The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-12
HIS WRONG IDEAS OF ART.
Did xof Know That Nothing should
Look Like NEtare-

Chicago Times lS~@ss.
When EiotteEwicks w4fe'S aunt died
and left her lcs Of money, the nEsi thing
Bsotte-v~tek did was 10 bay a house ana
the rsxs thing he did was 70 furnish e.
Arrong the Furnishings WAS a picture.
There was mare than one ricture. you az
sferstzrGs, bzit il was ore particular picture
that get Bsosserwicn into trouble. The
dealer called Il pastoral scene, and II
was so pretty that 3lottsrw1ck stood be-
fore Il every day and admired II. He also
called In tue neaghbors srat they admired ..
Then ore day ne invited Raphael Ros-
sssti DasltYe- 70 dinner. and had hardly
fnlshed the meal before he said: Il have
a rafting good picture / war, 10 show
you D03iivsr. I think IL Is a little the
besss IN SIS line that I've seen for many
q day
Il didn'; know you were eonno-sseur, :"
said Doliiver.
I'm rot" returned Biosterwick III L
was wouldn't buy plctures-Id only talk
about them
This was The only hit made By Biotter-
wick In the game. 50 Il is just as well 10
score = here
Album" said Deliver. with calm
scorn. Where IS this phenomenal work
OF arts'
IL Blotterw.ek had been wise he wo0ld
have turned the conversation TO a barrel
Enthinsing 10 his fate.
The picture was in me parlor In 4 very
good tight. and Mr.. Doiliyer surveyed IL
for Ave minutes in steay silence. Teen he
said: Il suppose those objects in the i'm
mediate foreground are cows?''
Certainly they are COWS replied Blot
tsrwick, ia surprise. What id you think
they were. elephanssg
Unfortunately. there is no question
about H." said Deliver. shaking his head
sadly. II suppose. also. there is no doubt
about the figure Of the man coming down
the road?'
"A man. Why. Deliver. that : a gem,
You can almost see every feature"
Yes. I see" returned Dolliver, with a
Slight cough. The trees / also see are
exactly ike trees. and no one could mis-
take the water for anything else
That's about the size or IL" cried
Biotterwick, in delight. Everything in
that picture stands right out-a child
could understand every detail"
That's it-that's n" said DolIiver, with
great gulp; and then he laid his hand
on his friends shoulder and said with
emotion: .Blotterwick I've known YOU
since child: We went to school together.
and know you wouldn't harm fly; but
don't show that picture 10 any ore that
knows anything Please don't"
Good heavens: cried Blotterwick, ex-
plosiveiy. Whats the matter with the
picture? Didn't you Just say
BE calm. Blosterwick. You have been
taken in. Why. man. where have you
been living that you can't tel a real pic
ture when you see IL? You have admit
ted shat the cows look like cows. ana the
trees like trees. Where. then, is the pleas
ure in discovering the cows and the trees
Then. there is the man. You bring in voar
stable fellow and ask him what that Is
and he viii recognize Ii instantly Can't
You see how commonplace that is? Now.
there's the water. Suppose that at first
glance everybody should take II 10 be a
hog, or ii prairie. or "A table cloth, and
then. after reasoning a bit they would
see that IL was meant for water, don I
you realize how different that would De
from an ordinary picture? Then. look at
the sunset. Why. that's the kind OF sun
set you can see every day. 1t is yellow,
pink and red. II ls not brown"
II don't believe / ever saw a brown sun
SET" said B,otterwick
''Of course not: nobody ever did re-
turned Dolliver. earnestly. That's where
the art is exhibited. You've got to dis
cover that II is a sunset. That is the
charm of art and therefore This picture
violates all its canons. Now, Blotter-
wick. take my advice and give this picture
to the village barber or hang fl in the
stable. Then. the next time you are in
town. I'll take you somewhere and let you
buy a picture that will keep you wonder
Ing for week whether Il is a house on
FIRE or q charge OF heavy dragons. When
you lind out I'll come out and congratu-
late you