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says he must meet next train from Boston as he's asked a young man who wants to be a portrait painter to [strikethrough]] come [[/strikethrough]] come down to see me. Mory of Jordan Marsh - window dresser who is getting G to paint a decoration for the new Liberty loan drive. I tell G the Jordan Marsh people ought to be able to use my portrait of Pres. Wilson for the affair.  He is enthusiastic over the idea and wants me to see about it  So I plan to meet him at the store at 2 o'clock. 
B. PL  Art Room
Art of Nat. Gallery  By Julia de Wolfe Addison
pub by So Bost Hist Society 1912
gives 5 pages to Copley & winds up
Copley's technique was conscientious, the paint laid on thick, then smoothed down so as to obliterate the brush marks.  Compared with the great British artists we have to admit that his style is hard & cold. His coloring too lacks charm & glow but it is accurate tho unimaginative But he is individual, in being almost self taught & that is something in an age when nearly everyone was trying to work in the manner of someone else. His early work is harder than his work in Eng. His modeling of heads was very clever and his eyes are always true and expressive. As a pioneer in America he was remarkable; if he had had the same early advantages as the other great English ars, who knows but he might have led among them?  As it is he is recognised as standing well " [[three dots and a right-facing j swoop]] Really!
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Monday 9 in to Boston  stop to see Morey & the superintendent at the Jordan Marsh Co about using my paintings of Pres. Wilson as decoration for next Liberty loan sale. They all like the idea & will let me know what they decide of in a conference.  Morey says $50 would be likely price. Don't find Gernhardt so return at 8 to Gloucester.
Tuesday 10 Sep. into town at 4. to register for draft. Meet R Kimball at Vals who gets terribly agitated when I tell him I haven't registered. Says "It's all over with you it means twenty years." Kimball says "That's a fine thing you painted of Kronberg. but what's the matter with the one of me [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] is that in the discard?" I say no but I want to do another indoors. K says alright, in the morning. I say "how about 5 o'clock tonight after I get back from the draft board." Kimball says allright I'll wait till 5.15 for you, but you'll probably have to [[strikethrough]] take [[/strikethrough]] wait you'll probably find a line over there. Did have to wait a little so did not paint Kimball today. 
Wednesday 11 Sep Very cold here in Gloucester this morning.  Carol goes down town and at noon I call on Miss Oliver who has not yet found her palette knife. Meet Teresa Bernstein blown in the wind. Stop at Vals and fix canvas for doing Mr Brushs niece Miss Oliver says that Mr Brush looks badly that he told her [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] he had only a few months months to live. Teresa B says everybody recognizes my head of Mr Brush Miss Oliver says "it is not as fine as he is" which in any of us might say of any portrait of anyone.