The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-29
THINGS THEATRICAL
1 ONE SEES
IN BIG NEW YORK
New York. Jan %.
PORTRAIT by Sargent. on exhibition

New York. Jan 20.
4 PORTRAIT by Sargent, on exhibition
"a at the portrait show, is attracting
great attention. A well known artist
said the ether day: This portrait will live
TIL II drops TO pieces. IL It is not destroyed
by accident and posterity will know IL as
'Sargents Man With the Poodle and speak
OF IL with common familiarity as we speak
Of Titian's Man With the Glove"
When one is at the top OF the tree like
SargeE. one does not have tc paint a pic
ture TO please the sitter He paints entirely
10 please himself, and " the subject strikes
him in a jocuiar vein. much the worse
for the sitter. though the gain Is distinctly
to the public. Instead Of the simper1ng
portraits OF convention they have a strik-
ing representation Of human being az
MIR. Sargent sees him. One does not soon
forget the sensation hts young lady created.
who was painted IN thin white dress,
against o cold. gray background. I: was
evidently a winters day, and the poor
creature. who was not uncome.y. was
slightly tros.-bisten. The cruel joy Mr.
Sargent took IN tinting her elbows her
finger tips and even the end OF her nose
pink was manifest n picture tha: might
have been entitled. The Spirit of Chilli
ness" His portrait OF the tall young
couple painted last year Was in his best
vein. He found them handsome, COM
rnanding. slightly arrogant. He painted
them SO.
But alas for Mr. A. werthlemer abou,
whose picture all New York is talking. II
Is the sensation OF the hour ohe Jewish
Ease. the sly smile that Is reproduced in
the alert-leoking poodle, who puts out his
tongue AS though he were saying, See Mr.
Ssrgentts idea OF an cd Jew But Mr.
Sarsen, can paint There So no doubt
about that. The effect Is magnificent The
figure az the man stands ont in bold relief,
beside The pictures around t. The easy
way he holds his cigar, the painting of the
hands, the mastery handling OF the black
against black IN his clothes. the values that
throw the figure into relief. are handled as
only great painter can. The light in the
mans small gray eye, The touch Of red IN
his sensual tip aTe accented ard made de-
rissvs by the bright eyes and red tongue o,
the dog NJ his ssce. /; reminds one OF
The Fallen Idol" "a Though Some SUPER
natural ana malignant spirit had laid on
The colors that formed this wonderful pict-
Gre.
ON account % her enwagernen. with tire
Ellis Company, Ae.oa has been heard
oriY few times iE NFw York This winter.
snd then only in Gaunod's two ore-as
"FaustfF ard Romeo ard juliet" She hgs
wisely given NJ attempting 10 sing RruT,-
20 these rcaes i'm voice and tsnHperarzse Mt
She II certainly very popular - singer
with New York audience She appeared
fer the last time sAls seas&sn in Faust"
LAST "Wednesday evening. ard sung 20 as
large an audience as ever gathered in fhe
Metropolitan. The audience could nos ha~.
been larger, for shsTs va. not left vacant
a fact 81 standing room II = true ira.
Jean De Resxke WIS ~. Faust, anz Jean
T. RAY he said never ytnEs bat 20 q crowd
- aeExe. Aeisz has os~ 81 re most beau.
fAfsl vosees IN tss vorsT. ard SIG Uses q.
as rysis. TO perfection. As Marguerite an.
WIS vncaiiy almost r~-Fece- In the ar~
meeting WIKI Faust this Marguerite sang
that sAe was neither a lady ro- q beauty
Ssta sweetness and PARTY o. ;one quite
indispensable. Bur h@y Marguerite 3. net
throughout ers.fr-sv satisfactory IL Is ~.
fashion Of nHr day 10 Require a ginger to
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