Show 4 ll 11 4 pano A I 1 wo oil lo 10 4 aj C adah il P L 14 IN 4 1 0 11 A I 1 ni A to I 1 t japanese woodcutters camp in british columbia LAZY creek almost current A less through suit inars marshes hes nt at low tide quite deep in its muddy bed a salty weedy slightly smoky and ginev upon the ner windrows wind rows of kelp find other weedy drift upon tile ering slope ot of bunk bank squirt of chains in ili every fairly nat flat place pance alad rippling scuttle of flounders upon the bot bottom toll drifting moons of oc stray ined ustle lunil in the anter there Is a typical woodland setting lit in northern british BrItIs li columbia says it writer in the christian science Mo monitor tillor the crow Is ubiquitous not raven beloved lio lie la I 1 of tile designers deif de IF ners ond and carvers front from up tip to nome calling ills hoarse caw front from tho the shadows lin dous of some disheveled cedar on the lie high water mark of spring if tides des ragged cedar and pessimistic looking ool ing hemlock in silhouette against I 1 the he blue purple courses with raven like ilko shallow the distant mountain side at the alic base of the irregularly standing timber thither spared of loggers tin nn impenetrable le thicket of kallal falln salmon and button berry blackberry bramble br aroble and berry under a taller growth of alder willow and poplar ar together mask a tangle of fallen trunks t and upturned roots nold which tile tho tho the fireweed of the in ill cine coast over overtops tops a mans it licad cad it spire of vibrant pinkly purple flame at the forks of the creek A wide caved flunk bunk house its foundation pots ports lifting its floor well above the dampness of the marsh stands a bit of ground where solid sol boll washed down from froin the heights supports rank gross grass vapidly built throughout of ct cedar walls and roots roofs of split cedar shakes in weathered redness it lias has a fitness to its place Sin smaller niler shacks near in color and size fintch piles of cordwood near the water awaiting n scow cow a favoring high tide and transportation por tation across the water to the city the Ever welcome chow A scrap of straw matting ana a momentary illen tary glimpse of a short ond sturdy figure round and black of lend head the bronzo bronze skin in quiet contrast with blue overalls showed it to ho be a japanese woodcutters camp the sun still was high nil and the lie shadows short abort bythe by the time the sketch was finished an eruption from the woods and cordwood piles toward ilia bunkhouse bunk house suggested possible rf refreshment breshin e nt even it if the lie calling of the 1 ani I i pa n banged with a stick of firewood at tho the door did not there was too much good sketching about for the artist to want to return across the harbor for such an inconsequential thing its as lundi which however would quite likely suggest bugge 41 its luck lack some time between then ard tile sundown lie ho knew ho he would linger for so portfolio under arm he strolled to tho the bunk lloud 0 within on either side were two tiered blinks against tile tho walls stopping short of lie further end which stove beneath the end cad window a rear door letting in breeze and sunshine was combined kitchen lining dining room and place of assembly about sieper fix persons t on either side ot of a three plank table covered with looked curiously and courteously nt at the he stranger nm n lie stepped within tile the cook polling poising loaded dishes on oil either hand and smiled slotted the inscrutable millie file mention of nf bochow chow drought brought a cheerful grin to line or OP four faces nt at once and n vel coulling co illing indication of nf a seat scat at the end of the lio table able ns as the three on oil that side hunched RIO along ir to snake make a place deftly food with them in ili 30 10 seconds more with a grave courtesy was pined before tile the guest the usual food elicit each portion lit in A blue and white bowl to him was waff apportioned a n separate teapot and a handl liand cless leless cup both of fit pa legreen seki ware art in it a Wood mciVa mens camp tho the artist ate and conversed such of these woodcutters as aa spoke english find they nearly nil fill did spoke lit in il carefulness out of which at antl intervals ovals cropped A chinook word or it ol of this coast ns bold amid the careful english as a single dark codar cedar in A green meadow looking about the guest noted a print on the bunk house wall no got up and walked across to got get n letter betor view ll 11 he knew little and cared less ions of u names and dates familiarly spoken by parlor talkers in art but lie he dlo did feel decorative values color and drawing and nil all tho the rest of it whatever it Is ia lit in short that makes tho the japanese print so interesting intel estling tills had they till all lie paid fold us as lie he returned to ills his sent ills auditors were cre visibly pleased though with the reserve character trite of their heir kind lie file neighbor pointed nt at ills hla portfolio and interrogated you snake make picture too maybe and evoked admission you show us sundry sketches of things it and nil places near bro brought light smiling emitting 0 eam mints ments of recognition hut but most of all it single sketch of fir tops top lark dark above neove a morning mist with the lie misty prow plow of a boat and the oncoming ripple of tin nn easy tide ritt attracted meted attention tills this tins appreciatively passed from haud hand to hand and one gilld i now wo show you ou maba you jou alkey kinship of the pastel from one hunk bunk and angier anor tr came curious wraps of mats and cloths claths out of which again cattle caine it a finely made box or roll exposing in turn a silken bag holding carieri car veri founded or wrought treasures a kakemoto kakemono kake mono wrapped in a fragment of temple silk or a couple of shingles keeping flat between hem prints of modern photographs of japan presently Present lythe the anble cleared of dishes and food with approving was ns nil exhibition fielt field on which one ona and another singly and seriously si smiling alling displayed ills treasure tor for tho the guests delight half a dozen prints of ran tural a famous actor a geisha a landscape and a couple of utter decorative abstractions each slowly produced and lingered over were later inter s persed with bits of cast and carved bronze iron carved ivory kakemonos kake monos of two or three types and even a bit or two of pottery and d the noon period went swiftly pro though it was far beyond its regular length and ended with slow reluctance and a smiling invitation to the departing guest to comesee come see again soon through tile length of tile the afternoon and the years since there has lingered with the birtist a satisfying I 1 ng sense of having met in the lie wilderness the fellowship fellow ship of the seeing eye |