Whistler as I knew him . SEATED GIRLUnique state. f *. THE MAN 57 wise injured the friendship between them. Amongrobbers this gentleman was an artist, a very prince ofbanditti and a great connoisseur. I have good reasonto believe that he was the originator of the craze forblue-and-white china. Certainly he was a born col-lector. He gathered pink coral, and in three weekshis collection became the finest in London. If a manwas placed in possession of his house, he dressed himup and made him wait at table. The Master very seldom encouraged any of us Fol-lowers ; but on the rare occasions when he
Whistler as I knew him . SEATED GIRLUnique state. f *. THE MAN 57 wise injured the friendship between them. Amongrobbers this gentleman was an artist, a very prince ofbanditti and a great connoisseur. I have good reasonto believe that he was the originator of the craze forblue-and-white china. Certainly he was a born col-lector. He gathered pink coral, and in three weekshis collection became the finest in London. If a manwas placed in possession of his house, he dressed himup and made him wait at table. The Master very seldom encouraged any of us Fol-lowers ; but on the rare occasions when he threw us achance word of praise we valued it enormously, andrepeated it over and over again to our friends — theMaster had said so-and-so. I remember my joy at aparticularly brilliant and sparkling supper party, whenWhistler acknowledged a remark of mine as beingwitty. Unfortunately, I had not meant it to be supper was given to a poor but very cleverpainter, and I was so struck with his genius andhis poverty that I whispered to Whistler, I s
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