New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

to be their rights. The treatment is subdued In
color and devoid Of exaggeration
There is very strong work among the Amerl-
can canvases Among American pictures sin
gled out for exceptional praise by the French
critics are Mr.. George Hitchcocks "TAche de
Soleil Blonde"-a Dutch girl wearing quaint
national headdress and plucking mauve and
white blossoms from tree bathed in sunshine
and Mr.. Ridgeway knights "Quetude'-a young
girl peasant seated by stone wall, with the
valley OF the Seine in the background. Among
the most admired Joseph Balls Cinderella
and Jules AdleT's Strikers at Creusot already
mentioned. Mr.. Albert Lynchs Portrait OF a
Lady" in white bali dress standing at a table
is also highly commented upon, and is an ex-
quisite bit of coloring. Mr. Edwin Lord Weeks
has 'Bayadere Indienne" seated at lattice
window, revealing charming view Of a
river and Indian sky. the rich red and blue
tones Of the bayadere making of his most
effective compositions. Mr.. Tanners "Sainte-
Marie is a figure reclining in a lazaretto beside
corpse concealed by pile OF blankets Mr..
Charles Sprague Pearce's Children Fishing In
the Disc" is excellent in drawing and bright and
pleasing in color. Mr.. Avon Knights large
water color Of the Chateau of Gibson, in Brit
tany. is put in the place of honor in the
aquareIle exhibits. and the artists oil
painting of "A Dutch Canal" is spoken Of for
1t would be unfair to close even cursory re-
view of the Salon without mentioning that the
French critics speak highly of the American
women painters. Special praise Is with justice
given by them to Miss Dickson's Isabelle,
girl in gray seated at a table near window,
painted against the light. Miss Antonette Par
sons's Family of Dutch Fishing Folk" Miss
Mary Greene's Regard Fugitive a girl glanc
ing at a mirror: Miss Goodwins LIE tio1ter.'
Miss Mabel Deming's I'm Jour Sombre'' and
Miss Greenleaf Perry's Portrait of Man"
spirited and cleverly drawn.
Among the statuary MacMonnies's heroic
group in bronze. representing the soldiers Of
1868 and 1860 sort of synthetic composition
of many battles, looms UP over all else, with
its dozen figures bristling with bayonets. swords,
drums and bugles. A companion group, The
Navy" is being cast, and the two will be sent
to Brooklyn and placed the arch in the Pros
pect Park Plaza.
Among the passengers the steamer New
York from Cherbourg are Mrs. L. p Morton,
Miss Morton. Miss Helen Morton, Miss Alice
Morton Mr.. and Mrs. James P Dawes the
Misses Dawes, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. w. Gibbs,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Waller Mrs. Frederick D.
Grant Mrs. Charles Cruft, the Misses Cruft,
Herman C. Norman, secretary of the British
Embassy at Washington; William c. Eustis. j.
D. Astor, T. s. Bogert Winthrop Aston Chanler,
E. S. Hardness. James L. Gardner. Herbert
Mather Mr.. and Mrs Boerne Bettman, the Rev.
Spencer Bubb, ]. Chapman. D. S. Draper w. P.
Draper. James Mcdonald, James Mcdonald, jr.,
and w. E r. Macleod. The passengers La
Gascogne from Havre include NJ. and Nine.
Emile Utard and Mrs. Welsch. The following
left Paris to sail on the Campania; Mr. and Mrs,
r. Turnbull and two daughters, Miss Morse.
Colonel and Mrs. Gebhardt and H. E. Wanna
maker c. l. B.