South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-08

Oriental magazine with a red cover
and the leaves cut when the Caliph
walks abroad. In fact, we fellows
in Nae bed line have a sort OF union
rate for things Of this sort. Some
body's always stopping and wanting
20 know what brought as down so
low in the world. For a sandwich
and A glass of beer 1 tell EN- drink
did IL. For corned beef and cab
bage and cup Of coffee l give EN-
the hard hearted landlord - six
months in the hospital lost job
story. A sirloin steak and quar-
ter for A bed gets the Wall street
tragedy Of the swept-away foIIIne
and the gradual descent. This Is
the first spread OF this kind I've
stumbled against. l haven't got a
story TO mt it. I'll tell you what,
Mr.. Chalmers, I'm going 20 tell you
the truth for this. if you'll listen TO
the last portrait l painted for $4,000.
After that l couldn't have found
sitter for a gratis picture"
What was the trouble?" Chal-
mers could not resist asking.
Funny thing" answered Plumer.
grimly. Never quite understood IL
myself. For while / swan like
cork. / broke into the swell crowd
and got commissions right and left.
The newspapers called me a fash
iOnable painter. Then the funny
things began TO happen. Whenever
| finished a picture people would
come 20 see IL, and whisper and look
queerly at one another.
Il soon found out what the trou-
BILE was. j had a knack of bringing
out in the face OF a portrait the
hidden character of the original.
don't know how I did it painted
what 1 saw-but 1 know it did me.
Some OF my sitters were fearfully
enraged and refused their pictures.
/ painted the portrait Of a very
beautiful and popular society dame.
When IL was finished her husband
looked at 1t with a peculiar express
sion on his face, and the next weeH
he sued for divorce.
IT remember one case OF a promi-
nent banker who sat to me. While
had HIS portrait on exhibition in
my studio an acquaintance OF his
came in TO look at IL. Bless me- says
he, does he really look like that?' l
told him it was considered faithful
likeness. I never noticed that ex-
preston about his eyes before said
he; I think I'll drop downtown and
change my bank account He aid
drop down, but the bank account
was gone and so was Mr.. Banker
1T wasn't long till they put me
out OF business. People don't want
their secret meannesses shown up in
a picture. They can smile and twist
their own faces and deceive you, but
the picture can't I couldn't get
an order for another picture. and /
had 10 give up. l worked as a
newspaper artist for a while, and
then for n photographer, but my
work with them got me into the
same trouble. II / drew from a
photograph my drawing showed up
characteristics and expressions that
you couldn't fnd in the photo. but I
guess they were in the original. all
right. The customers raised lively
rows, especially the women. and I
never could hold n Job long. So 1
began to rest. my weary head upon
the breast OF Old Booze for comfort.
And pretty soon 1 was in the free
bed line and doing oral fiction for
handouts among the food bazaars.
Does the truthful statement weary
thee, 0 Caliph? I can turn on the
Wall street disaster stop II you pre-
fer but that requires a tear, and I'm
afraid I can't hustle one UP after
that good dinner"
NO. no." said Chalmers. earnest
" you interest me very much Did