New-York tribune., 1912-03-03

committed to print. But I want to do mo
auctioneer justice. and will 90 the best
can.
This volume will give you quicker
conception OF art than correspondent
schools" he went on. What do you give
for It? Somebody start IT.
1T teaches how TO depict sorrow )oy'
anger. fear contempt and laughter. HOW
much am ! offered?"
Then. after n short pause. he satd;
'Where am I-Greenwood Cemetery!
"Abl The gentleman says 10 cents re
a master either with pen, brush pastel
grease. crayon or chalk; twenty Is BID 10
hesr five? Five fl is do hear thirty =
thank you-t thirty, thirty-fve. forty forty
five; do / hear half? Draw from nature
landscape, flowers. animals, hgures anu
portraits Draw from memory; table sho"
ing comparative measurements OF dlnereh'
uarts OF the human body-heads. HANDS
feet. legs. arms and so forth. DO not let
q nickel friends stand between you ana
career!
"A half is bid: do | hear five? Are you
all through? All done? How to sell Plcr
ures. how to get a position as an ar!s''
0ftv-ive is bid. sixty is offered. sixty-nVe
by this lady here: are you all through Al
doneo SOLD 10 this lacy. for 30 cents
II the auctioneer could talk so intelilgent-
" about a small volume. devoted 10 one
subiect. | felt it would be treat 10 'aNe
him expIain any one Of the several cycIo-
,,....ios mt we're on tho shelves ready 10
be slaughtered.
l tried TO get n man next 10 me =" 'du
for a cyClopRdia, but the man sald ne 'HN
three cyclopadias as well as mortsdse'
He refused. So I had 10 wait until II "c-
CURED TO the auctoneer to put '\c'o-
pipdla on sale.
thought if ! asked for It the aucuo2eeI
would expect me to buy II, and that mdue
me nervous. because ! am still paying loI
"Jones's Universal Gallery Of Literature
that | bought on the one-cigar-a-day sys-
tenn.
First he sold some looks Of travel
few dictionaries. some volumes OF poems
and some practical self-instructloh pooNs'
/ don't know which l liked best.
lie recited stanza from one OF the
poems. 1t was very pathetic stanza' anu
the wind. bowling as it did OUTSIDE 'ne
auction room added 10 the telling enec' II
produced Apparently, there wasn't any
thing the auctioneer couldn't do.
lie makes good money, but he works
hard. and / think that he is entitled TO H.
And he is SO entertaining.
The stanza went like this;
90 Mary. 20 and call the cattle home.
And call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home.
Across the sands Of Dee. A 49,,
| The western wind was Nlld ana uahh VII" l'a'''
And all alone went she
How much am l offered?' asked the
auctioneer. Notice how the weird picture
Of the cruel sea that drowned poor Mary
is brought before our mnd's eye. DO
hear 80? II is legend that the voice OF the
drowned maiden can be heard still calling
the cattle home. Are you all through!
A quarter Is bid" and so on
When he put up some books Of pictures,
his description Of the kind OF books they
were made ones mouth water.
The printed pictures are the emhodi-
nent Of the artists ideal" he said. They
are triumph of modern art printing.
Every detail OF the bookmaking is chaste
and sumptuous Five massive royal
ouarto volumes de luxe. beautifully bound
in buckram, side stamp, full gilt back and
top. type large, clean and new, heavy
paper, enamel finish, all the richness and