Evening star., 1896-11-28

Listen to me. You have a certain tai
ent-technique. perhaps I should call it: a
slight skill in technique"
"Ah. that's better. Now 20 on"
You got the praise and the prizes in
Paris because of your technique, and that
set you on .he wrong tack. You are merely
| only doing we'll what hosts of other men
have done well before you. You are down
among the ruck. Now, ] strive after indi-
vidua!ity.''
You get It, Barney"
THAT'S not for me to say. Anyhow. in
1 dividualty and strength are what L want
| to see in my pictures, and there Will some
! time como a critic with mind unbiased
| enough to recognize these qualities. Then
my day will have arrived. You mark my
| words. I shall found a school"
Like Julians?"
NO like whistler's You know very well
what I mean. That's your nasty way of
| showing You are offended because I'm
| frank enough to tell you the truth
Il suppose none of us likes the candid
| friend, however much We may pretend to.
Well, i must be going. I've got some
technique to do for one of the magazines"
haldiman went downstairs not cheered
! as much as might have been expected by
Hopes overfiowing good nature and gem
ercsity- He met Barney's mother on the
stairs who gave him head-to-foot glance
OF evident 6isapproval. She did not admire
the set with whom her son had thrown in
his lot, and feared their influence on him
| would not be beneficial
"oh. mater" cried Barney. when she
entered. II did not expect you today. How
did you find the place.
his mother raised her lorgnette to her
eyes and surveyed the room in silence
| 20 inns is the studio. Barnard" she said
AT last. don't think much of it, Why is
II all untidy like this?-or haven't you had
| time to get it IN order yet?-
This is the kind of thing We artists 20
ever will be-" 0 ~
Then ] don't like it. Why could Won
| not nave had man i'm to lay one Garnet
as ~ should be laid? These rugs all scat
| up SO What's this old iron for?"
| Ihats armor. mater"
| oh. rs itg don't see how any one can
10 useIul work In a room like this. stiII I
suppose IL Is good enough to paint In. +
found the place easily enough Trust a
heiShborhood to know where there is anv
extra fooiishness going on. OF course ro,,
ho, ha.e oeen cheated in everything you
pocsht- BUT that's neither here nor there
! ness" 'Aie ousi-
What business. mater?"
.Eoo1,., oas business! s! The business. of course"
soonsh beggars! What are they going
10 DO mat for. and what do YOU EXPECT me
10 90. Not TO talk to the men i hone for
% = ue,est the workingmen. He's an ass
usually, otherwise he wouldn't work for
the wages he gets. | can't reason xifb H.
"ofkhsman, you know, mater"
NO. don't suppose you caa I soma-
s uouot whether you can reason with
ahyhody- The men have made some de.
10 md The men have made sor1e de-
mands which Sartwell, the manager. won't
even listen to- II seems TO me that he
| is not treating them fairly. He should. ar
ieast near what they have to say and n
their demands DO not cost the firm any-
tnii's ne should grant them"
water, cried the young man with en-
tnusiasm| what a head for bu. mess YOU
hare.'' '0N
Il am of a family that became rich
through having heads for business" re-
niled the lady. with justifiabie pride
NOW, what l want you 10 do is to see
this man Sar;well: he will nav attention
VIII be his master, and so he will be civil
to you.
Il m not so sure Of that" said Barney,
dorbtfully. Il imagine he thinks me
rather an ass. you know"
Well. now is your opportunity for show
ing MIN you are not, If he has the i'm
peftinence to think such a thing You
must see him, at his own house and not
at the ofiice-here is his address. Tell
him 10 receive the men and make a COM
pf omise with them. He is to make con-
cessions that are important. and thus ef-
feet a compromise A little tact is all
that is required"
From me or from Sartwell?'
From both of you. / expect tact from
you because you are my son."
Il don't like the job, ma ter; it does look
| like interference"
! Mrs. Hope again raised her lorgnct.e by
! its long tortoise shell handle, and once
more surveyed the studio.
This must have cost you good deal Of
| money. Barnard she said. impartiaiiy.