Evening star., 1896-01-04
A w0MAN's OPINION.
"hat a Picture Agent Has to Saw of
Some Men She Meets.

"hat Picture Agent Has to Say of
| Some Men She Meets
one was well-dressed woman Of thirtv-
nVe OF thereabouts, portly Of figure ana
enapps oi eye and rather good looking
than otherwise. This much Star renorter
noted she came up to his aes,, n,,,,,
/ portfolio under her arm.
| i beg your pardon" she said ..bu,
selling some fine pictures and would ike
to show them to YOU"
III was only two days after -hr,s,nas
ana The man at the desk was suffering
"ith bad case of vertigo of the pocket-
. Dook. Inat Is to say, IL felt so light IL
larry spun around in his pocket
ho,.iI ne cried, as he threw up his hands
neipiessy ne how can I buy pictures? Look
at that and he laid an emaeiated ,,Srsa
| on the desk before her. PURSE
Sne .. laughed pleasantly and sat down.
nhats the matter with all the wash
| ington mem" she asked "None g, ,ssl, "ssn,
s seein 10 nave any money I've seen .
thing '''eii say the same
Christmas week" exnlainod tho -..,...
| season" ~ a' soihe othei
But ] was here two weeks before Christ.
mas, ana IL wasn't any better"
| ihey were economizine for the nsncb-
Maybe they Were" she said with some.
what OF sarcastic accent. s.btlt N ,loasns,
| COST an! thing to be polite
Aren't they polite?" and this finn. ,ho
"rlter was really surprised
| ~ NeH, sne said IN hard tone. "I come
| from New England, where we doa,t ayna..
a,a O.. ,.,o e CURRY sraces in a man, but they
are iar ana away ahead of these Wasbinc
ION men, AT least they are as far as
nave seen Why / went into a iawver,e
Once Once down here the other day, and his
cmce boy stopped me and asked VIA r
wanted. 1 told him 1 wanted 10 80 ,.a
eentieman whose name was on The <ien
ia, aa,u slied right by him. Then ] met the
,amya: DIDN'T the boy tell you / didn't
wan TO see your he inquired Can't Won
speak for yourselfT said /. Won are n
iawyer. L believe. and LAWYERS. as a r,,,a
aon employ Office boys to do their talkinp
walked out anu L
You see his manner made me mad all
over and Il thought I'd speak my mind TO
nIni, PICTURES or no pictures. Most of the
same. only not quite SO rudn. and none Of
tnem seems to be able to make nm tis
mino snort OF two or three DAYS and tbev
on a,,,a ASH me TO call again. and If I do, it is
oiiLs wasted time. because they want 10
Wait sun longer. Why don't they saw right
GUY whether they do or do not want INV
pictures and end ft?' my
The man at the desk could,,. .--
tnis conundrum, and the lady contin,IaJ
And Baltimore is worse than Wasbine-
ton- That Is the pokiest old town i ever
sssn.ns ,.o' and ia starve to death there IL L
escaped being thrown down stairs and bay-
ns my neck broken One man over tbere
got up out of hts chair when I wen, int
ms ms once. and for once I began TO think
oe.,er OF Baltimore men, but as coon as 4
told him who / was he erupte6 like . n,
ana said Ii he had known that he wouli INF
nave got up. Another one Wouldn't re-
spona 10 my Good morning when 1 came
h, ana read him a lecture on politeness
until he was glad to say Good rnorninss
when went out" and the picture lsdv
cenekied profcnndly at tn. thought
Aren Z they pretty much The ssme xber.
he
IN bless your heart, no." she replied. I'm
Shicago. when you go into a mans ofJ3ce
ne treats you as he would any other bust
ness man and tells you at once ff he uan,.
to buy or does not He is polite ahout :,
put direct and the matter is erded. When
ne wants TO buy he knows what he wants
ana ne doesn't haggle over price. but hands
OUT the cash or check ard orders the
picture or the pictures, for. Sometimes he
VIII take an entire set, sent to the address
ne gives, and the whole thing fs done while
a. Baltimore or Washington man Is horn
ming and having about il.
IT'S pretty much the same in St Paul
ana Minneapolis. I was all over Texas
ias. year, and though you don't expect
nnucn from Texas either in polish or ART
taste, 1 am glad to say L found the men
always polite and many of them excellent
Judges or pictures, and ready to buy the
best had, and some of them cost as high
as ~ apiece, which In q good price for
photogravure reproductions as mine are
| They are nice men in st. Louis too: NOT
so hustiing as In Chicago, perhaps. but
9u,ck enough and good judges. In New
Orieans, where i was nearly all fhst win
ter, the men were as courtly to me as n
nad been some grand lady, and would 20
out OF an office feeling almost as good when
didn't sell picture as when / did and i
sold good many, making so.netfmes as
high as $40 a week"
That's better than you have done I'm
desk. INV
About thirty mine dollars and a half bet
ter, she laughed, and went on. Detroit
men are the best judges OF pictures I
know Know. AZ least they know better what a
good picture is. and the name of an artist
Is worth good deal to them. MY pictures
are first class. and they seemed to think
was worthy of all consideration, and 1 am
sure L can't complain of scant courtesy IN
Detroit They were just lovely, that's what
they were, and I'd like TO go back there
But the loveliest of them all found In
Kentucky. Not only the men, hut the wo-
men, ana IN Louisville one lady bought one
OF my hfgh-priced pictures and told me to
use her name in selling to others whose
names she gave me, and 1 sold 90 half
dozen OF them A man sent me to his
daughter with instructions to let her choose
what she wanted and he would pay the
Dill ana never went into any mans Office
wnere was not received with as much
courtesy as IL / had been a society woman
with money to burn. / found nice polite
men in indianapolis and Cincinnati, too
chose Cincinnati men think they know a
great deal about art. and ! guess perhaps
they do), but there's something about the
kentucky people I'd like to take to New
England with me and try to make it grow
there"
What about Philadelphia and New
York;
I'm not going there I'm going to jump
home from here, il I have money enough
to buy ticket with when I am through"
She reached for her portfolio.
Don't you want to buy a picture?" she
| asked coakingly.
Come around next began The man at
the desk
"Oh." she laughed, throwing up one hand
In interruption, you are just like your fel-
low citizens. Good morning." and she went
away cheerily.
GHOST OBJECTED.