Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-08-22

nor weight.
We only rest and sing, hushed hopes and
At night,
The Argosy.
A COMPOUND MODEL.
PAYNE Gray had a mothcr-in-law.
Her name was McLatchet-Bethia Nc
Latchet-and she was a mother-in-law
of the good old type SO dear to roman
cists and farce writers, inasmuch as
she knew great deal more about
Payne Grey's business than he did him.
self made his house Ter happy hunt
ing ground. and got 10 be almost as
much disliked by her own daughter as
by her daughters husband.
PAYNE Grey was an artist and, in
comparison with his brother-in-law,
Hamish McLatchet. could hardly be
called . successful artist; for, whereas
the latter painted the portraits of more
or less distinguished ladies or gentle
men at $500 head-or, to be more
correct accurately reproduced their
dresses and suits and furnishe1 them
with new faces at that pricc-Payne
Grey, was content to take his scenes
from the life of the masses; and every.
body knows which of the two lines OF
art Is the more successful in these
days.
So long as his mother-in-law did not
push her interference into the domain
Of his studio. Payne Grey trained him.
self into an indifference to her med
ding elsewhere. She might arrange
his tables for him when he gave his
little dinners. and even 90 so far as to
revise his list of guests; she might
teach his domestics their duties; or
give emphatic opinions upon his choice
Of pictures. or bric-a-brac, or presents
for his wife. He suffered all this for
the sake of peace and quietness; but up
till now he had been absolute monarch
In his studio.
One unfortunate morning. however,
Mrs. McLatchet happened to read in
the newspaper a paragraph headed
"Disgraceful Conduct Of an Artists
Model" from which 1t appeared that o
female member of community usually
remarkable for responsibility and hon.
esty. imagining herself badly treated
by her employer. had wound up q
mornings sitting by putting her UNI.
brella through her own counterfeit
presentment and cutting the eye of the
artist open with the ferrule of her
weapon.
This gave Mrs. McLatchet the cue
for . new attack. She roundly abused
the fraternity of models in general and
the female model In particular. She
quoted instances of guileless young
artists being lured to perdition by frail
but fair Desdemonas. Rebeccas. and
puritan maidens She warned her
daughter of the risk she was running
In allowing her husband to pass long
hours Of each day in the company Of
women who were, to use her own
phrase, in tho majority Of cases NO
better than they should be. She held
mp her own son. Hamish McLatchet.
as m instance Of a young man who
was successful without having recourse
to the aid Of hireling beauty of face
and symmetry Of figure; and she de-
piored Payne Grey's preference for q
line Of art which she declared to be but
. remove above the ignoble.
The world Of art In which my
damish lives and breaahes," she said.
lis one Of refinement and culture. I
would gladly consent 10 cit down at
table beside any lady or gentleman
he has 1int1d during the last ten
years. Your husbands world is that
Of the pothouse and the servants hall"
Now, Hamish McLatchet was q good
fellow. and sincerely pitied poor Payne
Grey, with be he'd maintained
an unbroken friendship Dser since they
INIT met To him Payne Grey con-
4dod his latest trouble, and, sitter q
quiet dinner together one evening they
agreed. by fair means or foul. Mother
tn-law McLAtchet's persecution must
b put to IN end.
Payne Grey wanted to avoid an open
row Tor the sake Of Mrs. Payne Grey.
who was = quiet kind-hearted little
body. DESTROYS Of living At peace with
all mankind That there was anything
between her son and her son-in-law
4rs. McLatchet never dreamed.
Meanwhile tho two artists were hard
ct work for the then approaching
academy exhibition.
well. dear, said Mrs. McLatchet
ono day to her daughter. ''xnd how is
Payne getting onf I sincerely hope
that no has turned over = new leaf,
and that We shall sce his signature no
more appended to representations of
bold-faced hussie2 dancing-girls. and
such like. Ny Hamish h sending up
sRosalind in Arden'-a most beauti-
full face and figure believe IL to be;
and. although don't know the lady.
he assured me that Il was an excellent
likeness"
ssPayne's picture has something to
do with English rural life. think,
oaid her daughters fair or some
thing of that kind"
.Doarl dear! dearr exclaimed Mrs.
NcLatchek will he never soar above
thatf Pray what i there elevating or
refined In : country fairp II he be
true to nature-and do him the credit
to believe that be generally is-he will
hardly associate Saturnalia of the
masses With much refinement"
Full Of these ideas Mrs. McIIatchet
the following morning started Of for
her s0nln-law's studio. Payne Grey
opened the door himself. and her quick
ears 1t once detected . rustic Of gar
ments which seemed to proclaim pre-
cipitate tight on some ones part.
Then her glasses were fixed upon q
largo canvas, which represented, as
her daughter had limited, an English
rustic festival. With the usual accessor-
jes Of fiddler, beer-barrels, dancing
youths and damSels. the White-haired