The Springfield Daily Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

January 9, 1916

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The Springfield Daily Republicani

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Springfield, Massachusetts

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Sunday, January 9, 1916

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10 MUSIC and MUSICIANS HEARING JENNY LIND yiRST TIME IN AMERICA AT CASTLE GARDEN IN 1850 tetter Written by New Hampshire Nan to His Home Now Made Public by His Son A Remarkable Account The Deseret Eveninc Nowk relates that Humnc some "Id tters written by a man visitinc New York 65 years aco to his home in Durham IT is one containing the following neconnt of bearinc Jennv Lind sire nt her first oueert in the United States in the old a tle Carden the evening Sep tember 20 150 The son of the writer re reading the letter recently formed the derision to intike it public which hn made possible this reviving in graphic form ot memories of old New York in thr days when Swedish nightingale" fust east her spell of mel ody over the hearts of its people The Mx Dear Ones: You have heard some thing about Jenny Lind 1 doubt not Ex cry body is talkins about Jenny Lind stud I will tell you about her first con cert wh'eh 1 attended sit Castle Gar en I saw some person pay Sl tor slip of paper: that person was my self If von nsk what I got for my $10 1 will tell you that 1 got a ticket Jenny Lind's concert and it is no small matter to have a ticket of that kind When one rrnts b's hand into his pock et be is apt to fool comfortable if ho Suds money there: but when he finds a ticket to Jenny Lind's concert he feels proud and happy lie rays to himself: "Now shall know all cbont it I shall see that Swedish eirl who ennte far o'er the sea to sing to the American poonle I shall henr that wonderful voice the like of which was never hoard before I shall hare an opportunity to compre hend why it is that groat multitudes of people follow up end down the na tion wherever she moves so that not any groat king or queen not even any commander of victorious armies was ever since the world began besot with stub shouts ct human applause and scenes of triumph as the modest youug woman" The at Castle ftnrilrn NVjrb such thtughts teeming 1 found myself my wny to the place called Castle (lirden on the beautiful bay of Now York It was destined originally 1 am told for military fortification but bus lien converted into a place for large public assemblages and ex hibitions ami fitted up in the manner of an amphitheater Here was the place whor* the voice of the world fa mous Jenny Lind was to be heard ex citing into a wild tumult and ecstasy the countless auditory and moving off into 'lying eadnccs over the tranquil waters ef the bay I lore I found many thousands of people all provided with tickets like my own and apparently in as mmh expectation ns I was A fine displav lamps and other con trivances formed to locate the spirits of and awaken (ho torpid portions the animal system to the lively sense enjoyment 1 uni not sure but the sight of so many animated counte nances of both sexes nnd so many ornaments end decorations would have yon forget that you came for any other purpose than to behold the spo 'taele 1 had time to look pbout me only for few moments before there came cn the stage what is called the orchestra It consisted of mon with instru ments of music 1 do not know how many different kinds of instruments for making music there are in tin world but I never before saw such a variety together There were manv of them queer shaped things and made of themselves the oddest kind of noises There was a great corpulent i fiddle another not quite as heavy nnd i masculine which gave out matronly I tones bv turns deprecating and mg: and the hole family of younger I fiddles whoso business it seemed to ih up such frolic of sound rs to prevent the more aged fiddles from going to sleep ami to tease them and make them worry themselves as old people will somet mes do There were white black and mulatto some of which seemed to have got their growth and some not There was: nun very little one that cut up ns many antics as a rope dancer and amused me eery it was in eyeollenl high spirits They could not keen it making the same sort of noise with lii" flutes that knew how to be have Illew on a JlnlloTT Serpent One man had a great hollow serpent and made his share of the music I blowing in the serpent's tail If the serpent bad been alive perhaps biting the tail would have answered as well When Satan wished to charm nnd be tray the mother of mankind be took upon h'msclf the form of a serpent: but I think Ids voice must have been pleasanter than that of the serpent of Castle Garden or he could not have been successful The kcy and the rench