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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1912)
'* . l ■ , [ ■ . ... < _ • Courting An Artist A Practical Man Chooses a a Practical Method of Wooing By ' GERTRUDE STORM A girl—I call her a girl, though she w as tw enty-seven y ears o!d—sa t before a n easel iu the l'ltti gallery in F lo r ence, Italy , copying one of T itia n 's po r tra its. T hough she w as tastefu lly pressed, her clothes had been m ade over from tim e to tim e, an d patches w ere evident. H er face Indicated th a t ideality w hich m ust be a p art of the tru e a rtist. N o tw ith stan d in g her s h a b by genteel ap p earan ce she w as com ely, w ith dark eyes, fa ir skin and h air be tw een a c h e stn u t and red, w hich, u n d e r th e su n lig h t com ing in th ro u g h a w indow , g av e it the e x act tin t of the locks belonging to the w om an w hose p o rtra it she w as copying. Hut she w as not th in k in g of h e rse lf or h er a p pearance. She w as sim ply try in g to e a rn a little m oney by m aking a copy o f a fam ous p icture, a copy th a t h as little value except In th e nam e to w hich It Is appended. On th e o th er side o f th e g allery stood a gentlem an w hose a p p e ara n ce w as (he opposite of th a t o f th e wom an. H e had n othing of th a t Ideality sin* possessed, hut he had an a p p earan ce o f prosperity c o n tra stin g w ith her khabblness. lie stood looking at her face, from w hich th e su n light w as slow ly passing, and som ething told him th at th e re sat th e wom an he w a n te d to be th e com plem ent o f his ow n life. A fter h av in g gazed upon h e r for som e tim e he crossed th e room an d stood behind her. looking at her h a lf finished work. He had nev er seen h e r liefore: hi* had not h e a rd her speak, y e t he knew th a t she w as an A m erican. Possibly p a rt o f Ills ability to divine this was th a t he w as an A m erican hluiself. “ 1 ls*g y our p ardon.” hi* said to the girl. “ W ould you be offended a t a bit of criticism on your w o rk ?” “On the c o n tra ry . I w ould I h * very g ra te fu l." "W ell, then. Instead o f doing w hat you a re cap ab le of doing you are do tng th a t w hich you a re not fitted to do.” “ P lease e '^ ln ln ." “Ju d g in g from your cast o f counte nance I fun v you have an a rtis tic tem p eram en t On th at I build ray theory t h a t you o rig in a te fo r yourself. • do not believe th ere w as ev er ¡1 good orlgl u u to r w h o w as a g o o d copyist.” •*Go 011 . 1 aui In terested ." "I speak from experience. I am m y self Incapable of origination, and 1 aui Incapable of copying. Hut 1 possess a facu lty th a t lies betw een the tw o. I c a r Im itate. You see the difference be tw een Im itatlug a n d copying?” "I th ink I do.” “ Well, to re tu rn to you. You a re not copying th a t p icture. You a re cou- s ts n tly led sw a y from It by your ow n conception« T h e result Is failu re." T he girl threw' dow n her brush. "H a v e you any of y o u r ow n w ork lu F lo ren ce?" asked th e clitic. "L o ts of It.” "M ay I see It?" "I would lie only too glad fo f yonr c ritic ism ut hiu It." She g av e him th e u u m b er of a bouse overlooking th e riv er A ruo w ith her nam e, M arg aret lin t horn, and he hand ed her his card b earin g th a t o f John reer for her in a stra n g e r. She stood How’ev er, he had m eanw hile passed Ctthoou, m aking an ap p o in tm en t to call m ute th in k in g ab o u t w h a t h e 'h a d said, from th e condition of a s tra n g e r to n e x t afternoon. while he, selecting c e rta in pictures, th a t o f a c q u ain ta n c e and finally a H e clim bed five flights of s ta irs to se t them aside, saying, "I will give you friend. H e w as o ften in h er mind, for find Miss Ila th o rn and w as ushered so many fra n c s for th is and so m any th e re w as th a t w’hlcli w as sin g u lar into her studio, parlor, bedroom and for