Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 January 1899 — His Feet. [ARTICLE]

His Feet.

The ptease- “small vanities” doesno® seeoa xarxite until one has asked severs® people- &■> say what they would mean® by tt_ IH.ek.ens- liked a red necktie. o-rlter eeieb-rated men have l>een fe&Hy dle-vwted to- certain articles ()■ b-tit that might only indieaaH ttetcr having a sense of the beautiful® T&erv ils. however, a kind of precal® iw* ever personal detail which seen®® n-> peweee*! from vanity and from noth® mg e&e. ■ Manclise. the artist, once did a full® Ibogrli poctratr of Sir Edward BulwN® Lytrteu. ami a sorry rime he had of tt® Fer the atirhor was hard to please; MR® nhrs was ns right ami now that. I® “icwm.pdexiwn of the hand” was to k® espe-.-iaiEly no-tel. and the painter W very purtteniar about the feet. The® tf-ceti. in-nJeeJL eattsed no end of annoy® aa»cv_ Enfwer insisted on having tbM® very small; but Maclise painted thti|H rhe narirraE size. Then Bulwer cauM® see them, and would hare thedj® The artist yleMed. perforce; but M® 1.-sil wee resource, varnishing day. whet® piknnmts can be “retouched” so long ft® tfinne- will admit. Then and there b® am:e*By painted in the feet again of th® p-cMper siae. and the author bad to them, thus wa the day of exhibition. 3 ® H