The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-05

acterless. with little suggestion OF life.
/ Strangely enough. sin 30 vSrestchaRin Is a
n out-of-door painter. the best paintings per
. haps OF the exhibition are OF interiors. In tn
. Napoleon group We have In the Uspenski Ca
r thedral." showing the richly decorated int
rior whore the French have found stablinR 10
= horses. and among the many studies there ar
{ several small paintings where the artist reall
shows feeling In his treatment OF light effect
I on the varied md elaborate decorations o
Russian churches. In one little ~painting
} called AT Home" which is redolont with tn,
air OF domesticity, VerestchRRin almost for
gets his realism.
Mr.. VerestchaRin has embodied his recol
l%ectlons Of America in some three or foul
sketches. representing negroes. including "A
Colored Gentleman" and "A Black Washer
woman. which have a corner in the gallery b,
themselves.
Interest attaches to some OF the minor paint.
lngs from the fact that they illustrate types oil
Russian men and women and modes Of dress
and similarly to others that display interiors
OF churches. But. on the whole. there is little
In the collection to please either the ordinary
visitor or the rabid advocate Of realism.
ENCOURAGED by the success Of the great
Rembrandt show at Amsterdam efforts are be-
Ing made toward an exhibition Of Van Dyck's
paintings az AnJW6TU. IL ~ DelleNeO enough
OF the masters pictures can be gathered to
show adequately the range OF his power. de-
spite the fact that many OF his hest produce
lions have found their way into collections
from which II Is difficult to secure loans Of
canvases.
Six months OF the workmen's Compensa-
ton act has led TO at least one deplorable con-
sequence to the class 1t was meant to benefit.
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great Industrial concerns OF this country dis
charging men who are over fifty years old.
Their continued employment would have in
volve1 higher premiums to the insurance COM
panies which the employers have called 10 to
cover the liability that the act puts upon them.
thousands OF old miners. dock laborers. aud
shoemakers are thrown out in the northern
districts and their cases occupy every meeting
OF the local Poor Law Guardians. The fol-
lowing notice has been issued by the Barrow
Hematite Steel Company. Of which the Duke
OF Devonshire is Chairman:
From this date forward please note that no
mon are to be engaged who are known to have
any defects. such as the loss OF a limb. defec-
tive sight or hearing. Further. no men are to
be engaged In any department who are older
than nifty years OF age. Any men already In
the employ OF the company in excess OF this
age may be retained. but In case Of their leav-
ing they are not to be re-enRaged."
The Duke has written to say that he had no
knowledge OF this circular. and promises that
the directors shall deal with It at their next
meeting. But the same process goss on at
the Welsh q~uarrIes. the Northumberland coal
mines. and the Liverpool docks. In many
employments the discharged men have been
replaced by lads. The difference is that old
men have dependents upon them for a GER
tainty. That Is not likely with lads. who con-
sequently are cheaper on the scale OF legal
compensation.
Another objection taken to tho act was that
universal compensation leads to carelesspess.
and thereby tends to increase accidents. The
Official figures for the last six months OF last
year show an ominous increase Of accidents. |
The fatal cases have risen by 12H per cont. |
and the non-fatal by 43 per cent. In the lat |
ter class the increase Is d doubtless due to some
extent to improved notification under the new
act. Moreover. 1t is evident that some people
would almost court slight accidents for the
sake OF the compensation. But the list OF
deaths is not to be explained away. Ill deaths |
from accident have for very many years been
reported.to the police and the Coroners for the |
purposes Of INQUEST. Yet these have in
creased somewhat in the staple employments
OF this country since the act came into opera
ton. The additional killed compared with
the corresponding period last year, are: On
railways. 3: mines. SO: Q~uarries. 81: factories,
II and miscellaneous. Z. or course this docs
not mean that employers would destroy work.
men In order TO pay compensation, or that
workmen would make an end OF themselves 50
as to leave their families provided for without
further trouble. Bit there is no doubt that
with the universal habit Of reinsuring against
the Compensation act. there Is not now the
constant care to avoid accidents that the
knowledge of individual liability on
the part Of the employer and uncertainty Of
compensation on the part OF the employed
impressed upon all classes engaged
In British industry.
A meeting of the Bishops at Lambeth Palace
this week. presided over by the Archbishop Of
resolved to take immediate steps
for a solution OF the crisis In the Church OF
England. 1t was hardly a spontaneous act, for
the chief change In prospect is a whiting
of the Bishops own veto upon proceed
ings that are attempted to be taken against
In his diocese for ritualistic practices
not In accordance with the formularies Of the
Church Of England. So far 1t is a
point gained by the.Iow. or Broad. Churchmen'
But the Bishops veto may not be tempered
with except by legislation sanctioned by Con-
vocation Il. e.. the clergymen'sp arliament) and
the British Parliament itself. The High
Church party In Convocation and the Discs
party in the House OF Commons
will. from their opposite points Of view, oppose
such legislation. The probable outcome Is a
transference OF the great proportion Of indif-
'erent laymen to the Disestablishment side.
That. however. Ia not the crisis that troubles
he Church at present. Sir William Harcourt.
who has led the attack on the rituallsts with
Tigor and a wealth OF ecclesiastical law. says
hat a state OF lawlesaness may arise in any
'ociety from various causes-dofects In the
nw itself. an indisposition on the part Of mem ,
'ers OF that society to obey tho law. default on
he part OF the authority whose duty 1t is to
that law.
AS to the last two causes" he writes, that
here exists In a section Of the clerical body a
assistance and contempt for the law Of the
church is plain and undisputed. The def
Ince OF the law is open and avowed. In re-
pect to the administrator OF the law the au-
horities to whom II Is committed have DELHI
'ratoly determined to nullify its operation and !
o make II OF no effect 4