The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-07-28
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Gerry, as If he enjoyed the experience IN |
a purely artistic fashion. Finally he |
met the proprietor, who stopped for
moment to pass the time of day.
II always enjoy myself when come
in here" said the painter, pleasantly, |
because ! invariably find something
that appeals to my artistic nature. At
the first turn meet fine bit of tropic |
color in pyramid of luscious oranges
Then / float in spirit to the musical
woods of Brazil and see in my minds
eye and hear in my minds ear great
flocks of cockatoos of all colors shrek
ing in mad delight. ! observe swarms
of grinning monkeys playing leapfrog
on the top Of cocoanut palm when |
gaze upon bunch Of bananas. ] eat
cocoanut pie and drink cocoanut milk
punches in imagination when my eye
dwells fondly on the basketed figs and
tamarinds Everything | see, from
guava jelly to predigested fshballs,
suggests some kind of 5000 picture"
He paused for moment as he
looked around, and the proprietor
smiled a smile OF keen appreciation
that lit his face and caused him to
heam as If lost in fairy land of
JOY. "rll tell you what it is" contin-
ued the artist, 'if were not painter
/ should want TO keep just this kind
of fancy grocery. Because then l
would live In an atmosphere Of art. |
would see slabs of salmon and dream
of Sullivan county twilights. ] would
observe the tomato, large and glow
ing upon the label of the can, and
dream of the harvest moon dropping
like ball of fire into the pillows at
dear old Nantucket-in-the-Sea My
motto, whenever / wander through
these aisles of tropical suggestion, is
double barreled one-groceries is
art, and art is groceries"
The grocer, with smile more bland
and lovely, if possible, than that of the
damsel on the sweet pickle label, re-
piled:
"My dear sir. you remind me some
what of myself. I love painting be-
cause It always causes me to think OF
my business. Even as the tomato on
the can label sings to you of the har-
vest moon dropping into the sea, so
does the harvest moon dropping into
The sea sing to me of the effulgent to-
mato on the label. According to my
way of looking at things, nature holds
she mirror up to the grocery business
and ] have always thought that If fate
should deny me the blessed privilege
of being a fancy grocer should GER
fainly be a painter. 1t would be quite
as pleasant to paint cabbages at $50
a canvas as to sell them at ten cents
a head or five cents cigar. The wheat
and the rye waving in the auroral
zephyr would strike me rs being predi-
pested breakfast food unbagged and
on the virgin stem, while in the grunt
of the pig being transferred to my
canvas would hear in fancy the gilded
symphony Of the high-priced sausage
with the name quite as poetic and
euphonious as that of any palace car.
The buzz of the humble rocked in
the roses would suggest the bee-built
honey. and the waving grass Accent
tea While painting twilights the
lingering sunbeams would fill my
vision with English mustard, and the
rippling cascade, with its witchinl
was listening to the pulsing melody o,
the coffee mill. Then would | be |
grocer in spirit if not in fact, and
would live in an atmosphere Of gro
ccries. Yes, sir, l tell you ! would b
a pairter if / could not be a fame.
grocer. because / believe these line
of work are akin in many ways. Tn
squash makes the same impression i
the barrel that it does in the field, $
long as the point of view is the sans
II wish you would teach me how I
paint and let me teach you the gr'
cery business. then / am sure neithe
of us would ever come to grief or b
cast down"
"A good idea" replied the bushes
like painter. who had a very soulfl
though not an overfed look. "Yo
come up to the studio tonight ard L
give you a lesson in still life. Bring
couple of bottles of beer, pound (
cheese, three or four cigars and hai
along. and will arrange them again
background of crimson yely
fanked by a felt hat and bunch
goldenrod, and wen go right to wor
Then tomorrow IL como IN mere AZ
90 ut ii hammer and tongs under yol
instructions in the cracker ard chez
section Of the store. BY the time u
derstand the esoteric mysteries
crackers and cheese you will kno
how TO turn out the kind Of pictu
which. painted in Secaucus, n. j.. I'M
be called Near Gloucester. Mass.
YOU only have the forethought TO lea
the mosquitoes out of the picture a
put IN sea gulls. / tell you. We "
fortify each other against the hsnd
a relentless fate. Teach me to lo'
upon the herring when It is red, n
T will show YOU how TO paint doll
bills that win fool the best bank cas-
Ter in the business. What do you s.
shall we begin at once?"
The fancy grocer asked him TO Ct
on the morrow, when he wouldn't
quite SO busy.N Y Times,
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