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will forget the bother and be happy.

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What a sad time Watson and Anna are passing through! How very ill little Louise has been! The latest news from Watson says she is some better but still very sick. I hope the danger is past ere this.
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I have wished you here frequently of late so that you could have seen the Whistler Memorial during its last week and watched the peoples enjoyment of the feast. Your "Music Room" has been splendidly received. It is hung in a good room, in a center directly opposite "The Piano" and the little white girl in each and the woman in black in each have caused unusual comparisons. Then too, the green walls in each, and certain great differences in line have proven interesting to students and critics. They are both masterpieces and I am still sorry that my efforts of three years ago to make "The Piano" a next door neighbour of "The Music Room" failed. Still, even this may happen someday.

Today, Sunday, was the last day of the Whistler show and I remained in attendance all day.  It closed at six o'clock and when the attendant turned the key in the door he found the last worshippers to leave the shrine were Old Drouet (the sculptor whose portrait Whistler etched in '59 and whose friendship still lives) Mrs. Lawson (Whistlers sister in law) Mr. Studd (owner of the "Little White Girl," "Crimson Lights" and the "Fire Wheel" and myself. We were a happy