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many questions as to the why and wherefor, and
if nothing available is in sight that member gets
no peace until he has done his duty by the club.
This does not happen often, it may be added, for
the men are very
loyal; and then, too,
they are not averse
from selling their
sketches, and the ex-
hibitions are noted
as the most success-
ful of their kind in
this particular direc-
tion.
Each member is
allowed to send in
four pictures, which
are submitted to a
hanging committee;
the works may be
time-sketches or fully-
worked-out pictures
whichever the artist
prefers, the only re-


tion as Englishmen. A limited number of lay mem
bers are admitted, and they are gathered from the
brother arts—literary men, musicians and actors
mostly, though a few are just good fellows with no
particular bent orvocation. The Privileges enjoyed
by a lay member are the right to saunter in at
" show-up time," to make themselves agreeable at
supper, and to join the festivities of the bi-annual
conversazione. The presence of the feminine
element is at all times tabooed—not even wives or
sweethearts are ever given a glimpse into the jollity
of this gayest of all Bohemian clubs, and if you
question a member on the point, he replies naively
that there is not a hall in London large enough
to accommodate the numbers they should feel
obliged to ask, so they refrain from inviting any
lest they offend the multitude. Personally, I have
a very good-sized doubt as to the absolute candour
of this excuse.

"STARR WOOD CAFTAINS THE
CLUB ON BOARD A DUTCH TRAMP "
BY THORfE

strictions being as to size, which
must not exceed 18 by 24 inches.
The restriction gives a most
delightful sense of delicacy
and daintiness to the walls.
To become a member of the
club a man must be proposed
by a member and his work
submitted to the council, and
foreign artists are treated with
the same courtesy and considera-


' AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ARTIST

BY LAWSON WOOD

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