The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18

/ Dying Alchsusiss." The sen serpent.
! The Quest ionsr n the sphinx and the
-SibilhI Cumel' With all this open
mindecine-- ami freedom 81 uiterancs
Sedd"r succeeds in concealing too rnnch
thar might let his readers into the sscrec
VI his artist developmsnt.
Neciisr has twice undergone years OF
poverty. sc!f-denial AMI prutract.d labor
before attaining che summit Of his do
sire, lie knew hard times in Paris. also
in Italy. Owing to some stoppage In
my r.mittaRces my funds were so low
as To be impercept IDLE. and found that
the large. roast cd Italian chestnut was
warm To the hand and filing To the
stomach. thus serving both as food and
fuel And elsewhere: If the bohemians
! belonged to in Paris had been divided
into classes | think I could have been
returned "a member for Upper Bohemia
Not that ! was proud or rich-on the con-
trary. was poor; but I had a washer
woman and paid her bills. There were
those who did not pay their bills. but they
all meant to-except one. He IL was
who on leaving Paris for home said. as
the cars moved from the station: BY
Jove. I've forgotten one thing. I've
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cigars However. he turned over q
new leaf on reaching home; gave up art
and has become a successful business
man.
! In Paris young Vedder was registered
in Picot'S atelier. IL was, he says. OH ana
renowned The 81 udents had no manners
and the customs were beastly. The Ameri~
can ihrash4 a severals say gees before he was
allowed to study in peace. II il to his
credit that he treated his assailants like
gent eman after he had shown them their
place. Florence and Rome followed
Paris. In Paris he had lived in full Boz
hernia; not 80 in Florence. which was full
Of opporr unit les for quitting 1t. There he
lived in sor- OF limbo or borderland. He
met both artists and rich or titled folks.
The Florence OF Browning. Landor Haw-
thorne did not exist for Nedder; he knew
the city on the Arno not from hooks but
from his own experiences. The same was
the case with Rome not thu Rome OF Story
or Hutton ,-Larry- vedder calls hirn,.
He says that his Florence was beautiful
city. filed with figures fresh from the fires
Goes OF Gh.rlanClaio or Gioti or Cimabue;
lis hills covered with the villas Of Boo
caccio's fair LADIES'. or when bare and
rugged inhabited by the lean fathers Of
the desert. The white clouds seen
through the dark Expresses glowed with
Venetian warmth and color. for had the
Venetian eys then and the real people
were very much alive and Of their day;
but She city with ,ts real ar imaginary
inhabitants was held ia an atmosphere
OF my own Invention. which to me hangs
around il still. Now ns This fair mira &c
fades out of nv life. the only figure ~hich
remains and seems real il an old father of
The desert. sitting alone. gazing at the
desolation surrounding HIM and wonder
ing. wondering what the dream meant.
And "; even then there was not lacking
that rich, romantic sadness Of youth. |
had ~ very badly and en- joyed IL i'm
menselv
Back IN New York after number OF
'hr:ilns and amusing. advent ures. Nedder
found the civil war in progress. The
tour orfive years VI the waF-now dream
S""nc' century. bw WAS IN fact an
important period for ne. IN which grad
ualiy drew out oi he slough Of despair IN
which 30 many remain all their lives.
He conceived n that period. among other
masterpieces. The fishcrrn II and IN"
Gem. The Ross Egg The Question.
& the sphinx" The Lost Mind. The
l-IIr u he sen Serpent 60. -Goya tha
spanish PAINTER. h" writes. says that
dreams OF the Irnaginat ion are demo ma
but me can See from the anGrayings ror
which that serves ~ TIL" that he means ,
o. devils. Tho anCicnts said that each
man was accompa nicd Ivy his demon or
familiar spirit. who might toe cool or had
On the floor budding IN my single blanket
! had dreams Of angels and devils, and |
thai. mattress became n throne or = rack !
according. | SUPPOSE. To n" days Affairs
or the days fare.
Another touch. -MullIn, meeting that
best 81 painters Winslow Homer. was
asked hv the latter il he would have a
drink. This jumping with Mullin' usual
mood he accepted at once. Homer then
explained that he had tickets for drinks
ut Hamburg SMITH =. which Wa then the
very fountainhead of mineral wat ers on
Broadway Mullin. who never drank
water took Saratoga High Rock as he
told ~" himself. and it gave him the
stomach ache. bur he said nothing and
biisd his time. II came He met Homer
and inviting him 10 take drink led him
10 an apotheCaTy =. where he said TO rhe
clerk My friend wants a drink. win
you please give him a drink of-cas- or |
oil:'"
Vedder belonged to- the original Pfan |
crowd. Walt Whitman George Arnold. !
Ftz James o Bri.n and ali the boys He
declared that OH man PfaH lovai tho
boys. He certainly trust I'D them Homer
Martin and " were close friends The
former was the ideal bohemian L re-.
member ono" getting him ready for a
wedding" relates Vedder. He had been
shaving. and beng Of rugged counte-
nance his wounds took long time TO
stanch. and time vas precious. To b. !
sure. tn" cuffs were ready nicely trimmed
the scissors having boon found bit the
shirt and collar had not come home How.
ever. got him OF in good style Martin
was apt TO he late. but IL was never TOO
late for him; he would ait drinking his
beer and sometim Not say much, but n
always ended by his say ing the best thing
of the evening. II might be delayed bu,
was sure TO come. All remember his
answer 'D the lady who ak aA h..-. :, /