The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-03
noNas OF WOMEN FOLK
-, artists, a Woman Astrono
Women o-tar interesting People.

C'7-- = ranble among the studios to see
tlA-i = --..ss in art the e1oig Uetbliche is
"naS Miss Maria J. c. a Beckett IS
80, Iittle lady who paints among car
l.-,iture. old Persian embroideries and
N0- - mos in the Sherwood studio build
Nj Mis- Beckett takes pride in belonging
III +ba old a Beckett family which produced
49, famous Archbishop of Canterbury.
~ neople know her chiefly through her
artisfic partnership with Bertha Won
-, the pedes .rian and painter but Miss
paoLat was pupil of William Hunt and
80 Of Daubigny, and is developing gifts
Iatei more marked than those of her some
~ turCo1aesociate. They made arare Damon and
pH.bjas these two women, rising before sun
- 70 attend mass and painting together
t up W. tree arches all day. Miss Won Hillern
IL never mastered the secrets Of agreeable
Ie Ia but Miss a Beckett has done really
~ York within the past two or three
srs picture of the Isle de Veau" IN
- liver Disc is a "reminiscences OF an after
.oon snent drifting in a small boat past
Ian and wooded banks with Daublgny.
Frba subiect is one which art students VIII
nnoenohsr as handled often by Corot. The
ttS-orn1 at Gloucester" is a marine view
which Miss Beckett considers her finest
UaintinG Moonlight" is another marine
if 1ecpiiar charm, and the "Pine Tree" is
t1bn,,at+ed against sky and water with rug
81 strength which has small suggestion of
fhe touch feminine.
Miss Tonise Lawson is a woman of vigor-
ons hut delicate personality, and sculptor
whose work has attracted much attention.
Two years ago her life-siZe figure in marble
Of the "Rhodian Boy" was shown at Tiff
fanv's and it remains perhaps the most salts
factory of her works, though not the most
imaginative The boyish figure stands hold
ing a swallow in his outstretched hand and
the scauty garment he wears does not con-
coal the symmetry of his form. A figure
called the "Orlgin of the Harp" aims to
realize in marole the myth of the sea
maiden transformed to the harp, the out
lines of which already begin to appear.
There is originality of conception and vigor-
ous workmanship in "Ayacalors," the In
dian maiden seized by the English adven-
tnrors under Amvas Leigh in Kingsley's
novel Westward Ho." The daughter of
the woods catches up her bow and threatens
the intruders Miss Lawson is an Ohio
woman, and Story the sculptor, and Sir
f. ederck Leigton were her friends while
she studied in Rome She may do work
vet that shall wipe out the disagreeable i'm
preston concerning feminine efforts in mar
be produced by the distressing works of
Winnie Ream.
Mrs. Redmond is a Swiss artist who mar
ried an American and who now has
studio with her husband in the Sherwood
building, filed with quaint cabinets, masses
of palus, screens and warm-colored Eastern
hangngs, Mrs Redmond is an attractive
woma1 with short, wavy hair who always
wears a picturesque gown. She paints
flowers and water color landscapes, and
does much decorative work in fine houses,
painting flowers, vines and skies directly
on the wooden walls of CatskIll summer
cottages. Prang will bring out calendar
of hers in the style of the old Munich calen-
dar next fall. ......
The studio of Mary Tillinghast, another
decorative artist aud an architect of much
ability, is not TO be omitted. Miss Tilling-
hast'S little reception parlor is a marvel of
bronze tones and dull blues, lit by odd old
metal lamps and hung with colonial gilt
mirrors. Miss Tillinghast is a slender
woman who can't weigh 100 pounds, whose
fsats of freSco painting on lofty scaffolds
make one dizzy to think Of Her latest
piece of finished work is a stained glass
memorial window, depicting the annuncia-
ton just placed in ST. Marks church in
Orange. 1t will be remembered that her
design for the Hutton memorial window in
Grace church was at once the first impor-
tant piece of stained glass work ever in
trusted in this country TO a woman and the
most imposing work in native glass vet &C
compllshed. Lafarge, Lathrop and Tiffany
might be proud of the successes of this
young lady.
Amy Cross has much talent in the pretty
art of flower painting and is going to Paris
to study next fall. Ella Condie Lamb, Miss,
Edith S. Sackett and Caroline T. Hecker
had pictures we'll hung in the spring exhibit
tions. Dora Wheeler is the artist whose
tapestry designs are receiving so much
praise from London critics in the exhibition
Of American decorative art work in Eng
land. Miss Wheeler's work is full of grace
and imagination. The ''WoodSprites" 'The
Birth of Psyche" Venus THE Winged
Morn" are fresh, simple and beautiful
There is corner IL Miss Wheeler's studio
where it is a delight to sit one down and
end ones wanderings. Folds of old blue
drape, bookcase, and above it hangs the
original sketch for "Minnehaha," laughing
water.
Maria Mitchell is said to be dying. With
her will pass away one of the most remark
able women of the century. remember
the first time saw her. The swishing of
the woodbine. against my window high up
IN the tall college building had walked me
on rainy June morning. ] had wet my
feet listening to the robins in the grass
when across the lawn from the round domed
OOoCl NdUOI L saw u LdH women WlUl WllU6
curls coming near. She wore dress Of
plain black, with white collar, and her com.
plexlon was Drowned as if by exposure, moi
10 the stars, but the sun. she was not 6
handsome woman. Her features were If.
regular, and her appearance conveyed the
impression of rugged strength and indie
pendent purpose rather than the gentlenes
commonly supposed to be feminine. The
most noticeable thing in her appearance
was the direct, Straightforward look which
gave unique charm to her eyes.
The lady with me egged Miss Mitchell or
10 repeat a remark which people had tolC
OF her making before. "Your umbrella!
TOO small and you ought to get break fast il
your own room, instead of taking drench
ing, crossing the grounds to the dining hal
on such morning"
And is my time good for nothing but
egg boiling 90
The story has appeared in print but it wa.
an experience to see. her straighten her fig.
ure as she asked the question
MISS Mitchell, was not, in the usual accep
lance OF the term, popular ut Vassar Hel
Standards were too high and she was toe
uncompromising in her horror at was ed
hours. She had one trait in common with
1ne concord hermit, Thoreau, she did not
need people, she seldom entered into sym.
pathetic relations with the students. She
moved alone like the planets Yet the deli.
SaIe glrls who were removed from the bes-
niVe OF the college dormitory TO the quiet
Oh an extra room two rnSau A. -