Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1917 — The Paradise of Artists. [ARTICLE]

The Paradise of Artists.

The death of William M. Chase brings to mind a story that that artist used to tell in the course of a lecture on Japan. . “I was standing on a railway platform In Japan, waiting for a train, and whiling away my time by watching a particularly beautiful sunset. “Suddenly a freight train pulled in. and, stopping in front of me, cut off my ■view. Being a good American, and trained in a very proper xespect for ‘business,’ I merely turned philosophically away and proceeded to look at something else. In a moment, however, the station master appeared at my side and inquired with politest of bows if I had been enjoying the sunset. “I admitted that I had, and smiling accepted his apology for the Intrusion of the train. Of course I recognized that trains were the first consideration in stations, I said. “Imagine my surprise, then, when the little* .Tftpanese shook his head firm}y. J Bnt no,’ he satd, bowing evenmore deeply than before, ‘the train must not be allowed to obstruct the honorable artistic traveler’s honorable esthetic enjoyment!’—or words to that effect. ‘I will cause it to withdraw.’ “And he actually did precisely that!” —Youth’s Companion.