Show n C 1 i BT B 8 f. f t t E OISE OIS I I 11 IN 0 r rrt i t c f no n i f t I 11 t I 1 L s 5 I Sc fO If f I I S j. j y 1 L Ly I R. R op APPS' APPS R f j z i 1 IH HS Sf 7 PE P O A y 7 r 15 st st. I L t t 9 0 I a r 80 J J B J L. L ti q r 4 EP J I tie i r I Republican Special Service Cop Copyright 1907 1317 HI III scene painter Kos- Kos to was as In III the lie I i habit of or consuming g J Ja large Jarc e q ua n tl It 11 rC os a an J 0 oft r j at t n a l lh fu most unsuitable j I On lh the e re J present ent occa oc oc- CaO ca en lon ll a scene c nE was about l to be hP mounted o the success fI of or which do depended ed absolutely upon the splendor I of oC the por por- t ray a I. I The fhe first production was about to 10 take place tine tie lat last preparations were wre completed and the entire ca cast l each one according to his own part lent himself with enthusiasm when all of ofa ofa a n sudden hu hurst burst t th the catastrophe phe which the manager dreaded above e all Kos all Kos was wal abominably intoxicated these excesses ces cs always alay hapP happened at atthe atthe th the 1 t c mom moment nl wh when n hi his services were wn most mott urgently needs One would aln almost think that a a. demon guided and pushed him irresistibly toward the forbidden liquid At the these e times Kostovski Kos Kos- sid lo attained s Hl sudden c. c climaxes ol or of perversity a lr lt-a lt a Ion longing to to do contrary things H He had hat no control O c over himself himself him him- self el h he belonged l' to the devil il The rhe must most violent sensations became then thena a necessity sity for foi or hl his impetuous and genIally generally generally gen gen- disordered nature and he found himself If obliged to lo Increase hl his intoxication rhe These rhese days were 1 filled with Innumerable encounters anti and adventures ad- ad ventures which seemed to happen Inno lo to lono no on one but himself On the other hand once sober he lie went hack back to 10 work in a frenzy JI He lie W was tS not dl dismissed beC because use he her hew w was as a most mO-ll admirable pain painter tel Incomparable parable In ht his hiM specially specialty Yet h he compromised compromised com coin promised good rt reputation o of the company by the thC scandals which he ht caused as ell well as ns b by the negligence even slovenliness of nf his hiN a appearance 13 nc anti and plebeian blun From his brush F J ki produced scenes so sep beautiful ful fun and of suc-h suc a astonishingly hingl artistic merit th that n the lIw public would lining bring him before lh the curtain with Wilh their applause But 1111 the iho people of lh the theatre held him hini at n a distance no one remembered before Ifo the chorus having ing seen him himi 1 people also ulso drank but th they considered themselves as aR personages very superior superior supe supe- m and th they 1101 to this scene cene painter shunned his with care t As to the tIll ballet dancers ers they thy also shunned shun hulI 1 ned nerl him with repugnance On his side he did dill not Interest It himself tr in them However r one pleast-d pleast E-d E him him Julie Julie a 0 avery avery ballet dancer H He Ile thought very r young oung of her hl only a as all an artist and he watch watch- od II her dancing on the thc illuminated Illum illum- Illuminated III t h. h by the Ow electric rays of or th the n re- re hector which he manipulated C Certain Inclinations o of the pretty prellY I little h hind had ad certain attitudes enchanted enchant enchant- c ed d him and h he lau caused ed numerous rays r more brilliant than the others other to shine upon her ren rendering her hI more con- con in the ml midst sl of the oth other l' l the till theatre he hi helid dancers A Away way rom from and she on he her l' l lid dial not speak lI to her D n part Jart affected an affected not to see pe him Behind he dill did not speak sleak U in him her the IMP scene not to toe id 1 side alT affected and she sheon on 1 net e notice e him Living In the t of a 0 ae e solitude C without love lo without strange himl him J or 01 ln en nv one In who cared caled for fOl and machinist Indispensable but butin l In whom no our OIK- interested Himself hp he of angue vague ngue and latent a the O o felt tilt these reel reel- time that anal each Cach le desire beyond him he fell l' l tie for Inge drink got beon take talce possession po poe e lon of him Ai td I this is 15 what came to 10 puss pass s ut ul the pr pre when he was wal mot mast hill 80 moment al the tho After 1 the the thel remained on an the fife scene r at director of coman compan com com- o of the the i l' l large larCe and fat at fuse face or of the pan an The ln- ln Pre expressed ed oc e l' l which 11 he could coul l' l and anger l contain almost repealed repeated But tell lell me e. e h lie his oice what t chat are aro e we tear In wit with hll now And Antl cr 6 going f hands hancl to tin do in on now hl hi stomach 1 large att e i Z i tiE R tl t n he ic looked 11 at fit the lIH nth r with o Incle Ing ng anger Where is IR he now Can any one pul put a 0 hand on him asked asted 11 lieHe lie he He Ile I Is h here l' l the tub of or alcohol answered the director After Al r having looked for fOI him on all nil sides he wn was L iu a alast l last ast found foun in a little hut hUl talking