The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 15, 1899, Page 24

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1899. : and then—" Here she lowered her hand and made as "z“’n'“fibifil‘; Kato’'s clothing. Stddenly a stream rent the Sl“lnes&] Gllv‘lne wgman scream not from the supposed ead detective, but from the living Wweman. As soon as the woman’s hand was fairly beneath his robe Detective fato, who had merely been feigning ieath, grasped her' vvr;|sme thch Xnelike grip. There was a short, sharp struggle, during which the woman man; aged to break loose from the detective’'s grasp. In fléld iESut Daporad drawn their pistols, and it seemedas though the life and de: BicontAls s to be decided then and there. JusS then the footfalls of ru;mrn%_m AP were heard approaching. They were the officers Kato had sent for. The womar sprang suddenly aside and disappeared in the direction of Wer houses closely followed by the officers unicr the guidance of Kato. The house was then surrounded and vigilantly guarded by one SRy or oflcars, while another entered and began a thorough search with lanterns a torches. Every room and closet was thoroughly nd sys e:‘“?ha O‘fi_‘c“ plored, but without success, to the irtense disappointment o LG adicers. *'We must now try the basement,” said Kato, taking a crowbar and be- ginning to prv up the floorirg at ore end of the kitchen. Just then terrific explosion from hene‘?&h shook the g_und'mg_ ':fi‘r‘mfmfirfi ermyr»owls sending the debris flying in every direction, < 3 3::;§fi;d‘xx~1fihl{1heir 1iv Detective Kaito, though thrown from the house T RoBERT DDUNCAN AMILNE o an. I shall wait for you hereabouts." youT‘}:\e fi%ure hurried off, while Detective Kato sauntered calmly on, all CHAPTER 1. % one of the drivers to carry him to Shiba street for 30 cents. T was about 4 o’'clock of a wintry afternoon that a well-dressed, mid- en the vehicle came abreast of the Shiba Hotel the young man suddexi‘ called Vi i d sat ving. e of the expl n, at once recovered his composure an 3 = i he toilet. Sq saying traces of his assumed intoxication having disappeared. ; by the force o 3 n overtd his composure and st Jle-aged gentleman entered the Sufivama Benk i oo, wallet in oUt 1o the rikisha man 1o stop g8 hie wanted (0 g0 (o the tollet. <50 saying “Well,” he,said to himself gravely, “it looks as though that woman down in a corner of the grounds to watey the house, which was niow almost hand, and taking therefrom a certified checl s, cash- The man waited more than half an hour, when he began to grow sus- had got the best of me after all. buried in smoke and flame. That noiseless pistol 1 noticed in the t v h ame runni the scene to assist in the removal of such articles of ler. The cashier examined the note and nodded, and then proceeded piejous and made o thorough search of thé toilet apartment, but found folds of her dress—that was sulsxglcguu_s, to True, | md{ one came ‘\‘:1:1rl;lelnfhatlr:e e e Loooe to count out sixty thousand dollgrs in paper and other money of vari- nobody there. As, however, baggage had been left in the rikisha, it was myself, but her Dflslflogl “flslfl “u:-‘ 5‘5“02 S b e r]—n pgd s )v;‘her things a number of wooden and bamboo trunks were taken out and ous denominations, which the dentleman tallied and then somewhat the duty of the man to leave it at the bolice station, which was glose at situation. I had no rvanced 0 t»: t. = ‘;!emflrhfl) ki hd me oot by the fence so as to be out of danger. Suddenly Detective Kato, who carelessly placed in his wallet and left the building. Entering a rikisha hand. The appearance of the bamboo hamper, which was very securely know I was a detective and Vet to talk about her crimes and hand m v th V] b 2 ‘ly watching the proceedngs from his post of vantage, lently waiting for him at the door, he said to the driver, ted, excited the curiosity of the officers at the station, who thereupon fifty dollars into the bargain. What? Ha! 1 heen narrowly g » . flicers to come to his gssistance. Pointing to one of the e vasoy ; called up Detective Kato, and while the rikisha man héld the li%ht the A momentary flash brightened the darkness, and as he uttered the