Telegram-herald., 1888-04-06
poarsalrs oF wAsHlNeroN.


ksnerenet fssses AcCssnt al 6ss the
firs< rs~siasst s.s Ter eis Father.
Rembrandt Pe@ls. tss artist whe paiatea
tie fxnzass, ess sesfiols ~ lIs sasjs a2a
sags~sta ssasss picssrs. ssfse CoaFs -
Is<sk. wss . 60 " tss also famous Cnzrse>
wtlsoa Fsals. wes psiat<d fF0<a pefsoAs
slstinxs sss~r - portraits Of e&sasnxtoa- Il
. reoe1t interSis~ he said, ~ asIiaFtasl
gave sitliaxs " stuart ant sy father e. ms
sane tltas sn4 -ss oftsn eith hlla fhlS
was u een he ~4s presldeat--Sboat isSa he
at for my tetksF Ia ths Qeiss early tnoraing,
before tis sl&ts toisuE had eeea rnAi-, saa
when be sppa4red q kbs ewes " tie skzfasea
observer sl11Elf - George " 4shingtoa, tht
man aud elIlzea lie @aS thsn Aooat -
years old, and The toils snd trials ~1lch he
Laa passed through As Ito commander II tAs
army, aHd tAs suite - great earss " SIX
ye2rs os TIE pressas2cy, added - tas weight
OF increasing years, hEa told With a. httiS
severity upon ms tall stately and stlA impss-
Ing frame and features As soreN bat thin
h4ir was gray, years and fears AID cares
had al left trSoss ca kis t4o<, snd AIS testh
being gone, the lips and ekesks aud iines
about the meath we're somewhat depressed
Snd contracted Az fatseTs portrait OF
him. repeated Ar Feals, was ssacIly al
Washington as he REALLY was while he vss
TIE man oaly. ala before be had prepared
himself, a. president, u enter upol as mere
especially then than EoN, arduous duties as
chief executive Of tbs great Bat very youEg
republic.
"but Why" 10 was asked, ''the two por-
traits being painted IL the same time. should
Stuarts 10 50 very uRlike your f&tksrsf'
simply because. continued feale, las
have already stat<d. Washington gave bis
slttfngs ~ Stuart oA the same aay, bat after
Il careful preparation Of his state toilet; aud
be was exceedingly, almost austsrsly nioe N
al matters of conventional dress ana dsport-
ment Indeed, the rasaoye from the manners
and customs of Eaglaad's monarchy was SO
recent and so slight that the social atmos-
phere Of the White House psrtook largely OF
the etiquette OF the court, End the expected
and practiced department OF the executive
chamber was as formal in degree as that
which had been necessary IN order 10 have
audience With the king
This state toilet, among ether things, in
cluded the careful combing aud pcwdeFing ol
the hair and the tying ot il Ia a cue; also a
discreet make up Of the face, and, most
nOticeabls OF all, the fitting into tAs mouth Of
full set Of false teeth. Now, the art and
skill OF the dentist IN those days had rot at
tanned TO very perfect imitation OF nature,
and the plates being large and clumsy, gave
to the mouth and whole lower portion Of the
face that fat, full, square and unnatural ap-
pearance which all careful observers Of
Stusrt's great portrait cannot fail To observe,
and which is very often 9uextioningly re
marked uposi. This portrait was adopted as
harmonizing more fully with the courtly
conception of what the personal appearance
and hsbiiinenEs OF one IN SO great authority
should be; but as a portrait, il is Of the
president rather than Of the man. and is TO
be regarded as the ideal, rather than the
real Washington. A. $. Pease in The Sara
tocian-