An Editor's Anxiety
Pall Mall Gazette, April 26, 1889.
It is reported that Mr. Whistler, having received word that a drawing of his had been rejected by the Committee of the Universal Exhibition, arrived yesterday in Paris and withdrew all his remaining works, including an oil painting and six drawings. The French consider that he has been guilty of a breach of good manners. The Paris, for instance, points out that, after sending his works to the jury, he should have accepted their judgment, and appealed to the public by other methods.
Rassurez vous!
TO THE EDITOR:
Pall Mall Gazette, April 27, 1889.
Sir—You are badly informed—a risk you constantly run in your haste for pleasing news.
I have not "withdrawn" my works "from the forthcoming Paris Exhibition."
I transported my pictures from the American department to the British section of the "Exposition Internationale," where I prefer to be represented.