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New-York tribune., 1907-01-06

presented epistles few are Of any extraordinary
interest and many are dun or uniInportant
This new material does not. after all. add
much to our knowledge of Lawrences character.
We already knew him as man highly amiable
and charitable painfully hard-working. devoted
to his father and mother and their big family
and submitting cheerfully to their continuous
demands upon him for money and influence
We also know him a ladies' pet, prone To
falling In love with serious feeling behind his
ardor '"The fact cannot be blinked' says MT
Layard, that Lawrence was one OF those men
who. without dishonorable or cruel intention.
find their pleasure in hanging to the skirts of
this or that woman" He talks of Lawrence's
suffering over the Siddons episode and he IS
welcome to his sympathetic view of that sorry
piece Of fckleness; but imagine that most
students of human nature and the artistic tenn
permanent Will continue TO believe that while rds
hero had plentiful supply of poetic and pict-
uresQue sentiment he had little capacity for a
deep and steadfast affection. 1t would perhaps
be unreasonable to look for the growth of that
capacity In career such that of Lawrence
From the time when the little of the igno-
rant Devices innkeeper set the English social
world agog with his precocious knowledge of
the poets and his wonderful achievements with
pencil and chalks his vanity enthusiastically
cultivated Princes coddled him. duchesses
petted and praised him He had more than
good looks. he had actual beauty; and his ways
were fascinating in the extreme. If this hand
some. brilliant and unframed being -roved. a
Flirt. from flower to flower 1t only what
might have been expected
Mr.. Layard has not much to say Of Law
renco's boyhood. but there are some interesting
details IN the heretofore unpublished remi-
niscences of Miss Croft included In This volume.
1t was worth while to set down the artists re-
membrance of his first impression of pictures.
He four five years old when at the
Devices inn he came upon a picture OF Shake
speare taken from statue The child was
frightened at its pale and ghastly hue but he
often contemplated II for q long time together
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06

he worked. worked. worked. and apparently
never took holiday Did he ever refuse a
commission? he was par excellence, the fash
ionable artist Of his time In England, and his
sitters-sometrnes helplessly indignant-endured
outrageous delays In the delivery OF their por-
traits Nothing-neither entreaties nor scold-
ings-availed to get them out of his hands Mr.
Layard prints letter from the Duchess OF Wei
lington which is amusing in its carefully studied
efforts to persuade the artist to send home the
Dukes portrait The library in which # is to
be placed is a handsome room. the Duke has
done everything TO make 1t beautiful and COM
Portable. II only needs the portrait to complete
h-"Pray. pray oblige mel" writes the anxious
lady 1t Is doubtful IL the petition brought the
picture Lady Normanton's portrait stiu re-
mained unfinished IN the studio twelve years
after Its subject gave the artist a first sitting;
and In 4 melancholy letter, dated 1924 her lord
reminds Lawrence that he himself has been sit
ting to him since the year 1915 Lord Downo
sends the artist an earnest note begging for his
portrait. and mentioning his unavailable appIi-
cations for these last eight years" visitor to
the studio. when looking behind the new pict-
ures. discovered many still unfinished. the COS
tunes Of which told that five. ten. or perhaps
twenty years had elapsed since they were COM
menced:
at Of e q 1nos Sc
long; for surely of the originals are SO much
altered since they sat- that they no longer
nkeneSSeS?''
Some OF them Miss" said he do come IN n
huff. but they always go away pleased for nv
nlater brings out the picture and it need only
be altered in the dress. and then they think they
are handSomer than ever, and alrS right One
old lady came the other day and asked to see a
picture OF her begun twenty years ago and when
she IL said. do finish II SIR Thornaa. II Is
such excellent Hkeness."
i Alfred was q wit
Miss Croft, with whose family Lawrence was
intimate for years. and who saw him constantly,
testifies that he painted from sunrise to sunset
except In the hours devoted to the correction of
engravings and those Of his hurried meals AT
this time I used to hear him accused of indo-
lence and dissipation as the causes of his pict-
ures being so long In hand but he could only
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06

