Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-12-06

have ever met In art fields. lie has none
az The WAYS OF the professional artist
and affects neither hair, collars, nor neck,
ties. He is aniable and even inclined
TO be old-fasnIoned. Lake Bierstadt, VINO,
by the way. IS one OF the most iovboi ',,;, u.
America. BIerstadt has painted Indians
and buffaloes and our mountain scenery
His work will 1--we because II - American
Carpenters work will live because, 1t Is
American history. Two greater subjects
than Emancipation and Arbitration
no artist could wish for. bly, regret - tbat
Queen Victoria should have TINS iateSt
work. IL ought TO be In our national nal-
lery IN the Washington Capitol AS That
cannot be, we should certainly nave re-
plica for Washington.
ROMANTIC BEyERsroNs.
Philosophers and naturalists like Spen-
Ger and Darwin have noted the tendency
of the most civilized and cultivated COM
mupities 10 revert. when occasion oilers, TO
the original barbarism OF their ancestors.
IL "a evident at all times IN lndivlduais
and the most familiar instances are fond-
ness for hunting and fishing. Our pick
nicking and camping-out are Only reVlVals
of the forced outdoor living OF the cave
and tent-life times. There has 6een
GREAT deal Of comment upon and COM
mendation of Mr.. Lorillards adop-
ton OF and attempted Amercaniza-
tion of fashionable fad long .popu-
lar on some Of the English rivers. This IS
the house boat" which may be towed to
different parts along shore-that -, IN
smooth water and safe weather-and
actually lived in. But this has been COM
mon for unnumbered centuries IN CHINA;
common among our canalers, and made
fairly romantic as well as Immensely
,,-;Ir1r~ -auA Pad
der Grange" But after the seal set upon
the fashion By Mr.. Lorlllard 1t
may reasonably be expected that
"bouse boats" will be commoner
than Yachts. for they can be made much
cheaper. They may even be cheaper
than seaside cottages OF the cheap
est sort. and living on board during the
summer season may be reduced to the de-
sirably low limits which are compulsory
with not a few of the Four Hundred.
When a very considerable part of by-no-
means-big income must DO devoted to out
side show, there must be corresponding
diminution of inside comfort and even
sustenance. Thousands Of quite unpre-
tentious people in this town sit down every
day to better dinner than many or the
"s1nart setn do on Sunday, or even when
they give a dinner" once month or so
10 a few friends. But to return to our
TeYerSlOnS. a uioIt bHhu bOhNAAJ
old custom in the country is the Harvest
Festival, where the dance and supper are
IN the barn. simply because the farm
house is not large enough TO hold the ln-
yited guests. One Of the Nanderbllts by
breyet-that is, one Of those who obtained
his money, If not his importance. by mar
rying into the famIy-has created quite
an excitement by giving barn bal"
oyer'on his jersey farm. OF course, with
decorations, fixtures. supper, and servants
from Delmonlco's, band from the city,
special trains for guests, the affair cost
more than it would if given in Madison
Souare Garden. But then u was so
rustic, rural, romantic, and all thar. u
was expensive PLAYING at country life. OF
the same sort as that INDUCED in by our
New York Farmers" an actually moor
porated association of Fifthavenoodles
who know no more of farming than they
do of navigation. yet who are forced by
fashion to own farms" on which their
well salaried farmers raise potatoes and
turnips, which cost from 800 20 $500 per
bushel. These Fifth-ayenue farmers, "
hold monthly meetings in that ways!de
inn. the Brunswick. on Madison square,
and discuss agricultural matters IN man
ner that would be absolutely unlntelllgl-
Bile to q bright boy brought up in the
country.