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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-09

To the current assertion that the place OF
tho drama In the scale OF art Is u low one.
since the efforts OF tho motor are but mi
metic and ephemcrnl. Mr.. Irving rejoins
that all art Ia mimetic. and even l!fe itself Is
1leetinK. Marble crumbles. and the very
names OF great cities become buried In the
dust OF ages" Mr.. Irving overlooks tho case
of painting. which 10. OF course. fnr moro lugi-
tive than sculpture or architecture. What
memorials have we Of 1.-THE great Gree, painters.
and what has become oven OF the Last Supper
OF Leonardo da Vinci? A further point Is made
that duration Ia an inadequate standard OF the
vaIuo Of an art. II it were conclusive. no art
could vie with architecture. but such certainly
Was not the opinion Of tho Greeks. The force
OF tho impact made on the mind and heart Of
contemporaries Is. to say the leGst. as faira
standard. And what English painter or sculptor
can pretend to have made so deep nm impress
sion on tho public Of his time as was made by
actors such ms BurbAge. Betterton. Garrlck.
and Ed mu Kean?
OF course. q man who takes himself and his
vocation 30 seriously as does Irving repels
with heat the notion that the theatre Is merely
q place OF amusement. He has TO admit that
1t il primarily regarded as such by its fire.
quentcrs. Otherwise. they would mover enter
its doors. Ho contends. however. that for au-
thors. managers. and actors 1t Is a serious
employment. to BIO undertaken gravely and
adhered to rigidlN. 1t should be considered
from their points OF Wow ~ well ms from the
position occupied by the spectators. This IL
obvious. but Mr.. Irving goes on to argue that
the state Ia profoundly Interested IN tho con-
dition Of tho stage. He SAYS truly that far.
sighted mon in civilized countries are begin
ming to adopt the Athehlan rather than tho
Roman conception OF the theatre. and to SEQ in
it an educational medium OF no mem order.
There Is no doubt that during tho Inst cen
tury 1t has boon the means OF teaching mil
lions OF people n multitude OF facts which
otherwise would in all likelihood have been
missed ly them. How many. asks Mr.. Irving.
are there who have had brought home to them
By stage plays the costumes. habits. manners
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-09

In her second volume Mrs. olirhant has a
chapter on the historians and b~ioGraphers
who are either living or dIod In compare
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-09

OF countries and hges other than their own:
what insight have they not thus obtained into
facts and viclssitudes Of m existence. into
passions and sorrows and ambitions outside
tho narrow scope Of their own livcsl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-09

Henry Thomas Buckle for some reason is
omitted from the chapter on historians. and
figures In one dealing with Philosophical
Writer'S" Buckle was essentially a self
taught man. Mrs. Oliphant reproduces from
his biography an interesting picture Of him
working In the great room lighted from the
roof and lined with books. shut out from every
influence OF real lie. necessarily reading and
compiling notes. ana tracing the action OF
laws which he knew only by their letter upon
men whom he scarcely knew Mt all" II YVES
In this way that a natural mistake originated.
Whereby he assumed that the institution Of
The morning call., 1893-02-19

MARKS ON THE SKIN-Old Subscriber.
City. 1t is always an imprudent act to az
tempt to remove marks from the skin, eS-
pecially such as have resulted from disease.
Many ugly blotchcS and sores Will wear
away in time. 1t is much safer not TO
NEEDLE with them. Before you attempt
anything Of the kind you propose consult a
respectable physician.
The morning call., 1893-02-19
ABOUT TWILIGHT.
1t Is the Hour When Malaria Gets In
Its Worst Work.
Chicago News-Record.

