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Portrait of Gloria One day a new com er, a m iddle- aged lad y to ok th e e m p ty c h a ir n e a re st m y w o rk in g tab le. H er blue eyes, a w itn e ss of fo rm e r b e a u ty , w ere sh y an d frig h te n e d . H e r n am e w as G loria. “Is th is w o rk d iffic u lt? ” sh e asked , in a v e ry poor E n g lish accent. “ O h, n o ,” I an sw ered . “ You need only good eye-glasses an d a little b it of ta s te , t h a t ’s all. N o b r a in s ; no la n g u a g e ; n o th in g .” In a v e ry sh o rt tim e G loria did h e r s p o ttin g as w ell as I did, w ith m y one y e a r o f experience. I t w as sp rin g tim e w h en people a re c razy a b o u t p ic tu re s w ith a c h e rry blossom b ack g ro u n d . G r a d u a tio n p ic tu re s in color a re v e ry p o p u lar too. W e b o th w ere o v e r w orked. Som e d am ag e on face, h a ir o r d ress m ak es th e cu sto m e r a n g ry . W ith th e d elicate to u ch o f a little b ru s h w e cor re c te d all th e sp o ts. D u rin g th e se sev eral w eeks w e ta lk e d and ta lk e d an d talk ed . G loria cam e fro m A rg e n tin a , w h ere th e w ay of life is d iffe r en t. B o rn i n U k ra in e , like m e, she h a d tra v e le d a lo t an d e v e ry th in g sh e ta lk e d a b o u t w as v e ry in te re stin g . N ew books, old an d new p a in tin g s (fro m M ona L isa to P icasso ) to th e p re s e n t th e a tre in P a ris, w h ere h e r b ro th e r- in-law is ed ito r of an U k ra in ia n n ew sp ap er, all th e se in te re s tin g top ics sh o rte n e d o u r h o u rs of w ork an d m ad e th e m easier. O ne th in g b o th e re d m e. G loria did n o t p a y an y a tte n tio n to h e r ap p earan ce. H e r d resse s, shoes and h a ir w ere o u t of fash io n . One day sh e ask ed m e to v isit h e r. I accepted th e in v ita tio n and w e n t to te a . T he sm all tw o-room a p a rtm e n t w as d a rk an d fu ll of old f u rn i tu re . T h ere w as no room fo r te a or d in in g room ta b le a t all. B ooks ev ery w h ere, la rg e an d sm all, new an d old la y one on to p of th e o th e r, — like th e to w e r of P isa — re a d y a t a n y m in u te to fa ll on th e floor. G loria w as n o t confused. She apologized only th a t th e re w as no te a . T he la s t b a g sh e h a d “used in th e m o rn in g .” B u t — and h e r blue eyes becam e b rig h t an d sh in in g “I h av e so m eth in g else fo r y o u .” She p o in ted to th e w all. T h e re big, sou l-expressive p o r tr a its o f unk now n people w ere looking a t m e. A fre s h a ro m a of yellow ro ses w as aro u n d us ; an d som e g e o m etrical lines w e call th e m o d ern p a in t ing, w h isp ered to m e: “A r t is m uch m ore ta s ty th a n all th e L ip to n te a in th e w o rld.” “W ho p a in te d all th e se pic tu r e s ? ” I asked. “I d id,” a n sw ered G loria w ith h e r low voice. “P a in tin g is m y p ro fessio n . I m ad e a good liv in g in A rg e n tin a , b u t h e re e v e ry th in g is d iffe re n t. N obody needs a p o r tr a it.” T he n e x t day, a t lunch tim e, G loria cam e to m e w ith a sm ile. “Iv a n n a , come, I w ould like to show you so m e th in g .” She p o in t ed a t 5 ” x 7 ” color p ic tu re s on h e r tab le, a g ra d u a tio n p ic tu re of a han d so m e y o u n g college s tu d en t. F iv e p ic tu re s w ere alike, b u t on th e s ix th one G loria h a d p a in te d a nice b lack m o u stach e. I w as su rp rise d how th e m o u s ta c h e ch an g ed th e m a n ’s face. I t m ade a y o u n g boy look te n y e a rs older. “ Do you re a lly w a n t to send th is m o u sta ch e p ic tu re to a c u s to m e r ?” “ O f co u rse,” rep lied G loria an d w ro te on th e en v e lo p e: 8-5” x 7” — $ 8 . 00 . “ P o or G loria! W h a t h av e you done ? T he boss will fire you and m e too because we b o th do th e sam e jo b .” I w as alm o st d e sp er a te , b u t G loria w as sm i ling, jo k in g an d sin g in g . Tw o w eeks p assed. T h en one m o rn in g a loud m icro p h o n e voice called G loria an d m e to th e m ain office. T h is jo u rn e y of tw o floors w as to r tu re fo r m e. T h re e h u n d red d ollars w as needed c ru c ia l ly fo r m y so n ’s tu itio n . I w as al m o st su re it w as th e b itte r end of m y job . G loria w as sile n t and a little confused. T he boss w as sm o k in g a b ig cigar, an d h is f a t face w as be h in d th e fo g g y c u rta in . T he h an d so m e y o u n g m an w ith a v ery fa m ilia r face w as s ittin g in th e ch air. “ Good m o rn in g ,” said th e boss in a k ind, m ild voice. “ T h is y o u n g g en tlem a n h a s ju s t o r dered tw elve m ore m o u stach e p ic tu re s, b u t th e y m u st be done im m ed iately b ecau se h e ’s leav in g tow n. Can b o th of you ladies do it as soon as possible fo r m e ?” W e hopped fro m th e office like tw o b ird s an d in h a lf a n h o u r th e jo b w as re a d y . I t w as th e f ir s t d ay th a t G loria s ta r te d h e r p a in tin g in A m erica. M ore and m ore college s tu d e n ts d esired m o u sta ch e p ic tu re s fo r fu n . B ig color e n la rg e m e n ts of black an d w h ite, even p o r tr a its fro m old p ic tu re s. H e r p a y g rew rap id ly . O ne d ay G loria cam e to m e w ith v e ry u n ex p ected n ew s: “I sh all re tu r n to A rg e n tin a ,” sh e said so ftly . “W h a t h ap pened, w h a t h a p p e n e d ? ” I cried. “I le ft over th e re a re a l black m o u sta c h e ,” sm iled G loria. “ I h av e decided to r e tu r n to it.” I. S. A . Do you a tte n d th e m ee tin g s A nd m ingle w ith th e flock, O r do you s ta y a t hom e A nd criticize an d kn o ck ? U N W L A B R A N C H C A L E N D A R U N W L A B ra n ch 58 s e n t us a C alen d ar of th e ir scheduled e v en ts fo r th e n e x t fo u r m o n th s : M arch 7 — D in n e r-m e etin g a t th e C opper D oor in D earb o rn . A p ril 10 — M agic Show , given in asso ciatio n w ith th e S ociety of D e tro it M agicians. M ay 2 o r 9 — A n n u al M o th er- D a u g h te r L uncheon. Ju n e — O u tin g (if w e a th e r p e rm its) in F lin t, a t th e c o tta g e of M rs. C a th e rin e N a z ark , P re s ident. НА I HE ЖИТТЯ — ТРАВЕНЬ, 1964 17
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