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Show STARTED THE BALL ROLLING Artist, Guest of Honor at Dinner, Rose to the Occasion When Conversation Con-versation Flagged. Robert Henri, the noted artist, paused before a landscape at the Philadelphia Academy ol Fine Arts and said: "Dawb, who painted this, has sprung from humble circumstances to great wealth and eminence. "Dawb made hi:; first success in Paris. He was diffident and abashed In those days. When he would sally out from his garret in the Rue Vau-girard Vau-girard to a duchess' in the Avenue de Champs Elysees or a princess' in the Rue de l'L'nlversite, his heart would be in his mouth. "They say that once, at a dinner party at Palllard's, Dawb, the guest of honor, didn't open his mouih from the marennes vertes to the souffle. "Finally, when the dessert came on, the beautiful and elegant hostess smiled and said: "Come, dear M. Dawb, do say something!' some-thing!' "Dawb blushed at this challenge, racked his brain and stammered, with a bashful smile: " 'Have you noticed, ladies and gentlemen, gen-tlemen, that this year's pawn tickets are all green?' " |