Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-13
CAUGHT On THE FLY.

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AN ARTIST EXPLAINS THE MYSTERY
OF LITTLE BLACK BOX.
One Way OF Taking a First Rate Likeness
plea Cow In an Awkward Position
A Collection.
Hello" said a friend the other day, step
ping i'll front OF me u arrest my progress on
the sidewalk What's your hurryf
Hurry" | REPEATED, and gave him the
Old Common place exp anation about the no
rts>ity Of kcepimg soul and body together
Aud then asked him in some surprise If he
was going 10 China again. He was All art
ist and he had hurrying, bustling air al
though he had stopped me, and he carried
10y handle in one hand little box, about rs
bIg as n lady's rstlGule
"Because carry thisr be asked as he
held it up for a second "Oh, no am just
walking down the avenue for fun AMI
he Indulgei in long, cackllng laugh, which
seemed Ia me quite idlOtic, and Cosrldge
would no doubt have called "gruesome
lie lauSh he'd again, somewhat less oIiously,
] thought ani tried 10 pull me by the arm
into IA convenient retreat To get some 'russet
cider" but | refused 10 lie placatet by any
mere apple juice, and he said Well, drop
into my studio thi, afternoon when you
come up town, for have something here
in this little box to show you 1t will in
terest you deeply"
Call did His sister was gone; he had
no models on hand. He waved me 10 a seat
and handed me an album Some friends
Of mine, he remarked or some Of them
were friends Un,e
opened the book The very first object
was Il photograph of myself Not a very
good portrait 1t had All anxious look, an
the mouth WAS open about AL inch or ali
inch and half
Where on Earth did you get thi, cariCa
ture, you scoundrel:' asked
Its not a caricature,' he said IF you
are addressing me it's a first rate likeness,
AMI every policeman IN the city wouli say
81 Frank, olen countenance"
THE MYSTERY OF \ hiTTLR BOX.
Where did you get it. Who took it! Is
the country flooded with them asket
That's all there is" he answered Il took
it, got il on the street when | met you
Yesterday You noticed the little Rox,"
OF course" ! said Il thought you were
going out as a drummer for u Jewelry house,
but didn't hurt your feelings 10y alluding
to it. Where is tn Internal machinef'
He pointed 20 II on little stand, at my
very elbow. | took it and inspected it
Ha mless looking Rectangular. Covered
with black leather. Big enough to hold two
or three small books about four inches 10y
i've, and twice as long, On one eui panel
which found would drop down out of place
>by touching a secret spring, and then pop
back into place again
Il took shot ut you the very second /
stopped you-abOut the time you We're
postulating with he, l judge 10y the gesture
you seem to have been making with your
mouth
The photograph was a 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
he said 1t gives me natural attitudes and
expressions in people In still life it gives
me an enormous advantage. l can get the
very cOntiguration and dash Of waves, the
vel outline Of trees, grotes4ue or pictur-
esque 10 lie worked up in my studio
may as well say that the artist with
whom was talking was our foremost ma
rine painter, Edward Moran, VINO has re-
p,,ated on canvas the secrets of sea and
shore
turned over the leaf The next picture
was flock of white ducks scurryins down
to water showing great diversity OF expires
sion Il got EN- on the Long Island coast
said the al tist.
The next showed group of people who
had Just arrived from Europe and We're
waiting on the wharf for the carriage
There was the serene lady who had made
the grant tour, her son, an Alsat tian girl in
full costume, whom she had brought as Il
ser ant, and d handsome French blood
hound Moran passed them with his harm
less looking camera, got "A G pod shot at
them, without attracting their attention in
the least, and had them all secure on his dry
plate in second
A cow IN An AWKWARD POSITION
The next was the picture of a COW instan
taneously snatched III the same way. She
was cramPed all up was standing on three
legs, aud was enthusiastically scratching
nor ear with her hind foot "Isa't that re-
markabls:' | asked
No, don't see that it is, he replied
The foot and the on the same side.
Now. il II had been a COW scTatc hing her
right ear with her left hind foot, or scratch
ing her right hind"
See here that chestnut" observed.
sternly. i mean, isn't 1t remarkable that
you should happen 10 catch a COW in that
ungraceful attitude, that no COW would be
caught in if she c uId help it: don't sup
pose any COW scratches her ear with her
hind foot oftener than once a year. How
long did you watch that unsuspecting crea-
ture'"
Il happened TO see her in drove, and
took shot at distance and fetched her,"
he said with all air OF truthfuluess
How far will the detective camera carry"
| inquired
-,Dh miles IL takes sunaets beautifully,
and ships at sea and sailing Oh the bay and
long stretches of shore with laundering
breakers with dashiug spray, and forest
alSles and arbo ed pictures Of every sort 1t
is invaluable to an artist When We were
out at Foutainobleau We noticed that DiaL
did not by any means get the best trees i'll
the park Of The kings; l suppose he lacked
either time or patience. II he had had lit
tie machine like this, 50 he could pick out
the trees and carry them bodily, as it were,
10 his studio with their best expression on,
he would have given to the world some bet
ter trees in his great pictures"
Moran chance collection would lie inter
esting if published in book exactly as 1t is
II inrlud ships and yachts boys romping
on the shore; clam-diS Sgsrs; fishermen drag
ging nets, women working in the fields
among the Dutch Il additions of Long Island
waves creeping inland sunsets, picturesque
trees and cloud antics --Crotfut il Kansas
City Journal
Game Fowls in the Canary Isles.
In one OF our walks about the town we
stumbled on u fine collection of game cocks
Quite h large house seemed 10 be apprU
priated for their use and on the ground in
the stIeet in front Of it were standing thirty
or forty latticed bottomess boxes or coops,
Zach one containing game cock and look
ing through the open doors we saw that
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