horn were also in the orchestra: and 1 know of nothing which stirs the blood more than the sound of the bugle It ranges from the low soft notes of a mother's lullaby to the clear wild ecstati ring which kindles the fire of battle among armed men and makes them mile at I'euth Do you remem ber my children when we were riding among (lie White mountains of th" Granite state one beautiful night how W(1 stopped hear 1 lie clear notes of a key bugle at Echo how its clear sounds penetrated the recesses of the great mountains and hills and floated away over (alleys saluting each other from echoing peaks until the air became vocal and the silver rays of the moon seemed emanating from some melodious sphere? One individual had in the orchestra metallic instrument which was made to ttreteh like a spyglass only it was mil'll longer than a spyglass and shaticd like other instruments after its own fashion They called it a trom bone something of that sort It produced uuality of sound similar to that produced by tearing a very strong piece of cloth only different in degre" It limy for 1 know be a great favorite with dry goods merchants A Sound for Everyone Not to prolong my description of th" nrehcstni I will simply say that it had the means of pt mincing an immense va riety of rounds grotesque and natural iufcrunl and divine so that among them nil searelv itnv heart could 'ail to be scarcely auv amateur of THE SPRINGIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN: JANUARY 9 1916 noises fail to be gratified I noticed however the absence of anything re sembling the bray of a mule and could not heln momentary speculation in my ovn mind as to the probable effect of introducing that sonorous animal as one of the members ot the orchestra It is a wonder imw such a tribe of instru ments be made to get along amic ably together There whs however Signor Benedict who had but to make a gesture anil they would do anything he pleased as docile and obedient ns the ponies in circus: and their voices were at times so harmonized and blended so abonnd ingly rich amt transceudant as to fill most sluggish and besotted nature with a new life or myself 1 seemed suspended between darkness and glory hardly knowing whether 1 was in the body out of the body in heaven or on earth There enme pause in the music aud Signor Belleti appeared upon the stage to sing Tie is what is called a baritone that is his voice is between lass and tenor and he is reputed to be a great singer perhaps granted that music which pleases me and everybody rise is good music I am not sure' but that 1 Have heard voices quite equal to hers perhaps superior in some particular tones but never one that approached it in compass or power or general effect The Sense of CompletenMS What struck me with pleasure quite distinct from the quality of any given note or bar was a sense af complete ness in every part of her performance Every sound t'tid movement appeared to be precisely what she intended it should be Jly belief is that she wasparticularly formed by her Creator in two respects: she was endowed with a wonderful voice and rare musical capa bilities and in addition to these an insuppressible longing for the perfection of highest art and she probably unites in herself the nearest approach to per fection both of nature and art that lias yet been seen In the midst of the orchestra she is' in the position which she fools to have been designed for her by providence: there she there she is happy and at hom*o Tell mother not to be uneasy I ENRIQUE GRANADOS A A SS 'Z' x4' A G' this last I did not join but reserved my voice thinking it probable she xvould soon send me a basket of oranges or some such matter to take home to yon but she must have forgotten it Well 1 am $10 out of pocket I could not hoar Demosthenes speak" or see Napoleon win a battle and so 1 went to hear Jenny Lind sing ORPHEUS CONCERT 12TH Local Stale Choir is Ent hnsiastic Over Prospect of ine Perform ance The attendance of 2500 which the Orpheus club has been counting for its concert in the Auditorium Wednes day night will be easily reached to judge from the advance sale of tick ets The club is in the midst of the final drilling for the concert and the quality of the singing at the last re hearsal promises that the perform ance with the finish of one extra re hears al and the added enthusiasm of concert night will be a very high grade piece of male chorus vork The club members are enthusiastic over the music this year and the feet that they have been enjoying it more every week shows that its beauty must tie very real The numbers range from the stirring vigor of the Be fore and dramatic intensity of the of the Monks of to the g'entler charm of "Cruiskeen Lawn" Time of Blooming and the The of the Golden arranged from Gounod's "aust" is another espe cially effective number