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long. And then, you know, ! studied for
a time, myself | can appreciate produc-
tion, even if l failed in producing. Where
fore, have Mr.. Powell
Mrs. Henderson has it that Lucian Pow
ell is the American Turner. The glow
and warmth Of the Venetians are certain
ly reminiscent of the earlier painter.
Some of the seventy or eighty Powells
scattered over the walls Of this twentieth
century palace might very easily be
taken for Turner's.
1t is because of this likening to Turner
that Mrs Henderson has Lucian Powell
work exclusively for her. Turner is her
ideal And here, in this one word.
ideal" we have the keynote of Mrs. Hen
derson. of Henderson Castle, towit:
Other times Mr. Powell has had as
patrons the Archbishop of Canterbury,
Lord Psuncefote, Mrs. Charles Sprague,
Mrs. A. l.. Barber. and Mrs. Griggs, wife
of the one-time Attorney General.
derson, Of Henderson Castle. To-wit:
falls on the painting. We'll" she says,
Come this way" says the lady. We
pass from the rose reception room into an
3.
The day is dark. The dull grey clouds
have everything their own way in the sky
outside. Mrs. Henderson touches but
ton, and an electric sun shines down from
a dome-like ceiling Color takes shape
in every corner. high-hung canvas of
noble dimensions stands out as the CEN
tral object. A daughter of the Orient,
languid, Yoluptuous, palpitant, reclines on
couch of pomp and luxury. One round
ed arm, naked save for bracelet, is raised
about her head, and lost in the filmy folds
of the cushions. The other arm drops
lightly at her side. A second figure
stretches gracefully on a nearby couch.
In the back, a turbaned black is picking
dreamily at the strings of a guitar.
do you like the Constant" asked Mrs
Henderson. 1t is apparent that she does.
lod, brtc lrfu to "a,
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Lock" she says, proudly quickly. as
| she says and does everything. She turns
| to a portable light, and the full blaze
| falls on thep ainting. Well" she says.
| and there you have it. l consider this
| easily the best of the Yellowstones ever
done. l have seen Morans. The Govern
ment bought them for the Capitol. They
are not to be compared with this. They
! are-well, they are Photographic
After this, it is unnecessary to add that
the vote of Mrs. Henderson IS cast in
favor OF idealization.
The majority of the inches of wall are
| Powell inches. And the majority of the
Powells are Venetians. Appealing most
strongly to the senses is one called, THE
Lifting of the Mist" 1t is poetry in oil
The picture grows before your eyes. as
the gradual rising of the sun makes clear
things that have been dim and hazy.
There are suggestion, sentiment. and
look at it, and fall into day-dream, re-
peating:
Last night ! dreamed We were aioat
Ny love and !. in fairy boat,
The troubles of earth we had risen above,
And were sailing along 4 Of love.
| Color, color, color, that is the Powell
working plan. Color and gladness. Color
and bright thought. And. after that.
warmth. One might wrap himself in a
many-hued blanket, sink down before the
roaring logs of a country fireplace, wide
and hedged in with ancient andirons, and
dream the things that Powell brings out
with his brush.
As for the artist himself he says his
Venetians are Venice as he has seen it.
And then, there is the sea. Most peo-
pie, says Mrs. Henderson. changing the
position of the swinging light SO that it
shines full on a marine, are not willing
to give any artist the palm over Rich
ards" The lighted picture is n Richards.
Now" and again there is a Juggling at
the frames lined up against the base
board and again picture is run out into
prominence. This too, is a marine. II is
a take-hold- -of-you marine. II is strength.
The waves are rolling high. The
wind is blowing gale. There is no beach
line in evidence only the wildness of the
leaping waters. And yet in all this riot
OF tameless ocean is the suggestion Of
joy, of golden days and of tinkling bells.
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WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH OUR PUBLIC SCHOOS2EA& WANTS 70 KNOW

