Fine artists though they were, applauded and richly rewarded, yet they remained simple, unaffected, and cordial to these daring reporters.

They spoke with quiet dignity of their work, their earnest efforts to give the public something better and finer.

They wished the countless readers of the interviews to comprehend that their triumphs had come only with infinite work and struggle, that the beautiful comes only through suffering and sacrifice.
At lighter moments they spoke gayly of their palatial homes, their domestic pets, their wives or husbands and their charming children.

They all loved the great out-of-doors, but their chief solace from toil was in this unruffled domesticity where they could forget the worries of an exacting profession and lead a simple home life.

All the husbands and wives were more than that--they were good pals; and of course they read and studied a great deal.