New-York tribune., 1902-11-13
"OVERBOARD WITH THE JONAHr

mems bills for seven or eight years; a million
aire is charged with hiring a fine old Scotch
castle in order TO fill the stately drawing room
with tobacco smoke and whiskey fumes. and TO
play bridge for ruinous stakes on Sundays; and
the smart sets are arraigned in passages like
this:
Men and women who have the privilege of
personally knowing and frequently assoCating
with the royal family are known 10 accept pay
ment for bringing such and such otherwise OBJ
scure persons under the immediate notice Of the
King; and il is a most unfortunate and regret
ia BILE fact that throughout the realm the word
goes that no such obscure persons ever dine
with their sovereign without having paid the
mlddleman for the privilege. II would be
easy matter for the present writer TO name
least dozen well known society women, as
suming 10 be loyal. who make a very good thing
ont Of their loyalty by accepting huge payments
IN exchange for their recommendation or intro
duction 10 royal personages and who add con
siderably to their income by such means. bring
ing the names Of the King and the Queen down
70 their own sordid level of bargain and sale.
with a reckless disregard Of the damaging
suits OF such contemplate conduct. These. are
some Of the very ladies who are most frequently
favored by notice at court. and who occupy the
position Of being in the swagger set. Whereas
the man and woman who are faithful. who hold
the honor of their King dearer than their own
lives, who refuse to truckle 10 the spirit OF
money worship. and who presume 10 denounce
the sickening hypocrisy of modern society life
ana IT'S shameless prostitution OF high ideals,
are bounded by those portions of the press which
are governed by Jew syndcates and sIandered
by every dirty cad that makes his dishonest liV-
ing by putting his hand secretly in his neigh
boris pocket.
Jenkins sometimes moralizes in this strain
after the exposure Of particularly obnoxious
social scandal. but he never ventures to suggest
that the smartest people are making money out
of their connection with the court and their ac-
quaintance with royalty. Miss Coreli who re-
Gently found fault with editor for suppressing
her name in account Of royal function
makes the most serious charges against the
morality and probity OF those In the social en-
vironment Of the court and does not supply a
bill Of particulars in support of her Indictment.
So far as the passage quoted is concerned, II is
a diatribe not against boorish plutocracy but
against social swaggerers of moderate means
who have TO make both ends meet by hook or
by crook In the same way her castigation Of
millionaires for founding free libraries and uni
versity scholarships loses its force when she
attempts 10 explain what use they ought TO
make OF their money. The only practical sug-
gestion OF this kind which she offers IL this
The revival Of the spinning and silk weaving
industries IN England would be a far nobler
and more beneficial help to the country and to
many thousands Of people than any number Of
free libraries, yet no millionaire comes forward
TO join Sir Thomas Wardle in his patient, heroic
and almost single handed efforts toward this
deserving end" There is idolatry in Eng
land much more subtle and demoralizing than
reverence for plutocracy. 1t is idolatry Of rank
and .'smartness." with the inevitable snobbish-
ness that is the incense offered 10 those in SUI
perior social position.
Among the autumnal art shows one Of the
brightest is at the GoupiI Gallery. where there
Is an exhibition of oils, pastels and drawings in
chalk BY Mr. George Clausen. There are about
thirty works by this versatile artist, who in
variably has some experiment in color or tone
IA try or some problem in light to solve, even
in his most unpretentious and rapid drawings.
FJe has the same love for rich effects of color
in masses Of grain or ricks of hay which Sir
Laurence Alma Tadena has for beauty of mar
bic surfaces: and his heart is always in his
work when he paints the interior OF dimly
lipbted harms or the scenes Of harvest time. He
depicts equally well the pictorial disorder Of a
forge with gloomy spaces illumined by the red
not iron under the smiths hammer, or the
tangled effects of foliage and bloom in an or
bard or the golden glow of sunset lighting up
sombre masses of willow trees He Is least sue
oessfuI in painting peasant children, for their
faces as he sees them are sad and wistful, even
when bluebird's eggs are found or clusters of
Wild flowers gathered. At the Mclean Gallery
.hare is a bappiIv varied collection Of nearly a
hundred English and foreign oil paintings. with
two lovely Corots among them; landscape near
Vile d'Avery. and a glimpse Of the banks OF
,bo Seine A large Harpignies, ION the Loire,
srd Van Marcke's "Turnip Field. Early Morn
,rg" are among these treasures. with examples
% I1auNjgny. Diaz Fortuny. Schreyer and Con-
s+ant. and in one corner charming FHermltte'
a French Farm" with a subdued radiance Oh
az oun. The best etchings, as usual. are at the
....l,,,ne+ Gallery where a collection of thirty
,,i,,,. 3 ON exhibition. There are Rembrandts.
Dtirars Meryons. Seymour Hadens, Whistlers
ord Rebans-all characteristic examples OF
r,o,,s styles of etching; and to these are added
| a few new; plates by Mr.. ID. Y Cameron. perhaps
1ba hest of the English workers with needle ana
tiS Ta T., his trial proofs of Chartres and in his
90 des FTlles Dieu, Anglers he succeeds IN
! hrfna1ng out OF the plate the rlch melIow uht
/ ,.trI delights lovers of this beautlru! art; and
| hts line is always sure and his touch sympa-
thetic
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