The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-28

looked at it in different WAYS; first fro,
front near view. then from a sid
view, then from a distance, and could
not make up nis mind absolutely
whether it Was a dummy or a real on
Ject introduced to heighten the dec ~
ton. Others who saw his manouvrt 5
initiated him in high glee, ana found
that they, too, had a point upon the
picture and could prevent it from de-
ceivlng them. But this was an excep-
tlonal man. and it was safe to say that.
out OF the hundreds who visit the place
daily, almost every one believes, like
the Chicago man, that the panel is a
door upon which objects have been
grouped to simulate painting.
Few, If any, of De Fregger's pictures
nave come 10 this country, for he is
highly priced in his native Austria, and
the art dealers cannot make big com
missions out of him. so they pass him
by. But oleographs of two of his works
have been disseminated over the whole
OF the United States. One is a picture
OF Vienna dandy who has got himself
up in most elaborate Tyr ,lese COS
tune, according to the notions upon
the SUBJECT OF a Vienna fashions bic
tailor. Feeling in his Utmost soul that
he IS killing In the picturesque garb of
the mountaineers of Germany, but in
reality looking as silly as a London
cockney III the tar ans of Highlander,
he is taking his coffee in Tyrolese inn
and smoking cigarette with highborn
elegance and grace, endeaying to mash
two TyroleSe girls and to outshIne the
genuine Tyrolers who are smoking and
drinking at the same table, One of the
rio pIlUin0 him with ha ~,
nocence of air, but the other girl can
not keep from Cycling, and Is bending
her head to hide her laughter. The
youth has just awoke to the perception
thathe is affording intense amusement
to every one, and his uncomfortable
ness has been rendered with exquisite
skill. The other well known picture bv
the same artists dancing scene where
a muscular, sinewy Tyroler welcomes
the arrival of two bellies (the identical
ones OF the other picture) by an i'm
provisation of a dance not unlike a
Scotch strathspey. De- Fregger lives in
his beloved Tyrol, and all artists who
visit Germany from every land go and
pay him the courtesy of a call. Outside
his chalet his magnificent gold watch
and chain hang suspended from nail.
The visitors first thought is that De
Fregger has done this to manifest his
sense of the honesty of his compatriots.
Then comes the r. Election that perhaps
he has forgotten it, having the oblivi-
GUS faculty of all men who concentrate
themselves on single object. Ignor-
ant of the fact that the driver of the
vehicle and the loungers are keenly
watching him. the visitor often goes to
take the watch and carry it into Its
master, but finds, like the Chicago
drummer in Warren Street, that it is a
beautiful bit OF artistic counterfeiting,
and is, in fact, the artists sign. As a
rule those who have been caught pre-
tend the contrary, and De Fregger &C
cepts their criticism with the utmost
bonhome, being satisfied that he will
hear the truth from some witness very
speedily. The Tyroleans are exceeding
ly proud of De Fregger's sign, and say
that 1t has never failed to catch every
ylsitor.-N. Y. Star.