Deseret Evening News | 1897-09-22 | Page 4 | Unintended Irony

ITIIIII > IRONY Nothing could have been more mutlngly Illtimed than the piescnla lon at last evenings City Council esslcn of Will Chtvvsoni communication communica-tion as to painting the portrait of the Mayor Tho city fathers had Just finished a hot discussion of the attl tude and veto message ot the citys I Chief magistrate And were In no Anita bl le mood with reference to pictorial or other honors for him Just at this nfortunate Juncture the artists offer vas read The Irons of It all could not mt be Appreciated by every one pres enta it coincidence few occurrences In local onclaldom have equalled It In sarcasm Before acting upon the offer however how-ever the coumlImanle mind wlll have had time to cease tho worry caused by last nights debate and unless there shall be good reason to Iho con rdry his honors portrait will doubtless doubt-less be ordered painted and hung along the wall to keep company with those 01 his predecessors IIJ the same token It may be reckoned that Jlr Claw son who as an artist Is BO well enough known ns to ned no encomium from us will not be snubbed meiely because he happened to submit his conciliator lOlooolllon Ilt 11 moment when his hopedfor patrons were In no humor to hetow compliment