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from the thought that his beautiful an
delicate wife might be called upon to
share the glory of that crown. Indeed, as
his own purpose was unalterable, he now
himself suggested that he should 20 forth
to seek 1t alone.
Then 1T was that his wife showed an
unsupported strength Of character. She
salu mat she had married him for better
or for worse against the wishes of her
family; that she loved and respected him.
and that she would rather be murdered
oy kaff1rs In due season than endure a
separation which might be lifelong, So
In the end the pair of them with their
little daughter. Rachel. departed in a sail
ing ship, and their friends and relations
knew them no more
Their subsequent hitory up to the dsate
OF the opening of this story may be told
the Rev. John Dove was not a success.
The Beers in the eastern part of Cane
Colony, where he labored, did not ap-
preclate his efforts to Christianize their
slaves. me slaves did not appreciate
them. either. inasmuch as saint though
ne might be. quite lacked the sympa-
thetic insight which would enable him
TO understand that a native with thou
sends of generations of savagery behind
him Is a different being from a highly
educated Christian, and one who should
De judged by another law. Their SINS
among which he included all their most
cherished inherited customs. appalled,
him. as he continually proclaimed from
the housetops. Moreover. when occa-
Sionally he did snatch a brand from the
burning, and said brand subsequently
proved that it was still alight,
or worse still. replaced its original fail
lngs by those of the white man, such
as drink. theft and lying. whereof before
1t had been innocent. he would openly
condemn 1t to eternal punishment Fur
Their he was too insubordinate, or. as he
called 1t, too honest. to submit to the au-
thority of his local superiors in the
church, and therefore would only work for
his own hand. Finally he caused his
cup to overflow as he described it, or,
In plain English, made the country too
not to hold him. by becoming involved In
q bitter quarrel with the Beers. OF these,
on the whole, worthy folk, he formed
the worst and In the main a very un
just opinion. which opinion he sent to
England to be reprinted in church papers,
or to the home government to be pub
lished In Blue-books In due course these
documents reached South Africa again,
where they were translated into Dutch
and became. Incidentally. one of the
causes of the Great Trek.
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full expression. This gives glimpse
Of the true inwardness Of art with
which the layman is seldom brought in
touch.
n HR. JAMES HENRY MOSER has been
W. holding an exhibition in his studio
this week Of comparatively recent paint
ings in water color and oils. On a large
easel, we'll placed. was to be seen the
canvas representing Mount Mcintyre"
which was shown in the COrcoran CAL
lerys first exhibition In 1907, and has re-
Gently been purchased by Mr.. William L.
Evans for the National Gallery collection
And on the walls. uniformly mounted on
strawboard. but not framed. were grouped
the water colors. These In subject COW
cred a wide range and patiently mani
tested the painters versatility. Several,
for example. were nocturnes; others were
sunny transcriptions There were winter
and spring and autumn pictures-moun-
tain tops and wood interiors-simple
themes broadly treated and closer effects
studied in intimate detail. One which will
probably find its way into the Water
Color Clubs approaching exhibition rep
resented early summer in the hill coun-
try when the landscape is clothed in ten
der green and the sky Is never more blue.
There is stretch of rolling pasture land
in the foreground-the sun-steeped noun
sees a cluster of trees across which some
belated cloud riffs are trailing their
filmy garments. Another gave view of
the Washington Monument in the early
spring from Anacost!a Heights. and yet
a third pictured the same great shaft at
closer range tinged by a summer sunrise.
Three of Mr. Moser's pictures were re-
produced in the art supplement of New
York newspaper last Sunday. in which.
under the heading "Washington as an
Exhibition Center" long interview with
Mr.. Moser was printed. Speaking first
of the establishment Of the Corcoran CAL
lery and then of the completion of the
Library of Congress building, Mr.. Moser
mentions in this interview, among other
influences that have not been without eff
feet the local organizations-the Corco-
ran School, the American Institute of
Architects, and finally. most poignant of
all, the Corcoran Gallery's exhibitions.
He also laid stress upon the value Of the
Evans and Freer collections and of their
significance as factors in the upbuilding
of interest. Mr.. Moser is a Canadian by
birth, but came to Washington In 1887,
at which time he was best known for his
amusing pictures of negro life. The first
published portrait of Uncle Remus,'
painted for Joel Chandler Harris. was his
work. He is now reckoned among the
foremost American water colorists-not
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N his Talk" at the Corcoran School
of Art on Monday afternoon Mr..