th a t,” a n d w hen he had finished about him. She knew him fo r a m an kitchen In one. T he w om an of whom he figured up th e am ount, saying th a t who could have m ade m oney dishon she ren ted th e room »at sew ing by a he would send for his p roperty nnd re estly, but had succeeded in m aking it window Miss H a th o rn placed an easel m it the money to pay fo r It a t the honestly. And. m oreover, she realized in a convenient light and p u t one pic •ante time. th a t h e had ta k e n her from failu re tu re a fte r an o th er upon It. T he girl th an k e d him m echanically, and poverty nnd raised h er to success “ You a re w h at I supposed,” said Ca- h a lf doubting w h eth er be w ould keep and com petence. hoon, "an a rtist, and you a re w hat 1 ids prom ise, b u t w hen a m essenger a r B ut w hy had he done th is? sus[>ected—yourself, not another. Tour rived for th e pictu res w ith an envelope One evening w hile w alking w ith him n a tu ra l field Is all your ow n.” containing notes enough to keep her in th e beautiful Boboli g ard en s back “T hen why cannot I sell my pic In the inexpensive city of Florence for of th e gallery w here they had first m et tu re s ? ” more th an a y e a r she feared th a t th e she w as expressing her g ra titu d e for H e sm iled. “ It took me a num ber of tran sactio n w as intended to draw’ her w h a t he had done for her a n d ask ed y ears to gain an experience to enable Into a tra p . H ow ever, she w as an him poiut blank fo r th e reason of his m e to a n sw e r th a t question to my owu a rtist w ith p ictu res to sell and solaced doing so. satisfactio n . I c a n n o t an sw er it m ore herself w ith th e tho u g h t th a t iu any “T he tim e has com e,” he said, "fo r intelligibly th an by giving you a brief event she w as capable o f tak in g care m e to explain. W hen I looked across synopsis of my ow n a rtistic career. A of herself. th e room w here yo.i w ere copying and poor boy, I loved a r t and w ished to l*e A change cam e over M iss H a th o rn saw you sittin g a t y our work, the su n an a rtist. My frien d s all told m e my when, a week later, she received a light tin tin g your fuee and hair, I rec w ork w as adm irable, but In tim e 1 note from Mr. Cahoon s ta tin g th a t lie ognized you for th e one w om an in th e found out th a t it w a s w orthless. To had sold tw o of her p ictu res to p e r w orld whom I w anted. It would have keep from sta rv in g I tried copying and sons who valued them fo r th eir in been out of th e question for me to woo failed even a t that. trinsic w orth fo r a sum equal to w h at a s tra n g e r in th e usual way. I did not "A p ictu re d e a le r w hom I knew de he had paid her for nil. To verify his th in k you could be wou by such a clared th a t he could tell if a n y picture statem en t he sent copies of lette rs o r wooing. F o rtu n a te ly I tho u g h t 1 saw o f a g re a t m aste r w ere genuine w ith dering th e pictu res a n d s ta tin g th e I p . you indications of th e a rtist, and out looking a t the n am e on it. 1 p a in t term s. If th e a rtis t wras puzzled be w hen l saw your w ork my opinion w as ed one w ith a w ork of G iotto before fore she w as now ali th e m ore so. confirm ed. You m ay have th o u g h t I me. T h e su b ject w as my own. All Since genius is unconscious she set W’as kind to you or th a t I w as disposed th e re st w as G iotto’s. In o th er words, very little value upon her pictures, fo m ak e m oney out of y our pictures. iny w ork w as an im itatio n . 