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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-22

to tempt the artists brush. The subjects
are the kind on which the French school
OF painting is founded. and on all sides
there are familiar little compositions re-
minding one most forcibly of the great
tiers.
But what great master has not pain ted
.CharentOn? Surely none who ever lived
in Paris.
They have all been there-Corot, Mlllet,
Daubguy, TTOyOn. Dupre, Courbet, and a
host of others, who years ago painted their
last picture. They have finished their
work and left the place to others. Now
.HaTpignies, Cain, PelOuSe, lyon and doZ-
ems of men who have climbed the ladder
of fame make it their regular sketchiug
ground
:. When an art student arrives in Paris
one of the first things he will be told by
those who were there before him is, Go to
Clarendon" If he don't go within very
short time ne VIII be taken there and after
that he will fnd it hard work to keep
away.
Perhaps the student before making up
his mind to 90 will consult his or some
friends guide book, and will find that
Gharenton is a small village on the River
Seine, about FIVE miles above Paris, and
that there is an insane asylum there. The
guide book will not tell much more than
that, and the student will wonder what
the attraction can be. But it won't take
long 10 Qnu out.
Several fast steamboats, leave Paris
every halt hour or so for Chareuton and
carry passengers for 3 sous. 1t is a most
delightful trip on bright summer morn
ing as the little vessel swiftly glides under
bridges, past the beautiful churches and
buildings and through maze of fruit and
vegetable boats near the foTtification.
Once outside the city the country begins.
The houses take on a provincial aspect
and grass and trees grow everywhere.
About half a mile before CharentOn is
reached the vessel leaves the river and
enters a canal lock. where 1t waits until
the water rises and proceeds on its way to
Charenton.
The landing at the old village is enough
to throw an artist into ecs aces. a fine
white bridge. with a graceful arch, spans
the waterway. and quaint houses, painted
in pleasing cOl0rs are on all sides. The
art student will want to open his box and
sit down to work at once.
But let him wander around for short
time and he will see so many "bits" to
paint that his mind VIII be in such a
whirl be y ont know where to begin, and
will yer. likely go back TO Paris without
opening his sketch box. 1t takes some
tlIGe 10 know Charenton, and the better it
is known the nearer the artist comes to
having a reverence for the place and to
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to study, foreground and distance - the
soft hay distance of France that makes
everything look like dream. A sketch
ing class at work Is busy scene. Every
body works rapidly. for the effects don't
last long, and the master hurries from one
easel 10 another so as TO be sure all get
some of his advice.
The varied life of Charenton can no
more be described than the varied aspects
of nature that exist in the favored spot.
The people work at all trades and dress In
all sorts of costumes, most of them pictur-
esque. In fact everything is paintasle
about Charent0n.
1t really seems as If the old town was
created for artists. Artists have done
little 10 help the town along, and the
money that has been spent for pictures of
Clarendon would buy the town a dozen
times over. The old mill, standing where
it does, is probably worth 10000 francs.
Millet's picture of it sold for 25e, 900 francs.
And so comparisons might be made ID
definitely. OF course, all painters work
don't sell Tor as much as Millets, but
there is no doubt but that all the pictures
of Charenton to-day would figure up TO
some fabulous amount.
The pictures that have been painted OF
the old town have not hurt it any, and
they have undoubtedly brought pleasure
TO millions of people.
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ADVICE TO A YOUNG MAN
Concerning the Summer Suit He
Will Wear.

Many of you seem to need It, for there
really are some men who act as if they did
not care to be seen, and like the modest
treetoad, in order to avoid the scrutinZing
gaze of the public turn the color of their
surroundings. But do not be dismayed,
MY dear young mar. for why, in the
bright summer days, should you hide
your glorious light under a bushel, and be
compelled to promenade the streets with
humble mien and quiet garbP 1t is alb
surdl Don't for a moment indulge in
such a dream, for never in the life of
man civilized, rationaliZed man-have
there been such glorious opportunities for
a grand display of clothing. From tip to
toe you may array Yourself in garm ent
of as many colors as the stored coat of
Joseph
In the first place you must be content to
risk your all. even the whole of your hard
earned spring wages, on this grandeur :;
for like the young ladies who display
themselves on kearny street, your time
has come at last and ye shall now
shine as respondent IS they. For such
fame, would YOU not be content to suffer a
few slight jests from those who have
never once dreamed of you in such glory.
