The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-23

mpul. The space on the lower nDor is en-
tir ly devoted TO the shoe depar ment and
there ar FIVE elegsnt cases panelled with
b V. d glass and richly engrave: with
gid. Much to the regret OF al least one
spectator whose toes cried cut for venge-
snce it was b-ervrd that in this exhibit
yearly I'll the shors still b. the point In
slightly modified degree which for the
pas yer h 5 made cripple5 of half the
men and women in the Country.
The Famous exhibit on the second floor
is roy liz gotten up and contains one case
of fourteen lii,-siz- figures which is SAID to
have cost =, 600 exclusive Of the rich aud
cos,ly marketable goods which are seen on
ev ~ hand.
The crn.r | apar ment or reception room
is Handsomely furnished. and contains
eight or ten full le-,izsd figures attIred in
tie richest fabrics.
AMONG THE PICTURES.
1t would b. impossible to give full de-
scription Of h many beau iful works OF
aFl In al the departments. out yOnr CORES
. ondent cannot forb-~r So aki of SOM
OF the be auliful pain Jugs len adorn the
walls of the picture .lleri,s First among
which, potwi, hstauding tHe r. vnlting IA
lutc ti Is II
great production 0; Gabri.l Max, entitled
"Margueri ;" a picture which has bee
ia ked of and wriIIeE of ST C il was tirs,
exhihitt IL 1880, and wi len has been seen
only in gallery at Munich, from which
i, W - tax 10 81. Louis, ia OF Wemmer,
he tic uge-iealer. 1t will be rather
proud privilege for It. Louisans TO See this
Eic ure theu-a work which. il the great
author les in art are righi, viii live long
after the canvas upon which ii Is psiut d
has succumbed to the Influences of Time.
Beneath the signature of the painter, In
the right hard crner of the canvas. are The
words, Die HI ds Mserd-.in," which give
The painter n me for his picture the
hill Murderess." This has ben toftened
into the name "Marguerite," The TACT that
Marguerite destroyed her child being
taken advantage of 10 give the pic ure a
name less shocking than the original. The
theme, in plain English, is infanricide. 1t
is bold One-a sun ct that would be taken
I'D only by genius or one who il afflicted
with that malady to which genius is said
to be closely allied. But shocking though
the theme may be, tn manner in which
the painter presents il is anything but that.
He treats il in the spirit in which Goethe
treated it, or, to take q later piece of liter
allure. the spirit in which George Eliot pre-
sents it in adam Bede," where poor Hetty
Sorrel wanders, helpless and alone, suffer.
ing under
THE PRIMAL CURSE.
The picture is one which requires days of
study. 1t presents the figure of q woman
in reedy glen, pressing to her lips The
head of an infant, whose half-RE ked little
body is supported by the hands. One of
these hands is pressed on the back of the
infants head, and the only suggestion OF
crime given is a few slight blood
marks On the Tar dksrchi.f which the har d
clasps. The infants body has still The
roseate hue of life, but the limp wrink;ed
arm that hangs Loosely down. and the
10 So position IF the head SHOWS tl,at lie
has fed. The mothers face is partly con
ceal in the act of kissing the child, Ut
love, shame and anguish are t ere in tie
rassionste, passion e.s lips, b" lowered eve,
the marble face and crouching form. At
her feet are cloak, PRAYER book and
fe ~ flower leaves. The evident design If
the mother is 10 use the cIosk for a snroud
and to wrap In il the beautiful ev d noes
of God and Nature. The back grCui is
dark, the reeds are thick and pre- ented
rather in mass than distinctly, There is a
rock at he side of the woman, which, with
the crushed mead If che child, su. gest> the
passionate movement of the III" ther when
the supreme moment came, the after-mcve
ment being that seized upon by the pain
ter. TIL juxtspCSiion of rock and
red suggests aisO the hardness
and 81 ftDess which are 80 gloriou-ly
combined here by the artist But il is MOI
in the subject that the picture is alone
great. 1t is great also in is treatment
For in this work is sh, wn pieoe of flesh
painting that lis unsurpassable, a command
The expression, the feeling is superb.
Nothing can be said of the picture but
that 1t is great, immortal
PERRAULT's PICTURE.
Just opposite the picture and next to il
In point of interest from the reason tat
it is an opposite. is work of Perrault of
slmost the same re. The subject of this
is motherh cd, al:O, but not that which
has shame Tor Its crown. 1t is the happy,
motherhood; that which glorifes |
the life of woman. The picture presents
The figures o. a wonan and child In |
richly furnished chamber. There is an |
lir of wealth and happiness about it ali |
hat stirs the heart to envy.
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS MORNING.
This is a work of special Interest, be-
,ause it is 81. Louis production, given to |
he world by young artist of only five |
years. expe rience. 1t is large. broad can
vas, and is a conspicuous picture on the
vest wall of the gallery. The theme is
bown in four figures, shepherds who have
heard the rustling of angels wings and
,aught glimpse of the heavenly ihrong
IN that morning when the Christ child
.amN. The star in the east shine, brightly
n spite OF The swiftly approaching day,
shile over Oh inN L.i.-.ide the sheep are
l".'' - together about fire from which
rises hin column of smoke. the in!eg-
ity Of which aItests the stiffness of the
The first of the fgsres is
hat of gaunt young shepherd. who stands