The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-11-05
CAUGHT on THE FLY.
AN ARTIST EXPLAINS THE MYSTERY
OF A LITTLE BLACK BOX.

Hello" said a friend the OB2er daJ, stSP-
ping in front OF me to arrest my progress on
the sidewalk What's your hurryf
hurry" 1 repeated, and 1 gave him the
old common place exp anation about the ne
cessity of keeping soul AMI body together.
And then asked him In some surprise II ne
was going to China again He was an art
ist, and he had hurrying, busting air al
though he had stopped me, and he carried
by handle in one hand lit o box, about as
big as a lady's reticule.
because / carry this" he asked, "a be
held il up for second ooh, no; am just
walking down the avenue for fun. And
he INDUCED in a long, cackling laugh, which
seemed to me quite idiotic, and Co,eridge
would no doubt have called "gruesoIne
He laughed again, somewhat less O-dously,
/ thought, and tried to pull me by the arm
into a convenient retreat TO get some russell
cider" but / refused to be placltei by any
mere apple juice, and he said: Wen, drop
into my studio this afternoon when you
come up town, for have something here
in this little box to show you. 1t Will IN
terest you deeply"
Call l did His sister was gone; he had
no models on hand He waved me 30 a seat
and handed me an album Some friends
of mine" he remarked, or soma of them
were friends once"
L opened the book The very first object
was photograph of myself. Not a very
good portrait II had an anxious look, and
the mouth was open about an inch or an
inch and half
"Where on earth did you get this carica-
ture, you scoundrel!" asked.
Its not a caricature," he said. "if you
are addressing me; it's first rate likeness,
and every policeman in the city would say
90 Frank, open countenance"
THE MYSTERY OF a LITTLE BOX.
"Where did you get it, Who took it' Is
the country flooded with them!" l asked
ssThat's all there is" he ans Sered; Il took
It: got it on the street when l met you
Yesterday You noticed the little Rox"
"Of course" | said II thought GU were
going out as a drummer for jewelry house,
but didn't hurt your feelings 10y abiding
to it Where is the internal machineP
He pointed to it on little stand, at my
very elbow l took it and inspected it.
Harmless looking. Rectangular. Covered
with black leather Big enough to hold two
or three small bOoks-about four inches by
i've, and twice as long! On one en- 1 panel
which l found would drop down out of place
by touching q secret spring, and then pop
back into place again.
II took a shot at you the very second
stopped you-about the time you were eX-
postuIsting with me, I judge by the gesture
you seem TO have been making with your
mouth"
The photograph was bust, about two
inches high and quite clear, the lights and
shadows well defined, and the very hairs Of
my mustache apparently numbered
/ asked what the advantage of it was and
be said: at gives me natural attitudes and
expressions in people In still life it gives
me an enormous advantage. l can get the
very configu.ation and dash of waves, the
very outline of trees, grotesque or Pictur-
esaue to be worked up in my studio"
I may as wei say that the artist with
whom 1 was talking was our foremost ma
rine painter, Edward Moran, who has re-
peated ON canvas the secrets of sea and
shore.
[ turned over the leaf The next picture
was flock of white ducks scurryinG down
to water, showing great diversity OF express
sion Il got 'em on the Long Island coast,
said the al fist.
The next showed group of psople who
had Just arrived from Europe and were
waiting on the wharf for the carriage.
There was the serene lady who had made
the grand tour, her son, an Alsatian girl in
full costume whom she had brought a
servant and handsome French blood
hound Moran passed them with his harm
less shocking camera, got "a good shot al
Them" without attracting their attention il
the least, and had them all secure on his dry
plate in a second
COW IN AN AWKWARD POSITION.
The next was the picture of COW instan
taneousIy snatched in the same way. Sht
was cramped all up was standing on three
legs and was enthusiastically scratching
her ear with her hind foot Isn't that re
markable9' l asked.
"No don't see that it is" he replied
@The foot and the ear are on the same side
Now if it had been a COW scratching he
RIGHT ear with her left hind foot or scratch
ing her right hind"
See here, that's a chestnut" observed
sternly, Il mean, isn't it remarkable tina
you should happen to catch a COW in tina
ungraceful attitude, that no COW would b.
caught in if she could help it! / don't sup
nose any cow scratches her ear with he
hind foot oftener than once a year. How
long did you watch that unsuspecting crea
turef"
/ happened to see her in a drove, and
took a shot at distance and fetched her.
he said, with an air of truthful ess
~How far will the detective camera carry,
Inquired.
Oh, miles. 1t takes sunsets beautifully
and ships at sea and sailing on the bay, an,
long stretches of shore with laundering
breakers with dashiug spray, and fores
aisIes and arbo ed pictures of every sort l
is invaluable to an artist. When we wer
ont at Foutainebleau we noticed that Dia
did not by any means get the best trees Il
the park of the kings; L suppose he lacke
either time o. patience. Ii he had mad a III
tie machine like this, so he could pick on
the trees and carry them bodily, as it were
to his studio with their best expression on
be would have given to the world some bet
ter trees in his great pictures"
Moran's chance collection would be inter
esting If published in book exactly as it is
1t incIud ships and yachts; boys rompin
ON the shore; clam-diggers; fishermen drag
cling nets; WON. working in the field
among the Dutch t additions of Long Island
waves creeping inland; sunsets picturesqu
trees and cloud antics.-Croffut in Kansa
City Journal
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Consumptive patients are advised. by
pupil OF Liebig, in The Apotheke Nerein, t.
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ritation, then these oelse, and the patien
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and in early stages OF consumption apply I
enter chemi al factories where large quaint
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are cured in few weeks by the inhalations
CT oil IRA and epidemic diseases are neve
found IN such facto. les Medical Journa
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