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make him so small?"  Smith roars again as Giles is enormous.  Gets up and goes over to tell Giles.  Comes back and sits down. Franzen bows from across the gallery and Maurice Fromkes comes in much stouter than formerly and heavier but one of the best looking chaps in the place - French Jew - Giles mentions Fromkes things  Nisbet too  I tell Nisbet when I was 16 I [[strikethrough]] worke [[/strikethrough]] drew sids of Fromkes on Hearsts "Journal."  Nisbet surprised asks how old Fromkes is.  I say must be 48. Smith says "more than that" Nisbet says "I'm 39."  I say 40.  Henry Poore comes over  is very cordial sits down a while and as I came in Henry [[Watsons?]] stopped me  asked how the Copley was coming and saying he had the last Stuart ever painted.  Wiggins comes over with list of names  says he's nominating Nisbet for election to A.  Go over to A. room to find Lewis p very strong  L then introduces C. Rosen.  soft guy  See McBride in there.  Tell him "Fine day - outside."  He laughs "Yes, very fine."  I say you know I'm not writing for Art News any more  "Oh is that so I didn't know."  I say "Hadn't you noticed the paper had gone to sleep since"  "No.  but you know they have [[Yezin?]]."  haha 

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who is he hitting at, you or me?"  I say I don't know  I don't read the damned stuff  He pays to have it printed. I tell McB about my new paper.  He says it's big job.  But says he find the dealers who advertise are not such hogs.  After McBride goes Tyrell comes in.  I sit down.  T talks to Lever looking toward me. Lever addresses me  I ask if this isn't Tyrrell & he says "Yes, you know me Mr. Britton but you don't want to speak to me.  I guess you're ashamed to be even speaking to me."  I hasten to reassure him then get on subject of his article on Expressionists.  He gets to talking of my head of Dickinson.  Lever chimes in.  T starts an argument about my pictures and we have it pretty strong.  I tell T I'd do a charcoal head of him.  I tell him I'll make it like him.  He says "I know you would.  That's the trouble."  I tell McBride also & he says "I'm too fat now if you do it now people will think the art critics get well paid and they'll all want to become art critics."