Messer took emotion as his theme
that Is, emotion as manifested In
paintings. Until very recently, he
said he had not found in current exhi-
billions Of American painting much
which really moved him. He was In
yariably interested in the technique
enthusiastic over the clever way IN
which his brother artists had manipu-
lated their pigment, but not drawn 70
the pictures after the first impression
had passed-not eager to see them re-
peatedly-to live with them. OF late.
however, he insisted there had been
change. For some years a better spirit
has been creeping into American art
and as all who feel under the sway OF
the recent exhibition In the Corcordn
Gallery knew, those who viewed IT once
came again and again. This. Mr. Mes
ser thought, was because the American
artists today are painting with more
emotion than formerly. Between the
days of Inness and Wyant and their
colleagues, who had a message which
they yearned to deliver. there was
long gap when men painted by formu-
las and made pictures almost mechani-
cally, Mr. Messer said. Then came tho
influence of the French school, of such
men as Millet, CorOt, Rousseau, all OF
whom discovered for themselves formu-
las, but merely employed them as medi-
ums of expression. To illustrate def
nitely what he meant, Mr.. Messer de-
scribed the different impression made
upon him last summer by a painting by
Sir Alma-Tadema which he saw at
London and by the works of Van Eyke
which he saw at Bruges and at Client
the modern English work no less faith
fully wrought. but far less convincing.
than those of the great Dutch master
of centuries ago. 1t is a strange thing,
Mr.. Messer said that a feeling can
thus be handed over from one to an
other, but the existence of such feel
ing and the desire to share 1t are. he
declared the only excuse for painting.
Geniuses. he maintained. are not alb
normal beings, as some insist, but be-
ings particularly normal-those who
see clearest and most simply. This Is
the reason, he told his listeners. that we
have poets and painters and sculptors
because those endowed with this
vision are by nature obliged to share
it. Addressing the students especially,
Mr. Messer urged them not to under
estimate the value Of technical achieve
ment, but rather to strain every effort
to gain an adequate equipment SO that
when, by and by. the emotion came to
them, they would be able to give it
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influence in state, society and church.
To the general interest Of the book is
added a description of Venice that quick.
ems the pulse. and another of that great
meeting place of sea and desert-Port
Said.
THE RIGHT-MOTIvE CLUB. By Eu-
genie Paul Jefferson, author Of
"Recollections Old and New of Jc-
seph Jefferson" Gin press). Wash
ington: The Washington Book and
Art Shop.
This is a little story in which fun and
helpfulness are combined in pretty fash
ion. Winsome Kingdom and her small
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in their cradles. Rome fell because Of
her degeneracy in love, and Englands
lack of great men and women today is
due to her having made fetish of mar
rage without realizing that the only
marries because II she remains single the
English state says she Is nothing. the
church says she is nothing. and society
puts her aside. The old professor in his
cial morality credits the Catholic church
with doing a wise thing when 1t organ
lied sisterhoods Ito enable woman to re-
main single and yet be happy and have
compan1onship," and to exercise her due
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playmates have formed a club just to
be like grown folks" Happily for the
little girls. Winsome's mother is a wise
and tenderly sympathetic woman. and
she suggests such lovely ideas that the
children decide not to initiate their elders
but to have motives-and good ones-of
their own. The happy times begin with
a pantomime Of Cinderella. given Christ
mas eve in the playroom on the top floor
knowing the motive behind the play. puts
a donation in a beribboned basket. and
there is enough money to make poor
family happy. Then there is a birthday
party given at the home Of one of the
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members. where each little guest is
dressed to represent a spring blossom.
Later on a garden party is given at an
unrented cottage in the suburbs. with
each room set to represent a scene from
some story or fairy play. And one of the
most beautiful things about this odd and
beautiful garden party Is the money
which the little club members earn to
take a number of poor women and chill
dren down the river to Mount Vernon.
Mrs. Jefferson is the mother of three
daughters whose girlhood she shared as
close companion. and from whom she
has drawn some of the events upon which
the book is founded.
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
CHARLES DARWIN-BoOKS OF
HISTORY AND TRAVEL.
Darwin 1sO9-1SS2.

February Il will be the centenary OF
the birth of Charles Darwin. the great
naturalist of the nineteenth century
Darwin as youth had leaning TO-
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Color Club but member of the American
Water Color Society. New York Water
Color Club and Salmagundi Club of New
York.
IN Monday in the Veerhoff galleries
~ an exhibition of paintings in oil
and water colors and etchings by Everett
L. Warner will be opened. These will
include work done last summer. but will
chiefly consist of the product of a years
sojourn abroad. There will. for example,
be pictures painted In Spain-views of
the Alhambra. glimpses Of Granada.
italian and Partisan scenes and the rec
ords of walking trip taken in Ger
many along paths unfrequented and pic
turesque. Mr.. Warner Is a sound painter
and at the same time a pleasant in
terpreter His work Is keenly artistic
and yet conservative-reticent His sur
faces are nicely rendered, he spares no
pains and withal his work is spirited
and never apparently labored. Though
residing at present in New York. Mr..
the Art Students League. a member Of
the Washington Water Color Club and
at one time art writer for The Star
Last winter. while abroad. he was award
ed the Jennie Sesnan gold medal for the
best landscape in the Pennsylvania Acad-
emys exhibition, and he Is a regular ex-
hibitor In the leading shows in New York.
