Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1922, Page 72

i THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—ROTOGRAVURE SECTION—JANUARY 22, 1922 AMONG US MORTALS The Aesthetic Lure Copyright. 1922, By W. E. HILL Trademurk Reg. _Y. ‘Iribune inc. US. Patent Office “Of course, I realize that I don’t know a thing about art, Mr. Slauter, but I don't think it’s a good likeness of my daugnter. Now, I think you've got her nose oo short. What do you think, Cousin Belle?”” Cousin Belle agrees that something is wronf.. but thinks it may be the eyes. Or is it that the mouth is just a weeny bit too slanting? if Mrs. Fred Guess is saying all the wrong things and offendinz the tender sensibilities of the artist, one must bear in mind that, for a perfect lady who likes something on the order of the “Old Mill at Sundown” and “Off to Grandma’s for Christmas,” it's a terri- ble thing to be plunged suddenly into a lot of moaern art stuff, like the “Organization in Magenta and Buff,” directly above Mrs. Guess. No wonder Mrs. Guess has the air of sitting on a volcano. Little Shirley, aged six and a half, is one of those extremely talented little girls. 'l'gke the picture she did in water colors of Peter Rabbit, with the spectacles on and the pipe ‘ in his mouth. Cute? Well, you just ought to see it! Mamma and Shirley nave brought it to show Mr. Blob, the artist. Likewise the tracing Shirley made of the Briggs drawing. Mamma is explaining all about how her Uncle Will could hardly tell it from the real one. Mamma is so afraid Shirley’s style will get cramped in an art school. Maybe Mr. Blob would take Shirley in hand? z . “Now, I would be awfully hard for portrait painters to do. I have so many different personalities that I'm never the same!” However, if any artist wants to take Josephine is crazy to Y ! > r pose for her pon};.ie, a dare, Miss Watts will oblige. She will begin right now if need be. This attitude will last only through the first sit- ting. After seeing the portrait she will be of- fended, and rightly, and will never come back. Mrs. Grubbs, the clean- ing lady, about to clean the studio after prom- ising not to touch any- thing. Mrs. Grubbs has paused to reflect on the inferiority of the stuff in the studio. Nothing nearly as good as her crayon portrait z i —— of the late Mr. Grubbs, g o Bessie is awfully disappointed. This is her first visit to a done from the old cabi- g - . real artist’s studio, and there isn’t a single tiger rug or a net photo. Not nearly. - : 3 3 leopard skin about the place. Neither has she had to * 7 ,. Rk - fight off the amorous advances of the artist, who, sad to Mrs. Ray is mad through and through. Says she, “Why can't artists paint tell, wasn’t dressed a bit like the musical comedy hero in nice, sweet, pretty ‘people and scenes, instead of these terrible futuristic velvet trousers and blue smock. Bessie is so disappointed. thir;‘g'?" Mrs. Ray has called the gallery attendant to explain the pictures to her. A