The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-02-08

criticism on works of art, the result
may. be considered very creditable,
but it is hoped that If the opportunity
should be offered again at some future
time, more pupils will compete and
will try to become still better art
critics.
The composition which gained the
first prize gave the most cOmpre
hensive description of the different
pictures as well as show of much
intelligent feeling for what was best
i'm them. Miss Elnora Sturgeon, q
girl of twelve years aid pupil OF
punahOu Preparatory School, Is the
lucky winner. Her composition emit
tied tWhatI Saw at the Art League"
reads as follows:
81 can hardly describe my first i'm
pressions of the Art League, but L
know that / was very much pleased
and surprised.
"Here were portraits, here were
carvings, and here was beautiful
china.
1.-THE first picture that attracted my
attention, was painting OF four chill
dren playing cards around table on
q versnda. Around them were pretty
palms and ferns, then Oft in the dis
lance were the mountains which were
tinted with the cOlors of the many
cOlored clouds At the foot of the
mountains, b small blue lake was
sparkling.
tion was picture of Kaiihi Valley
In the gulch a few cottages nestlet
among the green trees, then up above
q roau twiDed around the mountains
ssIn a bowl was bunch of Oeauti
111rnln
were black, some were white, anC
others were different cOlOrs; some
had dropped from the bowl onto the
table, and We're waiting to be pu
back.
"It would not have been complete
if old Kilauea had not been there
in all his glory. There was the black
lava " 2ich was streaked with hre
how beautiful it all looked, with the
blush gray clouds floating behind 1t
''The next that / looked at was 1
painting of an old cOcOanut-leaf-
house, around which palms aud ban
anas grew, a little farther down th'
hill, you could see the green kuku
trees.
.rIhe next one / noticed was
painting of q forest of trees, palm:
and pretty creepers, behind this yol
could see another forest, which wa
tinted with the colors of the clouds.
'sMoonligbt at Waikiki was very
pretty indeed; in the distance vol
could see the Waianae mountains
then a point of Waikiki showed, OF
which there was q cocoanut grove
Around this the waves were rolling
aud the moon shed her pale rays owe
all.
"Some very pretty water-lillie
peeped over the edge of blue DO vi
Old Diamond Head was also there il
all its grandeur, the little blush gra,
clouds were playing at f1ide-and-seel
behind it.
can old, brown basket had spille'
its vegetables out on the floor; Their
were cabbages, carrots, turnips, pars
lev; there was also red bottle full @
water to keep the vegetables fresh
and a pair of scales to weigh them.
"There was a very pretty one of can
fields and "a road running through
Then, off behind the fields, you cOul
see the sea and sky.
"The 'buss came tumbIlng dow
the volcano road the horses SCENE
SO excited that they couldn't go fas
enough. Then the pink and whit
clouds peeped through the braDche
of the Uree-ferns and other trees.
"There were some very pretty cary
ings of q papaia, an alligator pear an
some beautifully chairs. Ther