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I had been against Brinton and his promoting of Anisfeld from what Townsend had printed and thought [[strikethrough]] Br [[/strikethrough]] Townsend's attack on Miss Mechlin for the Mechlin Brinton correspondence an infamous piece of doggery on Ts part.  But after I ask Anisfeld if he has ever painted himself and on Brinton showing me a print of a self portrait in their catalog I begin to howl "Why the devil didn't Townsend print that instead of that beastly photograph of you?  Why thats a smashing fine portrait.  Why that would have made a great reproduction & he printed that feeble photograph!!  Mrs Lever looks aghast, then adds her agreement to what I say and Brinton smiles with great pleasure as I say "Townsend ought to put that portrait on the front page next week."  Brinton then shows the whole catalog proofs and is as pleased as a child over my enthusiasm pleased as a child [[was?]]  My enthusiasm please as a child.  Beams, beams and smiles as I shake his hand on his going and Anisfeld beams too as I congratulate

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him.  Eve see Kress at Thompsons.  Hunt up Richard Kimball but can't find him.

Saturday 19 Oct noon over to Art News find Mrs. Lever who says Brinton came in early this morning with a glazed print of the portrait by Boris Anisfeld of himself that I so liked yesterday.  Brinton quick to take my suggestions for using it on front page next week.  We'll see how Townsend takes this.  I tell Mrs. Lever Townsend must be getting some money quietly for all the publicity he's giving Brinton's Anisfeld boom. Ts col and a quarter "editorials" are hardly given away.  However Miss Menick who comes in later says Townsend would do it without a cent just to spite Miss Mechlin, for, says Miss Menick "Townsend hates her worse than he does me, because Miss Mechlin snubs him - someone introduced them once and Miss M refused to touch his hand saying 'I shake hands only with honest men'".  Miss Menick then shows me a letter she sent Townsend which she finds on his desk in which she calls him a coward a brute a hun and several other picturesque names [/strikethrough] hurld [strikethrough/] hurled vigorously.