Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-28

Art museums are adding to their col lections of American paintings by American artists which includes pie lures of Indian life and telling the
 story of the aboriginal American. The
 more prominent trio of painters of this
 phase of American life is Frederick Remington (who died Sunday), Charles Schreyvogel and F. Irving Couse. One of Couse's best pictures, according to the New York Herald, has been sc cured for the art room of the Vest erly Memorial and Library building, entitled The Master Workman, repre- senting the weaving of a ceremonial
 blanket. Among the Navajoes the
 women are the weavers, while among
 the Pueblos of Taos it is all done by men, who weave symbols of the gods
 into their blankets and robes.
 It is not the fighting Indian that MT.
 Couse depicts. He delights in the In-
 dian of New Mexico, the Pueblo In- dian, as distinguished from the blanket Indian. At Taos, where Mir. Couse finds h-s models, thirty miles away from the nearest railroad, he spends his entire summer painting from h.
 dian models and from the landscape which so picturesquely sets off the h. dian. One of his recent pictures is the portrait of Elk Foot, of the Pueblo tribe, which goes to the National gall lery in Washington. Another Couse picture has been sold to the museum of Dallas, Tex. At present MT. Couse is engaged upon picture of Shappa- nageous, a sturdy relic of the Chippe- wa tribe, 90 years of age. This paint ing is to be presented the Detroit Mu- scum of Art.
 The art room of the Westerly library already includes the work of some of the best artists including portrait af Rembrandt by himself and duplicate of the one sold in Italy about year ago for $5O,0O0
 Ranger Irving Couse, whose picture, The Master Workman, is to come to Westerly, was born in Saginaw, Mich. Sept. 3. 1866. He was pupil at the National Academy of Design, New York, and at Bouguereau, Fleury and Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. Among his awards are the following: Shaw prize for black and white at Salma- gundi club, 1899; second Halligarten prize, National Academy Design, 1909; Proctor prize, Salmagundi club, 1900: first Halhgarten prize, National Academy Design, 1902; honorable men, ton, Paris exposition, 1900, and at Pan- American exposition. His best known pictures are The Forest Camp, An Indian Camp, The War Pony and Alteration of the Shepherds, which is in Grace Methodist Episcopal church in Harrisburg, Pa. Mir. Couse in 1904, a bronze medal at the St Louis ex- position and an A. N. A. medal in 1902. He has membership in the New York Water Color club, Artists Fund society and the Lotus and Salmagundi clubs of New York city, where he has a studio.
 At the Westerly public library there was no verification of the coming of the painting, but it was learned that it had been purchased by William D. Hoxie, one of the trustees of the li- brary, and it was presumed for his own private residence
 The cars on the 'Ashaway and Vest erly trolley road continued to run on schedule time without interference by the severe storm and occasional trips were made on the Pawcatuck Valley road, but no cars of the Groton- Ston- ington road had reached Westerly up to Monday morning The Norwich Westerly cars were run on regular trips, but not on schedule time, and without accident until just before noon of Monday. Car No. '. due to leave Westerly at 1915, in passing the wait ing station and within fifty feet of the end of the line, was thrown from the rails by some obstruction under the frozen snow, the car going about ten feet off the rails, causing no injury.
 Car No. ', which was being used in Pleasant street in connection with the work of repairing the telephone ser vice, with it's gang of workmen, came to the rescue. The working implements were taken from this car, which then proceeded to Norwich with passengers,