The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-05-26
me every day for a week, saying. My
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me every day for a week. saying. My
cook wants So.
THE proposed art commission pro-
vided for by the bill of Senator Hans
brough now pending in the house"
said a leading artist here. promises
u great deal, in that it arranges that
hereafter no painting. sculpture or 9TH
er work Of art shall be purchased by
the government unless the work shall
have been found to be real art. The
commission is to consist of persons
who shall have the ability to decide
what is art. and thus pu, an end to NIL
ing up the capitol and other public
buildings with stuff purchased as art.
but which is in reality everything ex-
cept art. In addition to artistic value.
the commission will insist on historical
accuracy Take The Deathbed of
Lincoln for instance. That picture,
as originally painted by Littlefield. was
correct artistically and historically.
but before IL could be purchased the
artist had to paint out every figure in
it except the dying Lincoln and put in
others of officials and distinguished
men. but few Of whom were even in
the room in which Lincoln died. The
surgeon who attended Lincoln. DR..
Charles s. Taft. and the nurse, the ia
nous colored James Wormley, of hotel
fame. though undoubtedly present at
the death of Lincoln, We're painted out
of the picture to make room for some
prominent men of the day who insisted
ON appearing in the picture. Then
take The Electoral Commission, whicS
now hangs in the senate galleries. AS
group of portraits it Is of value, but
it is historically wrong in every par
ticular. In the first place the artist
painted in it more people than could
have had enough air to breathe in the
room, and painted herself as the CEN
tral figure, when the fact was that no
woman was ever admitted to the ses-
sions of the commission except in the
gallery. The room Is filled with fig
ures and portraits of people, many of
whom, though they had influence, were
not in Washington that eventful WIN
ter in which Mr.. Hayes was declared
to be president. These are but sam
pies, but there are many of the same
kind. If the additional authority was
given the commission to destroy many
of the pictures purchased by the gov
ernment it woud be complete"
The innocence of the average bridal
couple that reaches Washington In the
course of the wedding journey is some
times truly amusing. In the hearing
of the writer a very well-dressed and
intelligent young woman, leaning ON
the arm of young man, whose reia-
ton to her no one with half an eye to
such matters could mistake. inquired
of the guide accompanying them,
IL, thn tay
wing of the senate of COmmodre Perry
at the battle of Lake Erie:
"Is this Washington Crossing the
Delaware?
An equally unsophisticated bride,
looking at a wretched copy of the we'll
known picture of charlotte Corday In
Prison." which hangs in one of the
rooms of the white house. remarked:
II always thought it an outrage for
the government to hang that Mrs. Sur
ratt. Doesn't she look too sweet fol
anything behind those prison bars:
How could they ever hang her?"
Still another bride stood musingly
before the statue OF Hancock in the
capitol. on the pedestal of which are
chiselled the words: "He wrote his
name where every native should behold
it and time itself should not efface it. ,
"Ah" she murmured, as she nestled
closer to her protector. that's the mar
Garfield beat for the presidency.
don't wonder-wearing such clothes!
1t is generally admitted that Senator
Wolcott is quicker at repartee thar
any of his colleagues. During recent
debate concerning some local legisla-
tion, opposed by Senator WOlcott and
advocated by Senator Kyle, the junior
senator from South Dakota lauded the
man who was the father of the meas
ure something after this style:
This gentleman, sir, is a man of in
tellect, man of brain, a man Of strong
moral force and purpose. and he has d
bank account, too. which will enable
him to carry out his philanthropic
ideas. In fact. this gentleman is In
every way the superior of the senator
from Colorado"
"If the gentleman in question has 9
bank account. he Is. indeed. the superi.
or Of the senator from Colorado" saiG
Wolcott to the amusement of every one
on the floor and in the galleries.
A certain member of congress has
been very 1Oquacious this session
spouting forth volumes on every sub.
ject that has come before the house
much to the dissatisfaction Of one ot
his distinguished constituents. The
latter is in town for the purpose of at.
tending to some business before one OF
the departments. and believes that tbs
services Of his member" should be al
his disposal. but has been unable tc
get the smallest assistance from thai
gentleman. He has been heard to wish
on various occasions, that the Hon. NJ
c. would talk less and do more
About all Johns got" said this wor.
thy to a group of sympathetic listeners
recently, "is the gift of CAB. and about
all he does is to use it. He doesn't dc
can see. and feel very much as my
little 5-year-old who hunts up the eggs
for his mother did the other day wher
he went out on false alarm of crack.
ling and found no eggs. Gosh darn thos
hens he said, that cackle and DON
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