Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-03

these artist chaps, for what there is
about their old houses, or their fishing
boats or themselves that painters
should rave over the st. Ives fisher
folk cannot understand.
They had many vacant lofts, though,
where they had been wont to STOW away
spars, sails and fishing gear in days
when their own industries were more
prosperous and these they let to tho
artists as studios. There are now over
three slore studios in the old town and
seldom IS one of them vacant for any
length of time. From this 1t Will be
seen that the st. Ives art colony is a
flourishing one. At the present time 1t.
includes several American artists.
Among them may be mentioned Paul
Dougharty of New York. Lowell Dyer
of Boston, T. Fl. Shill Of Philadelphia,
~. S. Bristol of New York. A. G.. Pa
bolt. G. G. Symons. j. N. Barlow, +.
Hammond Of Boston, Miss Cockroft and
Mrs. Arthur Luck of New York.
The artists have their own club and
favorite pub OF. saloon as it would
be called in America. The "Sloop'4it1is
named. 1t is "a quaint old inn. fronting
on the beach and well worth Il visit
Yoll can get soft drinks there IL
troubled by an uneasy conscience with
respect to alcoholic beverages, The.
little low-ceilinged, oak beamed wains-
ECOuSu 9ltll TDbIil7fiS duClllsu ny shstCilSssi
contributed by artists. some of whom
have had picturAs in the Salon and the
Academy.
Artists are everywhere sworn foes to
stiff conventionality. Their presence in
such numbers lends a. Bohemian atmos-
,pheref to. life in st, Ives which adds to
its charms, It's a place where you can
take life easy; do pretty much what
you please and dress as you please.
,r{i ctG
in ST. Ivcs--or art students more prob
ably-who We're shod in sandals and Y
very obvious ny worcano stockings. Some
fshermenis wives who We're comment
ing on them appeared to be greatly
s1andali2ed-not SO much BY the show
of legs as by the proof they afforded
of the practise of.a, parsimonious ccono-P
my with respect to hosiery.
!: But II is ;tileisfsher folk who +inipart
the most picturesque charm to the hui
man element in, ST. Ives. Clad in long
sea boots sou'wcsters and syuernseys
they harnlonize well with he Rem
ibrandtesque. setting of 1.-THE old town.
And SO do their boats with their tanned
lug sails. They are 4 hardy simple
folk whose mental outlook on life has
been little affected by modern progress
THEY LIVE TO CATCH FISH.
Catching fish is their sole occupation
When there is no fish to be caught as
istoften the case they dognotting-s;lve
contribute to the talte-lifeTeasy tone of
the place which is SO grateful to faded
Anelicans-because they sayst there is
nothing else they can do. And as the
fish have been scarce of iate years they
have had q hard time oft.
Catching fish is also the chief occupa-
ton of the sen gulls wbichiabound here
But when their fishing is POOR. the suils
often come ashore and may be seen in
large numbers following the plough and
with the crowd for the
worms turned up The hint seems lost
on the fishermen. or on thespowers that
be who might help tiiemto help them
selves, There is lots of land around |
ST.. Ives that might be made available. |
for small holdings. and with an acre |
or two of ground NJ fisherman and his !
family would not find it difficult TO tide |
over bad seasons.
The fishing iniustry,as conducted here, |
Is doomed. Boats with tanned sails |
look fine in pictures, but they cannot |
compete with craft. however ugly
driven by steam or motor engines. And |
American admirers Of the primitive and |
should, therefore, como |
here before the inevitah bic change takes
place and the old order giyeth way TO
she new.
There is much to be seen in this part
,f Cornwall even better worth seeing |
han the old town itself. Cornwall, is
unique among English counties Fertile
fields and valleys 1t has. but us in the
mama rugged region. a land of granite
Hills and wind-swept nloprs, And it Is
n the little district between st. Ives
md the Lands End that beauties
ire most layishly displayed.
E Nowhere else in the 'delectabie i
ouchy,' writes Folliott Stokes, the
nan, who knows Cornwall best and