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Weeks later it was conceded that I might require a telephone. I drafted the services of an old friend, Frederick James Gregg. He had been a first class editorial writer on the old New York Evening Sun. Contributing also, in the dapartment of publicity, was Guy Pene du Bois. Articles were prepared for the press and everything was done to somewhat prepare the public for the impending excitement. Work was still mounting. We moved to larger quarters. I was given an assistant. Arrangements were made with contractors to fit out the armory with walls, coverings, booths, tables and seats for the weary. We had nothing but an empty drill floor to start with. Owing to the varied distribution of daylight through the skylights of the armory, we had considerable difficulty in planning the sections or rooms. After lengthy discussion it was George Bellows who hit upon a solution. Mrs. Whitney donated a thousand dollars for greenery and other decorations. We were flooded by American artists, good and bad, seeking representation and had finally to resort to a special committee, headed by William Glackens, to consider such requests. Printing had to be done. The catalogue, in spite of the heartbreaking work of such an efficient man as Allen Tucker, was impossible. Exhibits were admitted even after the opening of the show, all due

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to the zeal of our president whose one desire was to make a fine exhibition and spare no one. It was a bedlam - but we liked it. The catalogue problem was finally overcome with the aid of a large group of art students wearing badges with the word "information". These young men had to memorize the location of all the works shown and act as guides to the visitors. 
 Here you must remember that the entire affair was being conducted on a shoestring, one might say, hand-to-mouth. There was not the security of underwriters such as is usually the case in all "well conducted" exhibitions. The treasury was practically always depleted. Elmer MacRae, the treasurer, did well by a nerve-wracking and disagreeable job. When money was needed it was produced from the sleeve of Arthur B. Davies. It was Davies' party. He financed the show - he and his friends, with perhaps slight exception. No member at any stage of the activities was asked to contribute a penny of membership dues.
 
A special meeting was held January 22, 1913 with all resident members present, when the following resolution was passed unanimously: 

"That the policy expressed by Mr. Davies in the selection of the paintings and sculpture be approved by the members. That improved

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