New-York tribune., 1905-12-17

cense?' he asks when We acrent tho anra,s
on e sh side Gs ought ~ hse not
It's e. fact that sometimes walked to the right
in order to walk the overturned sod instead Of
the tg tna graSs wnere snakes were wont to wait for
awkward way to drive the steers and it was only
them the right e nstead Of the anat near 0GEe sde
Baley OF Britt the Iowa humorist. who is
hnoWh IN ms nome town as plain e. y. Bailey
RT25tmaster Tr5bn OF Brit and publisher of The Britt
paasins proaas mas also had his say concerning the
That girl with the nightgown on" he said.
skirt for pioneer girl when moving overland
put pair of blue drill pantaettes her and tuck
i Ineni IN her shoes Ss guard against the needles
peep,5 pea SteKgh5s a m gTs l her h good stick with
men, anelr tongues @ stick out foot When It's hot
hot enough to make an loll.'
Leader has come to the rescue of Mr. RIasaIG
re doesn't think Iowa farmers and State officials
1T is with regret that we notice the &c Pbiiist,nA
comment on Mr.. Blashhelds painting what has
me neckyoke on the cattle to do with art? Mr.
Cownie lie pointed , out TIA! the nsekyoe now
were backing up Instead Of pulling and a tfS fS
driver is on the wrong side Of the wagon But II
take the even more garing absurdities WHEN 9G ad
movers wagons ever have women OF surprising
IoVeliness attired in gauze and attended BY hand
of winged seraphs? And when did pumpkins and
wagons PFs bs gc up 9ng the track Of the
os.Vs We j lke those women IN gauze They never
seem to idsaiize the spirit of the grimy handed
YootIy cidu bowed and scanned faced pioneer
of the Mississippi Valley We are glad tbevP P hatis
beautiful faces and that they seem to be accom-
never come when the pioneer women OF Iowa esn
not be thought Of without linsey wooIsey dresses
and bowed backs
And we want TO say now. ana say with en-
phasis. that long before the colors of Blash1edis
great picture have been dimmed by the flight eff
mothers and great,grandrnothers had tired faces
would not know an on bow from seeTson new rnon that a
'haw' and gee from college football Well ,zfli
stand before 1t and draw in the inspiration OF that
Mississippi valey-wtlI understand s6netb;op '.a oY
the nope the courage the ambition. the confidence
and the stern Determination Of the pioneers
But the merry war over the Biashfield paintinK
still goes on. The Capitol Commission has decided
not 10 bother the artist any more. Not so Iowa
farmers. Not so some of the State officials And
when the legislature meets in January the sub
iect viii probably be taken UP again offieiaIly
For the legislature must accent the painting before
approved.
"Of course ! knew that oxen are not CUSTOM
arily driven from the right side" Mr. Blashhsld
was put in to break up the horizontal line Of
the backs of the After the head and shoulder
OF the youth were put in the right angle formed b-
the oxen and the side of the picture was stil in
sufficiently broken. l put gun in his hand
This seemed 70 be a little too warlike 80
changed it to a whpstock. My assistant said
at the time that some might think him to be the
driver OF the team on the wrong side He is
not necessarily the driver of that particular yoke
of oxen. for the team Is oaly Of a train. He
Is simply wandering over the landscape and IA
there for competition prrReses only believe
the Governor was ths s + enc n to e spssk Of i the
picture accepted and paid for while 1 was
sas thesA