assigned By the onniootent board 20 be
covered within specified time; and the
time is always too short for thoroughness;
so the teacher is obliged to impose an
amount of work TO be done outside that is
sometimes really appalling. The girl is
ordinarily in state OF feverish anxiety to
do well in her studies, so she neglects play
and exercise and becomes weak and thin
and pale The boy. if he is a hearty.
healthy. noisy animal. as a BOY ought 10
be, is happily Indifferent to good standing
and high marks, and studies merely
enough to pass his examinations.
When VIII people In general. and school
boards in particular, learn that the ma
tion needs membrane. strong and
healthy men-to do it's work and gain its
victories; and brave, strong, and healthy
women to make its homes and give birth
TO it's children? Ii has no need OF weak.
feeble, nerveless nonentities who have
educated their brains at the expense of
their bodies. True education should cul-
tivate both in proper measure.
Surely there can be but one worthy
object in education. which Is to make
true men and women, or perhaps l
should say, true gentlemen and gentle
women. ANY other purpose is futile and
pernicious. r. A II.
January 25. 1902.
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asks Mrs. Henderson, triumphantly. There
is no denying that IT is so-but then there
are nobler Richards marines than the one
in Henderson Castle. This without dis
paragement to The Powell which has been
mentioned.
Then the light shines on the pictures
OF many painters. On lion of Gerome,
tawny, powerful, calm, sharply outlined
against a rounded rock. On a young girl
by Bougereau. and q meeting of peasants
by Ridgeley knight. And on many more
Powells. fine examples Of the Tur-
neresque.
And where enquiry is made, does all
this greatness take shape?''
Mr.. Powell's studio is upstairs says
Mrs. Henderson.
Il should like a picture of him at
work"
ON says the lady. doubtfuliy, almost
protestingly, do you think It necessary?
The place is not over orderly
There comes the idealist again.
BE it so,' urge. "it is just that point
should like to bring OUT
Il do not think it would be artistic
says Mrs. Henderson, with growing hesi-
fancy, still. you may see the ROOM
The room is the workshop of a man
who paints. There is a rude easel in
the centre, and before it sits Lucian
Powell, fingers smeared to a rainbow eff
feet, clothing splotched with many colors,
eyes on Venetian canvas before him.
"oh. that easel," says Mrs. Henderson.
almost tearfully; 1T was a makeshift for
the convenience of Benjamin Constant.
We had not time to have an easel brought
in. the butler fixed this up after his
own Ideas. And ncw Mr.. Powell will not
let it be taken away
ut is a good easel.'' said Mr. Powell,
simply. 1T holds my canvases.''
Mrs. Henderson shrugs her shoulders.
VIII the tops of the plank show in the
photograph" she asks.
Il hope so,'' tell her. She looks at
me, pityingly.
''At all events" she says, ''Iet us put
this table out of sight"
The table holds conglomeration of
tine bottles half-illed. sketches started,
palettes and the like.
Please DON'T say, earnestly. Mrs.
Henderson sighs. AT least, let me stretch
a nice rug on the floor she pleads, and
rushes into the nearest hall. We accept
the rug, but only that the camera may
rest upon it and not slip on the smooth
and polished floor.
All around are water colors. Sixty
five," says Mr.. Powell. Pretty good
showing for one summer in Venice. eh?"
1t is pretty good showing very
pretty showing.
You must work fast" 1 say to the
artist.
Two a day. on an average" says Mr..
Powell; that is, of course, the little
fellows. l met Martin Rico in Venice
last summer We'd start on the same
subject. When I'd have mine finished, he'd
stili be at work on one gondola."
And he works very rapidly on his sea
subjects. too" says Mrs. Henderson.
"oh. as for that" says Mr. Powell, de-
cidedly. 7 don't call that painting. As
soon as you get your general scheme you
can lay in the wave lines as fast as your
hand can move"
Mr.. Powell can do this. He knows how
But his statement is not convincing as a
generalization
And then the photographs CT the work
shop are taken. And the businesslike
table is not relegatei to the rear. Nor
are the vari-colcred rugs brought within
the focus. There is no idealization be-
f,re the camera. And the mistress OF
Castle Henderson signs.
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The lady brushes briskly to another side
of the room. She catches up the heavy
frame of picture resting on the floor
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method of punishment that is in high IA
vor with certain class OF teachers whose
sense and humanity are not their strong
est points. 4 pupil fails, for instance, to
recite a rule of grammar correctly; where
upon he is required to write the rule per
haps a hundred times or more. A case
ot this sort recently came to my notice.
The pupil, a girl OF nervous temperament.
was Obliged to stay after school and write
a rule over and over again until she had
written three thousand five hundred words,
at which point the teacher very kindly
excused her with the expressed hope that
she would go and sin no more.
The effect of this punishment upon the
girl can readily be imagined. 1t is a pity
that the law provides go penalty for such
cruelty on the part of a teacher; but, un-
fortunately in some cases, the law holds
that persons of unsound mind are not to
be held responsible for their wrongdoing,
so there is no process by which this teach
er can legally be restrained, except by
confning her in a madhouse; which would
work severe hardship to the other pa
tients.
Another evil is the requiring of excess
sive home study, especially in the High
School For this. however, the individual
teachers are not 10 blame. except in rare
instances. 4 certain amount of ground is
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cially of the studies in the High School.
Here certain studies are prescribed
through the whole course, and must be
pursued to the satisfaction of the faculty.
or the student is refused diploma.
These subjects may have absolutely no
interest or profit for the pupil; they may,
in fact, cause him to waste much valuable
time and finally fail to graduate; but
they are prescribed, and from the law of
the board there is, apparently, no ap-
peal, save to heaven. The pupil must
either adapt himself to the requirements
of the course, or he must go to the wall.
II is a new application of the doctrine of
the survival of the fittest." Only mt
test must here be taken with certain
notifications.
The theory seems TO be that distaste-
full studies afford the best mental dis
cipline;" though why this should be |
confess humbly | am unable to under
stand. II seems to me that they are far
more likely to have the contrary effect,
IN making the student Indifferent and
slovenly In his mental habits.
Observe the man who continues to study
after he has left school. Does he amuse
himself with Latin, which he hated at
school, and eschew mathematics, which
he loved? Or does hs follow his natural
bent. throwing his Virgil TO the winds,
Evening journal., 1902-12-05
ME TO uNoINARIAsIs

