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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-06-26

Raleigh. n. c.. June -
The following letter from Professor
McIver, formerly superintendent OF
public Instruction. speaks for itself;
"Cumnock- Chatham Co, N C,
,na fS
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VII.

Victory, o Lord better known, perhaps, as
Joshua" was exhibited in 1871, In the com
position OF this picture, The artist seized The mo-
ment when Moses, Aaron and flur ore seen on
The top Of the mountain while Joshua fights with
the Amclekites al the foot Moses is seated,
his face absorbed In religious triumph and an
ccstacy Of victorious zeal. He is thoroughly
steadiasS and imnovablc, while bis supporters
look ~ II fatigue had overcome their eEcrSics and
destroyed their hopes for victory. each Of them,
though nearly fainti"g, clasps an crm Of tie
chief against his breast, and hrars II up with
his hands: back, loins and lower limbs, oil cen
tired In one action. Aaron. In red, is erect he
turns half about so as 10 catch a glimpse Of Vie
ng.t in tho valley below the rocky mountain
SIDE on when thc 'fec arc rle''d lihr has
'he s"h'hand OF Moses ana IKE Aaron clasps
Hsn'"s' ~ '''H''' ''"ns"t '" Il s"pp"''
OF an MS ieinn'nihE hle"R,H' ne passage
IN EA''u' "hcn u' painter o'mro t'llo"u'e
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were s"anF uh"I ~ going Gown Oh NC sun ana
Joshua u'so'nh"n A'"'rk anu ms reopl"
WIN ue eoee " ,ho sword ihcre y " nue
Joke cofhc'''n WIN ms picture NAV nc Do
etaphe' irpen'A 'ome years aiet ~ was 'H-
"'""en' Ai'"i' "ns ,"heu upon !" poHt 'he P"f'
u"t hnhuN,"' 'c"lSh 'nus whose husband
MI Moses ha"' '"r reasons rosy known
.m""set III, h"n' " wa u on ou f'hgIish one
nc h"'c o"'"""Nnn'e NnS NOT i"'g'teh when
ue po'Ha'. npp'"'r" on "e "'oo'my WAL In
mlS f'pNf'" e''n'ni",n' a "''Elsh cri1lc wrote
r,o,n,. No. ,o, .nt n",, ,".ru'
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!" WN winner 81 49," - announcer lac" took
possession =" N".a'SS NINA III " review Of
N' ""'Ne' II h"S "ch oA''t''" that h' WIS In
'"I"p'e 81 maHlhF 'u'h a PlctNrr oil UAT'e t"auh-
i"' women "Fe'n't IN We dr'NS OF u" Period
az III joshua I'cEh''lS ha' produced IN hi7 IA
nous portrait ~ Inc LADIES "nidcgravc MI
ma 'ehf'nlaed 70 '''W Vie world that such n
hSN was by no means leyond his power, even
"hsh hahdlcHPp'h ny 'hc nngr"c"ful dress ard
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VI.

Tho author Of the book before US suggests
that, In point OF technical skill. Millais attained
the zenith Of his power in 1864, but he deems
the TACT too vlain TO he ~oycrlool ed tia 1864 marked
a distinct advance In 'Ae direction Il larger nrd
more important pictures and greater brced'h
OF treatment His FIRST picture In the year las,
named WAS The Evil Ono Sowing 1nrcs." tlcn
came Esther" and next, The Romans Leaving
Britain" Tho subject II the last named paint
Ing had always had a great attraction tor Millais.
We zee In il the parting between a Roman legionary
and his British mistress They ore placed on q
cliff rath overlooking The sea, where a large gal
ley IA waiting Tor the soldier. lie knccls AZ
the womau's ieet with his arms clssred abou,
her body, His face, unhelnctrd. Is hidden
In her breast her hands arc upon his shoulders
and she looks sfeadiastly, with q passionate.
eager. savage stare upon The melancholy waste
OF the gray and restless seq. 1t was in 1858 that
Millnis purchased The marble statue Of ~ cda
and tho Swan" by Michael Angelo, A work II
arr which had been IN the possession ~ the CALI
family tor over three hundred years The very
next day alter the purchase came a missivcAirom
tho Russian Government requesting thr Italian
Government o buy the Lcdn Tor 1, rthny price.
