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...them; and in Dallas, at the State Fair of Texas, that they were greeted by a cheering crowd of some 35,000 Texans, the biggest turnout for them during their visit here. In Dallas, also, they enjoyed a charming and cosmopolitan society at the beautiful home of the Rue O'Neills that they were not privileged to enjoy elsewhere in the State. In Dallas there was no friction to mar their visit, such as there was in Fort Worth and in San Antonio...
...willing to take a chance on them. Ambroise Vollard bought his first pic ture, a Degas racing scene, for a few francs. Soon he made friends with the artist, became intimate with the entire Impressionist circle. Next step was to give up his practice and open in the Rue Laffitte a tiny art shop that has become a legendary shrine for art students. Dealer Vollard could not compete in the open market with Dealer Durand-Ruel, but in those days "Fifi'' Vollard, as the Impressionists called him, was more fun. He never tried to tell them what...
...deep, rich humor is the mark which separates Gertrude Stein from the stretches of the lunatic fringe. For her there is no working hour camaraderic in the lusty tradition of Murger; none of the careless, raptural inspiration of his Rodolfo. When the doors of 27 Rue de Fleurus are locked and the last villager has gone; in those sweet hours between midnight and dawn, when even Alice B. Toklas is abed, work, stern and serious, is the portion of Gertrude Stein...
...recognized a genius. "I may say that only three times in my life have I met a genius and each time a bell within me rang and I was not mistaken. . . ." (Other bell-ringers: Painter Pablo Picasso, Philosopher Alfred North Whitehead.) They set up house together, at No. 27 Rue de Fleurus, have been together ever since...
...Parisian circles which fatten on tourists and rich appetites, a potent name is that of Clement ("Clem") Hobson. Out of Britain came Mr. Hobson some years ago to buy famed Ciro's restaurant on the Rue Daunou, later to control the music hall-restaurant des Ambassadeurs in the Champs-Elysées and several famed hot spots in Biarritz...