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crime OF crimes But to the teller OF
stories. all that is recorded OF the real
life, as well as all that his own eyes
can see, is offered for the enrichment
Of his tale. This is a clear and simple
principle; yet it has often been denied.
To insist upon II is. in my belief. TO
uphold the true flag OF Imagination and
to defend the wide borders Of romance =
..Fenwick's Career win probably be
specially interesting reading TO artists.
particularly when we consider the part
that was played in It's creation BY the
artist, Albert Sterner. 1t brings before
the mind some of the peculiar tempta-
tions and some Of the subtle inspira-
tions that play upon artistic tempera-
ments and tend to make OF mar careers.
or to raise or lower the average OF tai
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The Wire Tappers. p"

Arthur Stringer, author OF The Sill
YER Poppy" and The Loom of Destiny"
has written a very entertaining new
novel. The Wire Tappers." Wire tap
ping is somewhat OF a novelty as a
subject for a romantic story. and
stringer has used the fine possibilities
ot II in q very lively way. The adven-
lures Of the wire teppers are stirring,
surprising and well told. Stringer has
the reputation OF being a painstaking
workman. and his talent for story tell
ing lie distinctly displayed in this new
flight Of his imagination.
The hero OF the tale is Durkin, an
electric inventor in hard luck. AS the
story opens he is presented as just hav-
ing been released from prison, where
he had served a term for his first Of
ferse. into which error he had been
driven by desperation Hungry and al
most penniless, he goes down the street
uncertain what TO do with his newly
given freedom. While he is eating a
free lunch in a beer saloon he is rec
oenized by a villain Of an outside op-
orator" who makes a very profitable
business OF tapping the wires and so
manipulating TO his own advantage the
information sent to poolrooms. He
knows that Durkin has been convicted
% being an overhead guerrilla and
a lightning singer" and by this
knowledge OF the released prisoners
shame gains an influence over him and
hires him TO continue his dar gerous ca
reer as wire Taper.
Into the thrilling adventures that
come about through this lawless
soheming with the wires there is
thrown the flavor Of romance by the
friendship between Durkin and the
beautiful English girl. Frances Chand-
Ter. who is q telegraph operator and
who gets herself involved in the Grim
inaI proceedings OF her wire-tappins
friend She is so loyal TO Durkin that
she does not hesitate 10 use lawiessly
he- knowledge Of teIegraphy 10 help
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ent OF success. II has many references
10 artists work and trainiRg-whieh
are probably true echoes from great art
centers; and there are several finely sx-
pressed word pictures OF subjects of
possible interesting paintings
As a study In ethics. Fenvick will
be interesting 10 all the world HIS
mistake In leaving his loving young
wife was a grave one and his ambition
was Of that unwisely wanting kind
which "o'erleaps itself" But the fault
graver than leaving his wife. and
which caused the chief calamity OF his
life. was the unspoksn falsehood ot
living In London without letting any
one know that he had a wife and child.
II was a case OF one falsehood almost
compelling the perpetratioa OF another
until a tangle OF stern circumstances
came to crush the happiness OF his life
and the success OF his career. II Is
strange how many long elaborate.
deeply subtle novels have TO be writ
ten mainly to impress upon men the
simple wisdom OF obeying the plain
Christian precepts or even The max
inns Of stole philosophy. tas1
The great character IN the book.
the one for which 1t was best worth
the labor OF writing and the one for
which II will be best worth the time IL
takes to read, Is not Fenwfck nor Fen
vicks wife. but the unfortunate
Nine. de PastoureIles. the woman OF
whom Phoebe was jealous. although
Eugenie de PastoureIles never inten-
tionaIly wronged her Eugeaie. while
she could not wholly prevent the evils
which pressed upon her own life and
upon the lives Of her friends. made
It much less virulent and lasting than
II would have been but for her Shs
Mrs ward delights 20 draw and OF
whom she no doubt has known many
with the thoroughness OF close ac-
Quaintance.
Fenwick was attracted by her be-
cause she felt that II was women such
as she who could teach him the
things best worth knowing and
whose influence would inspire him
toward the goal OF a worthy career.
Here Is the way s>rs Ward speaks 0f
Eugenie's influence upon the gifted
but unstable artist while he was paint
ing one Of his great successes. Euge-
MES portrait:
He yearned toward her as he sat
there in the mi-darkness-seekins
the ewig-weioIiche in the sweetness OF
her tace-without a touch OF passion
as a Catholic might yearn toward his
Madonna"
(Harper & Brothers. New York s1-5o.)
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Your guardian angel heard your wish
and has sent you a soul TO save from
the heretics-the soul of the man you
love"
Then. kneeling under the crucihx, Ra-
Quel swears to stand as guard over the
soul Of Rafael. and an instant later his
mother sank mack into her chair TO
die
Then. because Rafael is heartIess
and wsyward husband to Raquel. the
devout young woman's life becomes a
tragedy OF Observation-Disclosures, Her
love for the American. Bryton. is cher
ished merely as a part Of her dream
life. IN this way. even after be is
killed on the battlefield. he becomes TO
heI thoughts something better loved
ana closer than when he was living.
and she visits her favorite shrine as q
frysting place to meet the memory OF
her unfortunate lover.
Out OF this struggle to save Rafael.
although he behaved so she could not
love him. story is built. II narrowly
missed being a much greater story, for
Il RaqueI had not at the last stopped
10 revenge herself upon the woman
whom Rafael loved better than his wife,
the up TO that moment beautiful char
acter OF Raquel might have fingered as
one OF those rare portraitures of an al
most angel incarnate as woman-a
woman we could have felt was really
adequate TO save the soul of Rafael.
"A. c. McClurg & Co. Chicago: $500
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Studio Building for Artists Proposed for San Francisco

