The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-15

warrior queen of nursery recitation, but
right down 'raughty gal leading her
alley to battle against the Roman Stops.
With triff1ing difference in costume, but
none in spirit, she is Hera, the furious
and proud, who is but travestied in tile
airs of the modern fine lady put upon her
by South Kensington esrhetes. The
feTocity of these types of wOmanhood IS
the secret of their enduring charm.
Painted, vanished, framed and glazed
as we have them in our day they are no
more the real article than a hero Of
Angelica Kaufman, wrought as n Ber-
lin wool work. is a hero of the fields of
Troy. Tilda is a glorious survival Of a
time when woman struck for rights with
her fist, long before she thought of ca6 g
ing for them by witchery and wiles.
These came later when the rebel found
herself vanquished in the open by hcav-
Ter hand. Danes Minithoea and Tomyris,
the sainted Joan herself, would have felt
very much at home at No. 5, and in a cal
sisterhood of elemental passions and I'M
tamable pride. If she took vestal vows,
it would be less by morality than by dis
dain and horror of conquerer.
And now another and a contrasting
scene-the upper world a dinner al Lord
Brentmoor's. " Oh this house, Its vast
architectural spaces are as good as a PIC
ture by the Veronese. Man Is the greater
for his very littleness in .he relation. 1t
humors his within that he deserves a
world to himself. Nothing is more riGicu-
a single figure mounting the staircase
of the great hall. The footmcn, 1 observe.
escape the sense of nothingness by doing
everything in groups. The
pictures are as restful to the eve as the
touches to the frames The light, soft
yet brilliant, brilliant yet soft, matches
the pictures. The subdued manner cf the
owners, shaded in passionless re0ose.
matches the light The very bisque a. the
dinner table-butter with no bones N it
will. I have no doubt. match tho manner
Everything, unconsciously. as IT we're
labors for the blend of contrasting eff
fects. I like the alienation Of Gil euzes
and Watteaus with hunting and battle
pieces in which the very victims seem to
enjoy the sport. The canvas IS generally
let into the wall instead Of laid on It. and
it suggests stars peeping from the depths
Of sky.
Impossible 10 faTbor a harsh or a dis
tracing thought here The harmo MES
forbid. The very carpets with ;heir thick
pile. tend 70 promote the same mood Of
a naturalistic ouietism that can dispense
with faith. The chas-eaed
glow of the walls. of the sideboa-i. he
table the damask, the service OF Vene-
tian glass. the flowers. the nesting lights
is perfect IN the harmony Of lis con-
trasts. Invention in all the arts may vary
the effect; il can never sur9ass''
In this part Of the world We do not
know Greuzes or Watteaus nor any of
this, but we feel it-feeI our capabaity Of
feeling it.
Into these depths and heights the auth
or has gone-to make his report 10 the far
of island on the English people. For the
report the reader must have the book II
Is book that viii stand as high as three
close readings. The scene" between the
coster gal and the Princess Of Wales is
a gem. cut as artistically as anything in
literature
II is the record OF modern Diozanes.
not slouching through Athens with a
lantern hunting for an honest man. hut
briskly into the avenues Of London with
brain and stomach. hunting for a fact
The work Is having a heavy sale. 7. IS
published by the Century company and is
kept by the Goldsmith Book and Station
cry company Of Wichita