"Slr-ptne waiting" and THE Mnrct," the
three pictures which Millais exhibited In the Royal
Academy In 1897, are classcd among the srcci.
mems Of his later rc-Raphnelitc manner. Of which
the vale If Rest" was the first example. We are
told that these three pictures were exact portraits
Of his daughters, Carrie Mary and Fife. and were
no, ldcalizrd In the slightest deg rec. Here we
may htly Introduce some recollcctions NJ Mllnts
by Mrs JoplinE now Mrs, Jopling. Rove Tho
frst time 7 saw John Everett Millals," she writes.
was at me n the private views Of The old masters
at Burlington House. ! was walking with q
mutunl friend. Here comes MIllhis,' tr said.
You can I'm aginc my excitement. ! stared with
all my eyes. My friend said. Good show ot old
masters old masters be bothered ! prefer
looking al the young mistrrsScs,' said Millais,
with a humorous glance at me ne he walked on.
My com anion roared with Laughter There is
only Johnny Miilais who would dare make a re-
mark like that ! remember his telling me m
incident that happened 10 hImsrlt lie was dining
ont and sitting next ,hr hostess. On his other side
was n charming society woman, who evidently
had not caught his name when he was introduced
TO her, for she, presently, during a pause, started
the usual subject Of conversation in May-'he
Academy. Isn't Millais too dreadful this year.
Then. seeing the agonized contortons Of her hos
,rSs's couuicnancc. she said. oh, do tell me
what I have done Look at Mrs. IS face. I
must have done or said something terrible Well
laughed MillaiS you really have, you know
oh, please tell me- Better nerve yourself TO
hear. Drink this glass OF sherry first Yes,
yes; now, what u iR For answer Millas said
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Ill.

O. Millais's attitude toward his own works,
We learn from one Of the few men with whom 10
convCrsed freely on matters = Grt that she was
remarkably frank IN Tie estimate II his own work,
and knew perfectly well, making no secret # his
knowledge, iuSi low pclUSueut lisreru'rtion was
likely to be, Even When suffering from the &C.
caSiOnNl depression that must haunt the most
snnGulne member e his profession, | DO not think
that he ever vavcrrd in his belief rs 10 what h-
really could Do | remember a delightfully."- nait
instance of This which occurred one day hen
called upon my return from n visit 70 Harlem.
We were talking about the Franz lInls collection
there, aud iecamc enthusiastic on the subject.
In the middle n our couyrration lac suddenly
turned round and pointed to a large importrnt
picture Of his own, saying 4 cnn fancy tina,
some day people will talk NJ TINT picture as yo
ore row talking Of the Franz Hsla' There was
no sign Of lonstirg or conccit in his tone, only
quiet constipation and conviction. Men q
unusual capacity generally know their power
perfectly we'll, hut the majority Of them are too
reserved 10 express the KNOWLEDGE On the other
hand, Milleis was as open md franf a. a boy and
would have thoughtit mere Alteration 90 i isguiso
such a belief from q friend" Toward the works
OF other artists, hrr"c or foreign he was absolutely
eclectic, finding In every school ~ rrt something
70 admire. Talking on tlis subject with n friend,
he sAid' "Ihc hest has teen already done IN
Ort, such a. the sculpture 81 Greece. the portrnits
Of Rembrandt. &C. hut artist, arc doing AZ veil
4" day. only their work hNs NOT the prestige o,
age. The newest nrt texture may hc very Fns
In both detail ard conccI t.o0. but tho hard lire,
have vet 20 10 worn oF. Artists have to wr-s,o
10 day with H." horrible autrgorism of modern
dress M wonder, th'rniofe, that few recent p,r.
trNits look really dignincd. Just imagine Van.
dyck's Charles i IN n pair Of chr-ncd ,r,r.
scrs' On another OCCASION he eaid, Paul potrer's
bun Il a vcr- o%verra'"i affair Mary ren
trrw and paint domestic animal. hrtt,r than
the old master notably, Henry Davis 4 fns
old NelHSluc2, with q hero on hor rbark, look.
