The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-23

Arthur Park. the painter, and ] had
iusi had a good dinner at one OF the
lost restaurants i'm New York and were
hrttoninr our ovcrcOats under our chlns
as We stepped out onto The sidewalk
when n Young fellow. bright enough as
n looks but still wearing MS summer
clothes. almost ran into us.
"NVhv hello. Billy. old man. exclaimed
Park. The other replied I'm low Tone
and Park drew him 10 one side. In
moment / heard my friend say: 'Oh,
that's an right old man-any time any
time Good night-l0Ok In at the studio
some day" lie took my arm ana we
crossed the street 10 waiting CAP.
Poor devil of an art student, ne eA-
planned: Giving on hope and falth IN
himself Soothing fatten.ng about IL,
Didn't ask for 30, but / lent him ave
We stepped into the hanson and he
added: Have any troubles Of your own
when YOU first BEGAN 90 scrloDle.
Il remember ono morning Of fastening
,i2 my shoes with bits Of broom wire not
having the necessary capital 10 put INTO
a pair Of strings" 1 replied.
The paintcr laughed. I'VE have all
eaten our share of mad COW. as they say
in Paris" be returned Did l ever tell
YOU Of my little experience with certain
neichbors before / left Cincnnat?'
Never Go ahead.
"I can't make much Of IL, hut I can
give the facts If you can fix II up into
anything you're welcome to do so
STORYTELLING is your business. Maybe
NV tale as a shade grcwsomc; and some
time az I look back al 10 / think perhaps
my action wasn't strictly honest. though
fancy 10 will pass muster IN this world
Of sin. You see it was this way
Bob Auen-he's in Florence now
read about HIS new picture the other day.
didn't you2-Bob Allan and ] were born
IN the same little Ohio village. We both
decided 10 be celebrated artists. 50 we
went down 10 Cincinnati TO begin. Don
ever boast 10 me about your poverty:
we were poverty itself personihed, and
stalking about like "a pcstilence. You
M have wired up your shoes, but we
o;dnt have any shoes to wire. At least
we had only a single pair between u.s.
and whom one went out the other had TO
STAY IN Besides. they were to small for
me and too big for Bob.
well we found place at the top or
an old building which We thought would
a. for our studio. II was big room
and we 20. II practically free because
fhe owner couldn't rent 1t to anybody
,-st u had once been a printing office.
ed tho floor was deep in ink. grease
and general Dirt and the walls weren't
,oucb better The printers had moved
away because the building had got TO
be unsafe for their presses We bought
a second hand bed. begged chair Dor
rowed an oil stove and stole a soap box
,nd-thore We wtrei Sometimes we had
two meals. sometimes only one, but we
kept az work. "a,
You had got along far enough with
with your art studies so you had work.
them" ! observed.
..sfv dear boy. signs oil-cloth signs,
-, tbat And we weren't successful at
tbem either because the regular sign
,.~,r,ere could do better work. IL was
,,,sa.isfactorv business for another rea-
Co. TOO The sign painters had union,
80 resented our interference. and they
,,eed 10 throw bricks at us as we went
do,,c the streets. However, the bricks
,,eren't so bad as the turnips,' and he
nuffe6 his cigar thoughtfully Thoush
ought 10 say I'm justice 10 those tur-
ctns mat they had all passed their prime
hefore they were thrown.
..vvc cot on through the fail pretty
u,eu hut when cold weather came our
Quarters became rather cherries Inc
u5odows were loose. the shutters banged
,he sleylight let in the snow and the
wind puffed up through the cracks ana
rat.hoies in the floor The rat-holes by
ne way, were great source OF annoy
a,ce 10 US. shall never forget now
proud was the day I oougn, a ,ocsn.
Srvsh The very mex, morning Bob lost
1, down O rat-hcle- q.
VIVA, made II harder for US was the
-, ,ha, there were lot OF fellows
ahout our own age In the irnmedltte
ns,gbborhood who seemed to Be enjoying
al he luxuries OF lite Right across tps