signaled to the o come to his assistance, Pointing to one of the “Carry me back; quick!” Whereupon the man started on a run with the {ipipe 'R JP\RHAS Kip, 2Rd WS, the ieha fran DOl the JIRRE The o & IO o Detective Kato. fell heavily to the ground. At the same largest of the trunka ho guve orders thit If be seourely roped Bnd carries vehicle homeward bound. The whole proceedings had been narrowly ment of all—the head, feet and hands of a man, who had evidentiy been instant a dark-robed figure crept stealthily toward the recumbent body ol the yolide station: s Oup It BEEtY e e L e e e oo v a man of slim though graceful build and pale complexion, thus barbarously murdered and dismembered less than twenty-four’ hours through the gloom. s ther e N A/ or i Theh mnerehen bl aad yalls about the bank seemed to be unknown, but who continued before. : Just then the moon broke through a mass of clouds and revealed the quently the paramour of the assassin, Goto, both of whom she had mur- to keep an eye upon the rikisha till it disappeared in the distance. Then this personage also took his departure at a brisk pace and with a preoc- cupied alr—indeed, his every action indicative of deep meditation. The rikisha man made straight for the Shiba Hotel, and on his arrival lled out mechanically, “T! eman has returned,” at the same v hol 0 as to permit of the easier egress of his far he vehicle with the wallet and its precious contents. The ge i r. Hara, manager of the Kobe rading ( creed to purchase a stock of merchandise 'mpany to the value of fifty-five thousand completed at 7 o'clock that evening—hence is arrival one of the hotel waitresses handed h had been delivered during his absence, and 2 to-morrow. Merchandise vt completely ar- Detective Kato, to the astonishment of the bystanders, exclaim¥d: “Why, this is Goto!—'Noble, as we call him,” and then to the still farther surprise and bewilderment of the officers and the rikisha man he turned to the latter and said: “Did the young fellow who rode in your rikisha look or act at all like a woman?” The officers, in short, had not the least conception of what he meant. Surely, they thought, this detective is a strange and mysterious charac- ter. While endeavoring to obtain some clew to the murder at the Shiba Hotel he smelt the pay been placed upon the dead man's face; now he asks if the young man who rode in the rikisha did not look or act like & woman. Then again here is Goto, the very man we were looking for as a probable in the hotel murder, dead himself. Nine out of ten ordinary- detectis 1ld 1ok discouraged at the turn affairs had taken, but is K of the apparent failure of his plans, seemingly 1 claimeéd Mr. Hara as soon the same time e} the wallet with h as to s ¢ I am. under the n as he had read uised as a peddler, began 1o visit all the hborhood of Kadan Hill, ostensibly leaving v supper this 1 was going to add, “I do not car not been arrested on his 1 beverage, s d of toasts in { stimulating h ended by mper of sake e adjoining ppetite for a liquor he wi his ordering sake in answer to the By t 14 use s to induce carelessn: his bumper is re until’ all precautions, came to pass that the normal e roseate hue of 1 king airy nothings even to a servant m ate of utter helplessness. eet strikes 12, decpening the night of nigt er itself adds to the from head to foot. on! the fe is pene- nt y out- hin, ng hi on’of the feet and hands beneath the coverlet. ! thrusts of the knife the last gasp is heard. Mr. after finishing its butchery. looked caut scertain ther there are any blood sta ng a long string, which it attached s ing been found beneath the pillow. promptly resg At the sam ded to he wallet was lowered from thé win- A w caught by a well-dressed indi 1 iting for it. At this instant a chill blast of 1 the light in the chamber, the black figure dis- message from the night, fitting climax to this CHAPTER II . carrying a wallet, was making his way about ai 1 he suddenly heard the words, v means of the strin bee A evidently northern wind ex doubt “Well, such as world are extreme v ir as this? ive dollar: ou?” replied the person addres: turning tion. “Oh—Yone! What are vou doing here u seem to be hard