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New-York tribune., 1909-10-03

execution. the miraculous ease with which he
| fills vast spaces.
The author Of this book writes with a gusto
with which readily synpathize. His text is
necessarily, to a large extent. descriptive, and
even the reader unacquainted with Tiepol0's
paintings themselves could see from the numer-
Gus illustrations here presented what an impetus
he is bound TO give to a friendly pen. His work
tingIes with animation. The NEUROLOGICAL or re-
ligious subjects with which it teens are not BY
any means profoundly conceived but ir IS not 20
celebrate TiepoIo's ideas as thinker that SisnOr
MOlment has written. The elements over which
ne glows are those Of decorative art in the
strictest meaning of the term. Il is important.
however. to distinguish in this matter. The dec
oratiVe tradition OF Raphael is one essentially
formal. That Of Tintoretto is turbulent with the
vitality Of life itself TiepoIO abides BY the
laws Of neither the one nor the other. He does.
not depend upon the scientifically fixed balance
so indispensable to the Roman master He does
not seek the poignant dramatic effect always
characteristic OF the great Venetian he frames
an ideal Of his own. an ideal of aerial space in
which figures piled heller skeIter upon bill
lowing clouds. or wanton in the ernpyrean with
fairly birdIike freedom. He knew. Of course.
how to order his resources. how Justly 10 FL
given space: he IS entirely rational beneath his
seeming airs Of reckless improvisation. But the
broad impression received from his work Is that
Of joyous riot Of form and color light ard air
OF wonderfully poised movement There IS
something about him that suggests a great mas
ter OF the ballet. man with a sift for depioy-
ing his figures in the most intricate fashion. ere
atlng a thrilling atmosphere OF spontaneous az
tion but always preserving control over his
forces, always adhering more or less To a We'll
Pondered pattern. II is one Of the paraJoNes %
artistic history that this mundane painter. who
lightly sentimentalized nearly every religious
motive that he touched and turned tae Eods and
gOddesses of mythology into operatic tSurdnteS,
nevertheless had the largest possible way VITA
him when he tackled a spacious ceiling n
church palace. He was rs lavish Of thrones
as Napoleon himself. Il would be amusing -
count the number of them reared amid rs
clouds. or set against the architectural hacN-
grounds he wont 10 use on vertical walls OF
in many OF his smaller pictures. lie Hked the
regal type whether it was Cleopatra or some
divinity on Olympus. and he would trick II 'u'
with the most gorgeous hIbMmrnts. pd ne
thereby make it the more convincing 1"S
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03

Signor Molment is jealous in research. but he
has very little to communicate on the more in
innate side Of TiepOlO's career. We know that
he came from an humble and even obscure fam
lily. for all that he bore iIIustrious in the
annals OF the Venetian nobility We know that
he received instruction from Lazzarini and that
he married a sister of Guards. But. for the
rest. his story his latest biOgrapher tells it is
no more than record Of his work One fact Is
made plain by that recOrd-his energy as a
traveller He moved to and fro on Venetian
territory and elsewhere in Italy executing com
missions. and professional engagements also
carried him 70 Germany and 10 Spain. if not
further afield Another revelation lying upon
the surface OF his work bears upon his whole
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03

made AS Signor Molmenti remarks the one is
ingenious. the other is licentious. But the OBJ
servers mood is changed. He sees that
Tiepoo's violence. after CarpaCco's tranquility.
may be the sign of a lower nature. but is also
compatible with the exercise Of great artistic
gifts Indeed his impressions OF the older mas
ter threaten to fade. for he perceives that. as a
technician. as a painter. CarpacciO was scarce
qualified to grind Tiepolo's colors. The eigh-
teenth century decorator may not have had a
great SOUL he may not have had the faintest
spiritual emotion. but he was a prodigious man
of his hands
1t is in this capacity that he is portrayed by
SignOr Molmenti. who does not by any means
underestimate his herO's mentality. but frankly
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03

