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us with illustrations. Ver)' probably we have been
keeping him too busy for him to set us down. One
of his commissions which excited some attention
was a murai decoration in the new Martin restau-
rant in New York.
Pal and Fiquet and the foster uncle of Pierrot put
their heads together in the " Popular Shop " in
Forty-second Street and at various sessions tried
to persuade one another that each knew the ways
of Pierrot and Harlequin and Columbine, the
tastes of American children and the possibilities
of wall paper design better than the other. Pal's
drawings are done in oils in grays, black and
white. Four plates were made for different tones
in each case. The reproductions were done some-
what lower in key than the originals to conform
best with any colour scheme in which the decorations
may be used. The printing can thus also be done
specially in colours, if so required, or with the aid
of a competent arist the impressions, struck off on a
superior paper, can be coloured by hand to suit
their surroundings. Only five hundred proofs
were made, however, in a limited edition, some
2,300 proofs being pulled to get the five hundred
satisfactory results. It is intended to try the eSect
of the panels in plaster in a low relief, a sculptor
being now engaged in making renderings in clay.
In the story we find Pierrot with his cat and
Harlequin with his dog meeting Columbine, whose
pet is a rabbit, going to market to sell a goose (1).
Next we see the exquisite Pierrot inviting Colum-
bine to dance, while Harlequin and the dog furnish
the music, and the goose rashly sticks her head
from out the basket and challenges the quizzical
cat to fight (II). During the innocent abandon
of the dance the several pets prepare for war (III).
The outbreak between the goose and the cat mars
the sweet harmony of Harlequin's mandolin (IV).
while the dog draws Columbine away by giving
chase to her pet rabbit (V). The cat gets the
better of the goose and the outraged professional
pride of the musician gets the better of Harlequin,
as the umbrella sings in its own wind (VI). Duti-
fully the dog and the cat return with all that was
mortal of their enemies hanging in their teeth,
Pierrot's, the one face in this charming drawing,
being the picture of puzzled regret (VII). Pierrot
suffers for the misdeeds of the bewhiskered shrew,
Harlequin sets discretion over valor. (VIII). But
he sends his dog back, tied to remorse in the sem-
blance of the basket, to divert the quarrel (IX).
Pierrot, being much to blame, is forgiven; Harle-
quin having done all he could to serve the two, is
forgotten (X).


VII. RETOUR DES ANIMAUX


VIII. LES REPROCHES


IX. PUNITION MERITEE


X. EA RECONCILIATION

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