The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-04

you have got what you have seen. DIFF
ierent light and shadow effects ere pos
sihle. and you can't remember thing
that haven't happened. lt's these lttl'
things that are always changing tha
count.
I'm keen on drawing on form. NAM
Young fellows drawing nowadays have
started wrong: they have a superficia
Cleverness, bui they cant even draw a
human body, A lot of really good artists
are being ruined by had tr'lning.
Then these that are Just helng trained
being trained al their lives Lord Thoas
that study art end take leasonsl They
come Fast. they q TO PARIS. acme place
htg enough for their scope. Finally they
die IT ptomaine poisoning some II them
Perhaps art will make me some
money. is the beginning n their cogita-
tluns and artistic palpltations.
They ChOnse Il, casting about for a
profession. 4 log ~ them find their level
aud eventually hecoms Cracka Jacks IN
the automobile nr publishing business
Choose art Tor a proiessionl' Mr. Flags
shorts.
When did YOU choose itg- YOU ask
When ] was about years old "a
soon a. ! l"arnsd what could ne done
with wrapping uaper.- he replies with
we'll affected mOdeStv
Yes; but when and how did you appear
A. n professional contributor
I've been doing IL since ! was 10 years
old. he answers proudly. which. however,
does not imply 80 long a term ~ service
after all began hy getting about
SO from - Nicholos when I was I? and
I've supported myself since was IL
Mr Flagg works ~ speedily that the
computer ~ artistic earnings cannot
he blamed Tor raising his income He
averages about ten large drawings a
week pretty well distributed among
the magazines. and can easily complete
four In a dav This particular morning
he has been working only a couple oT
hours, hut has finished three full figures
on a pen and ink drawing and one on a
wash drawing
See" he SAYS. pointing % tho latter
on it, easel isn't he resiGnedp haven't
got the woman in vet but she's going
% he there, fixing his tie for him
haven't thought ~ the title vet. hut
it'll he something IN indicate ownership
You never see a man submitting q having
threads picked on his shoulder In public
or his tie tied without knowing that he's
tied hand and foot q that woman,
But YOU see u often That's just
INV XII lul OF wy lueass ou@trNluA
people and then make the concrete eX-
preston. satirical or social cartoons
You've got n keen composing That's
where ~ manv would he artists fall down
They begin by copyinS Gibson heads
You know. there's nothing ~ easy as 70
copy drawings- probably not from Mr..
Flagg point ~ view They hand these
around for their friends n frame. and
the friends exclAim. WHY. here's a genius
In our midst Then the mischief IL done
another hum artist snrung on Ne
What does tho public consider a good
artist? What does IL wan = you ask.
-U-u-m' he pOnders IT likes pretty
slick drawing rather than good drawing
that IL. one faction does Another ex-
t-eue goes over n the sketchv forgive
the expression with absolutely mean
inCless lines thrown hither and thither
The rubho always gets what it wants.
even is fAv1rite tvDes: which reminds
me ~ the best bromidiom Of them all
Where do YOU get your 'tvpes'?- is
favOrite joke among friends in the
Artist world and Mr. FlagF laughs.
You don't, the reason II obvious