Judge — April 29, 1882 — page 19: what you’re looking at

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THE JUDGE. 11 MOTHER GOOSE IN WASHINGTON. ‘THERE was an old statesman tossed up in a blanket, Fifty times as high as a loon; And where he was going I couldn't but ask him, For he was reading the New York Tribune. “Old statesman, old statesman, old statesman,” quoth I, “Whither, O whither, © whither so bight” “To settle the hash of Peru-Chili, And:polish off Shipherd, vy-and-by.” Decorative Art Conversations Taktnc into consideration the great inter- est manifested in the decorative art nowa- days, especially among women, we herewith present a few simple examples, together with some familiar conversations, which cannot fail to be valuable to the decorative art amateur. All sorts of earthenware may be made beanti- ful, and much of the old-fashioned sort needs it, from a shaving-cup to a bed-pan, and other things. Then, again, how nice to have a lot of cheap looking tiles fixed up with pictures onthem, and have your husband hire a mason to:set' them around your,fire-place. And ina matter of economy—what 4 lielp a good and decorative wife can be to her husband. . She can, after adopting the pastime, even save him the expense of buying carpets by simply decorating the floors, True, it may cost him a trifle more than carpets would to prepare the floor for decoration, but if he is an appre- ciative man he won't mind that, Now for our first example presented in the illustration. This may be regarded as an economic example. For instance, the animal occupying the larger part of the example may. be designated as almost anything, from the wsthetic mule to the dado. Call it a reindeer or an ibex, a buffalo or a jack-rabbit, all the decorative amateur has to do is to copy it, and when admiring friends fail to see at first glance just what you intended to represent, then you have a chance to show your genius by naming it whatever you like. Of course you can fill up the picture with anything you like. If you settle in your mind that it is to be a reindeer, all you have to do is to work in a few scratches of wild forest scenery—mere sketches, of course; or, if a jack-rabbit, why, a few indications of prairie scenery. Such a picture would look beautiful on an old cracked tea-pot, using your natural ingenuity to make the cracks.in the chinaware stand for rivers, waterfalls, etc. The next example is quite as simple and at the same time quite as easy to catch on upon, At first glance the central figure would appear to be an esthetic lady inhaling the fragrance ofa sunflower. But it isnot necessarily that. The figure may be that of Sullivan the boxer, Harry Hill, or Ann Dickinson contemplating a Crown of Thorns.” Make it a boyor girl, or anostrich, or a stork. It all depends upon what you are going todecorate. This design would look well on the bottom of a platter or on chamberware. Of course there must be some judgment used. If you make up your mind that the central figure shall be Sullivan, you will have to drop the skirts, and put the anat- omy into ring costume; and, of course, you will require sketchy indications of a twenty- four-foot ring, and a few intelligentlooking Spectators in the background. Rut if you conclude that Ann Dickinson would be the most appropriate figure for a cuspidore or a slopjar, why, you will be obliged to give indi- cations in your background and surroundings of scenes upon the stage. We are glad to have an opportunity to in- dulge in a few snatches of conversation on dec- orative art with amateurs. We are with you heart and soul. We have a wife who is with you. She has decorated everything in the house, from the cooking-stove to a castoff shoe, We have torn out every mantel-piece in the house to give place to her decorated tiles, some of which are remarkable, so much so that we have no rats; therefore you will un- derstand why we are heart and soul with de- corative art amateurs, The art has made us so unspeakably happy that we long to have some other man made happy, and we give these few examples in the hope that the seed may fall on good ground. The Thompson. Investigation. THE Senate Committee appointed to in- vestigate Hubert O. Thompson’s management of the Department of Public Works held an- other session in this city on Saturday last, and in a painstaking way resumed their labors. It is not to be expected that this committee can bring to light at a single sitting all the hidden mysteries of the Chambers street dive. Each member of the committee is determined, however, that the investigation shall be a thorough one, and no political ‘‘clap-trap” will be countenanced by either of them, not- withstanding Thompson’s attempts to create an opinion to the contrary among law-abiding citizens, When the committee proposed to continue itssessionsin Albany, where the mem- | bers have a vast amount of legislative work to perform, Bulldozer Bliss, of counsel for Thomp- son, coolly remarked that his client must ob- ject to such a course, as the experse of re- maining in Albany for any considerable length of time could not be afforded by him. As the second Tweed found it very convenient, prior. to the organization of the Senate, to frequently visit Albany, and live in a style which remind- ed his guests of the days of Tweed the First in the Delavan House, Colonel Bliss’ little speech upon the subject of what Thompson can or cannot afford should have been delivered before a company of “marines.” As between Barnum and his money, and England and her parsimony, bet on the form- er, every time, by Jumbo! Can the man who gocs off at half-cock pro- perly be termed a rooster? Very light cavalry (and very little of it at that): U. S. Cavalry, Now that the temperance folks of Hold Hengland ‘ave fallen foul of Tennyson’s ‘ All Hands Round,” the Poet Laureate feels called upon to apologize for the poem. The apology might be based on grounds more relative than this, however. Tue New York Herald says the Boston girls pad their shoulders, and the Boston girls have got their backs up because of it. “P. 1.” had better take that padding back. - Senator JoE Haw.ey, of Connecticut, wants Congress to grant him a permit to ac- cept divers and sundry decorations that a number of European powers are aching to thrust upon him. It is to be hoped that per- mission will be granted. If anybody ever needed decoration, in the highest style of the Morris-Burne-Jones school, it is Joe Hawley. By all means let Joseph be decorated—not only as regards a coat of many colors, but in every other way known to the mysteries of esthetic art. He can stand it all—and more, too. WHIFFS WITH CORRESPONDENTS. H. 8, K.—Shall be pleased to hear from you whenever the spirit moves. J. W. S—You are the first spring poet that has thus far caught on with THE JUDO, therefore be happy. Prren—You are misinformed; there has been no rush to ace the play you mention. In fact, it fs “not worth a rush.” Jay B. C.—" Bax Jcpox: You know all about it—1am sure you do; and so please tell me why some operators in Wall ‘street are called dears and others buts.” Well, as near as the court could ever get at tt, Bears are those fellows who barely pall throngh, year in and year out; the Bulle—well, speaking of them, it is generally a “toss up” whether they win oF lose. © Junseyaan."—No, sir; Secretary of State Frelinghuysen ts notof Chinese origin, if you do think the ““orthographical con- struction of his name might Imply as much.” His ancestors ‘were Dutchmen who emigrated to this country immediately after taking Holland, Judging from the masterly toactivity of State Department policy, under his altogether Datch direction the Americans may be enabled to capture America (or at least that portion of it known as the United States) within, aay, the coming century. But this is what the mathematicians would call aQ. FD. comicbooks.com