The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-09-27
A PAINTERS MODEL.
Luke sharp, in De,roi, Free Press. l

Antwerp made the acquaintance of an English medical student who, like my sell, was about to make Roamin' holi- day of the ancient city of Antwerp. He was a very intelligent fellow. and as people are attracted by their opposite rather took to him. In the morning we had look at the old cathedral and then wen, to the picture gallery. Here we climbed stairway and came to a square room that opened into long room and that into smaller room all filled with pictures. In the centre of the first room was fine marble group representing an Amazon sit 2 rather well back on a praneing horse. A tiger was clinging to the neck of the horse and the Amazon was about to drive spear through the body of the tiger.
 As we walked through the rooms feeling of gloom seemed to come over us. The paintings were all exceedingly somber, representing in a majority of cases dead saints and the tragedy of the crucihxion. As we paused before one particularly revolting work which repre- sented Lazarus, think, l said that had quite enough of this sort of thing and proposed we should leave. And lose the franc paid for entrance! Never v said the student. What saddens me is not the gloomy subjects, but the wretched bad coloring that they iragine is ghastly and realistic. Now, 1 know something of fhe post mortem appearance of a man and none of these are at all lie like.'
 Life like! We'll should say not. That's like the prcmpter's call to the dilatory ghost, when he said to Hamlet's father: Come, now. look alive.'n
 .. You know what 1 mean, of course. The coloring is not true to nature"
 Why isn't it ?" demanded a man who had been examining the picture minu,ely with one knee on the floor. The paint ing was hung low and he seemed to be comparing slip of canvas he held in his hand to the tinis in the picture.
 Why! Chiefly, presume, because the fellow who painted it probably never saw dead body"
 " Do you know that the fellow, as you call him, was Rubens?
 dare say. He seems to have painted the whole town"
 And didn't paint it red either," put in, alluding to slang phrase just i'm ported from America, which made, thought, neat allusion to the sombe1- ness of Rubens' colorings as exhibited by the picture before us. This remark evidently enraged the dyspeptic individ- nal, who broke out
 There should be prohibition-a law against allo~ing shallow, brainless critics from desecrating great gallery with their presence. It is-n
 You might have some difficulty in getting in yourself under these con- ditions.n
 Any fool would have made that re- tort,
 Excuse me, my dear sir" said the Englishman with great calmness, focus sing him with his eyeglass; while we are pained at not having made a better im- pression on you, kindly permit me to say that our object in coming to Antwerp was not so much to please other people as to suit ourselves. l hope have not overstated the matter" This latter to me.
 No, you are quite within the mark. You use rather strong language. but still you keep within boun S."
 You might allow me, perhaps, to point out that you have entered this discussion quite of your own accord, and we have no objection to your withdrawing when ever you feel satisfied with the undeserved eontumely you have heaped on two un- offending men,"
 Men. Discussion For Gods sake, don't dignify yourself or your twaddle with such terms. Bah :"
 When a mans language gives way, bah IS about as good a term as he can use"
 :" would suggest" ven,ured, the word Mugwump' l. has a wonderfully oonsoling effect when applied to an ad- versary. Try it before going elsewhere. Kept by all respectable defamers."
 You are from America?"
 Guessed it the first time"
 "Yes."
 Well, have given long and anxious thought to the question which country has produced the biggest and greatest number of fools. Sometimes l give the preference to England and ofiener to America. Carlyle was right, only he should have left out the word mostly"
 What country has the honor of being your native land~
 regret to admit that was bosn in 
 Possibly America would resre. ;s quite as much if she ever found it out. A the cowboy brissling with vssaOss ssid z0the Bostonian who was polishine up his ittle nickel-plased revolsn: If you everahot me M thR thing and fsund Gat, io- 13 1
 en6s. peace," said the paner. 11oUe pointless anscdOees aEe 1es wh to stamp you an American, . epife &1- les proof.n
 This is all very pro6tless talk, ]" said the Eng1paa f Aed whak sis worse tAan pro6aDs, kh inpslecAed bad taste. The only aSees dsoaaA tks room who sPeak English are scolding each other lihe dsahs. Hsss is the case in nut- shell: am . medical student, and have seen good deal of post mostem human fly, and shipk thak picture is untrue to VA