Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-06-27
ArifE SCOUTS IN FLIGHT" !"

To hundreds of thousands Of visiton
"The Embarkation," In the Belgian SEQ
tion, is intensely dramatic. Tothem 10 70
calls tia day Of their own departure FOO
America. The bitterness Of parting. the
dull fear of what the future might bring
them. IL II q scene ON the quay. The
great steamer "Pennland" IL nearly ready
to depart. Wives are weeping goodbye
on the shoulders OF husbands, tall lads arN
bending down to brush away their mother
tears. An old woman, with q faraway
look In her eyes, sits astride her bundle
with her hands crossed and her pet cat
purring to her such comfort n II In able.
A baby Is asleep upon pile Of luggage.
A beautiful picture which contains the
quintessence OF tragedy for one poor soul
Il Sale Of u Slave" by an Italian artist.
The connoisseur, rich and luxurious, rises
eagerly from his couch to inspect the
trembling girl, whose robe the slayedriyei
holds with his left hand. while In his right
Il seen whip. II Is all too realistic for the
comfort Of right-thinking American.
"An Innocent Victim" by Seymour
Thomas, an American. shows a sister Of
charity fatally wounded byA stray shot
near the battlefield. A soldier with shat
tered forearm rises from the grass TO looh
at her.
"a Legend Of the Desert" }" by an Ameri.
can, Is q vivid picture. An Indian girl has
crept up to the CHASTITY corpse which she
has found on the sands and Il gingerly
looking In the dead face.
Scenes of death are much I'm favor with
our modern artists. There are In the ex-
hibition probably three hundred painting
In which the grim monster Ii 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 II laid out upon boat
and II being silently rowed down the
Ganges To the place Of burial by q boy,
while girl shades the sun from the dead
mans eyes. This painting IL by y. l..
Weeks, who perhaps stands at the head OF
the American colony Of artists In Paris.
Il Il unfortunate that nearly all Of our
successful artists go TO Europe not only for
their culture but remain their for their
subjects when they have reached point Of
1evelopment In which they are capable OF
ioing high-class work. Thomas lIoven-
len II one exception to this rule. His
Breaking the Home Ties, now afamous
picture, Is American all the way through.
Il has been much reproduced In engrav.
lngs, and no doubt you will remember the
tall, earnest with his effects tied up In
n bundle, o. e goodbye To the little,
anxious mo. ..cr, and the teamster waiting,
whip In hand, to drive the youngster forth
into the world.
In the Austrian section Il q large, Inn
pressive canvas which quickly catches the
popular eye. II Is theatrically dramatic,
representing n "situation which manya
playwright might envy. Under the leader
ship of Count Thurn the Protestants Of
Bohemia have visited the palace OF the
Emperor Matthias with demands for the
repeal Of obnoxious laws. They find the
kings counseliors. Slayata and Martinitz,
and these unhappy men they throw from
the windows of the Hadschine castle.
The implacable leader. his infuristed 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 picture of raro
passion ind intensity.
"Tullia," byR German artist, showing
the mad empressdriyin her chariot o,erthe
pro.trate form of her father, sspect acular.
Saloms, the daughter Of IIerodias. bearing
the bloody head on n salver, Is ghastly.
washed Ashore" a medal picture, by an
American, G.. \. Reinhart, has far more
feeling than either. though Of quiettone.
"The Poacher's Wife" shows q rural
cottage at evening. The door has opened
In response to knock, and you see the
warmth and cheer within. At the door
step stands gamekeeper, heal hung low
and twirllng q big. soft hat. lie does not
need to speak. The wife, who has just
stepped out Of the cottage, may see the
body Of her husband lying on sleigh out
In the snowy road. She falls TO bench
that stands In front Of the cottage wall.
These are a dozen Of hundreds Of such
compositions In the Art palace, pictures
which speak with eloquence greater than
words Of me nents In which souls were
tried and human passions were fired 10
their depths. They are pictures which u
IN worth our lille To look at and to permit
ourselves to be stirred by.
WALTER wELLMAS.