The herald., 1895-12-01

almost as big as Shetland pow,
bounced up out of the cool ivy and lei
out roar that fairly shook the house. ).
That will usually make an Indian
baby cry" explained Mrs. Hudson. III
1t doesn't frighten the baby it does tho
any event. Mascot just loves to poke his
cold nose into a haby's face wi On 1t is
, strapped up hand anu foot and perfectly
helpless. so the mother is glad enough
to let me tnke the papoose inside, where
| it will be safe. promise to take good
care OF 1t, to buy 1t new dress /, 10
give it some beads. In jiify have that
| baby propped up in the light against the
front door Of my studio. Then com ss tue
| task OF getting one hceting expression on
the face of the baby indicative Of inter-
, est in life. They are regular little stoics.
Ihey viii sit and stare, without blink.
ing. an eye or moving muscle. while |
peri ,rm the most erotesGue antics in OF
der to provoke laugh. | can occasion l.
~ interest them by giving them some.
thing to eat, hut there is always son e.
thing about the way they accept toCd
from me that reminds me Of the Gagged
animal II worked three days on a baby
before l could get u smile and only then
by putting on a feather headdress and
dancing around like an Apache meoi-
cineman. | worried, torn elted, hullied
ana frightened one poor little fellow for
two days trying to make him cry. But
when | tried TO propitate him with candy
and beads he yelled Justify and ] got
splendid photograph OF him. But 10
have them sleep is another thing.
have been almost tempted to chloroferm
them. 1t seems to me that they never
sleep. / have rocked them and sung I
them till | was hoarse and dizzy, and
still their big brown eyes. that locke
like painted porcelain, would stare at mo
just as unblinkingly as if there were no
| such thing as sleep"
Have any OF the babies you painted
died?'f was asked.
Yes, one. 1t was my nnmesake, too.
Tvs mother promised to name it after n e,
but it CHANGED 10 be a boy. Had It ban
a girl its name would have been Ora
Hudson Billy Bow Legs-the fa
name is quite up to date, being hyl hens
ated. The poor baby struggled ons
under the name OF DR.. Hudson b.,
Bow-Legs for alb nut a year and then d.el.
If its mother knew that | had over paint
ed and photographed II she would hold
me responsible for its DEATH
ION. would think that an Indian viii
lage would be the last place on earth In
which 10 study art" was suggested.
son the contrary, those ndolent, i'm
provident people, who live in little shan
ties of oil boards and boughs, who like
nothing less than LABOR and nothing more
than whisky, can teach the world art.
They are masters of the art of baskstry,
and nonu finer is found anywhere. All
of their baskets are made from the roots
or twigs of shrubs but tho coarsest Of
, them are watertight. | have found
among them baskets which contained
tfty-two stitches to the inch and appear
ed almost as fine as linen. The little col.
lection | have made, containing some-
thing over $50 baskets, is worth nearly
5000. Some of tho plainest in appear
ance are the most valua ble because they
cannot be duplicated. they are woven
with stitches which the Oldest OF the Dig
gers have forgotten, and basketry Is now,
to q certain extent, lost art with them.
have found fourteen different ~eaves,
but the best living basket makers have
forgotten half OF them.'
Mrs Hudson makes her home IN uklah
with her husband, Dr.. J: W, hudson.
She was born and reared in Mendocino
county, and spends much OF her time
whipping the trout streams or climbing
over the hills with her dog and gun, for
she is AN ardent sportswoman. She isa
crack shot and az n esPeft to wheeE Su'
Francisco Call.