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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

graded - es~sy p4st III sh~ sinlsssd
.orsd. This ss<zfSos has be<a saa
too DEAR.
There Il no rssson % dcanr fLs
sasd a. ~. Armasx. ~. Msrsa3 sai
cher pfomineat p1ek~r INA tlss
sfii s~ironss th~ MOST Ssrtnx~~t kind
a i-nse<csloa u their pruaaesk This
n sisaliy Important 10 the rasksn
themselves They could NJ asiosr 70
puf 10 iafefS<s meats Or % seas 80
s~nseaiihfui IL un<1sofy tsndsrss.
Inabsi~~s ihese h1s~ besR shat<ss
sficl : t~stsr system ~ II pectaea
snl sosrssf. bur ~ 4 a'raasl
thinF inr nssr T@opis 60 - hair Isssay
on the sas,-ct and spre-d 90 every
pan ~ ne sorid she stors fhat nir
meal p~foaacfs serr little i~sfrr than
rank roisea
ConKressmsn Wads~nIIh has dane
! gox Sotk ID appssiinE 10 the ssn~r
and hslieF sense ~ the people ~
this fountsy ssd II Insisting IN esu.
gress thai The stories spread abroad
concerning oar PACKING industry have
seen grossly and maliciously rSagEer-
afrd.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02
rHs wAv 70 kEsp SWEEP

Tho ~sy 10 ksep s~ee, and Do ~haI
II right.
From the dawn of the morning
Till the cIns. II nixht.
Il q secret Of value that each one
should kno~
To help IN The struggles
Az through NE ~ ~
nut ~ simple and easy
And I've learned II - well.
n you'll Just rive attention
The secret Ill tell.
When people among ron
And trisIs canse pain. FL
When over I'll trouble
A victory you'd gain
Tho frst thing To do.
n yon wish 10 keep sweet
Ii 10 bride your tongue
And be sure not 10 speak.
And while there In silence
You keep Tor awhile.
Though crimson with anger.
Make an efort % smile. /.
And although yon feel cross,
Show Joy In your face
And 20 anger and passion
You vii not give place.
The next thing % DO.
The soul ~ prepare.
Gainst future attacks
Seal the victory with PRAYER.
RICHARD Al MORLEY
Rockford. III.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

sea \ liass 80 ue srus.s-ad several
rsrus. ~prssa1tur< bi. nsss and uz1il
eEss sesseAs<su from car s1esssns~
"a. Ilfs i - skost 10 eresse &c
giving "a any stns an stf~sslon 70
10 nsn o. - ses -psp~r she u
snnsIs e~sspDapiatax. ns6tnx ifsalf.
lssimx Suva sad a-slroyirx whea
there lliefe = - mach scope for he
scrk IL halIdfns ~. There Il much
o roed il H. sorid than ssnl A.
- sid ! dsy - tso 60. there ere
len more me- Sos can trust fos etery
rascal Our pnntics oar hasiasSs
lie. aaf eofnDrnttn& oar Individual
character are ~ n sithe ~ I'D
- yeur q sstspt fault finder snd viii.
flee snsad ssve ~ hesse<ess
There arr stin t~o o. ihfee ~
These nasay. whisinx. snsrlins faaltt
findins shssls that come 20 oar table
and ~ aFs gSinw d x~t lid IL them
We have 10 ss Cor The newspaper
that hax sack dxrkrnei yisase and
missnthrppic splri, thst Il secs every.
thing Al madntxht haes, SIN isss ne
have " Tor the newspaper that hap.
pcning 40 heiowk ~ NJ cult or POLL
iIcal party Is religious sect. finds
everyone ~ho happens ~ shink =
little dlffersnsiy > hopeless scoandrel
The ncwspapsr or the man thai ran.
not and viii MOI commend The rsod
and condemn the esii. whenever he
may find Il. IN his vi party ~ mt
~ 4, 4 lacking IN . quality a prime
Importance.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