Miss Marguerite Dunlap who is to be contralto soloist at the concert is a purely American product Born in South Carolina and raised in Georgia she had enough southern warmth and sweetness in her voice to got her a free scholarship immediately when she secured a hearing before Director Conrled of the Metropolitan opera She studied in New York for several years appearing in minor roles at the opera and then began her career as a concert and recital singer or sev eral years besides singing in music festivals and oratorio performances she has een making records under contract with a prominent talking ma chine company The other soloist Miss Margel Gluck has studied vio lin playing with rof Sevick and Leo pold Auer and has toured England and appeared successfully in recitals irr Europe and America NEW ORGANS AT SMITH Accessory rnstrnmcnts an An liplionaJ and an Echo Orffan Beizisr Installed in John Greene Hall Men aro now at work installing: tho two accessory organs which are to be placed in John Greene hall at Smith college One nf those organs A New Opera by This Widely Known Spanish Musician and Composer Will Soon Be Produced at the Metropolitan Opera House New York called the antiphonal will be placed in the reception room at the back of the platform It will have two manuals and a full sized pedal key thc greatest in that particular style in the world Now you sec xvhnt I got for my $10 In the first place a consciousness of being about to hear the renowned songstress in the sec ond place most magnificent and ani mated show in the third place tho chance to liear nn orchestra of rare aniplem ss ami excellence in the fourth Place I hoard the great baritone singer himself no small xvonder But the highest effect in tragic representation is usually reserved for tho fifth act and it was the same of the value ob tained bv me for my money on this occasion To many fine enough in themselves to satisfy a more than ordinary only del erred mil hightened the looking forward of The immense assemblage for the great er wonder jet to appear AYo obtain our highest concept ion of the prowess of Achilles from the fact that he wns greater than Ureter: nd wha xvould von bo prepared to think of a Sxvedish girl for wlmm all those immense prep ttrntion and there great musicians xvere only subordinates and accessories Awaiting Jenny Lind Signor Bolleti closes lis part and dis appears Everyone knows that the time is at baud when Jenny Lind her self will iome she for whom htlJMH) people bad thronged the coast of England to give their iifirting saluta tions ami it volte propitious gales to waft her to our republican shores Dur ing the few moments preceding her iioiran''c rite silence was so great as to bo absolvtolv intense I ould not help thinking to myself that it would be a very trying thiu'r for her Sweden her country produced a few famous men and in former times cut some fig ure tn history but of late wc know very little of her and care less except for mr two women Miss Bremer whose stories xvo al) loved so miieh that must needs love their author hom*o liml already found a welcome among ns: the other' preceded by a world vide fame unique and singular was nmv for the tir i time to try what a reception she would meet from an audience liehol'l There She Ik! Behold there she There is Jennv Lind! I am sure I cannot tell why wo all rose to our 1( ct and saluted her by a common impulsf with all sorts of extravagant demonstrations of wel come erbaps wo made fools of our selves and then again perhaps wo did not snc' ee'l in making a fool of her It was sonic time before the audience would ease shouting and applauding and allow her to sing She was very niiuli tiflecled ly the warmth of her r' coption and was pale aud agitated If she could bav been alone for a few moments 1 think she would havelied but she had no opportunity to am trying to avoid all extravagances in regard to Jenny and more than all that Jenny xvas never born to do mis chief Her gcod sense and modesty win as much praise as her music and she stands on the dizzy hights of fame happy and grateful I dare say but rather hrmbh: mid do undent upon nim who gave her fill to make her profound She sings because a power which may not he resisted bids her sing It is her nature to sing and she cannot help it The xrst sums ot money gained from her concerts rest not in her coffers She board The first manual or great or gan xvill have six speaking stops a full toned diapason a keen stringed toned stop a stopped flute a soft toned dulciana an octave flute and a mellow reed The second or swell manual will make use of all of these stops except the diapason by means of duplex action There will be two pedal stops making 13 speaking stops in all The organ will contain a full complement of couplers com bination pistons combination pedals full organ pedal