up—well, if that's the case, y ar is this? he vietim w ing hard to snatc immediately threw it on the ground. said in a louder key. “T know all about of a thousand. I've been all the after- I think in common fairness I should ing the da ecret as deep as all that.” replied the ou shall have 1t the *house of m; and taken to the station. He was known to the ng he wallet and began fumbling with the money, polic d to tt 'nspeople generally as a second-rate actor, Ichita by Fone came up still closer to inspect the operation. A Moments ng Azabuza Theater. About 10 o'clock the same even- flash 1it up the darkness. Then the WoTds, “Oh! vou —eo contermpibie . shabbily dressed individual called at the *house of mystery” and el il g pistol.”" ked to see the mistress, saying that he had.-an important message to Presently a man came running up to the spot, evidently attracted by nied by © from an actor at the Azabuza Theater; hafin & ao sound bad He fotinf notbing but. s Hlten: v her ears alone he wished to see her in private. These ccompanied It. d ' body lying on the grou “What! Ts it you, Yone?"' asked the newcomer. o T am—Detective Kato.” I know you, Mr. Kato,” replied the fi noth ing in one of ou hat cur Goto use a noisele “Who shot you? You fnto a pri re on the ground killing anothe be re but ‘6n him tel whole bus! Listen, Mr. Kato Whom you can mplicit reliance and who knows all the circumstances i that fellow Goto rouC of the case. Accordingly be afraid to converse with him freely, and call him Ty ves, that feilow also send me fifty dollars by his hand. Your most devoted lover, R Hotel . oh Here the re- < e “ICHITA." . eumbent figure gasped Thus reassuréd Mrs. Fugii—for that was the name of tne lady—ordered 6 . . . . . sake and w ng familiarly and confidentially with her guest. Gaoblet fc At 2 in the morning the inmates of the Shiba Hotel were aroused by allusion the messenger boys' cry of ‘‘Telegram! Telegram!” No sooner was the door opened tha me one out ie aid e epres P L e o am" to Was conversing with one who could be trusted. At length the strange vis- il SSetasee e e wre oMohre. ave Sumnly eried Mtelegram o i e end e e gt hospi- I anmiive Who was none other than the famous Detective (ality of his hostess, made for the door with as much AIgnity ae. his pa- Xato, accomp: officers, passed into the house, ana proceeding stairs went s ight to the room where Mr. Hara slept. Upon entering room and lighting the lamp the dark tragedy was discovered. which stituted one of the most mysterious incidents of that a Detective ato soon noticed two stout ropes extending from the window to the ‘gound, whereupon the two officers af orce declared that that was the way D T ey o0 tne Ay, ke good cate of the murderer had esca Ir. Kato, however. held to the opinion that 1t @] o s 3 he. murderer was still\in the house, and under his directions all the rooms P e fear." returned the visitor, though the unsteadiness of his walk ré without, however, revealing any suspicious indications so s the search went. Disappointed in this Mr. Kato returned to the :0f the murdered man. and after smelling the papers upon Mr. Hara's face took them off and put them in an inside pocket, then left the hotel. CHAPTER III About 11 o'slock on the following night two rikisha men were walting The same in whispers ne right, serving to give him an i had, and this comparison he On the was arresied t ven at “I hasten t¢ the city immedis 1 went along singing snatches that choicest of Japan teas, with iting in this way fo morning at a hou s work, himself, h the name mus Fugli” vant maid, e appearan of this house,” he sald to hi CHAPTER 1V, the Kadan race track. Present elf of his outer clothing and to other produced from the folds of he dregs his companion had taken Kato, m W o ot & aching the boundary of he track he crept stealthily among S e S tertorons breathing. Slomiy the bushes till he reached a spot which he ovidently Had in view befores f the door of th ,.z;mr(m o'clock,” he muttertd, “and neither of them here. Strange 1! here e comes.” 