uluStraZlCni 4to PIP XIV S1z Nilldh CHlC"
HOepli
Sgnor MoImenti deserves we'll of the students
of Venetian art His book on CarPaccio. writ
ten in collaboration with the late Gustave Lud-
wig is u model of it's kind. and now he gives
us a study of TiepolO which promises to take
the same high rank. He finds no difficulty in
kindIing to the one theme as he kindled 10 the
other A great gulf stretches between the naive
illustrator of fifteenth century manners. with his
simple but sincere religious sentiment. and the
worldly even pagan artist who gaily decorated
the churches. palaces and villas Of Venice in her
decadence. But that gulf is easily bridged
where types Of authentic power are concerned.
The transition from Carpaccio to TiepOlo is.
after ALL tLat from one true artist TO another,
a transition never impeded by differences Of
temperament. Sit for a quiet hour in that little
church Of san GorgiO degli Schiavoni. with
mind and heart attuned the pure and almost
chdike inspiration of Carpaccio's paintings
there, and % plunge Immediately afterward into
TiepoIOs hectic monde is to feel. mOmentarily at
least that a rather unedifying descent has been
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03

Once more u lover OF the "Rubaiyat" has
turned aside TO lay his tribute upon the tomb OF
FitzGeralds Omar. Such pilgrimages are neces-
sarily but few and far between and so we gladly
reproduce the description lately contributed to
"Trayel and Exploration" by Major Sykes the
British Consul General at KhOraSSan. He found
the tomb near a shrine in a garden of roses. and
thus pictures it:
The bones Of Omar Khayyam who, as a Sunni
Gan adherent Of heterOdOx MOhammedan SeCt).
is held in diSfaVOr in Persia, do not rest inside
the chamber, but, turning 10 the eastern wing
an uninsCrbed plaster tomb shown US and
here omar khayyam is buried. one advantage
at least. is preserved to the poet which is that
as he fOretold, the trees shed their blossoms on
him twice year; in other words, the blossoms
of the fruit trees in the garden are carried to his
grave As we turned to leave the garden a
bulbuL or nightingale. burst forth into Joyous
song from a bush Of red roses. as Omar wrote:
The nightingale cries to the rose
That SallOw cheek Of hers 10 incarnadine
1t is gratifying by the way to note that the
ly ceased from troubling Perhaps they stilI
continue their amazing banquets, but very little
fuss is made over these prim saturnaa and the
buzzng Of the literary person the subject of
the poet is seldom heard. Cults to be sure. come
and go, and. despite the confusion in which
criticism finds itself in 4 commercial age. sooner
or later the whirling deryisheS fade out Of sight
The true values get themselves fixed, and an
Omar. browning, Il Stevenson. an Ibsen Ia
read ana appreciated in just proportion and not
with false IDEAS friendly or inimicaI.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03
A SONG FROM MELE4GER.
BY WALTER HEADLAM

BY WALTER HEADI.AM
White viOlcts I'll twine.
The young fresh daffOdilly
With myrtles I'll combine.
I'll twine the laughing lilly
I'll have the crOCus twined.
And the hyacinth 10 cover.
And all around shall wind
The rose that loves lover:
That Heiiodora'S hair
May scent the wreath whose flowers
On lovely treSseS fair
Shall fade and fall in showers
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1909

Readers of Marion CrawfOrdS "Stradella,
which was reviewed in The Tribune last Sunday.
will be interested to observe the nature of the
documentary sources which he drew upon. The
first biographical notice of the seventeenth cen
turv composer was embodied by Bonnet BOuTde-
lot in the history of music which he published
i'm Paris in 1TlJ. 1t was reprinted in the article
ON Stradella in the first edition of Groves Die
tionary." but Signor MazZucato impugEed its
yeracity. and in the new edition Of Grove. re
Gently published. he gives only the briefest sum-
mary of the narrative. Crawford obviously made
use of Bonnet -BOurdelOt, but he plentltully
sprnkIed Stradellas romance with rose water,
giving its heroine Il far finer character than she
appears TO have possessed; and in leaving MS
lover; to be happy ever after he fatty reJectS
the biographer, who asserts that the com
poser is indeed murdered by the brart OF the
man whom he had robbed o Ortensia. Crawford
adhered 10 the name of PigHaver for his Nene-
tan nObleman, trusting TO the abbrevlauon
Pig" in Bonnet BourlelOt. but according 10
Signor Mazzucato the real name was C0ntarini
As fer the famous aria, "Pieta, Sisnore." which
the novelist so effectively brings in, this author
ity observes:
1t is enough 10 say that no musician, even
though but slightly acquainted with the works
that are indiSputably by Stradella, viii ATTRIBUTE
it To him The composer Of that beautiful COM
position is almost certainly Rossini.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03
TIEPOLO.
The Last Great Figure IN the Has
tory of Tenetian Art.

