The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-07-15

willy FNHA SAN'N JN
mischief as l see the horses have only two
legs apiece" eros painted an allegorical
picture, and asked Nernet to look at it.
Werner went, his first question was, What
il il meant to represent p Weather re-
piled Gros. What do you think Of itH'
avery bad weather. replied Nernct, put
ting up his umbrella and walking out cf
the room.
When Dubufe's celebrated paintings of
adam and Eve were or exhibition at
Edinburgh, Mr.. MCNab, the curator of the
Botanical Gardens in that city, was taken
to see them, and askedf for his opinion. Il
think no great things of the painter re-
marked the authority on gardening. Why,
man, Eve temptin' Adam wi n pippin o.
variety that wasna known until about
twenty years agoI' This was as suggest
i've n bit of criticism as that of the farm
er who told George Morland thut he had
never seen three little pigs feeding without
one of them having its feet in the trough.
Morland altered his picture.
Cham, the French caricaturist, who died
in 1879, had very long legs. One day he
went into a tailor's shop, chose some cloth,
and agreed to the price OF forty-ivc francs
for n pair of pantaloons. The tailor took
his measure, and went lower and lower,
while his establishment went higher and
higher. AT last he stopped a little below
the knee, and threw his measure over his
shoulder. swell" said Cham, "do you stop
there 2n monsieur, for ~forty-ive francs l
can not go lower answered the tailor.
Horace Vernet is generally credited with
having originated tho word chic used TO
describe things striking and agreeable, al
most rs much in English speaking cOun-
tries as in France. Ycrnet had n clever
young pupil, who painted go much like his
master, and drew with such strength and
precision, that he held him up rs an ex-
ample to all his class of pupils. When a
pupil displeased him he would say, Look
at Chic'-that was the name of his favor
ite-"see how he works; do as he does,'
etc. Chic died young. VeTnet felt very
bad about it and when he went into his
studio and looked IT the work of other pu-
pills, he would fold his hands, cast down
his eyes, and say to himself, "Ce nest pas
Chic There is, however, another version,
also said TO be the true and authentic one,
of the origin of this word. According to
this account, which is given in u letter
dated December, 1879, by the English chap
lain at Croix les-Roubaix, who heard it
from a French gentleman, the word in its
present Specification was born in Antwerp,
in the studio of Rubens, and among his
pupils. 1t fell on a day that one of Rubens
pictures was almost finished and one of his
pupils, Schick by NAME, found himself
alone with the all but completed picture.
Moved by the spirit of mischief, Schick
proceeded TO draw in the center of the
picture q fly. Some time nfterward Rub
ems entered the room and taking the ay
for q real one, he tried to catch it with his
hand. But when he saw what had been
done, his feelings may be imagined, and
calling his pupils together, he demanded
who was the culprit. The fellow pupils
of the culprit Joined in saying that il was
Schick, for the good and sufficient reason
that no one else could nave done so we'll.
Ever afterward, when anything was so
well done that no one could improve it, it
was said TO be Schick. 1t would thus APP
pear that what was ut one time a cant word
among Rubens' pupils, was then forgotten,
and long afterward found its way to the
Bouleyards from the studios of Paris ar
tists, among whom it signiled, as it does
still, aptitude, facility, or the result of hat
One morning the walls of Paris wer,
found chalked with sketches of n gigantic
pear, in which the frivolous citizens found
occasion of laughter. Crowds gathered
round the chalk designs, the police inter
fered, the spies listened. 1t could not b,
concealed that in the preposterous fruit III,
people saw the eflgy of their monarch
For the hundreth time NJ. PhiGpon, the
famous caricaturist was dragged into The
courts. He confronted the jury with 1
huge sheet of white paper, on which hC
hastily sketched n big Burgundy pear, IN
the lower parts round and capacious, mar
rover near the stock, and crowned witt
two or three careless leaves. The jury
, could not deny that the pear was a purely
: horticultural design. One might us wei
arrest any author of n Guide 10 the Gar
den rs the artist for this illustration
With Il few casual dots and lines NJ. Phil
pom produced n slight change, which mad,
0 the jury laugh. They recognized theil
prince, and the artist asked them if it wa,
D fair to condemn him because an illustriOui
s person resembled vegetable product. The
! caricaturist was acquitted.
I II any ambitious young artist would Iik
1 to eclipse the fame of the late Sir Edwin
Landseer, he would do well TO ponder NJ
r anecdote which has recently been told of
. plucky painter. 1t is said that while tn,
celebrated Martin, tie "dompteur,'' wa
staying at Client, in 1895, he noticed anon,
the most constant attendants at his mcnag
erie n young man, who, by reason of tn,
drawing materials he brought with him anS
freely employed, stood confessed an artlst
Martin introduced himself, and the tw,
became intimate friends. One dav the en-
thusiastic artist, while taking the portal
of n noble lion called Nero, compliance
bitterly that the bars of the cage were il
the way. Don't let that be any obstacle
said the 'domptcur," sympathizingly. III
you will come with me into Ncro's apart
ment and allow me to introduce you,
answer thai he will show how battered h,
is by n Writ from so excellent an artist, ant
Will give you every facility for handing
down his features to postcrity.' The artist
strange to say, jumped at the offer ant
Martin, who was not the man to lose M
opportunity of advertising himself, sent
word TO the Duke of Sake eimar, Govern.
or of Client, and TO other notabilities, that
he would on II given day go into Nero's
cage, and take "an amateur Granger with
him. The duke did not fail to put in mn
appearance; the plucky pair walked into
the cage, and Nero was at first inclined to
be h is called nasty" But re-assured
by his masters voice, the lion went ana
lay down in n corner; and the painter, sit
ting down opposite, coolly proceeded to cut
his pencil. Having performed this little
preliminary to his satisfaction, he executed
II sketch Of Nero, which was pronounced
to be very like. The "dompteur'i and the
painter then took n polite leave of the
loni and the duke, having complimented
The artist on the pluck as well ms talent
displayed, would fain have purchased the
sketch. But it was not to be had for mon
ey, and the artist kept it himself rs tho
converse of n memeRtO mort. This was Ner-
boeckhoven, afterward famous as n Belgian
animal painter. How much of his success
he owed to his daring feat there Is no tell
ing, but it very likely gave him the start
which talent requires; n yet, adds the
narrator of the anecdote, one would hardly
like to whisper TO the young aspirant OF
to-day, G thou and do likewise