The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-07-23
REgnE IND EVENTS.
1uAy Remarks Overheard in the
! Gallery Il the Big
Fair
seGplts the Raging Of the Dog
Star People win Have
Good Times.
q k1easAAt OccAsions During the Past Week
-Peraonal and General Mention of
aHS Many People.

-pefaonal ana General Mention of
s1aNsAs Hs Many People.
All people 10 to tho Worlds fair expect
9nR 20 NJ their syes to the best advantage
~ AL zee the ams general sights; but Par
1tcularly intsreatinG and valuable sigh
ass sssn only By particular eyes, and thi
sFeannot b done in q hurry. 1t is amusin
\ - md hear the way In which man
people do, the various buildings; indeed
the crowd itself 10 an interesting and in
stfustivs part OF the great show. They al
know. for instance, that it ia the pope
ShinR to visit and admire the beautiful ar
palace with all OF its priceless treasurer
But the true lover Of pictures and %statunr.
san always b. distinguished from the on
Who regards them merely as a part OF tn
exhibit mi to be seen because it ia pais
for.
b former selects his favorite pictures
for 10 10 impossible TO see them all in
limited time. then taking his place st
proper distance, he stands and studies them
usually in absolute silence. The latter
u%nmindful whether he be in the French de
partment or in the United Statss loan col
lection. walks carelessly about chatting
noisily with his friends and making com
msnts which would bring wrath to the hear
OF the artist and do cause smiles to appea:
upon the faces OF many hearers.
The writer was standing in front Of
large canvas entitled 1.-THE Fleeing Pro
t~estants," which represented a family o,
ths unfortunate Huauenots. hiding, will
pathetic fear in their eyes, behind huge
rocks from their pursuers, at the time OF
The ediot Of Nantes. 1t is a fine painting
and obtained much notice. One enthus-
iastic observer saying: "Ain't TINT splen-
did! That's a party of Hottentots run
ming away from France on account OF their
religion"
In the German collection is The much
copied picture Of Psyche. kneeling upon a
rock and gazing upon her own beautiful
faCo reflected in the water. This small
canvas is valued at only So 900.
Another painting which has always a
srowd before 1t Is in the French collection
m il named The Cup Of Blood" The
anvas ID about twenty feet long and nearly
- many high and represents a daughter of
one OF the aristoorats pleading for her
fathers life, which the bowling moi around
will grant. provided she drink = cup of
blood Of one Of their number who has been
AiAAOA tA0I0 IA II oVIG0bs lAC40 ! UAA ~
scription in French below the picture tell
ing the story, and one individual who could
make out the word revolution, said: why
that must be picture Of our revolution,
ain't that George Washington standing in
tho doorway?" Another replied, ''That
amt George just because be has a queue
and knee breaches and buckles, that's some
revolution in the old country. they're al
ways having revolutions over there" And
20 It was accepted.
ton, according to all verdiots. is. strangely
enough, in the Austrian collection, being
. life aize portrait in OF q. by Rudolph
Huber, Of Vienna.
MI. and Mrs. o. G.. Frederioks were tend
cred a surprise party on Monday last by e
large number of friends. the occasion being
the fourth anniversary Of their wedding.
When the party arrived Mt the door about
nine o'clock. Mrs. Fredericks had just
finished all preparations for moving into
another house the next morning, and all
the furniture being packed away. it is safe
10 believe that they were entirely taken by
surprise. During the evening Mr.. Fred
Slcks and wife wee presented with two
costly chairs and a beautiful Turkish rug
- q token of the esteem in which they are
held BY their numerous friends. The en-
t~ertainmens consisted of different pames,
vocal solos by Mrs. La Sale and Mr.. Hall
and q beautiful selection by a trio, consist
Ing OF Miss smeby and Messrs. Anderson
and staff. 1t was one o'clock before the
party broke up. Those present were:
Messdames Nordlie. Knudsen, La Sale,
Casedy, Mysen, Larson, Iahr. N. Nelson. D.
i. Nelson, and Bolstad; Misses Knudson,
Bjork. Mortenson, Svnnes, Jahnsen, Sme-
BY. Gina Smelly, Hansen, Veam. staff,
Katy Anderson, Annie Anderson, johnson,
Minnie, Sandin, Wilson. Aspin. Lundin,
Bjorkum, Dalen. Emeiie Riork, Scow.
Messrs: l.. Martinson. !. sandin. M.
staff, A.. Reed. !. Knudson. o. Fredricks. A.
]. Fredricks. ID. l.. Nelson, A. Samson. +.
johnson, u; Johnson, Q; Anderson, NJ.
Henson, y. Ihcmfsop. j. M. Peterson, j.
Haluorsen. Il. Andersen. l.. c. Nelson, 7.
Stenkelson. A. Opstad, L. NordIie, II. John
eon, Swend Carlson, +. =. FriRstad, l.. Berg,
o. K. Anderson, j. Back, A. Larson. VIII
Jams. Lewis Hall. N. Nelson. T. Ii. Hanson.
Henry Billings Brown. associate Justice
Of the United States supreme court, accom-
panied by james Ii. McKenney and wife,
has been making q tour through the west.
They arrived in Helena from the National
park, registering at the Broadwater. Mon
day. The Judge expressed himself as
greatly pleased and benefited by the cool
and bracing mountain air, and delighted
with the beauties and environment of Hell
ena. They were the recipients of friendly
calls from many of the leading citizens,
and left on Tuesday via the Great North
ern and Union Pacific fer Butte, Salt Lake
City and the east. Justice Blown, in ad-
veTtlng to his trip. gave it rs his opinion
that the National park ought to be ceded
to Montana. 1t is now under Jurisdiction
of Wyoming, and offenders against the
regulations have to be taken around bv
CinnabAr, Livingston and Helena over the
Union Pacific, or else by st. Paul and
Omaha, into Wyoming for trial, whe, cas-,
II the park were under the legal iurlsdic-
tion of Montana much unnecessary DELAY
and expense might be avoided. In this
wise expression M%ontanians will heartily
concur.
The lovers of whist in Helena will learn
with considerable qualification thut the &C.
ries of games played during the last week
between Messrs. Henry Jcnes (familiurlv
known as Cavendish) and Il. II. Weems
against A. j. Seiigtnan and j. =. Woolnan
was not such a one-sided affair az the great
knowledge OF the game possessed by the
former two would lead them to suspeet
The first series ended in fnyor of our plnv-
ers. tho second series was a tie, the next in
favor OF CayendiBh. The concluding series
played at the club Monday evening was
watched with much interest and was finally
WOE by Cavsndish and Weems, three to ono.
The entire score stands but seven 20 six in