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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20
A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

John Serge, residing at the head of
Twenty street, employed as a
catcher at the LaBelle tin mills, was
at work early yesterday morning, when
he suffered the misfortune of having
his right hand badly cut by a piece OF
tin. The injury was very painful one
and was attended by DR.. Munroe. 1t
required two stitches to close the cash.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20

IL lonhllI was diA1lLS WIN q s'llioAi
party of distinguished gentlemen, when
one of them said: Here are three ma
tionalities represented: / am French,
and my friend here is English, and Mr.
Franklin is an American. Let each one
propose a toast
1t was agreed to, and the English
mans turn came first. He arose and
in tone of Briton bold said: Here's
to Great Britain, the sun that gives
light to all nations of the earth
The Frenchman was rather taken
back at this, but he proposed: Here's
to France, the moon whose magic rays
moves the tides of the world
Franklin then arose, with an air OF
quaint modesty, and said Here's to
our beloved George Washington, the
Joshua of America, who commanded
the sun and moon to stand still-and
they obeyed."
The following article from Marion
Harland on the deplorable condition of
rapid eaters, is worth while reading:
1t is a physical impossibilty to eat
properly-and to digest with any pros
pect of healthful assimilation-a meal
of coffee. steak, hot rolls and fried po-
tatoes in five minutes, or in fifteen.
Yet this is what the commuter, the
clerk, the collegian-and a host of
other men Including an occasional
capitalist try to do six days in the
week. They eat, as they live, on the
jump. When an especially audacious
jump lands them in the grave, intel
ligent scientists affect to wonder with
the rest of mankind at the untimely
taking off The stomach is long-suf-
fering and kind, but not omnipotent.
The salivary glands are but natural
and most efficient allies The "bolter'
cuts off supplies from this source.
The chunks of solid matter, washed
down with scalding liquid or iced wa
ter. are more than the other gastric
juices can manage. The result is as
sure as the addition Of two and two,
followed by the subtraction OF four.
A judicious mother who has made
physiology a study for her children's
sake, teaches her little ones to chew
the well-cooked cereals that form the
staple of their breakfast. Further
more, that it is indecent to swallow
anything except liquids without chew
ing it. The rule is not arbitrary
Each child comprehends the Office of
saliva, that the motion Of chewing
excites it, and that to take crude
Jumps of anything into the stomach
is absolutely wrong.
In the chance that other, mothers
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20
OIL MARKET.

OIL CITY. Pa. August 1s.-Credit bal
ances. s1--7. certificates, no bid. Shipments
93.024 barrels, average. $500 barrels. Runs.
1854 barrels; average, a.7ss barrels.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20

Street car fare allowed all out-of-town
patrons who attend our sale. begin
ming Monday. l.. METZ, 1104 Main
street.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20
THE HOUSEHOLD.
"Martha's" Menu and Recipes Rapid Eating
Deplored-Franklin's Famous Toast-Some
Good Hints for the Houscwife-A Cure for
Mosquitoes.
MENU FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST

MENU FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
23d.
EAKFAST-Melons, chicken hash
ON toast, fried potatoes, coffee.
celery sandwiches, crackers, water
melon diamonds, ice tea.
DINNER-Tomato soup, broiled beef
steak, sweet potatoes baked with sugar
and butter, creamed lima beans, fried
eggplant, bread and butter, peach sher-
bet, cakes, coffee.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20

Not long ago Mr.. Davis had the patrol
wagon sent to White Plains from New
York. A large delegation Of the leading
the occasion an event that would go thun-
dering down the ages and the pike ard
things like that The wagon arrived all
right; so did the horse. The horse was IS
hands high. He looked like an understudy
for the Trojan horse of glorious yore. The
wagon was a toy affair from one of Mr..
Davis theatrical enterprises. The towns
folk looked at the horse Then they look
ed at each other Finally they began look
ing for Davis. They haven't found him
yet, but when they do--well. his friends viii
have to dress in mourning.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20

