Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-06-16
Letters From . SELF. Made Packer 20
His son.
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ncng Percy.
don't suppose n'B necessary tor le
TO ten you I'm not much on aft. You
know mo wen enough % know that
never could see where work with a
paint brush came ln FOR mention ia
either HcoYo or summary Of the game
unless che paint wEH pot on a house
or "a lonco les an right on woodwork
for % preserves the wood, hut this
thing of dauainF up q boa of good can-
vas always made me more gr less
weary. q may b. ai right for she
women aud tho idle classes. bug
never could SEQ wig a healthy man
with notes % meet and notes 20 COLI
lcci could friiter his time away lnabng
ir picture galleries and listening 90
the unshOn aputtorinE out such driy-
al as. "Oh. what toucai" "5uch coiDf-
ing' What actioni' and stun like
that Willie Brush Is the only human
bQing ! over knew " heard of who
didn't become lmbcciliC frUm nasQcia-
tions with ART and the artistic. OF
course. when u comes 90 n picture
that means something. I'm there with
my giasaea, ] am no art critic, and I
never have pretended 10 be- one. but
] Halter myself that | can tell about
az well as the ncxt one just what kird
of n picture on a lard can will catch
womanH eye when she enters q gro
Gerry. think I know what kind Of a
label % paste on q ham or can uf
homeless chicken 90 make u sell
But what J started ont 20 say was
( that Ia spite Of my contempt for an
/ ~ ARK nonsense ! allowed myself 40
1 be dragged through an art gallery
here. Now, Percy, / have no use fng
man 20 Stubborn that he can't own
up 60 d when be was wrong. and
while lm not admitting ann wrong
about this art business must say
was we'll repaid for my trouble Ia go-
I lng 10 this gallery. and ail on account
/ OF one picture called "The Thlraty
\ Cows" Percy never saw such a
I picture IA an my lie. : haven't seen
anything 10 beat Sc since ! was a hoy
on the old farm down IA the scioto
valley IN Ohio. ! Tough Tor q second
{ was back there. watching the cows
I Just a. aid back In 1885. ] am going
10 boy that picture from the French
FEoser~monf aud exhibit & IN All our
branch houses Then lll have some
/ Autographs made aud give une o.
I WNNAN NNNNNNANN NNtNAWtAN NiNANN hN""
p0ns which are 20 be placed in the
tops Of beef cans guess that's had.
chf And III change the name Of tho
picture and call u Scene 3ust Dutalda
John neofhams slaughter House" ]
guess I've forgotten hOw to turn d
trick that brings the buslne6N
Well that picture showed q little
stream Of water with slight of nine
cagPu standing in n. There wasn't one
Ia the bunch that had Tuberculosis,
lumpy jaw on anything else. And the
fellow who owned Thorn had polished
their horns ANA cleaned their skins
untii they looked 10 % enter g pariof.
There we're not many aies IN this
lnelghbnrhood and tha COWS were NOT
kept huay whipping their tails 10 drive
them or Two Of three we're waving
them. but cOntendgGly. Just as a pun
win wag HIS when he's up 90 hts cara
ln q pan of milk. Some were drinking
others were rolling their tongues out
and smaCkinH their tips and aomt
wofe standing there with their sn0ulhE
fui OF water which they were allow.
INK 10 tricgl6 oul slowly ike q kld
with mouth iiliod with butter
scotch. the juice all over hts cheeks
and Jaw.
u waa simply great You may know
what effect Il had on me when I tell
you that on my return 30 the hotel
ate a big order ol canned beef hhuul
gagging
Your nffqcilonnto father,
JOHN HENFfIAM