crescendo pedal and grand organ crescendo pedal making 1 iM 2 A x' cry and sho smg have been distinguished singers bo fore Jenny Lind who were "ell worth MISS MARGUERITE DUNLAP lieuring and very famous and xvho could with effect execute success diffieult music: and 1 suppose their bendings and contractions of muscles a necessary part of the performance But with Jenny Lind' it had the ap poaranee of singing itself: she but vieldc'l to an internal compulsion She breathes back to the multitude the superlative emotion excited by music which they could never utter and for which the child of song can only find expression There is subsidence of the flood of a low soft breathing of sound executed only ly the sweetest instruments addressed only to the teuderest affeeticns of our nature: but its living interpreter the voice of the more soft more delicate more floats with it and envelopes vqiif senses in a delicious dream I he tide rises wave after wave sweeps and swells the heavy instruments of ibe orchestra vour their loud strains aud all unite in magnifying the power of the Storm: yet high ver all mistress of herself and queen of the tempest is heal'd the unbroken song of the Swede I will not dwell upon particular fea tures her performance and I would not like to idlempt a musical criticism having neither taste capacity uor cx poren" for it My only purpose is to give yon a leisure hour by giving yon a general idea and comprehension of the matter 1 am willing to take for Contralto Who Will Sing at Orp hens Club Concert in Auditorium Wednesday was one of the poor children Sweden and this money all goes to educate the poor children of her na tive land So unselfish aud pure xv hat more is wanting to complete the ideal? Will not the eople of Sweden erect her monument higher than that of Gustavus? Will not her name and her transcendent qualities become a tradi tion and a proverb on those northern shores? And xvill she not be heard for evermore in the great mystic hall of Odin? TonrhoC Unconucions Humor But here I think I must stop I can after all 'give ou no adequate idea of the exvellen'cc of ber singing until 1 get back to Durham and sing the pieces all over to you myself even then I shall have no orchestra to accompany me I wish that you could have seen 7000 or SOH) of us throwing bouquets bats handkerchiefs in the air and upon the stage with a view to express in some faint "the truth that was in At the 'lose of tho concert Mr Barnum was ailed out and announced the nnrnosc of uny to give every cent of the $1110(10 earned by her brilliant success ihat evening to various char itable objects in New York: whereupon another storm of approbation well nigh lifted' the roof from its fastenings In it complete for the use of students as a practice organ The other organ known as the echo organ will be placed above the ceiling of the auditorium at the op posite end from the big organ Its keyboard will be placed in a room opening off of the rear gallery It will have 15 speaking stops in all including five stops used on both manuals by duplex action The striking features of this organ will be a recently invented string toned stop called the nitsua a vox humana a lovely vox angelica and the chimes which will be moved from their pres ent position in the main organ Both the antiphonal and the echo organ can be played from the main organ keyboard or "console" The antiphonal organ will be played from the manual of the main or gan and the echo organ from the and manuals of the main organ The pedal stops of both the accessory or gans can be played from the pedal keyboard of the main organ The number of beautiful effects that can thus be produced will be almost limit less' or example the chimes and the vox humana can be used' inde pendently at the same time and ac companied by soft pedal stop an upon the echo organ the tones of which will sift down through the ceiling as though from a remote but complete organ In place of the chimes which are to be moved from the main organ will be added a a beautiful stop the pipes of which have in front of them steel or bronze bars which are struck by padded hammers The tone much resembles the most beautiful tones of the harp An entirely new keyboard or will be installed for the main organ This will contain all the latest improvements in console mak ing and xvill be a most convenient although intricate structure With the additions it will contain 94 speak ing stops and the total number of stops couplers pistons i and pedal movements will be about 210 The action of all the organs is elec tric Each organ will have a motor of its own to furnish wind for pipes and pneumatic action and there will uc ct aiiiciii iiiukui luriiiHmng civuliig ART and ARTISTS STONE MOUNTAIN CARVING GUTZON SCULPTURE Confederate Memorial With Over 2000 igures Gutzon Porglrm's stupendous