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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-22
CROKER HURT u. n
IN AUTO SMASH N A|.:i.||
boat races, and then take his automobile
TO Cuba for speed trials. 8
Young Stanley Hurt.
B (Continued from First PaeeO

Newton Stanley the young man on me
motor cycle, Is a nephew OF II. u. STAN
lev. Who drove a Stanley to the top Of
Mount washington last summer. making
the first trip above the cloud in an auto
mobile. MI. Stanley, OF the accident. sag
that he heard a roar behind him, and that
next he knew he was thrown and one
pedal Of his machine was gone. lie sus-
tanned n compound fracture Of the lower
left leg. He will be taken to a hospital
in ST. Augustine tomorrow, where Dr.
!. G.. Marley. the chief surgeon, viii
attend to his injuries.
At n lato hour tonight Frank Croker
was reported By Dir. Parks TO be get-
ting along nicely He is entirely con-
!scious, but Is being kept quiet, His
mother and sister will reach, here to-
morrow. when 1t will be decided whether
Tho will be taken to New York or to the
railway hospital ut st. Augustine. The
nature Of the injury to- tho bones In his
elbow IL snch that wiring is necessary.
u sirThomas Dewar, Of London, reached
here tonight. @
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New Automobile Records

tI3y Associated Press.) s 81,
5s 0TaNIOND IA, an: 81 I'll Y Ill b t5W-
den made a record Of lpiles!inst thirty
five seconds to-day In his automobile
S Major c.. 81. Miller, ofiI,ranklin, Pa. h,
put his sixty horse spow er six cylinder
touring car q t Its best speed to-day, and
covered seventy miles in one hour. NJ ri
ID Mr.. w ebb, OF New York, yesterday made
a mile In thirty-one seconds. ssi
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CASTRO BELLI|GERENT;
ENDS NEGOTIATIONS ! ]: / i |. D ! J.
, US Z iii'IA3
fnWIIA ssoclated 1,ret.as..lI

sII1 Nt;TD JIM q 1t y rned I
TINT not only has President Castro tc 'lt'g
minated Ills negotiations with ittilster
Bowe relating to of tl,e " )
sues betwcen8 the United States and Vcl,e.
jzuela, sbutille has done tho same with \ 10
.diplonatip the Eufo ~
tpen,l5 powers also charged with fuiegotih.' 4
lions, touching claims thelr own go ','''
crnments OF like characte l'. 5i5E9 Z; al
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from ielsingfOrs received by the Assoc
lciated Press tonight, not giving the
slightest intilnation OF the imminence of
"a movement among the Firms. 5 .s3}i 555
Priests Letter.
x h Father Gopon "A has sent a letter to
Minister Of the Interior Prince Sviatoy-s
polk -NIlrsky, begging that Emperor
Nicholas appear al the Winter Palace ialti.
Sunday. The text Of the letter follows:s
ssS our, 3TIxcellency: Worknlen Of all 33
classes in st Petersburg wish to see M
VI tie Emperor at ii o clock 5I. NJ. Jam
II ,,ary 22d. In the square at Tho w inter
gBs Palace In crdnrA TO pcrsonall y EXPIRE tB
Ssa 10 him the needs OF all the Russian 8s
SS people. am assured by all work s \. 4
men. my CO. lnborers al,d comrades,
NJ and even by alleged 5revolut lonlsts, x.
3Etint His Majesty has nothing to fear
i His personal safetyis assured. Let NJ
2. u him come as tho true 1Imperor. with Y
II courageous heart, to his people to
receive the petition from our hands
S that Is demanded by regard for his Ea
@SS 3 wn welfare as well as for that of the 8
inhabitants of ST. Petersburg and
Russia Otherwise tho moral 4 bond
n hitherto existing between the Fan i4
peror and the people may be broken, Is
is your Excellency's high duty
to the Emperor and oasthe entireRiS
people OF Russia to communicate the
foregoing to Ills Majesty, the & I'm
81 peror, to-day without delay. and also .95
tho contents OF our petition attached
hereto. Say to the Emperor that sE
GA together with many workmen and NJ
thousand OF people OF II Russia am N
II trreyocably resolved with my faith III
hin, to proceed to tho Winter; Palace
81 81 order that lle may show his :falth
b ~ deeds and nJt by ,aunifestos,
The document . IS signed BY 81 "a "a th CT
Gopor and eleven reprc o. Sec sec
Itlons OF workmen's union: !, 4. 4, !. z, =
IN n ther Gopon had a long interview
win Minister Of Justice Aluravieff To-
,ilaY and the Minister took formal cognii-
zancc Of the demands Of the strikers rs,
He said that one must do his duty, ana
act in accordance with his convictions IS
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Virginia.

