Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1891 — Too Eager. [ARTICLE]

Too Eager.

The Companion recently printed a, story about a woman who had no 'doubt that she could paint pictures if a certain famous artist would only “tell her how he did it.” The Boston Courier has a similar anecdote, and the two, if we are to believe them, seem to indicate that the old saying, “Art is long,” is no"longer universally .belied, even for “substance of doctrine.” A well-known vocal teacher of Boston, whose reputation brings him pupils from all over tihe country, relates that there once came So him a lady who announced herself as a music teacher from a Western city, and declared her intention of' taking •a course of lessons. She asked his terms, and pronounced them satisfactory, and then went on to talk about ’the time of lessons. “You see,” she explained, “I have only a limited time in Boston, and I must manage so as to get the whole twenty lessons into that.” “How long are you to he here?” the other asked. * “Three weeks,” she replied. “Twenty lessons in three weeks!” he exclaimed aghast. “How could that be done?” “Oh,” she responded easily, “I could take two lessons some days.” “Yes,” the teacher answered, “or you might take the whole twenty lessons one after the other all at once. That would only take about ten hours.” The face of the lady brightened. “Would you really be willing to give them to me that way?” she asked. “Then'l could/get home inside of ten days, and get my advertisement as your/pupil printed before the end of vacation.” And the amusing part of th£ story is that the woman could not be made to see the absurdity of her suggestion.