The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-05-14

MASTERS, my teachers. To my disap-
pointment they were not surprised.
Yes, they said; red and blue undoubt-
edly produced purple. They had hap
pened on the same discovery In earlier
years; bu. alas! they had forgotten it.
After studying the figure indoors for
years and years one forgets almost
everything else. am sending you
some Of the purple by express. Don't
| you agree that 1t would be a strong
tonic color for landscape? You will
note that It is the exact tint of Robert
Reeds automobile. 1t was Reed who
said to me at the Players club the day
before | sailed. When in doubt, my
boy. use purple"
heard to-day that Sargent uses a
mason's trowel to lay colors on pure,
and | spoke to the old masters about
II; but you can't teach an old master
new tricks. They advise me to paint
very thin at the beginning.
| am receiving every day commits
sions fer oil portraits from my agents
in the United States and Canada. but
am resolved to study another fort-
night or two before executing them.
One cannot know too much about COL
or. ] am convinced.
AT present we arc living very mod
estly in hotel quar,ers that cost only
a thousand francs week, but we ex-
pect to move to more comfortable
quarters when the money from ia
portraits flows in.
Yours. for Arts Sake,
9. D. GIBSON.
The New York Philharmonic Or
chestra is still without a permanent
conduc'o b. M.-y of "the conscript
fathers" as Mr.. Henderson calls the
members of the baud. favor Safanoff.
whose speciality II conducting without
baton. Others prefer Weingartner,
who conducts without notes. Then
there is Strauss, who conducts without
hat; Hertz, who conducts without re-
serve; Sousa, who conducts without
thought, and James X. Hackett. who
conducts without an orchestra. The
Philharmonic has not yet found 4 con-
ductor who conducts without salary.
The Literary Market.
(For lhe guidance Of authors who are
unfamiliar with the needs OF the vari-
GUS periodically
McClure's. New York. is overstocked
with articles on graft, and Is not pur-
chasing at present.
Munsey's, New York. IL In the mar
ket for anything. Nothing rejected
that Is decipherable.
The Baptist Union, Chicago. does not
pay for stories about actresses or base
ball players.
Town Topics. New York. requests its
correspondents to be little more
careful until further notice.
The Woman's Home Companion.
New York. wants really funny jokes"
They must be perfectly safe and we'll
aged.
The Century does not care for ar
ticles on timely topics unless they are
well written.
Harper's Bazaar win pay good prices
for bright. snappy dress patterns that
have strong human interest and end
happily.
Can journalism be taught? Experts
have disagreed At the time Mr.. Pu-
litzer's College OF Journalism was pro-
posed. opinions as to its value were
sharply divergent. Journalism was
held to be mysterious calling. no
more to be taught than clairvoyance
or second sight. Now. literature is as
much more mysterious and recondite
than journalism as Freemasonry is
more mysterious and recondite than,
say. the Union League club, and its ap-
peal to popular interest is proportion
ately greater. as Is attested by the col
umns Of notes about authors in the
daily newspapers. Without venturing
upon the argument. can literature be
taught? 1t will be our pleasant task,
from time to time. to lay bare the mys-
teries of literature. and readers are
assured that nothing oosld possibly be
more interesting. A complete expose
is promised. We shall probably begin
with the Author Chaser. one OF the
most interesting figures in modern lit
erature,