The secret of success in any calling is an enthusiasm for our work like
that of this artist:
The steamer was anchored in Glacier Bay, and he [R. Swain
Gifford] was alone on the beach near Muir inlet, sketching. He
was making a sketch of the Muir glacier, which was 250 feet
above water and two miles wide. Suddenly he noticed an enormous
mass of ice breaking away from the glacier. It was several
hundred yards long, and Gifford quickly realized that he was
witnessing something few men had seen. He saw his danger if
he stayed on the beach, but he wanted a picture of that huge
detached mass of ice. He had his camera with him; he quickly
adjusted it and took a snap-shot. He didn’t lose a minute then
in collecting his tools and running as fast as he could to the
high ground.
He escaped none too soon. The great mass of ice dropt into the
water, and then came a return wave that would have swallowed the
artist if he hadn’t been on high ground. (Text.)
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=Art Highly Valued=--See PICTURE, RECORD PRICE FOR.
=Art in Weather Changes=--See ICE BEAUTY.