People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1893 — “Sweet Charity." [ARTICLE]

“Sweet Charity."

In the Artists’ Exhibition of 1893 at the New York Academy of Design, there was exhibited an oil-painting by J. L. G. Ferris, entitled “Sweet Charity.” Its richness of coloring commanded instant attention, while the lesson it taught was so impressive that one naturally returned to it for a second view. Its subject is a young lady of colonial times who is on an errand of charity to one of the poorer families of the town. She has a sensible, charming face, which expresses with remarkable fidelity the sentiment of her errand. There is not a home that this charming picture will not ornament It must be seen to be appreciated. , “Sweet Charity" was purchased by the Publishers of Tne Youth'» Companion and has been reproduced in colors in large size, 14Wx2L It will be sent to all new subscribers to Tht Companion who send $1.75 for a year’s subscription, and the paper will also be sent Free from the time the subscription is received, to January, 1894, and for a full year from that date, to January, 1895. This offer includes the Double Souvenir Numbers published at Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. Address, Ths Youth’s Companion, Boston, Mass. Longshot—“Take my advice, my boy; quit betting on the races. Fast horses will be your ruin if you keep on.” Oddson—“No, you’re wrong. It isn’t the fast horses that break me; it's those that aren’t quite fast enough. "—Hallo.