Chicago NeWs-Record
The special danger OF the sunset hour in
malarial regions may be owing to the fol-
lowing conditions:
The microbes or spores concentrate at
level little above the ground, exactly as
one may observe the dust Of carriages in
the road in thick horizontal layer settle on
warm. moist evening; then there is no
lifting by ascending air currents, but a sort
of beating down TO low level, and their
conference is caused by the disposition of
vapor on the dust particles as the air cOOls.
Thus. over a dried marsh there would be
great condensation of microbes or spores.
which could no longer dsperse They
would gather about the height Of a mans
head, Just as we see ground fog In still,
moist air after warm day in autumn: the
organisms were given off while the surface
Of the ground was warm. and they aceumu-
late little above IL as radiation carries off
the heat and cOols the lowest stratum of
air
About sunset the earth il still warm an d
exhales moisture into the air above it and
with the eaTth-yapor organisms are largely
given of. The human body is at that time
most susceptible to their action, beca Use the
RAPID cooling OF the skin drives the blood to
the inner surfaces OF the throat and these
congesied inner surfaces favor the inocula-
ton By germs drawn In with the breath.
Later in the night The organisms have
largely sunk by their own weight and that
OF deposited dew, and, moreover the cooled
body Is not so much open to the attack OF
germs remaining In the air.
The morning call., 1893-02-19
TIE COURTEOUS BURGLAR.
A Pleasant Interview With the Man
He Expected TO Rob.
Aurelian scholI in a Paris Exchange.


A wel-known Paris clubmsn, the Wis
count de Saint-Rieu. came home the other
evening at 10 O'clock. Having forgotten his
glasses he was not able to take part in a
game of poker at the Sporting Club. lie
hired a carriage and gave the driver orders
to take him to his house in the Rue Saint
Florentin. OF course at that hour his valet
de chambre was out. SaInt-Rieul entered
his apartments by means Of night key.
On gong into the parl0r he found stranger
endeavoriDg to open little safe. The
stranger turned round on hearing him enter.
Saint Reul took off his nat aud in cOur-
teous tone said, mo doubt, sir. you are
burglar"
''Sure enough" replied the stranger.
81 am sorry to disturb you" continued
Saint Rieu.
How could fellow imagine" said the
burglar. that man Of the world like you
and such n reputed clubman could come
home so early as this p
Il forgot something. Only for that my
presence would be ineXplicabe."
The burglar sighed: Il have no sort Of
luck of late, and while waiting for a good
stroke, the plans of which are already laid.
just came in here TO keen my hand 10, for
| was afraid / mi ght get rusty"
Your explanations are very satisfactory,
indeed" said Saint Rieul, "but since | hap
pened to come in in time. just be good
enough to retire"
Certainly, sir"
TAKE cigar"
with pleasure" said the visitor, "be-
cause | would be sorry 10 go away skunked."
The stairway is lighted" replied the
Viscount, $50 that ii Will not be necessary
for me to show you the way. IL the con-
cierge should be indiscreet enough to ask
you where you are coming from, tell him
simply that you have just left NJ. dc Saint
Rieul."
THANK you, sir"
Light your cigar"
"Oh. don't take the trouble, sir, i have
matches"
"Adieu, Monsieur"
II have the honor to salute you"
And the burglar went quietly downstairs
The morning call., 1893-02-19
BLACK MILK.
A Curious Cow Owned by an Ohio
Man.
Philadelphia Press.

Philadelphia Press.
Robert Hansborough of Chilic0the, Ohio,
is the owner of the Eighth Wonder Of the
Word"-a cow that gives c0al-black milk.
The COW is a mixture of Jersey and Dur
ham and was raised on the HanSb0rough
farm, as were also her mother aud many
sisters, none of whom exhibited any pecu-
liariiy in the color OF their milk. Mol
lie" as this phenomenal creature is
called, has reared five or six calves, al Of
which have lived and grown fat on She black
milk. The milk produces fair amount of
cream. This cream is a tris lighter In
color than the milk itself. and. when
churned, makes kind Of butter that re-
sem bles thick mixture of coal tar Para
doXieal as 1t may seem, this butter is as
palatable as though of golden yellow, and
is said to be highly reished by the whole
Hansborough family.
At first, when the peculiar color of Mollie's
milk was discovered by the person To whom
was allotted the task Of "breakipp The COW
In" the family was afraid to use it in anv
way. When they saw that the calf was
waxing fat on the LIQUID tar the younger
members overcame their preipdices aud
within few days the milk was heing nsed
Just tue same as II 1t had baen Of the regu-
latlon color. The owner Of this standing
contradiction OF nature SAYS that he has
been sorely pestered by the agents and pro-
prletors OF dime museums, but so far
he has declined all offers, hoping that
yet she will transmit her popularity
to. some of her progeny. which up to
this time she has failed to do Chemists
OF New York, Washington and Richmond
nave Analysed both the milk and the butter,
but declare that they can detect nothing
that in any way accounts for its sable color.
One or two of these experts have ven-
tured the opinion that it is caused by sons
unique cOloring pigment in the blood Of the
animal
The morning call., 1893-02-19