Tho epublican State Executive Com
slnittGe iii sesslonfn ILynchbtrg 8,lnderEoes
big change Snll ofliceholders resign; Park
fAg grew n ia tires from chairmanshlp& and
Congressman Slemp's son elected Il resulti-3
ftlons~ connlentllng nominations I'm every
5cout1tyE$i In the State; Judge Lewis men :
toned for al vernnr--'rh he college lBpresl-5
dents conference adopt the uniform en-,
trance exarninAt ot Of the Souti ern Col!
}lege ~ ssoniat ion--N cWs II received N a t.
fl2oanok d of the sudden death OF Rev. DR.,
GraYbi l----7J Julian IT, Lane arrested
III. IN ewport ews3 for grand Larceny, q Il
life Shcri r. Of Radford goes to Roanoke,
to- borro w scaf fold II on which II o NH hang
t1,gnl1 s - get,$ Winchester Indy dies
sslXtN-threc years from the hour Of sheil
maria g. rs. "a w liam H. 81 Spotswootls
thrown from her carriage IN Petersburg
3nnd severely hurt. s6 \ 55f .E3
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5l;III,,General

n Russian strikers wi Sattempt Ito gather
to-day ana BLOC y riotss nre tex pected vs.
eminent fsulpt loreyen " q IS el,l-5
blages - I'oui. En,s gan unt one ,Mexl-3
United States assumes temporary fiscal
5protect orate ovdrl8rep ublic of n San Dos
iInlngo----M. ] ou vlerst To- formsnew French
cabinet ohm S sharp ll:nms s angry
tary Bill and may ign as minority
leader Swa yn c.t ca Sc mn " be used 20
block rat legisaton;t epblrn Bin offered
In Housc-----Co ngressl formally receives
statue of Ingal ls---l3rNnn pays visit to
White House and Is cordially received 49, -
Smoot continues testimony before inves-
tlga ting commit ee---D espondent singer
IS nbout to rise for firstInck OF opera
Son! Of Richard Crokertinj In aut0mo-i
bile accident at Ornlond \ Bench !; cha ffeur
lost money5bx cotton specu-
latlon and committed suicide. j isa
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TO Prove what the Great Kidney Remedy,
will do for YoU Every Reader q Thine Dispatch
- May Have a Sample Bottle. Sent Free by Mail.

responsible
suffering through
Kidneys most
nndn
Kl,ncrs
will al the other
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ter OF Nv w. a Gresham OF near Bowling
Green, died Friday. and the nterment
took place "a t Lakewood Genet terry, Il owl
ling Green, this afternoon. The funeral
services were conducted at tho grave BY
DIR. cNanaway. y. NJ II
Lewis r. Stoffregen.
Especial toSTheit Times y lspatclL) Us
* I7R,EDERICKslBu URIC, Va, Jam y -
Mr. Lewis AZ. s toffreg ended IFS home
here today 81 consumpt ton, aged forty
years ${l i lis wife three AKA ldren. his
mother and three brothers survive him.
Mrs Be ttie Dull.
& TX Especial to- The Times. Dis PAL ,ll.) x.
STAuN TON. VA u an. p Nil :. BEETLE
Dull, widow the late c. Dull, Or Clfar-
died at a tlnnta, Ca Friday
night. She was bout seventy! years Of
age and long { a prominent resident OF
sStauntons& She leaves five children,
Miss a.. M. Rawlings.
Especial 6 to The Times, Dispatch
q PITHERSl3URG;fY A.. Jam u - tiss Ans
mic Mud Rawlings, the duughter Of MIR.
Fl. C. Rawlings, died early this morning
at her fathers residence, on Fleet street
Miss Rawlings had X been III 4. for some
time. " 81 q II lS 4 3iss GA
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$E. +. Broader.

