The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-03
STORIES or THE
STREET AND TOWN.
we been all over the United States,
and seen and been In. all Aorta of

ana seen anu Deen IN ali 0OTtb Oh
II conditions, but never took part
in anything that amused and entertained
me half 80 much as my trip West d couple
of years ago." This came from w. r.
Johnson, county auditor OF Ramsey coun-
ty. Minnesota, with his office In St. Paul.
while he was on the train going to the
Crookston country for q weeks hunting
few days ago. He was talking OF the MEM
orabie trip OF the Sanity city councilmen
through the Pacific Northwest two years
ago. He was a member Of that body then
and came with his fellows.
I'VE had all sorts OF entertainment
through our pilgrimage" continued the
hero Of early steamboating on the Missis-
sippi and the Ohio and now auditor OF tho
great county that includes St. Paul. IN
winnipeg. Tacoma. Portland, Vancouver
and other places the people turned out to
the last public man. gave us the keys to
the city and helped us 90 ahead In q Joy
full manner that we knew how to and that
we fell right In with. But when we got
to Seattle It was different, and yet more
so. 1t seems that just at that time Seat
tie was In the midst Of a political campaign.
a convention or something. and all the men
folks. and especially the officials. were UP
to their necks in campaigning. They SIM
ply didn't have time for us. When we got
to the depot a lot of them met
us. but they were rused to DEATH, and
told us: 'Confound 1t, boys, we should like
to stay with you and show you the town;
but. blank 1t, we haven't time. We've got
convention on our hands now, and you
know what that means. We've got to be
there or get showed under Then they
told us to go ahead and the city was ours
And they sent down whole load Of things
I'VE understood all about 1t, because we
had been mixed up In politics ourselves.
and we enjoyed the thing immensely. It
didn't hurt our feelings, because they didn't
come with us. And when we got to talking
about It afterward we made up our minds
that we didn't have pleasanter time any
where than we did in Seattle, even II we
weren't followed around by lot Of enter
tanning and reception committees. There
are a lot Of hig-hearted. wnole-soultd.
generous fellows in that city that appealed
to us, and We knew just the fIx they were
In. I'd like to 90 out there again.
Mr.. johnson ID one OF the many mon In
the Middle East that have grown iip from
the SOD" ana made their own way to the
top, retaining just enough Of their native
roughness to show their natural sincerity,
which no amount Of contact with the world
could ever destroy. He is looked upon In
one of the citizens that can always be de-
pended upon.
II Il u
Al who went to San Francisco to pur-
II sue her art studies. tells In a letter
to a friend the following bright and anus
ing story of her meeting with the we'll
known painter. Tojetti:
II shall now tell you Of my adventure
with Tojetti this afternoon. At / o'clock
sharp presented myself at his studio with
a canvas under my arm ane paint brushes
and my apron in package in my hand.
My knock was unanswered; SO I walked in
and found the genius up in front of big.
spiteful-looking angel that he was paint
ing. He stared at me a minute and de-
manded:
"'Vat you vantT
II spoke up spunkily and said had come
as per engagement to paint one Of his Gu
pids. He stared more, and presently said:
TEX dat sing from of your head
II removed my hat and he came and CIR
cled around me and peered into my face:
and then. in conciliatory tone. said: To
make Cupids--dat is foolish! You sit down;
paint you.' g..
'.Well. sat down without word still
clutching my package, and pretty much
staggered. He took up the canvas and
began working nervously and rapidly and
looking me through and through. Pres
emily he slowed up bit and remarked
with an air Of conviction:
"'You are Diana; de poise. de features
are for the huntress; but de hair, dat rs for
de Magdalen.'
"All this sounded nice. and was be-
ginning to feel puffed up and all that. when
zip, he burst out:
"'You eat too much. Everybody here eat
much--drink much. De face get purple;
dey get choke up, and dey de-
This was a cherries prospect. and ]
didn't know how to retort; SO he painted a
long, long time in silence. He has some
wonderfully stunning things on his studio
walls, and l sat there and enjoyed them
Suddenly he jumped up, saying: You go
now-come again Friday morning. march
ed into the next room and slammed the
door in a way that left no room for argu-
ment- l went and looked at what he had
done.
"It looked a little bit like me; but so
vastly handsomer that a person would not
think Of me when looking at 1t. OF course,
it is not nearly finished, but it stands out
wonderfully. I am sure / do not know
what he intends to do about the money
part of this business; but as am not los