1 sty] d the female. v love, at last. ‘Better late than never,” rejoined her lover gayly. and tell me what it is yvou want to sated themselves at some littie distance from where the den, and as he could get no nearer without being discov- ten with all attention to enable him to make out their t grass T henenih s age. The conversation at first proceeded in whispers. which it was e A SRR SR T ssible for him to understand. At length the tones became more ani- d which then issued from the black fi d v are you such a coward?’ said the female. * his reappea hall be master in the house.” when and where?' responded the other £ of the funeral ceremon: k such 1sensical questions,” of hell. as his career demanded . love, the particulars. 1 wish to be 1 the man in a coaxing tone. @ closer; the night is getting cold. - S e i el come, There—now listen and mean rfere with your business’”” went on the voice Here, to the disappointment of Detective Kato, the voices of the pair Apper n depressed circumstances just at sent. T cang so as to he almost inaudible, only some disjointed expressions, yuld ask you to let me have some little share of what you've Goto Noble stabbed ling as to the gist the perpet It now: remained for him to inistress of the m rious house his could readily be don: proposed immediat CHAPT morning a st 2 follow the police about a hundred induce her to grant the sonable hour. she opened and read 1t a sudden emergency The bearer of this letter i ess as to an unss ate 2 parent intoxication would let him. “Thank you very muc he balanced in his hand the to Tchita as the appointment. Fugii, for the fifty purse the lady had given s 1 see him, He is walting for me saon the house belied his assurances. tapped him_on the shoulder. it is you. Mr. Kato!"” of very artistic design, embowered amid upon the gate. belong to some official of high rank or He was accordingly surprised, while handing his sam- zar the sound of the shamisen from within. ast the koto or banjio, but to use such a vulgar street in- shamisen—why, there's something suspicious fn this.” nightfall two persons might have been seen convers- sald this latter, ‘‘the disguise iz admirable,” uised individual went off in the directon- of the race f 0 woman's dress was heard and presently a female figure e place where Detective Kato was concealed. Two minutes hly dressed man approached from the opposite How ungallant of you to kee’;) lute of the latter as the man approached and Have T not assured you he is dead? Tell me, when did it take place?" :d returred the female ow that he will never trouble us again. d enough to convince him that he was the series of murders that had : a comparison of their voices, ¢ to make. ly dressed young man, riding in a d to the mistress of the house and caused her such Accordingly she a friend of mine, in owed goblet, and in the freedom which ensued she made many to circumstances connected with the tragedies which had re- cently startled the community, apparently under the impression that she said a figure in the gloom. shouldn’t have known you If I hadn’t been looking for you about this mistress or servant, r a couple of weeks This mself, “the inmates ly one of them pro- ut on some shabb; his own robes, re- off. me wait- embraced ow let us sit see me about.” You need never fear Henceforth, my dublously. *I have voice. He is now en- satisfied bevond a coTDEss: INT R of the conversation. ldentify the woman he had visited dur- vards distant from messenger an’ inter- vited him the following letter: compels me to leave dollars,” said he as him. I will give it now, so I must keep By the time he reached the road he was staggering still worse, and of comic songs in a maudlm voice. Suddenly “Well, I Garrying the Murderess to the Policz Station From a Drawing by the Japaness Artist H. Mori. i place and tim at the foot of the Kadan Slope looking tr patronage. Down the slope “Ye returned the detective, for it was he. “Everything Is all form of the beautiful Mrs. Fugii bending over the motionless figure of dered, as well as the Merchant Hara. Mrs. Fugii was, in fact, the most £ATE A young gentleman in an overcoat. carrving a heavy looking bamboo right. I have unearthed the murderess, but I have an idea s -hamper. When he caught sight of the rikishas he made 2 bargain with R PDOPOPPOPOOOPPCIPVOP0O000000COBOGG®SD