pretty story Of his boyhood has for heroine
the beautiful Georgiana Duchess Of Devonshire.
The child-artist was the fashion at Bath when
the bewitching duchess arrived there with her
baby daughter. afterward Lady Carlisle Young
Lawrence was employed In making drawing of
the little one.
The duchess made him do II In her own dressing
room, where, as her presence seemed to alarm and
confuse him. he generally left alone with the
baby and its nurse. One morning he was surprised
by a most delicious gale OF perfume, and after
wondering for a few moments he turned his head
suddenly and his cheek came In contact with that
CT the duchess. who was peeping over his shoulder
in her dressing gown with her hair about her ears
smelling of MARKETABLE powder which was then IN
use He was dreadfully confounded at the fauit
Gas he felt it, that he had committed. thar tne
good humor'd duchess broke up the sitting % 10
heve him
Dust and less than dust the exquisite
woman and the shy boy-artist-but how the
warm velvet cheek. the silky curls. the delicate
MARKETABLE scent, return to life In the picture!
1t may be that what Lawrence complained OF
In after years as constitutional Languor :.
one of the heaviest visitations that Man can
have" was the result of his ceaseless work
when little more than q child Mr.. Layard ac-
knowledges him to have been "sef-indul-
gent. indolent and procrastinating." yet vithal
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
A NOTE on ORIGINS.
From The London Chronicle.

From The London Chronicle.
Slang phrases. in course of time become ah-
sorbed into the Yernacular. as has been pointed
that nonsense rhymes and nursery verses be-
come institutions Take the following exam
pies The famous lines:
Mother may go out TO swim,
Yes, my darling daughter
Hang your clothes hickory limb
And don't go near the water"
are at least thirteen hundred years old being
found In a book of tests Of the sixth century
compiled by Hierocles!
"Humpty DUmpty Sat or a Wall" etc has
come down TO US from the days of King John
THE Babes In the Wood dates from the ff-
teenth century. being founded upon facts. an old
house near Wayland Wood, Norfolk having the
Whole story In carvings mantelpiece Lit
tie Jack Horner," Little Miss Muffett" cold
Mother Hubbard" Mother Goose and
'Goosey. Goosey. Gander." are each traceable
to the sixteenth century
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat. Where Have YOu
BeenE belongs to the reign OF Queen Elizabeth
Three Blind Mice first appeared in 4 music
book dated 1909 "A Froggie Would a-WooiDe
Co was licensed to be sung as far hack as
100 Boys and Girls Come Out to Plavs' and
Lucy Iocket Lost Her Pocket both han from
the period OF Charles IL And last Of all ~Cin-
derela- Jack the Giant Killer" HI3Iuebear,l-
and Tom Thumb" were published by their au-
hor. Charles Perrault. In the year 1857.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
MIDNIGHT.

onIathomaole Nights how dost thou sweep
over the flooded earth, and darkIy hide
fhe mighty City under thy full tide:
Making a silent palace for old Sleep
Ike nus own temple under the hushed deep
Where all the busy day he doth ahj5a
And forth at the late dark, outspreadeth wtts
HIS dusky wings, whence the cold waters sweep.
How peacefully the living millions Het
LuIied into death beneath his popuv srera
There Is no breath-no living stir-no cry
No tread of foot-no SongSno music-caIl-
Only the sound OF melancholy bells
The voice of Time-survivur OF them am
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06

paint an DAY long and hs equally seene8 ~
neglect his friends and strapgesa fnr Mr.,
VOLTS portrait was not gone On Win for twely,
years. Mrs Wolfrs sister was particular,v
hurt and offended by the delay fu f.nishfn- tb,.
beautiful picture. as '1t vas begun when ~,
price was only 80 gufneas. and hs nov charg.d
2uo Tor the same size- II should be said that
though Lawrence suffered lifelong misery from
financial embarrassments - largely brought
ABOUT no doubt. by the cornorant prcpensities
Of his nearest relatfves-he was In no sens,
greedy When he was sent to the Continent bv
George " to paint the members Of the atx-1a-
Chapelle Congress he was told to name his ovv,
terms Miss Croft says:
So puzzled he by this and 80 fearr,, ~ hO,.-
exorbit ant in his demands, that waIksd v1th Sis
hours before he could at all make up bi T,u5 .9ree
the subject was ignorant then OF what has beer a
barrassment of his affairs made his leayfng Ena-
Land at all matter of risk and alarm to him and
conjured UP. He insisted my naming the sum m
It appeared to me reasonable he should demand for
two monthS absence. and when mentioned 81 0o
ne was almost In passion with what he called nv
my proposed terms he left NE at the doop 20
In Hart Street in no amiable temper. / could nor
to persuade him to mount his horse 1Whicb t1y
ventured to order to his door pass'd the livery
for advice To be sure did feel very triumphantIy
fess that the Duke had without he hSK uSpSSa 70
the His stay prolonged to tvyeDtV
months. instead OF two, and great a part OF the
time, both In Rome and Vienna. for his own gratf-
fcation. that the agreement (which was complied
with unheSitatngly) went for nothing, and / be-
Heve he only paid for the whOIe-lengths "a
Euneas. and for the three-quarters SEQ for ali tne
portraits Of the Waterloo Gallery.
During this visit to the Continent he painted
the emperors Of Russia and Austria, the Pone
Prince Metternich and host of men and
women Of lesser rank. Some Of these letters
printed for the first time deal with his dis
dnguished sitters. but not SO vfvidIy and char
acteristically as we could wish The pleasant
absorbing affection for his daughter Marie
"He dotes upon her, she always travels with
him Her husband. whom she so much loves
goes IN second carriage";-and the painter
concludes his account with a glimpse OF the
father and child at St Peters-a glimpse Of
womanly piety and paternal love In the mat
ter Of description Lawrence was generally wax
His most notable effort in this direction is
reported by Miss Croft He had seen the ven
erable Queen Charlotte at court one day and
his friend asked him how she looked "Sir
Thos.. after a little consideration, said she re-
minded him most of an old grey parrot with
her frizzed head Of grey hair. and her we'll
known habit of turning in her toes"
The Illustrations of this volume-reprodu.-
tions of some OF Lawrence's best portraits and
ing.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
THE 214PER WAY.

