Kansas Arts and Industries from Topeka, Kansas • 25

26 KANSAS ARTS AND INDUSTRIES. I have seen several rooms recently finished in paint not dull to imitate ebony, but with enough shellac in the last coats to give a perceptible gloss. Instead of being gloomy, as one might suppose, in reality it gives a very brilliant effect, the black acting as a. decided contrast to, and heightening the color of, the Of course judgment must be shown in papering, and gloomy or sombre tones must be avoided. The yellow or pink shades perhaps look the best.

Some of the rooms finished in this way had the hardware of oxidized silver, making a very striking combination. Black and gold would make an effective room. ART NOTES. Prof. Geo.

E. Hopkins of the Kansas Art School will also teach painting at the State University this year. Arthur E. Peck, one of Topekas most promising young artists, started for Europe September 7th. He will spend the coming winter in Paris, and will then visit England, and probably Germany and Italy.

He expests to be absent a couple of years, and promises that his friends shall hear from him through the columns of our magazine. Mr. Geo. M. Stone, whose work since his return from Europe is attracting considerable attention, is engaged on some landscapes of more than ordinary interest.

Mr. Woodman had recently on exhibition a very creditable portrait of Hon. T. D. Thacher.

We are sorry to learn that Mr. Woodman contemplates leaving Topeka. Prof. Worrall, one of the pioneer artists of Kansas, is very much interested in industrial education. We shall expect to present some of his ideas on that subject in a future number.

Prof. Geo. E. Little will teach wood carving and modeling at the State University this year. Future numbers of Dr.

Menningers talks on Artistic Anatomy will be appropriately illustrated. Among the illustrations for November number of Arts and Industries will probably be a full page illustration from a study by Prof. Geo. E. Hopkins, sketch (landscape) by Mr.

F. C. Barton, pen sketches by Mrs. Laura E. Stewart, and probably from students of the Art School, sketches illustrating articles by Mr.

Stone and Mr. Seymour Davis. We shall also expect contributions from artists in other parts of the State. Miss Laura M. OBryon will teach mechanical and free hand drawing at the State University.

OUR ILLUSTRATIONS. The Art Supplement this number is from an etching by Prof. Geo. E. Little, of Kansas State The illustrations for the article, An Architect in Europe, are from pen drawings by Mr.

Davis. The Art School advertisement, as also that of Swift Holliday, dealers in artists materials, are from pen drawings by Prof. Hopkins, who also contributes some very neat ornamental initials found at the heads of several articles. The attractive ornament on page 20 is from a pen drawing by Mrs. Geo.

E. Hopkins, The heading for our title page and the initial for first page are from pen drawings by Raymond L. Winchell, Our architectural design this month is furnished by Messrs Perkins Adams, of Topeka. BUSINESS NOTICES. We want a representative in each of the principal cities of the state to receive subscriptions for Arts and Industries, and report matters of interest in the line of our work.

Young men wishing to obtain a business education will do well to write for the catalogue of the Topeka Business College, and see what advantages are there offered. The Kansas Art School offers special inducements to students from outside the city and also for new beginners. Write for particulars, addressing Geo. E. Hopkins, Principal, Topeka, Kansas.

One of the most important of the industrial interests of the State is the packing business, which is best represented by the plant of Francis Whittaker Sons, at Wichita. The plant and grounds of this concern cover twenty acres, and it is conceded to be the best arranged and equipped establishment in its line west of Chicago. Every known modern improvement in the packing business is found in use here, and makes possible the production of their superior line of the Star brand of sugar-cured meats and breakfast bacon, which are unsurpassed in any market. Their brands of Strictly Pure Unadulterated Lard, free from all doctoring, are known throughout the world. The firm of Francis Whittaker Sons, Pork and Beef Packers, is one of the oldest in the United States, being established at St.

Louis in 1848, and makes a specialty of first-class meats. The Wichita plant was opened in August, .1889. The capacity of the establishment is 2,500 hogs and 200 cattle daily, and their principal market the Wichita Hams is Kansas, Colorado and Indian Territory, and, notwithstanding the difficulties incident to the failure of crops and scarcity of stock last year, a gain of 55 per cent, in the business of the house has already been shown. The successful operation of this large plant is a benefit both to stock raisers and the great army of consumers in the State..