Life of James McNeill Whistler, . One decoration the Society did not object to was avelarium, since it meant no loss of wall-space, and when Whistler removedthis they ordered a new one. Whistler, through his secretary, explainedto the Committee that the velarium was his patent— a patent takenout by the Greeks and Romans is Mr. Ingrams comment. Whistlergot out an injunction; when the Committee, with their order for thevelarium, hurried to Hamptons, his secretary was at their heels in ahansom with the injunction ; the secretary arrived with them atLibertys, but somehow they managed, in the end,
Life of James McNeill Whistler, . One decoration the Society did not object to was avelarium, since it meant no loss of wall-space, and when Whistler removedthis they ordered a new one. Whistler, through his secretary, explainedto the Committee that the velarium was his patent— a patent takenout by the Greeks and Romans is Mr. Ingrams comment. Whistlergot out an injunction; when the Committee, with their order for thevelarium, hurried to Hamptons, his secretary was at their heels in ahansom with the injunction ; the secretary arrived with them atLibertys, but somehow they managed, in the end, to evade him. Avelarium was made and put up, and they proceeded to get rid of theirPresident. At a meeting on May 7 a letter, signed by eight memberswhose names do not appear in the minutes, was read, asking PresidentWhistler to call a meeting to request Mr. James A. McNeill Whistlerto resign his membership in the Society, and he called the meeting andsigned the minutes. The President made a speech, in which he claimed264 [1888.
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