Show tricka of artists A french paper says that for two months of the year the chief business of the two thousand and odd exhibitors at the salon is to attract the attention of visitors to their own pictures some of the dodges which have been found useful for the purpose it seems are highly ingenious the plan found most effectual and therefore most commonly employed is the yankee amateur dodge it consists of employing two or three agents dressed in an eccentric fashion to walk backward and forward with a mysterious air the public ia greatly awed by their appearance and reports ore soon circulated that the picture will be sold for its weight in gold another highly recommended plan ia to hire the best looking model introduced into the picture to walk backward and forward in front of the canvas the identity is soon discovered and great sensation is the consequence A few years ago a painter found out a still more original plan he placed bome resinous substance which would grow soft with warmth in front of bis own picture the unfortunate person who happened to stop for a few minutes would find himself fixed to the spot for bome time our authority thinks this last method the most businesslike and effectual |