L. Metz, 1104 Main street-Monday
all Suits, Silk Waists and Skirts go at
half price.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20

Don't fail to attend L. Nets. li04
Main street. special sale, starting Mon
da~
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20

Flag presentations this afternoon at
the picnic of the Deutseher Krieger-
yerein, at Pleasant Valley Park.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20

There was a rumor started last week
that foreign capital was figuring on
purchasing two breweries in this sec
ton, the Belmont at Martins Ferry,
and the Schmulbach brewery at Thirty
third street. The frequency with which
such propositions have been MADE 10
the brewery companies during the past
year would lead one familiar with the
situation to pay little attention to such
rumors.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20

It is stated that the Marshall County
Commissioners will soon let the con-
tract for paving the county road at the
Narrows. When the Moundsville, Ben
wood & Wheeling street car line was
built it was one of the conditions that
this work should be done, but recently
the company settled the obligation for
$4,000, and the commissioners will
shortly fulfil their duty to the travelling
public
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20
ments. The new sterling boilers, put
in use Monday, are working admirably.

mentS. Inc new sterling DOllerS, put
In use Monday, are working admirably.
At the La Belle iron works the new
plate mill was thrown idle Wednesday
morning on account of a break in the
pinions. The old plate mill, which
was laid off Monday night owing to a
lack Of metal was put In operation
Thursday morning.
At present the La Belle iron works
Is in full operation.
The Wheeling steel plant at Ben
wood, which was closed down last
week on account of break in the ma
chinery will, very likely, be started up
next Monday morning. The work of re-
pairs is being rapidly pushed forward
to completion.
The plant will go on in full Monday
morning. The pudding department
and plate mill Of Wheeling iron and
steel works are running as usual.
One day last week the Bellaire steel
works made a phenomenal record for a
plant of the kind, when $40 tons of
steel was made on one turn, which is
equal to 1850 tons a day. The fact
tHdL ILLS leaf was accomplished one OF
the hottest nights with which the men
nave had to cox.cend this season makes
1t all the more remarkable.
The big driving wheel at plate mill
A, of the Riverside Iron and Steel
works, broke Monday morning about
nine O'Clock, throwing the entire de-
partment idle. The work of repairing
was rapidly pushed forward to compile
ton. About thirty-fve men are en-
ployed in this particular mill This
mill resumed work during the week.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20

Mr.. A. J. Bauer has been elected vice
president of the Ohio Valley Trades and
Labor Assembly, to take the place OF
Mr. Thos. Duffy, and Mr. Frank Thomas
has been made secretary to succeed Mr..
It. V. Salisbury. Both gentlemen stand
high in the counsels Of labor and will
doubtless prove efficient officers.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20
THE INDUSTRIAL WORL D
LOCAL AND TELEGRApHIc LABOR NEWS

About two o'clock Friday afternoon
. large shafting broke at the Laughlin
tin plant throwing off eight of the
fourteen mills. The break is particu-
larly unfortunate a. this time as the
company is rushed with orders ara
the demand is pressing. Judging by
past experience it will require any,
where from three to five weeks to re-
place the shaft and in.he meantime IN
the neighborhod OF 800 men and boys
will be thrown idle. It will be reaiizea
that the break is considered one CT the
worst of the kind in the history OF the
mill.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20

The Wheeling Pottery is running as
usual. Work on the foundation for the
new Riverside coke ovens is progress
ing rapidly. A large consignment of
bricks has arrived on the grounds.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-08-20

The Belmont mill is on in all depart
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-15

