WHAT OUR ARTIST HAS TO PUT UP WITH.
+■ (Ho dines at Midas Towers, and is presented by Lady Midas to the Duchess of Attenborongh). Her Grace: "And is it true that you do some of these amusing drawings ? " Our Artist (modestly) : " Ye-es." Her Grace (with, her usual frankness) : " And do you get paid for thjem ? " Our Artist : " Ye-es." Her Grace : " Really ! And what may you get, now, for one of these little Bketches?" Onr Artißt : " Oh, it dopends. Twenty — fifty — a hundred guineas — according to size, you know." Her Grace (getting excited): "What? Why, according to that, you may make .£IO,OOO or .£15,000 a year!" Our Artist: "Oh, yes. More sometimes." Her Grace (severely) : "Good heavens ! and, pray, are you aware that there's many a younger son of a duke who'd bo only too glad to make such an income in such a way ? " Our Artist (with calm self-possession) : I've no doubt, your Grace. And many a Duke too, perhaps, for the matter of that." [Our Artist has not been quite so accurate about his figures 03 he would have been before an Income Tax Commissioner j but, under the circumstances, he may perhaps bo exoused.]
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5221, 29 January 1885, Page 4
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