Artists in Uniform, by Mary McCarthy

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[Fiction]

Artists in Uniform

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A story

The Colonel went out sailing.
He spoke with Turk and Jew . . .

“POUR it on, Colonel,” cried the young man in the Dacron suit excitedly, making his first sortie into the club-car conversation. His face was white as Roquefort and of a glistening, cheese-like texture; he had a shock of tow-colored hair, badly cut and greasy, and a snub nose with large gray pores. Under his darting eyes were two black craters. He appeared to be under some intense nervous strain and had sat the night before in the club car drinking bourbon with…

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