who I am. Now run to the station and fetch a posse of officers '090000000000000000000000000000OOOOOO00OO00OO000000000000000000000000 COOo00000C CPICOPOCPOPO9O0OCOOOSS e suspects Detective Kato. as fast as “That fifty dollars,” muttered the woman. “I must secure celeb of the New Japan. that first ted murderess who has yet existed during the thirty years' history 0000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000 ‘in_each class, but I had been severely | replied that I had it, and did not care understand how the committee came to | work because I can’'t help working. I & @ | criticized by the teachers for my inde- | to dispose of it. In answer to this 1| give you that medal. You don't deserve | love work. % & & | pendence, and the dealers would have | received a letter asking me to put my | it. The idea of making so bad use flf‘ . My best picture? In my studio there . & | Dothing to do with me. I know what | own price upon the canvas. This was great a subject! Now, this is what | is an empty canvas. My best picture S @ despair means. | a different matter. So I wrote to my | you want to do. Put Columbus over | is painted there. It's in my mind. I $ | It was the turning point in my life. } old time friends, telling them that if | on one side, paint a side view of him. | am always painting my best picture. > ] @ | I don't know how much longer 1 could | they would send their agent to me with | Do it this way,” and he illustrated with | I am always at work on it. - My best 5 4 | have kept up the struggle. I was for- |$2000 I would part with the picture, | his expressive gestures how the figure | picture is still unpainted, and I hope 5 4 |tunate in having secured quarters with | never thinking that my offer would be | was to hT drawn. ‘u\rim don’t paint 02 i Itmakximen;\-ill never (‘rm;e when I shall | some people who had confidence in me |accepted. But they cabled their ac- | your little canvas. give you ook at that canvas and say “There is 3 ® E : i . St S y Wi J, H 1 3 | —sufficient confidence to let me owe | ceptance and they've got the picture | studio that three men have now. Tl my best pictur -William M. Chase, the Famous New York Painter, Recounts His Early 2 | them two vears' rent—but T could mot | now, and T don't Know whether to be | tain them all out. "You can have it by | . 2 N o & ave held out very much longer, and | sorry or glad. yvourself. ere we put a canvas| 6 Struggles to Win Fame and His Final Triumph. & |1 knew {t. It was then that I painted | How did Piloti happen to ask me to | feet wide, and 1 want vou to| APt Freak of the Season. ‘e & | my first successful picture. Tt came | paint his children's portraits? It was | picture }_hts way. !n nnee1 In| Rarly in the autumn it was. an- P OLO0000000000000000000000000006000060000060000000066004 Je o ey Thainted iy study of | not wholly my study of the Woman in | 108 will have produced 9| nounced that James McN. Whistler and ¥ N n ack, dresse n T ng | ack, as afterward learned, because, | 5 B4 R i 2 From Fifteenth street, facing Livingston place, there is one of the Youkers, which I would like to recall. | habit. It now hangs in the reception | although the great painter was a very | your Government it will be in Wash E;;dzm‘:e:'a“?;z’;‘]’"{:fis' dl:;e‘fls:ulp;;x:i prettiest views in all New York. To the north are the red brick build- I was so successful that by Christmas |room of the Union League Club in this | harsh critic, he had a rather high idea | ington. It will be in the Capitol. I pe i g ings of the Religious Society of Friends, and beyond the old stone 1 had saved up enough money to go to | Clty. T sold it for $300. It was bought [ of my ability, which I possibly did not | will make you famous. | painting in Paris. ~Although the world Chureh of St. George. 1In an imposing old style house commanding this St. Louis, where my father had re- | by 8. P. Avery, and now belongs to the | deserve. I'll give you an illustration. | Of course I was pleased. 