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tinuing to Saturday, daily, from 10 am.
until 4 pm Miss Critcher is native
of Westmoreland county, Virginia. and
daughter of the late Judge Critcher of
Alexandria, She studied art at the Cor
coran School and at the Art Students
League in this city, and under Richard
Miller and Charles Honbauer in Paris.
Five or. six years ago. for season or
more she had studio here In one or the
business buildings on F street, and the
past winter she has occupied studio on
Riggs street. During the interim she
has been In Paris, where she not only
worked independently, but conducted an
art school which she herself establisned.
For an American to attempt to teach art
in Paris. the great teaching center OF the
world. might seem the height OF pre-
. surnptuous folly, but the need was real
and hence the venture was successIui.
'rhe French schools demand long appren-
ticeship and lay utmost stress upon
academic accomplishment. The average
American student going 10 Parls Is uh.
prepared for this kind of training. ana
is unable to profit by a brief course OF
instruction having most frequently COM
paratively little time at his or her COM
mand. 1t was to meet these conditions
that Miss Critcher opened her scnool, or
ganizing 1t In accordance with Parislan
custom and securing for 1t able lnstruc-
tors. Naturally this occupied much or
her time, but she continued her own
studies. received quite NUMBER OF orqers
for portraits and exhibited regularly at
the Salon. 1t has been said, and with
mncb trr,th that because of natural facil-
ity the majority of American art students
lose all that is American in the French
ateliers. This impeachment, however,
cannot be brought against Miss Crftcner.
hoe 1oor cd
French masters. of principle: she has re.
tanned unquestionably her individuality OF
manner Her work manifests independ-
ent conviction-definite personality. Ii is
studied and thoughtful. but at the same
time vigorous and authoritative. Some
time 1t may seem a trifle immature. but
invariably it has strength and signifi-
canoe. 1t is painterlike. bold. expressive.
and when faulty frankly So Ten or
twelve canvases, all of comparatively re-
cent date. will constitute the forthcoming
exhibition. Two or three are works
which have been shown In the Paris
Salon, several have been exhibited at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
and three have been included in recent
displays at the Corcoran Gallery here.
Several however are but just completed
and will be exhibited now for the first
time. One of these is full-length por-
trait of young woman in a blue silk
gown bending one knee to stroke
recumbent greyhound. An unusual compo-
sition, it is peculiarly well handled coed
in color broad in treatment and exceed
ingly direct Another is sketch of Col.
Mosby-a forceful character study made
in but two short sittings. More subtle
and less openly clever is portrait study
of a young Frenchman-a poet and
dreamer, which is in low key. the
scheme of color being restricted to browns
and grays, and the handling being ex-
tremely reticent. Some interesting types
will be given. One of a French peasant
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lections. By Ralph Waldo Emerson.
New York: Houghton, Mifflin & co.

lections. BY Ralph Waldo Emerson.
New York: Houghton, Mifflin & co.
WITH THOSE THAT WE'RE, Stories
of Two Great Wars. BY Francis w.
Grattin. New York: Broadway Pub
fishing Company.
WITTER WHITEHEAD'S OWN STORY,
About Lucky Splash of White
wash, Some Stolen Silver and q
House That Wasn't Vacant. BY
Henry Gardner Hunting. New York:
Henry Holt & Co.
SERvFTUDE. BY Irene Osgood. author
Of ITO a Nun Confessed" Boston:
Dana Estes & Co.
THE NEW HEALTH SCIENCE, the Art
of Positivism and Psychic Laws of
Healing. BY ]. Arvede Walgren.
Chicago: Rand. McNally & Co.
THE GARDEN OF GIRLS. BY Marian
A. Hilton. New York: The Tandi-
Thomas Company.
LIFE OF COMMODORE THOMAS MAC
DONOUGH, U. 5. NAVY. By 2oI-
ney Macdonough. Boston: The Fort
Hill Press.
MIND-POWER, or, the Law of Dy-
manic Mentation. BY William Wal
ker Atkinson. Chicago: The Prog
ress Company.
A HISTORY OF MODERN BANKS OF
ISSUE, With! an Account of Eco
nomic Crises Of the Nineteenth Gem
tury and the Crisis of 1907. BY
Charles A. Conant. New York: ~.
