St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-17
PEN AND INK PENNELL
Unpleasant Experience Of an
Artist in Autocratic
e Ire Russia.
Sad Accident Which BefelI an
English Genre Pain ter Of
Talent.
Cautionary Words Regarding
the Latest Fad, Artificial
Hips.
The Worst Possible Taste Is
Displayed in Wearing
Mixed Fups.
Special Letter to the Globe.

Special Letter to the Globe.
NEW YORK. Jan. 15.-Those appre-
clative art lovers who know we'll their
Harper's Monthly. with its delicate en-
cravings and dainty pen and ink work,
nave read with amusement, tinctured
with regret and doubt, of the unpleaS-
ant experience of Joseph Pencil dur
ing his recent expedition to Russia. His
camera was the object which excited
suspicion against him. but seeing that
the authorities become finally con-
WINGED that he had taken no picture
which would prove injurious to the well
fare of the country, he was allowed to
develop his plates. We shall, in all
probability. have the pleasure of seeing
them, translated into the delicate lam
guage of pen and ink drawing, in
some future number of Scribner or
Harper. Apropos of art matters, we
hear that an English artist of great re-
pute, Seymour Lucas, the successful
historical painter of the century, has
been seriously injured, MANNED for life.
His pictures have been reproduced in
black and white process in this country,
where his style is much admired. How
the accident occurred we have not
heard, but the result is extremely sad,
as the doctors give no hope of his recov-
cry to established health again. The
pictures of Seymour Lucas. Abbey and
one or two other artists of the same
style make. us feel our own mod
ern dress very much wanting in
drapery, and too stiff to be pictu-
rescue. 1t is certainly not an
ugly style that our ladies are wearing
just now. only it is little bit stiff when
made in too rigid adherence to fashion
able laws. A WOman's figure now has a
fair chance to be natural if she chooses
perhaps too much so. However, there
are apparently some women who must
Improve on nature, and so, now that
dress-imprOvers are relegated to the
dim and distant last. and future most
likely, the last artificial execresence
that art can devise and folly don is false
hips of inflated india rubber. "When
lovely women stoops to folly" no one
knows where she will stop. The only
thing that is likely to convince her
that art may take too much
upon itself is some ludicrous ac-
cident to her padded charms. What a
sad position for fashionable beauty if
her hips slipped ont of place SO that
they didn't balance! With what ready
lie could she account for the phenomena
VI HdLuic. AL, WHaI lauSi6O W6D
we weave when first we practice to de-
ceive." We hear with joy that beaver is
to be once more an extremely fashion,
able. fur, after. of course, the inevitable
sable. Astrachan has played its part
nobly. and may retire on its laurels.
Chinchilla has sort of maiden aunt
from the country look about it. Err
mine, the regal, is antique, and is sell
dom seen off royalty and court cards.
Grebe is almost forgotten.
Sable, beaver, mink and bear are most
popular this year, and they are seen re-
peated on gown after gown. Beaver is
lovely color generally, and although a
fiat fur like this is not so becoming as a
full one. the color will make up for the
form. Sealskin will never go out, but it
is not as popular as it has been. Red
fern is using mink more generously on
his gowns than any other fur, and he
says the fashion is such just now that
one cannot wear too much fur trimming.
He begs, however, that when a lady is
we airing mink-trimmed gown, she will.
out of mercy to the gown and his credit,
n lot sport Sealskin mutf and an as
trachan chapeau at the same time. On
no account thOuld fur be mixed 1t is
the worst possible taste.