The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-25
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GRITTY, will be chairman of the commit
tee on military sffsirs. another impor-
tant ommittee, vnd which will have for
consideration the army reorganization
scheme, which President Cleveland de-
sired to have this congress dispose OF,
as well as a number OF other matters
very important to California. Senator
Perkins may. in the reorganization of
she senate, get .he chairmanship OF the
committee on naval affairs. 1t was by
his connection with this important com.
mittee that Senator Sargent was able to
do 80 many things for California. This
committee ranks as one OF the highest
in the esnate--o1tside Of the political
question involved. 1t might be well to
observe here that this Ia one OF the ad.
vantagea that = state secures in return
ing mem bsrs and senators. Except in
very rare instances, the Chairmanships
20 slways 10 those who have had expe-
rience in connection with them. Sens
ator Perkins sailor record and steam
ship ex experiences particularly fit him for
the place.
TIVE CHINESE MINISTER'S BALL.
It may seem strsngs TO Oalifornians
that the annual ball given by the Chi
nese minister here ia always one OF, if
not the one big socia! event OF the sea.
son. Grand preparations are being
made for the cunning ball, which occurs
on the Goth instant. Ths Chinese lega-
ton il now on Meridian hill, q couple
Of blocks north of the edge of the city,
and al the coming ball is the first given
in the nav house, thers is q ruah for
Tickets. Tbs Chinese spend more
money than half dozen of the othsr
legations. They are very liberal.
Christmas Tins they sent silk dress to
almost evsryons in high official circles.
Recently Young Yu, the minietsr. has
creatsd sensation in social circles BY
making calls accompanied by two OF his
favorite wives. He is supposed to keep
four on hand at the legation, and to
nave half dozen or more in China.
The two he carries with him in his
social excursions are his official vile and
his domestic wife. The former frat
goee in residences with him when bs
calls. and after she comes out his do. |
mestic wits goes in. She brings with
her the three very interesting (for
easternors) children. Both OF the
wives are learning to speak English,
and they are constantly piled with CUES.
tons by the ladies who meet them as
to how the wives of the minister get |
along.
The official wife says shs has nothing
to do With the children. and does not
care to have anything to do with them,
while the domestic wife is equally proud |
of the fact that she has children and en-
joys taking care of them, and she says |
she has not the slightest desire to min.
gle in the pleasures and duties OF the |
official wife, These are things that our
women cannot understand, and neither
can they understand why, az they are
wives, the minister requires them to
ride in carriages following him and
never allows them to enter his carriage.
But the old minister DOES understand,
and SO do the wives. They say that
when our civilization is 5000 years old
instead OF having jus. passed through
our centennial, we will know lot more
than we now do. Maybe 30, bat we
hope not, il We are to degrade our WON.
en- and glory over it. Chinese women
and children were unknown here until
during the past two years, and now be-
sides those at the legation there are a
dozen and more OF them, but none go
IS the women who will vel.
come their friends at the coming ball.
LOVE AND LIFE.
Art circles, pure and impure, hSve
bsen considerably agitated here for sew.
eral months past over Frederick Watts
Love aud Life.
Mr.. Watts lie an Englishman aud ex.
hibited his painting at the worlds fair
at Chicago.
1t is large picturs, probably by 10 |
feet, and ie regarded as brave example
OF the nude in art. Indeed, it is all !
nude. VIZ. Watts does not believe in J
drsping his figures with an occasional
fig leaf. He lie a strong believer in full |
dress, and in this case went 80 far in his
fullness as to have the dress off alto.
gether.
After the fair closed Mr.. Watts pre-
sented his Love and Lille to the United !
States but as no one knew exactly who |
was meant by the United States. it was
packed up carefully and expressed to |
President Cleveland. There was some |
delay in opening the box for the reason |
that the president was absent
when it arrived. aud the additional
reason that the National Woman's
Christian union sent a protest almost
as big as the painting against its ao-
ceptsnce, and especially against sxhib-
lung III 10 the pubic.
The ground on which the protest was
made was that the picture was immor-
ally made, indecent and an insult to
art and Christianity; that it was bad in
every sense, and that il would iniure
any one who looked at it. They made
such protest against the painting that
public curiosity was aroused to the
highest degree. As it was said to be
the most immoral of the many immoral
pictures exhibited at the fair, that class
OF people who admire art for the "gin.
ger" that ia il it could hardly restrain
Themselves in their anxiety to study the
work.
Mrs. Cleveland received letters by the
hundreds urging her to prevent the
president from having the picture un-
boxed, and particularly from having it
exposed to public view in the White
House. AS the subject became more
agltated very serious question was
raised as to what would be done in the
matter, for the representatives. OF the
government at Chicago had informally
Mr.. Watts present with
thanks ION the part of the govern
ment."
Mr.. Watts undoubtedly labored un-
der the impression that We had q ma
tlonsl gallery OF art somewhere in the
U nited States. In that he was mistaken,
We have a national museum ana a
national almost eyerythinge elss here;
but no national gallery Of art. What
was to he dopa with tho ,.;ct;cn - |