Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-23
aiiA6 ia liiUIJ.
nH- CAUSE o. THE DECLINE OF
TIE ORuMMcR'5 GRIP.

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| ""'''S WY -
sraphS-So'"re' Fr"Se"''"""'S "' "o''
cate Wares and Intricate Mechanisms
Inp,ovm,ut for Women,
The commercial tourist is being divorced
| from his travelling bags, or, to speak NOR
| tersely, the drummer is dropping his grips
Tbe only infallible mark of the drummer
will now Ike tbo pockets which bulge will
naper covered novels The cause of the de
cline of tbe pripsack is the colored photo
praph. The bulky samples that the travel
ing man used to bear from place TO place
and which were. so to speak. his badge OF
office he has repiaced with counterfeit pre-
sentiments of the same
Delicate. true. light and compact, thess
pictures. carried about in the rocket, can
represent an immense quantity of goods in
such a manner that there is no mistakina
tint. ouality. texture or size. They rem.
sent everything from machinery 10 bric-e.
lrac and from kitchen stoves to ladies' slim
pers. Those which need no coloring-like
the stoves and machinery-are simply pho
togrnphed i'm black and white. But the pho-
tograDhs are the very best of their kind. and
set forth each part with a faithfulness that
is remarkable In the most intricate ma
cllnery every Bit of betting, every wheel.
cog. arm and elbow is most understandablv
produced from every point of view.
But the inviting albums are those which
contain the colored photographs. These are
used in particularly large quantities by the
crockery and the furniture houses The for
mer find use for them because their wares
are so fragile; the latter because they are SO
cumbersome. The pjctures of the bric-s hrnc
and the fine china are wonderfully delicate
and il is a surprise to learn that the micro
scope is never used in the paintine of them
The work is done entirely bv younp women
One photographer keeps eight or ten ouite
steadily employed The work is taken IL, tbe
houses of the artists. and done there as n
usual thing IL renuires much mora art tban
the ordinary painter of photoUranbs usee in
uniting a touch of carmine ON the cbeel,s or
n dash of azure on the eyes Of n nortrsit Tho
paintinp of texture is several dagroae aboya
this and this mnst he tboroughlv Erderstcoa
The soft satin wear, the Worcester and rovoi
Dresden the oueen and Robenion tba -
and norcaIoins all bo1,a n ,,ar,, difpo,o,,+ a.,
ish which ,mnst he nrosorvoj in tba ~, ,,,
pronh if it il to be Of anv yaIna II I'D
not only accurate bnt strong eves n staadI,
and deIicata toucb and a most no;nstaI';,',
patience
Young vvoma, are tho ,,a,,,, oroO ont of oil
tho world in whom oil of tboeo o,aIitio. a.,
combined anJ tbot is tb. ,.oo,a, ttat 49,,
nrettv toll is yivsn than co ,,niyoraoll,,
Rut tbara is onotbe, rooso,- on oIa fo,;,
;or reason MAJ, co,,ld ,,at 49, ,,',,,lh
to kean him The vol, n,us+ ho do,,l, p,
rirIs who have bo,r,oo r., h., s,,,.o ~
,,ai,a 90 IN IoT a. tho oa,,,,i,7 ~ o'iI o'n
,rra,,l,, ~ t;,,a o,. I,.;,, l,,,, "a '.o
tben nv ryorl,ine, ovor ho,,,.s a,,d ,,o,.,, -
ilv II ;,i,rht Iva ,1oSsilio 70 ,rnto .; g.,
arduors v,o,.l, on,,1d La,1I1 I 49,, W.
,yI, s,,coassi,,a do,s hou,a;,o, p,,t .t'1s'.s,i
tIis waco is NOT hod n ho,, e., ira,,,eS
hoing H1ctnating and rnraliahIa o. -,
there NAV he n,antities of ,vorh tho 80
peal, mono at oil
Ono ~ tho co,,d;tiors of s,,ooo,o,,,, ,,,,o..
yrsnh paintiny ~ tbia fi,,a ,,at,ra 10 a,ieaI,.t
5;lenca nositiva conoartratian - the
'ocuIties ia needed and most of ths Girls ,sbo
10 the worl, have little studies yyIara tbay
an ouletIv vorl, nv themselves Hare viii |
,ip APRONS protectinp their drasses tbai,.
set an "a IittIa incIi,a5 |
,oard before them and tbeir c,aa Of |
iouid pajnts close Mt hand thew natiantIv |
train their voung ewes over the almost in
Intestinal fipures which thav ara coIo,;no-
+ il very canfininr. and M donht tbe snaS
nodic demands are blessings in disgriso fo,.
ontinued annlication to If ,vouId bo on 20
ell seriously upon the nervous svstan
The tinting of tbe nbotogronbs Of f,,.,i
rra is SIMMER on the whole ALTHOUGH ,,,a,,,,
vholesale houses have that, furnit,,ra ~.
olstnred in cretonne hefora N 10 nbotn-
raphed. Cretonne. of course admits of
oloring. which nlusb does not
The husiness is ono which ;s lilyeI, +o II,
rease steadilv and To av+epd 70 ,,,o,,,-
roncbes Of commorca vbicb bova not -,
,vestipated IL
This fact has bean ,ecoonizad bv tho daaf |
,ute school on the west side and tho a,t of
,loring commercial nbotogranbs 10 ar,o,,c, |
IA Industries in which the yn1ilo ara hai,,e
,str1Ictad The ahnornol dayaIonnoont as
pht and toucb which ali DEAF nnntas roSsaSa
,akes them especially tittad fo,, tbis WI
A woman who was ona of tho ,rst 70 od,riso
,arbing artistic branches il, tbia sol,ooI go
no otSar da,. ,1No ono ~ ~ - |
o+ohad tbo aa,,aI,nn,or,t ~ e. -
ro, CON in,o,ino ,vhot n diRano,,oo a.
trodrction of Tho Iirh+ o,.t, La,, ,,s,, -
,ai, i,,as Tho,, ha,,, e,oira-I -, .aIf .'>'1.
,,aI1 os i, a,,io,,,na,,+ - re n,ss |
,em had been racordod 40 Iittia Ioss than ~ " '
,oila =, tha;,. ,,,,,, ho,,,as I III
mt an in natured household cboea t,, hae+I,,,-
BON them. At the very best they were con- f
lered great cross X
''In the school, after thorough system of l
had been established, we in 4
ructed them in the common branches and | b