The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-09
FEBRUARY MAGAZINES

rGohUAhY MAGAZINES.
The Engineering Magazine for Eo,,.,,
airy, Following the great Works Manage
lnent Number which appeared last
Mcnth, admirably sustains the interest
III the practical modern science of In
dustrial engineering which it has made
ITS peculiar field. The leading place fs
given to Mr.. A. H. Fords illustrated arti
Gle on Russia's internal waterways. This
Is IolIowed by thoughtful review, oy
MI {. l.. Redheld, of Anglo AmerIcan
industrial supremacy, showing that ad-
Vantages Of racial constitution of geo
graphical possessions and of political
and social ideals assure the dominance
OF the English-speaking peoples.
MI Sidney Walker has finely illus
trated study of electr1c-power applica-
tons in iron and steel works. Mr.. Char
Teton begins a series of Illustrated arti-
cles on Gold Mining In Western AIS
tralia." Mr.. B. H. Thwaite discusses
Auxiliary Steam and Water Devices for
Water-Tube Boilers" the text being ex-
planned by many cuts. Mr. Rous Mar
ter shows that high speed on railways
is the counterpart of intensified produc-
ticn in the factory-a necessity in the
modern struggle for constantly bettered
economy. Sir B. C.. Browne traces the
relative merits and proper functions of
the piece-rate and premium-plan wage
systems, and the conditions under which
either should be adopted. Mr.. Hogue
has a brief, pointed contribution the
organization Of the sales department and
Mr.. c. B. Going presents an original and
effective argument for arbitration of Ia
Dor disputes. The comprehensive Review
and Index of the Engineering Press con-
cludes the number.
The North American Review contains
since his return from Europe 1t Is en-
titled ITO the Person Sitting in Dark
ness" Ex-President Benjamin Harrison
contributes Musings Upon Current Top
les" In a mastery paper Senator III.
Cabot Lodge describes the life Of John
Marshall, the great chief justice, and the
Invaluable services which he rendered to
his country. A European writer, famed
on both sides of the Atlantic. who de-
scribes himself as ga Continental OBJ
server" gives his conception of What
England Ought to Do to preserve her
place and power in the world. Capt. w.
Crozier, U. S. A, who served in the recent
expedition to Pekin as chief ordnance
officer on Gen. Chaffee's staff, gives
description, not altogether compliment
tary, of the American forces as COM
pared with the other troops who marched
and fought by their side. DR.. Allan Nc
Lane Hamilton advocates the revision
of the law so as to provide adequate
Legal Safeguards of Sanity and Protec-
ton of the Insane" Augustine Birreli
enumerates the influences and events
which in his judgment, are the "Cause
of the Conservatism of England" ]. B.
Forgan, president of the First National
Bank of Chicago, deprecates any tinker
ing with the law relating to banking,
bearing testimony to the Practical Eff
ficiency of the Banking Law" Perry
Belmont, in an article hristling with hos
tility to Mr.. Bryan, writes of the Plight
Of the Democratic Party Marion L.
Dawson discusses 1.-The South and the
Negro" A. R. Smith replies to Louis
Windmuller's criticisms of the ship sub
sidy bill, which were published in the
January number. Sikhism and the
Sil6hs,' in the series on great religions
of the world. forms the subject of a lucid
and interesting paper by Sir Lepel Grit
fin. w. D. HoWells contributes an orig
1nal appreciation of Mark Twain and his
literary methods and standards, and
Lady Jeune, we'll known leader of Lon
don society, who enjoyed the friendship
Of the late queen, writes a charming es-
say on Victoria and Her Reign
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The frontispiece to the Magazine of
Art for February is the wonderful pic
ture In the Wallace collection by Frans
HAS entitled 1.-The Laughing Cavalier"
taken from the note on the picture: "The
Laughing Cavalier" which used to go bv
the name of Portrait of an Officer" was
painted at about the same time as the
picture in the Kicks museum in Amster-
dam supposed to represent the artists
self and his wife; they have this in COM
mon, that both works display a genuine
and subtle smile rather than an open
laugh. The Count PourtaIes purchased
this superb canvas from M NieCWenhuys
for ESQ, and when Lord Hartford bought
1t at auction in 1865. he did so with a
single bid of f2,040--a sum many times
larger than had ever been given for a
Halls before The effect was MAGICAL.
in the opinion of the art collecting world,
who followed the do;ngs Of the arch-ama-
teur with close observation, Halls went
up like a rocket, and ne has remained
there ever since Up to that time no work
Of his had fetched any but a despicabe
price in London sale room; soon after
the well known Portrait CT a Gentle
man" in a black hat, dress and gloves.
fetched rore than ECO "1he Laughing
Cavalier" was lent by Sir Richard Wal
lace to the old masters in 1888, and there
attracted extraordinary attention. It
wss one Of Lord Hertfords favorite pic
lures: 1t hung In the ''rotunda" in his
rooms in the Rue Laftte-the apartment
which was supposed to contain the or am
of his collection. along with several
others which are being illustrated in this
series.
In the February number of Casselrs
Magazine, Mr.. F. Dolman writes on the
'Portraiture of Women" OF the work OF
Mr.. Solomon ]. Solomon A. R. A.. he
says: AS rule, he never wants more
thanten or twelve sittlncs. but each sit
ting usually lasts three hours 81 always
try to paint in the head at one sitting"
Mr.. Solomon tells ms," and IL I am not
successful L scrape it all out and begin
again at the next sitting. L always con-
suit ladies'. own wishes as to attitude,
dress, etc. They usually know how they
look best. Once or twice, however a
pretty woman has come to me without
touch of the vanity which every pretty
woman ought to have. and then / have
been obliged to dictate how she is to
dress and look and sit. OF course with
women who are not pretty different poses
must be adopted. Much can be done by
drapery, and good deal will depend
upon the chair. In some WAYS, Mr.. 500
mon considers ladies can be best painted
In their own homes. They arc usually
more natural and at greater ease there.
in the midst of their accustomed sur
rnundings. On the other hand I'm
private house there IS usually consider
able difficulty about the light. and fos
this reason Mr. Solomon prefers to paint
all his portraits in his own studio Only
in exceptional circumsIances, such as
Illness, has a lady sat to him In her own
hcme For the purnese of portrait
painting" he remarks. ut takes soma
time to get used to ones studio. Some
painters always put their sitter in the
same part OF the room where they know
exactly what effect the light will have,
but l ike to change the position OF my
sitter according 10 circumstances.