Word: painting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...baldness was owing to the probable fact that the gentleman had at some previous date boarded a month or two at Memorial, where the richness of the diet had shown such marked results, that he grew right up through his hair. It was also suggested that should he paint a face on the back of his head, he would reap a twofold advantage: one in that never, no matter what his position, could he be open to the accusation of turning his back on a friend; the other, in being able to boast in time of war that...
ROOMS OF TENANTS. - These things are to be done daily: The beds must be turned and neatly made; the crockery washed; the ashes removed; the floors brushed where needed; sports on the paint washed off, and the rooms and furniture carefully dusted with cloths. - The rooms must be thoroughly swept once a week. The windows must be kept clean. - The work in the rooms is to be done at such times as may suit the convenience of the tenants, but it must be finished before noon. It may be begun...
...ever paint? or rather, did you ever try? If not, come with me into our studio in S. 32, and take your first lesson, for I'm sure you will enjoy it. But why do you delay on the staircase? Don't be afraid if you are surprised, for you see only the material of that gigantic experiment for educating womankind. Come along, they have all gone out. This is not co-education, but after-co-education. Well, this is the place. Sit at the desk beside me, as Ralph is sick of the measles and will be away...
...corner. What! Indiscretion, thy name is woman! Look, she has written her title, May Antigone Livingstone, on my easel. Some one has said we can do nothing worse than write a book about an enemy, but I am certain that I can do nothing better than to paint Antigone beside her name, either as she is, might, or should have been, or as I imagine her to be. But what school shall I take as a model? I rather like the French, if they would use a little more drapery. The Dutch have more drapery than the French, though they...
...regular ones. In the way of either proposition there are no serious difficulties, and it is hoped that the instructor will be able to adopt one or the other. An improvement could also be made on the present mode of supplying one's self with water for washing paint-brushes. Instead of letting each one bring a glass of water up three flights of stairs, a pail of water should be kept in the room. Aside from the inconvenience, it is almost impossible to keep from spilling the water on the staircase and floor. Unless the authorities wish to have...