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Betty's Narration - Page 3
The idea in those days was for a girl to marry a rich boy when she grew up.  We had an art class at Miss Chapin's where we girls went to school in New York, but they didn't let me do much. 
In 1913 there was a lot of publicity about an art show at the Armory.... It was considered very shocking. 
Our French governess did take me to the Armory show....I was bewildered...There had been newspaper headlines that this art was clear as mud, that it was a crazy-quilt.....Many people just laugh[[strikethrough]]t[[/strikethrough]]ed at it....The paintings were called freaks....they were called nasty, immoral and indecent....they were called a crime against nature....Some art teachers thought children shouldn't be allowed to see it...defenders asked people not to be blind....I didn't know any of the names...It was exciting, full of color and life.....I felt like those paintings....I couldn't explain it, but I decided then that this was the world I wanted...art
I like to work to music.....I'd rather paint than breathe...I don't care if anybody sees what I do.....Painting is part of me.