The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-07
It'll TIE MAeAzINEs.

mt r,rushers OF our monthly masaA'Ne'
- boen alive to the attractive
noes n, colored prlntg. AS fast az P.o
.csses have become commercially sSaIsAo ~
tLrv have been adopted Az ulst tn'v9s ror,
orcd printinEs Ws VIZ, a., S' tSc magaaines, and
non added 10 the printed Shecls' it.rred
tLsrn have been Colored covers, 80 o
/ frontlspleces colored lN3'.s ,.o 1ort,ons
Win the regular black and WHITE po[''T 80
( I,t. rrocea.ss and presses have nseu -,
fected and It has been msde poS,s' lo,,rss by
,olor 10 the regular printing, Oh g.,,,b tho
/ so,,dins sheets more than once through VIZ
nress me added printing makes these
r color forms expensive -. b,s n,N
zach 81 the greater magazines uhs ~
usbod a.. various times excellent instances
ltsuc 80 nrinting In Harper's Magazine
Gasi5ss many examples al two-color WorH'
tbere have been a number OF nne Au ,,a
cofor froutispicces-no "a. Fe s,,,,ra Of
1snrlnr'" Srribner's Magazine has repro.
dnGed in several colors some OF h ooel
Blum's japanese drawings many l41St 80. -,
lions bv Walter Appleton CLARK, ana YER
recently four character sketches a.
ington. McClure's year or lHo "s
prlnted very 6ue set or teprouucIous Va
thr Tissot paintings illustrating the So9
nrls and also Corwin Knapp L,nson col
, ,rrd drawings TO Ian heclarens dLe u
, Tho Master These are familiar and tn'
list might be greatly iengtnenea py SWu,"f
other color prints as notable as ultsu.
In the art magazines also, rs IN the Ut
. aud Pencil the Chicago perodcai wmcI
, published Burbank's series Of IhuiGn sI E.
I, lea excellent work OF the same knd ma
i anneared; and in the illustration ~ hooh
/ there has been So much color VorE uoue
= / and well done. that notice OF y uet
= | omitted only for tho reasons thht the SUI
! lot Is rnTnnnageahle. and that the condl
y tons under which the plates are prouuce
; arc less cxacting than m the case OF maya
r If IS time that tho public was aware o
Z the enormous difficulties under which tines
:, fine color plates are produced 50 AZ 70 y
. sold FOR q few cents. II VIII ot luSLru.' o..
10 TAKE as an instance one OF the most r.
cent Instances ~ actual color printing o
p magazine presses and 10 examine ON,
y whit In detail the methods Involved J
~ placing fire artistic work before the puoH'
u HOWARD PYLEs WORK.
By common consent Mr.. Howard Tyl
the author and artist Is awarded highe
place among the illustrators whose wor
appears in the magazines His work
II color-which until lately II has been In
possible to reproduce satisfactorily by u
'r' processes available IN illustrating a perio
on ical Of large circulaton-has been -four
~ now aud again I'm each Of the highest ella
RI. monthly magazines. But though the pu
lie may have been pleased with the resi-
~ shown them, the publishers the nrt!t
Ns the printers. those who knew what q
he originals were, undoubtedly finished this
al tasks with a sense OF defeat They b.
- done their best but between the paintiu
lr' and the prints there was q loss OF VIII
connosseurs chiefly value. II the uatu
vet VI this loss were easily deAnable, It won
Pc DO less serious: what could be dedn
es might be remedied. But, although d.fhcJ
ltn to express in words, the loss was at on
ic1 evident upon comparison Where the ?
Ten ture was poetry, the print was prose.
&C. So long as this was the case color prir
me we're hardly worth while In magazines
ur' the highest grade. Unless the work
er, color could be brought 10 rank favly wi
d. the work tn black and white, the pl
fishers could not consider Il other tn
unsatisfactory or a failure. Now q
again, by the expenditure OF an UNIV
rauted amount OF thought, care, patien
ion ! money and time something like succ
roo was reached IN q fair proportion Of
| published prints; but this was to so
iu| extent accidental
al, The Century publishers have been Will
ma TO publish color work whCuever they co
bring II up 70 the art standard OF III
uia;s zine But with an art standard
~ high MS theirs this could he only rarel
.cE. when the color was required or warran
., 10y the subject OF the Illustration. A Y
~" recent example is the set OF color pri
Gill by the Colortype companys Kurt +
OF cess from the paintings Of Maxdcld I
ish, illustrating Mr.. Bakers article on
yer. Southwest, Here, by great care the nr,
Itch were brought 20 q pitch " excellence ,
lily hcieut 20 convey 20 the readers a corr
impression or the landscapes and n
liti colorius few mouths ago the same ms
anne