Buffalo and Philadelphia. His exhibition
here will continue for two weeks and
will undoubtedly prove of more than
common interest.
"WEDNESDAY and Thursday of next
y" week, from to 6 o'clock in the
afternoon, Miss Bertha E. Perrie will hold
an informal exhibition of her paintings
in her studio. Miss Ferries work needs
neither Introduction nor praise. being we'll
known and highly esteemed in this city
as elsewhere. and many will unquestion-
ably be glad of this opportunity to re-
new acquaintance with It, No matter
how excellent may he a single example
of an artists work. 1t Is always more
satisfactory and enlightening to be able
to examine a number of paintings by one
artist at the same time. Thus only is
it possible to become familiar with his
or her style and estimate the value of
the attainment.
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The Beers were furious and threatened
TO shoot him as a slanderer. The English
authorities We're also furious. and re-
quested him to cease f.om controversy
or to leave the country. At last stub
born as he might be, circumstances nroy-
ed too much for him, and as his con-
science would not allow him to be silent,
Mr.. Dove chose the latter alternative
The only question was whittier he should
go. AS he was well off, having inherited
a moderate fortune in addition to what
ne mad before he left England, his poor
wife pleaded with him to return home.
pointing out that there he would be able
70 lay his case before the British public.
Inns course had attractions for him, but
after a nights reflection and prayer. he
rejected 1t as a specious temptation sent
by Satan.
What, he argued, should he return to
live In luxury in England not only un-
martyred but palpabIe failure. his mis-
sion quite unfuiflled? His wife might
go II she liked, and take their surviving
children. Rachel and the newborn baby
boy. with her Chey had buried two other
niue glrisl. but he would stick to his
Englishmen who had visited the country
called Natal. where white people were be-
ginning to settle. In that land 1t seemed
there were no slave-driving Beers and
the natives, according to all accounts.
much needed the guidance of the Gospel.
especially certain king of the people
called Lulus, who was named Chaka or
Dingaan, he was not sure which. This
ferocious person he particularly wished
to encounter, having little doubt that in
the absence of the communicating Boer he
would be able TO induce him to see the
error OF his ways and change the ma
tional customs. especially those of fight
Ing and worse still. of polygamy.
His unhappy wife listened and wept for
now that the martyrs crown which she
had always foreseen. seemed uncomfort-
ably near. indeed as 1t were, it glowed
blood red within reach of her hand More
over. in her heart she did not believe that
kaftirs could be converted, at any rate at
present. They were lighting men, as her
highland forefathers had been, and her
Scottish blood could understand the weak
ness, while, as for this polygamy she had
long ago secretly concluded that the prac-
tice was one which suited them very we'll.
as 1t had suited David and Solomon. and
even Abraham. But for all this. although
she was sure in her uncanny fashion that
her baby's death would come of her stay
ing, she refused to leave her husband as
she had refused eleven years before
Go be continued tomorrow
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Will open on the evening OF the 2Oth
with a private view and reception, and
will continue until March 3. The officers
and the board of managers will consti-
tute the jury of selection and hanging
committee.
THE Society of Washington Artists
will open its annual exhibition OF
paintings in oils March 20, and, in spite
of the great Corcoran Gallery exhibition
which has set a standard difficult to up
hold. there is every reason to believe that
this will prove q notable display. There
is much excellent work being done in local
studios and there is ample material to
make an Impressive showing.
X
NEXT week at the Library of Con-
gress a Lincoln memorial exhibition
will be set forth under the auspices of
the print division-portraits. books, manu-
scripts and the like giving, as it were. a
complete biography of Lincoln Ten days
later-that is, February 22-an exhibition
of the works Of T. Scott Dabo-not Leon
Dabo as 1t was enormously stated some
time ago-will be opened at the Morrey
galleries.
MIR. ROBERT REID is holding an ex-
ava hibition Of his paintings in his
studio in New York. in which, through
the courtesy Of the trustees of the Cor
coran Gallery. is included the picture
The Open Fire" which received the
third Clark prize. and was purchased by
the Corcoran Gallery. Mr. Reid is repre-
scented In the Pennsylvania Academy ex-
n1bitlon by single landscape. owing
doubtless to its conflict of date with his
exhibition In his New York studio
A L the Public Library Tuesday even
ing. February 8. Miss Anna Seaton
schmidt will deliver an illustrated lecture
on France. Her People and Her Art"
the second in course given under the
auspices Of the National Society of the
Fine Arts. Miss Schmidt is both a socio
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logist and an art critic-an astute oo-
server and thoughtful student. She mas
spent much time in France living among
the French people, thus gaining mel
knowledge of her subject at hrst hano
A friend both of Rodin, the great French
sculptor. and of Miss Elizabeth Nourse
the painter. she has been brought III
touch as have few with French art. and
been able to view it both from the
French and American standpoint MISS
Schmidt returned from abroad the latter
part of December. and has since been
lecturing in Boston and New York.
