The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-04
ms WRONG IDEA Of ART,
liked Picture, blt Was too tar. Removed
from inpresslonlst School. a

from lmprcsslonlst School.
Chicago Timea- Herald. When Blctter-
wlck'e wite's aunt died and left him a 10.
OF money. the nrst thing Blo.tsrwiek did
was to buy house, and the next thing
he did was to furnish It. Among the
furnishings was a picture There was
more than one picture, ypu understand,
but II was one particular picture that
got Blotterwlck Into trouble. The deal
err called II n pastoral scene. and itiwls
80 pretty that Blotterwlck stood before
It every day and admired It. He also
called In the neighbors and they i'd
mlred Il. gEE( @ b n 2
E Then one day he invited Raphael Rcs-
seth Dolliyer 70 dinner, and had hardly
finished the meal before he said:"I have
"a rattling good picture ] want to show
you, Dolllver. think II Is a little the
best In Its line that I've seen for many
q day." i3ft ,,5}l 5isis
II didn't know you were q conncis-
seur," said Dolllver." iRi 7sl
I'm not" returned Biotterwick. err I
was wouldn't buy plctures-l'd only
talk about them" 4 5s, 8
This was the only hit made by Blotter-
wick In the game, so It Is just as well to
score It here. 81.
H"Ah-hum," said Dolliyer, with calm
scorn. Where Is this phenomenal work
OF art?" 20 Z
II Blottcrwick had been wise he would
have turned the conversation to n bar
rel of ole he had in the cellar, but he
went unthlnklng to his fate.
The picture was In the parlor in a very
good light and Mr.. Dolliver surveyed At
for five minutes In stony silence. Then
he eaid: II suppose these objecta In tho
immediate foreground are cows?"
Certainly they are COWS. replied
sBlotterwick. In surprise. What did
you think they were, elephants?"
Unfortunately there is no question
about It." said Dolliver. shaking his
head sadly. II suppose, also. there Is no
doubt about the figure Of a man down
the road?"
"a man? Why, Dolllver, that is a
gem! You can almost see every feat
ure." "a SIS
Yes, I see." returned Dolllver, with q
slight cough. "The trees also see are
exactly like trees, and no one could mis-
take the water for anything else"
That's about the size OF It., cried
Blotterwick in delight. Everything In
that picture stands right out--a child
could understand every detail" q
That's 1t, that's 1t" said Deliver,
with q great gulp: and then he laid dis
hand on his friends shoulder and said
with emotion: "Blotterw!ck, I've known
you since a child; we went to school to-
gether, and know you wouldn't harm n
fly; but-don't show that picture to any
one that knows anything. Please
don't"
feavens!" cried Blot,erwlck,
explosively. WHATS the matter with
the picture? Didn't you JUS. cay.
BE calm. Blotterwisk. You have been
taken in. Why, man where have you
been living that you can't tell a real pic
ture when you see It? You have ad-
mitted that the cows look like cows,and
the trees like trees. Where, then, Is the
pleasure In discovering cows and trees?
Then, there Is the man. You bring in
your stable fellow and ask him what
that Is and he will recognize It instant
ly. Can't you see how commonplace
that Is? Now. there's the water. Sup
pose that at first glance everybody
should take 1t to be a hog or prairie or
a tablecloth. and then. after reasoning
q bit they would see that 1t was meant
for water. don't you realize how differ
ent that would be from an ordinary pic
ture? Then. look at the sunset Why.
that's the kind OF sunset you can see
every day. It is yellow. pink and red.
1t is not brown" 81
/, II don't believe ever saw brown
sunset" said RlotterWlck.
"of course not; nobody, ever did,. re-
turned Dolllver, earnestly. That's
where the art Is exhibited. You've got
to discover that It Is 4 sunset. That Is
the charm of art. and therefore this pic
ture violates all Its canons. Now, Blot
terwlck. take my advice and give this
picture to the village barber, or hang It
in the stable Then, the next time you
are IN town/'ll take you somewhere and
let you buy picture that will keep you
wondering for q week whether It Is
house on fire or a charge OF heavy dra-
goons. When you find out I'll come out
and congratulate you"