Show I Hea Heard d in Hotel Corridors A. A Montgomery long lon haired eccentric I Montgomery pointer of or yellow ears of ot corn nn and pumpkins p Is In town again Twice every eVer year this champion ot of the golden corn blows Int Into Salt Lake Lako Cit City draws clra a picture of himself on the on hotel rc register and proceeds s to paint Rather to mold For Montgomery has a peculiar method of or employing other means than light and shadow to put a into hl lila Ills works With Uh a small needle COIa for COI or a abrush bru h he actually places enough mixture I Ion on the canvas to make the tho kernel stand standout standout out nut In a 0 likeness s that has sl given n Montgomery om- om cry ery the title of tho the best In his line Montgomery Is a man with one Idea lIe He has hils a passion s fT f corn not the Juicy s sweet corn of the dinner table able but the corn In Inthe inthe th the crib the corn with the shriveled up yellow kernels I It Is a 1 mania with him and ho paints paints paints only corn with an occasional pumpkin garnish h to his picture To Today he is working In the lobby of the tho hotel rind one comer corner of or the Kenyon Kenyon Ken- Ken yon Is la given over to art art of of the Montgomery cry ery type That eccentricity accompanies genius Montgomery Is a living proof Ho IIo loves s to work In the crowd crowll rather than in the privacy vacy acy of his room and he draws InspiratIon Inspiration inspiration tion from rota tho the expressions of ot the wondering won won- dering b bystanders His pcr personal onal make malo up also carries carres out the tho Idea of oC eccentric genius With a pointers painters weakness for tor ties of or the tho Fra Pta Elbertus type and with a musicians musician's shock of or hair crowned with tho too typo of or hat worn vorn by the Immortal Philistine n o of Kast EIt EI t Aurora Amor Montgomery omery Is hard to classify Born In Illinois the first sight that t met his eyes was wu sa corn coin Corn in t the tue Ie field running run run- lung ning oft off to the holl horizon on in er c every direction He lIe was brought upon the fann farm where corn formed the eider al of diet for or man and beast He lie worked in the corn bins bins bins- as aM mall many have hn-c. but but ho he l learned cornolo a aa a as no other othel man ever has hashen When hen h n only a l kid he lie started to paint corn com He lie Is 18 still painting the golden ears ears ears-an ears and and bol golden tile thc they are arc proving pro to Montgomery lY |