Examples of household taste . gul seated at his ease,surrounded by his courtiers,watching the performance of acouple of clowns. Standingon the steps just outside of theMoguls court is the masterof the clowns, urging the poorfellows on to renewed exer-tions, while on either hand,keeping him, the master, tohis work, are two courtiers,one expostulating with himkindly, and the other standingsilent, with drawn sword, anda most sinister look on hisface—an action more potentthan words. This picture is a very goodillustration of Chinese picto-rial art. It is full of characterand action. What could beb
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Examples of household taste . gul seated at his ease, surrounded by his courtiers, watching the performance of acouple of clowns. Standingon the steps just outside of theMoguls court is the masterof the clowns, urging the poorfellows on to renewed exer-tions, while on either hand, keeping him, the master, tohis work, are two courtiers, one expostulating with himkindly, and the other standingsilent, with drawn sword, anda most sinister look on hisface—an action more potentthan words. This picture is a very goodillustration of Chinese picto-rial art. It is full of characterand action. What could bebetter than the attitude andexpression of the master ofthe clowns here, or of the pe-destrian who has paused inhis walk to enjoy their an-tics? It is not fine art, con-sidered by our canons of gooddrawing and perspective, but it shows more artistic perception and ability toportray the salient points of a situation, than many European artists possess. Lace Curtain . Heyman 6-> Alexander, Nottingham, Eng. INDUSTRIAL ART ?45. The severe plainness instyle for furniture that hasquite superseded the pat-terns of twenty-five yearsago is illustrated in theBuffet exhibited by Col-linson & Locke, of Lon-don, in their department atthe Centennial. It is afterthe manner made familiarto us in this country byMr. Eastlake in his bookon Household Art. Thebenefit of that volume tothe people both here andin England has been quiteincalculable. It woke every-body up to the evils ofglue and veneer and mere-tricious ornament and dis-honest workmanship. Itcalled for good, honestjoinery in wood-work, andprotested against shams.It showed, too, how muchmore harmonious and howmuch more truly artistic aroom would appear fur-nished in the manner headvocated than with the in-congruous assortment offragile bow-legged mon-strosities to which the public had become accustomed. It is possible that theenthusiasm of Mr. Eastlake led him too far in his crusade, but in the main his