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Show When Whistler Slept. There is told a good story of Sargent, Sar-gent, the portrait painter, which is reported re-ported to be circulated by his friend, W. M. Chase, a great admirer of Sargent, Sar-gent, whom he visits when in England. It is related that on one occasion Chase and Sargent were calling on Whistler, and that during the visit Whistler fell asleep. With all of his -eccentricity Whistler seemed perfectly aware that a sleeping man, when he nas arrived in the period of the sixties, six-ties, does not form an interesting subject sub-ject for a picture, and when he awoke and found that Sargent had taken advantage ad-vantage of the brief nap to make a hasty sketch illustrating the manner in which Whistler entertained his distinguished dis-tinguished guests, it is said that Whistler Whist-ler came as near losing his temper as he could afford to, and still retain his reputation of unconcern for what the public might think of him. In spite of his urgent requests Sargent refused to deliver the sketch to Whistler, or to destroy it, and in Sargent's possession this unpublished and unconventional portrait of Whistler still remains as a . souvenir of the eccentric American artist. ar-tist. St. Louis Star. |