The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-05-22

Miss Lillian Cook has just completed
the second of the tapestries she is paint
ing for a convent in Wilmington,
Del. The composition represents
Christ at the house of Lazarus, While
Mary sits at his feet, and Martha
shows her housewifely zeal in minis
tering to His physical needs. Miss
Cook has. Of course, painted the fig
ures in the same light key that she
employed in the first subject. and the
color scheme has a very delicate
: beauty There are some especially at
tractive passages of color in the differ
, ent pieces of draDery, and throughout
the picture the hues are pure and trans
parent.
A CORRESPONDENT of the London
Chronicle" at Mentone states that the
closing scenes in Aubrey BeardsIey's
life We're exceedingly pathetic. He'suf
fered great pain, but was invariably
gentle and patient. When very near
the end. he said. he was very sorry
TO leave the bright world so young. and
his work so INCOMPLETE. but, since it
was Gods will, he was ready to go"
He was full of projects Of future work
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The loan exhibition at the old Cor
coran Gallery building in Washington
has been announced from a number of
points by striking posters from Mrs.
Barney's clever brush. Her work al
ways has a directness that at once ar
rests the eye, and on this account her
rapidly painted heads were well calcu-
lated to attract attention, the primary
requisite of an efficient poster.
DR. Rudolf Heberdey has forwarded
to the Vienna Archaeological Institute
a report Of the latest excavations in
Ephesus. A theater of the Roman per-
iod which has been laid open has an
auditorium of three rows of seats and
an orchestra. a well-house of Ionic
style in it's neighborhood had a foun-
tain adorned with lions heads as Its
waterspouts. 1t has also been found
that the water was conducted through
earthenware pipes to the considerable
elevation of ninety meters above sea-
level. The temple district of the Ar
temisium was supplied with water
from a great distance through stone
pipes. Traces. of magnificent buildings
of the year 263 before Christ have been
discovered. .
1T was generally known to students
of the Italian Renaissance says the
London 'Athenaeum," that Charles
Yriarte had been long engaged in the
preparation of a work on Mantuan art
of the period of Isabella d'Este. Orig
inally intended as a monograph on Isa
bella, the subject, after repeated visits
to Mantua, grew under his hands until
il had passed beyond the limits of his
primary design. But the important fea-
ture of the book is the series of illustra-
tons of the artists works, and this is
probably the most complete which las
yet been collected in a single volume.
We understand that the illustrations
are all executed and the text in type
SO that the speedy publication of the
work may. be expected
There is to be a great exhibition Of
Rembrandt's works of all kinds at Am
sterdam this year, to which a large pro-
portion of the owners have it is said,
promised to contribute.
In the Sale Duchatel of the Louvre
has lately been placed an important ex-
ample OF Jerome Bosch. 1460-1516.
Named Les Damnes,' this highly
characteristic work is the gift of the
Due and Duchesse de la Tremoille.
THE Breakfast Club met at Acton's.
Arthur Russell told a capital story of
Browning. who was lately introduced
to the Chinese Enthusiastically intro
Queer, who acted also as interpreter,
observing that they were both poets.
In the course of conversation, Browning
asked how much poetry his excellency
had written. -Four volumes he an
swered. And what style of poetry
does your exceuency cultivate?' 'CAief-
~ the enigmatical, replied the other"
George Lewes' individuality will al
ways be difficult to understand. Once
at a club breakfast Matthew Arnold,
Huxley and John Morley being present,
Lewes was under discussion, says a
writer:
The conversation turned much upon
George Lewes. whose death the other
day took us all by surprise. Morley, l
observed, put him very high as phi
losopher, Huxley as a physiOlogist; Ar
mold thought him strongest as dra-
matte critic. Both Morley and Harri-
son seemed to think that he would APP
pear a more considerable person to pos
terity than ne did to his contempora-
ries. have always thought it was the
fashion to undeTrate him quite absurd
" have certainly myself come across
very few people who did so many diff
ferent things so Well His appearance
was that of a monkey, and not good
monkey: but 1 invariably found him a
particularly agreeable and likeable per-
son. both in his own house and out of
it."
We should not seek Victor Hugo as a
safe guide in matters political or social;
but this is what he said to an author.
the talk being about France and re-
lgion:
In the course of conversation he said
to me: Yes, as is our habit in France,
we have attacked in front; we have at
tackled Catholicism. and in doing so, we
have attacked Christianity. The result
viii be that ere long there will be an
end Of that religion. I bowed and re-
spectfully inquired: What would take
its placer. To which he replied: 'Ces
trois mots-Dieu, Anne, Responsabilite.
When We took our leave. which we did
pretty early. for our host was suffering
rafferty, severely from a bronchitic at
tack. he said: DO not forget what has
passed between us
New York Tribune: We must be
ware of Egyptian forgeries. We no
o1xol,,c;,roTxr manufacture the