St35lsg Especial to Tho Times ispatcll.) s
I4YNGElBu l1G III ia q Mr.. Ell-.
gene I.s Broader, aged twenty-nine. 4 Il
Nell known young man OF this city, d led
yesterday attcrnoon@nt the Homo ana
Retreat, where he had been II short time.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-22

Richmond Eagles to Attend.
rs On Tuesday. the first annual ball of tho
New York tAerie OF Eagles will be given
at Madison Square Garden. About 10000
invitations have been sent out. "a delr-.
CATION from Dixie Aerle. Of this clty,6will
leave for Now York to at lend the ball 855
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Carolina.

Judge 4. "a len 5{in Mecklcnburg Superior
Court decides that Il tombstone is tinart
observation-disclosures expenses So Governor;
Glenn8lla mes members of his personal staff
Iand publishes Thanks to3cltizcns Cor many
posse4 eEssfts
3Neclt--iN d G IND very THY cotton
farmer Of ca barrls county, cut his throat
on accoun tot I lie low price Of cottonSnnd'
died, slEGAi
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CASE DE lDED in
FAVOR OF AL GER

4 (Isy Associated Press,)
NASHVILLE TENN. Jan. 2l.trhe
case OF General Russell A.. Aleer, In cDn-3
.5nection With his purchase several Years
d pSo OF 1900 acres OF land IN Ifanky rs
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OBITUARY. 81 81, II s.
w. E.. Sutton
daily papers.

