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So there you are -- who escapes the slanderer is the gossip. See Val later and Baker. Val is struck with my charcoal head of Baker. Says "Oh you could make a lot of money if you would only work. (vork)
Baker on hand for a time. Later Atwood comes into Vals and says to me "I must give you 5 dollars Mr Britton, I want one of your books, I haven't got 5 dollars with me now, but Ill see you one of these days and give it to you. Atwood goes up to my Opus 18 and puts his left thumb on the left leg and draws it down. "Nice drawing, that, very nice. "A Says play last night drew big crowd at the Moors. Home early after trip over town. Meet Carol & kids at the corner of Main & Ledge Road. Walk up over hill -Carol spies T Bernstein at work over the hill & T waves her hand'
Wednesday 28 Aug. walk down to Neck no mail. Meet Teresa Bernstein at Miss Olivers. Miss O asks me to look over & "pull into literary style" her article on Boston for [[underline]]Am Art Annual[[/underline]]. Miss O takes another batch of [[strikethrough]] co[[/strikethrough]] Copley circulars TB says Mr Bush is to subscribe. Teresa walks back to Vals with me Val
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not in. We go over to Browns. Brown not in. As we pass Snells several of his girls are out sketching in path - As Teresa passes them she says to me so they can [[strikethrough]]have [[/strikethrough]] hear "It reminds me of my student days."  Find copy of Arts & Decoration for February 1916 in Vals with DuBois article on our first Eclectic Show.
As I came over by the Delphine with Teresa we meet Mrs Anna Seaton-Schmidt who asks me if I'll take less than $25 for my woodcut head of Pershing which was in the war show as someone wants it but would pay less than $25. I say I am willing she should sell it for what she can get.
Thursday 29 Aug dark rainy day stop at Miss Olivers then to Vals. Meet Richard Kimball (13 W 30th St NY) who says he'll sit tomorrow.
Friday 30 Aug no mail dark rainy feel very depressed stop at Miss Olivers and at [[strikethrough]]Vl [[/strikethrough]] Vals  Paint Kimball sitting outdoors profile Val says he would rather have it than six portraits such as Luks painted. Nordell in Vals. Meet Brown who is going away tomorrow night Tell him Ill drop in in morning. better paint him. Get 1 dollar from Val owe him now 4. Val says he told Miss Nedson he'd like to buy a piece of modeling clay from the smashed model of her statue & he remarked that Baker offered to sell him some of it