Ill 



Perseus or Pugilist? 



A^D now I wonder would you care 

 at all to know what fills for me at 

 times the void occasioned by the ab- 

 sence of the open fire? An inexpensive 

 picture. That is all. And only a 

 photograph at that. I think it cost me 

 about $2.50 originally. I bought it, 

 along with its two companion-pieces, 

 in a little shop in the Via Sistina, many 

 years ago, and will tell you frankly 

 that the group attracts not half as 

 much attention hanging over my study 

 door as do other prints upon the walls. 

 There is a little etching, for instance, 

 of Chateau Thierry, showing the old 

 bridge over the Marne, that is full of 

 meaning now to all Americans. There 

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