P Putnams Sons. Washington: Wood
ward 4 Lothrop.
THE STORY OF SARANAC, a Chapter
in Adirondack History. By Henry
f. Raymond. New York: The Graf
ton Press.
A CRIME ON CANVAS. BY Fred NJ.
White, author of THE Crimson
Blind" etc. New York: r. F. Fenno
& Co.
ADVENTURES OF THE WORLDS
GRE ATE ST DETECTIVES. BY
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ready come)-don't keep him all to your
SELF but contrive somehow that your
father can have a little chat with him.
You needn't so altogether away, you
know. my dear. Don't sit SO far away
that he can't see you nor you him (this
is a whisper expressed in writing), and
dare say you will like TO hear all they
say to each other. But If he says word
about seeing your daddy alone for mo-
ment: If he begins to look i'll at ease or 10
get red and then pale and red again, or
stammers and clears his throat. do you
just get up quietly and go out of the room
without word in the most natural way
in the world. just as If you were doing
some little household duty. I suppose 1
needn't tell you this: you know 1t just as
we'll as l do. though ] have known 1t
by experience and you cannot. You know
how I know 1t. darling, though I never
told you this part of II. Women are cow
ards. We know 1t, though we don't al
ways say so. and we even disguise it from
others now and then. But in such time
as 1 have mentioned We are all towards
We couldn't, stay if we would. We want
to get away and hide our heads. just as
we do when 1t thunders. But what an
awful lot of rot I am talking. When
Mr.. Hardy and your father meet they
will. I am sure. have plenty to talk about
without either you or me being the sub
ject of IT. They are both sportsmen and
fond of horSes-and a lot of things. 1t
is only if they don't meet that I am
afraid Of l am writing. by the way. to
Mr.. Hardy this post to know where he is
at present and where he has been. 1
shall, of course. write you when I hear,
or If there be anything important / shall
wire. We are off TO London, and it is
possible that while we are there we may
have unexpected meetings with all sorts
of frinds and calls from them. 1 hope.
darling. that by the time We reach AM
heside we shall find you blooming, full
of happiness and health and freshness.
the very embodiment of. your name"
The letter both disquieted Joy and
soothed her. There were suggestions Of
fear. but there was also a consistent
strain of hope. Judy would never have
said such things If she did not believe
them. Moreover she herself knew what
Judy did not: her aunt hadn't peaped from
behind window blinds at tall figure be-
hind lilac bushes or sitting In the dark
ness with only fiery cigar tip to mark
his presence. Poor Judy! The girls SYM
pathetic heart. made more sympathetic
by her own burning love. ached when she
thought of the older womans lonely, bar
rem life. She. too. had loved--and been
loved; had hoped and feared. and waited.
The very knowledge of how a woman
would feel when the man was asking
formally for parental sanction disclosed
something Of which the girl had never
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don. a stock broker, disguises his own
views by pretending to quote mythical
friend to the effect that everything on
earth is a gamble and that life, des tn and
Immortality are the biggest CANDLES of
all. Every man. il he knew for a GER
tainty that there was no God, would do
exactly as he pleased and have mighty
good time. On the other hand. If he was
sure of the existence Of a God he'd live
straight for the sake of a future reward
If there is no heaven the man who goes
the pace will get ahead of the poor vir-
tuous devil. II he hits it unlucky. why
he's bound for eternal damnation. It's
all gamble.
Gordon secretly decides to play the
game of life with loaded dice on the
chance that death means annihflation
He is handsome man whom women love
and most men trust, but both men and
women who stand in his way drop out of
life and make no sign, and he has forged
on to millions and the governorship of
his state, when a trigger swifter than
his own puts him on a hospital cot with
life behind him and only death ahead.
