The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-15
NYE And THEB
After Inspecting an Art Gallery,
he Sees "Nadjy."
BALLET GIRLS AND TIGHTS.
Mingled Vision of Titan, Raphael, GiottO,
Rubens and Fast Life on Eight
Dollars Week.

FOR THE SUNDAY HERALD. By spepial
permission of the author.
Rochester IS not only cool, prosperous
specimen of live American city, but she
can boast of notable Art Gallery worth
a Journey of some length to visit Mr.. D.
w Powers is the owner and collector. l
spent half day not long since, visiting
this fine aggregation Of beautiful pictures
and fortunately found Mr.. Powers present
himself, gloating over his treasures. We
talked at some length about art and when
it came time for me to go, 1 could see that
Mr.. Powers gave me up reluctantly.
For young man, 1 have been somethin g
Of collector myself, beginning some ten
years since by the acquisition Of noted
companion pictures known as "Wide
Awake and East Asleep" They are
only copies OF course but by connoisseus
they are regarded as very faithful copies
indeed.
At sheriffs sale on Staten Island not
long since, the property of an old picture
virtuoso included study entitled 1.-The
Horse Fair, by Rosa Bonheur." 1t is ex-
ecuted with pen and looks like the origi-
nal picture. 1t Is very spirited indeed
The horses are also in good condition, hay
lag been fed onIground feed, Judge, all win
ter. They are Of the Norman variety,
with great breadth of beam and their tails
are done up in Psyche knots. 1 like the
picture very much as also does every one
who sees it. got it at a great bargain,
which also included the frame and a wire
with which to hang it up 1t Is In my
studio as write these lines, while near it.
with sad, reproachful eyes and tender mien
is life size portrait Of Lydia E. Pinkham
engaged in inventing a Vegetable Com
pouLd which will bring Joy to the world.
NY collection is also enriched by several
rare bijouteries from the Old World. One
is picture of Napoleon on the Island Of
st. Helena. 1 bought it VI an American
Tho was II Paris last summer. He offered
it to me for twenty frances without the
frams.
Probably Ell the 800 paintings in the
Powers gallery, 1.-The wife of Rubens is
one of the most beautiful, and also chaste,
the catalogue goes on to state, Rubens
loved 10 paint his wife rather than have
her paint herself. He was quite proud of
her and nothing pleased HIM better than to
give her sitting whenever she got new
dress. Rubens, Titan and Falk are my
favorite artists. Another very striking
picture is called lie Mois d'Octobre LA
Recotte dss pommes de terre'). This is
by August Pagoorg, a Swedish artist,
and if l hadn't read the Freuch title to it,
l would have said that it looked like a
potato patch IN the fall. An old gentle
man Of the Demman Thompson cast Of
countenauce is engaged n pouring half
bushel Of Early Rose pommes de terre into
a bag, held open by his solemn little
daughter. 1t is really very strong and
beautiful picture. The pommes de terre
are good, too.
Mr., Powers told me about several Of the
best known painters and said that If
in my collection at home, had any of their
works he would buy it of me. Leonardo
da Vinci he said, did most Of his painting
in the ii enth century. He was the nat
ural son of Pietro da Vinci Florence We