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LETTER #24

and day by day large and enthusiastic companies witnessed the liberal programme of matches arranged On Monday, Mr. Sidney Fry (the amateur ex-champion) met Mr. Goddard in an all-in game of 1,500 up and defeated him by 186.  Tuesday's match was between Mr. S. S. Obriary (the amateur all in champion) and Mr. Edwardson.  In this the champion conceded 500 start and won by no fewer than 495. Messrs. Scott and Russell were opposed on Wednesday, and the former job a 1,200 up match by 300 points. On Thursday Mr. S. H. F y played Fred White (Lloyds old partner, and himself one of the best spot stroke players of his day), but the professional was out of form, and Mr. Fry defeated him by 578 in a spot-barred contest of 1,500. H. W. Stevenson (the champion of South Africa) and J. Lloyd (the bé éticiarie) met on Friday, and the latter with 

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So poor old "Sigma" saw suspicious looking work going on "in a little side room leading off the gallery" - well, that same side room is still devoted to its unholy mission, but instead of one artist there are now three of them at work - Would to God they had "retouched" or cleaned or purified some of the daubs unloaded by the Argus-eyed Sigma upon the Detroit Museum. I suppose these same wretches "retouched, "or altogether repainted to an extent" which entirely destroyed any value it "might originally have possessed. The collection of bronzes, sculptures, terra cottas, &c. &c. contained therein. Yes, "the collection is still, I believe, on sale." but fortunately such collections as Sigma patronized, I believe, are prohibited by righteous law. 

The above for your own personal amusement only - We all have a right to laugh at Scripp's "gems" you know. And with some, as Whistler so charmingly puts it, that is still a matter of taste, the artist never having learned which end of the brush to put in his mouth. The collection &c &c [[/omit]]