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Whistler, Gillot and DeGoncourt were of their circle.

The dinner was attended by every member of the club now living, including  Baron, Motono, the Japanese Minister in France. The affair was most interesting and steps even then taken for the holding of an International
Exhibition of Japanese Art to be held in Paris either next year or the year following-

The idea is a pretty one- The collectors of Japanese art residing anywhere out side of Japan are to be invited to loan masterpieces. And eventually similar exhibitions will be held in England, Germany,
and America.

While in Edinburgh I attended the memorial exhibition of