d mile of where there Is any building
going on. And as far as the Latin
Quarter is concerned that is absolutely
there are a few studios left. Dust
and dirt sift into the rooms down
there faster than it can be shoveled
out. And a very little OF this dust is
absolutely destructive to an oil paint
ing at the time the artist is working
are not what they used TO be. Ten
dollar studios in the old days cannot
now be obtained for less than $50.
So until there is change artists will
keep away from the quarter" And
where will they go? That's a question.
But. just so there Will not be too
much dlscoura CEMENT, 1 will say that
several interested gentlemen of means
are thinking about the subject 1t may
be there Will be real studio building
in the not too distant future. This has
been a crying need in San Francisco
for many years, In this respect our
city has been behind other cities of the
country anu artists nave IN most in
stances had to be content with impro-
vised Office rooms or any place where
they could get the necessary space for
the money they were able TO. pay.
Artists Good Tenants.
An artist and business man both
earning the KANE amount OF money, We
will say, could each afford to pay the
same amount of rent: but the artist
would have to have a great deal more
space for his work. And It seems to
me there should be some way of giving
1t to him in San Francisco. A real es-
tate man told me that it would not
pay" I had only one answer and that
was that 1t pays in every other city in
the world OF any consequence. A great
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many business men, fear. do not real
iEe that there are artists and artists.
The old directory had the names of
over four hundred peopls who called
themselves artists, but we know that
nine-tenths of these people were really
only art workers.
The student who starts in the world
without cent of capital is likely to
be an unpleasant tenant for the land
lord who rents him studio. And said
landlord may form harsh Judgment OF
artists as tenants But I do not think
this judgment will hold with artists of
standing. All artists that ! know OF
have been good tenants, paying high
rents They must have paid their rents
or they would not have remained In the
rooms for so many years. I know one
artist who paid $50 month for several
years before the fire for two rooms in
a very dirty building. The rooms at
best were only makeshifts for studio,
but they were the best the artist could
get.
In looking over the advertising col
umns of the New York papers l see
that studios 20 by 40 feet (which is
larger than the two rooms 1 have re-
ferred to) IN a modern studio building
only a few blocks from Fifth avenue
can be obtained for $50 month. This
building. like others Of its class. must
pay or it would not be doing business
In New York
In my opinion the artists OF San
Francisco have been good tenants. and
think that building containing
studios renting from $50 TO $50 per
month and not too far away from the
business district would be good in
vestment. There will be a big demand
for studios very soon-in fact, am
quite sure that three or four could be
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in the London studio gazing at the
painting and indulging her suspicious
that she resolves to hide herself and
child from her husband, and so makes
the tragic turning point in their un-
ha ppy history.
Tbs third picture is the one with
which the drawings close, and it shows
Fenwick and his wife and daughter in
the garden OF their home, where the
three are reunited after twelve bitter
years of estrangement. 1t Is we'll. after
having read the book, to reinforce the
impression by sympathetic eontempla-
ton of these three pictures which thus
in epitome tell the chief features Of the
story.
So much has been said about Mrs.
Wards habit OF using other stories.
taken from real life. as foundation and
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suggestion for her novels. that her ex-
PLANTATION of her position in this mat
ter, once for ALL" as she says. is very
interesting, as she gives it in regard to
this new novel; Particularly SO as
'Fenwick's Career" is believed to have
been suggested 10 the mind of the au-
thor by the true story OF the great
painter, Sir George Romney, who. like
this fiction Fenwick. deserted his wife
in order to achieve fame and fortune in
London. Mrs. Ward explains that the
use of such foundation Is legitimate.
and defines how that differs from pla-
giarism. She says:
ITO draw on the conceptions or the
phrases that have once passed through
the warm minting of another's brain is.
for Us moderns. at any rate, the literary
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Mrs. Ward S New Novel.