c. g. TIEPOIO La Sua Vita Ie Sue Opere-
PompeO MolmentI 30 tavole fuori testO 80
nlustraziCni 4to PIP. xiv. SJ2. Milan: ClrtcO
HOepli
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03

character an artist. His productivity vPza
enormous II there is one thing more than an.
other that impresses the student Il Is his raUad
New-York tribune., 1909-10-03

iTUUgn -IlgILIy
that are indsputably by Stradella will attribute
it to him The composer Of that beautiful COM
position is almost certainly Rossini
The Johnson centenary has Of course set his
countrymen 10 teazing their wits in the endeavOr
TO say something new about him. 1t is a hard
task Most of the commentators have ended by
adopting Lord Rosebery's rather obvious ex-
planation Of the secret of the great mans fas-
ciuation: He was John Bull himself. He ex-
allied the character Of which he may be regarded
IS the sublime type, but he embodied its spirit"
Agreement with Lord R0sebery over the insular
significance Of Johnson does not keep ''The Spec
tator' from protesting against what ii calls the
popular view" that the Johnson Of the collected
works is not To be compared with the Johnson Of
Boswell. We do not hesitate TO say" it adds
that if Boswell had never existed and Johnson
Wee only known through his books. he would
still be known as a master intellect" We fear
that this is one Of those wouIdbe independent
j j4dsments which carry. when all is said, 10
great weight The good faith Of The Specta
tor" is unimpeachable. 1t simply takes its little
notion shade TOO seriously. In consequence
i. calls 'Rasselas" a great book Surely this is
too much. AS for the Lives OE the POets' and
JolnSon's Shakespearian criticism. Lord Rose
berry may have spoken in regard 10 both too
cayaliery. Nobody denies JohnsOn's intellectual
power But the idea that without Boswell we
would still be celebrating to-day the centenary
of his patron is fantastic, to say the least. The
scholarly writings of Johnson would have given
him respectable lace in the history Of English
literature. They would never have conferred
upon him anything like the Immortality that the
man, distinguished from the writer, has
achieved.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-27
WARNING TO TRAPPERS
Deputy Game Warden
Makes Humane Laws
Public.

A letter from the Indiana deputy
game warden has just been made pub
lie by the Indiana Humane society. The
letter follows:
ITO the Indiana Humane association
and Indiana Audubon society: The act
of the Legislature of 1905, section 81,
page 1923. makes it unlawful for any
person to kill. trap or possess any wild
birds, or to make purchase, or offer the
same for sale, or to offer to destroy the
nests or eggs Of any wild bird. and a
fine of not less than $40 nor more than
$50 is provided for violations Of any
part Of this law. Deputies of this de-
partment are instructed to arrest and
prosecute any person found killing wild
birds, or trapping them or Offering
them for SALE and especial instructions
are given them about persons having
young red birds. or young hooking
birds in their possession. Persons hav-
ing such birds in captivity can save
money and the humiliation Of being ar
raigned in court by Immediately turn
/ ing them loose. We have deputies all
over the state. but of course they can
not discover all such violations, and
we will be very grateful to members
of the Indiana Humane society and In
| diana Audubon society, as we'll as to
an yother persons who will call our at
tention to this class of violations, and
upon receipt of such information. i'm
mediate action Will be taken. Please
report violations to
''E. z. EARLE,
Deputy Game Warden.
indianapolis"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-27
WAR TO THE Hit
AND NO QUARTER
Interstate Iron & Steel Co.
Opens War on Sneak
Thieves.
ONE CAUGHT RED HANDED
Mill VIII Have Extra Guards to Pro
tect Property-Brass Thieves
Are Spotted.
Especial to THE T1MEs.l

East Chicago. Ind, July 27.-"War to
the hilt and no quarter" is the slogan
of tho Interstate Iron and Steel com
pany in pursuance of a campaign it has
opened up against sneak thieves and
trespassers who enter its grounds for
the purpose OF purloining bits of brass
and castings and scrap of all kinds
which may be of value.
The mill has put on extra guards to
watch the premises. and sneak thieves
would better beware Charles Johns,
the general manager for the company
yesterday declared that every effort
would be made to stamp out this form
of pest which has become so bold and
obnoxious of late and carried away so
much plumber that it had become ne
cessity to use extra precaution against
its depredations.
Yesterday a man who gave the name
of Sam Bolich was arrested on the
charge of malicious trespass on the In
terstate grounds. 1t was alleged that
he had been picking UP bits Of brass
and scrap. He was taken before acting
Judge P. McCloskey where he was fined
So and costs, amounting in all to SIS
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-27
TOO COLD AND TOO WET
Indiana Weather for July
Reported On.

