The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-31

AohN on the stage that night and for
honrs afterward. l could not forget
It. -
And that was the last appearance of
Mr.. Wilder on the stage in the East.
Whether he realized that he had reach.
ed the pinnacle, the goal toward which
many amateurs and not a few profes.
slonals run, | do not know. He told
ME IN the quiet of his atelier that he
believed 1t was his zenith. He did not
believe he could do anything better
and he would take no chances on fall
from the dizzy height to which he had
flown. From that time forward he con.
fined himself to work in the glee clubs.
But getting back to art for art sake.
Mr.. Wilder dropped that at fifteen and
when he came from college he had
tieshpots so drilled into him that he
did not think of taking it up. Money
was to be had and he was obliged for
obvious reasons to recoup. Someone
told him to fade away and bob up in
the cheapest place in the world to live.
He found it in Guam, and for six
months he loafed and lived cheaply.
1t was there he met Spanish admiral
who painted. Wilder s stock of paint
ing materials consisted of a box of
paints. The admiral was Il man of com
handing presence and talent for art.
Jamie used to go out with him and
daub little, their work being in the
field, Wilder doing landscapes and the
admiral portraits. One day the admiral
ran across an old Spaniard with the
head of a Cervantes and he painted him
so well that Wilder said ''Those for
mine" or something just as expressive.
His first work won the admiration of
his companion and forthwith he was or
dered to paint full length of himself,
and all of his orders, and one of his
wife in her mantilla. Wilder says he
never got better likenesses and the
paintings were wrapped around rollers
and taken back to old Spain.
1.-The effect on my dropping spirits
was ELECTRICAL he eonfded to me,
"and | was ready to take commission
from the King himself. 1t had the
same effect on me as hitting a golf
ball the first time has on others. Life
down there was one sweet song. /
knew all of the captains running into
port and not a beachcomber but what
said, How dye, as passed him. II
a captain friend was leaving for an
other port he found me somewhere on
the craft when we had gone out OF
sight of an owner or agent and we had
very pleasant voyages in consequence.
1t was good fun. / travelled all over
the south and got into Borneo with
some college chums and for time by
unthinking people was referred to as
one of the three wild men of Borneo. 3"
An hour with Wilder is an hour of
genuine pleasure. He is good enter
tainer, and he is enjoying life ire
mendously. just enough commissions
for portraits to keep him from rusting
out, and so full of energy that when
he is not at his easel he attacks a job
at his work bench and then hits the
piano.
81 notice young Hindu around
town. he remarked as | was leaving;
ga chap who is making reputation
and money pulling eorns from the peo-
pie IS feet and big dollars from their
pockets. He has made a hit here and
you will notice that not as many san
dals are in use by men. But whenever
see him / think of song And
Jamie sat at the piano and warbled
this:
"When I was just tiny tot
Ny dad told me a story
About man in Hindustan
Who studied hard for glory.
He did all things to get along, till
Naught remained to do;
t. ~ v-otn ba aarea al
That Hindu was hoodoo.'
As passed down the stairs Mr.. Will
der called to me. Remember ! wrote
two plays for the Puddings. One of
them was called 'Deceivers Ever
and it ran one night. The other was
called Help, Help, or the Worst Yet
It is mentioned by Harvard man with
bated breath. If you ever get into
conversation with one of the boys for