The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1899-08-03
VOLUME 80

. you fots ticket
: have .lre.1y told you have none
! sbe sid
fm sirsii yen vill have 10 90, ese,
sAla l. ! vas besinniSs 10 be afraid /
should have 10 SET q 'bounccr' 10 put her
en', Tor sss determined she should moi,
so 10 without payins, Th. /. sh., I'm
oefe Tor. and | an conscientious Well,
81 la.i she tlounecd on, 10 the ,icke, os,loe
bonsht ber ticket sni pu, u down on my
dest, sa,iae
What 40 tmpo,iiioni
That is one sort OF the people have Ia
deal With Thea then The other Ia the
hnd Who wish 10 borrow . os,slosue Tor /.
minute and keep II the whole afternoon.
lhse TO be very stern about cstslospe,
Tie best way is TO Politely loci M evsry
picture that is asked Tor snd 10 .b.olntely
reiass TO LET any one take cstsloeue for
moment. ooe nice old lady took mo .,
my wor', and | really believe she ssled
me every number In the room, ala
more than % oen's' worth OF work for her
can tell you, The worst ia telling peo
pie the price Of pictures. After sbout sir
weeks OF II II lr.tes on ones uerves This
Is wha, continually hsppens, A thread
bare old gentleman comes to the desl
DO You know the price oi picturesf hc
asks.
Yes; woud You hkeio know The price OF
any repy
There is one 10 the other room, he says.
What rs the number' ask,
cant tell the numbar, but it,s 10 the
other room.
Then ! have to send him iot The nun
Der.
No, 22l.
That 10 $500.
IL its early in the afternoon, | explain
to him that | suppose the artist THINKS il
worth that; that be is well kaowp, or what
not; later ] say don't know. Not one
person IN 90 OF those who ash the price OF
! picture have the slisht,s Vt idea OF buying
Some will go through half sn exhibition
'ad insist on knowing the price OF all.
gel so tired OF being polite and sfsble to
III these people that by the time get out
q the evening | am ready to insult my
iearett friend for the sake OF being rude
o some one. It's so hopeless telling the
,tice OF picture over aud over sgsin
nd each time having the people eIclsim
\ hat 40 awful pricel
A great many people hold me person
lily responsible for the pictures. Lots OF
eople come snd talk very dissp reeably
0 me about them. Whist makes them
ave such bad sbows' they ask me.
oung men come up and ssy, Isn't this
vful trash2 IN an accusing sort OF way
> though had done it oil mysslf. And
ne man fairly shook his Gst In my fsco
nd demanded his money back, lie a
xindIel he shouted st me. But II real
wasn't my fault.
AT private exhibitions it's different.
here people come up TO me and say,
That privilege to sit among the works
the masters oil day don't tell
lem that il sat among the works OF
10 masters much longer / should go
ad. but would like to.
The other day friend OF mine took
y place. A man came up TO her and
ked:
Miss, 10 your picture smong these
orks OF sriY
Why, no, she replied.
He stood of . little way and squinted
her. II should te-you are worthy
it. Did no one ever tell you you hsd
profle'
That was 9 little startling coming from
utter stranger. Later she learned
al her Admirer was-tbe well known
OF course be had been
,kiag at her from Q purely artists eya
d from sn srtistio standpoint aud had
,snt no ohense. But it was trying