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Show SAW MISTAKE IN PICTURE. Woman's Homely Art Criticism Based on Knowledge. An aged woman was standing bo-fore bo-fore a beautiful picture ot a blacksmith black-smith In a local department store. Tho picture waa a rematkable painting, paint-ing, nnd had evoked so much praise that hundreds ot visitors thronged around It. The figure was that of a vlllago blacksmith -tandlng at his forge, which was blazing with a light that illuminated the wholo room. The woman came to tho canvas with several jounger women, apparently appar-ently her children. They all stood with rapt attention before the work of art, contemplating tho light effects and the benutlful shadowx. Ono of tho younger women asked ot the elderly ono what sho thodght ot tho plctbrc. "Well. It's nil right but tho sloovos," sho replied. "1 lived In tho country a long time nnd I know something that tl.o painter with all his knowln' didn't know. That hlacksmjth's alcoves aro rolled out. Now thoy'don't wear them that way. A blacksmith always turns bis sleeves In so the filing' sparks won't catch." Indianapolis Nowb. |