The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-01-11
SENTIMENTAL BEINGS
MALE ARTISTS ARE MIGHTY QUEER
FELLOWS WHEN SINGLE.

THE Painter of Figures Is Naturally RO~
mantle and Very Easily and Very Read
uv Falls IN Lovs-Ris Income. However,
often Serves to Keep Him Single.
Very few of our younger artists are
married, but it may be accepted as fact
that they all want to be. Cupid finds no
mark so tempting to his shaft as that
presented by q painter as his easel.
et1dio life and sentiment are almost
ANONYMOUS terms Why this should
be 50 is easily explained. An artists life
is almost Invariably lonely one. No
matter how sociable his temperament
may be, his working hours are generally
snent in silence and seclugion. Being
essentially Of a sensitive nature he longs
for such sympathy as women alone can
give. The failure Of picture or Its
complete success are matters that re-
ouire more coincidence or congratulation
than can be expressed by a brother
FAINTER. The kindliest Of neighbors oan-
not 90 further than to say: Look here,
old fellow. am awful sorry thA& they
sent your picture back from the acade-
my. It's beastly shame That's what
eallit." Or; "By Jcvo, old man, you're
in luck. know lots Of fellows with q
big name who have been wogkiRg for a
year back 30 catch the Shaw OF Evans
prize, and you got it away from 'ssn all.
But you always were lucky dog"
A woman does these things better
That is the reason be wants to marry
her, The painter Is naturally romantic
In his opinion girlhood b always an
gelic. he may have individual pref
erence for blends or brunettOs, for little
OF tall or intellectual or womanly wOm-
en-, but the entire sex Is still beautiful
to him, not perhaps in its physical fea-
lures, bas in it's 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 foF one. TO be
an artist you must be an idsalist. Stu
do life has extraordinary vicissitudes at
times, but 1t is always made up more or
less of visionary elements, Occasionally
the artists dreams turn into nightmares,
and he has a very bad quarter of an
hour. But when events disillusionize
him he InOpes for a short period and pro
ceeds to fall in love with new charmer.
Last spring two young men, one
painter, his companion a sculptor, were
Joint occupants of a studio In New
York, These departments of art do not
always agree, inasmuch as the dust and
dirt Of a sculptor's modelling platform in
terfere considerably with the purity OF a
portrait makers paints. But neither OF
the young fellows was rich, and by Club
bing together they managed TO pay the
rent of larger studio than they could
have had separately. The sculptor made
as little dust as possible and kept it weE.
down by frequently using a water
sprinkler. Not to be behindhand in
courtesy, the painter was patient, and by
keeping sheet Of drapery in constant
readiness was enabled instantly to cover
his canvas when his comrade unavoid-
ably threw out a cloud of powdered
plaster Of paris. They were comrades
IN every sense Of the word, and had a
union Of pocketbooks as well as Of sym
pathies. On one occasion the sculptor
was so hard up Oh the final receipt Of a
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 and
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 walk. An
hour later he came back accompanied
by boy, and between them they car
ned canvas twelve feet long by six
WIDE. It was a windy day, and the
sculptor was quite exhausted by the
effort Of getting his unruly burden past
gusty corners. But after few minutes
breathing spell the two friends en-
oraced each other affectionately anc
went to work In their respective corners.
80 ideal friendship as this ought to
nave lasted throughout a lifetime. But
an sVeAt Happened which changed
1hs ourrsat sf aniAbilitY in the studio
ana estranged the two young men so
1hat at present khaE are not awen mad