The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-04-27

| drawing In all excellent, but there was
\ nothing particularly attractive TO me In
the. paintings, they seemed TO lack soul
| and originality.
Az was about leaving, 1 asked man
whom bad met and who was talking
about the pictures In very learned and
pompous manner, man with opinions,
what
| THE FEATURE
OF the exhibition wac 1t ts always my
fate to go to an exhibition and come aw ay
| without seeing "the features" or else
passing IL by perfectly oblivious, and
/ was determined not TO leave until had
seen IL. The man pointed II out TO me
with great eclat and explained the points
| In "tbe FEATURE
The subject was "a Virgin" by Abbott
| II. Thoyer, an intense, wild creature, with
| vivid coloriug, leading two little rage
mufflne by the hand.
1 observed In the picture the changing
fashions, which artists unconsciously
adopt. All OF the ideal women were at
| tired in modern drese, with full, puffed
sleeves and lace herthas. The present
| style of dress is conclusive to art, aud is
certainly an improvs ment on the tailor
made gown and uxnt fitting sleeve.
The New York.m-rcbants have n way
of sending out cerds to strangers, some
thing in this wise:
"DEAR Misunderstanding that you we're
| in the city, we take pleasure in inviting
you to our spring exhibit OF wraps etc,
| etc.n
suppose II pays or they would not do
| IL. OF course the names are taken from
the hotel registers but the recipient does
| not think of that She ia complimented
TO be singled out, accepts and spends her
deprecated silver.
Have you seen
THE LATEST FRoCK COAT.
That comes away below the knees and 10
| tightly buttoned up. II is hard to deter
mine a gentleman Of fashion from his
| coachman. As far as l can see IL has not
| n single element of beauty or grace to
recommendit IL and any man looks like a
cad with one OF these abomlnable coats
on.
A silk hat tilted back on the head, long
hair, collar that looks like pair OF cuffs
and a swAgger accompanies this costume,
WHISPERS ON A STRIKE,
There is rather an amusing strike on
the tapis now among the cabmen and
walters at the extra fashionable hotels, the
Holland House and the MaldoTf. They
rebel because they are required 10 ahaVe
of their whiskers and adopt the smooth
face OF the English waiter and coachna
lhey have formed league for self.
protection and positively refuse to meet
the re qurements. They claim that their
individuality should not be interfered
with any more than any other Glars of
men that they should not be required to
wear badge OF their occupation any
more than the Chief Justice, the president
or any other condition or types of maui
kind. They are right, and no one should
compel them to sacrifice their whiskers
unless they want to.
A CHAMPAGNE REvEL.
The great naval ball for April % Is much
talked of and People wonder IL it will be
such a hasco as the centennial ball. The
tickets are $40 each and 5000 invitations
able.
There wa0 no management, no head,
no nothing to the centennial ball. Cham
payne flowed like water and oil of the
men got drunk and broke up the furniture
and conducted themselves in scandalous
manner.
This information Is authentic and comes
from man who was there and saw with
his own eyes.
WILL BE WORTH SEEING.
The Naval Review and the parade will
be worth aeeing. The parade will not be
one of tho kind that takes ak hours or six
days to pass a given point, but Is will be
unique and extremely interesting.
There will be six thousand men in line,
simply the tars from the different vessels,
representing the different nations Of the
world.
PADEREwsKI AND PATTI.
Paderewski will give another farewell
recital ct Carnegie's Music Hall. This
habit OF farewell performances is quite
common in the professional world. Patti
is famous for IL and has been giving fare,
well concerts for the past ten years and
will give another season next year in
Chicago.
Paderewsk has been the idol of New
York women for two seasons and they re-
sent the limitations of him by Dixey in
Adonis, who has an exceedingly clever
take. off on the shock headed pianist.
Such is greatness and we much expect
this sort of thing in America where all of
our idols are taken off the pedestal and
burlesqued.
TRIBUTE TO JESSIE DoUDs.
It was n great shock to me to read OF
Jessie Douds' death in the NEWS -UEMo'
Graf. can hardly help wondering why
she was taken so young, so gifted and so
useful, Hers was true type of American
womanhood.
Ialways thought of Longfellow's "Pres
ella" when looked at her, she was so
modest and unassuming and withal so
capable and with such marked executive
ability. true musician, she loved music
for its own sake, not because others ap-
plauded it, and her ettainments were of
the highest order of excellence.
She was q disciple of the priest who
taught the Italian lad Bounaventure to
read and spell. One day he looked over
the boys shoulder as he wrote the word
"Self," which he spelled with capital
u.s." mo my SON." the priest said, "al-
ways spell self with a small 'B.'n
This Is what Jessie Douds did. Self was
always in the background with her and
the last one to be considered.
She was beautiful woman; not the
beauty of physical charms, but the true
beauty OF the soul reflected in her sympa'
thetic, spiritual face. All lives were
sweetened and softened by contact with
her uuselfish nature, and woman kind ia
ennobled and the world better because
she lived.
IENoRE SUERwOoD MARRTE