When ANYBODY wants anything. u
seldom does any harm ID III after A
In earnest and In 4 surprising number
~ cases. tho required object N gained,
Albuquerque wanted i new govern.
mont postofflce baildins. She had u
course her directors who could give
q thousand reasons Why the ~postofflce
building could not he secured this
year and who we're pat enough with
their u told you 20. when the item
was stricken Arm the p,.olic building
bil.
HIT The people down there the
pnshers--fidnt gisc up. They I'm,
p~or,uncd senator Andrews 20 make
another ~. Andrews called 10 MI
assistance his powerful friend. sensI
for Penrose. and presto. The 100000
appropriation sas tackled on the last
day 10 congress.
Las Vegas also wanted q postoffice.
She wanted II bad aud she needed u
q whole lot nipre than did Aibnatler.
que. Here u government building
meant the beginning Of the end of
an unseemly row that has divided The
community for years and has done
more ID igeyeist progress than MI
other agencies combined.
i.as Vegas decided 10 ask for u post.
office building. hui she said Better
wait i while. Don't be III i hurry
You can never set an appropriation
from this congress. II IN TOO far
along m the session.
No effort waH made. She didn't
ret 4 building. Now there Isn't any.
Thing much more certain than that if
the attempt had been made III earnest
~ would have secured i building as
well as Abaducruue. Albuquerque
asked Tor s2eo.OoO and rot sl00l moo.
n The cities had Joined forces they
would have gotten the s2O0ooo be
tween them,
Delegate Andrews II Just rs anxious
u work Tor la Vegas ~ he II FOR
albuqierane. Thc post office depart.
nent ssoaId gladly have lent lis III
,owerful assistance 10 securing q cnn.
trsl office building.
We haven't scared the buildtnE.
,ut perhaps w have iearned 1 vniu-
lbie lesson. Now let ms not say next
Iesslon that u wiil be impossibie 10
ret ! building: let M 20 after the
needed institntion III earnest
{ We ARE In earnest about estahliah-
ny ! central postofficc and stopping
fightine. We can do 10.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

@[#G
The statements issued bs NE two
national hanks doing business III ST.
q CITY, nnder call III June 18Th are
striking illustrations Of the business
prosperity prevailing Ii this section
al the present time. says the lndepen.
dent The statement If the Silver
city National nank shows total do
posits ~ oser $3.50 900, while the
statement Of The recently established
American National Bank shows de.
posits 81 over s70Ooo. 30 better In.
dex 81 business conditions conIa be
had than these statements and they
certainly speak we'll Tor prevailing
conditions.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02
ysma ,4epssu. Tor s.s,.hooa-

YUMA nopetut for 9tStehooo-
There II n very strong rumur afioat
that the southern Pacific company
viii suppdrt the joint statehood pro
vision. and the same position has been
taken ny several leading democrats
as well As republicans. who are out
spoken Tor Joint statehood. The sen.
timent In favor OF Joint statehood has
apparently grown stronger and strong.
er every day since the turning down
OF tho house bill In the senate. and
IL Yuma 10 any criterion. there Is
good reason for. believing the proyi.
sion viii carry al the general cleo.
tion. The statements have been made
70 freely BY papers throughout the
territory That the Arizona sentiment
vas almost unanimously against Join.
tnre. N BY no means correct AZ ap-
piled 10 the present time. There Is
q feeling, snd 4 n growing. that this
viii be only chance for statehood
for i On years NJ the provision
il defeated. The conclusion Is thst
there Il no chance for single state.
hood that Joint statehood Is batter
Than territorial vassaiage. and that
We ought 10 accept IL. II Ii up to the
peopie 40 decide. Yuma tAfiz.l Sen
tineI. ~
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

News cones from Washington tnat
Oeiegate = Conxress w. n. Andrews
doesn't fAvpr that forest reserve plan
aad that - q working against such
: movement Il y aeediess u I any.
thiag nore Mr.. ANdrews ii / man
No Usually sccompstshes What ~ IN
dsvtakes AID we feel assured tbas this
forest reserve plan win ~ abandoned.
Aiamosprdcs Adveftisrr.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

With the exception of = shower On
~ sccoad day OF the month. there
haa besn no precipitation In this scc
TIA Of New Mexico during June. Rain
II ha4ly needed and n Il 10 b. hoped
lkst July vii promptly come 10 the
rescue.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

Congress Il offering New Mexico
and Arizona only their just due ia
makiag the prosfer Of many millions
II dollars III cash ana lands. II some
attention had been paid 10 The de-.
sei0pHent III this country and the
education Of her iiiterate long aeo
- wosid have many years onsrrown
thA conditIoas which are only q
ms 70 b ! reproach.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

u u being freely whispered that
II Arizona does not accept Joint state
hood with New Mexico. this territory
wilI be admitted alone al the short
session and Arizona will be Divided
np into three parts. one part "a be
annehed 70 California. one pari 10
Utah and The third part 70 New Mex,
ico.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

The inspection clause a The agri-
cultural hllL. the rate hill and the
pure FOOD biii-thcse three measures
alone. pas.ed IN the late hours of the
session. makes The congress Just
closed . remarkable ono.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

Owing nothing to any fsctlon IN
New Mexico. Governor Hssefmau Il
n position 10 work Cor the interests
Of The whole people. REGARDLESS II
race o. party-and what II moro. he
appears TO be making things happen
Just that way.-Roswcii Peootd.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

