New-York tribune., 1902-02-12

msft for the head but how could distracted de de-
sgneT s eTa that? Nor could ne ro
aiS ii pS9e the Legend OF the stamps use Snd vaue
Now, the designer OF the new penny stamp mas
noticed this and determined that Il shall not be;
secured egi6iity By printing The words IN Essson S
pS an Ugly 6s he f hf and b
on az the corners but We must allow for the strain
the oval overheard. though It has no longer a
whole space But whimsical fancy has seized
him of making this oval space not fiat as on
light the other. to the destruction OF all logic and
vice and the shine it gives to the Kings head that that
let US return to the oval % By sSits@ its reduc-
o9 nre in length s G Il has also g S mar S
The designer has imagined wreath for this pur
light and SHADE arrangement he has made its two
m Wa not Of on of m Gak ye a4d s gF area
continued in full force, would hlI up all the room
ton at the top These words must be got in some
how but also the gap between the the ends ends OF The
orally be on the Kings head is lifted off and sGs-
pended above the oval to join up the wreath which
also would naturally have been on the Kings
round head that is left bare But this device in
ghch has as 6ereore rs s to se Quite
scale from the first and bent round INTO the shape
remained two awkward corners; and, tired Of a toe
@ Gc9t w9rd fhe Gesgner s n saxe four other
nicks with his scissors make this silly trimming
crawl round the wreath and label below.
To the current number of The Art Journal MI
Austin Dohson contributes the first of series of
papers on the late Kate Greenaway. with whose
charming he is III the fullest sympathy. Amid
his talk about her work is this passage. in which
we get a discreet glimpse of her personality:
l remember that once. during country walk.
she gave me a long account of her childhood; which
l wish l could reproduce in detail. But | know
that she told that she had been brought up in
just such a neighbOrhOOd of red roofs and gray
old gardens she depicts in her drawings; and
that, in of the houses. II was her particular
delight to turn ancient chests and wardrObeS
filled with the fowered frocks and Capes OF the
Jane Austen period Then. again. | call to mind
another thing which she told me. either on this or
another occasion, which struck me as extremely
characteristic of her kind heart AS is we'll known:
she correspOnded frequently with Mr.. Ruskin, and
must have possessed numbers of his letters In his
him periodically-I believe she said once week.
He had long ceased, probably from ill-heslth, to
her letters but she still continued to write
lest he should miss the little budget of Chitchat
which he had grown accustomed. AT another
time-I fancy IL must have been in pleasant
country house which contained many examples OF
art, and where she putting the last
touches a delicately tinted child angel in the
margin of Bible-I ventured 10 say, Why do
your children always'- But need not complete
the query; the answer alone is important. She
looked at refectively. and said. Because see
II So
The reference to Ruskn suggests the citation or
an anecdote about him. which a visitor to the
hibition old masters Burlington House recalls.
He is imagined turning away people from the
Claudes because Of their being almost exclusive