with Brook, I was in a pleasant frame of mind. I liked him immediately - from various articles I had been led to believe that he was overbearing & conceited. He had no trace of either fault, but was a healthy genial person, with complete poise. He did me the honor of remembering a picture (Switchman’s Shanty) from my first one man show at Kevorkian’s in 1920.
     In the evening there were quite a group of people in - young artists & others interested in art - Schwanekampf - Rowe, Blair, Sisti, Romano & others as well as Edwin Weiss and Olmstead. (Rowe continually tried to impress Brook with questions & remarks so that I blushed for him).
     Brook of course was the lion of the evening and I felt sorry for him & wished I could help him out, but there was no way for it. He was expected to “expound” his views on art etc.; and everyone sat looking at him waiting for the words of wisdom to flow. Fortunately for Brook, the subject of “mixed technique” was brought up, and he spent a long time explaining the method. He was worried about the attention he was getting and said so to (above: egg is the “go-between” for oil & water makes them mix – the “medium” when complete is mixed with white to the consistency of “cold cream” all painting and modeling done with it on a tinted ground, then oil thin, afterwards (a coat of damar can be applied before beginning in oil) me, but I was heartily glad he had the limelight. Besides, I was interested in what he was explaining as much as anyone.
     Later, we had a buffet lunch - cheese, crackers, lam (sic) & beer & ale. Weiss told me the gallery had bought my water color “Windy