1 was more; | is well used to the eccentricities of Mr, v lives the famous artist, William M. Chase, and in his drawing established himself in business, and I | club. It was not the money that I got |1 told you how I resented the method of | T was touched. But I didn’t have | Whistler and is not surprised at any- : som 1 talked with him the other day regarding his early struggles and decided, after looking over the field, | from this Pk‘lglre, thoulgiévk;hattbrm;li:}:t | manufacturing pictures employed in | money enough to work one or two year(s; | thing he may choose to do, such was his first succ ul venture. to open a studio in that city. me success, because not se t | the academy, of my desire for inde- |or even one or two months longer, an M Thi The walls of the parlors are hung with many of the peintings which O vy i v aty IRTE DAt hAe | until several months afterward. I took | pendence and all that. This happened | I told him so frankly. | Bot the case In this instance, Whistler, 205 e pase's working rooms in the old Studio building, on Tenth | ever been in there are one or more |the canvas to Pilotf and asked him |a month or so before I recelved my | ‘You domt need meney.” said Piloti, |25 the painter, the author, e o e t. the show place of New York for nearly twenty years. There is |men who feel a personal.interest in art, | What he thought of it. He looked at it | commission. I had all the sensitive | “The academy, the Government will|friend of no man, was a familiar figure, the portrait of Carroll Beckwith, the Lady in White, and beautitful Mrs. They are natural art patrons. 1 met |and then he said: “Mr. Chase, I want | independence that goes with unrecog- pay your expenses, will hire your stu- | but as a teacher—that was a new role, Chase watching her children at play in the broad hall of the summer two such men in St. Louis. One of them | you to paint the portraits of my chil- | nized ability and grinding poverty. I dio, give 1 your paints, buy you your | and the art world of Paris was immedi- house in the Shinnecook hills. { was named Hodges and the gther was ?fi‘on- : T I‘Jflgl advanrg _vinu ons‘;half of | resented almost everything. That (\1vns canvas, engage you your model.” ately all attention. Talk was rife in the e Samuel Dodd. They were both very | the price before you begin work.” my mood. One day the master said to ked hi I'w X t . g Special to T}E{S»unday Call. :ggxlga;ewgc':e“;esreantfirxzos&%l::tly ;{g; “-Timhy, One dad)z 1 }?vetrheard them | Within a day everybody in Munich me‘tl}wl lfw \\'ar;]led K‘Omne(ité\'; ("]\m&; f ;E‘;Tmtam;”rz's\:’r‘;;d n:\\‘egitn;aeccan?.:;‘gl:: glr::mr;:';d'fi:'zss tgé s‘::icgeflf 8; . > = talki v studio abou e. |art ¢l v r sitions fr the pu E 6 DA ol fe =1 1 P | g HATEVER success 1 may |instance he had me copy in oil a a“\vnfmmdg‘}y:u think we had better ?\Zd‘éfi,’,‘}l‘;il‘l}gé‘.eé";é 't‘fl)enfl:?tfl??‘g;:l.;Et;)lectggqthéognhjex‘t 5t Columblsibetore | g and o ek Ahe hearts of| opinion mostly in the latter scale. have attained, sald Mr. | Steel engraving of one of Rosa Bon- | do?" said Mr. Hodges. | traits of his children. My reputation | the council because there were a num- | {he Junict art dealers. This, will show | o B QU B0 B S et Chase, comes from my love | nour's pictures. After [ had been with | “Send him abroad,” answered Mr.|was made. The dealers who refused | ber of Americans in the ¥: | hetore 1 had submitted the picture that | flocked to its doors and the classes: im- : him for a year or so, however, he did " v - ¢ Piloti wanted those | | PR SS i Dodd. | to _notice me crowded my studio and | Now, I knew how Piloti wante L eave > A < = R of art for art’s sake only. I|go me a genuine service. He advised “We'll get commissions for hith to ba \adis Ot s OB Tl ihide knew | 52V me my first successful order. | mediately became so full that large always wanted to be an ar- | my fathes to sond me o Nea wonit .P get c 0 0} | to be | asked for paintings, studies, anything | compositio 8 1o be prsie k. | While I was_ painting the portraits of | numbers had to be turned away. The 2 executed on the other side, and we will | that T had. The seal of approval had | where he would place Columbus and he children Piloti asked me how I was 5 - : Mist, and I.came to be one this way: | T came tb this city with several let- | have the.money advanced to him, for | beerl. set