Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-29

nese white rubbed down smooth. !
drew mostly out OF my head. and com
pleted about half the alphabet when
Prof. Osgood, though he had broughi
me home TO do the work and himself
liked IL, began TO have doubts OF his
judgment, ard went on TO New York
carrying with him some OF my little
square blocks
I'm those days you saw everywhere
the sign "Engravers and Designers on
Wood" The artist worked for the en-.
graVer, and the engraver was the
oniy one who had dealings with the
publisher. knew an old fellow down
town In those days who made ten thou
sand dollars a year out of his business.
lie would have several boys who could
| draw fairly we'll making the designs on
wood. He had figure book, landscape
book, animal book, etc, and wn,t. he
wanted figure OF any particular sort
he would taxi that book and transfer
IL with tracing paper, getting head
mere, and leg there, etc, and putting
them together very cheaply and very
rapidly-all OF II stolen.
well, Pros. OsEOod went down "a
one or those men and showed him my
BLOCKS and asked him what he thought
or them. He said the work showed
talent, but II was crude, and the artist
/ ala not understand the technicalities OF
drawing on wood. and on the whole the
work wouldn't quite do.
| In the meantime, however, some
thing else happened, which was TO de-
termine my artistic career. There was a
| great desl OF talk az that time about
rather Hyacinthe. the bare-footed Car
neiite. He had left his order and come 10
New YORK for rest, and everybody was
! trying TO get him. The Episcopalians,
tue MethodiSts, etc, wanted him 10
enter their ranks. The poor man, who
only wanted TO be left alone, was liter.
ally infested with photographers, re-
porterS, church dignltaries, a nd the rest.
| wei, drew a cartoon of Father Hya-
cinthe, bare-footed, old, unhappy, with
these various people crowding
ABOUT him, caricaturing each par
tcular set, and sent IL 10 Har-
! pers as baton d'CSsdt not dream
lag OF favorable response. Harper's
was the height Of my ambition, the goa
| OF my desire. fancied myself being
admitted TO their establishment after
ten years OF patient work, when I had
already won considerable fame and rec.
ognition by artists. To my utter sur
prise J received letter by return ma.
alter the sending Of my cartoon, saying
that tho Harpor's were so much pleased
with It, thought il showed the buddinp
o. so much ability and genius. that the,
wished TO make me an offer ~ once /,
enter their establishment. So my am
bition was realized at the very outset o..
my career.
well, Prof. Osgood came home. and
ming to me he said that he was very
sorry, but | wasn't experienced I'm
drawing on wood, that he had consulted
these people in New York about NV
work and he felt obliged to take the ioh
out OF my hands
II waited till he had finished, smiIing
TO myself. for had already decided OF
course TO accept the offer o. the Harm
ers'. SO told MIN was glad TO get rid
OF the job, and that was going to tho
Harpers'. Well, soon after that. though
these engravers had said my work was
not good enough to be used, they wrote
me letter Offering me a place in their
establishment at small salary"