Evening journal., 1900-03-16

fully while the other artists were set
ting up their easels. Then he saunter-
ed jauntily up to a neighb0r and fell
into conversation with him, meanwhile
helping himself TO what colors he need
ed from the palette Of the man before
him. The bull had been taken so bold
ly by the horns that the despoiled only
grinned and said nothing.
Mr.. Chase referred to the irregular
fascination OF the man, told how his
own first call upon Whistler was made
while on his way to Madrid how the
call was prolonged to visit, and how
finally the Summer passed, Madrid for
gotten while he painted chatted and
quarrelled with Whistler In the Lon
don studio II was during these days
that Mr.. Chase found opportunity TO
observe the strange traits OF character
that puzzle so many people; and here
he saw that Whistlers absolute and
unrelenting devotion to his art has
made him the artist he is as well as the
eccentric Whistler never scrupled to
insist upon a womans coming all the
way across London TO stand for two
minutes for detail, that needed fixing
in the painting OF the dress. for ma
ture was his invariable master and he
insisted that she should be ever before
him. On the other hand, though Whis-
tier delighted in all admiring crowd,
vet no social engagement was ever
strong enough to vie with the demands
OF the muse. One of this witty mans
Savings came out while Chase was urg-
ing him TO stop work and get on to a
dinner party where he was pledged. IL
did not move the man TO be told that
the dinner was growing cold and the
guests were waiting for the lion. He
uttered inarticulate grunts and painted
on while Chase scolded. Finally Whis-
tier turned around and said.
Chase, what a nuisance you are. The
idea Of leaving a beautiful thing like
this TO go eat with people.
Again Chase urged him to keep an
Important engagement with an Ameri-
can travelling in England and limited
/ for time. The engagement involved i'm
portant financial business for the art.
I ist but he could scarcely be torn from
the easel. When work was suspended
much time was expended on the usua
elaborate toilet. and the two finally sci
forth. Whistler carrying the slender
wand made famous by Du Maurier'
| caricature. This time IL was used e
4 prod the horse that dragged their han
lsom After travelling long stretches o.
! London streets and nearly reaching th'
I end OF the journey. Whistler suddenly
/ ordered the cabman to turn about anS
retrace many steps, then to thread n
and out odd streets, Chase sulkil!
protesting, until he ordered the drive
TO draw up before green grocer's.
. There said the enthusiastic art
! list, there is a bit OF color for you
4 That's finel Only | shall have that bo,
OF oranges placed on the opposite sid
Of the doorway. shall come and d
THAT some time" Then when the moo
had passed the journey was resumed.
Few men are so gifted as Whistle
with an incisive descriptive faculty
lone word will set the matter on to per
Election. There are many stories print
ed to illustrate this gift, but Mr.. Chas
told one which has probably not bee
printed before. They we're doing tn
rounds Of a gallery together and Whis
: ltler was performing the work OF genii
executioner upon many an establishe
reputation They were about to enter
! room where hung some pictures B
> Bastien-Lepage, and Mr.. Chase havin
already felt a warm admiration for tn
work of this artist, and a settled convil
4 tion of its merits. he found hin
= self ayerse to having that convi'
! ton Jared by the disparaging wor
! that whistler would be sure to fin
: out. Chase therefore hung back an
J, volunteered to wait until Whistle
y should return from the tour; but Viii
tier would not hear to such move an
dragged the unwilling Chase on to hei
:. the destruction of one more artist
. ideal Standing before a picture
= Bastien-L Lepage. this artist who finds
! himself his method and in nature h
inspiration. made a deprecatory gestu
= and uttered the one word School
. And, sure enough, there was Il
u Joint in the armor, this most devote
VI realist could not Danish the stamp
40 the academy.
"a II a man would save his own soul
w lhim beware Of the proximity Of grea
In er than himself, for he is sure to sun
,e enslavement. Whistler is a man WI
re- must be taken on bended knee or
alone altogether. for he makes no co
81 cessions Chase went through the te
I'd furnace and came forth redolent wi
As the smell Of smoke. An amusting sto
n illustrates Whistler's enslaving pow
w The Summer was nearly over and
m work OF the studio began to grow II
ot some. Chase proposed a trip son
he where TO the seaside, to Paris, to A
y. sterdam. Amsterdam was finally
he upon. for there was in progress in Il
re city an international exhibition, anC
as sight OF pictures would do them be
n good, argued Chase. The trip v
- taken. the channel was crossed to A
werp, and the journey begun by tri
to Amsterdam. Sharing their compa