TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7737, 17 December 1890, Page 4

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Missus G. E. M AJWaa wo wi D | to be congratulated on h&vfotf _.v ** 1 feat which has certainly nelT* ni ' 1 lg«£ by any other- young 1 landers, and wo .hail probably bo JT I saying has sot been equally /"• *» I other of our colonial yomfe A.tJ* 1 1 t-4>Mfa. mai,;_Vi_* I book, they Lave reached about the Zl 1 . point oa Mount Cook m • Mrt ta_Js | i that aocompiwhed Alpine tm.tkt 'tf 1 Green reached a peak *_* I WA f; another before him which Z 1 possibly be a few feet higher, bnt £ 1 unable to tackla it for »a n . of 1 Messrs llannering WJ a Dixoa fefcl I similar eiperience. Had tha m.w feJ I la good order, another half-hon* I ; have enabled them to auto ths *__*_) 1 pealc, and to determine whether I longed the distinction of h.!a s Aora&tf, I topmost pinnacle; Thedecliuing.ua _J». 1 ever, .warned them that they I to lose, and, as it was, they hkd _ I ! exciting aud anxious time « $■. 1 : hurried back to the head of ths I glaoier. Had they failed fe aa* ft I before darkness set In it is vary ionktH I whether they would have -urvfoedl total 1 the tale. In some respects the feat <*f t_, F ■ young Nay Zeaianders was more xtmafr, '' able than that of the Eev. W. 8, | It is doubtful whether ths -.ountabj j not in worse condition for dimbiajf tSuw $ when he tackled it, but, apart froia tUfc, the Irish clergyman, hicigelf aa olimber of great experience, had the asm. tance of two professional Swig, §*_&$ I the best he could procure. -leasts Kg*. \ nering and Dixon were thrown j their own resources. Needless to m I the risk run is much greater ,fe I in the case of two men attempting to climb 8 a mountain of the first class thmtfhla § three are roped together. Bad eiikw gj Manneriug ox Dixon made a single fab I step during about eight hours of th. moftft m oritical part of their journey, the &kest 1 inevitable result must have been t_« || destruction of both. They carried I lives in their hands both during theis 1 Alpine work and their subsequent adTen- 1 turous voyage in canoes, which.is also I priefiy described in another column, tkff I may now very well res* on th.s k&rg-s 1 without attempting to eolipas ths &s£_ 1 1 they have just accomplished. .•„: " ,-i Oaa of the most chatty and mt« | _«ii& books of the present season is w My IMzf by the veteran artist, T. Sidney Ooeg«jr, 8.A., now in his eighty-seventh year,-#|q : has achieved the rare distinction of banng _xhiHt#d : at the jto/al'. -_cfade)tty)for fifty-seven consecutive years, up to pd includi_|? the present year". 1 This is a record such as no other "iriemli.. "of "ths Academy, past or present, can claim, Cooper was originally an appraatice to a coachbuilder. This mt the commencement of his art education. "It gave mc," as ha modestly ; <%*ss*;,'«* oekmtetol9s^H&fr ■ and how to grind and mix them—a knowledge which afterwards prored of great service U toe.V "He Was sketching one of the towers of Canterbury Cathedral | on a slate—for want of better __Ateri»V-« i When Cattermole, the artiat, saw Uml'm i impreeaed by the boy's aao! ] evident taste, .tod gin bim asfcfl-_ ol ' pencils 'and some paper* $km mch* painting he waa promoted to scene* painting* aad; lit, y*fp of agtf ; went lid London, x aad *"&-&-» .ketabttLg at- the British "wMn% making suohi progress that he was betes ' ; long admitted fo the schools of the. Jtojjjsl Academy. After this he'-wetl fayfe* time in Brussels, where he' married, ($4 on returning to Ifinglah'diu his profession, hi* $$&&* to attract attention aad lafuture waTa_sured. ;: ' T_w Mr 'Codj^r : _«'■* in the cburse of his long Itfo would lj» ( ai-, /ertenaive list. :Tunier once did him a good torn ia au««_and i, or-way'. 'Itt' : iß46 CoojWf',***'> pioturoAb tbe Academy, and efterj** B9 hung on " varaishiog day" be went to to _ca it up. While he was so eagagad who had four pictures at' the s-BieesM" bitipn, came by. Cooper fe^tim-SSir?,. "On the second day, whea pssfegMi palette in hand, and while I waaJ*"*? gaged upon my picture, be;<*""■! stopped to look a*, and then sayiag—< «v p ' f Put it out—it destroys tite br-S-P r he put a dab of color ovwita*-*!"** which. X • liad been , working »» d -»g walked away again. Sta&fiti-d a» ni® do it aa well aa myself, and maa-Sdlftwv s&id—. " ' ,' ■' * , "«Dont fom touch it ssaiaH** F* done in one mbmei-t all that it wftJl ' s:ed V )USi i "So I left it, and when Turner again, I went up to him showing by manner that I , upon-he nodded, and gfcve ft sort ef gw»«* bat vouchsafed never & .word. - «♦ Soon after this little epiood., -I m *J lunch and then left the building. . "Pas-ifigtip the Hsymarkof, i Jf**®: Into the Cafdds rEurope,' where Iw GUlott and some other dealers, «»■ ono© began asking mc about my psewf* .X told them that they were all _M. #«■ than mentioned the inadoatof IW/sr having pat & touch on my Welsh «c«». " ' What ip the size md tho _mw <* »• ?*" asked Mr CKUott. "I told him. , , rt __«, "'Ahd did tbe great; Turns. -*w touch noon it, as you cay ?' ."/Yes, he did V. I answered. ; fctu> picture is mis«» GiUott. - .- ' .' ' "„ - r -_. *«*But you have not se*a »f «* marked. . rt •"No matters Tamer wonldna*«r»*J7 touched it if ifc, bad not beau The picture ia mine at MMh w &®** * "sold."* .' • - :i ;- l> SoJ_B of Coopetr's reminl_cenc-« are "&&** sadi-the following about' Sir Edwin |is»«* se<flrin his latter days inexpressibly !»""*" *' lb was somewhere near Carshaltoa W "ha lived, and wo w_nt down tog*f bl Sunday. him so changed. He wa- friw»l* . drink, and «(.' *o once half out of his mina. He saja «> *>? «Ohl Cooper, you do not know »»**",* have been, and still am! And . care anything about mc j they ftloao imd they do nothing to MP •".