q Nh. Nv. 4 IT, Sutton died vest erday after
nor, January q, 1905, at 3 ocl lock, III the
Ethirty-third year OF his. ICE. Mr.. utton5
leaves IA wife and two little children, q
father, three brothers and one siste N
63s Tho deceased was a. nlunble cmploye
OF the I'D 10 Paper Company where he
had worked for some time. IT esswls q
3memberof Syracuse Lodge No. d, knights
or Pythins, In which he; took q great ms
II erest being; \ an officer Of tho lodge at
tho time Of his DEATH ii 81 III
5IIe will he buried with PYthian honors
BY /; committee from the ) lodge. Fun-
Heral services from the Hoge Memorial
Church ats o clock M nd,y5 a fternoon
Miss Angie M !. Shiflett.
@s4 Especial to Tlle Times ID lspatct.l HI
b COLUMBIA, VA, ] an. q I'M N ISIS angie
M, shifletts died mt Z. Brooklyn S1le;sr'
Palmyra, Friday afternoon with tubercu-5
Elosts, after long and distressing Illness
aged twenty-five. Miss Shiflett was q
Young lady OF unusual brlghtnss Of mind
ftlne education,g mud was possessed OF many
3lovable traits Of charao which en-
Hdcared her to q large circle OF rlends. a!!si
b. ThegbuMalSWlll bagin tho Echurchyard at
Il iyle's Baptist Church. Of which church
she was d member Miss Shiflett was a
sister of Mr.. Charles shiflett, Of Atlanta
and Mr. Iaaley r shlflett. Of edmond.
n lanes Drinkard,
Especial to- The Times p ispatch.) A
jI4YNCIIBu RG, VAnAJ an,e2l Mr., James
EDrinkard, a promineuts resident Fofs Camp
bell county died yesterday ut his home
near Beaver Creek aged 81 years.
He was a. brave Confederate soldier and
sprved throughout the Civil War in tho
services of the nfederqe v He is sur
5vived by two daughters and nine sons.
one OF the lattcH being Professor drinks
ard, Oft the Virginia Polytechnic institute.
j. E..5Westerns
Especial to The Times-D ispatch.)
d JTFEpJt IlSS, VA, Jan. 21.--Atr, j. E
Western. postmaster and proprietor Of
the ,Lthanih Hotel and Mineral Water
Company, Of this place, died here yes
lterday, aged about seventy years. lie
Western was formerly OF Ohio and came
I'd Virginia about thirty years ago,
# Rev, "A, 4. Graybill, D. y.
RoANsoiSh, Y. A. Jan. ) al,-Rfey. W, O..
Campbell, D, D,,8leceylyed a. telegram to-
inlght from I.inares Mexico, announcing
The sudden death Of Rev. a. ~ qraybill,
H. d., who has been missionary of the
Southern Presbyterian. Church n MeX-
lcosfop thirty years. He was slxty-three
years OF age. His aged father. M. Grayr
bill, resides in Iotetourt county, He
was a brother Of Prpf. w, NJ. Graybill,
of this city, Ss 5 Y N
Charlotte Gresham,
Ho Psflsa e a sAs s4msss ,spa aaas al.
Charlotte Gseshan.. ~ six years. dauglr-I
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Its record; and it further directs Z ts sec
rotary to transmit n COPY to ais family.
With assurance Of deep sympathy In its
.nffliction, and also to publish IT In the
daily papers, 81 3% 4,
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everything but 1t promptly cures Kidney.
liver and bladder troubles. III symptoms
tor which obliged to pass your ter
Frequently night ana d. Il, slnartIng or
Irritation In passing, btickdust or sed!-$
ment In the urine, headache. bac cache,
lame back. dizziness poor q gestton.
sleeplessness, nervousness. u heart disturb
ance due TO bad kidney trouble. skin
Seruptions from bnd blood. neurnIgi rlcu-s
mattsm, diabetes DlontinE. irritability1
sSwornout feeling. lack 81 nmbi on loss
sof flesh snllow comp zion Tor 81 lights
disease. I'll IN w s $S
III your wa ter, when lowed to re maj IN
In q glass Or bottle for TWEEN
Sty-four hours. forms nA edimcnt Or set-s
stllng Oh has la cloudy appearance ! Il Isl
evidence that your Kidneys and blad oder
need immediate attention Il.
5 Syaulp- Roo Is plehsn at St Q Il Ike and Is
tor sale atS drug 3 torres the world oyers ia
bottles Of two sizes and tWo ~ rlces III tys
cents and VI one dollar. Remember the
name, Swamp n DOT, s Or, IL m el's Swamp
Root, and the address, Bingliamton. n
Y, on every bottle. Nj
the wonderful merits OF Swamp Root you
sinformu ton. both sent absolutely.
Q thousands upon thousands Of testimonial
d. The value and SUCCESS OF 8 wnmp Root
lsed to send for sample bottle. IN send
lEhnmtoa. ~. ", DO sure to say you read
ay Times Dlspatch Tho .genullneness OF
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DEATHS.

B - ;ta lev !, Ills Z, residence na
4 81 HjfEsg lingering Illness SAM 81
Funeral at 3 II. M. SUNDAY q January
A River View Cemetery. y. s5
KIN Gu: Died at Ills residence 500 ST..
at $50 a, M Nj iii alAs KIN a. Y
Church SUNDAY N oI2N1NG 1T m
GUN N--Diel Friday, January 20, at 5:a5
No, EOS East T.elgh Street, EVA a.,
1T OF her age. f3s 4 s5s FIX
gSsFal Y Y o take } Place IIIs AlslI
man Catholic Church. Intermellt iii Mt
Sf Cavalry Cemetery, F i5Si95 II 5as 81
sTMroNpea 81 gsala y January y
3asat Ne ,l Ph M Mstf H S st q IL g fhs
safs'yssar tws Se sa a aI ass leaving
I'M In,1,t fsera. VII rd take Place 1MpAX
shnrffh corner "a an 4 4, Nnetaont
auainaneey Of TIE ' families p ase aI
\ 70 attend, lnterinent Will DO 4 al Oak
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SUMMARY D DAYS NEWS
The Weather.

