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was perfectly happy. As she grew up it was fun to see what she would do. She would say, “Mother, can you make a horse?” I would make a horse and work in a background for the horse - a brook, some green trees, grass, a little lamb. Before you knew it you had a painting with pastels, water color or oils. Oil is a very easy medium because it sort of obscures your defects. You can paint over with oil if you make errors; you can change it.

I have a picture that I painted that I still like very much. I keep it hidden. It's an imitation of Ralph A. Blakelock. I was greatly taken by Blakelock's painting when they were shown. They hadn't been shown ever. He was an old, old man in an insane anylum when these modern painters began to look around. I think he belonged to the George Inness school. He was as old as that, almost. People began to dig his paintings up. His family and relatives dug them out and they proved to be wonderful. So we all saw Blakelock for the first time after the First World War, or towards the end of it. One of the paintings that I did was certainly an indication of Blakelock. I was interested in dark, misty backgrounds and how he got them. The figures moved vaguely.

I'm no painter, but that was fun. I never paint now. It's a messy job. I stopped when I came to Washington. I came alone and just hung myself up anywhere. I've never had