If Mrs. Humphrey Wards new
novel, "Fenwick's Career" were not
already well known because OF It's
publication OF the book would be per-
haps the chief literary event of the
year. Her prestige would make this
true even II her present novel fell far
below the merit OF the work which
built up her now so firmly established
reputation. Even as reprint of what
Harper's Magazine has already pre-
sented to the reading public the out
coming OF the book is of much i'm
portanee. Like all that Mrs. Ward
does, Ii is fine literary work, work in
which the reader will find 1t better 10
employ his energies in trying to fully
appreciate its beauties than in crfti
cally seeking for flaws.
An important fact about the writing
Of this study OF the artist, 'Fenwlck's
Career" is that the artist who illus
trated it. Albert sterner, had very
much more to do with the making of
the book than to cleverly draw the pic
lures for il. This is brought out In
the preface where Mrs. Ward frankly
and with much grace of thought and
language acknowledges her indebted
ness TO her artist friend for the in
nuence he estheticaIly exercised over
the story's development The artist
was allowed, 10 act as friendly critic
who guides and stimulates 10 make fne
work still finer The author saws of
the artist. his poetic intelligence as
an artist is what makes him so fine a
colleague"
Sterner helped her in interpreting the
character and artistic temperament of
tho painter. Fenwick, and he called at
tention to errors and iIlumined the
painters craft for her "as none but
painter can So in this revelation Of
an artists life we have the combined
work Of novelist who stands in the
frcnt rank Of her profession and of az.
artist whose eleverness in the graphic
art is united with such a sympathetic
understanding OF the art of literary
creation that he can make himself a
ecllaborator OF one OF the most skilled
fiction writers of the day.
There are three of Sterner's pictures
which Mrs. Ward specially calls atten-
tion TO as greatly illuminating her
story. One shows Fenwick seated be-
side his wife on the bank OF west
moreland stream. He is then young
and ambitious beginner at the PAINTERS
art and struggling with poverty He is
begging her 10 let him go away and
make his fortune in the great world of
Lcndon- She is reluctant to be left
behind. and would rather go TO the CITY
and share poverty with him in small
and poorly furnished rooms. but Fen
wick has his will and she is left to live
with her little daughter and becomes
prey TO Jealous forebodings about her
talented husbands life in the capital
The second picture shows this jealous
young wife, Phoebe, standing before
the sketch OF the beautiful patron
whom Fenwick has been painting, a
masterpiece of portraiture. Il is in
those moments while she stands alone
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time to come make her home in Bos-
ton.
Masterpiece Preserved.
Condolences are always interesting
The picture reproduced today Is one OF
the worlds masterpieces that fortu-
nately escaped the IRE. but the strange
thing about II Is that II Is the only
picture Of its type IN the Mark Hop
kins Institute OF Art that did escape.
This picture belongs 20 what some
critics call the ''Meissonier' type. In
fact. the artist. A SHREDDER, was called
the German Meissonier.~ from the sim
ilarity Of bis techniqus. The work Is
clean and well drawn and coIored and
finished to the smallest detail There
were half q dozen pictures OF this same
kind but Of different degrees OF merit
at the Hopkins Institute. all OF which
were burned As far as I know every
picture in San Francisco that was
painted By Neissonier was destroyed By
the fire And all over the city the nrs
seems 10 have had a desire for pictures
OF this type.
I know there are some who will
say that II is a good thing. but there
are thousands who like such pictures
and appreciate their merits For this
reason I am sure II will be pleasant
news 20 many 10 know that The Jolly
Ausketeer" Is saved. for IL was one OF
the most popular pictures In the COL
lection that once hung on the walls OF
the Hopkins Institute.
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the wiretapper through many OF his
hair-breadth escapes The two be-
come lovers. and Frances has an
aspiration TO lift her resourceful and
daring lover into some legitimate and
nohler career.
The road TO that goal takes her
through many hazards. For the sake
ot her lover she takes both her repu-
tatlon and her life into her hands. HE
was a man. and through his wayward
manhood" she told herself. swept
tides and currents uncomprehended
ard uncontrolled by her weaker
woman's heart But she would shield
him, and watch him, and. II need be,
fight for him and with him"
(Little. Brown & Co. Boston; $500
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Authors and Books.

