The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-14
AN ARTIST IN MOROCCO.
Young Arthur schneider's Billet With
 Sultan Muloi, Etc.

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 turned to this country to visit relatives l and to recuperate from his onerous du' i ties as court painter to his Most Mo- l hammedan Majesty, Sultan Muloi Abe
 El Aziz of Morocco. It is now about 1 sixteen months since young Schneider
 then just about leaving Tangiers, where l he had been sketching for nearly 8
 year. was approached by court off
 cial and asked if he would be willing tc
 enter the sultan's service, his principal duty being to teach his majesty how tc draw. Schneider accepted without hes | itation.
 | It seems to be generally believed that a Christian in such a post is about as l secure of life and limb as a lion tanner | But Schneider says it is not so danger
 ous as to venture into Hell's Kitchen,
 New York, after dark. He is going back himself, and he does not think he l is taking any great risk. Of course, it
 would be q different proposition entire
 ly in the case of Q Christian not fa- vored with the Sultans protection. l A four-day journey brought Shenei- der to Morocco City, where the court had been residing ever since the pres ent ruler as an eleven -years-old boy,
 succeeded his father on the throne.
 The sultan was fully developed physi-
 cally in spite of his youth, but wofully lacking in education. Things have
 changed since then and the ruler of
 Morocco is a comparatively well-in- formed man, who follows with equal in- H. ..I, tics and the progress of modern sci ence To what extent the court painter may be held responsible for the change,
 it was impossible to learn from him
 when a Sun reporter had a talk with
 him yesterday.
 There is one thing that every Chris
 tian learns quickly over there" he said,
 'and that is to keep his mouth shut
 concerning certain things. To talk pol
 itics is a luxury which you do not in
 dulge in. Politics is synonymous with
 intrigues. And intrigues- we'll as I
 am going back, I practically consider
 myself still there. Let us switch"
 The progressiveness of the sultan S
 mind was shown by his fondness for the
 bicycle and the camera. He was skill
 full on his wheel, although he used the
 ordinary Moroccan costume when rid
 ing. This consists of trousers wide as a skirt and tapering slightly toward the
 ankle, around which they are securely fastened; three kaftans, or shirts, on top of each other each one reaching down to the bicyclist's feet; a fez on his head and around the fez a turban; then on top of all jelahb, or cloak with hood attachment And he rode a mans wheel, too.
 An English photographer was at the court to teach his majesty how to use the camera just about the time Schnei- der reached Morocco. The moment the Englishman left Me was succeeded by French colleague, so as not to cause any international heartburnings. The con- stant rivalry between those two na- tions and the desire of the sultan to distribute his favors equally between them showed themselves in many other ways Schneider found eight Euro peans connected with the court in one capacity or another. Four of those were Englishmen and four were French. Beneath the international rivalry whirled and eddied currents of indlvid- ual jealousy. Everybody was bent on ingratiating himself with the autocrat on the throne. The arrival of new man was naturally looked upon with hostility, and while all outward civili- ties were observed, Schneider was left very much to himself.
 The young painter so6n became a fa- vorite with the sultan. A studio was built for their common use just inside the gate of the third, or innermost pal ace wall. It was literally furnished with everything required for the pur- suit of the painters art. Twice every day Schneider had to come to the stu dio for an hour or two. At first he was summoned by soldier each time, who, lowing low before him, cried out:
 "Will you answer, my Lord?"
 After while the sultan began to set tie the time for their next meeting be- fore they parted. Often he would send his court painter away at the close of the afternoon lesson with a request that he go straight home to draw some sketch, which then was carried back to the sultan by a special messenger. Next morning the sultan would surprise lis teacher by showing him copy of he original sketch. He proved himself | m apt pupil, excelling especially in im- tations, but succeeding less we'll in original efforts.
 As patron of Schneider's. own art he | vas somewhat embarrassing by ex- | oecting the painting to be finished al l most before 1t was begun. Schneider | painted six large canvases for his pa | ron, among those being a portrait of | he sultan and another one of his vizier | To get either of them to pose was all most impossible. When the sultan had ,een sitting still for about two minutes le would turn about to ask:
 ,"Is it not ready yet?"
 Finally Schneider had to photograph i'm in the desired position and finish he portrait with the help of the pho- ograph Once, while the sultan was ut, the painter conceived the idea of making an oil picture from pencil ketch which he had made of one of the ions in the geological garden belinging o the polace. He chose a pretty big but fortunately he went at it with a broad brush in somewhat inl- style. He had been at york for two hours only, when the sul- an entered the studio. As he caught ight of the lion on the canvas he raised
 shout of delight and wanted to carry