The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-09

performed on the piano with wonderful skill and technique. He was fond of an argument and seldom was bested, for he generally was sure of his ground. He was a masterful personality, but kind and gentle, courtly and generous.
 Mrs. Boileau had two 'kid'' brothers who worshipped the ground on which Philip walked. One had soft, melting brown eyes and complexion of peaches and cream-as beautiful as a girl. But, oh, what a boy!
 He could think out more mischief in a minute than there were blades of grass in the beautiful Boileau garden. Sometimes the lads stayed at the stu diO, but of course Douglaston was their delight. It became the duty of Phil to lecture daily the incorrigible boy, until he got tired of it and got a new thought.
 Here, you, I'm going to fix you, he said. You come into my studio and will paint your picture. That will keep you out of mischief, for you've got to keep still. Then when I make the picture I'll sell it, and that will enable me to get back some of the money your mischief has cost me. "
 The picture was made, and the boy became so enamored of his surround ings that he proved one of the best of models who ever sat for Phil. But the then director of the Saturday Eve ming Posts art department didn't want a boy. He wanted girls, girls the pub lie wanted pretty girls and wouldn't t have anything else.> Phil told him that the public wanted something else be- seides pretty girls.
 Phil sold the boy!
 Picture Was Popular
 When the picture was published the beautiful boy with the wonderful ap- pealing eyes made a hit. Boileau got letters about his picture from all over the world. A man in Australia wrote to know if he were a real boy and that if he existed he would like to adopt him. A woman in this country want ed to adopt the mischievous but won- derful-lOoking lad. There were letters inviting the original of the picture to all parts of the country. Men and women wrote asking his identity. If memory serves, it was the Posts first departure from the pretty girls whose faces adorned the cover.
 MT Boileau was once called as a wit ness. Often his judgment was called upon as critic. A woman artist had painted miniature of the wife of a wealthy man, using her photograph as a model. - There was some hitch over the job and the man declined to accept the painting at the price set by the artist. The artist sued and Phil BOileau was called on the side of the artist, as were other painters of the time.
 The defense endeavored to show that the fee was too much for the job. MT. Boileau said that it was too little.
 But" declared the disciple of Coke, the artist never saw her model"
 Showing the wonderful cleverness of the artist" retorted Phil, "and she didn't bother her subject with sittings.'
 Really, Mir. Boileau, you yourself would not paint the portrait of a sub. ject you had never seen?"
 Why not, if the subject preferred portrait of her photo?"
 Do you mean to tell this court and this jury that any artist of reputation paints portraits of persons he has never seen?"
 ''I have told the court and the jury and you that very thing"
 Can you name any well known artists, besides yourself, who have en gagged in such wonderful performances? ?
 Yes. don't know whether yor