Yonkers, which I would like to recall.
/ was so successful that by Christmas
l had saved up enough money to go to
st. Louis. where my father had re-
established himself in business, and 1
decided, after looking over the field,
to open studio in that city.
Now in every large city that 1 have
ever been in there are one or more
men who feel personal interest in art.
They are natural art patrons. l met
two such men in st. Louis. One of them
was named Hodges and the other was
Samuel Dodd. They were both very
wealthy: One day I overheard them
talking in my studio about me-
What do you think we had better
do?" said Mr.. Hodges.
Send him abroad" answered Mr.
Dodd
Wen get commissions for him to be
executed on the other side, and we will
have the money advanced to him for
his studies"
When this plan was laid before me I
very willingly gave up my studio and
went to Munich. where / entered the
academy of which the great Pilot was
the director. / took with me several
hundred dollars and I filled every COM
mission according to promise. The
most expensive commission was for D.
A. Cole, one of the best known coll
lcCNOlS III Tic w tSl- he Hdu advanced
$3.50. The picture l painted for him is
now in the Widener collection in Phila-
delphia. If l had to do it over again
l would not do 1t for ten times that
much.
After entering the academy I had a
pretty hard time of 1t. l foresaws that
my money would be spent long before
I had acquired the requisite training,
and try as hard as I might I could not
sell my work to the local dealers
had been more or less of a revolution
list in the school. I had objected to
painting pictures TO order, and it was
not the way of the master.
At last l got down to bread and
cheese. Even my canvas and my paints
were supplied by my fellow students
l had been in Munich two years and a
half. had worked hard and conscien-
tlously. | had been unable to sell any
thing I had received, it is true. the
highest medal given by the academy
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Hrt Freak of the Season.

