Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1919 — Worst Part of It. [ARTICLE]

Worst Part of It.

“Why do you waste your days and nights on these pictures?” asked the wife of a struggling painter. “You don’t get enough for them to pay for the paint you use.” “I know, my dear.” he answered, "but think! Rembrandt and others painted pictures and sold them for trifles, and now they are the masterpieces of this world and sell for a million dollars! lam not painting for us. I am painting for our descendants.” “Humph!” was the wife’s discouraging reply. “You don’t make enough for us to raise any descendants.” —San Francisco Chronicle.