The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-12

The daily discussion o. tie mem
hsru o. the Biigewater club was ON
M tho Round Table. The talk had
been n arr and Cappy Kicks had
started q by rocountinE the impres.
sion CLEANED upon viewing a bronze
figure Of himself done by a local
sculptor
''In Tho nrt place" Cappy com.
plained n have never ycarnod "a
have anybody 90 u bust o. me. do
not admire myself IN brpnEs az all,
It's cruel enough 81 me sshen I in.
fiict my photograph upon a patient
and long suffering world.
- have noiicrd. however. That
since I have developed into an
Institution la the commercial cir.
cles Of this city and the news has
iealed out that | ann financially
able 90 pay for my fancies.
great many people expect mo 90
develop an art complex. DOES
any gentleman present know
whyf"
Every gentleman present does.
Cnppy." Ulysses urubb ASSURED the
old gentleman. Turnout his life
and up,o the tims 10 has reached
tho enYiable position which you 90
oupy In this community. tho average
business man leads a crlnped exis.
tancs. lie lacks the time or the op.
portuniiy 60 express HIS real ma.
turo-"
"outr' yelled cappy inierrupting.
I've been expressing myself freely.
naturally and joyously since tho day
I was born. What you mean. Uiyu.
saa. 10 that during office hour. the
average business man II too busy "a
support art"
We'll" Afr. Grub Insisted, Ell a
man can afford tho time and the
money certainly think 10 owes II
10 himself 10 live a ruler. more
rounded. more complete life And "a
DO that he has 10 quit reading mar.
kst reports and annual Audsis and
70 In for literature; no has 20 esehesy
The morning comic strip and make
tho Acquaintance Of Murilio, velas.
qusy. Whistler. q al: he's got 10 Eoi
the idea firmly fixed In his fool head
that a brass band. while all right foI
parndss. IL absolutely nux yomica,
compared with a symphony orche5
ira. In polite and cultured society
Then I'm a hopeless candl-
date for tho higher thing.
Ulysses" Cappy assured him II
refuse 10 put up n bluff that
lille work Of art when do not
and lid myself Into thinking Iseo
In II tho higher things which
somebody VINO says he knows nTt
sees In Il. I'm not afraid OF the
sooru Of head walters or art
connoIsseurr.
Don't talk 20 him. UlyEsea" ]
Augustus Redoli pleaded. "Cappy'I
20 rich he can afford 20 DO peculiar
and ho always did have a Grass com
meruiai soul"
TITS blamed good thing for art
]
ciai soul." cappy Shrillcd. "olso an
would perish from the land. Isn't
all tho ART In the world In tho hands
Of art museums and hasn't IL been
purchased for them by tho money
gruhbsra7 Dog my cats. Il drives me
Wild 20 have an artist sell me 4 pic
turs and and then feel a contempt
for ma because can land with both
eyes wide opcn--do) pay him sls
times what his product il worth.
tell you. fellows. this art busneU
ISN'T on tho level
"cappy." Mr.. Redsli retorted with,
orlnriy. you know rs much about
ART m that Congressional invcstgRt
Ing committee knows about oil"
We'll. / can steal theit stuff and
DO some talking. can't IT.
mo you cannot You cannot dis
cusr art until you know art"
You're crazy. Gus. ! can discuss
arr Just a. soon as master tho Ian,
giage Of art. Otherwise. how do you
suppose Jim o'Toole. who does the
waterfront beat for the Chronicle by
day. doubles by night for thc dra.
matte critic on tho critics day OFF,
Jim o'Tooie's a faher and alwayr
was"
He isn't" cappy protested. "Jin,
o'Toole Is an artist II he wasn't ar
artist how could he be such a goo
faker on dramatic en,IciEm7 Re
cantiy Jim got out a novel OF ths
sea- TIA terrible and the only way
It's ever going to set any circulation
Ia because Jim's banlrupting himself
giving FREQ copies. autographed. e
his friends. ] suppose HIS pubiishel
gives him wholesale rate.
Now. Jim o'Toolo has never besr
closer 10 sea than tho edge OF a dock
except upon two occasions when n,
decided 20 10 10 sea for vacation
and 10 get local color for his forth
coming novel. He grated n pas
from mo TO travel on one OF our biz
steam schooners, Grays harbor I,
Now York, via the canal.
''This was I'm February, the
weather was dirty and the vessel
wnilowlng. Jim O'Toole was
flung out OF his berth. where he
lay seasicli. lie was so mis-.
cradle the captain put In 10 San
Francisco on the way south. and
dumped Jim and his local color
on the dock. But Jim wasn't
discouraged. lie bummcd another
free passage off mo in midsum.
mer, thinking the sea would DO
smooth. II was, but we had
thick fog and tho vessel was
wrecked on Duxbury reef.
"a tug took Jim and tho crew OF
and brought him back to town--an,
yet that faker has tho critics fooled