ACCORDING
TO THE AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE
WHICH
CARRIED THESE IMAGES, THEY WERE SHOWN
AT
THE ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR OF 1904, AND STRAUSS
"WAS
RECENTLY DECORATED BY THE FRENCH ACADEMY
WITH
THE VIOLET RIBBON OF MERIT. THE DIPLOMA OF THE
FRENCH
ACADEMY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FOREMOST
ART
SOCIETIES IN THE WORLD, IS CONFERRED ONLY
UPON
ARTISTS WHO ARE CONSIDERED, BY REASON OF
THEIR
SUPERIOR WORK, WORTH OF THE DISTINCTION."