Charles Dorman Robinson. the san
Francisco artist. made several pic
lures in color during the progress OF
the IRE. These will be reproduced IN
the August Century. Mr. Robinson
writes to the Century editors: After
came home from my rrst days work
IN pasteIs my hands and face we're 50
burned from the distant heat OF the trs-
mendous IRE that had 70 have them
pIentIfuliy treated with canphorated
cream all night and all the next day"
Superseded" the earlier work oy
Miss May Sinclair. the author OF The
Divine Fire" has been so favOrably re-
eeived that her publishers. Messrs.
Henry Holt q Co. are encouraged 70
Issue another work. Audrey Craven
which some OF the most discriminating
admirers of Miss Sinclair rank even
higher than Superseded The book
will appear inmsdiately--Henry Holt
& Co. Literary Note
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By VIII Sparks.

opened a studio" in the city. But they
are all going 10.
one OF the conditions that has de-
TERED a few artists from obtaining
studios in the city is the dust of re-
building. II is impossible TO Go any
painting anywhere within a quarter or
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TNHIs is the sketching season
Artists are scattered all over the
state putting on canvas pic
lures or Impressions OF the land
scapes where they are working This
probably accounts for the fact that no
srttst whO-was burned out has re-
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be hung some time about the end OF
next month in yickery's new gallery
at 1423 Sutter street This new gallery
Is one Of the most unique pieces Of
adaptation that 1 have seen. An old
stable has been transformed TO suit
the requirements OF art and it has been
done in such a way as to be interesting
and pleasing as well as useful.
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rented at once at the highest price.
But the building must be a metropoli-
tan studio building and the landlord
must be sure that his tenants are pro-
fessional artists.
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Our reference library Is at your dis
posai You can check up the books
you want and order them AT the Sign
OF the Lamp"
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Keith Plans Exhibition.

heftn FfdnS E40iOitfOH,
Robert I. Aitken was fortunate
enough to have two pieces of sculpture
exhibited in the Paris Salon. Both OF
the models were executed in Paris and
were well spoken OF by some people.
have been told. however that Mr..
Aitken was not at all satisfied with
the actions OF the jury He insisted
that work inferior to his was better
placed. Be this as it may, think
that Mr.. Aitken should congratulate
himself on having done so well after
having spent such short time in
Paris He is evidently beginning to
find out things
Frederick H. Meyer. recently in
structor IN designing in the California
School of Design. Mark Hopkins Insti-
tute of Art. and instructor in mechani-
cal drawing in the University of Cali
fornia. has resigned his position and
will go TO Europe for a year. Mr.. Meyer
lost heavily in the recent calamity.
Not vestlge was left OF years OF work
Before beginning again Mr.. Meyer feels
that he will be benefited BY a visit
to his old home and that sojourn
in the art centers of the world will
refresh him for the work that is TO
come
II is definitely decided that the
-hrst' exhibition will be given By VIII
liam Keith. Since the shake this vete
ran artist has completed about thirty
canvases that he is satisfied with and
anxious for people to see. These will
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

