The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-21

Z CARLO DoLcE's est. CECILIA"
Reproduction Of halftone from Emusic in {
The best idea of her method may be
gathered from the following, taken from
her comments on the Carlo Dolce est.
Cecilia" of which halftone reproduce
ton is given herewith thru the courtesy
of Nathaniel Mccarthy. Speaking Of this
example Of the artists work. she says:
In this, as In nearly all his paintings. soft
reds. blues and yellows are used, and SO beau
tifully are they blended that the whole effect
Is as OF rich glow of light from behind the
canvas. The sweetness and spirit of devotion so
characteristic Of his work is very evident in this
picture. It was this quality which made him
SO successful painter of feminine personages
Seated at the organ, her face in profile, his
st. Cecilia gazes meditattvely at the keys, as
she lightly touches them with her fingers.
A golden aureole surmounts her soft brown
hair, and stem of white lilies, the symbol Of
chastity, is seen at her left. Her dress is of
yellow satin, with sleeves Of white and brown
yelling, draped around her shoulders, is held In
place BY ruby mounted in gold and surrounded
by pearls A gold-bordered violet drapery is
thrown across her arms and red cloth Grapes
the upper part of the organ. The tender senti-
alent Of the whole composition impresses one.
The general subject is worked out in
chronological order, beginning with Myth
and Enchantment," followed by est. Ce-
ella" 1.-THE Composers" "Poets and He
roes,'' youth and Love- and worship"
There is a useful photography and an in
dex to artists. There are thirty-three
good halftone reproductions of pictures
discussed
Mrs, STAIRS Gardens of the carIbbees
is a delightful story Of cruise in our
American Mediterranean" a name by
which the Gulf Of Mexico and the Carib-
hean sea yUhOSa wa tars rnine1e ara nov,
becoming known. Mrs. Starr writes with
the vivacity and sparkle of a young girl
who observes things and easily perceives
beauty or blemish. If she playfully dis
closes a vision of dirt and insanitation in
lovely Charlotte Amalie. the picturesque
capital Of st. Thomas, she tells us with
alluring emphasis Of the beauties of the
old town. If she sees human degrada
tion in Martinique, she grows enthusiastic
over the romantic atmosphere of St.
Pierre. She saw Martinique before the
cataclysm Of 1902, and st. Pierre is to
her but a sadly sweet memory now. She
was in Santo Domingo during a brief in
terval between the insular revolutions,
and was charmed with the country God
! made beautiful and which man chooses
to make a hell at odd times. Coming
into San Juan, she found the passage
from the ancient fort on the headland to
| the city beyond "a progression of delicious
SO clean that even the trailer of skirts
might be forgiven, for once, her lack
Of common decency." So thru the list
of beautiful tropical islands-emeralds in
blue settings-this pleasant raconteur tells
us funny incidents, as well as portrays
| all the beautiful things she saw, and one
closes the book with a sigh, wondering
if the pleasant causeuse grew weary of her
own talk. Says Mrs Starr ooh, these
comfortable American consuls of the trop-
les! They live among flowers and palms;
arise late and go to their town offices
| by noon; then business grows dull and
they bolt their offices at or o'clock
| some cool mountain suburb, to rest from
| the wearisome grind of diplomacy
| A pretty story Tor young folks is Fran
| ces Fox's Little Lady Marjorie, telling
I about dreadful storm off Old Mackinaw,
and how Peter McDougal took little
baby who was rescued from wreck and
brought her to his home with the name
| Marjorie pinned on her shoulder. Long
afterward "Marjorie's" parents turn up,
/ but a good deal happens before that
1 happy time.
| The children who read Mr.. Hopkins
| The Sand Man WILL no doubt, eagerly
devour his new book of the same name
containing new farm stories. which he
knows SO well how to tell. Few books
have portrayed old time life on the farm,
and in the country so closely as "The Sand
Man." John and Charles are true types
| of the country lads who have their hard
work, there little tragedies and comedies
and encounter happenings which give
great variety to life The book is we'll
illustrated.
cSl
cusly gifted writer of stories for boys. and
his TWO Young Lumbermen will delight
his many readers, and there is no doubt
that their seniors will find much that will
interest them. Orle Bradford's sturdy
manhood, his persistent honesty and push
ing industry under adverse conditions
! brought to himsthe friendship and admira.-
/ ton of Owen Webb, a young lumbermAn
! like himself The book incidentally de-
tails the work of numbering in the Maine
woods and shows the injury inflicted on
that business by the pulp mills whose vo-
i racious appetite for spruce timber for pa
| per-making purposes, makes heavy in
roads in that direction. The heroes ulti-
nately get to Washington state and Brad
ford finds that a tract of land purchased
by his father many years before his death,
and regarded by the family as a dead in
vestment, has become the foundation of a
fortune.
The late Prosper Merimee's name is one
of the most distinguished on the register
of the .immortals'' Of the French Acad-
Icmy. His Colombia, a story of-a Corsican
/. vendetta, is conceded to be his finest
work Colonel Nevil, an Irish colonel
went to Corsica with his daughter Lydia,
4 because she was weary. of other lands
and wanted to see something .extraordi-
nary" She saw it., and met the heroine
Mile. COLOMBIA. who is necessarily the soul
of the story, anG, figures in many thrilling
and tragical situa3 ions.
! THE MAGAZINES
The Duty Of the American Schoiar-Wil-
liam Morton Payne tells US what it is in
The International Quarterly, December
March. He puts It in summing up thus: