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Show WANDERS OVER WORLD POSING FOR PAINTINGS OF CHRIST CLEvrjJtyND. Sept. 1. Hia features fea-tures resemble Christ's. Bo James R. Johnston, printer,-la capitalising on them. , For more-then a decade he'a been posing hi way around the world. And here'e bow he came to take up hla otrange occupation: Back In 111. while soliciting orders or-ders for a Job shop, be -happened Into a Chicago art achool. An art-tat, art-tat, about to begin a palming of the Meealah. noticed tha etrlking llkeneee between Johneton'e facial llnea and the Mavlor'a, aa depicted In biblical pleture. He eeked the tramp printer to alt" for him. The finished work took the crltlra by storm. Johnaton deeerted hla type caee and became a modft ' ' ', 1 SHUNS TRAINS. . Hlnca then he haa roamed over the face of the globe. He haa vlelied every city of any else mthe United States and Canada. Twice ha haa been In Kurope. And alwaya Ha ahuna traina. He travels afoot and aecepta "Hfla" from moterlata In tourneying by t ) M 1 u j water, of course, ha must go by boat. But when the trip's aver he takea to the road again. Moses. David. Joseph! Johnrton portrays them all. And other characters, too. like Uta gristly gris-tly old prospector of the daya of '4. the Hindu ralah. the Arab sheik, the J Moorish chieftain. I Johnston wesrs ni hslr and hia ' beard long. He cas t help but attract at-tract attention ae he goee along hla way. Over In N'ew Tork elate, a village constable suspected him of being "Klug' Ben I'urnill. .DOES NT SMOKE. ' ' ' j for seven years Johnston hasn't touched a bits of meat. Nuts, fruit, white bread and milk comprise his diet day In and day out Christmas and Kaetrr Included. He quit emek-Ing emek-Ing so long ago he can't remember Just when it was.' He remains abed twelve to fifteen fif-teen houra dally, but really only aleeps seven or eight, he says "I'm 14 now. but I believe I ean live to be 10." ha declares. And nearly all of ua could if wa only Would try ta live aa our forebear." When the first chill wind of winter win-ter whistles . around the. corner, Johnaton expects to be on hie way to Hawaii. He plans to open an art shop In Honolulu. Hs'll sell only hla own picture!. He haa several trunks filled with them and stored awav In different, am lee ."Msyhe I'll eley over there." he says. "And perhaps I'll return In the spring. It hard t tall. "You know, when the wanderlust bites you. there's only one thing to do. Thst' pack up and move on. "And that th way It s alwaya been with me." JAM 18 W. JOHNSTON. |