New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-30

The ideals and new passions 81 "cih III l'S
system. NJ. Vogue thinks Mr. Roosevelt's virile
conception of the duties rights and response
biIities OF good citizens comes to old Europe
as a sort Of a mental revolution. He ascribes
Mr. Roosevelrs popularity to the fact that the
Presidents words and actions FUN the loeal
| in process Of formation in the brain of the
young republic NJ. VogUe finds in the pages
OF the militant President" nothing OF the meta
physical aggressiveness Of a French writer
such as Joseph de Maistre. for instance nor
anv glfttering generaIities of Gacan claptrap
oratory with the misuse of the words democ-
racy. liberty republicansm and humanity but
downright manly common sense from the be
ginning to the end set forth with straightfor-
ward originality and fearlessness and with con-
ceptions as different from our own as might
well be those OF the inhabitants of Mars or
Saturn although both France and the United
States are republics" M. Vogue refers to Mr..
Roosevelt as the champion Of the new standard
Of life declares that his personality corresponds
exactly to the actual phase of the psychological
life of his nation and predicts that he will never
be Cromwell. but nothing more than Wash
ington; but Washington imbued with imperial
ism not for himself but for his people"
The "Matin," taking up the same subject.
draws a contrast I'm its leading editorial to-day
between the United States of America and the
disunited states of Europe. and points out the
fallacy of the proposals OF NJ. Jonmart and other
French and European politicians tending to
coalition to thwart the American commercial
and industrial invasion by protective tariff
and customs unions plan. which the "Matin
pronounces only worthy Of men with heads of
ostriches The ''Matin'' considers that all the
states of disunited Europe should first of all
abandon the present armed truce and think Of
other things than spending the largest portion
OF their resources in ornaments unless they are
he vanqushed by American competition.
They must disarm and develop industry and
apply themselves to turning out products as
good and cheap those that come from the
United States
NJ. Jusserand. who is to succeed NJ. Cambon
at Washington. is now in Paris. He is about
to start visit 10 his family homestead near
the Chevennes Mountains IN Central France,
and. s he has been absent from France for four
years. arrange his affairs. As matters now
stand the new ambassa dor intends TO sail, in
company with Nine Jusserand some time in
January for his new post NJ. Jusserand is fore
most among the many French admirers of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's books. and relates a happy
augury that when at Bernstorff Castle. in Den
mark. the day that he was first appraised of his
selection as ambassador at Washington, the
Princess Taldemar who is the daughter of the
Due de Chartres remarked to him that she had
been reading a book that interested her in
tensey and said, 1T is written ny an Amer-
can. who. singularly enough. has the same name
the American President. 1t is all about
shooting and hunting big game"
Why replied NJ. Jusserand. 1t is written
by the American President. and ! have just
learned this morning that in my professional
duties I am to be accredited TO the author"
Princess Waldemar. highly amused. remarked.
well. President President, he has writ
ten the best book of its kind have ever read"
The new medium of solid colors in the form
of pencils, entirely obvating the Of the
brush, invented last February by Raffaeli,
which that master and influential group OF
French artists say is the most important inno-
walton OF the kind since Jan Van Eyck discov-
cred the method Of mixing cOIors with oil in
stead of glue. for the first time put before
the public yesterday by exhibition at the
Durand-Ruel Gallery of seventy-two paintings
by Rafaelll. Albert Besnard. Carrier Belleuse
and others all executed In the new medium
which many of the younger painters here say
will produce revolution in the art of painting
The exhibition has aroused keen interest and
discussion. The works of the artists retain all
their distinct individuality. and have the fresh
and briancy of pastels.
The nature of Raffaelli's invention was de
scribed some months ago in The Tribune
Rafaelli is fully satisfied with the results
obtained by the group Of artists and painters
who have adopted his medium Several critics
and painters. notably Claude Monet. object
that with the Rafaeii pencil il is difficult If
not impossible, to attain that iuency and grace
which they maintain can only he secured
by the of the brush. On the other hand.
Albert Besnard. in the four paintings which he
has done with the new medium. gives the fullest
measure of that color fuency and soft harmony
which are essential characteristics of that mas
ter's work The consensus Of opinion here is
that the Rafaell medium greatly simpliies the
art of painting, that il has increased the meth
DDS of obtaining variety of expression, and
very small proportion of oil mingled with the
Raffaelli pencil-only one-tenth Of the quantity
required by ordinary oil paints-wilI make the
color absolutely Interchangeable and durable for
there will be longer the oxidation of the
oil in contact with the air, which darIlens and
furnishes the coors, and deleterious siccatives
or drying materials will no longer be needed.
Some of the more conservative masters admit
all this, but are loath to abandon the brush by
which their regulations have been made and
start out upon professional career, as II
were, with Raffaelli's revolutionary invention.
Several painters like Chartran, Gervex. Dag
nan Bouveret and Ger0me think that the best
results may be obtained by using both the old
fashioned brush and the new Rafaelli pencils
in combination, according to the exigencies Of
the work All painters of pastel here, women
as well men, enthusiastic over the Raj
felli pencil.
NJ. Heller, who is considered in Paris the
most skilled and adept among Partisan artists
in delineating in sangunes in pastel draw
ing the gestures. attitudes movements and
above ALL the modernity of the great ladies of
fashionable society, as well as of Partisan