The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-25
FL MoDELos ON WHEELS.
H Myers g. Bros Display in the Trades
Procession.

H. Myers 81 Bros Display in the Trades
Procession.
1t has well been said that 1.-THE best laid
schemes of men and mice gang aft aglee,"
and so it proved in the review Of the trades
display in yesterdays MORNING NEWS. y
description of the float of H. Myers & Bros,
manufacturers of and wholesale dealers in
cigars and tobacco l3j and l31 Bay street,
was written, but by some means became
disconnected from the rest of the review OF
the trades display. Their float was not
only work of art, but was painted by an
artist who has made for himself name on
two continents
The front of the float was a Ceban scene,
lovely SenOrita resting her left hand on
the oval trademark of the FL Modelo cigar,
In which was painted the seal of the State
of Georgia. In her right hand the Cuban
beauty held a tobacco plant in full blossom.
A child knelt at her right upon ii bale of
Havana tobacco surrounded by tropical
scene, while in the background was a ma
rlne view. The rear of the float was full-
length painting of the coat of arms OF the
State of Georgia. The canvas on the right
was full length picture of the firms Old
Dominion Tobacco Works, at Richmond,
Va, on the banks of the Richmond and
Lynchburg canal, five story building,
true to the life, with an ocean passenger
steamship moored at the dock, and
train on the Midland road which runs be-
tween the canal and the factory. The can
vas on the left of the float was a realistic
painting OF the new three story FL Modelo
cigar factory of the firm recently erected at
jacksonville, Fla, which has been compile
ted within the past three weeks, and in
which 300 hands are employed. The roof
of the float l6xS15 feet was covered with to-
bacco leaves, the two inch comb being an
extended coil of tobacco, and the entire roof
covered with Havana and Henry county
bright Virginia gold leaf, all of
which required 3, laborious work and
handdressing AS the float was
driven through the city, samples of their
famous Fannie Edel,n and Love- brands
of chewing tobacco were scattered broad
cast along the line of march, the trademark
of which latter was peculiarly appropriate
when the nature of the military surround
ings are considered, for it is that Of the
''Confed" trading tobacco with the "Yank"
on the peaceful picket post.
The paintings of the float are to be sent
to the Sub-Tropical Exposition at Jackson
vile, for exhibition, after which they will
be divided between the three firms, the can
vas of the Richmond factory, going to
Richmond, the FL Modelo factory remain
ing at Jacksonville, and the seal and coat-of
al ilio VI bio OUtJc, ICkllIulLS W Jilo uOuSb
here in Savannah.
The paintings are by w. J. Burton, "a
Barnard street, who received first diploma
of the AmeHcan Institute in 1850 for his
painting, 'The Rocky Glen, Ten Miles from
Dublin, who painted 1000 feet of canvas
for the grand stand at st. Leonards and
Hastings when the Prince and Princess of
Wales dedicated the "Convalescent Home"
June 20, 1882, and whose celebrated paint
ing, London by Day, F" for the Colosseum"
at New York, required visit to London
and eight months of hard labor.
Mr.. Burton before the war amassed a
competency and had an elegant residence
at Memphis, which, with all its sumptuous
surroundings and works of art, were de-
stroyed by hostile guns, and after the war
much of his work was gratutously done to
aid the ladies in collections for the return
ing refugees and poor whose all was swept
away by the war. A visit to his studio in
this city is well worth visit, and the old
man, struggling to recover his lost fortunes,
deserves generous support.