Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-05-04
FREEHAND NOTES.
RoAM1NGs AMONG THE SOCIAL AND ART
CIRCLES.
Exhibition Of Paintings-The Bench Show
-operetta of "ghe Queens Lace
Handkerchief y = Festival.
san FRANc1sco, May 2, 1883.

The city seems as thoroughly awake as
dear good Major Bagstock in "Dombey
and Son described himself. a wording
who lives for amusement alone may so to
fashionable wedding every evening but
one, which he may devote to the "Queen's
Lace Handkerchief" and one other, when
he shall take in the spring exhibition of
painting at the art.rooms. The bench
show is also open to his peripatetic selec-
ton. This exhibition of paintings for
1883 certainly shows a much higher aver
age of good work than any previous one,
and two or three of the pictures are
strikingly good. The Directors opened
competition to New York artists this year,
and while some of the canvases from the
East are very attractive, an impartial OBJ
server may admit that our homework
compares favorably with them, and in do
ing SO need not fear the charge of provin-
cial prejudice. The sensation of the exhi-
bition, so to speak, is the texture painting
of his hand by S. NJ. Brooks. of which |
wrote YOU a description while it was still
| IN LIE SbuulOs MI. DEOOAS ouuHs tuab ltC
has been giving his attention to the study
of hands. by the excellence of the one
which holds a most game-looking bird in
his picture of fighting cocks in the small
room. The first pictures to be sold are, by
the way, in this room-a pair of panels by
Norton Bush, and fine water. color OF
morning g:ories, in which the puckered
puff of
wTTHERED BLOSSOM
Is beautifully reproduced. This last, pur-
chased by Mr.. Preston, lawyer OF this
city, is by Mrs. Irelan, who had two other
water colors on view, some Gloire de DIXON
roses and some Eucharist lilies. The best
figure piece is said to be No. .25, Faint
Heart Never Won Fair Lady," by Thomas
Hovenden, of New York, in which cava.
lier in Charles II. costume of old gold vel
vet slashed with blue, presses ring upon
the attention of hesitating fair one co.,
TUNED in cream. color and pink. The mans
expression is very good-genuine suspense
and vet a smile of triumph not very far
off, for the lady fingers to listen, and the
French proverb says when she listens and
when q castle parleys it is equally all up.
!,
but it must be because Of the presence in
it of nymph : possibly wrapped in
thought, certainly in nothing else-for the
merits of the picture are few, and some
deer in the middle distance are decidedly
faulty. 1t is hit or miss with Roullier;
sometimes his things are charming per-
haps in this instance he has attempted too
large canvas. Julian Rix is represented
by quiet little landscape, which he calls
"Jersey Farm "a green, rolling hill
side, brook and stormy horizon. Since
his departure from San Francisco Rix has
put from him his birch forest, mis- high
lighted forest glade, his sanguinarY sunset on
snow, and assiduously cultivated the lower
tones of his palette. Mathilda Lott, whose
art education abroad was given her by the
| late Daniel Cook, is represented by pict
ure of splendid painting collie dog,
marked on the catalogue as in the posses
sion of Mrs. Dan. Cook. One sees Scotch
shepherd dog st the bench show which
might be Miss Lotzs model for her picture
THE BENCH SHOW.
The prize CANNES are at Union Hall, once
the scene Of the exploits of the celebrated
0. A. Lunt's dancing classes. The noise
on first going in is like what one might
hear upon suddenly landing on Seal Rock, if
the inhabitants felt unusually tuneful.
The loudest and hoarsest baying is the solo
performed at all hours by disaffected
black. and tan fox.hound named Bruce, who
was only silent for three minutes. when,
| with four others of his kind, he sat anx.
iously watching the movements of a man
with pail-movements that he evidently
associated with meal time. There were
come Russian poodles that looked like
Thackerays lions in the Rose and the
Ring 80 little boys rolled up in door.
mats, and one tall, shaggy, Scotch deer.
hound, who looked utterly bored but dis
dained to complaint very Carlyle of
dog. Viii Hearst has handsome red
Irish setter, and among the Laveracks is
descendant Of the late lamented 'cham.
pien," Queen Nab. Two little toy Japan.
ese pug dogs are in small green wire cage
toward the stage, and there is consider.
able show of large fowls-Cochins and
Polands. Upon the stage there is con.
spicuous card, What is 1t - and on going
up one finds, securely chained in narrow
stall,
THE UGLIEsT DOG OF THE COLLECTION.
He looks like cross between black bull.
dog and black bear, having the smooth
coat of the first and the pointed nose of
the latter, and he was numerically muz
zled. The roll of his eye was simply
murderous. He should take prize for
something, if only for condensed express
sion of ferocity. There was one tremen-
dous tawny English bulldog, with genu-
inc Phoenix Park assassin countenance, and
an under jaw projecting nearly an inch be-
You'd the upper. Looking at him, one
understands the talk of the wonderful grip
of these dogs, who suffer themselves to be
cut to pieces before they will let 60 their
hold. He was entered by Fred. Sharon.
Only three of the fighting dogs had their
ears cut, the latest fashion of the ''fancy"
being to leave them long. There is a
unique specimen of the English pug. dog in
one of the stalls Hall MeA llister's s.Tohu -