Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1913-12-31
How
An Artist Obtained
Recognition
By TOWNSEND SMITH


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Aha aeferzssa~s4 20 ae an artist. His
father. wbo was practical zlan ard
lad a large family IL szpport saoo&
Als bead al ass sgns ensstcs " asba
Of labor. bus STAGE Alaa seemed IT
ted for Eath1nx slse than an artist
~ eu1seRfeE lie eUa5d Ess afford 20
send tas bog abroad "a ssuasy. SO be
was obliged 20 prepare himself for Eas
progeszasu gz Am@r1ca. A part Of q
course Ia an art sehoos was al the IN
structsoa be rs-re4vs.s Thea he began
% TT 70 piek up Avin@ ss best -
cosad by making pi-r1rwa,
Like Ensg p~rSsns q artistic nature.
he erSs sew skGh. He painted 60 cha
vas. but no o1e cared 10 bsxy Asa pc
TIRES. Than ns ESszss 20 get al ogxssr
TO Illustrate toaxs. hus. the 9sid being
oeenpsess. se sank b an Illustrator sar
tAlrt1 rate n@wspaasr. At shas be
matte lost ssoa@A 10 xe@p body anG
soul Fsx-sn<r
One day Alan saw hahy sie@Gtag
IL lex crib He was Eges ssurressss1
With tie re8axessn~s@ 81 the AFsss cue
and wonasersss lg be ensh9 transfer il
% pap@r. lie tried ard was eE1lnensiy
successful Tne child siepe gssss as
x,e~giiy ca paper a. be id "a bis crib
~ITa tell yea what yca DO vita that
Aixn. xmEa friend -ses4 it Ia
baby foe2 company ard asa for al
order 70 pss Il IN asss fer an adj
Alan shus.Gers8 at the su@g@stlsr-
Was Be iusseeei reS.acs4 70 applying bis
art feg business pgrpeses2 Bst be
Needed money 70 Fs4y lis Foora gsai. 80
he acted On bis frsends advice TIE
eozpany quSekiy returned the picture
with the order he bad solicited. aEer
inx hin 500 tov bis WovS. wses
the picture was finished every one who
saw II remarked
~fEew pvwttyT'
Dear lstsie thin@~'
"ssax6 asse~g. ISN'T heT~
These remarks ard ether saeh L.
gsnEoss criticisms 50 pleased the artist
that be furgos that the psetGre vas %
be degraded as m advertisement Bet
when be sent Il To the food company
sad received IL back @g2ln witA IN
structians to put IA IL a bahy's bottle
with the words Perkins Food On Il
be almost cried
However. tbs promise % cheSG as
soon as the picture was returned vita
the essentials painted N hsipesi 70
swsetea the desc. and Alan got hixa-
Sslf down % the task He resolved the
cheek. paid bis room rent. boa~ht him
sell kstsH HfAsAAah 90 NeAAAes4N &k+sA = AN@AsA
meal Thus Improved In body and
Hlind be bethoESht himself what next
tn do
Ant IS art, even 90 sign or an al
versiSement. and not q few q the
worlds great artists have been obliged
10 apply their abilities IN shhs way.
To get that rela1ssiness On canvas or
10 marble that Aian had transferred
from the s3eepsng child Is ore o. the
main features Of gesaigs. Persons wAo
saw the Perkins food advertfseaaest
saw simply sleeping child Here and
there cue wbo knew the piefures
intrinsic worth supposed that the work
OF some great artist aad been appro-
priated
Alan knew be had produced some
thing that he bad only seen In draw
ingz which were exhibited as treasures
Of art he determined to try u again
with a dancing girl Between the
model when placed on the canvas ami
other pictures OF dancers was the
same difference as between two girls
the one Of whom Is born graceful and
the other Is not. He continued 10 work
In this vein till bis $iOo was exhaust
ed. bat By this time one Of his pletures
was sold. for . song. II Is true. but IL
produced money. This was the FIRST
encouragement OF practical Kind that
the young artist received That hrss
bank bin paid him. though but 1.-THE
Of the price paid him Tor bis ad, was
far Eaore GRATEFUL 10 him. But this
I was q matter Of sentiment.
One who saw the picture that Alan
had sold and who recognized il for
what II was really worth wanted ore
by the same artist This led 20 an
other sale. and these two led TO Others
and IL was not long before dealers
would say 70 inqusrers. ~Oh. that's an
original yail. and his pictures come
high
But these earlier prices were dwarf
ed by those Alan obtained ten years