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His house would be open ; let those who would , come . It would be enough to show at the door the letter of invitation . This ran as follows : `` Monsieur and Madame Walter beg of you to honor them with your company on December 30th , between 9 and 12 p. m. , to view the picture by Karl Marcowitch , ` Jesus Walking on the Waters , ' lit up by electric light . '' Then , as a postscript , in small letters : `` Dancing after midnight . '' So those who wished to stay could , and out of these the Walters would recruit their future acquaintances . The others would view the picture , the mansion , and their owners with worldly curiosity , insolent and indifferent , and would then go away as they came . But Daddy Walter knew very well that they would return later on , as they had come to his Israelite brethren grown rich like himself .