The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-09
that the governor was here, likewise John

still in command at the Kansas building,
which you and helped to build, gave
ii wide berth, entered al Fifty-seventh
street and anchored for two hours and
fifteen minutes at the art
building. | entered hall
devoted to statuary. When | enter
hall of this kind, put on my veil, as
many Of the figures are OF the nude,
needless. At my age | dread a shock,
hence the veil. You will be tempted to
spend an hour herewith a veil, two
hours minus the veil At this rate you
will have q surfeit of the fair in eight
months. Turning to the right you pass
into the gallery devoted to German fine
art. Here are about eight large rooms
after he manner of the old Pinocatlek
in Munich. II you are u lover of fine
art you might as well bring your lunch
along, for you are going to camp right
here. \ voyage TO Europe and Berlin
viii cost yon s., 800. Right here at tbs
nominal cost of say $40 you can see 4
gallery of modern paintings, equal TO
the best the world has ever seen up TO
date. Germany, Austria and Holland
have about completed this list OF ex-
hibits. As | am not an crt critic may
be pardoned for passing Austria and
Holland bv. Not so with Germany.
Here ] claim to be judge of painting.
challenge counter criticism in the fol-
lowing taken at random, without cata
logue and number:
An officer OF the Prussian army
mounted, a green sward, manor house,
pensiye maiden. Ten to one the
officer wins.
4 Co,,1rcl- aiJ l.
the foreground; general in command
rides q light chestnut sorrel; coat of
morse, Or mare as the case may be,
glistens as though well groomed. Officer
throws back his outer coat, just as we
used to do, to show our bars, leaf or
eagle. Minor officers On minor horses
minus outer coat. etc.
Picture No. 3-Water scene. Overflow.
House and outbuildngs surrounded by
water, no color save water color and yet
this is an oil painting worth 81 ,000-there
is no tent Of the sky, and no embellish-
ment Of color whatever, there Is CLEAN
of water, a lustre rs it were, a sombre-
ness as 10 texture of mildlng-a picture
worth its weight in gold, and yet Smart
Alec's by the hundreds will go away
from this wonderful field Of learning
and say there is nothing to see. Bah.
There is q large oil paining OF sick
girl-llfe size, with her physician by her
bed side, old and bald as all trusted
family physicians, should be. The girl
and the doctor are good enough, but the
marvel, lies III ass of water bottle
Of medicine and spoon that are shown
on table, by She bed side Of the sick
girl. The moment my eyes rested on
this picture | felt | had struck one oil the
gems Of the exposition. | couldn't pass
it by. BY and by others stopped there
and began to critisize. If | had been
the artist, would rather have had the
critism for my picture that took place
there, in at least four different langu-
ages, than the finest, arrayed, criticism,
any newspaper could produce.
Well it is natural TO keep the best to
the last. Germany has come to the
front in manner creditabie to the
Kaizer, and Max Koner, the greatest
living portrait painter has done equally
as wei! liz a portrait of the Emperor
You who visit the fair will find num-
erouS statues and portraits of William
II, but until you reach this one, your
toilsome steps viii be in vain. How
an artist can portray the features
as living, and then cause them to stand
out from an inanimate canvas as living,
how he can portray 4 Prince Albert
coat. as buttoned around the human
form divine and over this an overcoat
with the lapelS in red velvet, standing
out and away from the canvas, Is mere
than t can explain, and what Is more,
there are no local artists in America
who can explain, and at the same time
execute the same. This is but drop IN
the bucket, the smallest of rills that
awaits the enquiring and receptive mind
of the half million teachers and students
who will view all of these great exhibits
from June till September. And | want
to emphasize one thing right here. II |
were a member of school board |
would not consent by my vote, in award
ing a certificate as teacher to any one
death and family affection excepting
who had not spent at least seven days
at the worlds fair | said that | spent
eight hours of solid comfort at the fair
Yesterday. Well how did / spend it.
Now imagine that question is of more
importance 10 the fractional thousand
Kansans, than part of 4 day spent in
anv studies, in all Of the schools of Kan
SslS ODtJiuG Oh tllC C4GSS. iCati illtlG the
MULTIPLICATION table. | visited the
Florida building chiefly because it is all,
exterior Next | went to the Pennsyl-
vania building and like a typical muSsel-
man as q loyal subject of the worlds
fair must be, Frustrated myself at the
old fraud called the liberty bell.) Then |
crossed the street to the art exhibit and
had France, Italy, Spain and the United
States flung at me rs not ready tor bust
ness. Then | made better X
and seduced by the music OF band-S2
per day and found entered the Iowa
building. 1 thought it was a paradise
and did not discover my mistake until L
fellow in the uniform Of the national
guard yelled out 'helio colonel: how 5
Wichita:' Then / thought OF Lswelling.
The national naval display was next
thought of and | dragged my weary
! limbs over the deck TO see the same old
thing, vile Boston. Then | came back
to the government exhibit Here l
pause. not like Daniel Webster for q
reply. but because l can't do the subject
/ Justice. When / saw an old stump shot
/ TO pieces by bullets At Iransy lvaGia
! Legan to cry ard before | got through
with that exhibit I felt rs ii / wanted q
dozen handkarchiefs. There were old
muskets. shot ana bent in the barrel by
rebel bullets. aud murderous shells;there
were ali kinds OF misSelS Of death except
quinne pills. The fact is had 70 so a
/ mile ana a quarter from here to let of
/ steam: there was too much Of It. In
this department is all manner Of birds,
/ fowl aud beasts common 20 America in
air. land and sea. i thought | knew
some thing Of the habits of birds, but
/ give up. Here is all that has trans
/ rired since the foundation of the govern