piece of sculpture at Stone mountain illus trated in The Republican to day is to be carved out of a single piece of Georgia marble without a break or a fissure in it It will comprise more than 2O'I( figures of men each one about 15 foot tall and each one will bo the portrait of a man xvho served in the Confederate 'army Tt will cost be tween $1090000 and and will consume eight yctrs It was Mr Borglum's statue of Lincoln made for Newark known as the that caused the committees shows the artist beginning to escape from his early manner now un der the influence of Italian painting and in the gorgeous Coast of has been seen a rench iu tluouce of the late and show him in transition to his final style his color as lovely as ever and his details now serving the xvhole not drawing interest for their own sake PAINTING AND SCULPTURE Ten New Vorkcrs anil One Boston Man orm a New Group at New York Seven painters and four sculptors who apparently have little in common and who wish to be known as "the are exhibiting at the olsom gallery New Y'ork They are: Marie Apel Solon Borglum James Brit ton Teresa Bernstein Guy Pene Du Bois John lanagan Philip Hale Bertram Hartman Henry Salem Hubbell George Luks and Martha Walter Mr Hale sends his charac terization of Capt Peter Turner to SKETCH OR GUTZON BORGLUM'S GREAT SCULPTURE ON STONE MOUNTAIN GEORGIA ''q it siA ji: 4 current for the action of all three organs The main console will' be movable as is the present one be ing connected xvith the organ cham ber by a cable about 100 feet long containing about 500 wires? The en tire organ will employ probably over 100 miles of electric wiring a part of this being very fine wire used in xvinding the 1000 or more magnets contained in the organ action The number of pneumatic valves includ ing palets pocket valves and col lapsing valves used in the organ will approach 10000 The total number of speaking pipes xvill be about 4500 One of the important uses of the antiphonal organ will be to lead the choir in its processional hymn at the vesper services At present the choir of 100 voices forms for the proces sional in the reception room back of the platform After the choir begins singing it is unable to hear the organ until it has entered the auditorium on the two sides of the platform With the nexx' plan the choir will be sup ported by the antiphonal organ until it can hear the main organ as it enters the auditorium The work of instalation will occupy about three weeks and after the xvork is done ample opportunity xvill be the public to hear the organ Prof Sleeper is planning also to give a lecture illustrated by lantern slides showing many of the interest ing features of the construction of organ pipes and organ action and dis playing with explanations many of the tonal effects of this wonderfully complete example of the organ build art The original organ was the gift of the class of 1900 as a me morial to its former president Cor nelia Gould Murphy About half the cost of the accessory organs is borne by Mrs Harold I Pratt of this class one of the principal givers of the memorial organ The new console for the main or gan will be ready for use in about 10 days and the accessory organs will be finished about the 20th The in struments are from the Austin organ company of Hartford Ct THIS OPERAS Borodin's "Prince will have its second performance at the Metropol itan opera house New York to niorroxv with the same cast as before including Alda Dolnnnois Perine Amato Bntta Didur Do Scrcurola In "Marta" 'bn Wednesday Hempel aud Caruso ill be the ading singers "Lohengrin" is to follow on Thursday with Destiuu Matzenauer Seml'acli Weil Braun riday in with Kurt Mason Caruso Amato Rothier De Segurola Polanco xvill conduct this opera and "Prince On Saturday afternoon Bodanzky will conduct tho season's first performance of' Wagner's xith Kurt Mason Ober Urlus Braun Goritz Reiss Saturday 'vening for the benefit of the rench hospital with Rappold Matze nauer Sparkes Martinelli Sootti At next Sunday night's concert Mischa El man will be one of tho soloists Waning in Popularity The critic of the London Daily Tele graph thinks that opportunities of hearing Haydn will be come fewer and foxver "The1 remark must' not be taken to imply that tho passing of the years the art value if the expression may of a work which has endured for well over a century is found to decline It means simply that the old standards no long er apply and that musical develop for which Haydn himself his time helped to pave the way and the gradual emancipation: of music from its old simplicity have inevitably left their marks on public taste" An Operatic Liza Lohmann has xvritten the mu sic for an operatic This is not her first venture in the field Her a musical comedy was produced in London at the Strand theater in 1904 and did sh'e not write