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Lasker's home, which later was given to the University of Chicago. When he did a room, he always built it around the paintings, relating my fabrics to them in a lower key. It was great fun working with him on the Tavern Club in Chicago, the Architects Club and his many other commissions.

Apart from the warmth and gaiety of the companionship with the Marxes, I shall always be grateful to them for the way they stood by me when I was passing through a frightening period in my personal life, the nearly fatal illness of my husband.

The two years after the war brought what I would term post-graduate studies. The learning process never stops, of course, but it was particularly concentrated in those crowded days. In some instances, friendships and instruction walked hand in hand. Two that come to mind immediately were Maurice Stern and Dorothy