The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1900-03-22

oay. ne Will lose all his value to us
when he becomes well again. You see,
nowadays healthy-minded folks who
don't know what it is to be pessimistic
like to read that sort of thing. think
it makes 'em feel happy"
1T must be very odd, 1 should think"
said Mrs. Dobley. But you find it in
teresting at all events and you don't
have to work so hard. Then it must
be charming to meet all the poets and
writer's, to commune with such gifted
minds-not through cold print as 9TH
crs have to-but soul to soul as it were."
Really, Honora, you are acquiring
distinctly literary style in your con-
versation. The uplifting influence of
the Green Giraffe can already be traced
in your talk"
'.But they are all very charming, are
they not?'
"Er-perhaps charming is not exact
ly the word. They are intensely inter-
esting-and surprising. A few are
perhaps trif1e erratic. l never know
when I reach the Giraffe Office what
may happen before the day is over.
1t is life of constant surprises. Some
times it is glorious poem-sometimes
remarkable sketch = sometimes a
fight"
"A fight?''
"Yes, over bills, you know. Mistakes
will happen. We pay a cent a word
for our prose, and the boy who counts
h. Ir
this gives the writer an idea that we
are trying to defraud him. WHY, we
had rumpus the other afternoon in
the Office about eight cents on mag
nificent article: Arts Eternal Future.
The man wouldn't listen to reason and
wanted the entire machinery of the Of
fee to apply itself to counting the
words in that article"
"Who won?'
"The cashier. He usually wins. He
runs compound words together, and
that is where the misunderstanding
arises. But the sidelights that one
constantly gets on the inner person
atty of the artist-of the brush and
of the pen-it is delightful"
How lovely! Can't you explain it
to me?''
"Well, there is certain nudity OF
soul-an absolute frankness that marks
the character of the genius. Here is
an instance. Dauber, you know, is one
o; our best men in black and white
work. He does those Vedderesque
things that have all sorts OF hidden
meanings"
II recollect," ".said Mrs. Dobley, eager
ly. "Now that picture last week called
Destiny. 1 couldn't make that out
Destiny was standing on the crescent
Of the moon reaching for star. Al
first l thought there must be some
thing to explain it, but hunted every
page and there wasn't thing. Now
what does it really mean?"
'My dear, you must ask Daaber abou
that"
"Do you think he knows?"
|, "Oh, Dauber knows what he means
/. He can't print maps with his pictures
|, Mrs. Dobley, but the spirit is there
was about to relate an incident. Dau
ber was doing full-length black-and
white draped figure. Aftermath b
called it. It was wonderful thing
The eyes looking out under draw
| hood. He showed me the sketch, ant
he said: There's something will keel
} people guessing"
sYes-his pictures are like puzzles t
me. 1t is finished?"
!, mo. You see Dauber had an acciden
at his studio, but with the absolut
frankness that characterizes the man
he came Immediately to the Office t
explain the delay. Dauber was so bus
, that he was working nights and
t seems the model got mad at somethin
r and kicked over the lamp"
"The model kicked ?"-
= "Yes-the young lady who was po.
ing for Aftermath said he made he
feet too big, and it seems she has
: great deal of temperament and it Al
: serted itself at this moment and 81
/ the studio on fire."
"Well, just fancy-I should think
: dangerous to have things like that hal
). pen!"
: "Oh, this artistic temperament is
: queer thing to stack up against. BIZ
i you get used to it. That is, you g
i used to being surprised. You begin nj
e to count on anything being what yo
v expect it to be. Then, one of our artis1
Z we have to lock up in side room witt
X out windows when he starts pictur
h and we have his meals sent in to hi
n until he finishes. His capacity is emo
e NOUS"
l. "For work? p
mo, for food. He seems to abso1
it; but his pictures have delicacy !
" feeling, quivery, moonlight effe
Il that would make you think thu
y evolved from rose leaf and dew die
v But they don't"
a Talking of food" said Mrs. Doble
y when I called at the Office the 9th
e day noticed very tired, pale lit
e girl eating sandwich in corne
,e Who was she?"