Early in the autumn it was an
noUnced that James Men. Whistler and
Frederick c. MacMonies, the sculptor.
had opened a school of drawing and
painting in Paris. Although the world
is well used to the eccentricities of Mr.,
Whistler and is not surprised at any
thing he may choose to do, such was
not the case in this instance. Whistler,
as the painter, the author, the wit. the
friend of no man, was a familiar figure,
but as a teacher-that was a new role,
and the art world of Paris was immedi-
ately all attention. Talk was rife in the
studios and predictions of success or
failure plentiful, with the weight Of
opinion mostly in the latter scale.
The school opened and students
f1ocked to its doors and the classes i'm
mediately became so full that large
numbers had to be turned away. The
peculiar personality of Whistler had
been depended upon, &c doubt, to at
tract women, and the Hact is that the
majority of the applicants have been
women. The men WeIa not convinced
The arrangement was that Mr.
whistler would criticize on Wednesday
and Mr.. MacMonnies on SATURDAY.. The
announcement that the latter was to
teach drawing and painting occasioned
no little surprise on this side of the
water, for it is not very generally
known that he has painted for several
years and exhibited often at the Salon.
Ihose who have seen these exhibits de-
scribe them as strong, virile work,
put very Salonlike, meaning thereby
that they are good, but interesting al
most entirely from the artists point Of
view. In America MacMonnies is known
almost exclusively as a sculptor
From latest reports, although many
students are still at work in the Whist
Ter classes. a large number have left,
and the failure of the school seems a
matter of only a sort time, For some
/ reason, which is unknown, Mr.. Mac
Monnies had refused to criticize any
more. What most astonished the stu
/ dents was the character of the criti-
/ cism. Whistler, contrary to all expec-
/ tations, spoke mostly of the drawing,
whereas MacMonnies, who would be
/ supposed most interested in form, criti.
/ cized color exclusively.
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understand how the committee came to
give you that medal. You don't deserve
it. The idea of making so bad use of
so great subject. Now this is what
you want to do. Put Columbus over
on one side, paint a side view of him.
Do it this way" and he illustrated with
his expressive gestures how the figure
was to be drawn. Nov, don't paint on
your little canvas. I'll give you a
studio that three men have now. I'll
turn them all out. You can have it by
yourself. There well put canvas
thirty feet wide, and l want you to
paint this picture this way. In one, in
two years, you will have produced a
painting. If l have any influence with
your Government it will be in Wash
ington. 1t will be in the Capitol. 1t
will make you famous"
OF course I was pleased. 1 was more;
I was touched But I didn't have
money enough to work one or two years
or even one or two months longer, and
l told him so frankly.
you don't need money" said Pilot.
THE academy the Government will
pay your expenses, will hire your stu
do, give you your paints, buy you your
canvas, engage you your model
I thanked him, but l went back to
my studio and resumed my single can
vas and tried to reach the hearts of
you how the master regarded me even
before ] had submitted the picture that
gave me my first successful order.
While l was painting the portraits of
the children Pilot asked me how 1 was
getting along with my Columbus pic
ture. 1 had not begun it. l never
had any intention of beginning it, and
I didn't know exactly what to say to
him. Suddenly an inspiration came to
me.
"Do you think, Herr Director" said
1. that Munich is the place to paint
this picture in? Isn't Salamanca bet
ter placer"
quite right" returned the master.
"Of course. Come to think of it, your
models here are all Bavarians. You
want Spaniards for models. Wait I'M
til you go to Salamanca. Do it there -
That is the last I ever heard of my
Columbus composition. But have the
original among my paintings in my stu
dio now.
What is my rule for success in art
Years ago / thought that nature was
master. Now I know different. Art
/ transeends nature. One must paint
what is behind the eye of the artist
As paint, and love to paint, there is
somebody standing by my shoulder who
says to me, Don't paint that" or paint
that" and I follow these directions.
almost see this somebody. 1t is con
science personifed. It speaks to me
IT directs me- Every day I paint when
ever it is possible. whether it be wei
/ done or badly done. 1 paint if I have
j to scratch it out the next morning ]
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things which were Of no earthly adj
vantage to me as an art student For
instance he had me copy in oil a
steel engraving of one of Rosa Bon
hours pictures. After l had been with
him for year or so. however, he did
do me a genuine service He advised
my father to send me to New York
l came to this city with several let
tiers of introduction to wholesale shoe
dealers, who were requested to keep
kindly watch over me, and another
letter to the late ]. o. Eaton, a West
ern artist who had attained consid-
cradle reputation in the metropolis.
l went into Mr.. Eaton's studio and
upon his advice l entered the National
Academy of Design. When I was 20
years old my father failed in business.
He might have taken advantage of the
bankruptcy law and saved a respecta-
BILE fortune. But 1t was an honest fail
ure. He regretted very much that he
could not continue supporting me and
he wondered what use l could make of
my art training. I didn't know exactly
what to do.
gave the matter considerable
thought. / had had one years ex-
perience in the shoe business, and I
had learned how to sell lady a pair
of shoes two sizes too small for her.
/ was very successful in that, and I
had made up my mind that if it came
to the worst I would go into a shoe
store as clerk. But fortunately I
didn't have to. I laid the matter be-