to calm your modesty, and bid
your conscience be still as you
saunter by the tailors, the hatters. the
laundry, etc. ? Don't let any other
thought than of your apparel enter your
head. 1t were sinful for head to
be burdened with anything other than
that beautiful light felt hat, with its
startling black band around 1t. Oh no,
your friends, and even strangers, sir, can
not fail 10 see that
Then there is that blue shirt so utterly
lovely and so becoming to your peculiarly
roseate complexion. Your clothes must
be of the choicest suiting, and by all
means checked. no smaller than one inch
square, q gentle reminder of the DAYS OF
your tender youth, when you were lovingly
caressed on the kitchen apparel of your
maternal ancestor, while the sound Of the
caresses was gently mingled with the mu-
sic of your still infant voice. Cease to
blush. young man, you know that such
fate has been yours, and that OF many
another. But lest the checkered ap-
parel may prove too conspicuous cover
ing for those slender eXtremltle5 there are
the white duck trousers, so spntlesS, so pure,
so unassuming. They certainly cannot
mar but only increase your magnificenc e.
Then purchase pair of yellow shoes of
the deepest golden hue, whose slim-pointed
toes shall protrude Oh all occasions and
excaim m ore loudly than words might do,
"See mel Behold, here am |; turn not
your gaze awayl" Now, for finishing
touch, arm yourself with walking-Stick.
such that your delicate fingers may not re-
main idle nor your mouth stand open like
the gates ajar, anxiously waiting for some
thing to enter therein. By all means plug
up that offending organ. if with nothing
better than bamboo stick.
Thus equipped ysn are indeed an object
of beauty and a joy forever. A mother
may we'll be proud of such son. Is he
not sight tit for the immortal gods? ?
Yea, Solomon in all his glory was not ar
rayed like one of these. S. ID. l..
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TATTOOlNG.
A Social Fad That Causes Pain and
Is Very Absurd.

! TattoOing is what is known nowadays
as social fad. 1t is practiced by few
Americans of both sexes, who consider it
creditable TO be able to say that they have
followed an ultra English fashion in hav-
ing their arms or shoulders tattooed in
various decorative devices.
do you wish to see something artistic ."
asked a gentleman who joined group of
acquantances in New York.
Yes" was the encouraging answer.
He took off his coat, rolled back his shirt
sleeve beyond the elbow, and with con-
scions pride displayed a tattooed forearm.
The decoration was fresh and the arm in
highly in1amed condition, the needle
prickS where the c0loriDg matter had been
introduced into the flesh not having
healed.
The exhibitor had a shapely white arm,
broad enough to receive an elaborate
pattern. Upon it was an English design
which had been delicately and skilliully
executed by professional artist.
WAS it tedious, painful operation ?"
asked one of his friends.
"Oh. yes" was tie reply. in tone i'm
plying that high art necessarily involved
sacrifice. 81 was in the chair three hours
at time for several days. and every
needle stab caused pain and intense irrita-
ton OF the SIKH. Dub UHty lNOk at the
beauty of the work aud the softness and
deIicacy of the shading. 1t is the hand
soonest bit of tattooing have ever SEEM"
''Why did you have it done?" asked one
of the least apprecatiye listeners. "Y GU
can't go about you. know, with your
sleeves above the elbow"
"Ah, you forget that "a thing of beauty
is Joy forever AS | was TO be branded
for life, ! wished to have the work thor
oughly artistic"
His friends smiled as he turned down
his sleeve, put on his coat and left them
with the manner of man whose pride
had been fattered, and who thought he
had exhibited great esthetic sensibility.
young man at Harvard College, whose
arms legs and back had been tattooed in
the most elaborate way. and whose hap
piest moments were passed morning and
evening before two large mirrors that re-
fiected his artistic exterior. He was the
son of famous man, but his chief source
of satisfaction was neither his name nor
his ancestry, but his absurd tattoo designs
l. is a curious instance of reversion to
aboriginal customs The nomads of the
South Seas, from whom the English tars
learned the art generations ago. streaked
their faces with bands of blue and purple
and Illuminated their dusky bodies with
patterns in green. Native art was not
concealed by superhuOuS costume, and the
Incidence of lifetime was employed in
these embellishments.
