The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-11-25
Pursell's Great Painting.
THE OPERA House STAGE
STARTLER.
A Modicum of Truth From Our
Bitter Rival, The Gazette.
THE FACTS IN FULL.

Since the Annanias of the Gazette has
undertaken TO initiate Green as q picture
painter, he is also feebly trying to catch up
TO him in telling the truth.
In the last Issue of his paper, Painter
Purseli says lie painted that remarkable
stage canvas in the Opera h ouse known as
1.-The Rock house scene" but that he in
tended ii as one of the series of Bible Illus
trations, this being Daniel in the lion s
den, Green personating Daniel. This is all
true, but is not all the truth.
This idel of the printer partnership was
that Green furnish the idea, and Pursell
put ii in colorS.
The idea of course would be sublime, the
HcerSe of The painting to cover sublimIty
artistic privilege, and Il purseliian perqUi-
site.
The"Rock house Daniel in the lion S DEM
originally intends this:
Green, as Daniel, dressed in q suit made by
Sam Sulzbacher, commands the admiru-
ton OF the audience. Davenport in clothes
made at Lancaster, or some other obscure
snburb, is to appear as the lion. If he don't
look like n lion, he looks like the Devil or
Davenport, and it is all The same. To sub
Jugate the Lion, Daniel first reads TO il an
original editorial'' scissored by Cane n
Willard. from the last issue of the GaZe tie.
On the reading of il, the lion shows, as do
all Gazette readers show, signs OF faintness
and need OF restraining. powers. Then
Green gives the hon touch of his tongue
in the vernacular.and the lion stretches out
dead, talked TO death.
There is a great moral in this for the an
dience TO study, whilst crunching peanuts.
But to Tor the facts in this wonderful
Purseil painting. The idea is that If shall
be Of chameleon character, and what ii
shows depends on how you look al it, Tie
price OF tickets and the number of dead
head tickets determining the optic Illusion
to be entertained.
This Rock house picture when completed
will show to the occupants of the 'front.'
seats. and TO the pits of the management
iS
Pursell can paint, sout he cam The aufii-
ence viii see it when shown, as the school
child does the puzzle picture when traced
out fer him.
THE scene is at tine pcnitentiary. Gov
ernor foraker appears in the fore. He has
just delivered his Remarkable. speech on
me penitentiaiy management, in which
hS.cllargts that Management as being ga
setof Thieves and Scoundrels, who stole
right and left until kicked out 10 come
back again rs convicts." He holds in his
hand n care made up of human hide, the
stin OF an Irishlmurderer and n uenrc,r;, MIST
alternating. Just behind the Governor is
with cup and bells. clothed in spotted tights
Iniseli appears holding Il handful CT cane
se.apings sent him by Lloyd SiyeTs labeled.
eainpaisn docun.eniS." Poor Willard lies
prone on the lG0r. He got one whitT al
the documents" which rendered him in
CIT and insensihle. in which condition he
continued as we ell know until the close of
the campaign.
Davenport is not visible, because Green
mas hiin nder cover and in subjugation in
the lions Gen.
The interesting feature OF the picture is
the penitentlary Management as defined
by Governor Foraker. At one door the
Management is seen escaping, boyr-Ie;,ged
ami bacS-oent under the load of stolen
piuncer. At the other door ;ha hInn3ea-
ment appears entering in stripped CLOTH
ing. This is the Foraker idea In atfernpt-
ing 10 paint this idea Pursell would paint
a. octopus. This wss not what was cxac;iy
'yante1. SO he has taken up a study OF his
old files IN which is a graphic binera;5 ;5lly
and an interesting night scene-in Col1r,;-
bus. From o study of these writings OF his
II is thought his imagination csn grasp the
true conception of the Foraker idea, ana
make the picture complete,
hilst Purseil is training TO this finish,
and the pnblIc anxiously awaiting q sight
Green IS holding Davenport in the rocky
den, Willard is sindlstriously formulating
"original' editorials with our borrowed
scissors. the SalyStion Army running IFS
legs OF hnnting Davenport, the engine
house still standing on Rempel's stock
yard aud market lot-the Able Stafr in the
meanwhile occupying the beautiful villa
Oh the crest of the crass, luxurating on the
TT OF the land and industrioUsly employ
ed in receiving subscriptions for the Senti-
nel-oniy Sl-5c, pay when YOU please