The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-20

-oaI4Nle ilNNEl VERY l'ns I"StS
md something Ike 10000 words. TIC
l,r, ~ the tale. Eugene Tennyson
Vl,', ono lmmodcrately ingenious
r,mcl vas a genius in W respects
only occasionally associated. he was
IN arts, fed at every street corner
with realistic subjects which he spread
effectively upon canvas. and he had a
keen commercial eye which enabled
hin TO consolidate magazine effort and
20 command a salary Of 325 900 . year.
We nppos that he had what may be
called a timelincss Of understanding:
ma, he recognized trends and other
matters valuable to know: that he en-
couraged many solemn things. More
PARTICULARLY he was after the ladies.
lie could not let them alone. Like the
o.her Dresser chief characters he was
, slave and a victim under the COM
ru'slon IL sex. II seems TO have been
only the merciful passage OF years. the
arrival " chilling age, that saved him
rom complete disaster.
The realistic habit is here as here
,of1re. Eucene's father was a sewing
machine agent in the West. He got
o. cents for every dollar of the price
when he sold a machine. Moreover,
ne corrected erratic machines and ex-
hanged machines when the purchaser
after trial so wished. His income was
nearly $1,000 a year. This was in Hi
no.s. say in 1884. While the parent
.mployel himself with machines the
On Eugene read books, n though
fal.rirs and shy. had an eye for girls
Literature was not overlooked by the
vuur. people OF the town where
Els.ne's father had established him
81, Here It may he read what the
yoln- people thought of Scott ana
pl,rUs They were not extremely
Frs.y,. Al. They expressed their APP
r-o,ll or disapproval quite simply.
Il can't Ike him. Hes too long drawn
out, Thst was Myrtle on Dickens
She liked Scott better, though she does
l,, i,ur us with her reasons Sh'
81 p, the pastime Of skating. when
the ..-,r.bpd as heavenly Gavin
The rls ~ his native town, eugene
y coded to Chicago.
Ii~ found manual employment. he
w., a stove polisher; he drove a !aun-
,ry WAGON, he collected bills for "A re-
a.. merchant. lie attended the art
,.a.Y. ia the evening. He drew from
'Fr rrdo-an experience that is
rar.y described. He became inter
,s,.l y his model. Others interested
I'm. RUBY, Angela, Miriam. Christina
these are "A few OF their names lie
"a accounted for very paInstaRingiy'
He was moody, artistic; he was re-
served. bat had emotion, hre, long
.ngs. he had a weak stomach and was
t,m.-auFmlc; he had white. even
teeth. ~ home he lounged about the
house. He read Scott and Poe: also
~a!rc and Gihbun. lie cared nothing
Or mathematics, botany or physics.
lie mad an intense sense Of beauty; a
trl in Ni-ht, a rose In bloom, q tree
fEay!Lg in the w.nd-these held MN
Gr.s Held him particularly, but these
Al TO I've truly beautiful. There are
s.yeu Or eight IN the story who We're
truly hc.utiful. They come up n
after the other. lie succumbs inev!ta-
by II = told in each case how he
tlccrmbs.
lie painted a nan with an ashcan-
figure he had seen in Houston
f'rset. It was u%nsparing: Eugene
vas So cruel IN his indictment OF life.
\ 'r.'la praised him, what the cTltic
-! Is here. The effect Of II Is de-
s'.rrd Tears leaped to Eusenes
owes when he read this. The thought
,., Ice was q medium for some noble
'.l srp"rhuman purpose thickened
'" D.I.- loo his throat unit! they telt
.k" Psi ..wp" II was after tins that
10 . t-o, lated the magazines.
IE,4f for the distractions HE
v,tn ",Ut.gcable to his nature he
''.,t' .pve succeeded at once in the
'rH ' for him. He had no
t'.H .. Of the effect 81 ones scNnh
TO- ... 0ues work, nor what such
q '' ,u badly arranged can dn u
. i'.' -r' now II "A dIstort 'he
te's" 90 color, weaken thai balanced
.'"E'.'H' u character which is 50 es-
''t' 10 a normal Interpretation o'
~" Na." all striving hopeless, take
'''0 Ht' It's most Joyous conception
Wi.0 2, Itself seem unimportant and
Hea'. BE- f..lof' He was fairly driven
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