Nothing could be more incOngruous than
the revival Of savage customs By CARPET
knights in 10 odern drawing-rooms. Neither
art or fashion can make tattooed BODY
dgnified tenement for a human SOUL
Youths Companion.
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China's First Locomotive.

was even more backward, and the recep-
ton which has been given Mr.. Foster has
included many things which were impos-
sibe to China's famous guests of the past.
His trip to Picking, for instance. was made
in the Viceroy's steam launch. He re-
viewed the troops Of Ii Hung Cnang's
military school at Tien-Tsin, and saw
them go through the modern maneuvers of
a sham battle. and his visit has been en-
livened with serenades of our American
national airs by Chinese brass bands. The
Viceroy's private car has heretofore been
reserved exclusively for his own use, and
the officials in charge are directed to allow
no mandarin or other person 20 take 1t.
All the cars on this Chinese road are
built here. They are lighter than our cars,
and are more after the English pattern.
They are made with higher wheels than
ours, the diameter being 425 inches.
while the American railroad wheel is, |
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Baron de Schickler, number one. The
public was most enthusiastic. and Baron
de Schickler received congratulations from
all quarters. The triumph. however. was
Tor Dodge. the jockey be was literally
lifted from his horse and carried on the
shoulders of his admirers.
Dolma-Baghtche was born and bred at
Martlnvast. property OF Baron de Schlck-
Ter. The baron is one of the oldest pro-
prletors in France. but his real successes
at the Grand PriX only began in 1890, when
FitZ-Roya carried off the prize. In 1893
Ragotsky won. and now the baron again
triumphs with Dolma-Baghte
Among the witnesses of the French
horses triumph was Nine Casimir-
Perler, dressed in light blue, covered with
fine lace The wife of General MERCER
wore yellow crepon, with black tgaro
Princess Jeanne B0naparte. white crepon,
covered with embroidery; Viscountess
Vigier, black and white striped gown;
Viscountess de Croy, yellow; Marquise de
la Ferronays. dark lilac gown; Countess
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believe, only 33 inches. These Chinese
wheels cost more. but the English en-
ginee think thew are cheaper in the end.
as they will last five times as long as our
wheels, without being returned. 1t is won
derful that they can make their cars so
cheapIy. as nearly all OF the materials have
TO be imported. The outside wood of
nearly all the passenger coaches is
of Siamese teak, the freightcars are
sheatned with zinc. and the iron rails
and the iron used in the making of the
machinery of the road come from Europe.
Even the ties have to be imported, but
with all this the road has been solidly
built 1t is of the regular standard gauge.
It is ballasted with stone, and the cars
move over it as smoothly as they do over
the Pennsylvania road between New York
and Washington. The length of the line
which / passed over is. in fact. nearly as
long as the distance between New York
and Washington. and in my talk with the
directors the Pennsylvania company was
frequently mentioned, and many of its
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the Marine to Neuilly. Many of the pic
lures which Zeim has painted of This little
waterway have been considered his best
work and sold for enormous prices.
In the village streets of Charenton Tor
tuny painted, as did also Regnault and
Massenet Dozens of great artists from
Italy and Spain when soiourDing In Paris
are sure to make several sketches of some
portion of Clarendon.
So many artists visit Charenton that the
little village is prepared for them. The
different hotels all sell paints and brushes
and rent easels and sketcbing stools. The
country folk do not think it strange il an
artist asks them to bring out cow so that
he can sketch it. They simply bring out
the COW and charge SO much an hour for
doing so.