by the highest Surtboctty o | WHore he wouid Pt the s ¢ ad | the children Piloti as g (5. | peculiar personality of Whistler had .My father owned a general store in | ters of introduction to wholesals shos | i cpnien | nis day. T'had money—Piloti’s money | council, but 1 detsrmined that if 1 were | SCLUDE flong with my Columbus ple-| been depended upon, rc doubt, to at- Williamsburg, Ind. ,You know what a de*;(‘fif;i who were requested to keed | When this plan was laid before me I|—and I was independent, so I told these | compelied to paint it I would follow | had any intention of beginning it, and | tract women, and thie ‘act is that the general store He kept everything | fogkir o tnetone s atind another | very willingly gave up my studio and | dealers “No," 10 g0 away, to let me | my own ideas, : | T didn't know exactly what to say to| Majority of the &pgiicasts have been and sold to farmers and village Deo- | erm artist “.hoeh;;d Aat‘li‘ifxza flmnéfé- went to M{unlfih,hw}l:ere 1 emelmii ‘the | alone; that I would have nothing to| Two days before the time for sub- | him. Suddenly an inspiration came m; \\'%r:em The men ) ets not convinced. and armers and v ; 5 Jonsta: 2 v 05, : e s i e i When T was about sixteen he went I went into Mr. Eaton's studio and |nhundred doliars and I filled every com- bright. There was sunlight every- | was doing with Columbus. I told them | D0 you think, Herr Director,” said | anq Mr. MacMonnies on Saturday. The ‘up to Indianapolis and started the |UPOR his advice I entered the National | migsion according to promise. The | where. / | nothing. “You'd better do something,” | L. “that Munich is the lf“a‘“e to Pg“{“.announcemem that the latter was to largest shoe store in that city. One A“de";g ot lgeg‘hm i i}“;‘ex“ 1 ayvas 20 | most expensive commission was for D.| 1 won’t tell you how I painted these | sald one of them, “the Ghief expests this plcture 107 1sn't Salamanca & bet- | tageh drawing snd. pajnting necasioned part of it was separated from the {ieea“lohtr:iv “mi"n:d". ’l‘bufi‘?ef- A. Cole, one of the best kno’ col- | portraits or what has become of them, | something very fmportant from you.” | ter place? 3 o i P B little surprise on this side of the regt " v/ v y lectors in e lance or Al as no ng to 0 W e aughed. ey insisted, and more as J - g | , for s not very enerall b ¢ taten advantage of the | jactors {n the West. He had a d | for that hi thing to do with the | I laughed. They insisted, and Quite right,” returned the master. | water, for it i s v rest and devoted to ladies It was|bankruptcy law and saved a respecta- | gigo. The plcture T paintes for b i | ot tob are talking about. A cu-| a joke than anything else I laid out | “Of course. Come to think of it. YOUr | known that he has painted for several - carpeted. It was the first ladies’ shoe | ble fortune. But it was an honest fail- | now 1n the Widener collection {n Phila- | rious sequel, however, to this little composition. I said to one of the | models here are all Bavarians. ~You|years and exhibited often at the Salon. store in the West. One day my father B He re!l‘e:lefl very much that he | qeiphia. If I had to do it over again |slege of the Bavarian art dealers came young men, “There is no authorized | Want Spaniards for models. Walt un- | Those who have seen these exhibits de- Jcame to me and sald: “Willlam, you fi"“ d ngl ant)rlme supformlw me and | 1 would not do it for'ten times that|to pass only last month. Let me tell portrait of Columbus, is there?” No | til you go to Salamanca. Do it there.” | soribe them as “strong,” virile work, " have spoiled wrapping paper enough | ¢ “0{‘ l“: lw “1 ‘a‘:s .t"fi:d make of | mych, you about it. One of the dealers had | one knew of any. “So,” I continued,| That is the last I ever heard of my | but very Salonlike, meaning thereby " here. Put on your hat and come with | 17,2t training. n oW exactly | After entering the academy I had a |in his store a portrait of a girl smok- | “I'll paint the back of the discoverer, | Columbus composition. But I have the | that they are good, but interesting al- S what to do. pretty hard time of it. I foresawthat |ing a pipe, by Wilhelm Leibl, even at| and I won’t put him in one corner of | original among my paintings in my stu. | most entirely from th tist's point of me. TI'm going to take you up to| I gave the matter considerable my money would be spent long before | that time a famous painter. I enjoyed | the picture but in the center.” And so | dio now. | view. In Amyericanllllacil:;nlsessi: i Hays. thought. 