Ing ne II hc would eat you up, is mounted on a
poor horse, poorly drawn at imro-sihle cr,aturn
a far higher standard IN this respect is required
now None ~ N" old masters can toucn Mcls.
sonnler In IT, respect To young men who
thought I 10 loving nrt AZ a profession he rar,ly
gnv" any encouragement The public" 10
would say. are too discriminauye now. lb.v
want something rore than merely gool ar
Only the very best ~ everything is ia drmsr.
The man who can draw n few lines f. Hack AMI
white better than any onc else Ia wanted; the mr.
who can paint a pretty good oil painting is r.'
For mere modiocrity there Is now no out
NJ. ". H.
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In 1885 Millais produced the pictures called
peace Concluded" better known rs The Return
from the Crimes" and Autumn Leaves" Oi
the former picture Ruskin wrote: Titan him
sci, could hardly head him now This picture
Il "a brilliant In invention as nsumm In cx-
ecutive power Both this and Autumn Leaves
will rank, in future, among the worlds best mas
tcrpieces" We are ,old that Col Bob" NAL
colin eat Tor the man and Mrs. Milais Tor the
lady, In the former painting. In spite OF Ruskin's
praise tho author Of this biography does not
regard "Tho Return from the Crlmes" A. a good
example Of HIS q Tiers work.
Ii was At this period the the forces OF the London
press and the Academy combined in the attempt
IN crush Nillais, "a tie leader Of the new school
NJ artists In those days, a great London news
paper had far more influence In the formation
Of public opinion than Il has to-day. Not only
we're the leading journals against Mllais. but
some If The most influential members of the Acad-
envy Joined In tho crusade with an amnesty
hardly conceivable In these liberal times. In a
letter Of Millnis's, written In May, 1870. We read.
$50 determined are the Academicians TO insul,
every man who chooses IN purchase my works,
thct this year they have done the same with MI.
lrr. who had purchased Peace Concluded a. they
did with Arden when he bought The Order Of
Release For the first time, they have not sent
him an invitation TO tho dinner" In another
letter NJ about the same date, we read Il have
found nut the name Of tho Times critic. II Is
r, an artist I don't indeed, ext ect any
better treatment, from tho press in my lifetime,
AZ the critics are too intimately mixed up with the
profession. The result is tie same ae in the other
ycar--ther- is no getting near the pictures at the
openinr-so ! am perfectly satisfied with the pub
lies reception Of them this year" And again; "I
have the whole Of the Royal Academy, with one
or two exceptions, dead against me, which makes
all intercourse with them unpleasant The Peace
Concluded however, has sold for q great deal
more than any other picture In the Royal Academy,
excepting Lnndseer's, and | shall obtain a still
better price next year. With this knowledge.
! think we may rest very well satisfied, az such
solid success Il never achieved against such pow
ertul opposition without its having unmistakab!e
deserts. This tie world will see In spite Of all
these shameful attempts 10 ruin me- In the
same month Of May. 1856, Millais tell Of the treat
mcnt me,ed out TO Charles Reade, whom he men tons
for the first time, who aiiorward became a
rrrn, friend Of his: II dined At the Gnrrick with
Rcade. the author Of tits Never Too Late to Mend
lie Is delighted with my pictures, and regards all
criticism rs worthless lie has never been re-
viewed at all In the Jipxy, although his book hiss
passed through more editions tl.an most Of the
6rstclass novels" In 1857. Tho Blind Girl
and Sir Isumbras at tho Ford were produced
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SOME VEN B00ks
m, John Everett Mnlais.