Mr. Edison says nv II anxious ~
lisce the automobile within the resci
u III. Thanks. swfl.,g hut ~ shsr
ie yell satisfied n We can manage.
10 keep out u reach ~ the antomo-
bile
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

Tie lons term u Inc ssh congress
vii ~ down In the history ~ this
country ~ schiesing moro valuable
iesislsthn than IN, other term since
The time ~ Lincoln
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

II ~ pleasantly warm Ia Lss W.
kas these days. hui with accounts ~
deaths from hest romins from east.
ern cities. y onr 4 entitled 70 com,
plain.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

49, = u - os4eo-
Sfte@ds 10 3sssAeod @sm ~ -
80 SsssE sss fsss q ose< II -
p.pa@ass of s~ssfsamnd m paSnsaag shs
s~-ss a. L.fe. seslsssy. sesy ss1
ssris~ c. - sofb snd c~k th~a
sess-Albsss~rsss Cifis~a-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

The saddcst thing II life = -
old age. ret thousands experiences =
BY n~eKlectIng to save towards 4 cons
petence In the golden days Of youth
The Plaza Trust and Savings bAas
PAYS 4 per cent interest Eli
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

Thsr~ are some mes TOWNS 40 Ne
considered al The ness eisefiaa. fsas.
sos. Tor iassancs. y prepared ~ east
90 votes.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

Shall 20 east July nrst Durif :
that month my Once viii be closes@
s.If2 =. r. LORU
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

TIA ~ stesiesn Inquiries out that
he vais~ - The gifts Offered b ooa.
Srr~n With statehood ~ 81! 900 tsee.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02
Russia ess ssli spare 0or~mykin
go - eahss<t

Cssesrstuistsors Nv AIbsauefaus nn
~ xsft from congress q . siea.tce
ps~sssfsce huliainx
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

hsn 81 nssJ So = s113@I
| A{>- O~bbe1k es1s - - ~ 49, e
~ VkkM Mz2 4 assenas Ibs hss6 l&hs RI eupurka
Mysw nma sepsusnky. eses~R 49, lsru~
ssssSAgxsessss A - shshs ssrA.s s.rss ssAI
C yxn: Aas yAsys ere sh<s. - III. 80 fs5Ts.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02
Nay Mar the FLAG

The Las Vegas Optic says The On
eiai nag maker d already engaged In
rsarrangiug the stars In the field 10
make room sor Oklahoma and Arizona
iGt him ronfine himself 10 finding u
Mace for Oklahoma alone. Otherwise
he viii have d field marred by one
vacant plsce-Arixana Republican.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02
The PES. /. q IL

~. -, :.
T.s a-anaaaa,. !, .,.,.s,ra 4. ,ar
=. - - y .suaa $50 u go,
go, ,haa .s.,s,an AZ ),
49,, ! ~. 49, 800 .a,s"s
-. .a,,s -.
,,rss .aas. re- ~, sa,a,a IL
san,,sas 80 81. .,,h ~ 49,
ras. d - 49, - ,o, ~, 49, i.
anndrea x..ars ,rom nav, a,,nonsh
he may have an ~antisnIclde family he
has no assurance that even his child.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02

sslsnlsss Ts1 Nes aaenise-

Mr. Bsserfdr~s dictam u joisi
statehood within fifteen rears appears
% have been scr~pe~d ~ such FORMER
ssaaneh ~sdsprzies a separate state-
h<od % ~ Bssks W. Nev Nevicsn
and the L. VEGAS Optic. ny What
authority 1srs ~ B~~veridxe doom
sny territory 70 ~teiaston from the
nnsnnF What man can sAs that sep
sfs,e statehood win not n conferred
ufcn Arizona snd New Mexico within
nse years q within two yearsf We
arc asare that yoint statehood III i'm.
possihie, We On this sias hare moth
lng III fear. Our solicitnde In this
matter h Wholly Cor OUT New Mexican
friends. WIN. by thelr acceptance IL
Mf. Beyeridxe's slanderous terms.
arr weakening their claims upon sep.
arate siatehood-kritona Republican,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02
STATEHOOD COMMENT
Hope IN oemseracy-

