Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-06-22
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An Interesting Letter from paris.

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three years, TO write you OF tie life Of, and
old world topics, rs they come near and
nler my eyes as the weeks and months
glide along only too EerccptItly ami rapidly |
burying themselves among the ages that |
passed. We'll. somehow, /, always seemed MS
II, when during the summers season, | |
thought Of writing at al to a,quit myself OF |
the above promise could always feel my |
self assured in advance that the dear, good |
friends who have visited Paris during that
season could, upon their return to oar goo1ly |
city, tell everything So much better than |
could write it, that as much for that as any
thing else | would always feel myself con.
strained to deter doing so, or even making
the attempt And during the winter or cooler
months it seemed that | was about all the
available time occupied with my work in
hand and my studies, and was sure that had
not remarked sufficient interest outside TO
make 1t of enough importance TO communi
cate 1t to where II would carry but little OF
interest. But then, within the past month or
so sufficient matters OF a general importance
has taken place to warrant ne in the belief
that my opportunity had come at last and |
feel that should not neglect it. have no
| doubt a letter Of this sort will not produce AS
much pressure or CONSERVATION as State
convention, but then you know one is ques-
| ton Of numbers, while in my case il is only
one OF letters.
In the first place | will speak OF what,
| naturally, is to me of the first aud
nearest importance OF the dis
tnguishing events in Paris "C'est-a-dire,'
he great Salon at the palace of industry on
the Avenue de Champs Elysee.
1t has now existed IA public exposition
since the first day of May, ard is to continue
until the evening of June 30, making it tull
two months this year.
| think the pleasantest time to see it has
passed, as the month Of May this year was
very noticesbly cool and often quite cold,
while March and April, OF Gu AmeriCaj
| mauvaise reputation, were charming and de-
| lighttul. | can think OF few thipgs more
disagreenble than trying to look nj pictures
in immense galleries during Intensely hot
| weather
fear that this celebrated sunny month OF
June is going to be trying to tr'queuters Of
the Salon and other picture galleries, as i has
begun very warm, quite like IN American
| summer.
had the good fortune to be At the Saloon
Thursday, May %, the day before the usual
''termtne, tor the rehang,ng sud d'suiOuiJ u
OF the "Recompeuses' and had the pleasure
OF seeing the Jury and being among them
tor some twenty minutes. was the only
outsider In the room aud among them, with
tie exception OF one or two guards who
were OF course necessary EVIL. Ms 1t we've.
| ihere was Mons W. A. bouguereau the
president OF tho Jury, leading them on. tie
the honored among the honored, for TO HIM
was voted, this year, the grand medal OF
honor. very high honor indeed. have
no doubt that 1t had all been previously al
ranged that this was his year for having the
medal, for am sure, aud as everyone in art
| here knows, that there were at least dozen
other paintings more deserving OF that high
distinction than his No. 33a) Alteration OF
the Magi, and Alteration OF the Shepards
1t IS diptych, two pictures 10 one frame,
| and 1t was painted Tor church here
IN Paris. His drawing IS always
perfect, but his collrs seem suggestive oi
"hxWork color more than nature. AS |
began TO say, he was IN adyaLce with Little
dinner Dell IN his hand which he would ring
| most vigorously ana htaruiy, " men on com
ing 10 a picture mat he tnought might be
cnahgtu 10 ad'HnhSe WIN sho'her' ara
"isheu the instant attention ol ihe gentle
men imposing thr jury. Among mem !
Ins'"h'y recoghiIti Inc e!tEhut ana styHsh
oia master h'eA Ohoahe!' tue flgiI Donnab
On, Busson, jules Lefehure, Pile John Pau!
| LHurens looks Ike an American granger
anu pants IKE mighty giant, harpigrIes,
iohy hooert fIeury, henher boulanger, Coz
mon, Piuvs de Chayrmes, ("ho received the
| sraud iheuh' OF Lotor lhrte years ago, No!-
Iou'' hecor L' houS' henj Constant Ger
ueA' halgnau' jules breton lWho sod hls
Two, hot large chhVssses, nolh twilight effects
.or sio'oUo, u hhoeuler' OF Ne" iOfhJ ht
hhe o'u gentleman una looks as though
ne "ouiu paint sp'emuiu lhsues Tor more thau
twenty years YET ny Tue way, we had quite
a 7ceue Ior hohish' on '"rn'shing Gay
ne iinnieuse pu''u'hg was crowded ana II
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,4'ie, Use lhihous Oat'e ana Soi4lrf painter
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