The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-03
{ copyrighted, 1901, by Robert Howard RusseIl.l(

man Sympathy in the Coloring Of the
Subtle Motives. when the Piker got ria
of this he was always Relieved. FOR 4 g. ar
Awful Thing to Memorize and carry around
with you.
Afterward Miss Haw went out and told
her Girl Friends that the Piker was Terri
BILE Deep.
When they brought up Music shat vas
where the Piker lived. He could set In
early and stay late and never "Trip himself
up. He had attended a couple Of Concerts
and at one time boarded with Z Lady who
played the Autoharp.
One Evening when he was out with a Few
People who were such Thorough Musicians
that they seemed Sour about something AN
the time a Tall Man with a Low Collar
asked him if he had heard that latest
Thing by Tschaikowsky.
If he had made it Charles X. harris the
Piker might have been with him. But he
never turned a Hair.
Impressive, isn't it?" lie SAID. having
learned how TO Spar for Wind without
leaving an Opening.
Yes, bat it didn't get into me the way
vogner does" replied the Tall Party.
This was the Cue for the Piker TO insert
his Speech on Vogner.
He said he preferred vogner any day In
the Week on account of the distinct Appeal
to the Intellectual Side and the Atmosphere
of Mysticism. whatever hat was. He said
he couldn't listen to vogner without going
into a Cold Sweat and Chewing the Buttons
off his Gloves. particularly if the Interpre-
tation was made with a Broad and Com
prehensive virtuosity and such Mastery Of
Technique as to abolish all suggestion q
the intermediary and bring one in direct
Communion with the Soul-Moods.
Then the Tall Man would know just as
much about ii as the Piker did.
Among the Acquaintance was a Lady
named Wigley. who was Crazy ABOUT Art.
In her Parlor she had one OF her own
Works entitled Sunset on the Little Miami
River" with a Frame that cost s26. 1t was
Miss Wigley who read the Paper before
the Raphael suburbanites. setting forth
that the Highest Effects could not be OBJ
tanned by the Use of Crayon. She loved 10
hear the Piker cut loose about Art. Even
when he got in over his Head she was
right there swimming along after him and
taking Chances.
Mrs. Wigley was stuck on his Converse
ton because he said so many things that
could be Thought About later on. Nearly
every one who heard him went Home and
Thought about what he had said and Won
dered what he had been Driving at.
Mrs. Wigley had a Theory that an Artist
who is any Good at all should be able TO
suggest through the Medium Color all that
he or she felt and suffered during the
Throes Of Execution. SO she called in the
Piker to size up her Picture OF the Little
Miami River at SHUTDOWN and asked him
what Emotion. If any, was stirred up within
him as he gazed at the Effort. The PiSer
said it gave him a touch OF Sadness. Then
she knew ne was a real Critic all light.
The Piker kept it up until after a while
he began 10 think that possibly he was
something Of a Sassy Savant. He was
elected Director o. a Museum and was in
vited to sit on the Platform at Lectures.
And at last he departed this Life with only
a few Relatives and Intimate Friends being
on to him.
Moral-For Parlor Use the Vague Gener-
atty is a Life-Savcr.