Word: milburn
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...time ago, I was talking with a young lady of Boston who is much devoted to art. She was complaining of the great difficulty in getting models, that is, intelligent faces to copy. Suddenly she asked me, jokingly, "Why won't you come in and sit for us, Mr. Milburn ? We will pay you twenty-five cents an hour, and your car-fare, and you will have the pleasure of being looked at, admiringly, by a dozen girls." This struck me as quite the idea; so I agreed to go in and sit for their class three afternoons...
...minutes for rest, and amused myself by looking at the Milburn gallery, as I called it. All the class had got the nose down perfectly cold every time; but I could n't say much for the rest of the features. One young lady had written underneath the sentimental and foolish pictures, "Mt. Desert - Before and After!" I challenged her to try it next summer, and was having a very pleasant talk, when the artist suddenly remarked, "Mr. Milburn, we will take you now as Hercules." This was too much! It was too sarcastic a reference to my small size...