Lake county and Indiana are 11S de-
grees short on hot weather and 4.78
inches long on rain up to date this year.
To be up TO normal, indianapolis
should have 1852 degrees of heat in
July, but up to date, largely because
of the cold wave of the last week.
there is a big shortage this month,
which added 70 other deficits. raises
the total to lis degrees shortage. The
normal for July in Indiana is II de-
grees. but last week on Monday the
mean was IL degrees short. On Tues
day 1t was degrees. Wednesday de-
grees. Thursday degrees. Friday de-
grees, Saturday 10 degrees and Sunday
degrees short of the "a degrees.
The thermometer got down as low as
Sc degrees last Monday, and in the
very hottest minute of the week it only
reached 81 degrees.
There has been an excess of III
inches of rain this month over the nor
NAL for thirty eight years. and this
added to the excess Of 3-56 inches in the
other months of the year raises the to-
tai excess to about ten fngers-as Ken
tuckians might measure it.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-27
REFORM Is STARTED
Colored Citizens Expect to
Aid in Cleanup.

The colored reform element of the
south end of Gary met last night at
the Baptist Messiah church for the pur-
pose of discussing their problem in the
south end Of the city. This meeting
was even more enthusiastic than those
previous and much good was accom-
plished Among the speakers We're S.
Clay. F. NJ. King. A. A. Rodman B. J.
Spencer ard John Ghoston. One of the
incidents of the meeting was the en-
trance of two of the notorious law
breakers of the south end, Dave John
son and Charles Jackson, toward the
close of the meeting, after which there
was little accomplished.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-27
AUTO CASES DELAYED
Hobart Charges Will Be
Heard in Gary Today;
Jury Trial.

The Hobart automobile cases, for
which a change of venue was taken to
Judge Townsley of Gary from Hobart
and which were to have been heard yes
terday afternoon, were continued until
today owing to the fact that the defend
ants demanded jury trial. The cases,
which will be heard today, are those of
the state VS.. Baulmen, the chauffeur of
the machine. and Marshal Rose vs..
Baulmer on a damage suit for injuries
which he sustained when the latter hit
him while on the running board of the
automobile.
The Chicago parties, consisting of Mr..
and Mrs. Augustus Dickinson and Mr.
and Mrs Z. S. Gilbertson. arrived in
Gary early in the morning ready for
trial They came from Chicago in their
machines. The case was called for trial
by Judge Townsley but upon their de-
! handing jury trial, it was found
necessary to postpone the proceedings
until a venire of jurymen could be Sc
cured by the constable
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-27
Leading Citizens Advocate
Movement, and It Bids
Fair to Be Successful.
MISS HENDRICKS PRESIDES
Captain H. S. Norton Gives Signif-
cant Talk Regarding Park
Proposition.

Enthusiasm over the success of their
movement prevailed the atmosphere
last night at the meeting of the Play
grounds association. which has been
organized in Gary for the purpose OF
procuring health-producing, muscle
developing fresh air exercise grounds
and equipment for the children of Gary.
A hearty appreciation of their eff
forts was indicated last night in an
address which was made to those pro-
noting the physical welfare of the chill
dren in Gary. by such men as Captain
H S Norton, Father Jensen. Rev. APP
plegate. A z. Melton and W. A Writ.
All Of these talks gave encouragement
to the members and demonstrated that
the citizens were with them in the
movement.
OF special significance was the talk
Of Captain II. S. Norton. who in speak
ing for the Gary Land company, made
it plain to them that it was the inten-
ton of their company to not only as
sist the Fairgrounds association, but
/ that in all probability part OF the space
4 which has been reserved on the east
| side of the city for a park would be
/ converted into a playground. Thi:
would be equipped with everything
suitable for the amusement of the
children and for the promoting O.
health giving exercise.
1t is the plan of the organization t
open up a grounds of this character OF
property owned by the city adjacent t
the jefferson school building on Jeffer
son street. This may be thrown opel
to the children by September first. Par
of the apparatus has already been pur
chased.
At the meeting last night in the alb
sence of the president, Mrs. William A
l. Writ, the vice president, Mrs c. E
Hendricks presided. Mrs. c. o. Wick
was secretary. A committee on bylaw
and constitution. consisting Of Mrs
John Call, chairman; Mrs. o. McGinnity
Mrs. o. c. Wicks, Mrs A Melton an
Mary Goodnow were appointed to re
port at the next regular meeting.
There are at present thirty member
in the organization, but it Is hoped t
Increase this membership to 200 in tn
near future The initiation fee is
cents. Another important meeting wi
be held Monday night.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-27
OFFICIAL
ROBS BANK
Of $4,000
Cashier in First National
Bank of Upton Loots In
stitution and Gets Away
With Sum That Leaves
Bank Vaults Empty.

