The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-06
A PICTORIAL MLRrEL..
Highly Interesting Art Flight OF Cigar
Manufacturer.

| An enterprising cigar firm has ornamentet
| many shop windows In the city with a pictor
| ial advertisement which is not only remark
| able production from an artistic point of view
| but also serves as an object lesson in affairs o.
tho day. The scene depicts. in all tho colors
| known to man. the corridor Of tho Hoffman
House. in which thu artist has scattered about
in attitudes ranging from prim dignity tc
graceful abandon number OF personages.
| In tho foreground stands DR.. Chauncey
| Mitchell Depew roking an explanatory and
very much elongated forefnger into tho ca.
pacious waistcoat of Grover Cleveland. Dr.
Depcw wears an air of jovial good fellowship
| and it is matter for regret that the artist
should have seen fit to represent his nose as
having n distinctly rubescent tint.
Quite different is the expression on Mr..
Cleveland's face. Ho looks calm and placid.
He wears a turnover collar. a black bow tie. a
long frock coat. and tall hat all Of eminently
respectable appearance: but his gloves. which
are Of u brilliant ochre. can be adequately de-
scribcd in no other way than by saying that
they are positively painful. A careful exan-
nation leads ono to believe that Mr. Cleveland
Depew's remarks. for from the corner of his
eye he is watching Senator David b. Hill. who
stands over at one side OF the lobby.
The stanch senator stands in a statesman
like attitude. his light overcoat thrown easily
DaCk. anu n PHEASANT SnllS on MS lace. InlS
may be caused by the, contents of telegram
which u messenger boy has Just handed to
him. And from the ,oxnressiop Of Mr.. Hills
sage conveysIcood news. The m essenger waits
perhaps. for an answer; but from a certain an
iaio BILL iii President T.. W. Palmer s Du Of
Worlds Fair fame and silIy Edwards
in tho rear From the EXPRESSION Of Mr. #.
Palmcr's face one might suppose that. the
Of hnro rtnv mil nptf hp,t
the WinIy dye City. Cen sehoeid standing s near
buffalo bill is listening snssrly hoping that
awe aspssS n. sanas Pastor showing
70 q fbo sI 9n tit that would
paints patent pill messages Of aid to the suffer-
Ing the faces OF cliffs and the sides OF barns.
iled, air and evening clothes. Near him is a
glass Showcase; Part Of the newsstand estab;;
Detective Jacobs. The detective seems at first
sight reposcful. but there is a half.hiddcn
IN his 1r%m which IT Is
Buffalo Bills pocket there is going to be trou-
BILE. and Mr.; Jacobs will be in t.
sion is represented by Nat Goodwin and Herr
mann. Tho actor has a distinctly young and
remarkable. AS for Hermann. you would know
from this picture. oven IL you had never heard
OF him. that he was magician. No one not
possessed OF occult powers could lean on O
glass show case in the manner Of Hermann
in this picture without u catastrophe result
ing. Moreover. his utter Indifference to the
atm osphere. as shown by the comfortable air
with which he wears his fur-lined ulster while
the others are in light coats. is evidence that
he is not rs other men are. Just a little back
of him. and to one side. stands a figure. in the
light of whose magnihcenco all the others are
pale and lustrelesR.
He is a very heroic looking young man.
dressed in clothing OF the latest cut. Like
Tony Pastor. he is in evening dress and in his
snowy shirt bosom diamond studs sparkle. A
long. light EnGlish topcoat is thrown iauntily
buck SO as not to Interfere with their spark ing.
naughty magnanimity there Is no mistaking
him for the maker OF the cigar whose excel
hear him say:
These people are merely the setting to the
truly great: the maker OF the cigar. Beside
me. politics. the stage. and the world in gen.
eral sink into insigniticance. Behold me. and