New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-09


dows on the left falls full upon the beautiful,
golden haired Hypatia, who to escape a mob
OF fanatica priests and monks tearing after her,
shrieking, Down with all heathcn. Down with
the idolatrous woman! has just rushed into the
church. leaped the altar-rail, nearly naked her
clothes torn Off by the mob. one beautiful arm
thrown around the great silver candestick. the
other raised to the figure OF the colossal Christ
above the altar who seems to be watching, with
his right hand raised 10 calm that bowling. muir
derous mob of o-calied Christians led by Peter
the Reader. who. although abashed for a mo-
ment PUSHES up and Stays Hypatia with his own
hand What expression can put into the faces
of the mob! The bowling demons in front. the
gentle Phiammon, who would save Hypatia or
else die with her. standing TO one side in the
rear. Oh. hand me that VIOLIN" said Sandy.
How much better violin can talk thar 4
mani
Then he continued chanting and playing.
marching UP and down In front OF his sketch
The mob are Mortified at what they have DONE
and for an instant all Is still, when they burst
out In howl Of despair and rush wildly from
the chant of the nuns in the distant organ gal
lery. practising for the Sunday service? They
hear the dying shrek cf Eypatia and the howl
OF the mob and rushing hither. Don't you
hear the pattering Of their feet on the pavement
Now they have reached the altar and have lifted
the dead Hypatia- Listen to that beautiful re-
QUEEN"
Every listener was breathless, absorbed by
the musical tale OF Old Sandy. who stopped sud
denly, when some one asked: SANDY, are you
going to show all that on your painting?" Sandy
screamed out, shaking his bow at the assembly:
That is what want to do. tell you the COM
ing painter is the man who paint music.
You all know young Whistler. ! believe he can
do it. Won't some Of you talk with him? He
has just the qualitcs-abity. originality &c
centricy and sufficient conceit to give him con-
fdence in himself. he can do 1t, know he can
do Il"
The party dispersed at midnight. as usual
each one went his own way. Whistler disap-
pe&red from Paris for rearly year. when he
turned up again among his old friends, stating
been ptchinrS
which he showed at his rooms. The quality Of
these etchings aStonshcd every one who knew
Whistler they were so far beyond anything he
had done before. He went to London to place
his etchinss in the Exhibition OF Etchngs and
Water Colors about TO open. AS there was some
time to wait he improved it by making etchings
Of the Thames Entertainments. When the exhi-
bition opened Whistler was famous ore Lon
don critic said: 1T is surprising and rather
notifying that a foreigner should come TO
London and pick up such material as Whistler
found on the heretofore neglected Thames En-
bankmcnts, and add to an already wonderful
collection Of etchinss that he brought with
him, some made in London-whe waiting for
the exhibition to open-that surpass anything
we have seen for years. We know Of such
etcher AS Whistler" Whistler settled in London
as painter and became quite the rage
At this time one evening at one Of the Old
Sandy receptions an Englishman commanded
attention, saying. Sandy, do you remember a
year ago you stated that you believed Whistler
could paint music? Listen while | read from
The London Tines just received "A visit to
Whistlers studio nOcturne in black and
silver-a symphony in blue and gold"
Il knew it, / knew it," said Old Sandy
jumping up and dancing around Il knew it,
He made of just the right stuff Hurrah
| knew he would do it. There is punch left
fill your glasses. and drink with me to the health
and good fortune Of Whistler, the man who
can paint music"
Then the Englishman stepped forward say
ing. "Fill again the glasses and drink to dear
Old Sandy, the man who discovered Whistler"
Il. st might naturally be asked how much
of the Whistler story is Renaissance and how
much romance 1t is all Renaissance, with
perhaps. the exception Of the allusiOn to Whist
Ter in SGndy's studio. OF that ! not at all
sure whether it was told TO me by one of our
fellow students or whether ii is a thought Of
my own 50 old as to seem like history On the
whole, | am inclined to think that that much Of
II is romance. Such a fellow as Old Sandy existed
Sandy's receptions were substantially like the
one | have described In fact in regard TO the
whole story there is nothing impossible or even
improbable The NintOn story was told me b.
Nnton himself in 1866.