Show D re go ard D k what shall ft be it ry r y R PT ARTIST then here are a few co common T mon sense bense pointers for both you yo u and the boy to c nalder consider 0 before dell bitely deciding on this line of work a field in which the fall ures urea far outnumber the sue suc besses how a boy who gives alves promise of artistic ability not genius may go about making a success as an artist remuneration arid and opportunities in various specialties by W C jenning 81 I 1 I 1 your bay mentally constructed for trade or any of tho the so bo called ordinary occupations of life and care anything about amassing a fortune or fame in mercantile pr mechanical lines it if he be la Is that klad kind of a lad he may have any one of a number humber of special leanings for instance he might aspire to be a great tragedian or a pianist or or an artist it la is the last occupation using occupation cu advisedly here that sha shall I 1 be the subject of this little talk it if your boy has leanings toward painting or the higher forms of drawing and by leanings bedno means native ability more than mere inclination by all moans means encourage him for there la Is a big future awaiting him out in the world and ana he will not have to go through so many hardships as he might find in other lines of endeavor before he succeeds there are plenty of illustrators and painters that make money big money and there Is room tor for innumerable others on the samo same high plane Ilo however wever out of all tho the millions that talce take up various lines of life work probably pio bably a greater percentage fall fay by 1 the wayside in art than in any other una lino not even excepting the stage and all of this or most ot of it cornea comes from ahe the enthusiastic praises ot of relatives dorithe draw ings nati natu iriV ralto to every boyt boys d yi gl which aro area mistaken t for or well hi it artistic promise because your our boy can make drawings that seem fairly good of houses and barns and cows it means in itself nothing more than that he be might become a good copyist ultimately and draw a fair ord ordinary ina ry salary it certainty certainly does doea not wean mean that he Is an artist but if he has imagination and original ideas and can get tit at the underlying reality the point of tho the thing ho he Is trying to depict and cart can push these idena ideas out through the end of his pen or pencil or prush brush he has something n him worth cultivating even if his drawing his technique la Is fi faulty tilty technique can bo be acquired but he be can devur learn to be original and to have bare imagination the art schools are crowded to the doors with students that mistook ability to draw for artistic ansti instinct net and so creat Is this percentage tago that more than one well known and sensible artist has declared that it ft would be a vast benefit to the people at largo it every ono one of these institutions was transformed luto into P n school of craftsmanship for the dormant artist will find a way to make himself known even it if there la Is not a single school to go to these remarks are not made to discourage you nor to hinder pur veur boy it if he Is an artist in embryo these observations ions aro are only to encourage caution but bat taking it for granted that your boy has haa imagination and originality not genius or rare talent but only tho the average ordinary degree he will have shown hewn itliong it long before ho he la is sixteen as aa tho the walls and barri doors and fences fenced and school books and tea teachers chera eo comments M will navo have mado made manifest at that age bo be can go to art school it he wishes that Is it ou are able to pay gay his expenses these theme will not feces sadly be any moro more than his bla cost 0 of f living for there are numerous 11 justl tu tlona provided with fund aunda ri giving iraq free tuition to deserving young aspirants yut it you cannot afford to send him to iR school chool ind and he must fiust go to work dont make tho the mistake of putting him at come trade on tho the false idea that he be can call inake wore more money for ho he aart probably earn as aa much in tho the beginning at tin an occupation in fix keeping with his arribi ambition tion and he be will have the greater reward as be hi advances one of too toe beat schools schoola pf af training is in newspaper paper offices where art iu ar employed of course tha of getting a jobs by applying to 10 the manager tit the tha art depart department mouL th tax new will spend roost most of his bla thue in the be diming nt at the duties of an ordinary boy but before long he will be ott nut to drawing bolder on pictures and posting pasting pic pictures together on what are known as aa layouts putting groups together in a groups just as they tire to appear tn 16 tha paper before fee be ing sent to the ta engraver lie ile will of course be observing what the artists ae doing and will be practicing practising him elt ell whenever he ha gathan eata an opportunity nud nd possessing determination will arrange to attend school during odd hours bouts arter after awhile the manager will wili fl 1 e han lie A will be gratified finally at seeing one of 0 his own compositions appearing in fit print to illustrate some article or joke or story ily by the end of three tareo years he be will be ba receiving probably 10 a week and by this time he should have shown pretty definitely whether or not hot lie ha la Is going to make a success in art in two years more he should have hare found a specialty it he has ha any whether in car cooning too ning comics portraits dramatic news stories or scenery tn in general and will be receiving an where from 20 a week up many artists have been at the zenith of their careers between twenty five and thirty and making or more a week thore there la Is ii a big field in for the rann man with tt a specialty specially adapted to newspaper needs many consider newspaper art a fine stepping stone to the move particular and remunerative magaz magazine ne I 1 illustrating and portraiture so your artist son eon will lu in all probability try to got some work of that character on the side bide lle lib gets it ot of course by applying to the art manager of one ot of the maga moos who it if favorably impressed will give him some unimportant story to 11 lustrato or will buy a comic or other sketch to uso use la in vacant spaces on the advertising pages the line of advancement from hero Is pretty well defined for it all depends upon the made by your son if lie ho makes good on the magazine assignments sign ments he gets he be will be given more and more important work until he Is included among the army of successful illustrators and will earn from to a year many artists and men under thirty at that are paid re ra much even it if he should have no ambition to become a great portrait or landscape artist there is plenty of room in this line for him to got get high on the ladder I 1 have in mind one man who makes a year out of the magazines and advertising pictures a one tho the illustrating of advertisements has become a large and very and it you know their moa graae you hii ww nad so ht the painters and Il illustrators lustri tors are taking an important part in tills Is commercial development one man inan for instance la Is paid a figure tor for fashion draw ings ingo and as each picture lias has three or four figur and he be can easily make one of these designs in a week there jis Is a possible income of 1000 a week in this work alono alone another and similar line Is found with the lithographic companies which employ large larg force artists to mako make and ux fix up pictures for advertisers calendars etc eta these mo are generally employed regularly at sa salaries laev of 20 to 30 a week for ordinary Y we workmen rk m and offer the of up to lo the position of head designer of tho the department at a salary sometimes of as high as L year if portraiture to Is to be your sons sona ipg daily or if 11 he is proficient at it even without making it his bla specialty he will find great possibilities before him even it if ho he become one of the worlds greatest men in this line so common Is this particular phase of human vanity that at al his first manifesta ton tion of ability in fit this direction lie he will have opportunity to paint somebody or eifes picture and will paid whatever the two parties to the agreement decide upon one portrait painter and he la Is not by any means numbered among the worlds greatest great estla is regularly paid dald 2000 for or a head for ahalt length figure and for a full length there la Is little satisfaction to be derived from froia the sale eata ot of pictures and sketches at exhibitions as the aver age sale la Is less than five per cent in such instances find and even then they are not apt to prices ot of course it 1 your boy Is a genius but we ate aro not talking about geniuses these pointers are addressed to the tha father of 0 just the average bright boy who may possess a little imagination and originality copyright liy by tie the Aas associated dated literary broms proms |