Gentle reader. have you ever suffered
from that tired feeling whose symp-
toms are a general lassitude, desire
TO lie abed while others are going to
work in the morning, and a general
disposition to avoid work? Do you
experience a weakness OF the limbs
with tendency TO break out into a
cold sweat when there is a-suggestion
that a SHUTTLE OF coal is needed, or that
the snow should be shoveled of the
sidewalk? II you have you have prob
ably heard others, who were unfeeling
and who failed 20 sympathize witt
you, set it down as plain leziness, but
they have done you a grievous wrong.
Science has come forward with {
new name for your disease, and nov
you have the gratifying assurance tina
your trouble is due to little pest il
your system called "uncinariasis.
Blest little microbe, His discover,
will prove boon to the race. In futur
Evening journal., 1902-12-05
WE'VE cor THE BRIDGE

The Levy Court has accepted the
Seventh street bridge. and paid for IT,;
and since the matter is finally disposed
of, all will breathe sigh of relief. The
whole matter from the beginning was
surrounded with a mystery which lead
TO the inevitable conclusion that the
county was being exploited.
The present Levy Court has done its
best TO straighten out the tangle, but
the legacy left by the old body was a
plague and o source of annoyance. The
bridge was to be sold at sheriffs sale,
and since the county had already paid
$4,000, 1t became necessary TO take
some action to secure that amount. The
course taken was probably the best so
luton
We have the bridge, and doubtless II
will now be turned on. We have had
our lesson. and we presume that never
again will Levy Courts and Bridge
Committees so juggle with county
moneys; but should this occur, in the
light of the recent revelations, there
would probably be coat OF tar and
feathers awaiting the offenders. We
repeat that the present Levy Court has
done its full duty in this matter, but
Il had a tangle OF contracts, specifica
tions and agreements such as nobody
could straighten out
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EDITORIAL OPINION
General Young
From the Washington star.

From the Washington Star.
Good for General Young! His
speech in defencs Of the army in the
Philippines was that OF a soldier and
a patriot. He knows what war is, he
knows what was done in the Archi-
pelago while the Filipinos were in arms
against American authority, and he
loves and respects his country. His
words, therefore have a weight a
thousand times greater than that at
tachlng to thosa OF sentimentalists
slghing for the millennium, but do
ing nothing TO hurry its arrival, or to
those OF politicians figuring ON votes
and willing TO befoul the home nest in
an effort TO obtain power. The army
in the Philippines and elsewhere is all
right IL is composed of American
citizens who have been Iiaared under
free institutions, and ii is commanded
by men who have shown themselves
equal to every emergency. The coun-
try is proud, and has full reason Ito be,
OF the men who wear its uniform, and
which proceeds from politics
or mere biliousness but adds to the
public sense OF the debt we owe them.
Evening journal., 1902-12-05
Gambling

