Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-24
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DO you ever print any art items n
your paper|' asked q rather seedy-look.
ing man with hong hair, a SLOUGH hat,
and paint on his fingers. edging into the
Posts inner sanctum the other day.
''Bccause," continued the young man,
scowlinS critically at q cheap chrome
cared to report 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.
Eyes. sir. For instance, THERE'S a
mammoth winter storm landscape I've
just finished for Mr.. Mudd. the bonanza
| King. It's called "A Hail Storm In the
Adirondack and u visitor who sat. near
it the other day caught a sore throat in
less than fifteen minutes The illu-
sion Is SD perfect, you understand
Why, L had to put ON the finishing
touches with my ulster and arctic over
shoes on"
Don't say"'
"Fact, sir; and then therv's little
animal gem did for Governor Gerkins
the other day portrait of his Scotch
terrier, Snap. The morning It was
dono q cat got into the studio, and the
minute it saw the picture it went
through; tho. window. like \ ten-inch
SHELF
ibid, eh?''
"Yes. and the oldest thing n,,out it
was that when next looked at the can,
vas the dogs hair was standing up all
along his back like porcllpipe. Now,
how do you account for that?'
''Dunno."
''lt Just beat me. When the Governor
examined the work he insisted ON my
painting on post with the dog chained
to It. Said he didn't know Whist might
happen"
Good scheme" growled the editor.
wasn't 1t thought But my bes,
hold, however, is water views. You
know Mr.. George Bromley, and how
distracted he is sometimes. We'll. he
dropped in ono morning and brought
up before an eight by twelve If the San
Joaquin River with II boat in the fore
ground. I'm blessed il he didn't absent
mindedly take off his coat and step
clear through tire canvas trying to jump
into the boat thought he'd go out row
ing, you know"
'.Hnve they carried out thot journey
man with the small-rnxr' said the
editor. winking ut tho foreman, who had
como in just then fIum the composing
room to swear for copy.
''Small-poxp That reminds mo OF a
realistic subject I'm engaged ON now.
entitled 1.-The Plague In Egypt he'd
only completed four Of the principH!
figures when. last Tuesday, tho janitor,
who sleeps in the noxt room, was taken
out to the hospital with the most pro-
nounced case Of leprosy you ever saw,
and this morning tho boy who mixed
tho paints began to scaio OF like 4 slate
roof. 1 don't really know whether to
keep on with the work or not. How
does it strike yOup'
.'It strikes me you had better slide, !"
said tho unasthetic molder of public
opinion.
"Don't caro- to send a reporter
around?"
''No, SIR"
"Wouldn't like to order lfe-sne
Gutenberg Discovering the Printing
Press, eh?''
Mary order"
don't want seven-by-nine group Of
the staff done in oil or crayon?'
mo" said the editor, IS he again
lowered himself into tho depths of a
leader on tho ROumanian imbroglio;
''but if you care to touch up two win
dow frames, some desk legs, and the
fighting EDITORS black eye for four bits
and q lot of comic exchanges, you can
sail in"
''It's a whack!" promptly calculated
the disciple OF aesthetic culture, and bor-
rowing cigarette from the dramatic
critic on account, he driftod off ate.
his brushes.-Sun Fra2ciScO Post.