The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-10-27

home 7 40 MOI mak" any attempt to forco
my Chil iren N any special direction. |
do not know that any one of them will make
an artis; but AT least ! csn say that they have
unConsoiously imbibed the love Of the true
and the hatred of the sham, to know good
work and to appreciate IL. Occc siOnallv |
get proof ~ thisi in Unexpected Way.
Down at Shinnecook many and many u
time | have heard the little ones say when
they went outdoors; oh, see. there's one
of r1pa's skies"
Mr.. Chase's studios arr. filed with treas
ures of al kinds tapestries and hangings;
copper vessels and brass, furniture. Renais-
sance, Rocco and Colonial; canvases of con-
temporarie. and copies Of old masters; al
tar cloths and rugs; cabinets Of cIrios and
tables covered Will queer finds. The con
versation naturally turns that way, and
Mr.. Chase relates many anecdotes.
AT one time | had more than 200 rings"
he says. and after ] sold out tho furnish
ings of my old studio in Tenth street | said
. good-by to everything. However. over
since then | have been finding and buying
Jack tho treasures | then sold.
Al the Stanford White sale | bought back
three pictures that he purchased of me at
that time. There are a number of pawn
brokers here who have an agreement to let
me know whenever they find anything OF
interest, especially rings, for | discovered
some time ago that oftentimes a pawnbroker
would take a ring from It's setting il the stone
were precious and send the old setting to the
melting pot. They had no idea of the van
dalism Of which they were guilty.
Whether a collector ever realizes in
dollars and cents what he has paid out for
his treasures | cannot say. hope he does.
but / do know that to tho true collector
getting back what he spent is not by any
mean the essential thing"
Mr.. Chase feels in his pocket, takes out a
small silk bag and shows the contents to the
spectators. There were rings. antique and
medieval, of gold and silver. among them a
carved emerald. which Sargent has painted
in his well known picture of Mrs. Chase, a
curio found in Spain.
Apologizing for seeming 10 talk over
much about him If tho necessity of an
intervicw-M Mr.. Chase finishes by saying that
! everywhere he went among the galleries
he found his name known and every posi-
BILE courtesy was shown him. with no further
introduction than that of his work.
Among the compliments paid me perhaps
the one I have appreciated the most was
, the invitation recently extended to paint
my portrait for the L fiji Gallery in Florence.
This collection of painters painted by them
! selves was begun by Cardinal Leopold de
Medici and carried on by the Grand Duke
Pietro ~Leopoldo, and among the old masters
are portraits of Raphael, Leonardo ia Vinci.
Andrea del Sartc. Michael Angelo, D1rer,
Holbein. Rubens, Van Dyck. Rembrandt,
while among modern painters are Zorn.
Aima-Tode,ua. insres, Corot, Bouguereau
and Millais.
Il do not recall any Anne rican painters in
the collection except Sargent. who sent his
portrait last year. and one OF G. p. A. Healey,
who by some mistake is c~atalogued among
English painters.
Another compliment that I have received
over there is the gilt Of the Grand Order of
st. Michael, bestowed by the Crown Prince
OF Bavaria. This order has been given To
three other Americans only. for distinction
in art. and they were Whistler. Edwin Abbey
and Sargent"