. John Angelo at the water color exhibition . THE LAST HYMN. —Alfred Kappcs. painting. Some of em walk backward and forward,to see how their pictures will look from the other endof the room. One of my artists makes faces all thetime, lots funnier than he paints ; a good many of emnever say a word, but just smoke till its no wonderthey dont get the colors right. Some whistle, andone—the one I like best — sings songs from theoperas. Ive seen em run their hands through their JOHN ANGELO VISITS THE WATER PEASANT, AGAINST HAY.—J. C. Bcckzvitll. hair as if theywere trying topull the m -selve
. John Angelo at the water color exhibition . THE LAST HYMN. —Alfred Kappcs. painting. Some of em walk backward and forward,to see how their pictures will look from the other endof the room. One of my artists makes faces all thetime, lots funnier than he paints ; a good many of emnever say a word, but just smoke till its no wonderthey dont get the colors right. Some whistle, andone—the one I like best — sings songs from theoperas. Ive seen em run their hands through their JOHN ANGELO VISITS THE WATER PEASANT, AGAINST HAY.—J. C. Bcckzvitll. hair as if theywere trying topull the m -selves up tal-ler, and scowlawful and talkto theirselves;a n d s o m eagain talk tome, and tellnie nice sto-ries. I knowsome one I liketo pose for, be-cause he paintssuch funnyfairy-slory pic-tures, and hehelps me makepaperdolls and panoramas. That ones kind, even to toads. Once he wanted to put a frog in a picture, and he went over to Staten Island and brought one back in a tin pail, and after he had painted it the frog looked at him so sorrowful and reproachful, that he couldnt bear to kill it. He said it had helped him do his work and it deserved some pay. He wouldnt throw him away just an}-- where, either, for he said the frog looked homesick for his wife and children ; so he put him back into the pail, and carried him to the very swamp where he found him, so he could be happy again in his own family. Thats the sort of man for me, exclaimed Teddy Landseer. Dont you wonder what sort of stories that f
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