Show when wh stier slept there Is told a goodstorf good story of sar gent the portrait painter which Is reported to be circulated by his frend W M chase a great admirer of sar gent m whom hom he vf visits sits when in england it Is related that on one occasion chase and sargent were calling on oil whistler and that during the visit whistler fell asleep with all of 0 his eccentricity whistler seemed perfectly aware that a sleeping man when he nas arrived in the period of the six ties does not form an interesting sub eject tor for a picture and when he awoke and found that sargent bad had taken ad lantage of the brief nap to make a hasty sketch illustrating the manner in which whistler entertained bis his dis guests it Is said that whist ler came as near losing his temper aa as he could afford to and still retain his reputation of unconcern tor for what the public might think of him in spite ot of his urgent requests sargent refused to deliver the sketch to whistler or to destroy it and in sargent a possession this unpublished and unconventional portrait of whistler still remains as a souvenir souvenir of the eccentric american ar aist st louis star I 1 |