| Show T ORS or TS M RPM IDY MELI WILL HAVE NO ABOUT THE HOUSE mrs mra Merri wid took ott off her big fuzzy hat and sent cent it skim mingto to tho the dayenport davenport with her habitual careless ca relesa 0 case ase and then slipped out of her long tur fur coat revealing a costume that thai elicited a 11 N atis squeal of 0 astonishment from her maternal maidon maiden aunt jane it was waa certainly bizarre in coloring and remark remarkably ablo ns as to its draping that costume co you dont moan mean to say you wore that melissa Mell said aunt jane 1 I certainly did darling replied 11 mrs rs Merrl wId why do you ask asted oh ob tor for no reason in particular my dear said eald aunt jano jane only you wont mind my saying that I 1 hope you kept your coat on dearlo returned mrs Morri wid equably 1 I never mind anything you say eay I 1 know that even your harshest criticisms ot of my conduct aro are uttered wholly and solely for my good and with a view to my improvement all the same saino loved one your remark betrays tho the fact that you aro are hopelessly phill philistine 8 tine and have never mado made a serious study of the clinging and the cadaverous in art im a arald mid dearle dearie you dont oven even know what art Is 19 11 perhaps Perl tOpa I 1 dont said eald aunt jane snappily lly well dont lose losa any sloop sleep over it loved one said mrs Merri wid there aro are whole communities in the same fix ax I 1 gather eathor from what mr me 1 thing but gasp and look at them with i dumb pleading eyes but he be deserved it ile ho ought to have known better to oven even mention ment lorr Mald MaId good in the he t presence ot of mr not to P of mr and mr klem klein and mr DI Dl odman who wore were also present was waa honestly about the limit even I 1 know better than that im sure I 1 said bald aunt jano jane auntie Aunt lo dear deai said dald mrs mra that vandal Mald good paints his bla things just the way thoy they are ile he jont ashamed to have green greca grass and blue sky in his landscapes and lila its sheep actually look like sheep and when it comes to tho the female form orm divine hell make maho curves when he could just na as well do them in straight lines and angles then he be uses either brushes or a knife to apply his paint instead of a plasterers trowel and tho the worst thing of all to Is that he bo sells his bla I 1 pictures for real money and quite a lot of it just to look at tho the man know him for tho the panderer to a debased taste that he be is ile he might be a stockbroker or a banker for all tho the distinction there is in his dress As different from dear mr with his bla cunning blonde beard and his loose flowing peacock blue necktie as anything you can imagine auntie last just think how bow perfectly lovely it would be to own a being in brown velveteen like ilka mr Itle gilp to sustain and inspire Itka pire him and pose for him and tio tie his neckties and soothe his agitated spirits when a W J ll 11 L fool 4 8 to say nothing of the attentions Mr paid me alip glip says that there arent twenty uvo live people lu in chicago who are capable of 0 recognizing art there were about alf teon teen ot at them aitho at tho too I 1 felt all welled swelled up with tho the distinction ot at boing being among them to say nothing ol of the tha attentions mr paid me 1 I encourage him melissa vald cald aunt jane Clon lug should always bo be enczur aged dearle declared mrs Morri wid wo our duty to encourage it tho the question Is to la he a genius gen luaT aunt jano jane asked mercy I 1 should may bay he ha was said eald mrs MerrI wId it ir you had bosn been at that tea and soon his studio and his bis pictures not to mention mont loii hii guests you woul dat dream ot of doubting it it to he the divine tiro fire ril bo be willing to be bet t he ha rude finds it chilly in the winter there tho the first oll sign ot a radiator in the tha room we au kept pretty close to the samovar and the warmer tinted canvases however and thero there was vas bue bno heated argument on art so wo we suffer buffer especially tho the ment was started over Mald goods pictures tho the only philistine present said eald they wore delightful and thoro there wasa ws a meral general movement the kind of 0 a movement notice on the street when two dogs begin to light mr was just telling me something pretty about my gown but he bo made mad a a sort ort ot of bound to pick p ick up the gago 0 at battle and loft left his bis compliment broken oil off liport short delightful perhaps he be said bald with deadly calm and poisonous politeness delightful it may be but my dear str sir do you consider that sort of thing 1 I supposed it was waa said eald tho the philistine tho the critics sem seem to think hla his coloring is extraordinarily tine nearly everybody shivered at a t that havo have thought tome somo one ona had lett left an aa outside door open thera There were six six distinct shrugs and one ona lady with a bous neck oh the critical 1 in just bat the toria tono mr prosit prasit used to say bay b and you cant deny hla his superb drawing dra the philistine continued oh the fellow can draw sir mr mo me cup clip adt med with a lotty lofty smile so can an designer but we were speaking ot of art wall vell theres sentiment and ap peal and buican interest Into roat la in blo bis pic durw tares paid the philistine 1 I 11 may be wrong bull consider that wat was as aa tar far as he be got they ft vt birn ests ez ia aasne aaa choked una ulm ewh lyo and aad values valued on nn ideallia Ideal lim abit mid and n nd high huhta and at adhere WD here artil atall ar til hm be do bax loathsome realist got an honorable hono rabla ment mention lont 1 and he could design all my gowns bowns melissa MoU aaa my mr dear said eaid aunt jano jana you cant scare me a bit but honestly what did you have that awful drosa dress made tor for to tell tho the truth dearlo dearie sald bald mrs Merri wid 1 I intended it for tha th dry Bai association masquerade masque rado ball im going to impersonate an easter lily illy only she added with a downward glance ill have to hayo have the stem lot let out considerably it I 1 do any an dancing copyright 1913 1013 by W 0 chapman |
