The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-23
EMPEROR WILLIAM ON ART.
Considers That Humble Scenes Degrade
Work Of Masters

Considers That Humble Scenes Degrade
Work of Masters.
Berln December - Emperor Williams
discourse on art during the dinner vhiri
he gave at the palace on Wednesday even
Ing TO painters aud sculrlors les Tho priu
rlrli topic discussed in the drawing rooms
aud doctoral assrmhiacci bore Ills maj
cs'y's rrpuguAuoc to- ugturallsm nrls SOS. tho
defenders uf tho modern school aver. solely
from his antipathy 70 social democracy. n
IL common talk ~ court that artists such
ms lebemann aud Uhdc, who delight in
scenes representing tho lie Of ihc poor
must he socialists. Tho present bias Of
the emperor artistic opinion is the only
explanation tho critics hnd FOR his CON
demnation Of the work Of BoecIln, Ileber.
mann, Stuck Thomas, Uhde and even Men
2el on whom his mnlesty bestowed the
Order OF tho Black Eagle None Of those
were present at the dinner. but they found
defenders among those who were there
After the ladies' withdrew Emperor WI.
tam took the guests TO tue Heinrichs hal
len, whore over beer and tobucco they
discussed the doctrines his majesty had
lld down i'm his speech. Somo Of those
present plainly intiWatcd they believer nm.
Justice TO some of the hrst artistic names
M Germany had been done In saying thlr
their work brought art down TO the gnLtrl
and his majesty returned argument for an.
gumcnt
O. g Barber w A. Saith Of GLASGOW.
vice chairman Of Bryant a. Mays, George
w Patton, managing director OF the Ola.
mond Match tompouys Liverpool works, j.
w. bartholomew aud Mr.. Graves, directors
OF Bryant Mays, met at Mannheim this
week TO consider the reports Of thpir agents
who have been negotiating for the absorp-
ton OF the match factories of Europe.
Some important concerns are not willing TO
20 IN on the terms offered. After a confer
ence the directors separated, two of them
going To Norway and sweden, expecting to
close with four OF the largest works Mr..
Barber win sail from Liverpool for the
| United states December 90 with the propo-
| sition, which he viii lay before his Amer.
lean associates
This is a gloomy Christmas In Germany
Half a million persons are unemployed and
| the consequent wretchedneSS ddrkcns the
| holidays Even the well-to-dn are most
| indifferent Several charitable societies
have organized In Berlin and holiday con-
tributtons to the poor have been disrihu.ed,
vet the distress seems scarcely diminished
THE municipal councils Of Cologne, LiepSig,
/ Berlin and other cities are discussing the
question OF municipal aid without reaching
anything very definite.
Tho provincial government OF Wcsbadcn
has determined 10 distribute relief from the
provincial treasury. Many thousands of
foreign labOrers, CEechs, Poles, Italians and
Russians. who obtained work In Germany
| during the boom period are being dismiss.
cd, The government approves Of the dis
msSal Of these men and OF giving prefer,
epcc TO Germans.
The census ot the unemployed In Berlin
shows that 5SoI3 persons are out of work
here. The socialists, In interpcllatlug the
municipal government on the subject this
week, said the number would hc $4,000
after the Christmas work was over.