Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-01-17
SENTIMENTAL BEINGS
MALE ARTISTS ARE MIGHTY QUEER
FELLOWS WHEN sINoLE.


FELLOWS WHEN slNoLs.
The Painter Of Figures Il Naturally Re-
mantle s.d vsry Easily and Ven Rssa-
lily Yaiis In Lsvs-His Income. However.
Onsa serves 10 Keep Him siasis.
Very few Of our younger artists are
married, but II may be accepted a. Q fact
that they all want to be. Cupid finds no
mark 30 tempting to his shaft ~ that
presented by painter at his easel.
Studio life and sentiment are almost
synonymous terms. Why this should
be % l. e,dly explained. An artists life
Il alEios. invariably lonely one. No
matter how sociable his temperament
may be, his working hours are generally
spent In silence and seclusion. Being
essentially Of o sentative nature he longs
for such sympathy as women alone can
give. The failure Of picture or Its
complete success are matters that re-
quire more coincidence or congratulation
than can be expressed by o brother
painter. The kindliest Of neighbors can.
not 20 further than to say: Look here,
old fellow, i am awful sorry that they
sent your picture back from the acade-
my. It's o beastly shame. That's what
callit." Or: by J0ve. old man, you're
In luck. know lots Of fellows with q
big name who have been working for
year back to catch the Shaw or Evans
prize, and You got II away from 'em all.
But you always were a lucky dog"
A woman does these things better.
That IL the reason he wants to marry
her. The painter Is naturally romantic
In his opinion girlhood Is always an
gelic. He may have individual pref.
ervnce for blends or brunettes. for little
or tall or intellectual or womanly won.
en-, but the entire sex Is still beautiful
to him. not perhaps In its physical fea-
lures, but In Its mental possibilities.
Hence he is always In love and restrained
from matrimony only by the difficulty
Of supporting two people ON an income
that Is barely sufficient for one. To be
an artist you must be an idealist. Stu.
do life has extraordinary vicissitudes ut
times, but II Ii always made up more or
less of visionary elements. Occasionally
the artists dreams turn into Nightmares,
and he has very bad quarter OF an
hour. But when events disillusionize
him he mopes for short period and pro-
ceeds to fall In love with new charner.
Last spring two young men, one u
painter, his companion sculptor. were
Joint occupants Of studio In New
York. These departments Of art do not
always agree. inasmuch as the dust and
dirt OF sculptor's modelling platform In.
terfere considerably with the purity OF u
portrait makers paints. But neither OF
the young fellows was rich, and by club
bling together they managed to pay the
rent of n larger studio than they could
have had separately. The sculptor made
as little dust as possible and kept II well
down by frequently using water
sprinkler. Not to be behindhand In
courtesy. the painter was patient, and by
keeping sheet Of drapcry In constant
readiness was enabled instantly to cover
his canvas when his comrade unavoid-
ably threw out O cloud Of powdered
plaster OF paris. They were comrades
In every sense of the word. and had q
union Of pocketbooks as well as Of SYM
pathies. On one occasion the sculptor
was 30 hard up ON tho final receipt of q
commission for a large statue that he
was unable to buy the clay necessary for
his model. whereupon the painter de.
MED himself cigars, took to a pipe anu
by this economy got enough money to
pay for the necessary materials.
Some time afterward the artist re-
ceived an important order and had not
the wherewithal to purchase the large
canvas essential for Its execution. The
sculptor said nothing. but putting on
his street coat went out for a walk. An
hour later he came back accompanied
by boy, and between them they car
RED q canvas twelve feet long by six
wide. II was o windy day. and the
sculptor was quite exhausted by the
effort of getting his unruly barlen past
gusty corners. But after few minutes
breathing spell the two friends EN-.
braced each other affectionately anc
went to work In their respective corners.
So ideal friendship rs this ought to
have lasted throughout lifetime. But
an event happened which changed
the current Of aniability In the studio
and estranged the two young men so
that at present they are not even nod.
ding acquaintance.
One day the painter received an order
for sketch of man In armor. The
sculptor readily consented to pose for
his friend. and after some effort finally
got himself buckled into suit OF mail.
BY one OF those accidents that some
times occur at tho most inopportune
times the sculptor's fancee happened to
call at the studio chaperoned by lively
married relative. In order TO get into
the armor the sculptor, who Is OF large
frame, had to strip to the skin. To get
out of the suit Of mail was not to be con-
sidered. So he had to stand awkwardly
listening to the merry laughter OF the la
dies over his comical appearance. His
fiancee. encouraged by the witty COM
inents of her friend. made snch fun OF
the unfortunate sculptor that he became
furious and broke off the engagement.
That evening no employed truclunan
and removed all his things from the stu
tlio without vouchsafng as much as good.
by to his chum. The experience effected
an entire change In his opinion OF the Ia
lies. His first inamorata was tall. dis
tinguished looking brunette. He Is now
engaged to little, round faced blond,
who, despite her resemblance to q French
doll, Is declared by him to be the cpl.
tome Of all the charms and graces Of
womanhood.-New York Sun.
yexstsble Boa Constrietors.