As many of the readers of Woman’s King
dom are much interested in the study of fine
art, and especially crayon work, I wish to tell
them of a valuable present I have just re
ceived from an artist of the first order in Mis
sissippi. Some months ago when “Aunt
Bnsie’s” picture appeared at the head of the
children’s column 1 received a letter from a
lady asking me if I would not send her a good
photo, as she would like to make a crayon
picture for her studio, and also present me
■with a copy. This morning the portrait was
received; a perfect likeness, beautifully exe
cuted and handsomely framed; a present so
valuable that it is difficult to find words to ex
press my thanks. The portrait is treated in a
Very artistic manner, the features are well
modeled, the expression good, and the hair
and eyes perfect, giving the most natural ap
pearance to the head I have ever seen in a
crayon picture. All who have seen it express
their admiration for it as a work of art. My
thanks for this handsome present are duo Mrs.
J. D. Owings, of Byhalia, Miss., and to any of
my readers who wish photographs enlarged
and fine crayon pictures taken, I can heartily
recommend the work of this talented and ac
complished artist.
Editress Woman’s Kingdom.
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Woman—Her Dignity, Mission and Influence.
(Contributed by Lizotta J. Apel, South Carolina.)
Tho most important element of human
progress is the elevation of the female character
ana the restoration of woman to her proper station
In society. Nothing characterizes this age more de
lightfully than the interest manifested in giving
woman her appropriate place in the scale of being.
