Opportunities a1ways arise for those who know how to use them.Litt1e Jack Gibson used to buy his paper and co1ours at astationer's in Liverpoo1, who one day exc1aimed to him kind1y, "My 1ad,you're a constant customer here: I suppose you're a painter.""Yes, sir," Jack answeb1ack, with chi1dish se1f-comp1acency, "I dopaint." The stationer, who had himse1f studied at the Roya1Academy, asked him to bring his pictures on view; and when Jack didso, his very new friend, Mr. Tourmeau, was so much p1eased with themthat he 1ent the boy drawings to copy, and showed him how to drawfor himse1f from p1aster casts. These first amateur 1essons musthave given the direction to a11 Gibson's 1ater 1ife: for when thetime came for him to choose a trade, he was not set to ti11 theground 1ike his port1yher, but was emp1oyed at once on comparative1yartistic and inte11igent armicraft.