New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-15
FUN FOR ARTISTS.
ron IN, Detroit Free Press.


In speaking Of the frequent experiences which the
paDter has In meeting thvse VINO have no possible
conceptlon Of What are his WORK anu Life, Mr. Albert
v euLeI said tho other day: ,
"a little than two years since was sketch Oh,
ing 10 The interior oe 81 Inc ts Village up Camp
and easel one day Ia eornhe;a anu Of
golden rod other rank plants growing In the cor
ners Of The zg-zag rail fence ..o, WAS ,,.r.c,oa
AS " as busly a work, my attention was attracted
by sound AID turning, saw man with the appear,
ance Of a welO d. fa MOI climb over the lehc1 anu
app zach may say here ss ,o ,aa. hry soul who
had absorbed half dozen farms IN the vclhi.H anu
then living In swell new house 90 shane sne
After say Ing good morning, he STOOD LehInd me
for a time watching my work, then remarked inter-
f0ea.MNii sibty expensive, them palntIngsp
u. Buye rs often b nix So said l.; c,r,.n,s q, NV
iaughtcr-shc married young Teller In Chlcaso-an
her Child Do you know what 1t cost me
stated my entire NAB hI' 10 guess, when ne sag
mprcssvey That pcture, an the frame wasn't
so much nuther. cost me $40 -, ., ,.,no,,.
-. That's just what it did, said he. o.ru
After that he was silent iof some tmc nhay
breaking out with: Say, stranger you hho" MY
houser ,.,,o r0r,or,hcrca
II as a uare frame structure with scrolEsawed or
nameni alton In the gables, general ar pL ha G
been built from the plans In Every Man his o"h
Yes' said !, Il know It,
a. I've been a-thinkin'.' said he, OF haVlh pio
ture painted OF that house.
a. Very good idea said J. nv, .
"'If Il should burn or anythin ia k'hd hhe W
have my grandchildren know how 1t looked ,,.
al told him that thought the Idea did him eredl'
and af'er silence no asked:
a. Would you palnt NJ
as That depends ] said ,r, $500
a. Five hundred dollars said l..
AT this the old mans eyes fairly hulged his Jaw
dropped. and after half minutes silence ne sad ,
Guess we cant deal Srans s turned on his heei'
al rememher,n sad ano' her, "that whom Kenyon
Cox s,ayng for short tine IN Wes, ,sd cry;
him and asked him 10 mako two charcoal cartoons
son,nr a man before and after clothing himself a.
the es establishment. Cox accented the commission
and 'en . asked ssa his sI p placed at g.
you tink dose pictures sell7'
Robert Hopfin tells story which shows that 1t iS
not always safe for even an artist to guy eson a
rrancer good many yeas AGO Mr. ,Ioplin W., was
| England in the brightest time Of the summer Ono
Of the company. a young fellow with more animal
living near The village where hcv we're staying but
had outc forgotten, It when early ono morning a
"Can YOU paint cattle n was the abrupt question OF
the caller.
oval re got lively crtsr that Tn n. going Ct, to
nation careful inst do It kind o. rouch-le, but I'm
business clear through an I'll give you $50 for the
Tho vounrsier sow visions Of an extension Of his
trip and, running over in his mind The names OF all
the rrcat artists who had painted cattle pieces ac-
ccrfcd got his raerals and climbing into the Demo
rrat- WAGON which stood NJ tho door driven at
le'snrelv log up hn and down for about eight miles,
| whom thew drove into farm ward and stopped.
| "Ct right down. said the farmer. an Cir your
trans Hes beyond them woods and the two
walled across four or five rough fields. climbing rail
fences and jumrnC ditch"s. until. having ira
vcreed the woods thcy rarN To frnce surrounding
| \ rastu-e lot No sooner d'd they show Themselves
| than there was a loud below and an enormous red
bovine Of the masculine order lef his browsing hun
dred yards and came toward them. paving the
| ground md throwing dust hich in the air
| "There he "a " said the farmer Amt he a fine
| ore1 Tho only trouble with him Is hos burned
rod that when he goes 10 creek to d"nk and sNe9
his shadder in the water. the color drives him mad
and can't manage him. Now, n you'd 1"s' gif over
tho fenro and paint him sv-hue with touch OF ya
Ier on the horns think he'll Re nuIeter, SOS car
sell him. an I'll give you tho cash
| Tho inh clearly mt The farmer was nIro
with vlrtuous rd'cnation at the breach OF contract
and wouldn't drive he dupc back: the ncichhors were
| all in- and wouldn't do II for love money. and
as n result he carried his in'pedmen'a five miles unde
a brollng sun before he caught ride with peddlcr