The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-09-06

lines. for tho child had exactly copied
an idol in the Metropolitan Museum. ana
he told her TO keep on. Al ten her IN
struction I'm art began.
CABLES DAUGHTER.
George Cables daughter is another or
the daughters OF literary fathers who have
worked successfully with the brush.
Though married now, this young wo-
man Is girl artist" embellishing her
fathers writings and successfully con
tributing 10 the magazines. Her best
work is In the character sketches which
her father describes so graphically. She
says she secs them while he reads"
The peculiarly quiet. studious disposl-
ton OF professional men pervades. with
the touch OF heredlty the minds OF the
daughters. Daughters OF lawyers. clergy
men and the girls OF army officers turn
70 art and want TO study Il. They do
not ask for reserved seats I'm the art
classes but are content 70 fall in line
with tho rest and wait for talent 20 bring
them forward.
One OF these girls who took n course
at the Art League, working hard at the
cubes and fruit pieces. then AZ tho figure
casts. was Elsie Clews daughter OF
Henry Clews. the banker. Miss Clews's
best work lay In her outdoor sketches.
Her desire was 70 paint landscape, and
she did II so well that tho students
crowded around her easel, as they will
around anything good. and freelys adj
mred. Art students are peculiar In one
respect. They are apparently untutored
IN worlGliness and neglect 20 the point
OF scorn a student who shows TO ability
for art.
Miss Mary Flower niece OF ex-Gov.
Flower, IS a girl artist. She has style.
something highly valued in art work.
Her family portraits have the touch OF
great beauty. and her commissions have
been paintings for family portrait gal
leries. This IS a line OF work much COW
eted by all artists OF all degrees Of prom
inence and Of both sexes. To 60 further
and be admitted 70 the annual portrait
show In the autumn IL the very acme OF
desire But this has as yet been attained
BY few of thu girl artists" The pro
fessionals. Rosina Emmett Sherwood and
her well-known ssters-in-art. have alone
been represented here.
BRET HARTBS JESSAMY.
Miss Jessany Harte "a known IN
quiet way 70 illustrators as "a young
women who can n she will" Like her
father. she works when she fecls Ike II
and with marvellous talent. She studies
I'm the same Why. by hts and starts.
She Il ono OF the Youngest OF the Illus
traitors. and has an expressed ambition
to do newspaper illustrating. a branch
OF work into which all high-class Illus
traitors are rapdlv coming. Good press
work encourages them 10 offer their pic
lures 10 the newspapers. where bad
paper hand presses and cheap INK used
TO deter them. T'hs exquisite press work
of the last year which makes the news
Ina 81
tracted older artists than Miss Harte TO
the Sunday editors room.
Mss Margaret Kttredge. daughter Of
the well known clergyman. Is a girl we'll
along IN art work. She paints with
rnuch psinstakiny. and dlsposes OF all the
work she cares 20 turn on. Many or
the art students Ike Miss Kittredge who
have coterie OF friends. generously oner
To show other pictures with their own.
and 90 many a sale f. effected.
Most girl artists marry too soon FOR
their artistic prospects 10 mature. one
OF these. whose talents gave her recognl-
ton IN a year. is Miss Mary Goodwin.
one OF the clever Goodwin sisters. or
Savannah Jumping IN one short year
from 2 modest student at the league 10
"a general Illustrator. she was claimed ny
a large newspaper Tor exclusive ser
vices" ~ a salary thit WoNlu '"pFe' "
u-roie family IN comfort. even in Gotham.
This young woman VIII become '
November the wife Of @. 6. Hubbeu.
one Of the best-known ~ the Art pi-
rectors Of New York. She VIII 20 10
i,v. IN n beautiful house now being built
according TO their combined artistic
tastes. MISS Coodwin's Speciality is hg-
IRE work. into which she puts the name
less .'stvio' that has made her older
sisters fame. Three OF Tho Goodwin
sisters Will winter IN P2fis. deserving
tho art colony m Gotham for q year.
rbourh famous they arc all mere girls.
ARMY GIRLS.
Other art students are Miss Lulu Now
~ daughter Of Gen. Mowry. Louise
Mansfield. daughter OF Commodore