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Show Whistlerian Malice. "Whistler always brought a spirit of fun with him," says the late Lord Redesdale In his memories; and the incident that follows appears to confirm con-firm his lordship's words : There came a day when, to my great regreat, Whistler made up his mind to leave the old house in which he had lived for 14 years and to build the "AVhite House" in Tite street, mainly prompted, so he told me, by the wish to show what he could achieve in decoration. dec-oration. E. W. Godwin was the architect, arch-itect, and It was not long before they quarreled over the work, in commemoration commemo-ration of which Whistler caused a stone to be inserted in the front of the house, engraved with the words: "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. E. W. Godwin, F. S. A., built this house." The stone has long since disappeared. disap-peared. Godwin died in 1S8G, and in 1SS8 Whistler married hs widow a quaint ending to nn artistic feud. |