stuff, and by noon the whole bottle was
gone, Nike was deathly sick, and the girls
had to GO without model that afternoon.
When JOullin began his Chinatown studies
he had a hard time finding models. He
thought for a time be would have to give
up, the prejudice he encountered was so
strong. The belief is general among the
Chinese that whatever happens to ones
picture will happen to the person.
II portrait of Chinese were burned he
would expect to be burned alive some day.
and II knife were run through it he would
expect TO fall by a highbinder's dagger. He
finally managed through int ligent Chinese
TO get two or three men TO sit for him, bu I
women were out Of the question, and the
arts. was in despair until he went 10 the
Chinese Mission, where any Of the girls
would y iiiDglv serve. For his mandarin in
his recent large picture OF a Chinese iqsshouSe
he secured an interesting and intelligent CHI
nese character in the person Of All QlOn.
who was a sculptor In China and who is
rather hight0ned now.
Artists often receive applications for en-
plOyment from people who have heard Of
this way OF making a little money. but the
kind that Is wanted Is often hard 10 get.
But a few days ago the school OF Design
advertised for nude models The old In
dian, covered with badges and tTnkets. who
is a familiar figure on the streets, might
have become Red Jacket if he had not been
so independent Secretary Martin of the
Art Association tried 10 get him TO come up
20 the School Of Design not long ago, but
the old fellow ignored Martin with a look
of contempt and plOdded on down the street
Besides The paid models artists frequently
get friends to sit for ihem as portrait mod
els. and that is the plan generally pursued
by Ludoyici. There is some thing in the
proposition tha! is rather fatlering to most
ladies, if they think themselves handsome.
and such models are not so hard TO find
among the besl classes OF pponle.
The morning call., 1893-02-19
The BiIIville Banner.
Atlanta Constitution,


We have been expelled from church for
buying an overcoat with the collection. We
have a hard road to travel but we are de-
termined to keep warm till we strike the
hereafter.
Our eldest daughter, who was great
reader, has run away with a book agent.
Literature runs In our family
The railroad has just killed our mule who
went all through the war lie was a gem
niue colonel, and his title is now on sale
cheap at this office. Now is your chance to
become a veteranl
Having been drummed out of the church.
VIC will hold private services at our resi-
dence, 81 Poverty place, tomorrow. morn
ing and evening. Only five collections will
be taken up III order 10 enable us to buy a
mule Come Willie we sing
Some thief broke into our dwelling
Wednesday night and stole our only pair Of
pants. That's why we've been wandering
around in our wife's dress. They can't rob
us of our shirt, however, as we've always
got it on.
Our father-in-law has heart failure. and
we have secretly insured his life in our
favor for $500. As soon as he dies we will
give ouTseif dinner and enlarge the paper.
We insured our mother-in-law's life ten
years ago. but We got tired waiting and let
the policy lapse.
The morning call., 1893-02-19
NADEAU, THE OUTLAW.
How a Bad Man in Maine Protects
Himself From Arrest.