fore Mr.. Eaton, and he advised me to
paint flowers and fruits, in which line
of work l had been moderately sue
cessful. Through his influence I was
able to sell some of these. There are
number of them now up around
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hand and made as If fuTP bt IN
dead detective but from rnG ato
to be
heard approaching They the officers kao nag SEM her bse
officers guidance OF
began thorough Seac
basement said taking @ a tban
shook building
Detective though thrown
a of
flame The entire nghborho9d arou
in still possible
the
trunks orders that be securely ropd and carried
of bold beautiful
Goto of
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replied that l had it, and did not care
to dispose of it. In answer to this
received a letter asking me to put my
own price upon the canvas. This was
a different matter. So l wrote to my
old time friends telling them that if
they would send their agent to me with
$4,000 | would part with the picture,
never thinking that my offer would be
accepted. But they cabled their ac-
ceptance and they've got the picture
now, and | don't know whether to be
sorry or glad.
How did Pilot happen to ask me to
paint his childrens portraits? 1t was
not wholly my study of the Woman in
Black. as | afterward learned, because,
although the great painter was a very
harsh critic, he had a rather high idea
of my ability, which 1 possibly did not
deserve. I'll give you an Illustration.
| told you how ! resented the method of
manufacturing pictures employed in
the academy, of my desire for inde-
pendence and all that. This happened
month or so before ] received my
commission. l had all the sensitive
independence that goes with unrecog-
nized ability and grinding poverty. I
resented almost everything That was
my mood. One day the master said to
me that he wanted competitive COM
positions from the pupils, and he had
selected the subject of Columbus before
the council because there were a num-
Der of Americans in the academy.
Now, 1 knew how Pilot wanted those
compositions to be made. I knew
where he would place Columbus and
where he would put the members of the
council, but 1 determined that if / were
compelled to paint it I would follow
my own ideas.
Two days before the time for sub
hitting the compositions arrived, some
of my fellow pupils asked me what l
was doing with Columbus. / told them
nothing. you'd better do something -
said one of them, 1.-The chief expects
something very important from you -
l laughed They insisted. and more as
a. joke than anything else I laid out
my composition. 1 said to one of the
young men, There is no authorized
portrait Of Columbus, is there?" No
one knew of any. 80" / continued,
"I'll paint the back of the discoverer,
and l won't put him in one corner of
the picture but in the center" And so
l did 1 made him face the council in
a position that I knew would not en-
tirely please the chief. The more
worked on the thing the more interest
ed I became, and before I had been
painting an hour / was engrossed in it.
After I had finished it I laid it one
side and thought no more about 1t.
But I finally entered it with the other
compositions. To my intense surprise
it received the medal. AS soon as the
award was announced Pilot came to
me, Indignation written in every line
of his face.
ITS an outrage" he said. Il don't
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In each class but I had been severely
criticized by the teachers for my indie
pendence. and the dealers would have
notnlng to do with me. I know what
despair means.
1t was the turning point in my life
l don't know how much longer l could
nave kept up the struggle. l was for
tunate in having secured quarters with
some people who had confidence in me
Sufficient confidence to Let me owe
them two years rent-but I could not
nave held out very much longer, and
L knew 1t. 1t was then that l painted
my nrst successful picture. 1t came
about this way: l painted a study of
a woman in black, dressed in a riding
habit. 1t now hangs in the reception
room of the Union League Club in this
city. / sold it for $500. 1t was bought
by s. p. Avery, and now belongs to the
club. 1t was not the money that l got
from this picture. though, that brought
me success, because I did not sell it
until several months afterward. l took
the canvas to Pilot and asked him
what he thought Of it. He looked at it
and then he said: 'Mr. Chase, 1 want
you to paint the portraits of my chill
dren. 1 will advance you one-half of
the price before you begin work.
Within a day everybody in Munich
art circles know that the great painter
had commissioned me to paint the por-
traits of his children My reputation
was made The dealers who refused
to notice me crowded my studio and
asked for paintings, studies, anything
that l had. The seal Of approval had
been set by the highest authority of
his day. I had money-Pilotis money
and l was Independent, so 1 told these
dealers NO, to go away, to let me
alone; that / would have nothing to
do with them. I paid my rent. 7
walked on air. The whole world looked
bright. There was sunlight every
where.
| won't tell you how I painted these
portraits or what has become of them.
for that has nothing to do with the
matter we are talking about. A GU
rious sequel, however, to this little
siege of the Bavarian art dealers came
to pass only last month. Let me tell
you about it. One of the dealers had
In his store portrait of a girl smok-
Ing a pipe. by Wilhelm Leibl, even at
that time famous painter. / enjoyed
studying this picture more than al
most any other in Munich, and 1t oc-
Cured to me that so long as my work
was in demand l would exchange some
of my pictures for 1t. so that I could
study 1t at my leisure in my own stu
dio. / gave three studies of heads in
exchange for It.
Now at the Stuart art sale last year
one of Leibls pictures sold for $500
About month ago the art dealer who
arranged the trade in Munich more
than twenty years ago wrote to me,
asking whether I still had this picture,
and II SO, whether / would sell it.