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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
roo FAST FOR aFTNGY.v
Mir. ConMors Says Paris is Pretty RAp

New York, Dec. 32.--wm. !. connors. chairman of the Democratic State Committee. of New York. who has just returned from Europe. thinks Paris ''too fast" according to The Herald this morning He is quoted as follows:
 They so fast over there. They've Got q code. They sleep all day and have . good time all night. We ipst travel along at respectable clip here in New York. The police wouldn't stand for the Paris pace here. But all I've got to say is that their wcmen are the best dressed In the worid." ,
 Mir. Corners declined to discuss poIi- tics #
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
NOTICE RECONCILIATION
STATE or ALABAMA,

STATE OF ALABAMA,
 MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
 Notice ta hereby given that in pursuancs Of an order Of thIs date Of the Boaed of Revenue of Montgomery County AiabaInR a election will be held in said county for dseidine whether or not the ssid Couss- Ay shall issue bondss of character and amount a heFeinaftsr set forth; said cleo tion shA1i be held on. the fourth day Of January, 1909. at the polling places established by law In each of the several precincts of said County for hoidfng sleo- lions therein; the amount of the proposed bond issue is one hundred and afty thoasand (g1so. .oool dollars. and the maximum rate ons-haif per eentum C Ia per csntl per annuml said bonds to run for afty (bO) years from date thereof; the said bonds to bs tssued for the purpoSe of constructing and paying dsbtg created for constructing public roads and bridges and for such other purposes aB arc authorized by law.
 This ths 90th day of November, 1908
 DAVID FLEMING,
 Chairman Of ths Board oe Revenue
 of Montgomery County. Alabama
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
Out for ouaIawu.

!
 k With the starting of their nrst suits against the few corporations that have not seen ht to report their dcings &C., cording to law, the public service com. missioners Of the town are only open ing up a determined movement to gen. erally carry out the principtss Of Gov ernor Hughes, It is inderstoOd here to- day. For some time New Workers have watched the prolonged rettcence of one or two of these traction officials who are now called to court by the Govern. or's supervisors to answer for delayed reports. The public eye has ct the same time been upon . band, of well known Tammany men here who. have boosted that they were able to invade any of the towns of the. state with poles. wires and general excavation under a char. ter which they sneaked through at Ai- bany fifteen years ago for g, eo.eaIled ''Econon1ic'' company. That the open defiance of the Hughes commissions by this gang of lecaI. sehenaers will not be allowed. to- 60 unehecked much longer is the EeIief of the people of this. city. where their plans to impose on the lo- cal authorities upstate have been an open secret for some time. when the powers at Albany act upon the case of this outlaw Tamnlany crowd. that has already set at naught the authority of the public gervlee commissioners. it is expected tU prove anything but "eeo- homie" to undertake to forcioly enter the other Communities of the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
CHARITY FOR NEW YORK CITY More Than Ever It Is Needed Now. YEAR A HARD ONE FOR POOR Thousands Will Have Only Charity 7 Christmas. Yellow JoarnaIists are GIoatinx Oves
 the Details of the HaIns Case.
 New York oity is Marathon
 Maa at This Time.
YEAR A HARD ONE FOR POOR

New York, Dec. 22-Mors than a million dollars will come as Christ mas cheer to the sadly strick on poor of the past year from the pockets of the people of Gotham, according to estimates which were made by the charity workers In. this city today. Never in the history of the metropolis has more pitifui poverty been met by more generous giving at the holiday season. The touch of the times that are past still shows Its sad effect throughout , the tenement districts, while the renewed hustle of business has opened the purses of every one wider than usual to the spirit of Christmas gsnefoaity. Thousands on thousands of dollars are this week quietly finding their way to the treas- uries of the more conservative charit- able organizations and the iron ket- ties Of the Salvation Army are ringing with an influx of silver coin on every corner. Tons of turkeys, loads of pies and cars full of cranberries are al- ready engaged to feed every human being on this Island who may lack e holiday dinner. New York has much to be grateful for at this Christmas tide and substantial tokens of her gratitude are today stacking mountain high on every hand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23

