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who greets me with great enthusiasm as Lawlors introduced and say "Oh Mr Britton it's a great pleasure  Takes off his hat and says he has always wanted to meet me.  Lawlor tells of Bellows nerve in holding up his prices  Says he has money of his own from his people.  Ah I now understand the publicity.  A. Capone says Montross asked him $1000 for his gallery for two weeks. Whew!
   Montross just declined to cash a check for me said he kept no cash in the place.  Montross the crawling cigar peddler. Go over to see Capone's stuff.  boy in [[a very? army?]] nice polite Italian [[?]] goes with.  Tells of Mrs J. F. Murphy meeting him while he was out sketching & of his pleasure in assuring her of his great admiration for Murphy and how he called on him and how

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kind Murphy was to him.  Back to Art News  no one there with any money.  Altman says he used to have a 25% interest in Carton Moorepark and his work in their studio in Washington Sq.  But he says "You couldn't get him to work  Why he wouldn't do a thing sometimes for two months.  Finally went to Bushs who [[strikethrough]] give [[/strikethrough]] cashed my check & I return to Carol.
   Saturday when I stop in to Babcock's B says How would it be when [[/strikethrough]] I [[/strikethrough] we divide up the expense on this thing to make it 8 parts instead of nine?  I say [[strikethrough]] Mr. Daniel did [[/strikethrough]] Why?  [[Gelage?]] Well you've done a lot of work for this thing etc.  [[Nasy?]]  "Well what's the difference."  He says, "Well thats all right thats what I'll do anyway.  I hate the way I do things.  Then he says, "Now look here Britton you're too good  a fellow to have such people as them around."  I say "[[strikethrough]] I'll [[/strikethrough]] I've thought they sometimes take the trouble to come around.  "Now that's the idea says Babcock  Cut this kind of stuff out."  [[strikethrough]] things then [[/strikethrough]] B says Cautissor came in but I don't think he'll do much with it