Show ic the reason tho the artist quit this in effect li Is in explanation of 0 why agather n rather well known new york politician gme gave up f free ree band dra drawing w ing although without any artistic train ing jie bb rather fancied himself a Js pretty lair fair sketch artist until a certain incident which I 1 am now about to narrate curne came to pass in company with a newspaper man he be was touring spain one nio morning in mal malaga aiga the two americana dropped into a little cafe for breakfast they knew no spanish and their waiter know knew DO english largely by signs they made him understand that they wanted coffee and rolls this was waa no very hard job inasmuch as aa coffee and rolls practically constituted the breakfast menu of the establishment but when the newspaperman decided that he wished also a glass of milk difficulties arose singly and in chorus they pronounced tile tho world orld milk then they spelled apel leil at it out they shouted it loudly as aa one always does somehow when using ones own language one Is dealing with a stronger stranger who understand that language the watter waiter merely shrugged hla his shoulders and spread reab lits his fingers in a gesture of helplessness ther the man an who wanted milk imitated thu the action of one milking a cow meanwhile mooing plaintively and then to round out the illustration went through tile pantomime of emptying an imaginary glass still the walter waiter stared at him uncomprehendingly hen hold on said the politician letan no ive got in an idea I 1 can draw about as an well as tho the next one lend me a pencil it wont take me a minute to make this fellow understand what you want with the pencil on the table cloth ho he sketched rapidly what seemed to him tit at least a very ery clear and graph gracli lc likeness of a domestic cow and aqunt ted down donn alongside the cow hla his conception of a conventional milkmaid engaged in the act of milking As lie he made the finishing strokes the waiter who had been watching the operation over hla his shoulder burst into a dI lIghted cry of sll bit sll sit lenorm and tucking up his apron dashed from the restaurant and ran across tilt thy street into the chop of a tobacconist biow then suld mild the politician to 63 see what a knack with the penell anvill do for a fellow when he lets into difficult difficulties les in a foreign country countey HI venture I 1 could go all over the acrid orld making my meaning cl earby earlby flashing off theme little illus long of what I 1 meant and what I 1 r wanted and never liae have any trouble at nil all about getting along maybe so BO said tite the newspaper man but why in thunder did the walterio wal waiter go to ta a cigar store for milk probably a cust custom om of the country artist the main point was that just as soon boon as hed had a good look at my drawing ile he was on hla his way wai cioll be ba back here in a minute with your our glass of milk the prediction was only partly true the waiter niter was back again in h minute or less leas bu but he brought no milk triumphantly and with an air about him of having accomplished a desired errand with satisfaction to all concerned he laid down in front of tile hla patrons two tickets for a bullfight |