The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-06-30
"THE SCOUTS IN FLIGHT"

ing the horizon. Down q declivity come
the two fleeing scouts, their chargers at
mad gallop; but one of the scouts, wound
ed, has been strapped to his saddle, while
the other, leaning well forward on his
horse, leads the haf-unwilling and terri
fed steed Of his unfortunate companion.
To hundreds of thousands of visitors
"The Embarkation," in the Belgian Sec
ton, is intensely dramatic. Tothem it re-
calls the day of their own departure for
America. The bitterness of parting, the
dull fear of what the future might bring
them. 1t is a scene on the quay. The
great steamer "Pennland" is nearly ready
to depart. Wives are weeping goodbye
on the shoulders of husbands, tall lads are
bendingdownto brush away their mothers
tears. An old woman, with a faraway
look in her eyes, sits astride her bundle
with her hands crossed and her pet cat
purring to her such comfort as it is able.
A baby is asleep upon a pile of luggage.
A beautiful picture which contains the
quintessence of tragedy for one poor soul
is " Sale of a Slave" by an Italian artist.
The connoisseur, rich and luxurious, rises
eagerly from his couch to inspect the
trembling girl, whose robe the slave-driver
holds with his left hand, while in his right
is seen a whip. It is all too realistic for the
comfort of q matchmaking American.
An innocent Victim," by Seymour
Thomas, an American, shows a sister OF
charity fatally wounded by a stray shot
near the battlefield. A soldier with shat
tered forearm rises from the grass to look
at her.
"A Legend of the Desert" by an Ameri-
can, is a vivid picture. An Indian girl has
crept up to the CHASTITY corpse which she
has found ON the sands and Is gingerly
looking in the dead face.
Scenes of death are much in favor with
our modern artists. There are in the ex-
hibition probably three hundred paintings
in which the grim monster Is shown in all
his unwelcome forms. One of the most
picturesque of all these is "The Last Voy-
age" representing the funeral of an old
Hindoo. His body is laid out upon a boat
and is being silently rowed down the
Ganges to the place of burial by q boy,
while q girl shades the sun from the dead
mans eyes. This painting is by E. L..
Weeks, who perhaps stands at the head OF
the American colony of artists in Paris.
1t is unfortunate that nearly all of
successful artists go to Europe not only for
their culture but remain their for their
subjects when they have reached point OF
development in which they are capable OF
doing high-class work. Thomas Hoven-
den is one exception to his rule. His
Breaking the Home Ties, now afamous
picture, is American all the way through.
1t has been much reproduced in engrav-
ings, and no doubt you will remember the
tall, earnest boy with his effects tied up in
a bundle. saying goodbye to the little,
anxious mother, and the teamster waiting,
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into the world.
In the Austrian section is q large, i'm
pressive canvas which quickly catches the
popular eye. It is Electrically dramatic,
representing a situation" which many a
playwright might envy. Under the leader
ship of Count Thurn the Professionals of
Bohemia have visited the palace of the
Emperor Matthias with demands for the
repeal of obnoxious laws. They find the
kings counsellors, Slavata and Martinitz,
and these unhappy men they throw from
the windows of the Hradschine castle.
The implacable leader, his Infatuated fol-
lowers, the resisting, despairing counsel
lors, one Just about to disappear through
the window to meet his death on the rocks
far below, make together O picture of rare
passion and intensity.
"Tullia," by n German artist, showing
themad empress driving herchariot overthe
PROSTATE form of her father, Is Spectacular.
Salome, the daughter of Herodias, bearing
the bloody head on a salver, Is CHASTITY.
"Washed Ashore" q medal picture, by an
American, G.. S. Reinhart, has far more
feeling than either, though of quiettone.
1.-THE Poacher's Wife" shows q rural
cottage at evening. The door has opened
in response to n knock, and you see the
warmth and cheer within. At the door
step stands a gamekecpcr, heal hung low
and twirling a big, soft hat. He does not
need to speak. The wife, who has just
stepped out of the cottage, may see the
body of her husband lying OH a sleigh out
in the snowy road. She falls to n bench
that stands in front Of the cottage wall.
These are u dozen Of hundreds Of such
compositions in the Art palace, pictures
which speak with eloquence greater than
words CT moments in which souls were
tried and krman passions were fired to
their depths They are pictures which it
Is worth our while to look at and to permit
ourselves to lie stirred by.
WALTER WELLMAN.
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