Hope IA OemeerAcy-
II il almost conceded thar IN dam.
Representatives. Certainly ire chances
Tor this result are sood. with /
democratic majority Id the lower
house Of congress one Of the nrst bins
passed wilI be fcr Ire admission 81
Arisona g. 4 separate state. Passed
ny the house. Il II not likely that the
senate would say nay. a. the senate
has already demonstrated III desire
% DO the tHir thing BY the people
81 this gterrtory.Internatiupal Amrri
FeAsbi sn6 10
Z +a-
Thieves Too Anxieus-
|aftaR senutxaen e Who nave been
caught tryin. to steal the public do
main n New Mexico evidently have
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-07-02
b = ss<N - Hsar
g~swsa-AnasaA o..

u - 1s<sp ~ N11sr as1s 81 Go
gsWa-An.naA -.
Naseks shs pvsai6e~s-
We are eur4sss - kHos 10 ID
prx~steat On eseexss ~ s1ass n
sAss ters1ies,. rs>ss - ! fi.e vk<s
= - greater lsas~no~ h<r~s Tkss
sss SA~s u< believed III 10 BE IN
Rsfkssr Nth oss sssaxxi~s. shes 80
thoasht ~ sss insseS Win bsnsd
s~ss~ya sotioes. thai MS hssor~ he
inpssHed oar sotises u opeossas
tasfss~. ~ b~for~ ~ ieat his bsek-
lag % RrseSids<. iAe ehI~f mzligs<r
- AfixonsL -Artsos2 Repahiie4n.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-06
TO EDUCATE THE SOLDIER.
Industrial Schools Proposed for the
French ARMY

Consul Goldschmidt OF Nantes reports
that many OF the leading newspapers Of
France are advocating a scheme for the
education of the French soldier during the
period of his enforced service in the army.
The consul writes:
According to several articles which have
appeared in leading newspapers, there has
been considerable complaint in the past that
the soldiers from the country districts in
many instances failed to return to the pa
ternaI roof after performing military duty
in the cities. thus giving up the pursuits of
agriculture and in this way threatening to
cause a serious loss to the agricultural dis
tricts. The reason given for that is that
their life during the time of military service
is one of comparative ease and tdleness,
from the hardships encountered by the av-
erage farmer.
Another complaint Is that young men
who have started upon certain careers or
trades neglect the same to a regrettable
extent during the period of military service
and frequently leave such service less fit
ted for their business than when they en-
tered the army. Many reasons are given
for this, some Of which are enforced idle
ness during the time when they are not on
duty, and consequent lettering in the streets
of the town, also the frequenting of drink
ing places and places of amusement
"All these things are to be improved, and
the movement advocated by the press pro-
~
tionl courses in connection with garrison
life, through which the soldier, instead OF
losing his interest in his trade or vocation
is to be encouraged in further studies of the
same. In this way 1t Is expected the soldier
will leave the military service better equip
ped In his vocation or trade than when he
entered. No one is to be encouraged in any
studies excepting such for which he shows
inclination or previous study. Courses in
scientific agriculture are to be started for the
benefit of those who have previously been
engaged in that work. To a country like
France where agriculture Is the backbone,
this policy should prove beneficial. For such
soldiers as are engaged in industrial trades,
courses in such trades are to be established.
this being comparatively easy because Of
the garrisons being generally in large in
dustrial or commercial centers. Additional
opportunity for training is also to be given
to those who have chosen commercial
branches or professions ana every facility
is to be offered them for the continuance Of
studies during the leisure hours of their
two years service.
If this project IS carried out II will mean
an undoubted advantage to the young men
who enter military sevice, and this means
practically every abie-bodied man at the
age of about twenty and will no doubt bear
fruit in making them better fitted to COM
pete with the world and generally more able
to meet their civic duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-06
The Explosive Harpoon.
From the Technical World.

FROM the Technical World
This harpoon. which is the modern
whale-hunter's chief reliance, is a truly
murderous weapon six feet in length and
strong In proportion, made chiefly of NAL
leable iron, and admirably designed for the
staying of the immense creatures It's
most striking feature next TO the bomb
head, which is operated by a tfme-fuse
and eXplodes in the vitals of the whale.
is the anchor-like device that prevents the
harpoon drawing out Of the body again
under the terrible strain of the wounded
monsters frantic efforts to free itself
This consists of four hinged barbs, which
lie along the shaft before it is fired but
which are forced apart and imbed them
selves in the whales body after he is hit
so that If the prize escapes-which some
times occurs-it is only by breaking the
rope.
When fish are numerous and there IS
chance OF killing more than one in a.
day, novel method is adopted with the
first victim. When it is seen to be dead,
hole is bored through its back into its
stomach and air is pumped into it by q
pipe from the steamers engines, until it.
is inflated like great balloon. The oriice
is then closed with wooden plug; and
man is left alongside in q small boat to
establish ownership while the whaler
steams off in quest of other prey. AS
many as five whales have been killed by
ship in one day; four Is not an unusual
bag" and threes and twos are commonly
got. A single ship killed twenty-five in a
week; and the record years work for one
is 25S-an amazing number when it lis re-
membered that on stormy days IT is impos-
sible to cruise at all, the sprays bury
the gun; and that during the winter
months fishing is abandoned During that
period the whales ''strike Off the coast to
escape the ice foes. to which the rorquals
are not partial, being in this respect UNI
like their arctic congeners. whose habitat
Is now the remotest section of Hudson's
Bay and the channels which strike north
from its farthest bounds into the Polar sea
itself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-06
Famous for Manufacture of Artificial
Noses.
From the London Mail.