.t MaRathon Mad. Never has more acute fever broken
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-23
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 Trial by yellow journal instead of jury has reached its climax here. as the Hatus case has today begun to unfold all its possibilities for sensa- tionai treatment in the penny prints. To every sentence of testimony in court, columns of comment are being fointed upon public. more than sated by the recent Thaw scandal To a few hysterical space writers the prin- cipals in the case have seemed to pre- fer to give thelr evidence rather than to judge and jury, and almost before the real trial has opened the saffron scribes have summed up. closed their case and rendered verdict in luFid pages of print and picture. Just what effect this pen trial of the EIaina brothers will have, If any, upon. their fate will be eagerly watched by a long suffering public. The same newspaper advocacy of Molineux, Patrick, Nan Patterson and Thaw was attempted iu lesser but growing degree with some show of influence upon the ultimate outcome. Before another case of this sort comes up it ls more than prob- able that steps will be taken to keep trial more strictly to court.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
NEW ART BOOKS.
Some Hitherto Untranslated Chap
ters by pasa'1.

VASARI ON TECHNIQUE; Being the Lntroduc-
ton to the Three Arts of Design, Architecture.
Sculpture and Painting. Prefxed to the Lives OF
the Most Excellent Painters, SculptorS and Ar
chitects BY Giorgio Vasari. painter and archi-
tect of AreZzo. Now for the first time trans
lated into English by Louisa Maciehose: Edited,
with introduction and notes. by Professor Si
Baldwin Brown Illustrated. 6vo, pp. XIV. 32S
E. p. Dutton & Co.
THE DRAWINGS OF MICHAEL ANGELO. With
introduction by E. Borough Johnson. r. l. 4to,
DID, CO. Imported by Charles Scribner's Sons.
THE EyTCHINGS OF REMBRANDT. With intro
ductiOn by a. NJ Hind. Alto, PIP. 20. Imported by
Charles Scribner'S Sons
VELASOJTEZ An Account of His Life and Works.
By Albert F. Calvert and c. Gasquone Hartley;
With 136 reproductions from his most celebrated
pictures Emo PIP. 3Ji The John Lane Com
pany.
THE PETIT TRIANON, VERSAILLES By James
A. Arnott and John Wilson. In three parts.
Part II. Folio. Charles Scribner's Sons.
When Vasari wrote those Lives Of the Most
Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects
with which every student of Italian art is fa-
miIiar, he had his say, in some PREDATORY pages.
about the technique Of his contemporaries
These chapters are dry, of course, compared
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

tects but Is avoided by them az n,o,..
barbarOuS. and lacking everything e. Jus an
called order Nay il should rather he can D.
fusion and disorder. In their buiIGIngs t9o con
numerous that they sickened the 1osIca Sss'ca are
ways Ornamented with columns xbicSi ~ H door
der and twisted like a screw and cannes a1e sal-
strength 10 sustain weight however TJs,s.ase rns
be Also all the facades. and TzbsS--I ~ nay
there is enrichment. they built rnaIed.cfiEoe Else
little inches. one above the other vifb -, ..O1 %
pinnacles and points and leaves 20 fbst nd %
speak Of the whole erection seeming -, not 70
appears impossible that the parts snoul5 re. 10
over at any moment Indeed thev have - - u'20'e
appearance Of beirE made or paper thar S'e 1T the
iections and breaks and corbf lIingg ana qs pro
that throw their works all out Of pror0,ffi lsnes
often with one thing being put above arof5o-' and
reach such n height that the top OF a door e.ey
the roof This manner was the invention - IS
GOfhs. for. after they had ruined fha -. ne
bufIdincq and killed the architects in ~ ~'lfa'
fLoqe who were left constructed the -afS
thfs stvIe They turned the arches with - - ~
sepuc0ts and filed all italy with these aros5.ea
tjoDs of buildings, so in order not 70 have ar -,
az them their style has been totally atanIc,s5 ''s
Nav God protect every country from glIch "a.
and styIe Of buidngst They are such Jefo--.i..t8
IN comma risnn with the beauty 0f our hudfoo, -
tbev are not worthy that 7 should talk more - -
them and therefore let Us pass On 70 soeaE !.
the vaults
In the course Of his remarks on uafn4,.-
yasar pauses with relish on the art OF o..
shortening, and says: Never was tbs-s
p1snter or craftsman that did better work =,
this sort than our MichelagnoIo Buonarroti a,s
even yet no one has been able to surpasz bi,,
he has made his figures stand out 50 no
velIousIy.- How did he do it2 By sheer DOVE,
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

