Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1902-04-10
WOMAN'S DEEDS IN ART.
Her Marvellous Achievements Chanted
in a Pecan of Praise.

Her Marvellous Achievements Chanted
in Pecan of Praise.
Behold, it is written and it is printed
in the papers that a certain damsei
goeth hence to town that is called
Philadelphia;
And she goeth not there to sleep. nor
yet to awaken them that sleep;
But that she may cunningly devise
portraits of the merry microbe and the
boisterous bacillus.
Wherefore she receiveth great glory
and much money.
Consider now the way of woman that
painteth things from the early days I'M
to the present
Verify, in time now gone, woman
said unto herself: Il will be an artist.
That will be cute
And she got herself paints ana
brushes and dear little palettes and
drawing charts.
And she took crayon and chalk and
charcoal also.
And she made wondrous pictures up
on cardboard. the which showed tombs
where weeping willows wept and the
title thereof was:
"She Is Cone
And the picture was sent to the coun-
ty fair, and all the folks assembled
round about to see the blue ribbon put
upon the picture that Molly had made.
Yea, she made paintings of old Tow
ser that also looked like unto COW;
And she painted the lily so that 1t
had the semblance Of fan.
She painted village churches, and the
preacher thereby was taller than the
church.
And after a time she said unto her
self:
"Lo. this is pretty and good, but it is
not decorative"
So she went into the cellar and Sc
cured the coal scuttle.
And upon it she made picture show
ing snowfall in the Alleghenies. and
she set it in the parlor.
She took the clothes basket and put
gilt upon it and tied ribbons about it
and hung it against the wall.
She seized the rolling pin and made
the surface thereof, and she stood it
upon the mantel.
She traced daisies upon the fire shov-
ell, and placed it over the piano.
She took two lengths of stovepipe
and yard of baby ribbon and bunch
of wire grass and concocted what
not for the hall.
hal tr.rht iv,t In al oVI,Oy nd
girded it about with MORE velvet bands
and drew cupids upon its sides and
stood it in the drawing room.
But just as she murmured unto her.
self:
1T would be sweet with an exceed
ing saccharineness to enamel the cook
stove white and place a marine view on
the top and use it for center table,"
she came to a halt.
For all this went out of style
| And since that time she hath placed
remarkable infants upon china plates
and sold them at the church fair.
| But now, behold, new woman has
arisen and she hath a new idea.
And it is one that maketh money. in
stead of costing exceedingly.
She taketh the microbe by the hand
and placeth him in Il good light
And telleth him to hold up his chin
and turn his head to the right.
And she maketh his portrait.
She seeketh out the bold bacillus in
his lair and causeth him to stand with
out being hitched. while she draweth
his picture for the delight of mankind.
And she getteth pay for it.
Oh, woman, in the past thou hast
spent much glad money on thy fads.
but now thou art making money from
them.
Surely, our hats are off to thee and
to thy sisters.
Yet, if it bringeth such goodly money
to paint one little microbe, asks w. ID.
Nesbit in the Baltimore American, why
not paint one elephant and then retire
on thy fortune?