Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-09-04

ably would not swap his rig for the
best sulky pillow in the world. Still
t another picture by Holland artist
I that brings tears to the eyes.
. is "Alone in the World" The scene
l is a room in a poverty stricken
, home, in which are two old people.
: The old man is sitting beside the bed !;
: the tears are running down his wrink-
, led cheeks and the deepest sorrow is
pictured on his face. THERE'S; stand
on which are seen medicine bottles,
and in the bed beside which. he sits
! the white face of his aged companion
is seen. There is no motion, no voice;
she is dead. 20
If we step through the doorway into
one of the French gallery rooms, we
can see the old Cardinal, Lavigerie,
his face as white as snow, his garments
the brightest cardinal red ;renot very
far away is a portraitpof a corpulent
gentleman of seventy five or eighty
years with his hands om1 his knees and
and his head slightly bent forward as
though he was in a deep study. 1t is
picture so true to life that it is hard
to believe that it is not an old man
sitting beside the wall. The visitor
always turns again and again towards
the portrait. 1t is the portrait of Err
nest Renan, by Leon Bonnat. In the
| French section we also note a most
beautifully painted portrait of some
royal female parsonage. The face is
finely painted, but the remarkable
thing about is is the dress. Clad in
SO netting that represents satin, Or
possibly velvet; the coloring is of |
purplish tints and changeable. The |
lady is sitting, and every fold and
wrinkle, every seam or button is as like
the real as the costly French garments
that are seen across the lagoon over
in the Worth department in the Lib
eral Arts building. There is simple,
unpretentious picture in the Austri
an department that is called ''Chil-
dren at Play, (Which arrests attention.
1t represents three rather poorly clad
children from six to ten years of age,
sitting and standing beside a rude
cottage and having beside them
the family pet dog. The girl is trying
to tie a piece of ribbon around his
neck, while the others are carefully
watching the operation and contem-
plating the result. The scene is SO true
to nature that it is delight. AS pa
thetic scene we ask our readers to i'm
agine the gathering of a company
of old English soldiers at the funeral
of dead comrade. An English paint
er brings the scene in vivid reality ]
before us on the canvas. Hanging
a picture of large mastiff; his feet {
are white, his color is brindled, and
there is white and brindled mark
ing on his face. He is intently gazing
about the room, but if you look at him !
his eyes are turned to look you fair ia ,,
the face, and he is asking you to speak {
to him; if you go to the other end of 9
the room he is still looking at you, land
his face is just the same. Grand old
and faithful dog, you wish you could
take him home with you. While speak :
ing Of dogs, we mention that there S
are many paintings Of the chase, in v
which these animals take prominent
places. We ran across two striking =
pictures in which a pack of hounds /
had driven wild bears to cover; one
beside lake or river, the other into =
wild; rocky place where the fierce,
oristly, long-tusked animals were de- +
lending themselves and keeping at z
Day their enemies. The boar and the n
logs had been painted to show the 4
state, of passion and anger into which g
hey had fallen in the chase and the O
Hanging on the same wall with one =
IF the later described scenes was a +
that showed man. his vito
and children, who had fed out ameng :.
the rocks which had fallen down from e
q mountain cliff and were seemingly r
trying to hide from some approaching =
danger. The painting had been SO +
that the beholder felt himself i
in valley and looking up i
over a steep and ragged hill which !,
was thickly covered with high sharp g
powders; he sees the sky far beyond
the hill, the rocks sticking up on the {
crest of the hill, while the terrorized V
people are seeking a hiding place. c
The father is eagerly scanning the :
country beyond, and you see in the r
distance the cause of his alarm. There f
is band of bandits, or rough looking $
soldiers, approaching oand.e without 7
doubt the father and his family are