From the Boston Evening Transcript
Italy is finding her receipts from
the Government lottery decreasing.
This is said to be due TO the general in
crease in education in that country, 1t
being a rule that the LATEST and most
ignorant Of the population contribute
most to this form OF taxation. The
same thing is true in Germany and
Russia and, indeed, the world over
gambling is the vice of undisciplined
minds. The Indian, the uncultured
Chinaman, and the unschooled negro
are types Of persistent gamblers. Edu-
Gated men indulge in games Of chance
as amusement, but they become dissi-
pated at such pursuits only In excep-
tional instances, and the so-called
stock gambler is but an incidental
manifestation of a tendency not yet
wholly overcome by race development.
Broadly speaking, the tendency 10
take long chances In everyday affairs
is a survival OF those primitive times
when men had TO venture everything
to attain anything; an instinct which
served the man with a flint club and a
cave dwelling far better than It can
those OF this generation.
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FRIDAY, DEoEmBER ), 1902
MORE BRIBERY TALK

We published yesterday rather in
teresting and instructive address de-
livered before the students OF one Of
our educational institutions by the
Rev. w. l.. S. Murray. The theme was
Bribery" and the speaker made it
plain that the crime is against morals
and good business principles.
DR.. Murray well says:
Some would separate the politician
from the man, but this is impossible
for no man can lie as n politician and
be truthful as a man. The politician
and the man are one and inseparable
And again:
Every voter is a sovereign. Merce-
nary voting is treason. Bribery Is
poison in the common well where all
drink. Now, look at this as business
men. From our voters we elnct our
lawmakers. You want good laws
laws that will help. rather than hinder
trade. Laws against gambling, against
vice and immortality of every kind. for
these tear down. waste and impoyer-
ish, but n the fountain has been cor
rupted. what OF the stream. If voters
have been bribed. why may not the
lawmakers? Then the time may come
when you may need lawyers, witnesses
and courts of justice. II voters are cor
unptad from whom all these come,
why may not these be corrupted also?
All Of the above is profoundly true,
and needs to be emphasized from every
pulpit and by every teacher. But If
this is true of the poor and the igncr-
ant who take bribes, what must we
say Of the person who originates a
system Of wholesale debauchery, who
regards the thousands who are weak
as proper subjects to prey upCn2 What
must we think OF one who increases
bribery fourfold by furnishing the
bribes? And whose only hope OF sue
cess lies in corrupting still more?
Thon, what must be our opinion Of
church members who back up that sort
of a rascal, and who work in his in
terests and wink at this bribery that
we all know extends till it reaches all
who will take bribes? And how are
we 10 Itkdlu luC NNhAhNb VI NNA'eAA"
ministers of the gospel who countenance
the aspiration of man who has been
the source OF all Of this debauchery?
DR.. Murray declares that mercenary
voting is treason, and he is right But
who is the worst, the man who sells his
one vote. or the man who gives the
money for the purchase Of 1000 votesg
There are ways, to be sure, OF eVading
the question:; men with a sanctimoni-
ous smirk on their faces will refuse the
evidence that is all around them. and
ask us to give our information to the
Attorney General. Then they smile
pityingly and think they have done
their whole duty. Mo- AS DR. Murray
says: 'Poliucs cannot be separated
without guilt from the Ten Command
ments:" and, therefore, he who coun'
tenances and supports politica
thug, because in a way he is successful
commits sin that is aggravated b.
cowardice.
Evening journal., 1902-12-05

John Bancroft. Why didn't those ,2O9
Addicls men defeat him for the nomi-
nation? Because there was no such
number. Did Addicks allow John Ban
croft. with a pitiful minority, to carry
of the nomination without protest d?
The answer will reveal the intellectual
and moral poverty OF this modern Mum
chausen.
Following this comes the vote in the
Seventh representative district, one
half of which, it is claimed, the Union
Republicans cast. But since Mr.. Finn
made record in the last Legislature
Of refusing to vote for Addicks. why
was he not opposed at the primaries?
This is another question difficult to am
swer.
Then comes the Thirteenth represen-
tative district, in which the vote is
equally divided again, according to this
authority. Then it may be asked why
was Aspril unopposed? Holding as
many votes as the Unions claim, GER
tainly they got very little out OF It.
But now comes a part Of the table
that makes one gasp for breath. and
almost admire the cool manner in
which 1t is stated. II reads: Union
Republican vote in other New Castle
county districts, 5,S75." Yes; but where
were these figures gotten? How were
they compiled . There is no answer;
1t is simply stated as a fact.
Finally comes the summary: 'TJndon
Republican majority in New Castle
county, 6,s94." Now doesn't that de-
serve a medal? Think OF It, with a
majority of nearly 7,ooo, the Union
Republicans elected but one member of
the Legislature I'M the entire county,
Badly managed, was IL not? When n
party with 9,O4S votes allows another
with 2,154 to wipe the earth up with 1t.
there is certainly something the mat
ter with its leadership.
According TO these figures, Addcks
should have nominated his whole
county ticket, since with the exception
OF one man. the Democratic candidates
failed to poll as many as 1000 votes.
Then, too, If the conclusions the Sun
reaches are correct, Addlcks' candi-
date for Congress should have been
elected over both OF his opponents, but
he wasn't why did he fail? Where
did all OF those Ball votes come from
Surely Addicks is admitting in his or
gan that Byrne proved 10 be e very un-
popular candidate. Then why did Adj
dicks insist ON nominating him? II
Editor Addicls' latest figures are cor
rect, then he failed to show much sense
when he thrust so unpopular a man on
his party. Finally. for an organization
claiming a plurality OF all the votes
cast, both in this county and the State,
to get so little out of it, suggests that
the party leaders run to mouth and are
shy on brains.
Evening journal., 1902-12-05
REEDS CONDITION
VERY CRITICAL
Former Speaker Is Suffering
With Uraemia in Addi-
ton to Appendicitis
Ex-spsaksr Afflicted With UrsemIa in
Addition to kppendicit,s.