h to some workmen and ln ha having 1 been I brought wrought here like a package he ImI hits Im- Ima a aa aDlack I black Dlack and blue eye Have him hint come como here helt the rascal I said tho mho manager The director ctol rapidly crossed eel th the stage and disappeared behind the scenery In the tb stillness they hoard hourd his voice calling Koslovski KostovskI Koslovski Kostov Kostov- skI Almost Instantly he rejoined the manager winking his hi t eye as nR I If to S say The comedy is about aboul to begin f He a will III be lip here hrC Immediately said the th director Urt II lie He e Is 1St a he hn has no desire to lo show himself eU Slowly approaching steps were heard and 1 before COI them appeared theroan tho the thoman roan man for tor whom the sea Ren had no de- de de sire 11 He was a n mun man of or medium height solidly built huilt muscular a 0 little hit bit stooped Kostovski kl woren blue shirt spotted spoiled all aJ o over t. t with paint and oil an antl and anda a tl large leather belt at his waist His Ills wrinkled trousers W were II hidden in high boots Taken falan as a whole he ga gave gaone one the thC impression of n a common and unknown un un- known workman Ills hands hand wore were long and nervous like a gorilla his hh face fact was trap homely and vulgar enough no ugh but hut full of character t his heck cheek bones homs were ivere 1 prominent an and with lilt his long mustache which drooped downward he h. ga gave guve v on one tie tae Impression slun of a 11 terrible ter ter- terrible force mcl but ut on one from flom which thought emanated from frum under his large scowling eyebrows his blue eyes eM oa cast aKI t a a. look 1001 at nt the same time lime taciturn end and gentle Another peculiarity about ul hi his features feature wa was the expression of or passion pas pas- shun sion and extraordinary energy Under r the thc left eye a n large huge blue spot showed H Itself lt evidence of a 0 rude blow Above time the COIl forehead there was waR a mop o of tangled hair aril and from the entire peron peron per per- on of I Kostovski one ont got lb the Impression inn sion of a corroded nature tumultuous 1 and ungovernable He ITt saluted humbly and amI qt ot the thC same nm time with dignity without giving his I hand What hat are you OU doing as asked It cd th the manager The first production production pro pro- duclion IK is for tomorrow and here hr weare we Vu are me forced to lo lot postpone It Why hy dlOU do dl you OU cause me KO so much trouble tell me mt Is Is 15 It tt honorable on your part 1 Why hy do you OU got get drunk And this decoration you Ol are alo carrying under your eye ate cye-ate r QI are you proud of ur it If Kostovski threw back plunged his n live five fingers In the tilt mop of hall hair and anti an oa anIf asIf i If It taking fire filC in a n passionate voice said uld Marc Mac I have ha b been hn en drinkIng drink drink- Ing but hut I have finished I will do clo all ail that I la is necessary to do o Today IH Is Saturday Sat fat un und and consequently ro immediate production 1 will will not move mo from rom h here re until tomorrow I will w n work worl all night I I 1 I Oh m my Cod God threw both hands In the C theair theair air and und seemed f pO possessed with a u aage ago age feeling of tit energy He Ile 1 to lo work wo as an nn expiation I Do you ou know what Is IK to be e done n the thc manager The 11 scene In question m 1 must Meet l h be he lh the size of the stage 1 und and must he be all ull that is hj 1 beautiful Cn I Do you rOil sou understand All that thai la is ful rul ful I will do U it 1 will do o It cried KOM- KOM 10 becoming animated and running running run t ning the fin fingers ers of both hands through hl his hair hall Forgetting Forr himself Jf he commenced com com- it el lo 10 Hurriedly wan wall a on un t lie H i Stopping before the he tt asked Tell Ten me what must be the subject I of 01 the scene cn For Poi what Is It Il to be Iw used This Tills Is it it said the manager It ItIs Itis I Is for the second act the two t men ho have strayed h Into Inlo un lh the vast t prairie durIng during during dur dur- ing th the night The place must be bl absolutely absolutely ab ab- wild willI and deserted They I ab-I become become be Lt I come afraid arnld Terrible things s are arc to toI tobe tobe be accomplished here You Son must therefore this a vast vasi t steppe I I with all th the accessories of or distance fog fug and clouds cloud in a manner so o I real all allI that I in advance the public will shiver I with feat fear in beholding Enough Interrupted I Ill i wilt will paint the wilderness the thc the vast plains I will 11 work worl all night on the I scene itself by hy tin tho th of lh time the lamps All IH is well hell pre prepared d Oh yes But work on only I work worl answered the dIm director h etor ctol Kostovski already y felt fell the torments torment of or his artistic genius He tie turned from front his Ills He saw HaW them theta no snore more he heard them ti not he h forgot theta them lie placed himself in the the- middle middle- o of the theta stage ta e and called In a loud commandIng command command- In Ing voice HI III Paul Jean Conic Come here Quickly ly Hurl Hurry up lp you OU children of ot the devil Kostovski oll Is going to worl work Paul the tho workman