Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-19

III accommodated with easy chairs and 5
opera glasses. There was q great crowd. | |
The river was thropged. Blue peryaded /
the landscape, though none appeared in
the sky. In few minutes there was
great cry and shout, aud two boats were 1
seen struggling along the river, one fol-
lowing the other. Our host said Cam {
bridge had won; he was glad Of
it, ana now we would go to luncheon.
We lost pair of gloves to Lady Flora,
and all the ladies were for Cambridge.
The luncheon was admirable. IL was
made pleasant by many sally Of lively {
wit and repartee. After lunch we we're
all packed up again IN our rugs and
shawls, and driven the longest way home
Wimbledon common gave us q clearroad, /,
and after such race and such luncheon
we were imperyious TO win and weather
We returned TO Pail Mall, and after a
rest dlned lightly, played quiet game
of poker, and parted at midnight, all I
agreeing that the university boat-race is
one Of the best of English institutions
aud should be kept up In the interest Of
the true spirit Of English athleticlsm and |
national good feeling. ! think | was
more than particularly contented with the |
race, seeing that held a royal flush |
when my wealthy opponent was con-
WINGED that was bluiling ! don't know |
much Of the noble game OF poker, but
find that royal flush or four Of n kind
are fine hands 10 bluff upon II you can
bluff with a'smile that IS ohildlike and
bland.
PICTURE SUNDAY.
| The first two exhibitions OF the year
open in May. The last Sunday in March
J fc hn 10 "a moi ma ..,
| ivy OF the artists send In their pictures.
II is called "Plcture Sunday ecause on
that day the studios are open to the ar
lists friends and to artistic society. 1t
was thought that depressed trade and the
gloom of the political situation would this
year make "Pcture Sunday" particularly
tame. But ii was not so, and sometimes
looking around London and contemplate
ing her well-dressed crowds and her
largely patronized shows and entertain
ments, one is inclined to wonder at the
universal declaration of bad trade, short
age in money and general misery. Picture
! Sunday was as bright and gay and pleas
ant this week as in any previous year;
. and, Notwithstanding the east winds,
: lilacs were in bud IN the suburban gar
} dens, the elms and planes in the parks
? were showing delicate tints of budding
2 brown and green, and wherever there
: were little garden plots crOcuses were con
. spicuous in yellow and white and purple
t blooms. There are some notable pictures
/ on the easels. Mr. Faed, i. A., has
a painted q very Characteristic work, son
d why / Left My Ilome!" 1t depicts al
e old Highlander who has emigrated L
/ Canada He is sitting lamenting hi
e "heroic Scotland" on the shores OF LAX
k Ontario. wonder If Mr.. Faed has i
II view any covert sarcasm upon Canada Il
k this lament of the scotch emigrani
u Scotchmen are very proud Of Scotland
re but they are often found away from HON
&c and not generally lamenting. Mr.. Petite
"a II. A., viii be well represented in ivy
OK very remarkable picmres--'Jhe Chic
h tain's C0ndlestcSsn and "TheMusician.
I'd The 6rst mentioned is on artistic rende
u ing Of o notable incident In Scott,
IS, chieftaln in the old days comes to u
az South. His English nos. ooosts OF h
ne treasures. Among them are some sily'
as candlesticks The scotch caiel is tri
is sore on being challenged in regard 10 Il
an excepuonal splend0r of these thln&
Cd He SAYS he has finer caudlestlcl
he at his home i'm Scotland than the
r. OF the South The host max
nm him q bet that he has not, and goes oy
,c. to Scotland with his friends 10 settle
on They find their host living in wild XII
elk of barbaric splendor, and are conduct
on TO the dining hail TO see the chiel
nd candlesticks. They consider Il poll
I'd to confess that they are finer than t
ice English silver; for the chiefs cand
be- sticks are stalwart clansmen, armed
)X the teeth and carrying torches. TWO
wv the candlesticBs in Mr. Pettie's plctu
iys guard the chiefs chair ana form q sur
.he ing example of Mr.. Pettie's fancy Il
be method Mr. Briton Riyiere, Az "
OF send to the academy mastery WORK
"Rizpah,n in which there IS much
impress the Imagination and touch
Ter heart The mother, worn Out W
an watching the dead, sleeps by
nut. watch-fre. while the iackals are pro-
the ing about the gibbets, and lion ant
,ipe lioness are seen moving stealthily aN
yns nnder "the first gllmpses
ned the dawn Mr.. Long, K.
rise, proves to US that no subject
will haclzneved for the man of genius. He
,e," aiven us new and beautiful treatm
And of "The Finding OF Moses" and
and Firth, II. A., still finds interesting ms
{ to rial In the life of DR.. Johnson. This u
per. he realizes for US an incident in BosWe
who story of Nine. de Boutller's visit 10
who famous photographer. Mr.. Parton,
on American landscape artist, has are
and like study of Wargravc on the Ihan
and aud a superb October stretch OF rlVeri
ends meadows with cows The studios
IS of crowded ali Sunday afternoon, the
self lists houses being as attractive TO N
fine visitors as the pictures, Among the n
end artistic and palatial OF these moo
mere palaces OF art are the residences OF
.ers Long, Mr.. Holl, Mr.. Broughton,
race, Frederick leighton and Mr. Colin hur
Cd OF The ROYAL Academicians and Assocl
ma arc allowed week longer for sendin
WED Than the outsiders, which OF late
! all has tended to make two picture sun.
!. 10 instead of one. | may, therefore,
shiy- something special 10 say OF the worl
ard Sir Frederick leighton, MIR. Brough
mon Mir. Filder and other leading pan
since next week.
king. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
drag The queen is fuldlling all the eui
mer hopes OF her; she is "out and aoo
four She win give special entertainments
Furs, the season at Windsor and Buekma
were nalaee; il is unlikely that she VIII sh