Our creed is 'Graft.' By 'Influence' we stand, by 'Influence' we fall.

It pleases Mrs.Taine to be, in the world of art, a lobbyist.

She knows the insides of the inside rings and cliques and committees that say what is, and what is not, art; that declare who shall be, and who shall not be, artists.

She has power with those who, in their might, grant position and place in the halls of fame; as their kinsmen in the political world pass the plums to those who court their favor.

The great critics who thunder anathemas at the poor devils who are outside, eat out of her hand.