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Show ID)A1LffiCAIR!ME Appreciation Works Wonders n M. WILES, New York City, told me a story the . other - day G. about his sister who unwittingly used the m t ss? 10 do what you want done. Often, intuition or instinct prompts the right method. yfe&V ' Miss Wiles is on the staff of the fine arts de- iMfiMM nnrtment of the University of Chicago. Among her . - f, dutiSTs that of staging exhibits. But she doesn t hRf t always find exactly what she wants for her exhib- 11 Us nor can she always persuade the owner to let W JJ, her have the art she wants when she does find it. Jkff This was the case this year. She i? wanted to build her exhibit around three 11" unusual pieces.of sculpture The un.vers,. tv owned copies of all three oiinese nieces but a copy isn't the same thing as aboriginal and it would lend ever so much more importance im-portance to the exhibit to display originals. The sculptor is an elderly man, and no doubt over the course Ofsfus Say S Detroit Ind arriving there made an aPPS J laofro ihc interview she was shown through trie arxisi s KdSo SarufflTwSt she saw. Finally came the mo-ment mo-ment for her "five-minute" interview. Five minutes? Why, that interview lasted two hours, with the result that the three pieces of sculpture she wanted were loaned to her, and the artist himself appeared on opening day with three of his friends. May-be May-be that wasn't a triumph for Miss Wiles! What had she done? She had evidenced genuine interest in that artist's work; she had been a good listener and had en-! en-! couraged him to talk about his work. That was all. And that i was enoueh! Appreciation works wonders, miraclos. |