The Lambertville record., 1908-04-15
A SEA PICTURE CRITIC
He Knew All About Ships and the
Wild Ocean.
ART COMMENTS OF A SAILOR
The Death Of Nelson" Reminded Him
Of How 'Arkness Come OH the Main
Yard-The Blood Red Sky Without .
Cloud That Foreteils Storm.


Of How 'Arkness Come Oh the Main
Yard-The Blood Red Sky Without
Cloud That ForeteIIs q Storm.
Crude perhaps and curious the out
come of a life apart sailormen have
yet an appreciation Of the arts, writes
David W. Bone IN the Manchester
Guardian
Once in the Walter gallery WAS
looking ut The Death of Nelson"
There was man with the look Of II
seaman standing near He had slight
smell Of drink and was chewing tobac-
CO. He. too. WAS interested In the pie
turc, and. recognizing me ms seaman
like. he said something aud we got to
talking about Nelson and his times.
about ships and pictures "B'gad,
mate. them felers" the painters he
meanu "knowed what they was
a-doln' Look mt that ere glim" dan
term Looks as lis trimmn' was for
got Wen they brought til admiral
down. An them eyes, point
ing to a wounded seaman IN the near
foreground. "them's III eyes o poor
Arhness wot come off tn main yard
las VOYAGE nm, struck tl,' fife rail fulI
opp,
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main yard, elutching wildly at the
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wanted to show snm. word of ,.hoor 10
SWING his rIyht h,nd IA ,ha Iaf, .ha,,
der In senmanlike admiration hnt tho
cold gray eve of fan b,tteJ oa,c,.l
was upon ns-"yub s,i,ors,s ,nd
there was = .,roun nf ,.,,r ,,1io.
near by worsbIning NJ ,b. sbrin. of a
corporatiou purehns, sa bo co,tantad
himself by nudplnr me furious,v
THAT'S wot calls , nlcture be said
A sunset over water el.imed onr ot.
tcntlon hlooa red sky with M
clouds only n slight density mann tho
horizon said II Was r.marroh,e
perhaps unreal "Thnrs where We
aln't in il. mister, Look n here, II
We wos /. take all III colors In III lock.
er SOS We 'ad lots n ral mn, v,llcr In
we'd find n sky I, match II Am.t ve
never card o. what thcm dapos calls
blood q, Cbrls,-them daros wot londs
We ballest in tn puteq" had not
heard "Well it,s n sky Ike that an,
II comes nfore one of them .namneros
Min wos lyin' In Monte yideo
oncet. an we nd sky nil blood rcd
an never n cloud an tb' ashIn, boats
wos all comm In. NOT ro,yn' shIpshane
shown In, oars y II they wos pushin,
n barrer." He spat into dark corner
and said something more about dagos