The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1896-10-03
THE MAGAZINES

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f. II. Blashfield, whose Chrietmai
angels hung large and green near the
entrance to the American department
at the Worlds Fair has had colored
picture in the last two issues OF Serb
ner's monthly. Both Of them are copies
Of panels on piano Mr.. Blashfield hal
decorated for Mrs. George w. Childi
Drexel. This is the first time that any
Of the older magazines have used color
in their illustrations. Mr.. Blsshfield't
color scheme is very simple blue. gilt
green and touch OF red complete the
number OF the colors. In the back Of
the book where the editor OF the
monthly magazine always humbly 10.
Gates his remarks under the heading
I'm the Field Of Art" Mr.. Blashfields
decorated piano is more exhaustively
treated. The panels are painted on the
sides Of the piano box and connected by
scroll work. The square panels repre-
sent military. dramatic, sacred and
pastoral music. The round panel on
the lid represents classical music. This
round panel recalls one OF Mr.. Blash.
fields peculiarities noticeable in some
Of his worlds fair pictures. The figures
in the panel are those OF a youth play
ing violin to d harp accompaniment
played by maiden OF Greek descent.
The girl is fully dressed, the youth is
nude. He has one leg crossed over his
knee in position impossible to main
tain longer than five minutes. Art is
long and he may have to sit on that
piano for two hundred years or more.
II the artist would only let the weight
OF the mans knee throw his right foot
up bit Mrs. Drexel and her guests
would not be in danger of that tired
feeling" which must come to them if
they look at the lid OF the piano.
An article in the same magazine by
Mary Gay Humphreys disputes the
statement that working girls do not
hang together in a strike. She says.
The sense of power that has &C.
companied these changes. among it's
varied influences gives the factory girl a
dignity OF character that the morgan
lied saleswoman cannot match among
her more attractive surroundings. A
man prominent in labor matters says
that in time OF trouble there is no loyalty
tina. compares with that Of the work
ing girl; she stands firmest; stays long
est; is less amenable to those insidiors
influences that are the most fatal with
which the working people have 10 con-
tend. A gentleman, whose opinions
number OF centuries have thought
worthy respectful consideration. has
said that under the same circumstances
men and women will act pretty much in
the SINE manner. 1t is suspected that
the ethics Of women are influenced some.
what by their physique. The huma I
impulses are the same; and working
girls standing picket in a strike have
been known to use arguments OF force
as the men sometimes do. An outsider
can scarcely comprehend the complex
ity OF emotions, casuistry, personal
reasons, abstract propositions, and sense
Of the picturesque that have combined
to bring forth the word "scab." When
in a turbulent meeting q peacemaker
rises to say, II don't think it very polite
for one lady to call another lady scab.'
the speech has no humor except to one
in some remote mental perspective.
Others bend their heads to escape the
fast fiyiug words praying that they may