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told them politely they had better go to some of the young men, but they seemed to have had no encouragement thus far and concluded to give up the undertaking. Went to the private view of the watercolor exhibition. They occupy all the galleries of the Academy and have decorated them very nicely with things borrowed of Van Trise of the Japanese Trading Co. A wilderness of watercolors and a wilderness of artists I never saw before. I should say a great many clever pictures and a great many attempts to look like someone else. I noticed with regret that Witt had a picture looking more like Boldini than Witt. Why will artists try to flourish on other peoples capital?

Friday Jan 27. 1882. Painted all day. Called at Fred Sawyers in the evening.

Saturday 28. Received a nice little letter from Louise Weir last night. It snowed today and was dark so I answered her letter telling her about my trip to Nevada and to the Maine Woods. Paston came to see my picture and Rollins also. I asked Whittredge to come and tell me something about it which he did. He liked it and made some good suggestions and in the afternoon I painted on my picture. Went to the club in the evening. Had a nice little chat with Stoddard but came home early took a bath and went to bed.

Sunday 29. My Dear Gertrudes birthday. She would have been forty eight years old, she whom the changeful years can no longer touch. Calvert and I were invited up to Mr. Braces at Dobbs Ferry to spend the day. We took the 9 o'clock train and met Emma at the station about to take the train to go to church at Irvington. I was to go for her with the sleigh but Miss Warner went not knowing I was to go. Mr. & Mrs. Brace, Calvert and I took a walk up to where Mr. Olyphant used to live. The wind blew cold from the N.W. and we soon returned and spent the rest of the day in the house dining about 3 and returning to town by the 5 o'clock train. I went up to Eastman Johnsons who asked me last night by telegraph to come up to dinner to meet Healy. He did not come. Found Mrs. Gifford there. After dinner we went up into the studio and saw Eastmans pictures and then I came home. This is always a sacred day to me and always will be. I have had a happy restful day and have thought so much of my darling whose sweet spirit I know has been near me to bless this day. Emma Brace in her vivacity and her innate grace reminds me more and more of her, as she was when she was her age. A directness and a brightness of character which I meet in few

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