The Washington times., 1922-02-05

twenty-one, he looks. But maybe
he's more. For Cleon Throck-
morton has already achieved u
number Of interesting things.
First, he is a Washington boy
from Mckinley Tech. one Of our
best schools. He was prize art
pupil of a prize art teacher
there, Alexis Many, a painter Of
note. director the past summer of
e. the Laguna Beach exhibition in
California, where Mr.. Many's
work received the leading prize.
From Mckinley Tech, Cleon
Throckmorton went to Pitts.
burgh. to the Carnegie Institute,
intending to be an engineer.
Everybody knows the high schol.
arship required there. But after
year came the war, and.
though he was too young to be
taken, Throckmorton went into
the service.
AS our y well-known sculptor,
Henry X. Bush Brown, has told
us in describing his work for the
rehabilitation of the soldiers,
quoting at the same time Sir
Philip Gibbs. after the war the
men held changed views of life,
and they did not wish to continue
the same work they had done be.
fore. Their. aspiration had de-
Veioped. Cleon Throckmorton de-
cided that he must be an artist.
so went at it," he rem.
inisces, with the same hard
work. the same intensive study that
1 had applied to my course at the
Tech. and I'll say that at any ar.
fist could have rapid progress. ~
he would follow that absolute an.
plication required for an engineer.
The trouble is. most artists are
too lazy. They don't know II
but they are"
In order to pursue his art
studies he had to make money IN
pay his way. 20 Cleon Throck.
morton hit upon a scheme which
would enable him to study during
the day and work at night.
Il started out to prove nv
theory, he explains, that a man
should pursue his vocation by day.
and If necessary work at night IN
maintain himself. rather than vice
versa, as is too often now the
case"
"KRAZY KAT KLUB."
Throckmorton opened a bohe-
mian cafe. THE Krazy Kat Club"
at Green's court, off Four
teenth street, between L and M.
He developed It himself, from some
old loft there which he rented. a
most spooky sort Of place, weird
and crazy as its name. Good
friends, a blazing open fire, some
primitive Northumberland"
no doubt,-candles, drinks, EATS"
floor to dance upon, q garden
annex In summertime, a spreading
tree with airy rookeries built In
Its branches. the "Amfalula Tree"
OF Eugene Field. Grande bon.
homie! La vie parissienne! Here
locked the elite. to the Quarter
Latin 'of town. Throckmorton
showed them q first-rate time. He
made his start. The "Krazy Kat"
paid his way.
Often he helped a down.and.out
young friend. One of these was
Frank Schwartz. the penniless
American artist, who so recently
won the Prix de Rome at Paris bv
MS composition "Heroism." Just at
the psychological moment for his
fortunes to turn, and while he was
guest Of Cleon Throckmorton.
On a wager and after but a few
months study, Throckmorton got
into his first Biennial in 1919 with
two pictures. This year, when
almost every other Washington
artist was turned down, he got by
again with his seductive Morn
Ing Haze-Winter." a view up the
Potomac actually painted out Of
doors on couple of freezing
mornings.
In imitation Of the Krazy Kat,
other bohemian restaurants
sprang up In Washington to sup
ply the demand. One of these
was "Carcassonns." in George
town Anethar vas the popuiss