Show KNEW HUMAN NATURE Host Nadme Recttmier Maintained Her Fascination Always Eliot Gregory the American painter who studied under M Carolus Duran has written a delightful book of essays on the pleasant and absurd things of life which he calls World Ways ani Byways In it he displays a delightful style its interest enhanced by its being made the medium for the telling of delightful delight-ful little anecdotes Speaking of worn ans charm he gives the receipt front the lips of Madame Recamier who made the very years powerless to di crease the fascination she exereisti over all with whom she came in contact con-tact 110w do you rio ltr sne was aSKet at one of her neeeptons where It was euldent that everyone who approached her was devoted to her With two words she replied gayty When they come I say At last When they go Already In the old days when thi transAtlantic transAt-lantic steamers were still Si iewheeIer one Captaln Judkin a man of rn t abominable temper commanded te Scotia One day when he was feeling lila worst a sImpering tnman came up to himthey were three days out from New Yorkand said How far are we from land cap tam About a mile he answered with his jaws set Indeed How interesting she bubbled bub-bled And in what direction Captain Judkins gravely poinletl downward The book has many tales of painters One day Duran himself had just fin islied a portrait of a beautiful womiri and her husband was coining to view It with a number of friends The gre 1 artist wffs neious With the mwltP of real genius he feared a failure t last they came He welcomed thni the curtain was drawn the pictur gazed at for a moment without the word of praise for which he longed e much and they passed on to the inspection in-spection of the beauties of the atelir At last the husband turned and said Thats a jolly long neck youve given giv-en my wife Never a word more Duran seized a sword from sonic at mor and inertial trappings at haul and before anyone could interpose Iitd slit the canvas into ribbons The pt trait was never repainted |