The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-12-14
The DeIineatOr for January

which is called the Holiday Number, Of
ferS "A table of contents that is extremely
attractive and promises well for the New
Year. The Fashions are illustrated and
described in the usual satisfactory manner,
and there is special article appropriate
for the season on Misses and Girls Party
Dresses. In the College Series a new de-
parturc is made, and the description of life
at the CO-educational Institution is begun,
the first article being on Cornell, from the
pen of Florence NJ. Holder, 81. \ very
readable paper by Alice Mckenna treats
of Women in Telephone Exchanges. and
the Hygiene of the Eyes and Ears is the
subject of an able contribution by \. b.
Longstreet \ second inStallment on
Dressing Dolls appears in the The Use of
Crepe and Tissue Papers and in Venetian
Iron Work are shown some very pretty
and original designs for photograph easels
to be made at home. The spirit of the
time is reflected in The Display of the
Shops, and among the Holiday Books;
and there is an excellent pretty Good
Night Drill for children Scasonable
Cooking is made more valuable to the
housekeeper by the addition of lists show
ing what fish, flesh, fowl and vegetables
are to be procured in the markets. There
is advice on How to Serve Bananas, and a
continuation of the articles on the Home.
There are also Around the Tea-Table and
Floral Work, and New Designs in Knit
Ing Netting. Crocheting Lace Making etc.
One can hardly imagine a more suitable
Christmas gift for an artist fried than the
December number of THE ART AMATEUR.
As it lies now before,us it seems indeed
Il treasury of Art both for tie art students
to whom it is necessity-and the
general reader. On opening it we find
two charming color plates-absolute fac
SMILES of costly paintings: "A Summer
Evening"" by f. Sanchez-Pcrrier, and
''Purplc and Cold Pansies), by Maud
Stumm Then there is very large life
study in charcoal, printed on gray blue
paper, and eight pages of Working Designs
for China and Glass Painting, Embroidery
Wood Carving, etc. Special attention is
paid to the needs of those learning to be-
come illustrators The practical articles
include 'Drapcry upon the Human
Figure" Pen Studies of Heads. ""Flower
Drawings in Pen-and-Ink," Flower Paint
inc in Water-ColorS,' portrait Painting,
Il ,rpi no
| for LithographerS. and excellent field.
China Painting is covered by such expert
writer's as Mrs :. :. Frackelton. Mrs.
Anna B. Leonard, Charles Nnlkmar and
G. +. Brady; and the pages overflow with
pretty designs and artistic fancieS For
The House we find illustrated Suggestions
for Library" and papers on The Hang
ing of Pictures, "Flowcrs and Plants in
Home Decoration" Embroidery. Light
Wrought-iron Work." and Designs for
| Chip Carving-just simple enough for our
manual training classes The Decoration
| of Churcht> at Christmas" and christian
| lconography and Symbolism" are also
treated of. Besides all this, there is an
article on the late Albert Moore, with
Illustrations of his work, and one on The
Art Institute of Chi, ago, with Il splendid
double page wood engraving The illustra
tionS indeed, are well worthy of the text
including reproductions from masterpieces
of palntin" and drawing, hv such artists
a. jules Breton. Boulanycr. \ Ina
| Tadema, Dclaunay, Jacquc, Albert Moore
| and lsidore Pills. Price 81 cents Mon
| TAGrE MARKS, Publisher, % UNION
| SQUARE, New York