The sun., 1908-05-03

enough ons Of the faker committee tell
you that the cat s stencilled which OK,
plains why II has hump between ia
shoulders
To be stencllod is worse than it sounds
for il means that there ara thirty more
cats like the one at the lower entrance.
thirty gaunt creatures which procede YOU
up tho two flights Of winding stairs, which
Teer AZ you from behind plaster casts
which grin Rrewsomely from half lighted
corners, 80 that they seem 10 spring at
your Easter hat; which repeat themselves
over and over so that when you close your
eyes they pass before the inner vision in
an unending procession Of horror.
Even Poe would have been kinder He
was kinder, for he inflicted only one black
cat on stricken world, while il has re-
mained for the humorists Of the Seven
teenth Fakers' Exhibition to repeat that
number into an infinite multiplication.
These humorists are catalogued thus;
Der lustiger officials Walter NJ Williams.
president first vice president l. B Titus.
second yice-president. r. l.. Chase: sscre
tary. e + Radley treasurer Albert D. smith
Soul Throbbers Neal Truslow. George Haus-
man Dashbers Dannerberg.
Exhibition Jury-Paul Cornoyer. Harry
Vincent. Charles h. Loomis. clifford Beal.
" Granville smith Robert D. Gauey +.
Luis Mora
No one Of these exhibited any shame Of
his work
When you feel that you have had
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eyes away from their compelling topaz
gaze II takes a tremendous effort Of the
will to accomplish this Let any man re-
member his efforts TO escape a cat and he
will agree with this statement
But you do it at length, for you are de-
termined TO get into the real humor Of the
occasion. The cats are, Of course, merely
appetizers TO the feast TO be. Without this
the fun coming too quickly and strongly
might produce hysteria in the highly strung
physiques Of the art lovers and critics who
haunt the exhibition.
So when the twenty-fith cat has been
safely passed you lift your eyes skyward
TO encounter large skeleton hung 80 that
II dances lightly tO and fro like the aerial
ballet Of the Hippodrome. The skeleton is
attired in a pale blue skirt, knee length.
without lingerie, and holds paint pot and
brush in its bony fingers. II is weirdly
frolicsome.
This was not the only skeleton, but It
held the place Of honor, others being hidden
away in cunning little inches 30 that YOU
have the JOY Of running into them suddenly.
II you happened TO be Of a particularly
sensitive, shrinking makeup so much the
better. You could then appreciate this side
splitting form Of mirth even more than il
you were merely curious
As was the party with the note book
who hailed one Of the takers and inquired.
Whose skeleton is that?'
The faker answered that il was the skelo-
ton Of one Of the judges in the life classes,
and the party passed on satisfied.
The toe OF the big skeleton pointed to
the fete de Neully, which was held in a
small room opening on the tea room. The
tea room came In masquerade as MaXlms
loudly announced by placards 80 you'd be
sure and know. Here decorousy dressed
Mattresses, members Of the Arc Stude nts
League, gowned in shirt waist suits, brOai
white collars and big white aprons, passed
ice cream and chocolate and forgot To
return the change Their appearance gave