Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-06-06

HIGH ART MADE OVER.
Fhe Poster Girl ConsoIed by the
story of the Trials of Tive
Lovers.

The girl who did posters was very
ross. Her latest creation, ordered
20 advertise new brand of con-
densed milk, had been returned to
1er with suggestions from the man
lger of the firm, says the New York
sun.
What does a man who sells
canned milk know about art?'' she
demanded, scornfulIy. He says the
girls arms and legs are too long, and
hat mothers would be afraid the
girl babies would grow up like that
I they fed them on the milk. Just
As though girls in posters were ever
quilt ike other girls. Why, the
prize poster girl at the exhibition
aad toes that curled in little spiraIs
at the points! But no one object
I'd to it, because it wasn't advertise
ng, it was art!"
That's nothing" said the newspa-
per girl, who fatted with the post
sr artist. why, I've had to make
over story for the Sunday Omeiet
lntil I forgot what it was originally
about
How was that?" asked the post
er artist, forgetting her own trou-
bles.
Why, | wrote a beautiful little
sketch about a boy and girl who
thought they were in love and had
them meet in the springtime in a
meadow. But the principal note of
the thing, the motif, as it were, was
the springy tones of it all. It was
full of apple blossoms and yiolets
and robins chirping."
How perfectly lovely" said the
poster artist, touching up a violet
cloud with gold.
eyes, wasn't it? Well, they put
It in type and an artist made a pic
ture to go with it, but it didn't turn
out right and the story was left
over. Finally they sent it to me,
many months later, and asked me to
tx it over to suit the season.
ut was October then, and Of
course the idea was completely
spoiled, but / tried to make it suit.
In the first place 1 had the girl gath
sring daisies and she threw them
In shower at the young chap. Now
[ had to make her gather goldenrod,
and she couldn't throw goldenrod,
because it's heavy and ungraceful as
4 missile. All the apple blossoms had
TO come out and I put russet leaves
On the trees. The uolets and the
robin had to come out and / put a
squirrel scampering around them.
II was in a quandary about an
other matter. In the first story,
had them sit under the tree while
they talked, but in October people
don't sit on the ground as they do
In the spring and summer Still, I
let 1t go, and finally I fixed it and
sent 1t to the Omelet. Would you
believe they kept it until December,
and then asked me to arrange it for
the Christmas number.
'T was awfully mad. I had to 90
over it again and put snow on the
ground and icicles on the trees. I
wanted to have the girl gathering
something, but I didn't know if
holly grew on trees or bushes, so 1
had them come home from a skating
party with church bells Ginning in
the distance. Of course they couldn't
sit on the ground and yet had it so
extremely cold that it seemed silly
of them to stand talking love in
stead of going home. All the flow
ers came out and changed the
squirrel to a ST. Bernard dog, for I
know they like snow.
ST declare I was just tired of the
whole thing, but I needed the
money, SO gave it some Christmas
name and sent it back. After awhile
1t came back with the request that I
put few rabbits and eggs in it and
rewrite it for the special Easter
number. I did 1t. It was awfu1ly
queer by this time, but I had got
to such a state of mind that I didn't
earei
"Still 1 was rather relieved when I
found it had not been published in
the Easter number. They kept it
few weeks longer and then the man.
aging editor inclosed it to me say
ing that my work was deteriorating,
and to try and put little life into
the sketch, as the idea was, in the
main, good. Then put it back in its
original form and they printed it."