| Lewiston journal.
Efforts are still bsing made to capture
Nadeau, the outlaw. Three unsuccessful
attempts have been made within the last
! fortnight 10 serve a warrant upon him,
but all who have approached thu cabin
have been driven away at the muzze of a
rifle.
| He Is still living about twelve miles be-
! yond Fort Kent. There ale several other
settlers within a short distance of him.
but most of them are friendly to Nadeau.
| His cabin Is few rods from the
road. and no one not known to be in
sympathy with him is allowed to pass
! without being challenged. He is said to
| have stopped several teams, rifle in hand.
| gone through them and their baggage TO see
! If they had with them any official badges or
papers. This he does 10 make sure no de-
tectiyes are around him in disguise. for
| recently two from Portland have been spy
! ing on the outlaw, endeavoring 10 catch
| him mapping
Nadeau saws. "I'll never see my own
| grave" by which he means he will never be
| taken alive.
To guard against surprise in the night
time the outlaw has dug a long pit or trench
| in front of his cabin AT the bottom OF this
| he has driven stakes pointed sharp at the
| top, and any one unfortunate enough to fail
| in would be impaied. He has covered the
| whole over in such way that it Is made to
resemble solid ground and with Nadeau on
| the watch with his rifle 1t will take more
| than one 10 pass IL.
To be able to use his firearms to better
| advantage the outlaw has cut loOpholes in
the four walls of his cabin, and there is no
avenue of approach that he cannot cover
from the Interior. Since he has been a
fugitive from justice Nadeau has been sup
piled with firearms and ammunition by his
brother. His cabin is so located that he can
command a view of the country for two miles
in every direction. When the outlaw sleeps
ne has suspended over his head revolver
aimed toward the door, so that If suddenly
awakened he has only TO grasp the weapon
aud fire.
Between Nadeau and some of his neigh
borS a code of relay signals has been ar
ranged extending for miles up and down the
road.
The method is for the first man seeing
suspicious character approaching TO fire
rife shot. The next hears il and fires his,
and this is continued till the one nearest
Nadeau gets an answering signal from the
outlaw. BY this system the outlaw Is made
aware or the approach of stranger when
he is miles away.
The facts herein related were learned from
peddler who strayed into the settlement.
and who, being harmless, was allowed TO
call at the houses and show his wares to the
women. The peddler, having sharp ears for
gossip, and his customers being females.
CLEANED considerable about Nadeau and his
movements.
Many men Whereabouts arc not only will
ing TO help the outlaw keep out OF the
officers hands. but would fight for him if 1t
was necessary
The morning call., 1893-02-19

classes, and on IT the model sits In an easy
attitude directed ana perhaps costumed
about the head and bust.
More models are used at the School of
Design than anywhere else. Portrait
models are used there four times a week
and nude models two days week. At the
Art Students League models are used three
days q week, and in many studios about
the city they are used whenever occasion
requires it.
The usual payment for such models is IS
cents sitting" Of three hours whether
from A 81. 10 noon or from to P. NJ.
This will amount TO 81 30 for full dav, but
there IS no such thing as STEADY JOB" for
them. To be model means to pick up
dollar, or perhaps four or five of them, now
and then at short notice.
One OF the most picturesque and best
known portrait models in the city is Mrs
Dyer, and she is one Of those who have
been in the business so long that they have
become profess lODal. Five or six years ago
Oscar Kunath spied the old lady on the
street on BarbaTy Coast and saw in her just
what he was looking for. Boldly, politely
ana eagerly he spoke to the old lady, for
she looked as though she would not be
above earning little money; but he was
spnrned with some tart retort. She had a
dim Idea that she vas wanted as one of
those nude models she had heard about, and
she did not want anything to do with paint
ers. Mr.. kunath got the proprietor of a
cOffee-house, into which she often went, to
explain the business TO her and 10 negotiate
for her services and be WAS successful.
The pictures of Mrs. Dyer that have been
made since then would be worth thousands
Of dollars.
She has set for many a weary hour for
every class at the School OF Design since
then, where hundreds of pictures, good and
bad, In charcoal and oil have been made of
The morning call., 1893-02-19
FACES TO RENT.
Portrait Models of Local
Artists.
PICTURES OF HUMAN LIFE.
How Wrinkled Age and Blooming
Youth Earn Two Bits an Hour
In the Studios.
OF HUMAN LIFE.