Things-as-they-ought-to-be
Woke up one day,
Harnessed an eagle and
Went on his way.
I'll choose a safe path" said
Things-as-they-are;
Things-aS-they-ought-to-be
Rode for a star.
Things-as-they-are crept of
Borne on s snail:
Better to creep" he said.
Than fly and fail"
Things-as-they-ought-to-be
Fell from the star,
Safe On his journey went
ThingS-S-they-are.
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06

Iectlons of the Artist by Miss Elizabet Croft
Co. $4,000 ~
The publication, two or three years ago. of a.
volume describing Thomas Lawrence's love af-
fair with Sally and Maria Siddons. led Mt Lay
ard and the present owners of the artists
MS. correspondence to project the work now
under review They have felt that while the
story OF his shilly- -shaIlying relations with the
great actresses daughters might be true enough.
it at the same time did injustice to the really
admirable qualities which. aside from his sent
mentality. Lawrence possessed. Hence this
book. made up largely of letters never before
printed. set upon connecting thread of narra-
tive Some of the more entertaining passages
are derived from letters already used in Will
iams biography Of the artist: Of the newly
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06

The publication of n new book of critical
essays by Mr. Arthur Symons under the title
OF studies In Seven Arts" has incidentally
Drought UP question Of terninoIogy re-
1uSal on the part Of one reviewer to accent Mr.
Symons as himself an artist has provoked
dissatisfied soul to ask If it is fair to restrict
the word artist to denote some singular ESQ
terlc group, hierarchy Of gods In the clouds
ana OF few practising mortals not vet or not
"hoiiy IN the clouds" The point might be mr.
gued Tor hours, much good sense might be
SHOWN on both sides, and still we would make
pTacucally, no progress. But the discussion
would be useful in 30 far as II might eynose
me manner In which the use of the word artist
mas been oVerdone- Every one knows the man
WHO not being very rich In ideas, finds II diff
cult 10 give expression to bis admiration O, the
ulnS he mas seen some one do, and thereuoon
takes refuge In the can't saying that "So-and-S So
is an artist" You will hear the phrase ON
p.oyed In perfect good faith with reference 70
almost any type from the plumber to the noat
Inc apsurdity might be left to the tender mer-
cies OF the comic journals, In which no .
matter of fact it has often been satjrizad tf
IL were not that IT has crept into supposedly
enlightened circles and has there producod
much confusion of thought II is q oroction
too, If this muddle- -headedness as IN tbo roo.r
ing OF art has not caused a vast amount .,
Aamage In modern letten
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
Dbe Netu'pork Gribaaaas.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 6. 1907.

