The herald., 1893-02-11
SENTIMENTAL. BEINGS
MALE ARTISTS ARE MIGHTY QUEER
FELLOWS WHEN SINGLE.

fly Falls In Lovs~-ais Income, However.
Often Serves to Keep Him Single.
Very few. of our younger artists are
married, but ittnay be accepted as a fact
that tiny all want TO be. Cupid finds no
mark 80 tempting to his shaft as that
presented by o painter at his easel,
Studio life and sentiment are almost
synonymous ter1ns. Why this should
be so is easily explained. An artists life
is almost invariably lonely one. No
matter how sociable his temperament
may be, his working hours are generally
spent in silence and seclusion. Being
essentially of a sensitive nature he longs
forsuoh sympathy as women alone can
give. The failure OF picture or its
complete success are matters that re-
quire more coincidence or congfatulation
than. can be expressed by brother
painter. The kindEest Of neighbors cam
not go .further than to say: s'Look here,
old fellow, ] am awful sorry that they
sent your picture back from tho acade-
my. It's beastly shame. That's what
calFit.ps Or: 'sBy Jove, old man, you're
in luck. Iknow Iiots Of fellows with a
big name who have been working for q
year back to catch the Shaw or Evans
prize, and you gotit away from em all.
But you always were a lucky dog"
A woman does these things better.
That is 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
erence for blonds yorrbTunettes, for little
or tall OF intellectuaisor womanly wom-
en-, but the enfiressex IL still beautiful
to him, not perhaps in lbs physical fea-
lures, but in its mental possibilities.
Hence he is always irlove and restrained
from matrimony only by the difficulty
of supporting two people on an income
thatds barely sufficient for one. To be
an artist you must be an idealist. Stu
dio life has extraordinary vicissitudes at
times, but it 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 mopes for short period ndlpro-
ceeds to fall, in lovewith a new charmer.
East spring two young men, one a
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 soulptor'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 a larger studio than they could
have had separately. The sculptor made
as little dust as possible and kept it well
down by = frequently using a water
sprinkler. Not to be behindhand in
courtesy, the painter was patient, and by
keeping q sheet Of drapery IN constant
readiness was enabled instantly to cover
his canvas when his conarade unavoid-
ably threw out cloud of powdered
plaster Of paris. They were. comrades
In every sense of the word, and had a
union of pocketboolrs as well as Of SYM
patlies. On one occasion the sculptor
was 80 hard up on the finsl receipt of o
commission for 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 rer
ceived an important order and had nos
the wherewithal to purchase the large
canvas essential for it's execution. The
sculptor said nothing, but putting on
bis street coat went out for walk. An
hour later he came back accompanied
by boy, and between them they car
ried a. canvas twelve feet long by six
wide. It was 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-
braced each other affectionately and
wentlto work in their respective corners.
So ideal friendship as this ought to
have lasted throughout a lifetime. But
an event happened which changed
the current of amiability in the studio
and estranged the two young men so
that at present they are not even nod
ding jaequaintances.
+, One day the painter received an order
for q sketch Of man in armor. The
sculptor readily consented to pose for
bis friend, and after some effort finally
got himself buckled into suit Of mail.
BY one Of those accidents that some
times occur at the most inopportune
times the sculptor's fiancee 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 che skin. To get
out Of the suit of mail was not to becon-
sidered. So he had to stand awkwardly
listening to. the merry laughter of the la
dies over his comical appearance. His
fianoee, encouraged by the witty COM
ments of her FRIEND made such fun Of
the unfortunate sculptor that he became
furious and broke off the engagement.
That evening he employed truckman
and removed all his things from the stu
dio without vouchsaflng as much as good
byto his chum. The experience effected
an entire changelin his opinion Of the la
Hies. His first inamorata was tall, dis
| Snguished looking brunette. He is now
engaged to little, round faced blond,
WHO, despite her resemblance to a French
doll, is declared by him to be the epi-
tome Of all the charms and graces of
womarhood. New York Sun.
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