a "Yicar of Wakefield" in which David Bispham appeared in the Eng lish provinces? Ethel Jackson xvho xvill be lemcm bercb as the original merry widow in ranz Lebar's operetta of that name sailed for England recently to engage in war relief work of southerners to negotiate with Mr Borglum for th" work The monument xvill be a fexv miles outsidq of Atlanta Ga and xvill be carved on the face of Stone mountain a landmark xvlpch has been given to the cause bj Samuel Venable The Stone Mountain Confederate memorial association has charge of tho undertak ing and one of the principal movers is Mrs Helen Plane honorary presi dent of the United Daughters of the 'onfederacy Mrs Plane i S4 years old and hones 10 see the monumental work completed unds arc being raised not only throughout the South but throughout the North Several residents of Nrxv York have asked the association to be allowed to contribute $19000 each Stone mountain is more than two miles long and its bare sides and top rise from comparatively level ground In the middle mounted will be a group comprising the great leaders of tho con federacy xvhilc behind them a short distance xx ill Vo a larger group a body guard xvliieh ill he made up of xvar riors of loss renoxvn Higher across the xvbolo surface of the mountain some of them silhoueted agaiust the sky xvill march a xvholo army pass ing toward tho setting sun There will bo troops of cavalry companies of in fantry nnd cortingents of artillery Each figure xvill he the effigy of a southern soldier Subcommittees in the 13 states of the confederacy will se lect the names of the mon xvhosc fame they wish to perpetuate in this manner At the foot of the mountain carved backward 90 feet into its solid granite and with an imposing roxv of columns in front there will be a chamber that xvill accommodate the archives of the Daughters of the Confederacy and con stitute a permanent museum nnd hall of records of the great struggle The monument association has left to the sculptor the composition of the memorial outside of the mnin points that have been nereed upon In the first group of portraits will be Robert Leo and Stonewall Jackson riding side by side Then come Job Stuart Gen Gordon Gen Johnston or Gen orrest Behind them the general staff xvliieh also xvill be great generals The actual active armj also xvill be portraited There will be key on a bronze tablet doxvn in tho hall and this key xvill give the name and loca tion of every man Almost an army of young sculptors xvill find employment with Mr Borglum in carving the face of the mountain They will work xvith powerful elect tic cutting machines on the granite from the models given them by Mr Borclum but the sculptor him self will give the finishing touches to each statue Within three years the principal group of Confederate leaders xvill be ready feir dedication Within five years the other group of generals will be ready for dedication end within eight ears the great xvork xvill be complete A silver medal shoxving the main group of leaders of the Confederacy xvill be struck a little larger than a silver dol lar and xvill be offered for sale by the United Daughters of the Confederacy nnd by no one else for $250 each They expect to sell about half a million of these medrls the profit from xvhich xvill be' about $700000 same medal xvill he struck in gold and this medal xvill be given to all who give $5000 or more It also xvill be struck in bronze and: one xvill be given to every Confederate soldier xvho will send to the Daughters of the Confed eracy a report of his' services By this means it is hoped to accumulate a vast amount of data xvhich will be pre served ip the memorial hall The big purpose according to Mr Borglum is to make a memorial to the men who have not been honored in any other xvay Ten InnesH Lnndseapcs Ten landscapes by George Inness are at the Yose gallery in Boston this xveek and they form a group xvhich gives a good idea 'of the development of the artist's style "Eventide pon 'Springs dated 1S93 shows him in his final stage when he xvas reaching forxvard to what has been called abstract painting Morn ing Hudson is a painting done in bis youth and holds scarcely a prom ise of the xvork to come apart from the sensitive color taste and the solid feeling for form Roman Cam gether with a pair of blond sunshiny outdoor scenes xvith female figures en titled respectively "Wistaria" and George Luks makes only one con tribution the portrait of James Britton but this a correspond ent of the Christian Science Monitor thinks is the best thing of its class in the xvholo show and deserves to take a very high rank among the many portraits of quality for xxliieh Luks is already distinguished Mr Hubbell has two portraits of whicli the half length of Charles Reiff is the more success ful In addition he displays his