The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-07-17
Getting His
Start

~ was not aiwaYs famous and pros
perons I have known the tirne when
a sudden sight draft ior less than four
figures would have seriously embar-
rassed me"
You figure in the cents la that
statement ] suppose" said The studio
loafer
Tmight even 20 as far ss that, as
sented the artist did I ever tell you
bow I got my startg" be continued.
well. III tell you; It was IN tripllcate
portrait work
Portraits Of tripieis7 inquired the
studio loafsr "Dobber told me he did
dime museum posters, too. at one
time
He ought 10 have stuck to that
branch Of art," remarked the artist
NO, you misunderstand me I'll tell
you how II was. There was one win
ter was pretty well on ny uppers At
that time I got acquainted with Giotto
Parkinson. and I tell you he was a
godsend. He had a studio Ia the Er0s-
yenOr and be didn't use Il nights. be-
sides having a samOvar that he got IN
the Ghetto and plenty Of alcohol The
Grosyenor doesn't favor light house
keeping. but ] was pretty careful how
threw NY scraps out Of the window.
One day Parkinson gave an exhib-
e. He knew quite a few people n re-
/ spectacle circles and be thought there
T was a chance that some one OF them
might buy a picture Of his II they got
well under the influence Of a proper
I art atmosphere and Russian tea
stuck up a few little things Of my
own with his to furnish the art at
mosphere and be provided the tea and
4 the samoyar It turned out all right
I There was a ooal baroness among
those present and l got her worked up
70 The point Of ordering from me a
/ portrait Of her ten-year-old son for $50.
+ She brought him around the very
next day. Parkinson was good fel-
low and he let me have the use Of his
shop for the Job We had bully good
dinner on the strength Of the condi-
tions anyway The kid was a sallow.
faced. skinny-liks monkey, not at all
like mamma, but / calculated | could
idealize him by a wide stretch OF my
wellknown Imaginative faculty. He
had one sitting that day. The next
day and for several other siltings bis
nurse brought him. and | want to say
that had the dickens own time get
ting that imp to keep still 1t didn'f
do any good to talk 20 him. An ] goi
by that vas Sass oh, the worst sort
iust sweat blood for four days trying
10 get some sort Ct expression on thai
portrait that wasn't exactly diabolica
and yet resembled the kid AT last
got It.
Two days later the picture wal
done and the sigh Of relief that
heayed made the windows rattle.
notified the baroness and she and th'
baron came to look at It. He seeme'
to have been brought under compul
sion and to be but mildly interested
I had learned that he was merel
stepfather to the brat so I didn't Won
der SO much at It. But the baroness
threw fits 'of ecstasy over the pictur
and ordered two more at the sam
I price. after trying in vain to beat m
. down.
i won't tell you what wen
through within the next month Wit
the heir apparent, how day BY day
grew 10 loathe the little wretch mos
: and more. The dear angel had pc
formed a large variety Of interestin
+ tricks around the place to relieve tn
Il monotony OF the sittings, and
d wound up by coming early one afte
j. noon and coloring Parkinson's che
ished Florentlne prints IN oil IN OF
absence. When / demonstrated b
n gave me a choice line OF sass, wher
r. upon | took my little man across N
# knee and laid merrily on.
1 Nearly two weeks later the col
baron caught me In.
Don't be alarmed, he said, as
retreated to the window. I only Gale
= to pay you for the pictures. beliel
II this is the right amount
le He laid a slip Of paper on the {
n 5le Il was check for Sl0o.
Il gasped
= of you don't mind I would like
u shake hands with you, he continued
be Il backed away
b. i see that you still fail to unde
stand. he said. I want to tell 70
SIR, that you have my entire sympatl
a and heartfelt thanks for the baEtir
ct you gave that young one. I've Off
longed to do It myself Frankly. 8
q envy YOU BY the way, II You cl
u make It conve1ient to call at my {
OF Ace I have something there won
-e, like to talk TO you about No, dor
say you are sorry. Please don't 81
that. I'm pressed for time now. b
= hope to nee yon soon. I think t
"a check is right. isn't IT. Thank y
stt very much Good day
He shsok hands with me solemn
- but vigorously aud then turned st
denly and boltsd Icalled on him a
we got quite chummy He had sof
is illustrating for a railroad that he r.
nc az A side isaue and dld II for him.