FheAhNN ~ FFfchAfNNsos
Washington, Dec. 5.-Last night the
condition of ex-Speaker Thomas B.
Reed, who has been i'll here since
Tuesday evening, was reported to be
critical. DR.. Gardner, one of the at
tending physicians, handed the fol
lowing bulletin to the press:
At 10 p. m. Mr.. Reeds condition was
as follows: Temperature, 100 2-5;
pulse, SS; respiration, "a. Mr. Reed
suffered from some degree of uraemic
coma during the afternoon, but his
mind is again clear. His appendical
symptoms are rapidly subsiding. and
his appendicitis is not an important
factor in his present condition"
DR.. Gardner made two visits to his
patient last evening. leaving the first
time at $50 o'clock. Later he and Drs.
Goodnow and Macdonald came and re-
mained at the hotel for nearly two
hours, some of the time with Mr.. Reed
and the remainder in consultation over
his case. DR.. w. C. Goodnow, of Phila-
delphia, was called into the case as
expert consultant"
DR.. Gardner was not disposed to talk
about the case nor to add anything to
the bulletin. saying that it contained
an exact statement of Mr.. Reeds con
dition.
Evening journal., 1902-12-05

Mr. Robert G. Houston has completed
his first year as Collector Of the Port
OF Wilmington, and a remarkably good
record he has made. AS custodian OF
Federal buildings, he has made many
Improvements and kept all in the best
repair Those having business with
the collectors office have received uni
form courtesy and intelligent consider
alton of all matters in which they we're
interested. Mr.. Houston has three mere
years to serve
Evening journal., 1902-12-05

The eyes Of all politicians are now
oentercd On the Ninth representative
district Of Kent county. Here is a
chance for one fair election If the
honest men Of both parties will see to
It that there shall be no bribery, and
will let it be known that anyone at
tempting to influence voters by a
money consideration will be prose-
cuted, we shall have a result that is
satisfactory. We want to see an honest
vote cast. AID il this is done we shall
hail the victor. no matter which party
he represents. An honest victory rcl
the other fellows party is better thar
a purchased victory for your own.
Evening journal., 1902-12-05
Louhst,s Gift to Roosevelt.

Washington, Dec. 5. - Lieutenant
D'Faramond, naval attacAe of the
French embassy. called at the White
House yesterday to hand to President
Roosevelt a copy of the latest "an
nual," or register OF the French navy
The volume is printed upon pages o.
silk, and is bound in kid. handsomel.
embellished with letters of gold. Presi
dent Loubet. of France. had the bool
made especially for presentation t
the president.
Evening journal., 1902-12-05
LYING IN VARIETY

In yesterdays issue of the sheet Ad-
dicks claims to edit, was most re-
markable table of election returns. ac-
companied by an editorial, in which
there was an attempt to back up a
series OF the most monsrous false
hoods ever extracted from figures.
It begins with the vote Of the Second
representative district giving Jones
1.41S, and Rudolph 7S5. which is cor
rect Then It takes the Third repre-
sentative district giving John Ban
croft .2O9 Union Republican votes
against 873 Regular Republicans. Her
is a self-evident lie II evsr a mai
ran for a nomination as an uncompro
missing Regular Republican, that wa