The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-14
ARTISTS REVENGES.
Scores Which Were Settled With
Brush and ChiseI.
From Answers.

FROM Answers.
Mr.. Whistler began life as an en-
gineer's apprentice. One day his en-
ployer asked him to etch a map on
copper.
The map was a great success, but by
way of amusing himself young
Whistler made border round the plate
of ludicrous little caricatures of MEM
bers of the firm. Next day he went off
on a weeks holiday. entirely forget
ting that he had not stopped out the
terrible little pictures. Meantime the
plate was bitten in with acid. and
printed, and copy of the map handed
to the head of the firm, who flew into
a towering rage and dismissed
Whistler.
Just as Whistler was leaving, de-
lightful way of getting even occurred
to him. On the chiefs desk lay a huge
magnifying glass, with which the
latter always scrutinized the work
submitted to him. Waiting his chance,
the apprentice painted a hideous little
red demon in the center of the glass
and then departed. Next day, when
the chief first had occasion to use the
glass, he got the worst scare of his
life.
Equally amusing was the way in
which the great Painter Holman Hunt
took a rise out of his first employer
Like so many other artists. young Hunt
began life as clerk. His employer was
an auctioneer and estate agent. The
man used to lock the boy up in
dreary little office. and leave him with
OUT looks and with Very little to do
What was worse, the window was of
ground glass. and nothing that went
on outside could be seen through it,
1t would not even open, for the auc-
tioneeer had a horror of flies and other
insects.
One tedious morning an idea came
to young Hunt. With pen and pencil
he set to work to draw flies on the
window, the ceiling and the walls.
blot of ink for the body, and a few
pencil strokes for the wings, and the
resemblance was lifelike. There were a
hundred or more when the chief came
in. The auctioneer gazed round in dis
may, and then pulled out a handker-
chief and began a savage onslaughter
upon his painted enemies. Young Hunt,
Of couise. got into serious trorLle.
Another statue of Kruger has re-
Gently been erected in Dresden. The
ex-president figures, as usual. with a
tall hat and Bible. Underneath is in
scribed: For Transvaal and Free
dcm! and the words: "All will come
right" 'Botha and De Wit are also TO
be seen in very flattering likeness. But
the part Of the statue which delights
the pro- Beers and amuses Britons is
the PEDESTAL.
The artist. as is well known, has a
special detestation for Mr.. Chamber
lain, whom he regards as the type of
all that is most terrible in the British
character. BY way of revenge he has
given the hideous dragon which the
Boer leaders are treading under foot
remarkable resemblance TO the
English statesmen who is his pet aver
sion.
What is perhaps the neatest instance
Of revenge by chisel has stood for
eighty-nine years in the market place
at Coblentz. In 1912 the French oc-
oupied the town on their triumpha;
march TO Moscow. They erected
splendid fountain, on which they cut
an inscription. saying various I'M
pleasant things about "barbarous
Russia"
A few months later the tattered rem
nants OF that splendid army came fly
ing back. hard pursued by Russian
cavalry. The latter occupied the town,
and their commander, st. Priest in
spected the French memorial. But he
did not pull il down. He did not even
erase the inscription. He merely wrote
underneath. Seen and approved by
me. the Russian commandant OF the
town OF Coblentz"
one artists revenge brought the
perpetrator into a law court a year
or two ago. a wealthy old lady em-
Tloyed the portrait painter, Baudon.
20 fsrf hnr nd "a HaHFF
tunafely. had d very long nose, ana
BaudOn, always q sueklcr COR accuracy
refused 10 modify this feature, al his
client desired Whereupon she refused
10 pay for the portrait Baudon dld
not waste dime in argument but
framed me painting boa rhe8p dfnl
frame and exposed N f0 public ylsw.
Th hey prosecuted BIN, bu event
Jelly had 10 pay for The portrait