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Identifier: bohemianparisoft01morr (find matches)
Title: Bohemian Paris of to-day
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Morrow, William Chambers, 1853-1923 Cucuel, Édouard
Subjects: Bohemianism
Publisher: Philadelphia, London, J.B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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e of them had gone down under his fists did theypin him to the floor and strip him. While Bishopwas thus being prepared, the Nebraskan was beingdealt with. He had the wisdom not to lose histemper, and that made his resistance all the moreformidable. Lauehlne all the time, he neverthelessdodged, tripped, wrestled, threw stools, and did somany other astonishing and baffling things that thestudents, though able to have conquered him in theend, were Mad to make terms with him. In this ar-rangement he compelled them to include Bishop,As a result, those two mounted the model thronenaked, and sang together and danced a jig, all socleverly that the Frenchmen were frantic with delight,and welcomed them as des bons amis. The amazingreadiness and capability of the American fist bringendless delight and perennial surprise to the French. The rest of the nouveaux were variously treated.Some, after being stripped, were grotesquely deco-rated with designs and pictures not suitable for gen- 46 -fr/ -a
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THE ECOLE DES BEAUX-ARTS eral inspection. Others were made to sing, to re-cite, or to act scenes from familiar plays, or, in defaultof that, to improvise scenes, some of which were ex-ceedingly funny. Others, attached to a rope de-pending from the ceiling, were swung at a perilousrate across the atelier, dodging easels in their flight. At half-past twelve the sport was over. Thebarricade was removed, the Turks clothes hidden,the Turk left howling on his shelf, and the atelierabandoned. The next morning there was trouble.The director was furious, and threatened to closethe atelier for a month, because the Turk had notbeen discovered until five oclock, when his hoarsehowls attracted the attention of the eardien of thefires. His trousers and one shoe could not befound. It was three months before Haidor appearedat the atelier again, and then everything had beenforgotten. Bishop was made miserable during the ensuingweek. He would find himself roasting over paperfires kindled under his stoo

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