versa tility in three ambitious genre pictures to say nothing of three more colorf il small sketches Hi most pretentious which makes the central color patch on th" brilliant main xvall at the end of th cal'ery bears the seemingly enigmatical title of "lee on tho Water However this is only a fan ciful xvay of telling ns that it is a nip ping cold morning: which duly accounts for the mass of bright colored quilts under xxbieh th" girl in the picture is nil but buried as slm huddles there xn her blue bedstead dreading to get up Certainly Mr Hubbell obtains a largo and mottled mass of color in his roun nbont xvav but that is pretty much all as there is little grace of form or line in his composition More effective because frankly dec orative above all else is Bertram Hartman xvith four joyous fantasies of the seasons "Spring" "Summer" These are en chanted landscapes xvith' gleaming mountain summits against deep blue hah yon skies overlooking lush greeu and mauve valleys xvith limpid xvaters mirroring purplish golden trees and searlet tloxvercd shrubs amidst xvhich flash the fair forms of nuburn hairod nymphs dancing about xvith faxvns flamingoes and other wild creatures And the ensemble effect far from be ing garish is managed xvith so just and delicate a balance of color rela tions that the gorgeous hue melt into one another and fuse together as we gaze veiling all as in an autumnal mist Martha Walter too has a gay and pretty palette and she must have learned from her early master Chase how to weave petal like flesh tints and vague spots of complementary colors into plausible though filmy picture pat terns such as and "At the A figure piece called "The Sbuxvl" is especially attractive so long ns ope docs not look for sub stance texture and quali ties apparently not within the restrict ed range of Miss cleverness Guy DnBois who paints xvith the incisive brush and ironic fancy of a latter day Daumier makes a highly satisfactory Eclectic Ho has rarely if ever before attained the painter like ex pressiveness imbued xvith mind that radiates Imre from his four small can vases all figure pieces entitled respec tively de Riz" "Blue Hox and "Girl in White Both Manet and Renoir count spiritual influence not imitation in this young artist's steady develop ment PAINTINGS BY CEZANNE Exhibition at the Montross Gallery in New A'oi'U A special exhibition of seven oil paint ings aud 39 xvater colors by Cezanne was opened last xveek at the Montross gallery Nexv York and will continue through the month of January The Times critic is particularly impressed by a portrait of a man a black bearded man a man groxving a little bald and xvearing a conventional ill fitting coat lie has a big lroxv a big protruding under lip and reflective glance He stands there so simply and stolidly against a background of grayish green that you are entirely unconscious of the fact that you are never to forget him that the words "the portrait of a man at the Montross show you remem xvill never fail to evoke his image his expression the queer crooked gesture of his hands the sxveep of his high forehead the fulness of his lip The picture is full of ragged edges the kind that Cezanne alon" knows how to make xvith the inspired cai( Icssuess of the rench hand The background impinges on the eoat the coat mi the background there arc crackles ot xvhite an' broken lines of black that creep into the fit tones like an edge of coarse fur In the judg ment of the Times writer the portrail might equally well be called a study the third dimension "The Old is unctuous painting the pigment is much in evidence but fl has power and gloom' The strong green of the foreground and the browns and pallid yellows of the sheds show no such architecture of color as one finds in such a painting as the "ran cois Zoia Dam" named for the great engineer who was the father of the writer Zola perhaps the greatest pic ture in the collection The dam is a reconstruction of the primal earth The shadows that fall from cliff to hollow describe the exact relation of the planes determined through geologic ages The trees form a series of vast curves Ihat turn the region into a natural amphi theater in the background rises a misty hill as firmly a part of the earth ai the red brown foreground in spite the deceptive veils of mist shrouding its form There are delicate nnd subtle transi tions of color in foliage and sky in an other landscape a Through the xvhich xvill surprise those who think of Cezanne only in his stark and vehement his black outline moods It is further advanced in the difficult art of reducing complexity to simplicity than the little study of xvhich is one of the most characteristic studies in the exhibition The fruit makes a boldly curved decoration against a simple background and its forms are defined xvith "magnificent rhythmic brush