", havc before us In two large octave vol
umsa embolishcd with more than three huniton
illustrations, The LUs and Works N Sr John
rrs,,ff liiats. !SOmdirs President of he itopd'
Asad,rv by his son, JoIN GUILE MiLLAis
1rrcdsnck A. Stokes Coz This book. 81 course
n NO, A mer, biography. hut a history ~ the pre-
pAphnAite movement In England. IL Is Also q
eopious contribution to the anecdo'ioh history VI
the Victorian Age. a chapter Icing devoted 70 mo
authors relations with leech, Thnckrrhy, "Ih'o
Collin. and Anthony Trollore We ftnd nI$'"
rren, deal about Holman Hunt, lnndSfer' mex
ems. Lord Lyttnn, John Fright, Dibrncl AMI "lah'
STONE Thnss who care for Du Nnuner . stories
will le glad To learn that a chapter IA hio"ed 10
their nu'Lor II might he imagined that IN ne
of Millnls written by his son. all references !" Johh
Ruslin would lie omitted. Such, nesershele's'
IA not the case We can scarcely expect however
20 hear the hographer discourse ~ any lohe'h
upon bis mother y divorce from Nr Ruskin TO
only reference 10 the subject VIII he i"uhd
on pA4es Is; 2Ss Il the Grst volume, where We arc
told that, on July 3 ls55, John Everett Millhis
vas married To- Euphemin Chnlmer Gray, ~Ider
daughter u Mir George Gray ~ B'werswe''
Perth In a note We read Miss Gray had heen
prsviousIv married TO John Ruskinl but mat
marriage had ,ern nnnulled In 1854 on grounds
sanctioned equaly by Church and state f"th
good taste and feeling seem 10 require that no de
tailed refer noes should te made 10 the c1Tclm'
stances attending that annulmcnt But On Dc
half Of those who love their mother well II may
surely he sid that, during the courys of the Judi
cdal proceedings instituted by her. and through
ou, the period II thu void marriage and the whole
Of hnr after years, not ono word could he or ever
was uttered impugning the correctness and purity
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When the latter picture was exhibited in the
ACADEMY. Il wns greeted with howls Of execration.
mo on roar Of Ruskin being this time heard high
ABOVE The iackafs whclp Of his followers. The
great critic could ace In II no single point for admir-.
auon. Now, however. that time and vnrnisa have
done ueir work the plcturei is "a universally praised
IA II was formerly condemned time and warn.
ish' Mlllnis tsod 70 say. Arc the greatest Old
Masters that ever lived" Among the %saurical
comments published Al the time on "Sir lsumhras"
was a large print entitled a Nightmare" and
p"leNed 10 be the work Of a disting uished brother
artst II represented Millais's picture In a In
dicrous manner, and showed the painter In the
%t oil crossing a ford on the back Of a loud.braying
ass seated on the from, Of tie saddle in tie place
OF one Of the woodcu,,er's children. Dante g
kosse''i VAS depicted In the mighty hands q the
s'eelc!al knight Clinging round the waist Of the
champion was a quain, maniun. mea I for
Holman Hunt The picture Of "Sir lsumhr.s
al Tie Ford" was purchased by Charles Rradc.
After hiS death. II became tie properly Of Mr
John Graham, and. on Tie latters dcc-ase, MIR
h"b"ri Vincent bought it for a large sum Nil
his himself considered the horse in the painting
defective, and altered II in the latter years Il lis
HE. lie wro'c TO tie owner at the time Aug.
lh52i "ITu,iy a, IL undoubtedly WAS. tie poetry
IN The picture ought To have saved 1t from the
savage onslaught 81 all The critics, notably, John
huskin, who wrote VI II. This Is not a fasco, but
4 catastrophe On the other hand, Thackcray
embraced Mc, nut his arms round my neck. and
sad Never mind, my boy, 90 on painting more
such pictures"
MIla's exhibited nothing in 1853, and, in the
follow lnu \enr am tIa 'urpin1 pptnt I'm piS
NO. tho period when, witl the exception Of a few
men oil independent Judgment, all the powers Of
the art world were arrayed agains, him, and,
under their influence, even the picture dealers
began TO look askance upon his work. Thus,
even from the financial point o. view, the sit
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Ill.

II seems that more sketches wrrp made for Nil
lAis' = picture OF the -liugucnot- than for any others
Of his works. His son has a number CT these
sketches In his possession They show that the ar
lists iirst ideawas TO put other figures in The picture;
two priests holding up the crucinx Ia the lluguenot,
whose sweetheart. likewise, adds her persuasion.
Other drawings show a priest on either side q the
lover, holding up one Of the great candles Of the
Roman Catholic Church, which the Protestant
waves back with a gesture Of dIsapproval These
ideas were ultimately discarded. tie artist trust.
ing 10 the simplicity Of NE pa,hos which marks
his final choice Of subject Tho scene, il will
be remembered, is supposed to take place on the
eve Of the massacre Of ST Bartholomew II shall
have" wrote Millnis. two lovers In the act OF part
ing; the woman a Papist and the man a Protestant
The badge worn To distinguish the former from
tho latter Was a white scarf on the left arm. Many
were base enough To escape murder by wearing
IL The girl will be endeavoring IA tie the hand
korchiei round the mans arm in order To save
him: but he, holding hs faith above his greates,
worldly love, will be softly preventing her. |
am in high spirits about the subject, as q r. en-
tr,lv my o,rn. and, | think, contains the high.s,
moral" Tie model for "Ophclia," also exhibited
in 1851, WAS a milliner's apprentice, with red
coppery hair, afterward married to u. G, Rossctti.
