Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-12-26
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has multiplied fast. At the rate they
are coming We expect q big ''excursiou,"
and why mott This voyage 10 placed at
excursion rates!
The train has not started yet and there
viii DO little delay In startiug-just
enough to make Il appear like real ex-
curslon train-for the Art Portfolios are
to be sent to you direct from the pub
fishers In Philadelphia, % don't expect
the Portfolio by return mall when you
send Jour coupon to the Democrat.
Give ne time to forward your address to
Philadelphia and the publishers time to
al the order. Who ever heard Of an ex-
cursiou without delaysi You won't get
left II you get aboard and cit still! Kick
. little II you want to, but bear In mind
that when we do get under way you will
travel fast enough to make tour Of the
world In 20 weeks and the scenery will
cure your dyspepsia!
PORTFOLIO NO. , THIS WEEK.
We shall start our introduction with
cardinals, srchblshops and bishops-
Roman and Protestant.
II you are Catholic Of course you
would be very glad to have good pho
tograph Of Satolll, "Pope Of the Catholic
church In America, !" but besides him, We
are also going to give you Cardinal Glib
hons, Monsiguor O'Connell, Archbishop
Of Sanfelice, who will probably succeed
the present head Of the Vatican; Arch
bishop vannutelll, who also has . good
prospect for the Pspal Chair; also Arch
blshops Williams, Ryan, Gross, Retzer,
Salpolute, Elder; Jansenns, Freeman,
Kendrick, Riordan and Ireland.
H. you are Methodist, you will also
be presented with 20 Of the bishops Of
your church. Some of them are 10
Paradise, but the use Of photography
enables US to present them to you As
visibly As II they were still In the nesh.
II you are an Episcopallan, you will
also get 20 bishops Of the church. along
with other ecclesiastical dlgnitaries Of
other denominations.
Next we will present 10 Of the leading
newspaper men Of America, men who
mould public opinion. The venerable
Dana, aggressive Pulitzer, the clever
watterson, the able Ialstead, the son Of
the great pioneer In newspaperdom,
Bennett; the philanthropic Childs and
others OF great magnitude.
The American men and women who
move the heart with their poetic genius
come next-Mrs. Stowe, Mrs. Burnett,
Hawthorne, Poe, Whittier, Howells,
Longfellow, Twain, Irving, whitman,
Emerson, Phelps, Harte and others.
Next the foreign authors, Schiller,
Ouida, Scott, Browning, Verne. Hag-
gard, Kingsley, Arnold, Moore, Milton,
Shakespeare, Hugo, Tennyson, Macau-
lay, Goethe, Ruskin and others.
Next the men who hold the strings to
the money bags, the mllllonalres, the
Goulds, the Astors, the vanderbllts, etc.
Then the great composers, Chopin,
Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schumann,
Beethoven, Wagner, the beloved Gounod,
who had just died; Verdi, Belliul,
aydn, Handel, Rubenstein and others.
Here come the actors next, the ire
pressible Francis Wilson, the droll
Sothcrn, the tragic James, Miss Fuller
Of Serpentine Dance invention, the beau
tiful Lillian Russell, the silver toned
singer Carl, Amelia Glover, the dancer |;
the spirituelle Bernhardt, Jane Hadlng,
after whom the veil Is named, the YER
satile Mansfield, Ada Rehan, whose
figure was reproduced In silver at the
worlds fair; the celebrated Mrs. Lang
try, the Irresistible Robson, Denman
Thompson Of "Old Homestead" fame,
unequalled Edwin Booth, the unsur-
passed Joe jefferson, the great English
actor, Henry Irving, the magnetic Ital-
Ian Salvini and others. Most Of these
are In costume.
Following the actors, come the noted
players and singers. For the benefit Of
the women who rave over Paderwskl,
we will say that he is among the num-
Der In all the glory Of his beautiful UNI
cut tresses.
Leaving these celebrities we shall
jump over to England, and close our
week by introducing Her Majesty, Queen
and His Royal Highuess, the Prince Of
Wales and his family.
Remember you meet all the people
enumerated above, In the second folio Of
"rhe World and Its People by Sunlight"
to obtain which you have only to save
the art coupons printed In the paper this
week, and send or bring them to US with
ten cents.
II you did not join the procession last
week you should by all means have the
first portfolio. This you can obtain by
sending or bringing US 10 cents for Nos.
I and 2.
A Trip Around the World will begin
In two weeks and last six months. All
It costs you IL 10 cents week. Save
your coupons and your pennies, and
join our delightful society.
The greatest education for your chill
dren, the greatest entertainer and In
former for you.
The third week we shall present few
more royal persons and then begin our
travels In foreign lands, travels thst will
last twenty-six weeks.
HOW TO DO IT.
Each week cut out the art coupon 10
the Democrat and send to us with ten
cents and you viii receive the art port
folio Of the same number a. the coupon
you send US, of "The World and its
People by Sunlight" the famous work
Introduced by that noted traveller,
scholar and writer, John Clark Ridpath,
Ii. ID.
Each portfolio will contain 10 pages
and there will be 20 portfolios. The
whole series will make q most valuable
| art collection, For your own pleasure