Traveling exhibitions of oil paintings xvater colors bronzes illustrations min iatures arts aud ciafts prints mural paintings etc under the auspices of the American federation arts are open this month at Lincoln Min neapolis Minn ore Worth Tex Dayton Nashville 'Venn ter Rochester Indianapolis Ind Newark Charlotte Elmira Logansport Ind St Louis Montevallo Mo Brook ings Sioux alls I) and Spokane Wasil The executive inmmittq? representing the civic bodies of Kansas City has de ei4ed that "The Scout" Cvrus Dal lin's sculpture now exhibition in rancisco should be bought for city A definite proposal to the soul tor is expected in a short time It probable that the mcnoy for the ment xvill obtained by popular s4 scription and that to stimulate this he xvork will be placed on exhibition in some suitable place This week's group of paintings ntthe MncDowoll chib in Xew York "ityare the xvork of Alice ill" Hca Broxvn Louise I'plon Brnmback Al phaous 1' Cole Goodrich KimlirK Hairiot lord Robert Martin atieis Pa 'yYill iiin Totter me it a ainter members of the nnt 'ona arts bib' in New York ar showing 'ol loction of xvorks4 at the club's cillery in Gramercy part THE BATTLE KINGS irreoman Miller in tn Oklnomanl There is 110 vest xr 1 kings' They rnaich through fold and glen Ami repeat 1 bi ry ti prchiilg hosts to the r'ar hi ic costs of null And the gloaming' sonbl ar is always theirs that sword of the'erimson ket ps Aud the gun is theirs that xvih thun ders far wakes Deep frbm the mighty Drips I Aud these are the men that xloari sl so and leaned at tl lu ini land bars 1 To clasp in the tender twilialit ihe hands of the love lit And tluse arc the men tmit Iflrrie 1 wherever their feel mi hr roam With spoils of the langhir inIi'lowg to the loved cues tin r' bomg And these are the kings tht''aftel the ships of the migfitv With all of tho eaco that hcavoi could fm the 'yes That bore to lhe lonely ii brougli deeps of 1I1C Tho peai'e of the lands of n'erty the iove of tin 1 arbor licbts! These are the kings tlut as only the xviso i'cs an "The Rose of Sleep for the iltle one and the Ink of I fov But mothers that lauglod a weeping re i'lirdened rief igiiin As they list to the uimionf the call of Rings foi or men that shall till th" uiu of mi'll that have gone bol'nrA When the sen xvas wibl ai biitor ami th ships were alar from sieve When the guns in the troii' thun dered through all t'i fearful night 1 And the souls of the soldi rs sickenedat of the morning light Ah mothers ot men that treniblcat call of the latth kings The sons that ye nursed an mdliiig the clods of the careless thinrs! 'inti the beacons that om xx ere burn ing on many a love lit slnW Are dark in the broken Ucrs and signal the tryst no morel 7 Ail kings of the blood and battle! Yq are tried at the Judgment Dav At the bar of the perfeet justice' ia the souls of the mon tint prav And nothing shall stay the smfeme oti weaken the curse it biings Io brawlers of blood nnd lattlc that murder the Heart of Things! PUNKAH WALLAHS A 'IORB The Electric an Away Their Ancient O'l: rom the Knnns City Star It is noxv possible through the intro duction of tho electric fan into India for theaters and churches i3 cities like Bombay to be open all tho yyar whrre as formerly oxving to the stifling heat it xvas very difficult to jnduco peo ple to enter such structures id the heat ed season The popularity of such places is noxv largely dependent on rite number of efficient electric fans used to force circulation of the air All the leading hotels in the chief cities ofiln dia must have electric fans in exYry room in order to get and retain their patronage The old fashioned system of corlimr rooms by fans in that country 1 still practiced in most xriiere electric current is not available iy means of the Labor of coolies knovn as punknb wallahs who work spicious fau hung from tho ceilings xvith rop through a bote in the wall the pinkah wallah doing this xvork outside of tLc room and out of sight Sometimes nt dances and big' dinner parties tho punkah xvallnhs drisod in picturesque costumes nnd with huge or irnnvutal fans work inside the rooms a great number being employed or such arduous and persistent work xvhich they are expected to cirry on xvithout intermission for niu4 hours tboy are paid $269 a month' At night the punkah a sleeping person in his bed hill often fall nsloop too so that the si oping in di'idual can get no refreshing rest Notwithstanding the very cheap xvaces paid a great number of punkah xxallahs xvho have to be employed rll day and all night cause considerpHe expense moreover such human lahrr not being always steady nor oasiy regulated nor fast cannot fa' erabh in any decree with uiftin electric fans Seychelles isl uids in 101 imported products valued at $4689(8 Tie.

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