There are quite number of people In
San Francisco who live mainly on the rent
of their faces. They don't live very nigh,
but most OF them think themselves lucky.
They are the people that serve as portrait
models for artists 10 paint. The artists use
them for classes of students to work from.
and they put strange clothes on them and
turn them into hand painted John the bap-
lists. Joan of Ares and Isaiahs.
There are probably fifty people IN San
Francisco who are available for the studios
on demand. Every artist who does portrait
work has a notebook in which he keeps
entered the latest known addresses of pOr-
trait models. and when he wants one he
addresses to one request to call around.
These people do not find their faces 10 be
their fortunes, but 4 good many find them
10 be their meal-tickets aud the source Of a
needed small coal supply.
They are a different class Of model people
from those who exhibit their nude forms for
the sake OF art and 50 or 80 cents an hour.
Il makes little difference what sort Of face
the nude model has. and the artist dOesn' {
care whether tue portrait model has any
form a all or not
The portrait model. male or female. must
The morning call., 1893-02-19
Character in Walking.
Chicago Mall.

chicago Mail.
Quick steps are indicative Of energy or
agitation.
Tiptoe walking symbolzes surprise. curi-
osity. discretion or mystery.
Turned-in toes are often found with Dre
occupied, absent-minded persons.
The miser's walk Is represented as stoon-
ing. noiseless, with short, nervous, anxious
steps
Slow steps. whether long or short. suggest
gentle or reflective state Of mind, as the
case may be.
The proud step Is slow and measured ::
the toes are conspicuOusly turned out: the
legs are Strengthened.
Where a reveDgeful purpose be hidden
under feigued smile the step will be sink
ing and noiseless.
The direction of the steps, wavering and
following every changing impulse OF the
mind, inevitably betrays uncertainty. heal
tation and indecision.
Obstinate people who in an argument relv
more on muscuarity than on intellectual
power rest the feet fiat and firm on the
ground, walk heavily and slowly and stand
with the legs firmly planted ana far apart.
The morning call., 1893-02-19

long as he got paid for his time. He was a
worn-OuJ old sailor. about 90 wears of age,
whom some artist picked up on the water
front and for several years thereafter he
made enough out Of art to keep whole
ship's crew in tobacco
These old people are interesting as char
acters ana interesting as pictures. 50
many of the types OF the morning of lie
are interesting too. 1t is easier for art
students or Artists either to draw an Old
face that is angular and full of wrinkles
than to reproduce the fulness and bloom
of youth, and so there are more young
people used as models than old ones. There
are probably twenty pretty faces OF San
Francisco girls that are summoned 10 art
schools and studios occasionally. The
owners of the faces go because of the Is
cents a half day.
Among the young people that the Dor
trait class at the School of Design has
sketehed great many times are the Cook
BOYS aud 10 years old, who live over a
saloon on Dupont street. These bright
little boys, by the way, were used good
deal in the life class for studies in the nude.
Mike, the youngest one. who goes by the
name of "Macduff' there, appeared be-
fore the forenoon class Of men one
day with very bad cold. His
standing naked as beside sWimming-hole.
If there was hot stove near. did not help
his cold, aud he had to be sketched between
coughs. Everybody was sorry that Macduf
had a cold. and somebody gave him bottle
of cough medicine. Macduif liked the sweet
The morning call., 1893-02-19
Mrs. Dner at Work.

her, and there has not been an exhibition
by the school for years In which her face
has not appeared several time among the
specimens of the best work Of the students
Mr.. Kunath and other artists use her in
their private classes, and her features may
he recognized in several pretentinns pic
tures. One OF them is Oscar Kunath's
(Which of EBder," exhibited at the Me-
chanies' Fair this year. 1t was nothing to
the old lady whether she was to be turned
into a wrinkled witch Or an aged queen.
she is a character. the artists who know
her ali saw, She lives in inexpensive little
nnstaIrs rooms about Barbary Coast, and
hsr age is yariously guessed to be anywhere
hetween 70 and % years. But she is quite
; .pearp; old lady. and. great C@sarl how
she can talk-talk you blind, they say. But
r. she wants 10 she can be model IN San
Francisco as long as she can climb Hight
Of stars. orrongss bis
u Mite hairs aud puts on expressions Win ,
ala mats TO make up scenes In tue Will s,a " y.
human life, He used to do thar ana uiu y
for 1uil several years. but he is dead now. a
good MANY artists who knew MIN wg Ia
ssnsak Of MIN kindly and with interest ne
Mas an aclor until age took away MS occu-