Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-01-13
A REALISTIC ARTIST.
The Wonderful Accomplishments of a
Frisco Paint.Slinger.

From the San Francisco Post.
'Do you-ahem do you ever print an,
art items in your paper?" asked rathe
seedy-looking man with long hair, sloucl
hat, and paint ON his fingers, softly edgin.
into the Posts inner sanctum the other day
The managing editor glanced savagely W
from his monday sandwich, and, after evi
IDENTIFY repressing desire to add the long
haired party to his viands, replied in the
affirmative.
Because" continued the young man, scow
ling critically at cheap chrome on the wall
because thought if you cared to record the
progress of real aesthetic art culture on this
coast you might send your art critic around
to my studio to take some notes."
Might, eh?" said the editor between
cheWs.
'Yes, sir. For instance, there's mann
moth winter-storm landscape I've Just fin
ished for Mr.. Mudd, the bonanza king It's
called "A HailstOrm in the Adirondacks,' and
visitor who sat down near it the other day
caught a sore throat in less than fifteen min
utes. The illusion is so perfect, you under
stand. Why, had to put in finishing touches
Don't say?"
Fact, sir; and there's little animal gem
did for Gen Glerkins the other day-por-
trait Of his Scotch terrier, Snap. The morn
ing it was done cat got into the studio,
and the minute it saw that picture it went
through the windOw-sash like ten-inch
SHELF
did, eh 2"
h, ol,o - ~
when | next looked at the canvass the dogs
hair was standing up all along his back like
a porcupine. Now, how do you account for
that? ?"
Dunno"
1T just beats me. When the Governor
the work he insisted On my paint
ing on a post with dog chained to it, Said
he didn't know what might happen"
"Good scheme" the President-maker
II don't do much in the animal line,
though" continued the artist thoughtfully
that is, not since last summer. 1 painted a
California polecat for an English tourist,
rom the skin of one he killed by mistake
or grizzly up in the foothills. And if
you1l take my word for it, the day / finished
is business end the health officials came
lown, tumigated the place and arrested me
or MAINTAINING nuisance.
did, eh?"
absurd, wasn't it? l did setter dog
or the same man, and shipped it to him at
liverpool. But it seems the f1eas got into
he box and bit SO many holes in the canvas
hat he threw it back on my hands"
''TOo bad
Wasn't it, though? My best hold, how
ver, is water views. You know George
Bromley, and how abstracted he is some
ines? Well, George dropped in one morn
ng and brought up before an eight-by- |
welve view of the San Joaquin River, with
boat tied to the bank in the foreground. |
m blessed if ne didn't absent mindedly take |
If his coat and step clear through the can
as trying to jump into the boat-thought |
ed go out rowing, you know"
No, l don't know"
Speaking about that picture reminds me
f a mean trick that was played on me by |
JObber, whose studio is right next to mine.
lie was so enviOus my large orders that
he night before that painting was to be de-
lvered he climbed over the transom and .
meared out the rope that anchored the boat !
speak of to the shore. The next morning
he skiff was gone-tiOated down stream
on see."
II do-do ?"
ut took me four days to paint it in again
cad loss, you see; although believe the
did agree to pay me $25 extra in
ase it came back on the next tide. Pretty
quare OF him, now, wasn't it?''
"Have they carried out that journeyman
With the smallpox ?" said the editor, wink
ng at the foreman, who had come in Just
hen to swear for copy. ...
Smallpox? ? That reminds me of realis-
ic historical subject Pm engaged on now,
ntitled, The Plague in Egypt I had only
ompleted four of the principal figures when
lst Tuesday the janitor, who sleeps in the
ext room, was taken out to the hospital
nth the most pronounced case of leprosy you
YER saw, and this morning the boy who
likes the paints began to scale off like a
late root. really don't know whether to
eep on with the work or not. How does it
trike you?"
ut strikes me that You had better slide"
aid the un@sthetic molder of public opinion,
rufdy. -
Don't care to send the reporter round,
1en?"
"No, sir" t]'
Wouldn't like to give an order for life
re Guttenberg Discovering the Printing !
ress,' eh?" i;
Mary order"
Don't want a seven-by-nine group of the !
aft done in oil or crayon ?" aL j
'"NO," said the editor, as he again lowered 4:
imsef into the depths of leader on the
oumanian imbroglio, "but if you care to
'uch up two window-frames, some desk 4,
gs, and the fighting editors black eye for ,
ur bits and o lot of comic exchanges, You
IN sail in.", s
Its q whack," promptly calculated the {
sciple of aesthetic culture, and, borrowing {
garette from the dramatic critic ON account, /,
3 drifted of, after his brushes. f1fr,-. sgtv j
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