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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1949
Paralyzed Artist Holds Brush Between Teeth
Lunenburg, N. S.—(U.P.)People come to see Earl Bailly paint with a brush held between his teeth and go away talking about one of the finest artists in Canada.
He must be good, when his seascapes grab the imagination of his visitors in spite of the fact he weighs only some 10 pounds and his arms are useless.
Those who have never seen him think he must be strapping big fellow because of the strength shown in his pictures. He is handsome, well-tanned and with a warm smile, brownish hair in neat waves and a well-trimmed moustache, that is the first impression.
The second one is that you see him sitting in a wheelchair. Then you notice he never moves his hands. He can't.
Bailly was stricken with infantile paralysis when he was three years old. If it hadn't been for his mother, he would have spent the remainder of his life in a useless way.
By the time he was seven years one of his drawings had been printed in a national publication. Three years later he was turning out Christmas cards in watercolors. At the age of 18, he held his first show in his home here.
But she was a teacher before she married and she made up her mind that the boy would get an education. It took months to teach him to write, gripping the pencil between his teeth.
When he turned to paints, he began with wagon paint. They were awkward pictures, but good enough to interest the artists who flock to the shores here in summer time. When he was 27 he attended a school at Rockport, Me., under George Ennis, American watercolorist.
Painting is at best a modest living for most artists. For the handicapped Nova Scotian painter, the same rite applied, only more so. He made a small sum each year, though his pictures hung in the homes of the famous.
Customers included W. L. MacKenzie King, the former prime minister of Canada; the late President Roosevelt; Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, and Winston Churchill, a painter in his own right.
The Bailey paintings were of the countryside around this coastal town; of dories in coves, and fishing villages, and men working on fishing smacks or lumbering oxendrawn carts.
He was interested in another form of art, the short story, he said.
Mementoes of his famous acquaintances paper the walls of his studio. Bailly got the only autograph of Queen Elizabeth during the royal tour of Canada in 1939.
But as yet he has not tried to make money in the latter field. There wes, in fact, little trace of business man in him. He could cash in on fame but he stuck to commisioned work.
Prof. C. L. Lambertson of Dalhousie University described his work, with these words:
"Each picture he does represents a fresh problem, a new approach, plenty of hard thinking. He has beauty, directness, simplicity in his paintings—aren't these the essential qualities of the best works of art?"
Blind Boy Has Perfect Aim
Pierre. S. D.—(U.R.)—Duke Benton, a blind farmbird, waited while his dog treed a racoon. Then Duke located the animal with a stick, slid his gun along the stick and fired. The 'coon fell to the ground, dead.
University Daily Kansan
Mall subscription: $3 a semester, $4.50 a year, (in Lawrence add $1.00 a semester postage). Published in Lawrence, Kans., every afternoon during the University year except Saturdays and Sundays, University hours not listed. Entered as second class matter Sept. 17, 1910, at the Post Office at Lawrence, Kans., under act of March 3, 1879.
Washington—(U.P.)The old soldier was a sick man—even back in April, 1944, but the weight of the years hadn't knocked the fight out of his heart.
General Pershing Fought War In Bed
J. J.P. called an aide to his bedside at Walter Reed hospital and dictated:
The old man signed his name to the statement, half-lieved the cover, and sent it along—by regular mail—to the office of war information.
"Statement by General of the Armies John J. Pershing on D-day, June 6, 1944. (Remember this was in April!)"
American troops have landed in western Europe. The day of invasion has arrived."
The intelligence was, of course,
a top drawer secret. President
Roosevelt, himself, wasn't sure
whether the planned landing
would come off on schedule. But
the old-timer, who had slogged
through the mire of France in
another war to lead his men to
victory, was confident that the
sons of his boys from World War
I would come through.
This part of the story has never been told before about "Black Jack," as the general affectionately was called. Anyhow, the statement arrived in the morning mail along with a lot of stuff that was destined to be pitched into the wastebasket. The man who opened it was Sam Davenport, one of the executives in the O.W.I. Office.
"The thing had come unsealed."
Mr. Davenport said. "After I read it, I was trembling so that I couldn't remember the combination to our vault." Mr. Davenport has the statement. It is a treasured possession and lies in his safety deposit box.
"That's the way old Black Jack operated, though," he said. "He was trusted implicitly, out of respect to his position. He knew every secret as soon as the high command did, or before, sometimes, and the old man lav there on his bed and followed World War II by radio and maps. But he'd give one a fright the way he'd send things through the mail."
Ouija Boards get their name from a combination of the French and German words for yes.
Official Bulletin
All Student Council vacancies due to resignations of Richard Menuet from District II, and James Dawson, freshman representative.
December 7,1949
El atenco se reunira el miercoles,
7 de diciembre, a la siesta y media
de la noce. Se presentara una pro-
grama de navidad: la pinata, una
comedia y muchas canciones. Que
vengan todos los membros.
Brown county club, statewide activities. 7:30 tonight. East room. Union.
K. U. Amateur Radio club, 7:30 tonight, F.E. laboratory. Slides of western United States will be shown. All interested are invited.
K. U. Dames, 8 tonight, 417 Snow hall. Mrs. margaret King will speak on child psychology.
Four No bridge club monthly master point game, 7 tonight, Union.
Alpha Delta Sigma business meeting. 7:15 tonight, Journalism building.
Home Economics club, 7.30 p.m.
Thursday, 110 Fraser hall Representative from Donnelly Garment co., manufacturers of Nelly Don dresses, will speak on current fashions and new fabrics. Guests invited; refreshments.
K.U. Young Democrats, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, 106 Green hall, Ken Anderson,
Kansas representative, Em-
Jefferson county club, 5 p.m.
Thursday, 119 Fraser hall. Plans for Christmas dance in Oskaloosa will be made. All Jefferson county students invited.
Quack club, 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Robinson gym.
poria, "The Importance of Young People in Politics." All interested are invited.
Gamma Alpha Chi, 5 p.m. Thursday, Sky parlor, Journalism building. All members attend.
Anyone interested in working on Smoke Signals, meet 5 p.m. tomorrow, 107 Strong.
Chemistry club, 4 p.m. Thursday,
305 Bailey. Dr. Weinaug, guest speaker. Group picture of students affiliates of American Chemical society will be taken. Refreshments.
First meeting of home town correspondents of Statewide Activities commission, 5 p.m. Thursday, 200 Strong hall.
K-Union, official Student Activity publication, distributed Thursday morning. Kansan boxes.
Phi Chi Theta. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Miller hall. Initiation; hose and heels. Old members be there at 7:15.
Unitarian Liberal fellowship, 4 p.m. Sunday, Pine room, Union. Robert Eichhorn and Arlene Bender, group leaders. Everyone invited.
Annual Wesley foundation Christmas banquet, 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Few tickets still available. Get them from a cabinet member or call Dick Krimminger, 1654-W.
Four No bridge dinner Saturday, December 17. All interested see or phone H. H. Lohrengel. 2641-R.
Mennonite fellowship Christmas dinner and social, 6 p.m. Saturday, parish house Congregational church.
K. U. Disciple fellowship Bible study group. 4 p.m. today. Student room, Myers hall.
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