| Show 1 Q Ot t i H ot 91 o j j 9 t H h tH rt tIff V tt ON A QUEER CLYDE ii BUT O ON il PHASE OP OI I I LIFt LIPE IN A l U t j I 1 MORALIZES II MORAL L ZI LO AT CITY IT ji jid If it d 1 tt t l fot i HP ti tit J H hi t t H v back from fromi you OU are nrc 11 SI so fO i dear old Parce What n a 1 atin AT ANI tiny tin cunning studio I Too Toor r for tor And Arni how OW aro poor dear thO ho toot tootIe and Krome me I Irl rL Ie nt Charley churley romO studio on l It and CInI tho the strident 11 hi Silas homer U was wall res pan V voice ot of Ms sirs remarks Mrs Hor Ilor above he the elbe for tor like e her diamonds Is la Isk ng al alII fa nd eri arge She l Is without t II k l ion the most it J JIs Is 1 1 r rI I t vulgar woman I t have ev over r m tnt t hut but then she sh he given KhoD feasts east which would do credit to Lucullus lUll lus Iu and when wh n sho opens olena tho the doors of oC her hr man malt slon sion on upper Fifth avenue people fairly scramble over each o R c hot other h I I Therefore I know knew very well that would r I t I con not resent hel rf II I I c I U lull loud butt familiarity larity as nut Hut I dont I J It told oW you OU about the tile hare aT hAnl 1 tove Charley Is ls an artist sup SUII UI T r u Ie lee he Ito has lus Anyway AnI bo be b a genius g nj to f for tor he lie heM of f the lint a 11 dollar dallal in his hl lift lICe A d keep top M neY r eo he lie net May A Airis ns II little i u nt over oler T a year ago tO little country countr C Ch at 1 a quiet oh I staying with a maiden she the W wa here h e Charley like most niost poverty aunt has u a grent deal ot of nerve nervI en n j men Anyway he a and an apt tongue love loe to the thC girl LAnd and persuaded him Now May Ma hr her er cent to nt marry in W her lT ow own rIght but her a i provided for tor since sinco mother i la 15 nicely S dd Ld AInsworth died aN So after atter the tho the oung couple appealed to o remony how itow enormously In Inloe inlove 1 horand hr and represented love loe with each other they the were To the scandal Kudal of society Mrs AInsworth wrote rote back that thit she was extreme extremely sor sorly that their means were so 50 limited ry ly beautiful that hat true love lovo was Indeed a 1 thing and she hinted In her po polite polite lite JUt way that hat Charley Chancy would better hetter leave art alone alono and inter enter some i where he ie could earn enough money Inane to support himself and an his wife Alter After that the Kromes l disappeared We next nell heard that Charley Chancy had Indig Indignantly lad refused a Q minor position which old Southerly had ha offered him In his of ot tire Ire and that h he be awl attil his hla wife were In r reveling In an atmosphere of l true Art Act with a capital A Some Seine mil mU mUI milI I 80 10 o It was said had hai Interested I himself In Charley and had furnished him Ith sufficient funds to go to Paris for tor He Us was hard at work on his hi great grul cam canvas canas as from rota which he ito was waso to o moke maa ma e fame and fortune More titan than thana titana a year tar after atter we MC heard that Mrs Ira Kromchad romo had hd ad been very et III 11 and that Charley Chancy was i coming home to open ollon a n studio In Now NeW NeWYork York And MILl PO 50 o ho hu did diu They took a 11 couple of ot looms rooms In tho the Carnegie build building buildInG buildIng ing anti and set up their household gods amid tho the sound of oC pianos pIn nOli and the smell of varnish and oil paints This was WM their reception As All I looked looke around me I could not help holp thinking of at the tho mid middle middie middie die dle aged clubman Mm Mrs Ainsworth was vas wasso vasso so anxious May should marry Sho tho had scornfully lIy refused ref on the ground that ho hu lacked youth and poetic Imag Imagination Ima but Lut he could have given her a prettily furnished house and everything she wanted Still perhaps poetic Imag Imagination In a n