Upton, Ind, July 27-Noah r. Mark
err, assistant cashier of the First Ma
tional bank of Upton, has disappeared,
and an investigation shows that more
than $4,000. besides the amount of
money on hand at the close of business
Saturday night. is missing. The bank
has been closed temporarily.
Marker left a note on the desk Of his
brother. w H. Marker, the cashier,
when he closed the bank on Saturday
night. The contents of the note were
not made public, though it is stated
that Marker said he was going away.
When the safe was opened yesterday
morning It was empty.
Bank Examiner Finds 1t.
The examiner visited the bank last
Friday and it was then apparent that
some person had embezzled a large sum
of money. When Marker left the en-
bezzlement was fastened upon him.
Clever manipulation of the books had
served to cover his defalcations.
The directors of the bank met at 10
o'clock this morning and decided TO
close the doors until the books have
been carefully examined and the exact
amount of the embezzlement is known
The First National is one of the
strongest in this part of the state. Its
capital is 100000. The depositors are
amply secured against loss. The Of
fcers Of the bank are: President. E
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-27
MYSTERY IN
DEATH Of MAN
ON CAR TRACKS

The body or George Franklin, IS
years old. 54i Pullman avenue. a fore
man in the Pullman car shops. with
cut on the back of the head and on the
left cheek. was found today on the
Illinois Central railroad tracks at One
Hundred and Fourteenth street No
money was found in the clothing and
the police began work upon these two
theories:
That Franklin was murdered by
robbers. who waited for him near the
railroad tracks as he was on his way
home.
2-That he was struck and killed by
an Illinois Central train in the dark
Franklin was well known in Pullman.
He leaves widow and two children.
According to his wife and his friends
he was accustomed to carrying large
sums Of money with him.
His watch was found in the cloth
ing. but as no chain or fob was at
tached to 1t the police say that rob-
bers might have overlooked it.
The body was discovered by Frank
Ennis. 241 Fifty-ffth street. a brake
man for the Illinois Central railroad.
He notified the Kensington police The
body was taken to undertaking rooms
at One Hundred and Twelfth street and
Morse avenue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-27

W. Shirk; vice president, y. R. Shirk;
cashier, William H. Marker
The departure of Marker and the clos
ing Of the bank caused the greatest ex-
element in Upton since the defalca-
ton of James x. Armstrong. county
treasurer. about fifteen years ago.
He Had no Habits.
Marker had no bad habits as far as
known here. He did not drink or
gamble. He had a wife and two chill
dren, to whom he has always been de-
voted. He was prominent in social and
lodge circles. In 1905 Marker was the
republican candidate for mayor. but was
defeated.
A statement to the public made by a
committee representing the directors of
the bank contained the information that
Marker probably used the banks money
in investments which proved failures
Notification Of the banks loss was
sent TO Washington at once and the
banks officers were in charge today.
Mrs. Marker wife of the missing man.
did not know until today that her hus-
band had defaulted. He gave her some
excuse for his absence yesterday.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-07-27
TAFT WILL HUNT
TEXAS WILDCATS

San Antonio, Texas. July pa wild
cat hunt and Jack rabbit chase are
among the diversions planned for Presi-
dent Taft when he visits the Taft ranch
near San Antonio in November. Joseph
H. Green. superintendent Of the big es-
tate, who was in San Antonio today.
told of the preparations being made for
the entertainment of the president
That the president will not be de
prived Of his favorite pastime, golf
links are being hurried to completion.
The erection OF a pagoda and bath
house on the gulf are among other i'm
provements being made for the especial
use of the president