Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-05-22
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
New York, May 9TH, '94.

perhaps more than any other month,
devoted to the fancies of the follow.
ers Of the fine arts. That is to say,
the creations Of art born and devel.
oped during the past Fall and Wlnt-
er come to light for public inspection
during these days. Spring exhibit
tons and Spring sales are numerous
in May. The Art Students League,
| New York School of Design and many
more such institutions close this
month for the Summer vacation and
exhibit, the result Of last term S
work before the doors are locked.
The Art Students League, being the
swell school and containing probably
the more promising students, and
certainly tho best instructors, natur-
| ally draws a greater and more aes-
thetic crowd. However, as students
are numerous at all the schools, and
as their friends are always enthusiast
tic and interested, the number of
spectators at an exhibition is always
sufficient TO be gratifying, The clos
ing exercises were held at the School
Of Design u few evenings ago.
A great number of drawings and
paintings were displayed, possessing
various degrees of merit. The char
coal sketches from casts and from
life were of very fair average, but
the paintings in oil and water-colors
were crude. | did not see an excel
lent thing among them. Certainly
they were not OF as good an average
as many which have been displayed
at the School of Design in San Fran
cisco, during PAST years.
One encouraging thing which this
School of Design does is to provide a
money prize to pay for instruction
abroad. The fortunate winner re
ceives $50 with which t. g to ?.
to be tutored under direction o: .
school. Other cash and medal prizes
are also awarded, and the hilarity
which attends their distribution at
tests that q strong feeling of sympa-
thy is engendered among the ambi-
tIous wielders of the brush and pen
ell.
Much amusement has recently
been afforded the ramblers Of Mad
ison Square by the presence of
search light on TIL building at the
northern boUu1ary-.
The light is used Tor advertising
purposes. but in way sufficiently
unique to attract even metropolitan
attention. The brilliant, white {
streak of light, moving athwart the
sky is directed upon the dark walls
Of neighboring buildings where it
appears as a great disk of radiance as
clear as the moon. In a moment
the huge shadow Of a hand appears,
with eccentric, ierky movements, in
the lighted field. In the fingers of
ibis giant member a brush can be [
seen and with it a number of odd c
lieroglyphics are made in brilliant l
,olors. OF course this is caused by a '
nan painting upon small piece of 9
,lass attached to the machine. By 9
he time lot of these mysterious /
characters have appeared on the wall
/. large crowd is generally watching :
nd waiting to see what will come.
With a few dexterous motions the
queer big hand, always doing things
Upside DOWN transforms the scattered h
fragments into words. The crowd /
eads an admonition to 90 somewhere n
Or somebody's soap or baths and I
hen turns, half amused, half dis
listed to 60 on up the street
The warm days of Spring haze
rought out the leaves on the trees,
lie grass ON the lawns, the flowers q,
n their stocks and the feet and legs K
f the barefoot boy. The newsboys
nd street arabic youngsters pull. off
leir battered shoes and muddy stock
lgs at the earliest warm day. AL /
lady their plump little legs are =
ronzed in becoming hue. Once in
while some little female arab of the
loroughfares doffs her footwear and
gwear too and joins the throng of
Ireless lads. One such little bit of
whom | saw, had a very
rty and interesting little face.
linging to the arm Of her companion =
ho was about three feet high she I