Many of the great masters have classes
of students during the summer months and
take them out to Clarendon to work from
nature. A favorite subject for instruction
is the big hill near town with the Insane
asylum on top. 1t gives an opportunity
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IN QUAINT OLD CHARENTON.
The Village on the Seine That Has Furnished the
Motive for Many Works of Art.

that can be desired for painting, and
strange to say seems 10 compose from all
directions. 1t is built of brick and stone,
succeed, and has mansard roof OF dark
blue slate. The stucco, which was once
white, has attained all manner Of beauti-
full gray tones. while the roof has becnme
overgr0wn with soft green moss. 1t is
beautiful at all hours of the day and at
all seasons of the year.
The great Millet painted it, and the pic
ture is now in one of the most famous col
lections in Paris. He selected what might
he considered the worst time of year
November. But he painted the old build
ing as it really looked, and the result is a
picture that no one can see without being
impressed.
1t is really November. The sky is cold
and pale-louking, and the sun shines on
the white walls Of the building in a sickly
way. The air is filed with frost, and the
branches of the trees stand out white
against the sky and seem to rattle in the
cold wind. The picture is like poem,
and is really one of the greatest works Of
art ever created. Ana yet it is only the
old mill at Clarendon that any art student
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of shops of various kinds, and here at
Tong Shan. in the very heart of the
northern part of the great plain, there are
thousands Of men employed in making
cars, In mining coal and IN the manufac-
ture of coke. Tong Shan. with its many
smokestacks. its7 piles of coal and its
modern works, looks, in fact. more like a
suburb of Pittsburg than a city of North
China. and the black-faced miners, with
their long queues tied tightly about their
heads, seem out of place in the picture.
| travelled over the new line on one of
the first trains, and l have had the best
facilities to make a careful examination
of it. am with General John W. Foster.
our ex-Secretary of State, and Lii Hung
Chang has put at his disposal his viceregal
car.
When General Grant visited Lii Hung
Chang there was not line of track In
operation, and there were no signs of any
for the future. When Secretary Seward
travelled through the empire the country
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pounding them Justify over the heads with
it, aud starting the hundreds into a
screaming run TO the rear. A bell rings
at every station before the car starts, and
the switches and signals are carefully
managed. No Chinaman is allowed to
touch a switch without he is connected
with the road, and yesterday when the en-
gineer saw cooie with his hands on the
point of one, he stopped the train, jumped
down and caught him. He was dragged
by his cue to our car and will come before
the magistrate Tomorrow. When l saw
him he was CHASTITY pale and was trem-
bling all over. He was probably farmer
W no had seen railroad for the first time
and had no thought of injury to the track.
Still. the sentiment against railroads
among the people is so great that the Ut
most caution is preserved, and tine least
offense is punished with good f1ogging
across the bare thighs with club of bam-
boo.
When this first railroad in China was
built the company had to move very slowly
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appreciate the fact that the great masters
have taken delight in the subjects which
he sees in front of him.
Should the student have visited any of
the great galleries of the United States or
Europe before visiting CharentOn he will
not be long in finding the original compO-
sition of many important pictures that are
valued at fabulous prices.
Not far from the boat-landing, and
down near the river, is the old mill of
CharentOn. There is little doubt but that
it has been the inspiration for more mas
ierpieces Than any structure on the globe.
Nearly all of the French painters, living
or dead, have at some time in Their lives
made a picture of it. Few students from
the limited States or England leave France
before they have transfxed it to canvas.
and several American painters have made
it the subject of their first salon pictures.
The mill itself is a very old structure,
but the exact date of its erection is I'M
known. To say that it is picturesque
scarcely describes it, II is everything
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Millet discovered Barbizan. but the
name of the artist who discovered Charen-
TOE has been lest in the mists of two CEN
@1mres. During all those years a constant
stream of artists have been passing be-
tween Paris and :he quaint little village
near the junction of the Seine and Marine.
and it is very likely that more great
psiAters have worked there than any
other place in the world. And they are
still working there. Every day in the
year several artists can be seen at work in
the fields beside the river or in some of the
small forests.
