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city of Paris is truly the European mecca for art lovers and art students. Here they gather and here they take time to enjoy art in the right way. It interests me greatly to see parties visiting the Whistlers then going to the Louvre and elsewhere to make comparisons.
All this is as it should be and what Mr. Whistler so intelligently foresaw.
I have met many early friends of Whistler as well as some of recent years and the intercourse with them all has been delightful. Benidite is writing a memorial to be published with reproductions of about forty of the pictures in the exhibition. I have subscribed for a copy for us both and one for Irma also. Some months will be required for