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plan his story list & will recommend it to Scott for adv.  Stop to see Bourgeous who is also very favorable says he will like to see a "portrait" of it a dummy.

Wednesday. 5. Find Dickinson in Mountforts studio with Miss Vera Felcher actress who (D says) is living with Mountfort as his wife & that M has a wife and children in England.  Nice creature this good sample coming over here to scoop our dollars and live like a dog.  M asks us out to dinner with Miss F. but I decline after [[having lie there again?]].  Damn it.  Off with Dickinson to dine & talk till after 1PM. He walks over to the Ave & we try to wake up Higgins at 130 but dont succeed.

Thursday 6 Dickinson subscribes 
     Paint Dickinson while he paints me.  He gets fussed in ^[[Friday]]  the middle of it & says he can't do it that way.  Cap. Nave comes in from over the corridor & offers to get us sandwichs & beer for lunch & is as good as his word. Later go in to see the Captain's stuff and find red haired little model who has 

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stopped at Ds door and caught a glimpse of my head of Dickinson & raved over it.
Says Davey & Bellows once tried painting each other at the "onset"  Cap. Nave tells me how he painted his way from [[strikethrough]] west [[/strikethrough]] town to town in the [[strikethrough]] west [[/strikethrough]] west and how he could do it again if he had to
Says artist life beats the army which he was in down south during the last war.  Nave comes in to see our portraits and says he likes mine very much.  Takes us D & I out in his automo and we get out in at Riverside Drive & walk back to lunch at Thompsons.  Dickinson disappointed with head he made of me  wants to do another & wants me to sit "tight" for him

   Friday 7 Feb stop to see Miss Judson at McDowell meet Delos Palmer & Miss Norton & stop at Dickinsons to get paint.  Then over to look at Miss Judsons work.  She gets it all out & I select a group & suggest an exhibition. She is pleased with way they look & I make a list of them  Miss J talks of Twachtman

Sat 8 Feb Stop at Babcock and see Fournier.   B is all excited

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Here is a link to info on Delos Palmer: http://www.pulpartists.com/Palmer.html