There is plenty of reason why this
should be so. Charenton is most quaint
and artistic spot, and within a short dis
lance Of Paris. the fountain head of art.
1t is not a large place. in fact. it can
hardly be called village. because the
houses are scattered along the Toadways
and there is mere pasture land than pave
ment, but within an area of two square
miles can be found thousands OF subjects
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! of to-day can have the privilege of sketch

of to-day can have the privilege of sketch
ing.
Cain got what many critics consider his
masterpiece at Clarendon. 1t is entitled
''MoOnriSe," and was painted on the
meadows near the river bank about half
a mile west of the old mill.
1t is a most simple compostiou-only a
vast stretch of meadow land with a clump
of trees in the middle distance and the
houses of the village on the horizon. But
it is full Of art. The moon is soft and at
the same time brilliant, and is rising in
sky of amethyst. The sky is so deep the
eye wanders through it as it would
through space. and it is hard TO realize
that it is paint. The distant houses catch
little touches of light from the orb of
night. and the damp grass in the for
ground seems to glisten with thousands of
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vehicle from the gigantic furniture van to
The simple cab.

vehicle from the gigantic furniture van to
the simple cab.
1t seems astonishing that to remain in
a crowd so compact that the head hardly
energies every woman wears the most
beautiful toilet her purse can furnishl
But during the four hours seanee. from
congregate around the principal book
makers. Then is the time the ladies
choose for promenade, and then. for a
moment. their toilets are seen and ad-
mired by the crowd.
To-day at a quarter to o'clock there was
but one question, Twill the stake of 200,-
600 francs cross the channel or will the
French provide champion for Matchbox.
recently purchased by Baron de Hirsch
for the sum OF SIS, SCOOP
1t was not long before the question was
answered. for Matchbox was second and
Dolma- Baghtche, horse belonging TO
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latest improvements will probably be
adopted here. l saw in the car works
samples from the Pennsylvania railroad of
lamps and other devices connected with
car-making, and some of these will prob
ably be adopted
This Chinese railroad is far different in
many respects from an American line.
There are two classes of cars, the first and
second, and the second class fares bring in
the most profit to the company. Only for
eigners and few of the big Chinese Off
Gals travel first-class, and mandarin and
his retinue Of from ten to fifty servants u.s.
ually have passes. The fares are. | be-
lieve, the cheapest in the world. The first
class passenger taliff is less than cents
mile in silver, and the second-class less than
l cent mile or less than half q cent mile
in our currency. For distance of thirty
one miles the fare was twenty-seven silver
cents or about fourteen American cents.
The tickets sold are of the same size and
shape as our ordinary local tickets, each
being about as large as the smallest SIZE of
a gentleman's calling card. They are on
yellow cardboard, the color being that of
the Emperor ana all connected with him,
and they are printed in both Chinese and
English. There are no mailcars, and if
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dewdrops. To look at the picture is like
lool-ipo

dewdrops. To look at the picture is like
looking at nature.
The variety of subjects to be found at
Clarendon is beyond count Hills. val
legs, meadows, canals and picturesque
houses. They are all there, and everybody
may paint them. The native of Clarendon
will not stop and look over en- arts s
shoulder. either. They see so many artists
thai they simply pass them by.
The great Zaim, when i'll Paris, makes
the Canal Of CharentOn mis- favOrite sketch
ing ground. This canal connects the
River Seine with the Marine and saves
boats several miles Of travel through very
swift rapids. In one place the canal is
tunneled through a hill. but is large
enough to admit of the passage Of the
small steamers that take passengers up
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roads and steamboats, offer tempting rates,
hotel-keepers see that the outside at least
of their buildings is properly cleaned,
restaurant proprietors stock cellar and
pantry, and final success depends only on
the barometer.
Modistes. tailors. matters. shoemakers
and dressmakers all rival 10 adorn the
men and women who will witness the
greatest race of the year. Another I'M
portant item is the means of transporta-
ton, and choice is made between the rail-
road, Seine boats and every kind of