Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-24
BADGERS PICTURE.

Doyon remember Badgers big picture
Of "A Nihilist Conspiracy" in the 1888
academy II was one Of the pictures Of
tho year. BY CAD. sir. that was pic.
turcl It folched everybody, did "a
Nihilist Conspiracy" Then came tho
order for tho "Convcrsazione atlBurling.
ton House." aud then, Of course. his for.
tune was made. and Badger became m
A. X. A. Badger A. II. A., cuts mo
now. used 10 know him very WE'LL
we were both members Of the Goose
club. OF courfe that isn't tho right
name Of our club-thc real name is the
Swan but we arc always called tho
Goose club, you know, and there arc all
sorts Of mysterious reasons alleged for H.
splitter. who Is professional wit, and
earns very prccariors living 10y II, and
IL not member Of tho Goose club
mean tn. Swan--declares that its be.
causcall our members who arc drnmatists
invariably get tho goose. that, In the
vile. common slang OF tho stage, means
that their productions are always his,ed.
have been told 10 my face. sir, by that
beast 0rinner. also professional wit
ling. aud whom we decline TO elect TO tho
Goose club mean the swan-becauso
he wasn't qualified, for we are all spon.
taneous wits ut our dear old plaecA-that
its because all our geese are swans, and
We swans aro all geese. know the real
reason, and I've got II down In my re-
miniscenccs, and when | die thoyll be
published. and you ran buy copy, and
then you'll find It out.
But 10 come back TO Badgers magnum
opus. gave him the tip--l mean the
valuable hint; I'm always giving people
good advice. and they're seldom. very
seldom, grateful for H.
"why don't you do a nihillat pic,urey"
atid TO Badger one day; "eyefybody's
mad ON nihilism Just now. You've only
got TO read up Stepulak aud make your
nlhilists ugly enough, and its bound to
be big thing" And then ! stroked my
long gray beard tiny beard Is my great
feature. you know I've got q rather
low forehead. but then tho ancients adj
mir-d low foreheads-tcnui fronte, Hog-
ace. liza, hal
You'd make capital nihilist," said
Badger.
fgays him one Of my scathing glances,
and I saw that tho young fellow was
sorry for his impcrtlnonee. Aud then
the matter dropped.
The next thing heard was that Bad
ger was going to immortalizo the Goose
club-that ho had determined TO paint n
picture Of tho thirty most celebrated
members. Badger became suddenly pop
ular.
"Dcar old man." ho said TO me. 81
want you to sit."
was delighted. I only sat for the
face, You know, aud ! was Ia the very
center VI the picture. Badger selected
tweniy-nino other victims. The like.
netscs were wonderful The members
actually fought for the honor of sitting
to Badger, and then no shut himself mp
In his studio. and denied himself TO
everybody on the pretense Of putting In
the figures There wasn't ono of US who
had tho least doubt that the great pic.
turo Of tn. Goose club would become as
celebrated as Terburgs masterpiece,
1.-THE Congress Of Munster" We felt
by We mean the happy thirty-that We
were already immortal; we felt thai
Badger would hand Us down to posterity
as representative lights Of literature,
science and art. We'd have done any.
thing for Badger ut that time. Wei
and the other Twenty-Five immortals-
were continually calling on Badger, bu,
We never could got sight OF OF the pic.
turei no was invariably not at home,
And then dreadful rumor ran about
the Goose club.
Pugwash, the sculptor, came bach
from St. Petersburg, where he had beer
executing commission, and no told N
that Badger had painted one Of us on
and had painted him In. Wei meal
the original thirty-ondured weeks .
agony TIL the academy private view
We couldn't get anything out Of Pug
wash he declared that he was sworn 4
secrecy, he even pretended that he didn'
really know which OF us WAS the--woll
Peri at the gate--for ho sworo that tn
picture wins covered mp mysteriousl!
with clothes. merely leaving an openinl
IN which his head WAS inserted. How
we all enyied Pugwashl lie, ut least
was certain OF immortality.
But was determined to ascertain tn
truth ut orce, Directly tho hangin
committee at Burlington House con
meuced its labors, called ON ever
academician and associate knew. The
none OF them could toll mo anythin
about the Goose club picture. You SO,
in the ordinary course OF things. Badge
would have exhibited his great pictur
ON Show Sunday, n month before III
opening Of the academy, lie didnt, MI
our agony was prolonged until the Yer
last moment.
was thereby ,hore, mean NJ Blu
lington house-the instant tho dooi
opened for the private view, had
ticket, you know, of course-I alwa,
have ! almost snatched tho gratultor
catalogue with which was presontf
by one Of tho gorgeous gentlemen Ia Il
hrarlsy gowns, who resemble lord Chi
justices or doctors OF music Of the I'm
versiiy OF oSforl-at least, they do
the private views TO the general publ
On ordinary OCCasluua they nra only CON