The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-11-09
that IDEAL FACE
BY c. ,. LEWIS.

Coulu mike pictures on the schools
house walls and sidewalks. He might
never have amounted to much as an
artist If his grandmother hadn't en-
couraged him. He made q sketch of
her when fifteen years old, and It was
so lifclihe and 1t 50 pleased her that
when she died few years Inter she
left him a legacy of $4,000 and q
request that he use part of the money
to make himself famous with the
brush,
Young Mr.. Temple started out in
great eaIfhstness to become portrait
painter. lie attended classes he took
lessons of different teachers; he nt-
tended academies of art. They openly
found fault with his drawings and col
Ors, and a famous painter told him
that he didn't know enough about art
to paint a cows leg. He finally set ND
a studio and branched out for HIM
self. lie setdred few patrons but
they never returned second time nor
spoke well of his abilities. They got
their portraits framed and hung them
In the woodshed or some other safe
place.
Young Mr.. Temple felt that lie had a
great career before him. All that was
needed was to paint one GTRat picture.
What he wanted was tOSHhd an ideal
face of n female, Of course, and then
paint a rose alongside of it and call
1t "The June Rosc."' He rode and
walked miles and miles in the city. al
ways staring about him for that ideal
face. He could find the rose alright.
but when it came to the face he had
lots of trouble. 1t seemed to him that
nature made no perfect faces, and II
must be a perfect face or the picture
would not bring him fame.
Patience and perseverance will al
ways win. One day, as Mr.. Temple
was buying some cheese and crackers
In delicatessen store to make his
studio lunch on, the lOng-sought-fOr
face ehtered the place. He realized
In a moment that he stood on the
threshold of fame. He scat1ned the
face for an imperfection, but found
none. He, went out and stood by the
door while the young woman made
some purchases. When she came out
he followed her five blocks TO what
seemed a rOOming house. After she
had passed in he handed the janltOr a
quarter and asked her name. The jan
itOr told him, and that evening he
came back and managed to secure an
interview with her.
When the artist had got out about |
all he wanted to say, the young lady |
replied that she would think it over. |
Just now she had a can Of beans !
warming over gas jet, and she was |
afraid they might burn. Great heav-
ens-beans and beauty! The artist |
seized his hat and made his escape. |
His artistic soul was Mortified. He |
went to his studio in the blacklist de-
spair, and he did not recover for three |
days. Then he said to himself:
The idea of a beautiful creature
like that eating beans warmed up in |
the canl She probably scooped them |
out with spoon and beans were prob
ably all she had that night for dinner. |
DO beans and beauty go together?
Never! Hold on, though. VIII the
public ever know that she was bean
eater? Can't a young lady, even if
she be gOOd-lOOking, eat what she
pleases fOA dinner? If she prefers a
can OF beans in her swn room to n
champagne supper at some heightened
should that be laid up
against hSTp
In week, Mr.. Temples artistic soul
had recovered from the jolt, and he re-
turned to the beautiful face. He was
welcomed with a smile, and this time
the young woman said:
II must eat when can, as I am eIR-
plOyed and am very busy. Won't you
sit down with nae and have some saul
sages and sauerkraut and a few
crackers? Sorry 1 can't make better
spread, but you are very welcome to
what have"
The artist then sprang up to ge. He
intended to make mad rush down
stairs, but he changed his mind, and
that dinner tasted good to him. The
ysung ladys face looked even hand
somer as she bit her slice of sausage
than It did when at rest. When he
went away, he was half convinced that
one could be spirituelle and yet have
n good appetite for sausage and sauer-
kraut.
Mr.. Temple paid three or four more
calls before he began sketehing that
ideal face. He was no longer Mortified.
de finally got that face on the canvas,
but 1t required many trips to the
rooming house, and he generally found
beans or sausages awaiting him. The
young lady was the first to
600 - ,,ovt.of+ cLo bfnd1xv t,ad Mr.