studio was better beUer I J would see Hee Tho rho room was sas cheaply but showily furnished There were ero fur Cur rUgs galore and you could hardly move without Imperiling tho lito of ot nomo Vase vaso or 01 cuilo curie On a divan sat Mrs irs Krome I rome roine Margery Url omo was chatting gayly to her I r never saw 1111 a n greater con contrast trout than that presented by lI the tho two Mar Margery Margery gery ery was wal dressed in a 1 pale crepe do de chine chino n a 1 tunas mass of at N and and yet so BO perfectly fitted that you could easily cn 1 see seo It had derived Its Ita origin otI ln from tram a R master hand A chiffon hat was tilted over her hor face at nt a n saucy angle and front from the tips of her patent leather shoes to the lingers of ot her pearl gray gloves sim sho tas well veil groomed t and We had bad always considered 1 May Mn a II for Cor prettier pr UI r girl than titan Mar Jar Margery gery 1 1 hut but this May had a 11 pathetic poth tlc look on her hor quint lullU little fure Sho Sito won wort a 1 gown of ot some Home odd shade of ot blue bitt anti It was as plain she sho Hh had made It with her own Oln unskilled for Hor hair was WIS banded In fashion evidently a 1 conces concos concession I aba sion to tho the studio atmosphere lvery Iery now no and then she site would excuse herself herselt and run outto see seo how the baby was I Retting along olon It was vas lying 1 lu In nn an adjoining room and I heard her explain to Mar Margery Margery gery that It was born while they thoy were In Rome and the climate or 01 something or I Iother other had seem seemed seemed ed cd to disagree with It Ev n now It gave a ve her much worry which however she was cm of ill i ito to keep tram train I Charley Chancy because LL ho was so IO wrap It J III ii work k uld ui la Chir Chirped har peel ped pet up In the tho tl e icy Ity r Inspiration for his hi new painting paIn tI D 1 poor fellow As s for Cor tho the products of Charleys gen sen senIus Jus lus they were scattered hero here and there thereIn In picturesque confusion There was Willi a pretentious affair entitled Hope Hop In which one ons could easily recognize cognize r both May Mar and the blue gown she was WIlS wear wearing WearIng ing log Several allegorical pictures arose and smote one ono in the tho face so lurid were the tho color combinations At one OM end of ot the room hung an enormous frame covered coer by a 11 dark purple hang j 4 fr J J 1 r it fi 01 S f Ii c 4 5 S f S k y 4 tr 5 l i 5 S n nt nI I C t t I lt L S 14 0 I I ty Ly t I I EMBROIDERED AND JEWELED EVENING EVE I ROBE O u I Ing lug My life lite work said Charley Chancy with I Inn nn an Impressive wave savo 10 of or Ills his hand Ah Ait no In answer to a o question from tram Mrs Homer Hurner I 1 cannot show It It Is not yet finished In 1 fact act I 1 have hao begun It over ovet three times But Hut some som da dayl I Ah Alt some day A Mrs Irs Horner appeared vet e little lUll Im Impressed pressed Are Aie these all you have she drawled Oh r tell you what hlll Mr ah Krome why wit wll dont you ou paint pretty little utile dancing let girls or eastern astern women Those Thos things s sell so BO nuch better dont you ou know Imo Something on the tho style of or Per rifts water colors Charley Chancy drew himself up I 1 think his hili work utterly lacks brutal brutality brutality ity he ho said stiffly At this piece picco of ot artists jargon Mrs Irs Horner homer stared d and then burst Into a it ripple of ot laughter r You artists are ale such Buch droll people So like So Po naif I she sho cried find and with that she took I her departure She had not bought a athing athing thing and a II shadow fell tell over Chancy Kromes romes face tace I saw him him talking to 10 his hili wife and the poor little woman soman began to devote deole herself herselt exclusively to the tho rich richand richand I i and Influential women present ent Such a 1 pretty bit of oC