From the London Mall
The city OF Indore is modern and ugly
and uninteresting. Apart from being the
prosperous capital Of rich state, its chief
claim TO notoriety rests upon its hospital.
which has won universal fame by the
manufacture of artificial noses. That may
seem very limited industry on which TO
build a name. But In India there are sew
eral ways of promoting this industry. When
a woman comes to the hospital carrying
her nose in napkin you may fairly assume
that her husband suspects a breach OF the
Seventh Commandment. When q man ap-
pears in the same plight you may set him
down as usurer who has fallen into the
hands of his clients, and has had no Portia
to plead his cause. Indore is the Mecca OF
these unfortunates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-06
stoker on First Locomotive.
the Pottsyiile Miners Journal.

From the Pottsyiile Miners Journal.
Letchworth Cox. who was a stoker on the
first locomotive that ever got up steam in
America, celebrated his ninety-f1rst birth
day at his home in Jamesburg. N. J.. on
Christmas day.
Mr.. Cox was the son of Joseph and Han
nah Cox, and was born in Chester county,
Pa. In 1914. He Is stili In possession OF
all his faculties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-06

Mr.. Richard N Brooke, who was for sew
eral years associated with the league and is
now the vice principal of the Corcoran
School as well as the president of the So
ciety of Washington Artists. delivered
lecture on student ideals last Wednesday
evening, before the Richmond Art Club.
This is one of the most eRterpTiSing art or
CARNATIONS in the south and under dts aus
pices each year really notable exhibition
of current work is held in the Virginia capt
tai Mr.. Brooke has in his studio here now
a number of interesting canvases finished
or well under way. One charmingiy sets
forth bit of the Warrenton wheat cOun-
try: another twilight in foreign village
street. Both are comparatively simple in
composition and reticent in rendering. but
each has in it more than a measure of that
truth which carries with 1t conviction. 1t
is seldom that one will see more mature
work than Mr.. Brooke's or any that Will
stand SO well the fires of intimacy and criti-
cal analysis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-06

The January ''art talk" at the Corcoran
School win be given on Monday afternoon
at 4:15 in the lower hemicycle by MT. James
Henry Moser. the president OF the Wash
ington Water Color Club. The subject has
not been announced. but 1t will bear, 1t Is
understood, directly upon the work of the
students. These lectures are not open 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-06

Twenty or more members of the old Art
Students League held reunion informally
last Saturday evening at the Tea Cup Inn.
Miss Louise Hull, who was at one time a
member of the faculty and is now in charge
of the art department of prominent girls
school in stanton, Va, was the guest of
honor. 1t was almost an impromptu at
fair, but resulted most pleasantly. The
members who were in town responded
heartily; old days were agreeably recalled,
new ways discussed and some merry hoaXes
played between the courses of simple.
good dinner. The art league ceased to exist
some years ago, but dts influence is still to
be felt in local art circles 1t furnished
in its day not only good teaching but sound
ideals and it helped to produce more than
mediocre Workmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-06

Not many days ago, when in the artists
studio, Mr. E. C. Messer. the director Of
the Corcoran School, made, in chalk and
crayon on gray paper a sketch of Mr..
Miller, which is both an excellent likeness
and an admirable drawing. 1t shows only
the head and shoulders, but is almost lie
size. The light comes from the rear ana
the face Is partly Swallowed. There are
few lines and little modelling, but the work
Is not incomplete no the contrary, white
Intangible to q degree to the eye, 1t Is emil
nentiy satisfactory to the intellect and
definitely inter- SAts the character and per-
sonality of the sitter. Sometimes 1t chances
that a few lines arrive at conclusion
which many could not reach, and when
this is so more would be worse than SUI
perfiuous. Mr.. Messer's long ard intimate
friendship and association with Mr.. Miller
undoubtedly helped him to interpret in this
sketch his likeness sympathetfcaIly. but
there is displayed in the work a mastery
of drawing, together with a superiority or
medium, which only long schooling and IN
herent skill could supply.