head-Bald.
Filet de boeuf-in Scollops.
Cotilettes de Cailles petits pois-- Banged.
Salsais-- Frizzed.
Vegetables.
Celery Ia pomade-Epinsrd Ia Ban.
doline.
Rotis.
Dinde, crimp stuffiug-Gigot d agneau
bleached blonde.
Desserts.
Glace de Fantasie-in hairpins
Meringue la creme Chantilly-on in
visible nets.
Petits Cateaux-Toupees.
Fromage, puffed--Fruit vert, wigs, CHG.
mons etc.
Cafe, hirsute-.Cognsc, hair dye-cigars,
| ''rats."
Hair off the dog that bit you.
The Public School question which has
been agitating the city for months, has
at last assumed shape which is any.
thing but pleasing to large number OF
the teachers employed. The Commits
sioners of Education have decided to cut
of the special teachers; the instructors
in French, German, Music, Drawing etc.,
and to reduce the salaries of the regular
teachers. Then occurred remarkable
thing. The regular teachers had meet
ing and decided TO petition the Board Il
retain the special teachers, and to furth
er reduce their own salaries SO as to make
up the requisite fund, sympathy is gen
orally extended TO sufferers, but practi
cal sympathy like this is indeed rare il
these days.
One scarcely has an idea of the mum
ber of boys and girls, young men anC
young women, who are being sent t
trade schools Instead of to colleges
This shows that healthy common sens,
is growing among parents. We have tot
many clerks and book keepers. too man.
Aspirants for honors in the professions
aud too few trained, skilled artisans par
ticularly in the higher branches OF hsndi
work. The Metropolitan Museum Trad
School has recently been considerabl
enlarged. A lady now teaches the da.
class for women, for artistic decoration
of leather, silk, satin and glass. To thi
is added a course of drawing and III
use of color in preparing designs for in