Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1904 — Mark Twain and Whistler. [ARTICLE]

Mark Twain and Whistler.

Mark Twain thus described his first meeting with James Mac Neill Whistler: “I was Introduced to Mr. Whistler,” he said, "In his studio in London. I had heard that the painter was an incorrigible joker, and 1 was determined to get the better of him if possible. So at once I put on my most hopelessly stupid air, aud I drew near the canvas that Mr. Whistler was completing. " ‘That ain’t bad,’ I said—‘it ain’t bad; only here In this corner*—and I made as If to rub out a cloud effect with my finger—Td do away with that cloud If I was you.’ "Whistler cried uervously: “ ‘Gad, sir, be careful there! Don’t you see the paint is not dry?’ “ ‘Ob, that don’t matter,’ said I. ‘l’ve got my gloves on.’ "We got on well together after that”