(_An Elegant Extract from a Future Development._)
The Committee this year has wisely been recruited from the Master Bill
Posters' Guild; the old-fashioned method of "hanging" is abandoned,
and advertisements are now "stuck" on the walls by the New "B"
Gum Process (for which Sir J. MILLBOARD contributes a charming
illustration No. 20,000). During a preliminary survey, we were
astonished by the blatant excellence of the exhibition. "_A Bicycle
Made for Five_," by Mr. LOWTHER R. CADE (No. 2006), is especially
delicate and sudden; the tone is aluminium throughout, and although no
children are represented as bodily on the machine, a Kineto-Phonograph
inserted in the axle dexterously responds to a penny in the slot--when
the youthful athletes are both seen and _heard_ in the adjacent
horse-pond. "_Gregory the Grateful_" (No. 612) fully sustains Dr.
UTTERSON'S reputation for historical advertisement; by pressing a
spring the Pope actually swallows the powder, and seems to like it.
It is quite equal to this Master's "_Columbus in Wall Street_" of
last year. Mr. G. MORLAND'S "_Carter's Pill-gathering in the Old Kent
Road_" (No. 69) is too realistic for modern taste; the fine oaks in
the background are absolutely hidden by placards; but Lord BOXALL'S
"_While there is Life there is Soap_" (No. 15,000z) is truly
impressionist; the life is full of soap, and the soap full of life. In
"_Glycerine_" (unnumbered), by Miss TOPSY TURVY (the Presidentess),
we have a fine example of "_The Newer Symbolism_,"--a patent revolving
motor displays its liquidity to equal advantage upside down.
Altogether the show is calculated to promote business--which is
the true end of Art; it also opens out infinite possibilities for
house-decoration.
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[Illustration: THE NEW PASSENGER.]
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