There is no doubt that "0phelia" Is ono ~ the great
,1umphs Of Millnis's pre- Raphaeh,e days. VIXEN
"a Huguenot" was exhibited At the Royal Acad.
envy, crowds stood before IL all day long. Men
stood before 1t for hours, and went away but 10
return. The painting had clothed the old feelings
of men In . new garment, and It's pathos found
almost universal acceptance. This. indeed, was
the prturs tha, brought Millats to the height Of
his reputation. 1t is said to have been painted
under a commission for Medina for $50, but,
~ a matter Of fact, Millsis received $3.50 for il,
paid in installmens. and, in course Of time, the
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John Everett MIllais was born al Souths mpton
on June 8, 1929: he was the youngest son Of John
william Millais, a descendant OF an old Norman
family, which. according 10 tradition, had resided
In Jersey since the Conquest John William
Millais was a man Of nne presence and undeniable
talent, being not only a fair artist but an excellent
musician With all his gifts, he was a man Of no
ambition, save as his children might be concerned,
and desired nothing beyond tho life he led a. a
quiet country gentleman. Some four years after
the birth Of the subiectoi this biography, his par
ents returned to Jersey, and settled near st Helicrs
In 1885. the family removed TO DinAn In Brittany,
where they remained two years, after which they
went back toSt Heliers The only general eduoa.
ton which John Millais seems 10 have received was
derived from his mother. His instruction In art,
ON the other hand. began early In the winter Of
1880. when ne was no, yet ten years old, a
vacancy was found for hin In the bost art
OF tho time. a preparatory school at bloomsbury.
kept by a portrait painter Of repute named Henry
Sass While still between nine and ten years Of
oge. young MiliaLs gained the silvor medal offered
by tho Society Of Arts for q large drawing OF The
Battle Of Bannockburn.' AT the age OF 10. Mnlais
was admitted a student OF tho Royal Academy,
tho younges, student who ever found entrance
wltn'h us walls, and during the SIX years passed
thcSe'hecarned OIL every honor tho Academy had to
oestow' Az IL, he won a medal for a drawing
from the antique; at "a he began TO paint and. al
II. aihf taking tho gold medal for an oil paint
Ing called Tho ~BenInminites Selling Their
Brides, he contributed TO the annual exhibition
a canvas which va, placed by a French critic
on . level with the best historical work OF the year.
II was the picture Of @P1znro Selling the Inca Of
Peru AT the academy. where no was then well
treated. and became A general fovohte, they nick
named Mnlats tho Child a name that stuck 20
him for tho rost Of his life al IRE Garrick Club
He worked INCREASINGLY. and was reco-rl.cd uni.
vsrsally a. q youthful genius from whom great
things were 10 he expected, but as the smallest
and youngest member Of tho community, he had
TO flag, and was generally told of 70 fetch ples
and skulk for his fellow students while they were
q work.
After NiIlais had received tho gold medal Of
he Royal Academy, many distinguished men
sook notice of him. and, notably, ROGERS the
bsnker-poet, whose break IA st parties are matters
OF history, All the literary lions Of the
day were 70 be met there, hut at that time
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10 a cr.sts. Ono Saturday morning Millals

came 70 q crisis Ons Saturday morning Millais
cams 70 his work some ven minutes late, whsrc
upon Thomas attacked him furiously. winding
up a long haIanxue with a personal remark that
s,ung him 10 the quick. The arts, had lust
arranged his palette with fresh oil colors, and,
in a moment sen, 4, nyins n, his employers head.
A viol-n, slamming Of the door announced Nil
laiss departure. and his determination never to
enter the house again The two mndc IL UP,
however, later on. Thomas agreed TO increase
the pay N 1850 a year, and. for a abort umelonge.
Millais connnued W work for him.