1 rubbed but she well knew th a t, w hile poor pic My ob ject w *s n e ith e r of these. I d irt nnd soot over It, then partially tures w ith a nam e will b rin g a larg e served you fo r a consideration of a n cleaned It nnd show ed it to th e d ealer price, poor pictu res w ith o u t a n am e o th er kind. I w ished you. And now as an original G iotto I had discovered a re a d ru g on th e m ark et. It began to I call upon you to pay—d e a rly you m ay In th e possession of one w ho did not daw n upon h er th a t, a fte r all. her pic th in k it—-for w h a t I h av e done fo r know Its value. He offered an Im tu res m ust have m erit. you. I ask In re tu rn yourself, nnd you m ense sum fo r it. I laughed a t him , Mr. Cahoon kept In touch w ith Miss know th a t w edding bells fo r a wom an co n fessin g tlm t I had painted th e pic H athorn from th a t tim e. lie w as of sound th e knell of an a rtistic career." ture. no assistan ce to her in h er work, but M iss H a th o rn paid the bill and w ill " H e w as not an overscrupulous p er w as quite valuable in th e sale of her ingly; but. being a tru e a rtist, she son a n d agreed to give me a paying pictures. Indeed, she had learned found m uch com fort d u ring her m ar price for the picture and fo r o ther most of w h a t she could be ta u g h t ried life w ith her brush. equally successful Im itations o f t h ^ and had reached th a t point w here per g re a t m asters. T declined his offer, b u t sons of originality begin to throw* off m ade severnl such Im itations w hich th e propensity to follow lenders and The National Game. w ere exposed as originals. By selling strik e out ou th eir ow n paths. At first “You say baseball is your national th ese few p ictu res I could h av e m ade her work w as not understood, but a f t gam e," said th e stra n g e r, “ b u t w h a t Is m y self rich. T he public I expected to e r a few pictu res had been hung in your national pastim e in w inter?" “ P olitics.” —Chicugo R ecord-H erald. deceive, but I su p p jr ed th e c ritic s u n positions w here th e public could in derstood th eir professional work. T hey sp ect them a ta s te for Miss H a th o rn ’s w ork began to grow , a n d In a couple w ere all or nearly all to »led. W hen you lose your tem per you lose o f y ears she found h erself able to sell your ju d g m en t. T h ere’s no precision "1 gave up palutiug and g ra d u a ” y w orked into a b u s i n e s s of selling pic h er p ictu res w ith o u t Mr. C ahoon’s a s In an a n g ry decision. tures. principally to A m ericans who sistance. c a re m ore for the nam e than the pic ture. By h u n tin g tip poor or Indiffer ent w orks a ttrib u te d to celebrated p a in te rs and selling them for w hat they really w ere I gained a fortune. It did not m a tie r th at I told those who bought them th a t I considered them w orthless. All they wished w as to be able to say th at they w ere genuine. My conscience w as clear.” Mr. Gaboon paused, and Miss H a thorn said she understood. T he form er continued: "1 think, I am su ie . th a t I see In you a n d your work a born a rtist. 1 advise you to paint your ow n pictures, and I have a plan by w hich you m ay sup port y ourself iu th e m eantim e. I will t>uy from you several of these pic tu re s th a t I consider above th e aver- | age. pay lug you \\h a t is today more th an they are w orth, but w hat a fte r you have m ade a rep u tatio n will be less thnu they will lie w orth. It Is a fa ir deal.” “ You tak e all th e risk." T his horse is a successful one and am ong his offspring are th e best “ And pocket all th e profit." colts in th e county. Im proved stock is th e m ost profitable and before “ B ut w hen I have used up all you breeding it will pay you to look in to th e m erits of th is w onderful horse. pay m e for th ese I shall be again stra n d e d ." "Yes, w ithout assistan ce w hich I propose to fu rn ish lu som e such legit im ate w ay as 1 furnish th e beginning. \Ve a re p a rtn e rs, you producing the ideal p a rt of th e goods we sell. I the practical part. M oreover. I shall, as i the c a p italist of the firm, ta k e th e ' I f U U i l 1 L n O l U l V O o v e r J» 1« during the entire lion’s sh a re of the profit." season. Miss H a th o rn w as puzzled. 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