When he ia dealing with porphyry anu It's
hardness, and tells you of the efforts fnade :"
ItaIv to develop instruments adequate 10 tio
excellent working of the stone, he someho"
carries you back to sixteenth century Florehce
and gives you a sense of the enthusiasm WIFI
which fts sculptors and architects threw theI1-
solves upon a beautiful medium for the eA-
nression of their ideas. after all. however
saws vasari good stones and well tempered
tools apart. the one thing essential is the art
the intelligence and the judgment OF those WHO
use them" but just the same he talks lovingly
of his porphyry, or serpentne, or cipoLaccIo
This SAVIOR that the craftsman has Tor ms ma
teriaI is profoundly characteristic Of the RenaIS-
sance yasari's technical disquisitions vivIdiy
hiring IL out, and to read him, therefore, Is 70
enlarge ones appreciation of italian art HIS
ma ges make for the correction of that modern
tendency already mentioned, to look at an Old
PAINTING as though it had fantasticaily nap
pened." instead of being built UP with mere
mortaPs everyday sympathy for the thing that
can be touched and handled.
Vasari was well qualified to traverse technical
questions. AS his paintings clearly show ana
as we may infer from the tone of his immortal
biographies, he never dreamer, but al
ways a creature Of common sense, sound
workman with a wide and close knowledge OF
the way in which things were done In his time
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

with the warm, human narratives which they
were framed to introduce. At the same time
they help us to realize the atmosphere in which
the old Italian masters worked, and it is diff
cult to understand why translators have hith-
erto neglected them. Miss Maclehose's version,
the first to appear in English, is a welcome con-
tribution to the literature of the studio, and it
has been made especially serviceable through
Professor Browns introduction and his Copious.
learned and always interesting notes.
The mistake of making too much Of tech
nique is only equalled by the mistake of making
too little of it. It is not unnatural for the lay
man to ascribe a great work of art to kind OF
magical process. It seems as though it ought
to be impossible to take apart masterpiece Of
creative genius. separating matters Of manual
dexterity from elements of pure spirituality
or imagination. and identifying in the dry light
of scientific knowledge every step in the max
ing of the work in question. Yet it is only by
such ruthless analysis that the student may
hope to draw near to the secret Of art, and it is
a salutary thing for him to try to get behind
the glamour which the most inspired of men can
only create after they have made themselves
masters of their craft. 1t is good to feel the
subtlety and the almost supernatural beauty In
a drawing by Leonardo. It is good also to
know the mood in which that drawing was pro-
duced, to understand how the triumphs of the
Renaissance, while significant of the souls Of
men, were first and last the work Of mems
hands Vasari, writing in practical fashion on
architecture, sculpture and painting, not only
put on record the principles and formula Of
his contemporaries. but threw vivid light on
the whole broad question of their artistic point
Of view.
He shows us how they bore themselves toward
their material how eager and curious they were
in all matters pertaining to form and color, to
the special qualities of this or that substance
or texture. In his chapter on architecture he
has observations on points of design. of taste,
but he likewise addresses himself to the large
subject of stones and their different characters.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

OF genius Of course. but. as Vasari notes, nc
without something Of that practically to whicS
we have alluded For this work. his Oh
friend goes on. 'he first made models n clay
wax. and from these. because they rename
stationary, he took the outlines, the lights an
the shadows rather than from the hvins
model" It is interesting to keep this note
mind in looking over the volume OF Draw
ings of Michael Angelo which has Just beer
added to the well known series devoted to r.
craftsmanship Of the great masters Thess
drawings are precious because Of the marvellous
beauty in them, because of the stamp Of styls
they bear. But one great source Of their char
is the knowledge they disclose. the trenendous
grip OF the master upon truths Of form and o.
movement. Such a collection as is here brough.
together Git contains forty-sfx fine full page rs
productions) is invaluable TO the student
initiates him into the intimaCies Of Michas
Angeles workshop It is as though one Eer
permitted to look over the draftsmars shou-
der, and. in following the movement Of his
hand. to follow the movement Of his mind Ii
these drawings he reveals his brooding interest
in anatomy, his dependence upon nature for
those grandiose effects which most satisfied
his imagination. Again We are brought face
to face with the Importance OF technique.
NeHuOh may dPPAOptliNCiJ NO A-s--V a. -
point OF the similar volume in the series OF I1s
Great Etchers," given to some threeScor
Rembrandt's plates The reproductions. printa
IN a brownish tint on creamy paper. are uncor
monty well made In fact, this is an hs1
popular portfolio of the Dutch masters etcs
fngs. The Introductory matter. too. Is lust vi :
1T ought to be. Mr.. A NJ. Hind supplies ints
esting biographical and critical notes. adds :
these a useful bibHography and then. TO r,aE !
the work complete. gives a chronological list {
the etchings. With its fine fac-simile for fro,
tspiece, Of the wonderful portrait Of Rembran :
drawing at a window, this is precisely the pu,
LEGATION for which the student OF modest u,sS
has been waiting.
To that same student may be cordially cor
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

