Judge — October 3, 1885 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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ETCHING THE PUBL IC, A ROMANCE OF HIGH ART IN PAIN AND OF AMEIICAN GALL, BY RORENT b. wRAls. J. Henry Blivens was an artist in Paris, He had emigrated to the land of high and edible frogs from a cross roads. vill in [ajia Ile expected to garner in a hea: immortal glory and golden da the practice of his art, His townsten tolil him when they bid him good-bye that he would soar. ‘They were correct. Ife made nothing but a big board-bill. » had the misfortune to fall with the Princess de Blondoso as she rode nightly through the Bois de Bolou mpanied by her cowehman and a 1 of uncertain For months he had worked on the Virgin. W hen it was done it w ancholy'd gle of thirty-five d ion like consumptive che he one and y expression of all ¢ who saw it Instead of making people pray, Bliven’s Virgin made them swear. Blivens was in deep despair. up at an nda complex- Higher and higher rose the board-bill. and deeper grew the despair of the artist, One day a stranger entered the stu- dio. « k.” said J. He: said Jack, Tt was a gleam of hope in the darkness, John W. Perkins was a retired circus pro- prictor from Amer He had started life with a yellow clarionette and a performing bear, and had retired wich a fortune. ‘The artist recited his simple story with tears. I fear Iam lost,” he exclaimed as he concluded, ** My only hope is in the k, “ Wont” oodle, crank, imbecile!” exclaimed his friend; “why don’t you sell your pic ture and your mi “Te of tea,” exclaimed J, Henry, dejectedly. Stuff, drivel!” rasped out his compan. ck, leave it tome. Have you ” said J. Henry. t any soot?” repeated his a he artist the sovt, brought Seizing a handful, the American commenced | b the picture with it before the aston- ished artist could interfere. “Heavens and earth!” latte exclaimed the lence!” exclaimed Jack; ‘ you ten times what the fT fail I will picture is worth He daubed the picture front. and back until its own grandmother would not have known it. “Give me a brush,” he cried, One was handed him. In the lower cor- ner of the picture he carefully painted * Ra- phael Pinxit.” He then obscured it with soot. When he was done the outlines of the Virgin could be dimly seen as through a cloud. “Get me an old rotten frame,” he said at length, with a self-satistied air, One was brought. ‘ouldn’t be given away with a pound | | tended | painting When the picture was transferred | THE JUDGE. INDIAN TRAINING SCLIOOL, Teaching the young idea how to shoot. to it, it looked as if it had come out of a junk shop. «Come with me,” he said to his friend, ut. Jack led the way to the Paris Salon, Henry followed subr “Place for a masterpic claimed the American in x ¢ The committee we by the grimy appe hung it up in the mc the exhibition, and 1 : When the painter had had the effrontery the picture in a fresh state the cot ed him down stairs, vity. sted picture, and 10 people toengae. * You are alled on a number of if poor tlemen,” exclaimed th will give you 40 nd sketch picture 1, the Virg Salon.” ‘They were eng: ‘+ Messieurs,” he ¢ students, ‘two francs you who will stand) in icture 1, th American, fyou will hn) in’ the timed to a crowd of n hour to those of an entranced state rgin, at the Salon. WW. ‘The Salon opened. Crowds stood in front of the V students raved and tore their hair in pre- delight. The artists copied 1 Athe picture as if their lives de pended on it. Not one of the crities inthe crowd could get within twenty feet of the so dense was the crowd in all times. It was the few Men in the audic: almost skete AN UNEXPECTED SQUALL fainted in the ¢ [Vide p. rush. such picture had ever hefore ‘The noblest works of French artists were ted. Every one s mn the pietiire of the Virgin, ‘The press subject, 1 of the maste claimed the Figaro, “Such draws and colorin suid the roique conception,” ‘said the with each praises on lesser newspapers vied other in showering extravagant ricture, Then a critic scraped the soot off one cor- ner of thi picture, and found Pinxit,” with a inier ion was caused, equalled only by tevelution, bid the Due de Cham. 100,000 francs,” de Hyphen. + 400,000 francs,” offered the Marchione bid the Prince Clam r bid was accey v Juck te lap. * How can I Henry. Very will paint of Raph and ma the money into } ever repay J. Menry married she of the yellow conch and spotted e picture y one ewashed occa- vial by the judicious use ching. old ma of a tea chromo and a box of bi GIRL. Jen and [agree That it’s ‘The graceful Fall But deliver me, From the rink And awkward falls ¢ to be £ Jennie's sec JEP. JOSLYN. comicbooks.com