Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-07
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.
AN ARTIST EXPLAINS THE MYSTERY
LITTLE BLACK BOX.

I One Way Of Taking . Flint Rate Likenes.
Studies in Still Life-Groups of Peo-
/ plea Cow In an Awkward Position
Collection.
Hello said friend the other day, step
I ping in front o. me to arrest my progress %
/ the sidewalk What's your hurry
Hurry l repeated, and gave him tbs
I oil comIron-plae explanation about tie Ne
/ cessity CT keeping soul and body together.
| And then asked him in some surprise il be
/ was going 10 China again. He was an srt-
/ Isl, and he hsd hurrying. busting air al
though he had stepped me, and he earned
/ by a handle in one hand little box, about as
/ big as lady's retieuIe
Because ] carry thisr he asked, as be
held it Up for second ~oh, no; am just
walking down the avenue for fun Ami
he INDUCED IN a long. cackling laugh, which
seeIneS; 10 NE quite iiiotic, and Coleridge
would no doubt have called -grueso:ne.
BE laughed again, somewhst less oaiouSly,
/ thought. and tried TO pull me b. the arm
into convenient retreat to get some russell
cider, but / refused 10 be placatei by any
mere apple juice, and he said: Wei, drop
into my studio this afternoon when you
come up town, for haze something here
in this little box 10 show you IL will in
terest you deePly.'
Call did His sister was gone, b had
no MODELS on hand tie waved me to a scat
and handed me an album: Some friends
OF mine, he unmarked, ~Or some O. them
were friends once
l opened the book. The very ilrs. object
was photograph OF myself No; very
good portrait Ii had an anxious look. and
the mouth was open abou; an inch o. an
inch and a half
where on earth did you &c; this carica-
ture, you scoundrelT asked
1t not a caricature,- b. said If you
are acl, CssIng me; it's first rate likeness,
AMI every policeman in the city wouii say
81 Frank, open countenancs''
TIE MYSTERY OF A LITTLE BON.
Where did you get it, Who took III L.
the country flooded with thenf7 asked.
That's all there is he answered: Il took
il. got 1t on the street when l met you
yesterday. You noticed the little RoIfr
~Of cOurs-,7 | said Il thought you were
going out as Il drummer for jewelry house.
but didn't hurt your feelings by alludins
10 it Where Is tn, internal mschinef'
He POINTED o. Ii on little stand, at my
very elbow. l took it and inspected il
Harmless booking. Rectangular Coveres.
with black leather. Fig en1ushto hold two
or three small books-about four inches by
five. and twice a. long. On one emf n panel
which | found would drop down out OF place
by touc.-ing a secret spring, and then pop
back into place again
Il toOk a shot at you the very Sconi |
stopped you-about the time you were ex-
postulat.ns with me- / judge by the gesture
you seem 10 have been making with your
mouth
The photograph was bust, about two
inches high, AMI quite clear, the lights and
shadows Wen deiined and the very hairs of
my mustacAs apparently numbered
| asked what the advantage OF il was ami
he said. 1t gives me natural attitudes and
expressions in Eeople la stili lie 1t gives
me an enormous ads aaiass. can get the
very coaiiguration and dash OF waves, the
very outline o. trees, groteslue or pietur-
esquc, To he worked up in my studio
l may IA Wei say that tie a;tst with
whom : was talking wa, our foremost ma
rino painter, Edward moran, who has TO
peateti on canvas the secrets u sea ami
shore
turned over the LaL Tho next picture
was u i4NtA VI "taisr tft1 1tNI
TO water, showing great diversity OF expires
sion i got ON ON the Long Island coast,
said the artist
The next showed n group ca people who
hal Just arrived from EUROPE and were
waiting ON the wharf Tor the carriage
There was the serene lady who had made
the grand tour, her son. an Als.tian girl in
full costume, whom she hal brought as a
servant, and handsom, Preach blood
hound Moran passed them with his harm
less looking camera, got good shot at
them, without attracting their attention In
the least, and had them l,li secure ON his dry
plate in a second
\ COW Is A. AWKWARD POSITION.
Ths next WAS the picture Of a COW instan
taneoGsiy snatched Ia the same way. She
was crampcd al up. was staining GA three
leg, aud was enthusiastically scratching
her ear with her hind foot Isn't that ~
narkablef asked
NO, don't SIS that IL Is. hs replied
The foot and the Eur are on the sams side
Now, II 1T had beoB % COW scratching her
right car with her left hini foot, or scrat,h
ing her right hinl-"
"ses Eere, that chestnut" I observed
sternly. i mean, ism Il remarkable that
you should happen to eaten a COW In that
ungraceful attitude. that NJ COW would d.
caught ia IL she uld help iti don't sup
pose any COW scratches her ear with her
hint loot oft sner than once n year How
long did you watch that unsusIecting crca
tare"
/ happened to 90 her In drove, and
took n shot at distance and fetched her,H
be sail, with an air Of truthful csz
How FAR vii! The detective camera carly
inquired
-Dh, miles IL takes sunsets ieaut.fuiy,
and ships az sea and sailing on tho bay, AMI
long Stietches Of shore with LAUNDERING
breakers with dashius spray, aud forest
aisles and aTbored pict4r.s OF every sort IL
is Invaluable 10 an artist When uo were
cut at foutasnebleau we noticed that Diak
did not By any ihsans get the test trees ia
the Ia;k II the kings. ! Sgpposi he lacked
eithe. time o. patience II h. hal had a lit-
tie machine like this, 30 be could pick Oh,
the trees and carry them bodily, as 10 were.
20 his studio with their hos, expression ON,
be would have given 10 the worh some bet
ter trees ia his great pic;UreST
Morans chance coilertioa uoglI lie inter
estlng II Iubli.hsd In a hook exactly a. IL il
Il iGeiud SHIPS and yaeS;s, boys roTnpiag
OF The shore. rlam-disge fishermen drag.
giug net. vomen working "a The Geld.
among the Iuteh traditions Of Long Island
waves ersepiHg inland. saase;s pictufssqs-
trees and cloud Antics--C roifgt Ia Kansas
city Journal