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Title: The digressions of V. : written for his own fun and that of his friends / by Elihu Vedder ; containing the quaint legends of his infancy, an account of his stay in Florence, the garden of lost opportunities, return home on the track of Columbus, his struggle in New York in war-time coinciding with that of the nation, his prolonged stay in Rome, and likewise his prattlings upon art, tamperings with literature, struggles with verse, and many other things, being a portrait of himself from youth to age ; with many illustrations by the author.
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Vedder, Elihu
Subjects: American Art
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Contributing Library: Whitney Museum of American Art, Frances Mulhall Achilles Library
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on my friend extending his arm, he wasgrasped by the wrist, and on his cuff was written and duly signedan order for a picture, in which was included the price — a goodround sum. My friend kept the cuff as a memento, but neverpainted the picture or told his friend of the order. I have oftenwondered if that bubble on bursting would not have given outa squeak ? Most likely. I shall never forget a dinner at the Papyrus Club, when Ileaned forward with most intense interest from behind the fatfriend at my side to catch every word of the Chinese Professor ashe rose to make a speech. I lemember many welly pleasant din-nels — many pleasant dinnels. Mistle Lonfeloo — Mistle Lovel — yes, many pleasant dinnels. I will now lecite a ploem — onAutumn — Chinese ploem consisting of seventeen lines all lim-ing. Yes; a ploem on Autumn — and then we had it — of all themost delicately modulated, excruciating squeaking! I was gladmy friend was fat; I intrenched myself behind him. We had al-
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AT DINNERS 395 read\ had much bubble and I simply went on with redoubled bub-bling while the squeaks were squeezed out. But whats the use ?— you must hear this kind of thing lecited. And now at thelast hour I am told that there is no such drink as Bubble andSqueak, then what becomes of all my fun ? Time presses. I shallnot swap horses now—so I shall let it stand. I too have had many welly pleasant dinnels. I rememberbeing seated at the old Century Club, between Booth and Bar-rett. I had seen Barrett, when a young man, and had always pre-dicted he would be a good actor. They were then both Summits.They both had rather long upper lips, shaved, which gave theface-scape a rugged or rocky character, so I fancied; but whilegleams of sunshine played over these heights from time to time,I must confess, the atmosphere was cool up there, and I felt asif I were in cold storage. So it is with me when things get tobe too serious; I always feel an irresistible impulse to say, Boo!But I dont. A

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