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Show - i BROWNING WAS"N0T A SNOB . , When Cook Came to See 8ome Pictures Pic-tures He pffsred Hee j t His Arm. t A trivial anecdote occur to mi uhicU Umt nothing io do- Vhu' -tlx "Countesses" who were supposed te absorb Mr. Browning overmuch. II appeared that on one occasion Mr. Browning's son bad hired a room In a neighboring house In which to ex hlblt bis pictures. In tbe temporary absence of tbe artist, Mr. Browning was doing the honors, the room being half filled with fashionable friends Mr. Browning was standing near the door when a visitor, unannounced, made her appearance; be Immediately shook bands with the stranger, or tried to do so, when she exclaimed: "Oh, I beg your pardon, sir. I'm tbe cook. Mr. Barrett asked me to come and see his pictures." "And I am very glad to see you," said Mr Browning, with ready courtesy. "Take my arm and I will show you around." Mrs. Andress CroBsee, "Red Letter Days of My Life." |