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HANDY WITH PAINT AND BRUSH
Mrs.
mes—Husband Likes His
Smith of Charles Street Has a House Full of Treas-
Own Portrait Best—Wife
Painted It When She Was 65—Has Duplicated
and Sold One Painting Thirty-one Times.
A casual passer-by glancing at the
modest little brown-shingled bungalow
on Charles street. Saugatuck, would
never suspect that it housed such
treasures. And such treasures as they
are! Delightful landscapes. charming
water scenes and piquant flowers. all
painted by Mrs. Oscar Smith, who re-
sides in this cozy little house with her
husband. a retired contractor.
Mrs Smith is 78 years old. and is
self taught. She has had no instruc-
tions other than nine lessons in water-
coloring. which she took some years
ago from Professor Lewis of Hartford
who conducted an art class in Bridge-
port. These lessons were rather trying
to Mrs. Smith. who has been deaf from
birth. Because of this, it was diflicult
for her to grasp the professor'sin-
structions. But. she did not lose heart
and “'hrn the class was not in session.
she was wont to slip away by herelf
and sketch the house across the way.
or in her own orchard.
Mrs. Smith comes from a. family of
artists and both her brother and her
sister have prominently identified
themselves by their brushes. Her sis-
tor cv‘f‘llOd in oil painting and Mrs.
Smith has several of her sketches.
Scarcelv was Mrs. Smith able to
walk before she seized a palette and
todelecl off by herself to paint a pic-
ture.
She is a prolific worker. and it is not
unusual for her to start out in the
morning and return before dusk with
two or three completed sketches.
Compo beach, especially around Cedar
Point. where the British landed in
1777. is one of her favorite subjects. A
skltch of unusual merit shows the
beautiful beach itself. with the fasci—
nzitint: rmint in the distance. The
Tlrinigeport harbor and the Yellow
Mill bridze in that city have also been
ably reproduced bv her brush as has
the britize in Southport. The latter.
which is done in oils. has been highly
commended in: Mr. Lindsey of Bridge-
port. a well known artist, who is at
present in Paris.
Perhaps the most pretentious un-
dertaking is the portrait. of her hus-
band which she painted in five days at
the time she was seventy-live years
old. Most men do not cherish the
thought of sitting for their photograph
and Mr. Smith is not unlike them. lie
would just strike the right pose when
he would decide that he wanted a
smoke or that there was somethintt
out in the garden that needed his ‘m-
mediate attention. However. Mrs.
Smith finally conxrd him to sit for at
least one hour each day and at the
end of five davs she had completed the
portrait which now hangs upon their
ll\‘l"':-I'n('ll’l1 wall, It is «lone in oils and
in: an exact likeness. A charcoal sketch
luvs also caught. him when ho was
rlozin: over the evening paper.
A portrait of a little terrier taking a
sneeze under a red pillow has been
duplicated .‘inll sold thirty-one times
i-\' \lrs. Smilifi Several other! have
ril‘vlrfw! a copv ltut Mrs. Smith has
turn unable to grant llt‘lr request a:
the sk- lt'h is Ilene in whslt is termed
"nrt-cravon" which is no longer pro-
cumirie.
'l‘he diningroom walls. quite appro-
printelv. are lined with sketches of
t--l~\ptinr: fruit. One. :1 tray of peaches
with one lone apple. arrested the re—
portrr's attention and Mrs. Smith.
rotimr her interest. smiled and told
how she came to paint it.
One afternoon as Mr. Smith was
wall-in: along Charles street a little
friv Fill :rixe him a bit: rosy apple.
Nu \er thinking that it would be trans-
ferred to the canvas he carried it hOmc
for her brush, painted this delightful
and laid it on the kitchen table. His
wife_ at the moment, was preparing to
preserve some peaches. The apple at-
tracted her artistic eye and the
peaches were so delicious looking. that
taking the apple and a. few of the
peaches. she arranged them upon a
tray and putting aside her paring knife
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sketch.
During the holiday season Mn
Smith paints calendars and cards. For
church festivals and social. she also
does poster work.
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Previous to x... marl-inc. to 8:.
Smith. twenty-five your. ago. she was
ndro-doniguoriunrldgeport andhu
the unique distinction of ham de-
dgnodulthocootumuotllnn’l‘.
Barnum. Hrs. Smith was also em-
ployed tor some time in New York city
where she colored maps (or atlas. ,
Despite her seventy-eight years. lira.
Smith does all her own housework and
spends several hours each day in her
studio. Her 1|de.th in I! you”
old and a civil war veteran. takes as
much pride in her painting as lilo doe-
heraelf. while his most cherished poo,-
seaaions are his own portriot and the
bayonet which he carried through the
wit.
WESTPORT HAS
ODD EXPLOSION
Iron Plate Blown Through
Roof Comes Down Into
Building Again.
WESTPORT. Juno 39.—Weotport
a loud explosion. Investigation show-
ed that an iron plate weighing sever-
al hundred pounds was thrown from
a steam press through the root of the
Sametz manufacturing company's
plant on Riverside avenue. The com-
pany is located where the former
Atlantic Starch Works are. and the
accident happened in the one-story
rear addition to the building. The
company is to manufacture toys and
novelties and were making a. trial this
morning when the explosion occurred.
The presses used in the toy busi-
ness require a. pressure of 100 pounds
of steam. From some overnight 125
was registered on the gauge and the
iron plate was blown through the
roof by the explosion. The plate
came down a few feet away making
two holes in the roof. Fortunately
there wero'no workmen thero at the
time.
in a few minutes a large crowd
collected expecting to iind n carious
accident. Store owners in the Hurl-
Saturday
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