Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-12
GEN. GRANT IN MANY GUIsEs
He Appears with Hebrew. Teutonic
Irish or italian Features, According
to the Nationality of the MOurner.

He Appears with Hebrew, TeutoDic
Irish or Italian Features, According
to the Nationality of the MOurner
From, ne Near York Sun.
In n deep black frame in the shop win
dow Of an east side Hebrew, there is
portrait ola bearded man, In the prime of
life, clad in civilians attire. His face is
Jewish, and nothing but q pronounced
wart on the right side of the nose and a
square-trimmed beard indicate to the
passerby that it is intended to represent
Gen. Grant. This style OF portrait is very
popular on the east side, and in Essex
and Ludlow streets, where the Polish
Jews chiefly reside, very few others are
seen. Further down town in the German
quarter another portrait is prominently
! displayed. ltrepresents q German gentle
man of middle age, clad in a Generals
uniform, with distinct TeutOnic flavor
in every liue of il. The wart. the we'll
known beard, and the heavy Grape trim
mings of the frame are all the Indications
that the artist intended 1t for likeness of
Gen. Grant.
Among the Bowery saloons there ap-
pears to De n wide diversity of opinion as
to what the dead General really looked
like. In the window of an Irish liquor
seller there is shown portrait of a middle
aged lrishman with a square beard aud
wart. shOrt-crOpped hair, aud an express
sion Of real Hibernian pluck about the
corners of his tightly-shut lips. II In
dicates the nationality of the artist more
than 1t does that of the subject. This
style OF portrait has large sale.
In the window of an Italian restaurant
in Mulberry street the passer-by sees the
picture of a young and dashing Italian
officer whose moustache is waxed and
4 ha.r trimmed IN the prevailing military
! style OF that nation. A wart on his face
| is the one thing that gives clue to the in
/ tended likeness. The artist has pathetl-
caily done his duty to both his native and
! his adopted country.
A Broadway clothing dealer exhibits a
/ portrait Of the General clad in evening
/ dress. His coat is immaculate in its
smoothness, and the legs of his trousers
have no wrinkles. II is a reprint of an adj
vertising card published several years
ago.
A dealer In military goods gives Dor
trait Of Gen. Grant wherein the soldier ls
clad In full regimen.als, with all the gilt
tering emblems of his rank. A medal
glistens on bis coat aud "A similar Jewel is
suspended by a silk ribbon on the side OF
tho picture. The latter Informs the curl
Gus that the owner thereof obtained the
same at the Paris Exposition, for the eX-
cellence Of his uniforms and martial trap
pings.
cigar merchant in Sixth avenue fur.
nishes portrait OF the General with a
cigar thrust between his lips such as were
popular during the later years OF the war.
placard. which half hides the black
drapery, adVertises the wares Of tho en-
terprlsing mOurner.
A harness dealer In the same avenue
displays picture OF the General on horse
back In his army clothes. The artist.
however. has paid particular attention 10
the trappings Of the bOrse. Directly
below the black-lined 1--WE mourn our
loss" is the card OF the merchant.
Several dealers in skyrockets and
mourning goods display portraits Of the
General heavily draped, under which ara
cards informing the public that this
style sells for 50 each"
A Fourth avenue livery stable keeper
presents portrait OF the General seated
Ia smart carriage behind q pair OF fact
horses. Although the picture ia covered
with mourning drapery, space is lett for
the puDlic to read that "teams Of this de-
scription can be hired within nj reasona.
bic rates."
IN the Chinese quarter the only pOr-
traits shown represent the General as the
/ public has known him since he took up
his residence IN this city. Unfortunately
for the enterprising Celestials. no portrait
| Of the dead General had ever been taken
in the picturesque costume Of that nation.