The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-11-17
MEN WIN EYEs OF ANIMALs
In Great Demand Among Artists Of
Europe as the Best
Models.


II IL common enough to hear some
one described as having face '1lke q
monkey . dog" or "a bird" and In
cases where this description is fairly
accurate the chief resemblance may
generally be traced 10 the expression
Of the eyes OF the individual in Ques-
ton, says London paper.
Sone men possess animal eyes"
which defy disguise, and which are al
ways liable to. prejudice their owners
chances throughout life That this
however, is by no means invariably the
case Is evident by a solicltCr VI D 2
nice practice In the north Of England
who ascribes much Of his prosperity 10
n loo), Of profound wisdom which has
gained for him many clients. but which
undoubtedly Is lent 70 what would oth-
erwlse be a somewhat commonplace
countcnence by a paid OF "owl eyes,
In humber spheres Of lie too Il ia
by no means only The ladies who use
their ewes 20 their own advantage AZ
least three men who have come under
the writer's notice land there ore pos
slbly more Ike theml earn 20 THIS day
procarious livelihood By sitting TO
animal painters All three have come
down IN the world, f" and one r. unknown
to the other two.
The first mentioned went wrong and
emierated years ago to Canada whore
Ne found his level on che waterslde at
Montreal.
According to HIS own story he wns
IN the verge OF starvation when one
evening he was acrosted by a French
'anadian artist. who asked him wheth-
" he cared ~ carr p dollar by comirr
% his studio and sitting TO him for half
m hour.
Only when the paintlne, a very large
one. was completed did the unfortunate
model discover that the picture was q
study IN farm-yard life and that the
hateful and all-too-famillar expression
in his own eyes had been Transferred
faithfully to the optics OF pig on the
canvas.
The other men with peculiar ewes who
earn a living by sitting 10 animal naint-
ers are also expatrlated EnRlrshmen.
The writer met both In Paris IN the
winter OF 1897 Ono OF them had dog
ewes" while the other wore the express
sion OF a cat Both are we'll known 10
be Bohemian dwellers In tho Latin
quarter
II would. indeed. appear that models
possessing "fog eyes" are met with by
no means infrequently In Italy and
other Latin countries.
The following interesting extract Ia
tafen from a letter written BY popu-
lar novelist. and addressed 10 the writer
from Rome some time ago;
In Florence met one Boutempi. who
rot his living BY posing TO Matarazzo.
the well-fnown animal painter Dogs
were his speciality He had their ex-
preston. that log-lIks fidelity Of eye
which one admlres 80 much In the pic
lures Of the great Landseer II was
easy 10 believe him. for. indeed. he
looked more canine than human. and
when Kindly spoken TO one might al
most fancy him wagEing : grateful
tall"
In 1895 there was employed as half
porter at the Hotel Alliance. Oporto. q
middie-aged individual who claimed to
have been : Roman Catholic priest in
the early DAYS OF bis life This man vas
clean shaven and possessed extraor-
dinary eyes. about which there was a
'something." vaguely suggestive %
the expression seen IN the eyes Of moro
than one species Of Wild animais A.
= matter Of fact. the hall porter was IN
the habit Of Sitting" on occasions 20
JoaduIne Da Costa. a painter Of Wild
animals Of rather more than local ~
snts