THE LADY HERSELF. 
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edge of the table. Beard himself never painted 
a droller group of monkeys, nor one half so life- 
like. It will always be a mystery to me how to 
these dead, stiff faces Mrs. Maxwell succeeds in 
giving so live and keen and individual a look. 
“ The collection of birds is a beautiful one, 
nearly exhaustive of the Colorado birds and 
containing many fine specimens from other 
countries.” 
Of course only the Colorado department of this 
museum was represented at the Centennial, yet 
its groups of animals and birds were so numerous 
and so instinct with something fresh and life- 
like, that, weary as I became of ceaseless ques- 
tions, I could but sympathize with the desire to 
know what circumstances could have enabled a 
woman to develop artistic power in such a direc- 
tion, and what motive could have inspired her, 
even with any amount of skill, to undertake 
such a herculean enterprise. 
IN introducing Mrs. Maxwell to those who have 
& never seen her, it may be well to premise 
that she is neither an Indian, nor half-breed, nor an 
Amazon, nor, despite the title of “ Colorado Hun- 
tress,” which many newspapers have given her, 
one who, thirsting for notoriety, seized deadly 
