The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-22

As l stepped upon the PLATFORM OF a
Broadway cable car at Forty-second
street, somebody said: Hello, Hilton,
Jamison's looking for you"
Hello, Curtis" l replied, what does
Jamison WANT ?"
HE wants to know what you've been
doing all the week" said Curtis, hang
ing desperately TO the railing as the
car lurched forward: 'he says you
seem TO think that the Manhattan IL
Illustrated Weekly was created for the
sole purpose of providing salary and
vacations for YOU"
"The shifty old tom cat!" said in
dignantly, he knows well enough
where I've been. Vacation; Does he
think the state camp in June is a
snap?"
oh" said Curtis. you've been to
PeekskiH?"
II should say so" l replied my wrath
rising as l thought of my assignment.
~Hot?" inquired Curtis, dreamily.
zone hundred and three in the
shade" ] answered. 'Jamison wanted
three full pages and three half pages,
all for process work, and a lot of line
drawings into the bargain. 1 could
have faxed them-I wish l had. 1 was
fool enough to hustle and break my
neck TO get some honest drawings, and
that's the thanks I get"
Did you have a caInera?'
mo. / will next time-Ill waste no
more conscientious work on JamisOn, 5"
/ said sulkily.
1T doesn't pay" said Curtis. when
/ have military work assigned me, I
don't do the dashing sketch artist act,
you bet: ! go to my studio, light my
pipe. pull out lot of old illustrated
London News. select several suitable
battle scenes by Cation Woodville-and
use 'sm. too
The car shot around the neck
breaking curve at Fourteenth street.
Yes continued Curtis, as the car
stopped in front of the Morton House
for a moment, then plunged forward
again amid a furious changing of
gongs. lit doesn't pay to do decent
work for the fat-headed men who run
the Manhattan Illustrated. They don't
appreciate it,
II think the public does" l said,
but I'm sure Jamison does not. It
would serve him right if l did what
most OF you fellows dO-take a lot of
Cation Woodville's and ThulsTup's
drawings, change the uniforms, chic
a figure or two, and turn in drawing
labelled from life I'm sick of this
sort of thing, anyway. Almost every
day this week I've been chasing my
self over that tropical camp, or galOp-
ing in the wake of those batteries. I've
got a full page of the camp by moon
light full pages of artillery drill and
light battery in action and d dozen
smaller drawings that cost me more
means and perspiration that Jamison
ever knew in ali his Emphatic life"
"Jamison's got Wheels said Curtis
more wheels that there are bicycles in
Harlem He wants you to do a full
page by Saturday" ..-.... D
A what2" / exclaimed, aghast
Yes, he does-he was going to send
Jim Crawford, but Jim expects to go to
California for the winter fair, and
you've got TO do it,"
What is it?' / demanded savagely.
THE animals in Central park,
chuckled Curtis.
1 was furious. The animals! In
deed! I'd show JamisOn that i was en-
titled 10 some consideration This was
Thursday; that gave me a day and
half to finish a full-page drawing for
the paper, and. after my work at the
state camp ! felt that / was entitled
TO a little rest. Anyway, l objected to
the subject I intended to tell Jami-
son SCI intended to tell him firmly.
However. many of the things that we
often intended to tell JamisOn were
never told. He was a peculiar man,
fat-faced. thin Tipped, gentle-voiced,
mild-mannered and soft in his move
ments as pussy cat Just why our
f1rmness should give way when we
were actually i'm his presence, have
never quite been able to determine. He
said very little-sO did we, although
we often entered his presence with
other intentions.
The truth was that the Manhattan
Illustrated Weekly was the best paw
ing, best illustrated paper in America,
and We young fellows were not anxious
to be cast adrift- Jamison's knowledge
Of art was probably as extensive as
the knowledge of any art editor" in
the city. OF course. that was saving
nothing, but the fact merited careful
consideration on our part, and we gave
il much consideration.
This time, however, I decided to let
Jamlson know that drawings are not
produced by the yard and that [ was
neither a flOOr-waiker nor a hand-me-
down. / would stand up for my rights:
I'd tell old JamisOn few things TO
set the wheels under his silk hat spin
ming, and if he attempted any of his
puSsy-cat ways on me I'd give him
few plain facts that would curl what
hair he had left.
Glowing with a splendid indignation,
/ jumped off the car at the city hall.
followed by Curtis, and a few min
utes later entered the Office of the
Manhattan Illustrated News.
Mr.. JamisOn would like to see YOU.
sir" said one of the compositors as I
passed into the long hallway l threw
my drawings on the table and passed
a handkerchief over my forehead.
'Mr. Jamison would like to see you.
SIR" said a small freclkIe-faced boy
with a smudge of ink on his nose.
81 know it, I said, and started 10 re-
move my gloves.
''Mr. Jamison would like to see YOU
sir" said a lank messenger who was
carrying a bundle of proofs TO the floor
below.
1.-The deuce take Jamison," l said to |
myself. 1 started toward the dark pas
sage that leads TO the abode of Jani- |
son, running over in my mind the neat |
and sarcastic speech which | had been |
during the last ten minutes. |
Jamison looked up and nodded softly |
as I entered the room. 1 forgot my |
speech.
Mr.. Hilton" he said. 1--WE want a |
full page of the Zoo before it is re- /
moved to Bronx Park. Saturday after |
noon at 3 o'clock the drawing must be /
in the engraver's hands. Did you have |
a pleasant week in camp?"
1T was hot" / muttered furious TO /
find that l could not remember my lit /
tie speech.
orb weather. 1aid TarofSon with