The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-01-16
JOLLY BACHELORS.
HOW YOUNG FELLOWS WHO DRAW
AND PAINT ENJOY LIFE.

F1OW fOUNG FeLLOW5 WITH pHAW
AND PAINT ENJOY LIFE.
Few Young Artists Are Married, but Near
Iy All Want to Be-A Painters Good
Fortune Usually Begins at tho Altar,
and 1t Is tho Goal Desired.
Although common sense generally stands
appalled, at the artists threshold, great
number Of our younger AND some of our
older painters manage to "a along very
comfortably without il. There is an un
written law In Bohemia that man can do
anything honorable without losing his dig
nifty. During n snowstorm young lady
driving down Fourteenth street in the fam
ily carriage was astontshed to observe a
young artist whom she had met some time
before ut fashionable d,-suer party carry
ing bucket OF coal to wv studio. A more
diplomatic person would have driven on
without pretending to notice the incident.
But this particular young woman was SC
astonished at seeing the wit aud lion of q
social gathering engaged in such menia
occupation that she motioncd her coachmar
to stop. and alighting from her carriage de
sired IN explanation from her friend OF hi,
extraordinary conduct He was not at al
embarrassed Setting his coal bucket down
he said langhingly:
"Oh, that's nothing My coal is out ant
they haven't sent me the ton | ordered.
have "A model up stairs and couldn't asl
the poor thing to pose for II Venus in col,
room, So went to the grocery and got
bucketf,il, and here | am" Whereat h
lifted his hat, picked up his burden, an,
disappeared up the stairs.
4 1t must not he imagined that becaus
these young fellows live in their studio
and generally cook their own meals the
are to be sylnpathi2ed with. No b.lchelo
in New York has more enjoyment out {
life than painter One Of his first pun
chascs il gas stove with Its various cool
ing apparatus BY the MD of this INSTR
1 ment he can prepare meals rs appeti2ing,
not quite so elaborate, ms those of the Hot
man House. Usually his meals are simpl
IA breakfast of coffee, rolls, eggs, lam
chops or liver and bacon, and light luncl
con of anything handy, eaten hurriedly
, order to save the precious hours of ligh
, When darkness. falls the Young painter
: appetite asserts itself He either goes to Il
italian or, as his finances may be, to fas
: ionnble restaurant and dawdles for tv
honrs over table d'hote, or else goes to b
cupboard and finds enough material for +
elaborate dinner of three or four course
. Casually he has company Dinners in
studio building nre like progressive euch
purties-the artists 70 from table to tabl
G one night gathering in Jones' room, anoth
1, in Browns, third in Robinson's
J Matlder Lake, the genre painter, now Ri
s and famous, gave dinner one Sunday t.
years ago to half a dozen young fellows
poets, painters, musicians, literary ems
Y neers and the like. 1t was II bitter co
i, day and bowling snowstorm prevailed.
Say, fellows" remarked Fixatif,
a whose studio they had been smoking all t
, afternoon, I'm hungry, and I'll lie blest
j. have anything in the lar,ler except crae
ers and cheese Let's dine with Lake"
Without apology Lakes studio was
vadcd and the proposal made to him.
was quite willing, but Nil the supplies
y. had were II pound of porterhouse stca
some mutton chops and n lot of yegetabl
i 1.-THE very thing" cried John Mori
Fellows, you have never eaten one Of l
haricots. Wen, You shall today. Havey
y, any wine, Lake"
lc 1.-TWO dozen claret," said the host.
sit down. then, with bottle, evt
H. mothers sou of YOU" said John Nor,
W. "and watch me make hnricot."
NJ. Whereupon he took off his coat, tied
piece of Lakes silken drapery around hi
n. and after IN hours preliminary work /
the ingredients cooking slowly over n gri
ur fire. The poet lighted cigar, and turn
to the company remarked benignant
III "Voicil Within half IN hour you 81
taste II repaSt fit for the Olympian gods!
at Then ensued an extraordinary thing,
CLIPS, the dog painter, happened to st
that for his part he always had very y
opinion OF Swinhurne. That set Moran
He had been silently engrossed over the
for long time. but now he w;ts ready
III an argument Megilp's unfortunate
70 mark gave him the clew and Moran sci
W it ut once He had Just sold poem TO
or Century and spoke with authority IN
faint hut musical hrogue, He WAS Il &
talker and everybody listened approviu
GYSSuddenly there arose what seemed to
;, i simultaneous wall OF horror from the c
III pany The hnricot is scorchng" S
was. Moran dropped his eloquence
grabbed hold of the cooking pot. But
vegetables and meat alike were bu
res nauseous in odor and equally disagree
in taste. There was II proposition to ch
the poet into the snow, but it WaI rot
8 90 ried FiXatif went to his larder and broi
: 80 back all his crackers and cheese, and ,
$ 80 this scanty meal, washed down by cop
VIC d,-tfts af claret, the eXpectant diners
to be satisfied
gu Probably it is in the desire to get n
from such incidents us tins that paii
- always want to get married, to csc
SOC sack and live eleanly There is a q eat
ne. of wit and good humor in II blche
studio 1t is the scene Of romance and
timent and gayety ltpresents ReGlbrl
esque contrasts of light aud shade Il
i'll muuy particulars such a method o
hernia ihnt is delineated by the uovei
,hn erA Rut the bachelor artist know tha
life. though generally jolly and free
care, is also in the main free from cor
of and lacking in the element Il s1st;
effort that is essential to the achieveil
NGf OF ambition. II occasionally happens
bachelor painters make II reputation
, remain single and prosperous. Bat us
keS the artist : good fortune begins ut the
and in the great majority OF cases lie
sirous to get there IT. soon as possible
ger York Sun.
VII Not Obliged to Relieve ESerytl:il
= OF The dean OF Norwich in recent 3
,,,4 told this story to illustrate the neN