35s The Weather. ls
\, q "! !, at forecast for
Sunday colder Y north 3, u
ad tons ad nt <. i,
etlst portion; Atoilday fair ligS't 70 fresh
North Carol liiuS- Sunday c q I,
extre,ns n Monday fell, light E
1sichmonsl wqather yesterday vas slsI
c'etlt and moderate # w MA
til on riit' q n . 9 Nl11TE n,
M III. u, IN, .ts..! w. III
~ III n, 4. b,
n. -. }a.9
~ @
n, Y,
.I3 ' 81 s l-a
Highest temperature yesterday q.
Lowest Temperature yesterday. \. ~ 81
SN[ean3tet1pErhtutc yesterday ,t.ta5a AZ Sg
Normal lem for january. B q q K
Ps3biass 5s9 aaraE past
N1ATuRi u u I. i. VI
S$ $$$ ;$;#
lnutlT y 5uJl ms
sys ss{s
Moon Eye, 81
II Richmond.
Parsifal sung III Engllshat the Academy 70
gof Ntusic uesday escn!li NumberiLn,fs
big plants ct outside thesproposed bound y
airy, line of{ theBtty5 MS recon nlended by
$tlte Supconimttce on Ordlna1, q. q
s1,orttai liam Ri ,',rlgg ptes
wealth clib; Han
acknowledgements chosen president GOf Com
ainonweulth# HUNT club fias IDEAL
day ora iyely35 chase %behlnd l5nSllsh
lla ok an prominent peopl at the e. By
hotels 49, ross q Il honor presented TO man
who had 'front.' HIS country be-
$sthieaSand EFFORTS MCMILLAN has cons
pletea s,ttuarts horse Mrs. Stuart r;
5bescast inRbronze. lies - ~ II
Callahan fined in Mayors Court; tales
an nppea L. Memorial services &C. 10 Or.
MlthcWs al Ralnbridge street Church this
lnfternoo - Negro arrested for stealnE
II ham - stairs case continued Church
I services. Sssf x IN $55 y sls$
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u HGJSi
The mild and immediate effect ct
Swamp Root the great kidney and q bad Y Y
der remedy lis soon re .lized. 1t stands
the highest for its wonderful res ot
the most distressing SEES. f S Wa:rp-R Root
will set your whole syst ten right Ind the
best proof OF this is a trial. 3Es sS.S
60 Cottage ST., Alelrose. Mass:
Z, Dear Sir: 8sg5 jan ltb. 1904;
more or less Kidney trouble, and Within tliV
e past year 1t became SO severe and comp icatcn
* that r. suffered everything ana 8swas much
Il nlnrmed-lny strength n and power was fast
s leaving INC. ~ y saw nm ttsemene & OF
u I began tho use Of the nediclneIand noted
q NJ decided Improvement nj ter taking Swamp
& Itont4 only n short time .ts ESsS
SS5 continued its use and n am thankful to
s say that Z, am entirely g red and strong:
4&1nNordcr to be very sure about this, lind
n and he pronounced 81 II q ight Sa nd III ~
splendid condltl lon
III j knaw. that your Swamp Root IA purely
itfvegctableS and does not con IN any harmful
A drugs. Thanking you u for my a complete re-
s COY ery: and recommending Swamp Root to
nll dufferercrs ] am. = An S5s3
81 .jS. Very truly yours.
8 y ~ ~; II I. & G. RICHARDS N. III
4 Swamp Root Is not recommended for
!EDlToRlALslNoT E,,-Ins order to prov
may have a sample bottle and d book OK
free by mall The book contains many Of t
letters received from men and women cur
are so well known that our readers are nd
Ing your address to- Or. 1filmer8S Co., 81
this generous offer III the.R Richmond Sum
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Charlotte Gresham,

(spcciai TO This rImess p spatch.)
Charlotte GRESHAM. NJ ed six years4 3dauglr-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30
cAsAsIANcA.s oELEeRArloN.