<112&&****___»__* »boat »ore than half boos*. r color, and look-E£og--**repulsive-like alimenwho. 2£t3t«a* intoxicated, and everyone "fi plaoa making rexnarks about lv* it«_,too> » melancholy pwtureof an B ofc-ble » a* 6 *** walkaf year, when I was upin^the Lake. sketahi-WatfeydalWater, c-me«p behindae and, «• ** IF*"* 8 *- for somewho can do that should have. just as he moved a*r_&W *ffEeman who can see that ought to' ,«._*_» name, too.* . € I -This he only answered with j A grunt,: oa. He looked very pec-thar, SlMkedsome men who to _» <! __*_ry close by, if jthey knew said; 'Why, that% ijrfh-f. tie poet. He's a fanny fellow/ Tasked. • ■ . *• • "vTby, he's madi' they answer_cL " »_j.y m-eting with "him occurredjnsfc at, } '&a time when tha poor man's mind was - Srißßio* to give way, though I did not SS En-«rtthea» and it had a very saddening ' fLiapc-i mc, when I heard not so vary. JjaJTafttr that he really was in that most . jgefcaefcoly condition." tfg Cooper hunself seems to have an* etiaWs kind of Hfe—a long 1 and. -xuscess-. 1 falcareer, and a placid old age. J&_» v -si ygsseipo for along lite:— ••• . ' r -• *f used to walk five br si* -uiles every * * &r how 1 do three or four, but S'Meregularly, at the same hoar. I always' - flso B-yi*i»tinis w OOI at seven ! at the morning in the half an; ,' hmr laier in the winter f set my palette, ' tad taunt till breakfast is ready, at * &&&&•' For t_d_ I eat oatmeal sense bread, and drink about half a pint **& srilk i B3C frotc my own cows. I *-___-& not t_sted a cup of tea. or coffee for yeais. I the porridge very, and at the same time very '7_f!DYs*ti ye °* ftpP^^ 6 ' while it keeps the f feed clear for a morning's workv Then X f.jStß*- to niy studio and paint till ltrach--j -£8- twelve o'clock, when I eat well, and bat little; after which I psintr "tafia till three. Then It clean .""dp toy "■• palette "for the day, and go out for xayi "'mlk, returning in time to wash and_pre««Hte for a *ix o'clock dinner, which, T" ;#soy» without my glass- of port; fofc fe ,'_swr_~_sat_ giT.a that-up, aad every other ->$£_£ XX *nse* 5 1306 m 7 Jast »ev«re illness. * ifter Ma- 1 resdmy news|>ape-_ jat nine - smoke my 'at.teac - ydkfcfe X am off to bed." .-•'•.■-■.i--7" • 1 |J§ jCSoorsa, as we have said, retains his ~fecolfci-s;he still paints good" pioture»,r M#l-k&f?_ regularly hung by theAdasM?y„ contented mind. This is up his Hfe and and i-jijoao. us could wish for a better frame *'l£ jaind-ia which to approach the CCU-h our labors:— -. * , • .-,l' •

.--•-•< I -feel 'that I have risen to sorae disthat 1 have a name which no ir*Ss«suld purchase nor parchment alienate. ITMtg J-flbrafter, found peace in the better, j fesowledge of xay Saviour, and grace" which ;"%Si cotaiort mc for tlae xest of piy life - aa VweslAe trust, which will bear mc through u_t_e dark-valley when my time comes, and s tie .**-teed assurance that there is a •"gfifeioaa immortality, and that I shall one * - w&zee Him S3 He is." '■'..' - - i A' ' i■■-muniiMararnlia—a—»—.Bt j -•". .',., ~,■.■, mi In, -