This book is almost encyclopaedia The inforTna-
ton it contains bears not only upon the broader
aspects of the three arts surveyed, but upon
such subjects mosaic. stucco. stained glass,
niello damascening, and The author
treats, obviously, of hard facts, and his book
is one of description rather than Of opinion
but the personal equation crops out now and
then, and in instance it makes delightful
passage. The attitude of the Renaissance archi-
tect toward the Northern style is well known.
He incurable classicist, and neither
liked nor understood what Gothic meant. But
the feeling in the studios of Rome and Flor
ence has never been illustrated with the vigor
and artlessness of these words Of Vasari's:
We come at last to another sort of work called
German, which both in ornament and in proper
tOn is very different from the ancient and the
modern Nor is it adopted by the best archi-
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

This new sensibility of ours, Mr.. Alden notes.
"calls for a literature having a corresponding
character and distinction Assuming that it
gets it. is it worth while? Mr.. Alden will not
assert this as fact. Indeed, after alluding to
The masters of the Victorian era he is careful
to observe that 'to have passed beyond these
writer's into fields is not TO have surpassed
them,' and he goes on to say that "such an
advance has been made, but we are not claiming
for the fresh variations Of our present literature
however novel or unprecedented, any superior
eminence." Yet some rather large general claims
are embodied in the reflections that 'the COM
plexity and variety of the new literature are
as remarkable as the rapidty of its develop
ment,' and that "a very large proportion of the
literature which is being produced . is
far in advance of all but the very best of the
preceding generation" Here it is perhaps lit
tie difficult to share the analysts cheerful mood
The new literature unqueStOnably shows, as has
often been remarked in this place, extraordinary
advances in matters of craftsmanship. The
iOurneyman author is to-day astOniShingly skill
full. But Mr.. Alden is talking of substance
rather than form, and he wakes troublesome
doubts through his amiable treatment of the
matter. Perhaps it is because in his preoccu-
IatiOn with "tendency,"-and there is not
more fearful wild fowl than your metaphysically
elaborated tendency-he has attached too little
weight to the lawless power of genius When
that force is turned loose in literature it does
not say 'by your leave to any current mode
Of sensibility. 1t has a way of justifying itself
which leaves all the theorists high and dry. A
new crop of writer's might tomorrow invalidate
Mr. Alden's explanations of the new iiterature'
incidentally proving that human nature is not.
after all, SO deeply affected by the march Of
progress as sometimes seems to be the case.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
TO HIS BOOK.
Ry ROBERT EERRICK.

BY ROBERT EERRICK.
Go thou FORTH my book, though late:
Yet be timely fortunate.
IF may chance good luck may send
Thee a kinsman or a friend.
That may harbour thee, When
With my fates neglected lie.
If thou know'st not where to dwell,
See, the fires by: farewell
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
@be Nem'Derk gribames
SUNDAY, JANUARY II, 1908.

The cheap reprint that blessed thing, is with
curious regularity made the subject of very SOL
emn discussion. At the worst it can hurt no
bodv's feelings. but for some occult reason this
innocent type of bookmaking seems TO make
many a commentator uneasy. Anxious writer's
demand that they be told why the cheap reprint
sells in such gorgeous numbers, and since no
one can give an absolutely comprehensive and
conclusive reply the scornful inqurers darkly
hint that the buyers of these books are hope
esSly nsincere 1t is pointed out that a re-
print must often get itself widely circulated for
no other reason than that it is prett1ly made,
and will look we'll upon drawing room table
One sage contributor to the subject has recently
solved what he calls '9The Philosophy Of the
Reprint on the easy hypothesis that the abun-
dance of the supply creates demand. Wen,
why not? Are we to ind!ct the human race be-
cause, having an attractive thing pressed upon
it. it presently accepts what it had before de
clined or neglected? Has not everybody been
~guing in season and out of season, for a long
time that we should have we'll printed books
and plenty Of them? To worry over them, now
that we have got them, and to sniff skeptically
at the people who buy them, assuming that they
lack the genuine love of letters which is cher
ished by our superior selves, is surely to sound
the very depths of Stiffness.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

