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Since he had nothing to do with himself, Melvin Smith began to go to all the art shows in New York City, and then he began to paint himself, and in a comparatively short period of time, he was a primitive abstractionist. He showed his canvases to various art dealers, and to Claude modern Vermont, the brilliant critic of art, who told him that his primitive abstractionism was far superior to the primitive paintings of Grandma Moses. This sufficed to secure Melvin Smith a oneemann show and one of his paintings was purchased by the Museum of Primitive Abstractib.

Melvin Smith gave two of his paintings to his son and daughter-in-law, and visited them frequently without announcing his coming to be sure that they kept his paintings upon the wall of their handsome Bauhaus living room.

When Paul told his father that he did not care for primitive or abstract art, he infuriated his father once again.

"You have sold out", said Melvin Smith to his successful son, "You have sold out to Tin Pan Alley. "Why don't you be like/Bartok? Money is not everything: I will be your patron, if necessary! I will support you for at least two years if you write the kind of music you really want to write instead of writing tinkle and tom tom for Tin Pan Alley!" , Melvin Smith became aware that he was shouting and he lowered his