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PRISCILLA PAINTS
Punch, or the London Charivari. Vol. 159. July 7th, 1920.
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"There was a lot of men in the boat," sai !ris"illa from behin the table, where she sat aubin# with little ener#eti" #runts. "$h, there were, were there%" & answere from behin The Times. (onfi ent of arousin# my enthusiasm in the en , she "ontinue to issue tantalisin# bulletins about the )ro#ress of the #reat wor*. "&t was an all,"olour boat," she tol me, ")ur)le an yellow an #reen." "- .ery ni"e *in of boat too," & a#ree . "-n the bi##est man of all ha n0t #ot any bo y at all." & su##este wea*ly that )erha)s the bi##est man of all ha left his bo y behin on the table at home. The su##estion was s"orne . "2o, he ha n0t ne.er ha any bo y at all, this man," she re)lie . -n then, as my interest seeme to be fla##in# a#ain, "They all ha very rosy fa"es3 an o you *now why they ha %" "& on0t, &0m sure." "4e"ause they0 eaten u) all their #reens." Van5uishe at last, & went o.er to .isit the eu)e)ti" .oya#ers. 6e.en in all, they stoo in their bri#ht boat on a blue sea beneath a roun an burnin# sun. Their le#s were lon# an thin, their bo ies #lobular 7all sa.e one8, an their fa"es lar#e. They were resse a))arently in li#ht )in* oublets an hose, an on his hea ea"h wore a hu#e )ur)le turban the sha)e of a "otta#e loaf, surmounte by a ra##e )lume. They .arie #reatly in stature, but their "ountenan"es were all fi9e in the same unmeanin# stare. Ta*e it all in all, it was an eerie an terrible s"ene. "& on0t 5uite see how the boat mo.es alon#, !ris"illa," & sai 3 "it hasn0t any oars or sail." &t was a ta"tless remar* an the artist ma e no re)ly. & i my best to "o.er my blun er. "& e9)e"t the win blew .ery har on their feathers," & sai , "an that ro.e them alon#." ":hat "olour is the win %" in5uire !ris"illa. 6he ha me there. & "onfesse that & i not *now. "&t was a brown win ," she e"i e , im)atient at my la"* of resour"e, an sla))e a wet ty)hoon of ma er on the )a#e. There was no more oubt about the win . "-n is the )i"ture finishe now%" & as*e her. "2o, it isn0t finishe . & ha.en0t rawn the )oo*in yet." The )oo*in is a "onfusion in the min of !ris"illa between a )eli"an an a tou"an, be"ause she saw them both for the first time on the same ay. &n this "ase it "onsiste of an in i#o s)lo #e an a lon# re bar "uttin# ri#ht throu#h the brown win an )enetratin# ee)ly into the yellow sun. "&t ha a very lon# bea*," obser.e !ris"illa. "&t ha ," & a#ree . & am no sti"*ler for "ommon)la"e "olours or "on.entional sha)es in a wor* of art, but & o li*e thin#s to be re"o#nisable3 to *now, for instan"e, when a thin# is meant to be a man an when it is meant to be a boat, an when it is meant to be a )oo*in an when it is meant to be a sun. The art of !ris"illa seems to me to satisfy this test mu"h better than that of many of our mo ern maestri. 6tri"tly re)resentational it may not be, but there are none of your whorls an "ylin ers an an#les an what nots. 4ut & also insist that a wor* of art shoul a))eal to the ima#ination as well as to the eye, an there seeme to me etails about this )i"ture that nee e "learin# u). ":here were these men #oin# to, !ris"illa%" & as*e . "They was #oin# to :ur.in," she answere in the tone of a mother who instru"ts her "hil . "-n what o you thin* they was #oin# to o there%" "& on0t *now." "They was #oin# to see -untie &sabel." "-n what i they o then%"

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"They ha inner," she "rie enthusiasti"ally. "-n o you *now what they i after inner%" "& on0t." "They went on the ;ront to see the fire,es"a)e." &t seeme to me now that the "on"e)tion was mellow, roun e an "om)lete. &t ha all the hauntin# mystery an roman"e of the sea about it. &t was reminis"ent of the Ancient Mariner. &t sa.oure of the boo*s of <r. (onra . &t remin e me not a little of those stran#e .isitations whi"h "ome to 5uiet waterin#,)la"es in the no.els of <r. =.>. :ells. :hen & thou#ht of those se.en men?one, alas, isembo ie ?so stran#ely attire yet so "areful of elementary hy#iene, ri.en by that fier"e ty)hoon, with that bir of )ortent in the s*ies, arri.in# su enly with the salt of their $ yssey u)on their brows at the bea"h of the #enteel an res)e"table 6usse9 town, an .isitin# a )erha)s sli#htly )erturbe -untie &sabel, an afterwar s the fire,es"a)e, & felt that here was the #lim)se of the wil e9oti" a .enture for whi"h the hearts of all of us yearn. &t left the "inema stan in#. &t beat the ma#a@ine story to a fra@@le. "-n who is the )i"ture for, !ris"illa%" & as*e , when & ha thorou#hly stee)e myself in the atmos)here. "&t0s for you," she sai , )resentin# it with a motley,"oloure han 3 "it0s for you to ta*e to Aon on town an not to ro) it." & was "areful to o as & was tol , be"ause & ha.e a frien who )aints B9)ressionist )i"tures, an & wishe to eli.er it at his stu io. &t seems to me that !ris"illa, half, un"ons"iously )erha)s, is foun in# a new s"hool of art whi"h eman s serious stu y. $ne mi#ht "all it, & thin*, the !oo*in 6"hool.