The boy stood on the burning porch
Whence all had made a scoot;
A Roman candle in his hand
Was just about to shoot.
A frazzled pinwheei at his side
Was all that staid to tell
How father, minus half his hide,
Had fed with grievous YELL
A busted bomb upon the floor,
Some remnants of a hat,
Suspender buttons-three or four
That was where grandpa sat.
An isle Of safety on the lawn,
Where still the grass was green,
Marked where his sister dear had gone
To rub on vaseline
Anon the smoke rose from the yard,
And then, through one small rift.
We saw where mother, scorched and
A smelling bottle snifred.
And at the gate stood Uncle Bill
In fragments Of his pants,
Demanding in his accents shrtll:
"Send Us an ambulance!'
The boy, az we remarked at first,
A Roman candle held.
| He struck q match and lit the fuse;
"This Is the lastr' he yelled
The Roman candle hssled and Jared
The balls few far and wide,
| His relatives, all badly scared,
Once more essayed to hide.
Alas! Ere shelter they could find,
The direful deed was done;
He whirled the candle all about
| And pinked them every one.
In pain they limped up to the porch
! They crept from bush and shrub,
And each implored in husky tones:
"Let me get at that cub?'
There came burst of thunder sound
| The boy-O, where was he7
by turns he was sent on round
| That led from knee to knee.
| Chicago Record-Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30
After congratulating the happy

else After congratulating the happy
couple, who replied with true Anglo
Saxon grace, we all promised to sign the
marriage contract.
"And we will do honor to your sigma
tures." said Ephrinell, in the tone of a
tradesman accepting bill.
The night came, and we retired, to
dream of the marriage festivities Of the
morrow. I took my usual stroll into the
car occupied by the Chinese soldiers, and
found the treasure of the Son Of Heaven
faithfully guarded. Half the detach-
ment were awake and half were asleep.
About l o'clock In the morning visit
ed Kinko, and handed him over my pur-
chase at Mia. He anticipated no further
obstacles; he would reach port safely,
after ALL
Il am getting quite fat In this box
he told me-
marriage, and how the union was to be
celebrated next morning with great
pomp.
"Ah" said he,. with a sigh. "They
are not obliged to wait until they reach
Pekin."
"Quite so, Kinko; but 1t seems to me
that a marriage under such conditions is
not likely to be lasting. But, after all
that is the couples lookout"
At 3 o'clock in the morning we stop.
ped forty minutes at Tchertchen, almost
at the foot Of the ramifcations of the
Kuen Lun. None Of us had seen this
miserable, desolate country, treeless and
verdureless, which the railway was now
crossing on its road to the northeast.
Day came; our train ran the four hun
dred kilometers between Tchertchen and
Tcharkalyk while the sun caressed with
It's rays the immense plain glittering IL
its saline eflorescence.
ITO be continuedl
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30

keeper, so, gently, the elephant placed
Jack on his back and the procession
started for the circus tents once more,
Jack the envy of all the boys in the
village, and Miss Ann realizing her help
lessness In the situation.
The show management settled for the
broken fences, but Miss Ann still retains
her prejudice against circusses. As for
Jack, to this day no one knows who
dropped the cracker in front of Mike.
Jack looks back to that Fourth, when
the circus came to him, because he could
not go to it, as the greatest celebra ton
he ever had.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-06-30
A STORY OF TWO PAINTERS.

Did Van Dyok and Halls Really Paint
Each Others Portrait1
There Is a story related by Hou-
braken, which may or may not be true,
that Van Dyck, passing through Haar-
lem, where Halls lived, sent mes
senger to seek him out and tell him
that a stranger wished to see him,
and on Halls putting in an appearance
asked him to paint his portrait, add.
ing, however, that he had only two
hours to spare for the sitting. Halls
finished the portrait in that time
whereupon his sitter, observing that
it seemed an easy matter to paint a
portrait, requested that he be allowed
to try to paint the artist. Halls soon
recognized that his visitor was well
skilled in the materials he was using
Great, however, was his surprise
when he beheld the performance. He
Immediately embraced the stranger, al
the same time crying: You are Var
Dyck! No one but he could do what
you have just now donep'
Assuming the story to be true, how
interesting 1t would be If the two
| portraits existed, that one might set
what Frans Halls, accustomed to ths
heavier type Of the Dutch burghers
made Of the delicately defined feature.
of Van Dyck, and how the latter, wht
always gave an air of aristocratic ele
gance to his portraits, acquitted him
self with the bluff, jovial Hans, wtt
was as much at home in a tavern a!
in a studio. For no two men coult
be more different, both in their point
Of view and in their methods, ,sthougl
they were alike in this one partcula
that each was most facile ant
/ ski1lful painter.-St, Nicholas,