The Washington times., 1920-07-29
1Continusd from Yesterday

had an afternoon of fgom the
hospital the other day-Pm still a
probationer in a pink and white
uniform, you know-and l went up
TO town and flew about the shops
and lunched with a college friend,
Helen Davis, at the Ritz and had a
wonderful tima
And who do you suppose l ran
into? Oswald Grisner! Jim, he GER
tainly Is the best-looking fellow
such red-gold hair-such fascinat-
atting golden eyes and coloring.
We chatted most amiably and he
took us to tea, and then--I suppose
II wasn't conyentional--but we
went TO his studio with him, Helen
Davis and /.
lie is the cleverest man! He has
done n delightful fountain and sew
eral portrait busts. and a beautiful
tomb for the Lidsey family, and his
studies in wax and clay are won
derful!
He really seems verey nice. And
the life he leads is heavenly! Such
a wonderful way to live-just a
bedroom and the studio.
He's going to give little tea for
me next time | have an afternoon
off. and I'm TO meet lot OF de-
lightful. unconventional people
there-painters, writers, actors
people who have done things!-Im
sure il will be wonderful.
l have bought five pounds OF
plasticine and I'm going to model
in IL in my room every time ! have
a few moments TO myself. But oh.
II does smell abominally, and IL
ruins your finger nails.
After that, Oswald Grismer's
name recurred frequently in her let
ters. Cleland recognized also the
names OF several old schoolmates
of his as figuring at various uncon-
ventional ceremonies in Grismer's
studio--Harry Better, now car
icaturist on the New York Morn
ing Star; Badger Sphinx, drawing
for the illustrated papers; Clarence
Verne, who painted pretty girls for
the covers of popular magazines,
and his one-time master. Phil Gray
son. writer for the better-class Pc
riodicals.
It's delightful, she wrote: we
sometimes have music-often cele-
brated people from the Metropoli-
tan Opera drop in-and you meet
everybody of consequence you ever
heard of outside the Social Register
people famous in their profes-
sions-and IL Is exciting and inspir-
ing and fills me with enthusiasm
and desire to amount to something.
OF course, there are al! kinds,
jim; but I'm old enough ard oN-
perienced enough to know now to
take care of myself. Intellectuals
are, of course, broad, liberal, and
impatient of petty conventions;
they live for their professions. re-
gardless of orthodox opinion, obliv-
ious of narrow-minded Philistines.
The main idea is to be tolerant.
That is the greatest thing in the
world, tolerance. i may not care to
smoke cigarettes myself or drink
cocktails and highballs, but il an
other girl does IL it's none of my
business. That is the foundation Of
the unconventional and intellectual
world-freedom and tolerance Of
other peoples opinions and be-
hayior. That is democracy!
AS for the futurists and symbol
lists Of various schools, 1 am not
narrow enough, I hope. to ridicule
them or deny them the right to
self-expression, but / am not in
sympathy with them. However, 1t
is most interesting to listen to
their views.
Well, these delightful treats are
rare events in my horribly busy
life. I'm in the infirmary and the
hospital almost all the time; I'm
always on duty or studying or at
tending lectures and clinics. l
don't faint any more. And the poor
little sufferers fill my heart with
sympathy. do love children
even defective ones. 1t makes me
furious that there should be any.
We must regulate this some day.
And regulate birth control, too.
1t is interesting; am rather glad
that l shall have had this expert
ence. AS a graduate nurse, some
day, I shall add immensely to my
own self-respect and self-confidenco.