PHOEBE PICKERING JENKS.

 The dark-haired little daughter of Mrs. Charles Hayden, of Boston,
would have been labelled in Sir Joshua's day as "Innocence."
 Among Mrs. Jenks latest and most successful portraits is that of
"Master Appleton Lawrence," who is said to closely resemble his emi-
nent father and a noble little fellow he is.
 Mrs. Jenks is now at the maturity of her powers, and has earned
an enviable fame by the conscientious use of her talents. Some
twenty-five of her canvases
were recently gathered
at the St. Botolph Club
for a special exhibition, -
and the crowd was so great
in the gallery that numbers
had to wait outside for a
chance to enter- "just "
because they were pictures
of children, and everybody
likes children," was Mrs.
Jenks' modest comment.
 Personally, Mrs. Jenks
is a large vigorous figure,
"dark-haired, with a fresh
glow in her face. The
charcoal portrait of Mrs.
Jenks by Mr. Gaugengigl
is faithful to the original.
Her manner is singularly
frank and sincere.
 And this sincerity dis-
tinguishes her art. She MASTER APPLETON LAWRENCE.
endeavors to paint the
real child, at its best, and she always discovers that "best," in pose, in
contour, in color, in character, and expression.
 "Indeed," she said to me with a sudden burst of enthusiasm, they
are always more beautiful than I can paint them I "
 C. P Stuart.