The new generation has been provided with
new literature" That is the burden Of Mr.
AIden's discourse in the Editors Study of the
current Harper" He finds the cause of change
in the material developments, the progress OF
invention and so on, which have increased the
means of intercommunicatiOn and thus per
mitted the free mingling of all pSychical cur
rents" The intellectual sympathies of mankind
have been enlarged and whole attitude
toward the world of ideas has been transformed.
Says Mr.. Alden:
The new sensibility is a sensibility to reality
that is its positive characteristic. What is dis
tinctive of it IS its psyChical apprehension Of
reality undisgUiSed and relieved of SophiStica-
ton It calls for literature having corre-
spending character and distinction. A superb
Cial realism like that Of Defoe would not meet
this demand, and the more refined realism of
Maria EdgeWOrth, Jane Austen, and Susan Fer
rier is for us only less superficial. The nearest
examples to be drawn from the past Mrs.
Gaskell's Crawford" and George Elots earliest
sketches and novels, because these sim
ply and SympathetiCally real But for these and
for the exceptions of Meredith and
Hardy, the break of the new fiction from the
old is absolute.
1t would be interesting to follow in detail Mr..
Alden's rather subtle argument, but what chiefly
strikes us about it is it's tact assumption that
all is for the best in the best of all possible
worlds. Is this really so?
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
GIORGIO vASARI

From the 1858 Edition of the Lives.
Arizona republican., 1908-04-17
CUT|CURA CURED MOTHER AND BABY
Southern Woman Suffered With Itching, Burning Rash Drove Her Nearly Crazy-Her Baby Had Sore on Neck, and Two Other Babies Had Skin TroubIes-CaIls
CUTICURA A STANDBY
 THAT NEVER FAILS HER

''I just cant say enough for the Cuti- cura Remedies. I cant find words high enough to express my thanks to God for hearing of the wonderful remedies. My baby had a running sore on his neck and nothing that l did for it took effect until l used CutIcura. My face was nearly full of letter or some similar skin disease. It would itch and. after scratching. 1t burned so that l could hardly stand it. Two cakes of Cuti- cure Soap and box of Cuticura Oint- ment cured me. Two years after it broke out on my hands and wrist. I cured It for a while, but it came again in the summer. Sometimes I would go nearly crazy for it itched so badly. l used ten dollars worth of so-called blood medicines which did no good at all. then went back to my old standby that had never failed me. One set of Cuticura Soap. Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent did the work. One set also cured my uncle's baby whose head was a cake Of sores. and know of another woman's baby who was in the same fix and nothing else did any good. I speak a word of praise for Cuticura whenever l see a case that needs it. Mrs. Lillie Wilcher. TO Eleventh St., Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb. Is, 19O7."
Arizona republican., 1908-04-17
MESA
TWO SKELETONS FOUND
At the Toltec Ruins on the Orsne
 Farm, North of Town.

On Tuesday last, while several men were engaged in hauling away dirt from the mounds of prehistoric ruins on the J. L. Drane farm, half mile south of town. they uncovered the skeleton Of a child, which was appar- ently about twelve years Of age at the time O. It's demise. The work has been continued there, and yesterday morning another skeleton was discov- cred. being the bones of a man fully six feet in height and of d very large build. The skull of the smallest skel- eton was exceptionally well preserved. and also the teeth: but the skull of the larger skeleton crum bled away as soon as it was brought to the surface The teeth however. and the upper and lower maxilliaries were in q fair state of preservation. as were also the larger and heavier bones of the body
 Inferred with the larger body was found q small pottery bowl. intact One of the peculiar things about the latter remains unearthed. is the fact that what is supposed to be mineral paint used on the cheeks of the pre- historic man was noticed still cling ing to the cheek bones, and when brushed aside by the fingers. produced almost d brilliant carmine hue. Be- sides these discoveries. several stone implements have been dug up.
 Photographs were taken yesterday of the skeletons, after which the bones were taken to the law offices of Messrs. Drane and Silverthorn, and placed on exhibition.