peasant pea lInt life lite I Charley painted pain led It In iq Normandy Normand I heard her saying laying to Mrs Ir Van yan Twiler Do let me show It to you Dut But Mrs Van Twiller only stared through her b r lorgnette lorinette and murmured that It looked very ver neatly nellI drawn but that sho was wn no Judge of those things At this moment the baby cried and little Mrs Kromo fled tied Into tho the adjoining room r m i S 5 I p AL Ps 5 ij at tt at I j bl Pt ilI I I IS S I tc 5 I t e Ps f t r t r t 1 Jf 1 i a 1 S 1 I II IIi i I 1 S 0 l I Ii i i t I i r Vi ViI ViI t f S 1 I j l it I IiI I I 4 d iI 3 S i e eI I I I I 1 r I I l Lj p it I Al t I Ik k t b Ctr I LACE PRINCESS DRESS Only three small water colors hat had I been sold Hold and anu Charley Chancy had not receIved receded a 11 single order older when I 1 saw Madeleine Dunbar approach him him Mrs Dunbar Is III Isa Isa a woman I instinctively dislike I could not hear what nhe was saying but I Judged from the gradual narrowing of her hel eyelids that she was waR at nt some SOllie of ot her tricks After AUer a 11 few tow minutes site she moved across the tho room trailing her black lace laco 10 co gown over tho the polished floor and scattering a heavy fragrance of at heliotrope Charley Charle followed her admiringly Now Nov remember she site cooed I want you yon at It my m next little affair It will be a 1 week from Crom Tuesday There Thelo will be lots of clever clee people You are ore afraid Mrs Kromo romo cant CIOt leave the baby Oh these doting mothers But flut you ou surely can come yourself A gen genius genins ins ius Ilk like you cannot afford to neglect n those little littie op for Cor forgathering gathering Inspiration ration You real shut Rhut yourself In so much my m dear Charley Chanley you Anti And with a n bewitch bewitching bewitchIng bewitchIng ing smile she Rhe shed d disappeared Then I noticed that tha t most every cery everyone everyone i one had gone goneI I The fading failing In the vases asea there was wasa wasla la a pile of at soiled teacups te on the I 1 knocked it at t the door loot ol of little Turkish ta to th the studio ble and nn l Mrs Krome rome was wag looking white and drawn so I made mado my adieux also I J took the tho elevator tor and descended to the ground floor Then I went all tho the way wa up again and knocked at the door of ot the Krome studio They Tho evidently evl did not hear me ine for I heard hell Id Mrs Irs Kromes gentle voice raised to n a shrill pitch You shant go to that womans reception and leave lea me inc alone she ho he erie cried I 1 saw RaW aa how she Rhe looked at you and then at nt me Ine as If I I were a drudge I Inspiration What we need Is money I You said you would sell all the big pic pie pictures pictures tures and only bought three throe Where Is la the medicine to com from front And my m Jacket And the baby bab babIs Is sick I tell 1111 Hush I Interrupted Krome Crome angrily lie He had heard my second knock and he ho opened the door o r rI I beg bee be your our pardon May I said laughing a little nervously but Im m such a 1 featherbrain that I 1 forgot the most Important thing I came for tor Tho The fact tact Is that If It Charley Chancy too busy bURY I J want ant him to paint a portrait of at me methe the large size you rou know the one on he did lIlu of you and the baby l y In Home flome It t was wicked wicked of oC me mo to en encourage encourage courage Krome In his mistaken career but what was WIlS I to tu do What would you have done tione There a thing lilac about fashions In Inthis Inthis inthis this letter I hear some one ono exclaim No I have not told you w what hat Mrs Hor Ifor Horner Horner ner ncr wore WOrt nor have I described the tho Pa damn gown with which Mrs fu Van dazzled our eyes but I have put before you 01 a n bit of ot New York life lite It Ray gag perhaps but one sees Rees It often otten and this time It stirred deeply the heart at 6 L New Nw York M |