Kate Thomson will leave San Fran
cisco for good. She has received a
great deal of encouragement TO 90
East. so will pack up and FOR some
The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05

An Art Club has been formed at
Carmel-by -the-Sea that includes in its
membership many OF the colony OF San
Francisco painters who spend the sum
mer in that locality. A quantity OF the
summer work was brought together
last week and an exhibition given.
This proved quite feature OF the
season and was largely attended I
have been told that several pictures
were sold This is certainly good news.
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Art Club Formed at Carmel.

Douglas Tilden's Monument to the
California Volunteers Is In place. but
at present covered by the canvas that
viii be removed az the unveiling i
saw the monument before this covering
was put over IL and was a little puzzled
at the impression IL made. Perhaps
the incongruous surroundings OF cheap
shacks. hideous posters. ruined walls
and flying dust had something to do
with il; but at any rate I could not
make up my mind just how much
II pleased me and will have to study
the matter at later day before I can
express an opinion.
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time TO come make her home in BOs-
ton.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-10-23
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR U. S. PATENT.
suRvEYNo. 2o41.
U. S. Land once, HALEY, Ida
Tuty Iuth ~

u S. Land once, HALEY, Idaho.
July 18TH, 1903.
Notice is hereby given that In pursuance Of
the Act of Congress- approved May iOth 1872
the Glasgow Dundee Consolidated Cold Mining
Company the address OF whose attorney is s..
II. Hays Boise, Idaho, has made application
FOR a patent for 1855 80 linear feet on the Cop
per King No. lode bearing gold the same be-
ing 400 feet southerly and $3.50 feet northerly
from discovery shaft thereon, with surface
ground 900 feet in width
Also for 1865 linear feet on the Copper
King NO. 9 lode, bearing gold the same being
1865 So feet southerly and 400 feet northerly
from the discovery shaft thereon, with surface
ground coo feet In width
Also for 90 linear feet on the Mystery
lode, beariag gold, the same being $40 feet
southeasterly and northwesterly i0S76s feet
from discovery shaft thereon, with surface
ground 600 feet 10 width
Also for 1895 Os linear feet on the Apex lode,
bearing gold. the same being 1868 feet south
erly and $50 feet northery from the discovery
shaft thereon, with surface ground 600 feet In
width.
Also for 1900 linear feet on the GLASGOW lode,
bearing gold. the same being 1880 feet souther'
Iy and 100 feet northerly from the discovery
shaft thereon, With surface ground 600 feet In
width
Also for 56is7 linear feet on the Apex Frac-
tion lode bearing gold, the same being 200 feet
southerly and 96l.s7 feet northerly from dis
covery shaft thereon with surface ground 600
feet ia width
Also for 1901 linear feet OF the Last Chance
lode bearing gold, the same being 200 feet
southeriy and lO5 10 feet northerly from the
discovery SHIFT thereon, with surface ground
coo feet IN width.
Also 09s ~ linear feet on the King lode, bear
ing gold the same being 20 feet southeastery
and 1891 feet northwesterly from the discoy-
cry shaft thereon. with surface ground 600 feet
feet In width.
Also for ii95.0s linear feet on the Gold King
lode. bearing gold the same being tclo.s2 feet
southerly aud 1916 feet northerly from the
discovery shaft thereon, with surface ground
600 feet In width,
All the above named claims arc situate in
yellow Pine Mining District, Idaho County,
Idaho and are described by onicial plat, here
with posted and by the field notes on file IN
the ONCE OF the Register OF Haley Land
District, Idaho as follows, viz
B. s. X. Survey No 20ii
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