@WING to the interest manifested In
~ the exhibition of German paintings
now in progress in the Metropolitan Mu-
scum, New York. 1t is said that there is
an inclination on the part Of the English
to send a collection of British paintings
to this country for exhibition next win
ter. This is indeed good news. for If a
collection as well selected as were those
at the expositions at Shepherds Bush and
Edinburgh last summer were sent 1t
could not fail to awaken wide interest
and establish sincere respect. There is
no modern school more full of promise
today than that Of the British painters.
especially the Scotch and Irish.
An excellent plea for the American
painters. written by Arthur Hoeber,
the artist and critic. is to be found In
the current number of the North Ameri-
can Review. Without boasting the Amer
lean painters ability. Mr.. Hoeber asks
that he be given a chance, stating that
what he wants is not charity but patron
AEGEAN opportunity to make a living out
of his art. And in urging the public to
buy pictures he shows it to be a safe in
vestment If done discreetly. citing in
stances. not a few. when pictures by
American painters which had one time
gone a-begging have fetched several
thousand dollars later at public SALE AS
compared to automobiles, pictures are
cheap. and In the long run they are found
goodly possessions. Mr.. Hoeber is right.
The Corcsran Gallery of Art will re-
open to the public Monday morning at
8 o'clock.
Monday. at the Shelby Clarke galleries
on G street. an exhibition Of water colors
by Mr.. r. P. Hafegawa Of Boston and
Japan will be opened to the public
LEILA MECHLIN
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Gently issued by the Washington Water
Color Club announcing it's approaching
exhibition. This exhibition. which is to
be held in the hemicycle hall of the Cor
coran Gallery of Art. is to consist of
original works not before publicly shown
in this city in water color. pastel,
etchings. monotypes and burntwood. 1t
will open on the evening of the Goth
with private view and reception. and
will continue until March 5. The officers
and the board of managers will consti-
tute the jury of selection and hanging
committee.
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only president of the Washington Wate
Color Club but member Of the American
Water Color Society. New York Water
Color Club and Salmagundi Club of New
York.
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AMERICAN CRISIS BIOGRAPHIES

JOHN Z. CALHOUN. BY IdlIId"u
Hunt. author of Life of James
Madison" etc. Philadelphia: George
w. Jacobs & Co.
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CHAPTER I.
The Girl,

"HE afternoon was intensely, ter
bly, hot. Looked at from the
high ground where they were
u encamped above the river. the
or, &r,,o To hor .irrlf
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full expression. This gives a glimpse
Of the true inwardness Of art with
which the layman is seldom brought in
touch.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-11

work alone, receives 5000 a year. while
the other, drawing $500, has various
administrative duties in addition to
those of pastoral nature. He must
examine all of the incoming and outpo-
ing mail of prisoners and must keen
record of 1t in a book whether il include
letters, parcels or papers. All money
sent TO prisoners also goes through his
hands He is also tho prison librarian
and the censor of all reading matter en-.
ttering. the cells. At the federal prison,
McNeIls Island, state Of Washington.
the chaplains thus far have been sup
phed by the religious organizations.
Tried to Gust All Chaplains.
a sensational effort &c oust all chap
lalns from the federal service was made
half-century and more ago by certain
members of Congress and outside poll.
tlcIans, who sought vengeance against
the thousands of the clergy who had
been instrumental III memoriali2inp
congress against the repeal Of the Mis-.
souri, compromise, against the Kansas
Nebraska bill and against the running
OF the mails on Sunday. The move be.
gan by an attempt to prevent the elec.
lon of a chaplain of the House and this
was followed up by an attempt TO abol-
lsh the Office of chaplain also in the
senate, the army md navy and in the
ih'iaH Stlf flct, aS wen, Inc contention
OF those favoring the proposition was
based on two clauses of the Constitu-
tion, one providing that ''no religious
test shall ever be required as a qualifi-
cation to any Office or public trust under
the United States,'' and the other
specifying that Congress shall make
no law respecting an establishment OF
religion This troublesome matter was
referred to the House judiciary commit
tee for which James Meacham of Yer
mont prepared an adverse report, re-
markable document. in which he de-
Tended the army, navy and Indian serv-
ice chaplains and had this 10 say about
the necessity of retaining those at the
Capitol:
''If there be God who hears PRAYER
AS we believe there is-we submit
that there never was a deliberativc
body that so emlnently needed the fer
vent prayers of righteous men as the
Congress of the United States.
JOHN EI,FRETU WATKINS.