With flunkeys in scarlet posted at portals blossoming with hydrangea, the annual Royal Academy exhibition opened last week in London's Burlington House. Prime Minister James Ramsay MacDonald and his daughter Ishbel were first to arrive, followed by hordes of British socialites. The best-dressed gentlemen and worst-dressed ladies in the world gathered in the galleries, talked very loudly, paid but scant attention to the pictures. Less notable people, among whom was a bland Chinaman with a topper and a green orchid, found a few exhibits to interest them.
In the plethora of dull,...
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