The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-02-02
REALISTIC ART.

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seedy- looking man with long hair, slouch
hat and paint on his fingers softly edging in
to the Posts inner sanctum the other day.
The managing editor glanced savagely up
| from his MONDAY sandwich, and evidently re-
pressing desire to add the long haired party
to his viands, replied in the Affirmative.
Because" continued the young man,
scowling 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
ohews.
Yes, sir. For instance there's a NAM
moth winter-storm landscape I've just finish
ed for Mr. Mudd, the Bonanza king. 1t is
called "A Hail-storm in the Adrondacks,
and visitor who sat down near it the other
day caught sore throat in less than five
minutes. The illusion is so perfect. you I'M
derstand? Why, had to put the finishing
touches with my ulster and arctic overshoes
on"
"Don't say -
Fact, sir; and then there's little animal
gem did for Governor Glerkins, the other
day--portrait of his Scotch terrier, Snap. The
morning it was done cat got in the studio,
and the minute it saw the picture it went
through the window sash like ten-inch
SHE'LL
"Did, eh9"
Eyes; and the oldest thing about it was
that when next looked at the canvas the
dogs hair was standing up all along his back
like porcupine Now, how do you account
for that ,"
"Dunno."
at just beats me. When the Governor
examined the work he insisted ON my paint
ing on post with the dog chained to it,
Said he didn't know what might happen.n
Good scheme" growled the president
maker.
81 don't do much in the animal line
though" continued the artist, thoughtfully
s'that is, not since last summer. painted a
California pole cat for an English tourist from
the skin of one he killed by mistake for
grizzly up in the foothills And if you take
my word for it, the day flushed the business
the health officials came down, fumigated the
place and arrested me for maintaining nui-
sanee"
Did, eh ~
Absurd, wasn't it? l did setter dog
for the same man, and shipped it to him in
Liverpool. But it seems the neas got into
the box and bit SO many holes in the canvas
that he threw it back on my hands"
"Too bad"
Wasn't it, though My best hold, how
ever, is water views You know George
Bromley, and how distracted he is sometmes9
Well, George dropped in one morning and
brought up before an eight by twelve view of
the San Joaquin river, with a boat tied to
the bank in the foreground. I'm blessed if
George didn't absent mindedly take off his
coat and step clear through the canvas, trying
rowing, you know"
"No, don't know"
"Speaking about that picture reminds me
of a mean trick that was played on me by
| Dobber, whose studio is next to mine. He
was SO envious of my large orders that the
night before that painting was to be delivered
he climbed over the transom and smeared out
the rope that anchored the boat spoke CT to
the shore. The next morning the skf was
gope-foated off down stream, you see."
~ do--do l ?"
g 1t took me four days to paint it again
dead loss, you see, although believe the pur-
chaser agreed to pay me twenty-five d3llars
| L. haok tha tide
Pretty square of him, now, wasn't itP"
Have they carried out that journeyman
with the small pox ?" said,the editor, wink
ing at the foreman, who had just come in to
swear for copy.
"Small pox2 That reminds me of a realis-
tic historical subject I'm engaged on now, en-
titled The Plague in Egypt. | had only
completed four of the principal figures when
last Tuesday the janitor, who sleeps in the
next room, was taken out to the hospital with
the most pronounced case of leprosy you ever
saw and the next day the boy who mixes the
paints began to scale off like slate roof.
don't really know whether to keep on with
the work or not. How does it strike you? ''
at strikes me that you'd better slide ~
said the un@sthetic moulder of public opinion,
grutfly.
Don't care to send reporter around,
then?"
No. sir.''
"Wonldn't like to give an order for life
sized 'Guttenberg Discovering the Printing
Press Ell i? -
"Nary order"
'Don't want a seven by nine group of the
staff done in oil or crayon ?"
"No," said the editor, as he again lowered
himselfinto the depths of leader on the Rou-
manian imbroglio, :. but if you care to touch
up two ssisdow frames, some desk legs, and
the fighters editors black eye, for four bits
and lot of comic exchanges, you can sail
in.v
"It's whack !" promptly responded the
disciple Of aesthetic culture and borrowing
cigarette from the dramatic editor on account,
be drifted off after bis brushes.-San Fran
cisco Post