The record-union., 1899-07-30

cameras aid might be requistioned
and would probably be of considerable
advantage so far as the drawing is con-
cerned but the sitter could easily study
the coloring of his complexion, hair,
and eyes in mirror opposite him.
The looking at oneself for a long
time is one of the strange and trying
conditions of painting ones own por-
trait, for difficulties and complexities
appear to grow the more you try to
grapple with them. Like the road to
the tired traveller, which seems to
lengthen as he goes, so the difficulties
of painting oneself appear to increase
rather than diminish the more one
looks at oneself
Apart from painting ones own por-
trait, artists largely draw from them
selves, for a man can more easily as
sumo a particular attitude than get
| another person to do so. Then for de-
tails, such as hand, arm, nose, eye.
| the artists and a mirror supply all
that is required. Another of the many
| uses of a mirror is to reverse the work
| during it's progress, as reversing a
| drawing will often reveal an awkward
| ness want of balance, or faulty draw
| tected
| July LIST a memorial tablet to the Off
| GERS and men of the Sixth United
| States Infantry who persisted at San
Juan and Santiago was unveiled at
| Fort Thomas, on the Kentucky High
| lands, overlooking the Ohio River, a
few miles above Cincinnati. To H. l..
Bridwell, a designer. is due the credit
| of having stirred up the interest of the
citizens of that city in the matter. He
supplied sketch of the design, which
was modelled by the sculptor, Clement
j. Barnhorn. The latter was repre-
scented at the last exhibition of the Ma
tional Sculpture Society by full sized
recumbent figure of a "Magdalen." He
is native of Cincinnati. first studying
at the local art academy, then proceed
ing to Paris to work under Puech and
Mercie, and now instructor in model
ing at the Cincinnati academy. At the
entrance to the fort stands a tall four
sided water tower. and it is on the west
! or main face of this that the tablet has
been set. 1t is nearly ten feet high, and
over seven in width; and executed in
bronze. banderole extends across the
top, bearing the words Patriots, Cour-
age, Discipline" Forming two straight
upright features. one on each side of
the tablet, are the colors of the regi-
ment, draped, the one with a sword belt
and sword, the other with a cartridge
belt and side arms. A little above the
center is the national shield, set be-
tween laurel sprays and surmounted by
the eagle. On either side of 1T are the
names Fort San Juan and Santiago
de Cuba" and above and below it the
inscriptions: I'm Honor of the Sixth
Regiment United States Infantry for
Glorious Conduct in Battle, and in
Memory of the Brave Officers and Men
of that Command Here Named Who
Gave Their Lives for Their County in
the War with Spain. MDCCCXCVIII'
Underneath this is a panel upon which
are inscribed the names of eight off,
GERS and twenty privates. At the bot
tom are the words: Erected by the
Citizens of Cincinnati. Covington and
Newport, and the Vicinity of Fort
Thomas, Where the Sixth United States
Infantry Was Stationed at the Com
mencement of the War with Spain, and
of Which Military Post it Formed the
First Garrison"
Rosa Bonheur, just before her death
put her foot down on a scheme of wo,
man agitators to make use of her fame