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Show WHISTLER'3 EGOTISM. Sow He Is Bfally Angry at Ba Matrrlei and Is Quietly Kicklnc Himself. The world of high class Bohemia in London has not yet ceased laughing over the vociferous disgust of Whistler that Du. Maurier left him out of the story of "Trilby," which is now printed print-ed in book form. For tho sake of the advertising in it Whistler wrote a sting-ingly sting-ingly hitter letter to J?u Maurier reproaching re-proaching the author for drawing the painter's likeness in his novel, bnt now that the author has cut the painter ont Whistler is really furious. Before he was only pretending to bo eo. This Bell axpatriating American is one of the original celebrities of Europe. Once 2 had occasion to call at his studio in Chelsea on business connected with the art exhibit of the American exhibition In London. He wore a velvet coat, a low ont waistcoat, nnlanndored sbirt, flowing orange ucoktie, wide trousers and felt slippers, and spoke only epigrams, epi-grams, some of which were good. Later on I expressed a wish to look at some of his work. "My dear fellow, ". he exolaimed in great seeming astonishment, "can you put up with a creation after having met the creator? The part can never equal the whole. " I dispersed "that tired feeling" with a glass of sherry and persuaded him to Bhow me the pictures. That was what I ras there for. New York Press. |