New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-31
AN ARTISTS SUDDEN MANIA.
,v ,u,se THINKS OF A GREAT PLAN.
,,,s MIND TEMPORARILY AFFEcrfD-TANhN l" ii'~
'i' pouGuKREFslE ASYLUM.


,,rxn TEMPORARILY AFFECrfD-lAAEN !" i-'
'' pouGuKREPsIE ASYLUM.
6,b,se the marine artist, commonly
Harry Chase, lives IN pretty h't'o new
30 r,l,ace called Ayontaic. 1t Is on 'ne -'0""'a
80, % patcrson branch OF the New-forH Lake No ""o
ms,ar, Railroad. four miles bey"hd 'o""'N
sr it has been his custom TO go Oh " N'."',on' ~
diny several weeks in sailing along inc '"''"
r.o,s and Maine coasts. This summer ""en A' ~
a e"" ,rou, his trip he was in poor health MS
~ anon developed into nervous uys9ePs''
~, chase's father is denust III o. io"
-, hos given considerable study 10 HSS''AN'
-, az usnrv fonnd his stomach out OF order nc "ro'e
,,,,,bcr and placed himself under MS treatment Law
s a., chase Immediately put has son on strict oe'
eN , bno that he would be all right again Inc
80 ma N did not improve, but he placed lmpiiet CON
soncs in his doctor. becoming An ehth"s'as1 ~ "' "
~, r,cid dietary system that he was pursuing
when ne first began 1t he weighed a0out ono "u"''ou
"A ory nounds and was rudy, hearty man. he IoS'
flesh rapidly, taking Hle'' P''N0 - "
friends: ,.oo, oil rirht
then will have something to build up on
uis diet was a simple one, being NANNY so'U Va
aryh made without salt, rolled into loug rois' ""'
49,, ., tho thnp1b aud baked until 1t was almost
ne hard ss stone With this he would take the Juice o'
cranes lie would carry these rolls about III MS poeAe'
, yben he felt Ia little hungry he would nlopie al
thon. His friends would laugh at him and say
piece otrOast beef ana drink d po''0 VI '''- wv
ba y great deal better of"
uo vruId reuly: Just wait WHILE lou "I'' S'o
what great cure this Will perform
~,onrss be lost flesh rapidly. Tho last time ne was
snedand he weighed himself as ottch as Tue opp'i
tuptJy presented iiself-he tipped 'he u'"'" a. '
no nonnds With the loss of flesh he became "eSpo""
ON, tbouah before he had becn hghthcar'e4 anu
s., nine He had been an active worker ana OoVo.e"
IN ms art one day he would como to Tue cry ~ " Ms
s,r,io at No. l4O West Fiity-hith-st' ana "o'N
faithfully at his pictures; then lie hlsn' 'N'I
or three days, and sometimes VIZ
For the last month aud untI TWO "o'H'
he av. himself up entirely TO his diet ana MS SlcA-
nes nil his ambition seemingly being gone Aoou'
week before Christmas ne grew lighterie"'teu oonH
10 the city every day. His friends ala not we" 'I'
cE.nge az an advantageous ono D'0"~' N
and his father was seat for
toa,,o East inst before Christmas On Christmas
Dov urpry was fghty in his conversation but nothing
was thought oft. On Saturday he became wof7e '"A
ing the entire evening Of great scheme 40 "'u IA
vew II was start colony of artists al ANonu'',
hod cottages stud and schools. The r'ce OF real
ost,te hc said wouL 70 abooming. II would be ncceF-
gary TO build railroad TO the cli!' ana nc CA
nre.sed the belief that the Passsc river won4n De
oredced 50 as allow the ocean steamers 10 run up
thcro Ills friends were now thoroughly fr-hieHed as
his talk became wilder Sunday. lie took tue ''+'
,r for the city on Monday morning On the way here
ho met frienc to whom he related his scheme te4hnS
MIN TO remember tie day, As 1t was to marx he"
ora for Ayondalc. He was hghter-hcaried
than he had for months and as he got Oh Inc
Tventy-third-s boat he alternately whistinG ara
smiling He went directly TO his studio aud begau TO
rreuore draughts Of his scheme, Intending - send
copy to every artist the city His friends not thhh
ng 1t safe to trust him alone followed HIN by the ncx'
train. When they arrived at tie studio ne was busy
writing jumped ont Of his chair and hes"asht th'm
10 hasten to Western Union Oce and secure all the
thc Il
ali over the world before night time was TO be lost
His friends realized that a crisis had been reached
The only thing to be done was to hu'nor
him and this they did. After talking with HIN
awhile they toll him that lie would
require capital to advance his scheme and that n he
would 20 VI:h them 10 POughkeepsle they would miro
duce him 10 man that YOU'D IurHlsn IL IT, h ho e,3
conseu9l TO sayng that II was u9 "hSt ne "atru
Tney TOOK him the state Asylum tgere As he entered
wYs mere He turned his brother-in-sw, John ID.
Lawson lawyer. who vas with hun aud s'ia:
"Ye.' Harry, it j." replied Mr. Lawson "bntyOu
would better here GT6e until You get Gsi'eT M Gi..o
Mr Chase has pleasant and e.mf@rt1oie noug az
Ayp%sao A5 bright, P TRnS shInhsred a6su e ESp
lively. The younger Is a BOY Two yeas OIL anu ING
ei%p has gone away; he conint sleep: make
much -se Mrs. Chase Is proetrated BY her husoHhd'
M chase who has al excellent place among
the younger arliSt1 as marine Gn, he,ar m ,ns
antique at the National Acsieny of Design Afrr
his can
under Ramsberg and IIndenschinidt His pre-
dileriion for marine scenery showed Itself
i'm his various sketChing trips which included VISITS
10 Venice aud the Ddniss coast ono OF his paint
Invs ON the Danish Coast" exhibited and sold at
the Kuust vcrein in Munich. From Munich Mr. Chase
went 10 Paris where lie studied for two years under
saver In 1878 he eIhbitei for the first time m lhe
salon sending picture called " PocheuTs Anglas." In
tbc saline wear he made his first important exhibition
iu this country, showing "kulen Point. sweden at
the National Academy aud Low Tide, Welsh Coast at
the Mechanics Fair In Boston
IL was after this however that Mr.. CT as encountered
the Influences which been most strongly lparked
in his art From Paris he went to HolISHd, where lie
errnt ucarly the hague under the instruction
OF NJ. sday, Mr.. Chasss sympathy Wlth this ARTISTS
eublrcts aud treatment OF water has usually been ap-
parent IN Returning to this country about
live years ago he spent year In ST. Louis and then
opened studio that city. sirce that time his red
sailed Hchcveningen fishing Dn H. sparkling waves
and luminous skies have bTeD constant feature OF the
annual exhibitions. He has usually painted Holland
sb,ects but lie contributed 10 the Academy exhibitions
of last spring a large painting OF New York HarboI'
North River" ambitious and creditable work.
lie has honestly gained reputation as
an industrious conscientious painter of decided talrnt.
favorbly received by the public aud hold high esteem
by hts brother srsts Ia 1884 ho eerted assn
cjate member Of the National Academy OF Desgn. He
is rlso member Water Color Society and OF tho
Salmagundi club