The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-04
THE AUTUMN TINT.
Bill Arp Mourns the Want OF Poetry foI
the Season of Decay.
!iNGntd Constellation.


sweet on falling leaves and the decay of
nature, and the first chill that comes from
old winters breath. iiut there il some.
thing very soothing to me in the season
that is now upon us. like to see the
failing leaves and the beautiful colors
that adorn the woods, and the russet
brown of the corn and the heccy cotton
in the field. The children are mighty
happy now picking chinkapins and
gathering chcstnuta, and walnuts, and
maypops. and black haws, and musca.
dimes. 'POssums are getting ripe too,
and sweet potatoes, and young squirrels,
and fall apples, and sugar cane and it
keeps tho little chaps busy investigating
all these good things. The fatning hogs
have been brought into closer quarters
and on turning corn into sausage meat,
and lard and spare ribs and souse and
cracklings and heap of good things. I
believe had rather sacrifice fat hog
upon tho altar of appetite thar any
other animal, for he cares less about it
and would agree to die by contract for
three months feed of corn. So it il n
fair thing all round. The autumn of
the blessed southern land is not like the
autumn Of old England where the old
poets lived They fell into raptures
over italian sunsets ust because they had
| lived so long in fogs and mist and hard
| ly c:cr SAW tho sun 20 down at all.
Travellers tell US that tho Italian sunsets
| will not compare with ours 1t is our
delight these fagrant evenings to sit on
| the pinzza and watch the illuminated
clouds Mt sunset and listen to the chill.
drcn MS they find dog or rabbit or n
! lion or bear or some other animal in
the shifting clouds. Sometimes it is a
huge giant and sometimes a whale, but
1t Is always strain on their little fancies
to make something out of il, whether it
| fits or not. But it is IL grand panorama
| and big canvass, and takes long brush
| to paint it. Natures artist is mighty
| busy now painting the green leaves with
tints of red and pink and yellow. He
has begun on the naples and sweet gums
and poplars and sycamores. and touched
them up beautifully, and after while he
will give them brighter coat. He
| slipped up on us unawares and painted
our china trees when we were away from
home, or maybe he paints Mt night.
went to see Mr.. Bradley the other day
| and as looked around his studio and
saw the beautiful work with which he and
Mrs. Bacon has adorned the walls,
was more charmed than ever with the
art. 1t catches nature on the wing and
keeps her for us. 1t is refining aud in.
s,ructive in all its tendencies. 1t is a
positive pleasure, an innocent luxury to
visit such places and feel peculiar
| pride in the encouragement that our
| wealthy people are giving to such schools
as Mr.. Bradley and Mr.. Moser and Miss
Franklin have established. It is an
opening for our girls that comes in a
good time for most everywhere the pa
rents are asking what shall wo do with
our daughters?' They want to work
and earn u living but what can they do"
In the last year sweet young girl
from home has made five hundred dol
lars with her pencil and crayons. She
received fifty dollars for pic:uis Of the
khedive's wife which she enlarged from
photograph. But painting from nature
is IL higher grade Of the art. Prang
makes beautiful chromos by machinery
but Prang must have an original to be.
gin on. Somebody must take the field,
and the forest, and the stream, and the
mountain and work from nature. Here
is room for ou- girls, and plenty Of work
for those who have taste and skill. There
il money in it, and pleasure and refine.
ment. Winnie Ream got five thousand
dollars for a single place of sculpture.
They say MIR. Voorhees, was chairman of
the committee to employ an artist to
make statue OF Mr.. Lincoln, and he
gave the job to Winnie over all competi-
tors. One of them got mad and said
that If lie had have been pretty little
woman with two black eyes he could
have got the job himself. Somebody
frl1 -
mad too and said tie couldn't make him
3 pretty lille woman but lie could givs
him two black eyes, and if he didn't Keep
out of his way he would do it.
The trouble with most o: the girls is
they are in two big hurry to get mar.
ricd. When they got through school or
college they begin to look round for a
feller, and as fellers of the right sort are
scarce they kill time for year or two
and then mate with somebody they don't
want exactly and the union is not happy.
A girl had better not marry at all than
to marry badly. Most of our men are
poor and they can't afford TO marry.
The girls and the boys are all on q
strain 10 keep up with society. But If
girl can support herself she is indepen-
dent and can take her pick when she does
marry. Mr.. Whitner told me that he
had to send to Michigan for girls to work
in his office, that he could not find them
here and he was now paying one eight
hundred dollars and another thousand.
That is bad sign for US. It is q reflec.
ton either on our girls or our system of
education. There are many inviting
fields for girls that are not yet occupied.
The world is toll Of picture cards. and
Christmas gems and they ought to make
The designs, for new patterns are wanted
every day. Photography is an art that
would just suit their taste and there
ought to be gallery attached to every
female college. How nice it would be to
adorn the walls are fill portfolios with
lovely likenesses ofevery class that grad.
yates and every teacher and distinguish.
ed visitor. How nice it would be to see
lady in charge of a gallery in every
town. How much better che could ar.
range the dress and the position and how
kindly the children would take to her
gentle voice. know she would get the
patronage of all the young men and
could have n trunk full Of handsome
pictures to look at on Sunday if she
wanted them.
Mr.. Prang offered two thousand dol.
lars for the best design of Christmas
card, and Boston girl got it. Well, I
reckon am poor judge, but somehow
didn't think much of that card. Bos-
ton is the hub though, and Boston girls
must live. Southern girls are teaching