Prospective Sitter (with unconventional past). "I always think you get such wonderful character into your portraits."
Artist. "Glad to hear that. I always try to make my subjects' portraits a mirror of their past lives."
THE SUBSTITUTE.
[Sweets are replacing alcohol.—Vide Papers passim.]
As more and more the god of wine
Grows faint from want of tippling,
Nor round his path the roses shine,
Nor purple streams are rippling;