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about the stuff comes down again with the 3 ladies to show me some bronzes clever Then Miss Ramsay lets me make notes from the typed catalog. and I find her very charming and agreeable. Girl at telephone desk is also very nice. Looks Irish very black hair & eyes and Irish [[strikethrough]] com [[/strikethrough]] fair skin. Kevorkian comes in & when I tell him he ought to be painted he kicks up his heels with delight. Gives me a check for $50 to help me start out and I find him all right. Step over to Shincks & when I show him Kevorkians Indian catalog he says "Oh what a crook" I laugh and ask him who isn't who deals in old art. Shinck insists that he has nothing in his conscience. Good. Find him very interested and when I suggest his running the Gil. Stuart [[Wash?]] as 9" adv. Illustration he's delighted. Says "Art News" last ad of his has copy brings out last Art News & I say "Cut the stuff out that papers only fit to be cut up anyway." He says That's right. I tell W he can have a 1/4 page for $20 & he gives me check for 10 on it. Good. Stop to see Mountfort. Walk down Broadway & meet H Snell in front of Times Bldg. Ask Henry in to have drink of claret. He says he got [[end page]] [[start page]] 11 my notice but says nothing about subscription but gives advice. Says if you make the criticism "constructive instead of destructive it'll go" old stuff Henry old stuff.! Says he's going to [[Gloster?]] again and says "You'd better come up" Royce Social History of Ireland NYPh says that the celebrated Cross of Cong 2 feet 6 high a processional cross made to enshrine a piece of the true cross covered with ornamentation of pure Celtic design was made by order of Turlogh O'Conor King of Connaught for Tuam church of Archbishop Muiredach O'Duffy finished 1123 and the artist was Mailisa MacBraddan O'Hechan (O Hagan) good for Mailisa The sculptured Celtic Crosses of stone were done in 10th to 13th centuries, 55 remain used as gravestones and are highly cut with incised sculptures. Wednesday 16 April [[ink smudge]] [[Took train?]] [[/inksmudge]] to H. Taxi to bank see Chapins neighbor [[Peath?]] then Taxi to Gallery. Find John Robbins in there with white mustache looking like Gen Joffre. - Then meet Mrs Charles Brandegee who says [[Hilda?]] has a boy 9 mo. Take Robbins out after seeing that J McM has best picture in show young girl portrait not bad. Tell Robbins he used to look like Napoleon now he looks like Joffre "Two good men" he says & smiles. Mrs Brandegee asks me to come out & see them & also take me the Ex of Dinglas. R says Mrs Barney has gallery in charge Call up Elizabeth not in Rain for hours down hard, decide to go back [[end page]]