attached to the theatre anti and Jean Jan his assistant w went enl nL I to work laid out the Immense p canvas canvas can cun- I vas brought brushes and ancl pots Ants of ot col cot ors ort Oh Olt wU said Raid the director to 10 tae 1 manager thank God Cod he lie has gone to work again 11 ll will not nut be hI necessary iry ry lo to countermand tile the production Lot Let Lulus II us Its go to lo shiner dinner w we must not disturb him now ilOW i ithe The IH stage was lighted tl all night nIgh l. l The rile empty theatre was wua silent as a tomb One heard lint but the footsteps of or Kosto Kosto- who armed el with lung long bru brushes moved to tl and fro about aboul the canvas can AllI All hurl him w were r palls pall t and pots o of paint I t he work advanced Kostovski his hiM bruised d eye O his face all Hm smeared with wILh i paint his hi halt hair and mustache bristling g hl his eyes shining his Iris bOt body burning I under the ill inspiration Uon At eleven oll o'clock the next morning mornin the lie ln en entire It he company collected for fOl the thelast thelast last laRt rehearsal I. I grouped Itself before l' l the painting artists and ballet dancers dancers and and and contemplated the enormous painting now nw from tr th time stage tage and n again from frum the tho auditorium and ant l expressed eased their admiration in ht loud lout voices Tho The nearest st view showed a 0 vast plain r o overgrown rown with high grasses burdocks and g weeds steeds a little further a n deserted ll town lown all covered CO with It ii mosses s and further again the he gloomy lulls hills Mournful moU and ancI sinister r- r I nut noising i rig but JUl an infinite stretch menacing men men- menacing I acing and a fantastic a vast plain of oft t the tiie e heroic and legendary Wh where l' l ill no 0 road could be ht traced where no living ever evor 01 wa was ivas It Il seemed that at that mil moment I gila Ilia ta a Il legendary l lar heroine rC would land crying In a loud fond voice Docs Does any one live lI in this vast wild wilderness ll But BUI the somber steppe kept Its UN t nl- nl lInc l- l Inc lence a terrifying silence On the till horizon separating Itself front from rom the ihu I graves I Of or the lh lend Inel and amid It the the- n Jl pert rt of or the clouds appearing fan fantastic Ins tic all and malevolent gnu Aim thc e and amI tho those C sepulchres seemed lo to mul mul- w end The rho whole land land- gave n none one the Impression of nC funereal rata fatality lily U it oppressed the heart hearl it seemed something terrible must happen there ami tine the Ii udo of or these hillocks and tho time covering of ot clouds tool took to themselves tI ehe symbolical j t l Jive hive life lire meaning they meaning appeared llO to lO u n tragically supernatural Clo Close e to It on one distinguished only a conglomeration of or daubs of all In convulsive e zigzag as aA If It put PUl on ender en- en under un un- dt der thin tho frenzy of a l drunken m en brush s hut But at fIt a n lIU g tB- tB f p pt f nt nit I l rip ippo pu L I ii r hal hail math made Jive uj up more despotically l The rite amore more mor one looked the more 01 one f fell H n fc tenting fooling of or e- e ion sion dominate him Everybody g heaped praise on the on-the artist ar ar- tIt Oh thi they cried 1 11 Bravo Brain What hat talent What Shat sor- sor sorcery sor-j sor CC cery r Oh well what manors mailers It answered answered ans- ans Fre he ire name namely I IVI we V VI are arc only workmen and and W we 1 must lt work WI and If we can enn amuse ourselves ourselves ourthe our our- ourI I selves the we amuse 1 es We e are alP I born that mat tat WU way All pral praised him the they talked of nf him all nil day because of a 0 truth lruth never 1 before be be- before fore or IIa had h he dl distinguished himself to 10 such a degree As 51 for Kostovski Jo to slI he Iw went back to his hl labor lobO with a L tl desire siro to do greater things He Ire came and went In his more mor disordered and ancl dirtier than han ever tr He painted In the ecstasy of or the tho clo creation aLlon hl his t whole tole be beIng being being be- be ing deranged ed b by a sleep night ht l' l ex ox exil pressed n sell il exalted ll force rOlCO and energy erg hits hl pale face wili the blue blu mark marl un under er erthe the eye oye lh the disordered masts mass of hale hair the flame fiame In his eyes s 's which threw out rays raI of light all these manifested the the- spirit and Industry of this thin proud I crea- crea nuo I He lie Ie lens wn t thus lius completely ab absorbed when he heard light footsteps and smelt n d aie perfume lie turned around Julie was before him She still RIm RImor wore or her hr dancing costume She was a a. charming little brunette In a pink bodice white shoes with short skirl shirt of mOlls Her Ifer urn firm throat rose roc regularly and peacefully her r almond shaped eyes N black an and humid hU regarded ll Koslovski sli tenderly and Rl seemed seem seenI- l el ed lo to promise him e everything u t-h t the She seemed a u fairy of sonic some om story tOI It would be lie difficult to imagine a little being more mme dissimilar 1 from the painter she II all beauty out and und charm Im and amI h he timid ix hf hit his awkward C gestures t lr stood before be- be H foro fore her |