There has Just been an amusing tilt in the
pages of the London Saturday Review" be-
tween the literary editor of that journal and a
well known writer of books for girls. -Four of
fhe ladys books were oyerhauled in the sever
est fashion, and the reviewer came to the con-
rluson that they must have had their origin
In a purely commercial ambition 1t was
pointed out that the author in question pub
GShed every year SO many books that she
necessarily could have time ITO look over
that which is written, to revise or to correct"
The author, prompt to defend herself says
among other things eff choose to draw upon
q gift Of rapid imagination which l apparently
possess, that is n matter for myself and for nv
publishers" If "a gift of rapid Imagination"
results In work of questionable value criticism
and the public are entitled to protest against
fits excessive use The author In this contro-
yersy declares that she appeals for her final
verdict to the tens of thousands of girls who
form her audience, and, she adds, "when they
cease to buy, assure you Sir, shall cease to
write, but not before" This may be a good
business resolution. unimpeachable from
purely selfish point Of view, but we confess
that we find 1t little disconcerting to have to
associate any such principle with one pretend-
ing to sound purpose in the writing of booka
1t is the mission Of Mr. Andrew Lang 10
make the world sweeter and wiser through his
witty and peculiarly sane ministrations Never
was any one more fertile than this brilliant
man or letters IN the suggestions which only
nave TO be carried out in order to make us all
happy. There Is something poaitiyely golden
nDout his latest idea 1t seems that some
anonymous Scot has demanded Of civilization
mat 1t erect memorial to Queen Mary. MI
Lang IS beset with doubts Edinburgh he saya
Is overpopulated with wonderful statues
Princes Street Is as fun as an omnibus On ,
Tet day" Even If an adequats sculptor were
NIuaoie, and as to this also Mr. LANG "a
fuDlous he would look askanca at nuy project
Tor building a memorial to Queen MARY ror
as he remarks. while Hoyrood stands che
scarcely needs one" But Me Lang fs con-
suucuve- Not for him the mere demoIisbmen.
OF an unpromising scheme Forth from bys
'pld'h comes new scheme, so splendid that we
must quote intact his words about IT:
Inc best way OF honoring The Ulustrious de,a
80 hdVe no statues is to take down the pain
.ih IL. ihoGerh statues OF moderns who were not
pFllcuElrly nluStrious. Nothing would no rore |
eIective than elegant inscription M the
place where such statues at present stand.
STATUE PRoN PFs EpTnIssgG 9T1Fs SLOT o.
IN MEMORY or MARY
QUEEN or SCOTS
This arrangement would be cboan eroc,,ro
e1d a sensible discouragement Of bad sCulptors
We would Ike to extend the application Of
fhis noble idea to the realm of printed matter.
1t would be fine thing II, for example the
centenary Of q classic author could be oele-
DTated not by the publication of anything new
but by magnificent burning of manuscripts
and printed books about him
New-York tribune., 1907-01-06
THOMAS LAWRENCE.
The Correspondence of a Fashion
able Painter.

SIR THOMAS I.AWRENCES I,FTvTER-RAC
Edlted by George SOames Layard With RecoI-
Iect1ons Of the Artist by Miss Elizabeth Croft
Evening journal., 1907-03-01
A STORY ON
AMOS RUSIE
Pullman Porter Was Given d
Good Beating--ShOeS
Came Back

Amos Rusie. who is now doing
stunts in an Indiana lumber yard, was
a typical rube when he broke into
the big league with the New York
team Many stories have been told
about Amos during his meteoric car
eer. but the best OF them all was his
experience with "a Put man porter.
When Rusie Joined the team the
other members OF the team told him
that every trip they made ON a Pull
man sleeper a number OF pairs
shoes We're lost. They said suspicion
pointed 10 the porter and as RuBie was
the latest recruit he was selected 20
sit up and watch for the midnight
raide..
Amos selected a seat in the smok-
ing compartment Of the Pullman pre-
pared to do detective duty and a lit
tie bouncing on the side. Naturally
he dozed Off and wasn't awakened un-
tn about O'Clock when the porter
walked into the smoker with several
pairs of shoes that he intended shin
ing in order to help along a morning
tin Rusie an once decided that he
had found his victim.
The famous pitcher was then per-
feet specimen Of physical manhood and
in reality did not know his own
strength. In just about three minutes
he had the scared porter in worse con-
dition than Jemries had poor Jack
Nlunroe The porter spent several
weeks in the hospital as the result of
the mix-up and it cost the New York
baseball team several hundred dollars
[ to square things with the railroad
company and the colored gentleman.
Evening journal., 1907-03-01
COST MONEY TO
RUN BALL TEAM
Pennant Winners Generally
the Least Expensive OF
the Clubs

The cost Of operating a major league bah
club has been figured out and the results
presented TO the public by various writer's
until followers Of the sport are all pretty
well acquainted with the fact that it costs
a wonderful lot of money and, more than
this, that it costs just about as much To
run a second division major league club
as st does a first division proposition. And
this latter fact is one that the average
club owner would like TO forget, II he
dared.
But no one has ever attempted 70 figure
out what it costs 10 get together a major
league pennant winner besides what &c
costs TO run one after you get it-or before
YOU get It also for that matter. This is
easily explained by the fact that history
teaches that this cost OF getting a pen-
nant winner IS very fuctuating and t.
never the same for any two clubs. Owing
10 the opportunity, which the war gave for
the securing Of a lot Of good players with
out having TO make any outlay for their
releases. the three pennant winners in the
American League during the past five
years were actually gotten together az less
expense than any other OF the Eve clubs in
the league
Evening journal., 1907-03-01
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