1 had had one year's ex- |1 had acquired the requisite training, | studying this picture more than al-| I did. I made him face the council in| What is my rule for success in art? | almost exclusively as a sculptor. . On our way to the artist’s rooms he | perfence in the shoe business, and I|and try as hard as I might I could not | most any other in Munich, and it oc- | a position that I knew would not en- | Years ago I thought that nature was| From latest reports, although many explained to me regretfully how sorry | had learned how to sell & lady & pair | sell my work to the local dealers. 1I|curred to me that so long as my work | tirely please thre chief. The more I|master. Now I know different. Art|students are still at work in the Whisc, he felt that his endeavors to make a | Of ShOes two sizes too small for her.|had heen more or less of a revolution- | was in demand I would exchange some | worked on the thing the more interest- | transcends nature. One must paint | ler classes. a large number have left, . business man of me had failed; that he | L, V28 Very successful in that, and I|ist in the school. I had objected to | of my pictures for it, so that I could| ed I became, and before I had been | what is behind the eyve of the artist. | and the failure of the school seems a g , had made up my mind that if it came | painting pictures to order, and it was study it at my lefsure in my own stu- | painting an hour I was engrossed in it. | As T paint, and T love to paint, there is | matter of onl rt time. For some hedn't much hope or faith in my arf | to the worst I would g0 into & Shoe|mnot the way of the riaster. dio. * I gave three studies of heads in| After I had finished it I laid it one | somebody Standing by my shoulder s | e G predilections, but was willing to give | gtore as a clerk. But fortunately 1| At last I got down to bread and |cxchangs foc &t side and thouglit no more about It. | says to me, “Don’t paint that or “paint | Momoies LUSE fs uniknown, Mr. Mac- ‘me a chance, and he thought that a | @idn’t have to. I laid the matter be- cheese. Even my canvas and my paints | Now at the Stuart art sale last year | But I finally entered it with the other | that,” and I follow these d,mt,on’s’“ r'Ii oy esw B W itnse "| ;rdcflzle oy studlo was a better place for ihat|fore Mr. Faton, and he advised me to | were supplied by my fellow students. | one of Lelbls pirmres sou for s1 oo compositions. To my intense surprise | almost see this somebody. It 1s con. | Gents war e oiaeromened, the stu- chance than a shoe store, and thus 1| paint flowers and fruits, in Which line | T had feen in Munieh two years and a | Abont a aonit ago the art dealer who | it recefved the medal. AS Soon as the | science personified. It speaks ip oy | GeNts was the character e began my studies with B. F. Hays, the | of work I had been moderately suc- | half. had worked hard and conscien- | arranged the trade in Munich more | award was announced Piloti came to|Tt directs me. Every day T paint o'hnn o awnihn “‘“‘T‘“% :fi ad g ertist, in his studio next to the old |cessful. Through his influence I was tiously. T had been unable to sell any- | than twenty years ago wrote to me, | me, indignation written in every line ever it 1s possible, ‘whe‘thm}-’ it b: ?nfi et "w‘i"‘“ moim O'hn : 'ml‘z;mg' Postoffice. e &ble to sell some of these. There are | thing. 1 had recefved, it s true, the | asking whether I still had this platune, | o hin sabn | dotie of badly done." ‘I painit it 7 have | Sierare ot e ton foroild be Mr. Hays set me to work copying|a number of them now up around | highest medal given by the academy | and if so, whether I would sell it. I “It's an outrage,” he said. “I don't | Y S5 L SREASAES st Inthreated in Tonnls QUi to scratch it out the next mornine. I |cized color exclusively,