I called, major, to make some complaint about the criticism of the work which appeared in your paper.

Your critic seems to have misunderstood somewhat the drift of the picture.

For instance, he says--Let me quote the paragraph: "'In the background to the left stands St.Augustine with one foot on a wooden Indian which is lying upon the ground.

Why the artist decorated St.Augustine with a high hat and put his trousers inside his boots, and why he filled the saint's belt with navy revolvers and tomahawks, has not been revealed.

It strikes us as being ridiculous to the very last degree.' "Now, this seems to me to be a little too harsh.