Life — March 22, 1883 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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144 TINTS FROM THE ART WORLD. ONES is putting the finishing touches upon his academy pic- ture, “That is a little out of your line,” said his studio neighbor, dropping in for a cigarette. “Yes. You see I haven't been mysterious enough in my work. T think that will do, though.” “No doubt. I would defy a congress of Ruskins to make out what it is all about.” “Thanks very much, dear boy.” . . . * ** Have you been to the Art Club exh patron ” of another. “Oh, no, I never bother with American pictures. Why, do you know, I have a work by Gerome in my gallery that cost more than all the pictures in the Art Club put together.” * . . . * . . She had just visited the studio of an artist famous for painting interiors, and she was going into raptures over his work, * Then you think hima great painter 2” “Delightful ! So much feeling. Such good color. His in- sides are just too charming for anything.” . * * . * . * “ What did you think of the Water-Color exhibition this year?” asked an artist of his super-sthetic friend, Mrs. X. “Very fair. Very fair indeed. The pictures set off that di- vine gilt papering in a charming way.” * * ion?” asked one “‘art . . . . . . . Towselhair, who is a follower of Burne-Jones, Whistler, and that sort of thing, is conversing with his lay friend : “You do not go beneath the surface, my boy. You simply look for a pretty subject and are satisfied.” “ But 1 cannot understand ——” “ Of course not. It is not to be expected that you should. At least not yet. Wait until you can appreciate soul essence in an art creation,” “ T throw up my hand.” . . . * . . * “T just think etchings too lovely for anything,” said Miss Gusher, “Do you?” ‘Yes. There is something so intellectual in an etching. The common people, you know, cannot understand them.” “Indeed.” ** Of course not. One must be educated up to them, don’t you know? I think them too delicious.” “What is an etching 2” “Oh, an etching is—an etching—why, how stupid you must be. [ thought you knew something about art.” “+ But what is an etching ?” ‘Oh, dear. An etching is—is an etching. Don’t be a bore.” * . . * . . . Mrs. Verylatest has refurnished her parlors, and is entertaining her first caller. ‘* One is so mixed up to know what to do nowa- days in the way of decoration. I think this pale olive tint is about right for the walls.” “* Delicious.” ‘* T hate the color, but of course one must—” “Of course."* “ Then those curtain things in the doors catch all the dust, and let in all the cold air from the halls, but of course they are the proper—" “* OF course,” “And I don’t see any sense in puttting stained glass in your windows, so that you cannot see out, but of course one must follow—" “ OF course.” Cc. Vv. D. Do our local politicians go to Florida to study the arts of the alligator and the methods of the musquito ? -LIFE- Hutioa! Cuappy, HOW ARE you THIS Sir pown, WHAT’s THE MATTER? Ned (evidently depressed): 1 DID A HORRIBLE THING LAST NIGHT! Horriste! I was IN suCH A CON- bition! Wett, I pon’T KNow HOW IT HAPPENED, BuT IT pap MY LANDLADY! SHE. HE. "Twas only your hat ! Ah! thanks for the toll! Don’t ask for the toll! It was only a kiss ; I wore it like that. Yet gently it stole— ‘Twas only your hat !— Ah! thanks for the toll! Yet it fitted so pat, O’er my love-burdened soul, And it looked, oh ! so droll! — Like a sweet ray of bliss. ‘Twas only your hat ! Ah! thanks for the toll! Don’t ask for the toll! It was only a kiss, D. PW. A SPRING OPENING. Display of Millinery and Ladies’ Shoes, “ comicbooks.com