An Artist's Studio

It is quite generally known that Miss Katie J. Rogers, a niece of the noted sculptor, Randolph Rogers, of Rome.Italy, and daughter of Moses Rogers, of this city, has quite an extensivo collection of paintings in her studio, on North División, corner of Ann strect. This lady seems to have a special gift in the production of faces, and luis liiv1 "f "er time and attontiou to that class of work. But slie has excellent taste in bringing out the beauties of a landscape, also. Ye reporter, with pencil and paper, ¦migtat out Miss Rogers and interviewed her studio a day or two since, thinking perliaps our readers would be glad to knnw the progress home talent is making. Upon first entering the room one is confused, almost, by the innumerable pictures, and faces, and birds, and arins, and modela of one sort and another, peering at hun from all sides. To enumérate the hundred and one subjects of study witli which :m artist gradually works up to perft-ction, wouJd take a great deal of time and space. To be a good artist requircs much time, and a great deal of hard study, and so much patiënte and perseverance that the average man could hardly succeed, even with a natural talent therefor. It requires a sharp eye to mix the colors, and a wonderful faculty to decide upon the lights and shades, and the Wending of colors harmoniousl3r. We can all realize how much study it requires to acquire sufllcient knowledge to fill a professor's otaalr in our university, but it requircs quite as much, and of amorevarietl nature to m;ike even a passable artist The secrects of nature's beauty must be found out and indcllibly impressed upon the mind. The busy artist holds one grand and continual communion with nature. Very many of Miss Rogéis' pictures have been of and for people in our city, and in many of our residences can be seen the work of her hands. But her work lias not been of that character alone. We were shown some views of peculiar interest to us, as they were landscapes in and arouud this city, showing several places Wel] known to the writer as a boy. One eau hardly belieTC that there are such bcautiful landscapes around our city as this artist has produced. One in particular, looking north OMt over the river and dam, taking n a portion of the old business blocksof the lower town, gives il faint hint of (ermau castles, and carries one back in iin.iinatioii tO tl; days of the feudal lords. Urg picture, a scène on Allcn's creek, jtist beforc it reaches the river, is a beauty, while a snow seence on the same is adiniruble. Tfcere were several other pictnres, taken from shady nooks nboutour city, tliat only the eye of au nrtist would have hunted out. Miss Rogershasgiven considerable atlcntion to panel picturesand jilaqucs, also, and doriag the iprlng and summcr bas made a ¦peeM Ktiuly of wild llowers. Wr WUHJ shown a collcction of sonie lifty different varieties which sbe had gathered in the woods iboul oor city, and photognphad with brtish and )alate before thcy had wiilicred. Many of them wcre beautlful. Next season she will lakc np soine otbcr leparlmrnt and thui will have material I " true to nature " out of which to construct almost any kind of a picture that popular taste may happen to " rage "' about. We also noticed cats' heads, dogs' heads, flower-stems, and liollyhock stalks; also many of the now extremely fashionable plaquea, panels and portieres, and considerable ijl the decorative art line. Last winter cats' heads on plaques were the rage, and the artist's pet kitten set ovtr thirty times for its portrait to supply the (Iemand. Just at present a species of panel pictures, termed portiere, hung Japanese style, about the same as a map with a roller at top and bottom, and cord and tassel, are extremely fasbionable for wall drapery. Upou these the tall-growiin; tiowers, likt: the liollyhock, some of the mille weeds, various wild llowers, etc., produce the finest effect. It is a notewortby fact that nn aitist lias to keep up with the constantly changing siylcs, the same as do the manufacturera wlio construct the fornitura fr our homes, the times demand a constant chance in everything, and it does not take long B style to go out of date.