The Washington times., 1916-04-26
Being the Illuminating Story
Of How an Ordinary Per-
son Went to an Exhibition
of Modern Art and Got
Away Without Insulting
His Hostess = Valuable
Suggestions Included for
Prospective Onlookers.
An Ordinary Man.

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LIS =. ""a. on
sr,. QUAY are eonS
IL oehs oroush' 70 'he a''ehuo"
Of the Public. when ! was m
vl.eo 20 tne nome Oh Mrs. trump ior
tne purpose OK seeins ensmp'eS ., INC
Worhs OF mausse anu DINERS 1 uio mot
reanse wnat was IN store TOT me.
omp has Wy,
ns nrss every.nihe .hs. nv"
IN tnis way sne MANAGES 70 keep Jus.
m..,s OF aneaa ., everyone ,. s,,e
there are lots OF people In our set VINO
far excel her In ideas and understand
ing. but III have to hand my consratu-
Iationa TO Mrs. Trump. She always gets
there FIRST. And just now THERE hap
pens to be, art.
30 II was trick thoroughly In keep
Ing with her other ways to invite our
set to IN exhibition without telling
about II beforehand.
with the things. No one could say
anything. It was the most embarrass-
ing thing you ever heard OF. Freddy
F1aInm Just stood with his mouth open
ana DO DID nearly everyone else.
Nobody Could Sneak.
vc,,h NJ. rr,,,r u,. an .r,,., ~ho
...rn.d 20 =. .ort =, nrr.. ~ p,.-
s.a ,s d.,
dec.er TOT the pictures. ana ne Jus.
walked around ana smiled and rubbed
Tr,n,n .x,shsa .Iong behind him and
1919. ' "''"s N nm
sr,nnso.
fuf." pledge you my word that that
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'suue .uo UnE ~ hh "Ai
80.
Frpnk Mora. vou,d say univ /. mean.
ony go.
10" pefso" "o"'u 'n'nN up ouoh . "'oN'
Just as soon as you would pick out
WoNderful woNderful portrait" the
artist. who looked like a vegetarian
.'oh. that is an out-of-door sketch.
That's a scene. The motif is a barn
VOW. over mere anu over mere you sec
.ne same mout again, ain, mere Is tne rep
a composition, meaning bird music"
Ara ,hsr. ,,omIdn., ne d.rnaa thing
Gnu e"eIe wouiuh We q uaineu .s
' No. ~ s'S p0 o"' oS
A sort of scenic goulash. A piece from
the kind OF world which the Democratic
ficans got in, or vice versa. -
-.
Well. every one of us perspired In
agony for twenty minutes. on. IL was
horrible, horrible! And then-that
Freddy Flamm, who has never done
anything before in his life, saved the
day. He deserves a cross of the Legion
Of Honor. a Victoria Cross. and a free
ticket to the Lady Dun Gordon spring
opening. -
remark. the human Baedecker had only
talked occssionaily. He was talking
German TO our English. and nobody
could understand. Finally little Miss
think she had the nerve-came forward
and said: ~ '
or what it means Sc ""'' any VI " "
she haS cut ON her own head and that
shs uisbt n. we'll 70 She was a,ieered
on Mrs Trunps list
AZ re ana saId In lie s,ow 70, wsv.
.fnif oh dont Won see we cant IN.
derstand n ali. it'a live nusicS n nd
svmnhnnt.s H., ob innS, Isl, han
n docs boId fogetbsr,''
And thai was ne cue.
$50.
The artist nurse Ieaped NJ Ersddv
from clear across the room and sad
you understand."
Ana fron, than On Ereddy would nrod
the artist with remsrEs and we al
stood around and took the cues. and
tbe f,rst thing we Lneu we wara ali
talking the Same talk again and every.
thing was 40 homeIiEeI Than the arts,
showed us a pamphiet-and we all took
went up 10 Mrs. TRUMP and talked To
her, and she hadn't seen the pamphlet,
and n alnnoat ended in n riot
FREDDY Fiamm inst seemed m AZ risbt
in. Genius, 1 siippose. Clear genius,
And we Thought him such a fool. Saved
our lives-fat rascal. Imagine his not
routed Mrs. Trump. She tried 10 get
the pamphlet, but Sarah Rack got IL
ana Ria Il in the front of her dress.
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