The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1881-01-30
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"Do you-ahem do you ever print any
an items In yoiit ieet' asked rather secdy; look
his fingers, softly edgng Into the POSTS Inner sane
tum the other day.
The Managing Edlto, glanced s.yagsly up from his
MONDAY sandwich, and after evidently REFRESHING n
desire to add the longhaired party to his vlands,
piled In the Affirmative.
''Because, - continued the young man, scowiing
critically at cheap chrome on the wall, 'because
thought u you cared to record the progress OF real
thetc art culture on this coast you might send your
Knight, eh9 ~ said the editor between chews.
yes, sir. For instance. there's mammoth
the bonanza King. It's called, "A Hail storm IN
the Adrondacks,' and a visitor who sat down near
sG e Is so peree o
stand. why, hid to put in tho finishing touches
with my ulster and Arctic osetshocs ON
'Fact, sir; and then there's little animal gem
did for Governor Glerkins the other day-portrat OF
cat got Into the studio, and the minute 1t saw that
picture 1t went through the window sash like ten
Inch shell. ~
"Yes; and the oldest thing abott 1t was when
next looked at the canvas the dog hair was standing
up all along his back like porcupne. Now, how do
you account for thatg'
90 Dunno.''
at justs beats me. When the Governor examined
the work he insisted on my painting post with the
dog chained to 1t. Said he didn't know what might
happen
~ don't do much In the animal line, though, -
continued the artist houghtfully; hat is not since
last snmmer ! painted California poleest for an
take for grizzly up In the foothills. And II you II
take my word fdr IL tho day finished Its business end
the health office officials cdilie down, fumigated the
place, and arrested me for maintaining nuisance
''Dld, ehP'
same man. and shipped IT to him at Liverpool. But
1t seems the eas got into the boz and bit so many holes
III the canvas that he threw It back on my hands,
Wasn't 1T, though. My best hold, however, is
water views. You know George bromley, and how
apstraGeI ne Is sSmstmss we'll TeG n snb leu
twelve view of the San joaquin river with boat tied
to the bank in the foreground. I'm blessed II
step clear through the trying to jump into that
boat~th9uGht he d 80 ont rowing you know
.'speaking about that picture reminds me of n
| mean trick that played on me by Dobber, whose
| studio is right next to mine. He was SO envious of
was to I've delivered he climbed the traisom and
smeared out the rope that anchored the boat spoke
| OF to the shore. The next morning the skill was
gone-foated of down the stream, you sec.''
~ do-doI?n
at took me four days to paint 1t in again-dead
agree to pay me s25 extra In case 1t came back on the
next tide. Pretty square OF him. now wasn't II "
smallpox said the editor, winking at the foreman,
| who had come In Just then to swear for COPY.
sm,alIpoNr That reminds me OF ;, rea, .Th
Plague of Egypt had only completed four Of the
principal figures when last Tuesday the tanitor, who
sleeps In the next room, taken out to the hospital
with the most pronounced case of leprosy you ever
saw, and this morning the boy who mixes the paints
began to scale of like slate roof. don't really
know whether to keep on with tile work or not How
| does 1t strike your
at strikes me that you'd better Slide ~ said the
unRsthetic molder of public opinion, gruily.
"DOn't care to send reporter round, then?''
| 'No, sir.''
"Wouldn' like to give an order for life- sized
Gutenberg Discovering the Printing Press, ell!
| "Nary order.N
'Don't want seven by nine group Of tho stat
done In oil or crayOnP''
"No,n said the editor, MS he again lowered him
self Into the depths Of leader the R0umanan I'm
broglio. "but II you care to touch up two window
frames some desk legs, and the fighting editor.
black eye for four bits and lot OF comic exchanges,
you can sail inn
| 'It's whack!' promptly calculated the disclpl,
OF aesthetic culture and borrowing cigarette from
the Dramatic Critic account he drfted of after hi
brushes. Dodd IN $. S. Post.