To one of the men with whom ile had dis
cussed religious beliefs he confesses with
no fear of eternity. the evil things he
has done. He has lived dozen lives in
one He has gratified every wish of life:
he has become power in the world OF
finance and politics: he has killed when
necessary and robbed whenever it suited
his plans. The preacher says man is
nothing. 1t is lie. Man is god
And then. as the thing called death
touches him. the man who has played his
game with loaded dice raises himself
bolt upright. and with the expression of
one who looks upon a sight Of horror
shrieks out:
I've lost! Oh, God, I've lostr'
1t is a story full of exciting interest for
readers who probably couldn't be paid to
read a sermon. But 1t is sermon. And
its text is: What doth it profit man
to gain the whole world and lose his own
soul?
kINGSMEAD. BY Bettina Won Hutton.
author of Pam etc. Frontispiece
by Will Foster. New York: Dodd.
Mead & Co. Washington: Bren-
tanoS.
Baroness Won Hutton disclaims in her
preface to this latest novel of the
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

DE ODDILLO; the Seed. BY Sylvester
Cole. jersey City: Connoisseur's
Press.
SOME ASSURANCES OF IMMOR-
TALITY. BY John B. N. Berry. New
York: r. F. Fenno & Co. Washing
ton: Woodward & Lothrop.
Dumont Smith, author of Blue Wa
ters and Green."' Chicago: Rand,
McNally & Co. 4.
DUMB NO LONGER, Romance OF tho
Telephone By Fred DeLand. Wash
ington: Volta Bureau.
EDUCATION; an Essay and Other Sc
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interesting work. but it required careful
and accurate study. and it had to be ac-
complished in a comparatively brief time
1t was. however, very successfully con-
summated. The figures, which In every
instance were studied from the living
model. were well constructed, strongly
modelled and genuinely interesting. When
completed they were cast in plaster and
colored This kind of work must be
thoroughly artistic as well as scientific
to be of actual value. and requires for It's
execution no small amount of skill. At
present Mr.. Dunbar is modelling in low re-
lief charming panel portrait of Dr.
Diedel's two little daughters, one hold
ing a doll at arms length and the other
tightly claspfng her Teddy bear He is
also just finishing a tablet to be placed
in the Church of the Covenant as me-
mortal to the late Rev. DR.. Teunis Ham,
lin, which bears in high relief both an
inscription and a portrait. Mr. Dunbar,
it will be remembered, is the sculptor OF
the statue of Gov. Shepherd. which is
to be unveiled on the 1st of May.
0F art as well as historical interest
~ is a collection of presidential china
owned by Mrs. D. Carroll Digges of this
city and her sister. which was acquired.
it is understood, by their grandmother
during Buchanan's administration. 1t
consists of ninety-eight pieces-suficient
to set dinner for twelve persons-and
is derived from three different administra-
tions. Some is in white and gold. some
has dull red bands, some blue bands and
starry borders. A portion is ornamented
with the shield Of the United States and
was decorated at the time when but
twenty-eight states formed the Union.
With this. in addition to many fine odd
pieces Is set of twelve plates decorated
in the center with flowers exquisitely
painted, each different and each framed in
a band of green bordered with gold. On
the reverse side the name of the French
manufacturer is still, in some instances,
discernible. For many years compare
lively little care was taken to preserve
the collection Of china at the White
House. but during President Roosevelts 8
administration Mrs. Roosevelt made this
her special work and from many sources
secured specimens of that used from the
earliest day to the present time. The
collection which she assembled and ar
ranged is now in the basement of the
White House on public view, and will.
it is hoped. not only be kept intact. but
gradually completed as the years go by.
and opportunity affords. With but one
exception Mrs. Digges' collection is almost
certainly the largest outside of the White
House.
THE Corcoran Gallery of Art received
! this week as beuuest from the
artist the welt known painting in water
color of 1.-THE Blizzard by the late
Walter Paris. many of whose pictures
were sold here this week at public auc-
ton. This is one of Mr.. Paris best
works and one which well deserves a
permanent place in a public gallery. 1t
is. in fact a remarkably clever piece of
work, especially wonderful in. the accu-
racy of it's detail. Being Ideal theme,
it has also added interest.
N ESPITE the fact that there is no
l. space to hang additional pictures in
Evening star., 1909-04-17

A exhibition Of pictures that will later
"A decorate the classrooms and corri-
dors of a public school in New York is
being held at the galleries of the New
York Cooperative Society at present. and
will be found especially attractive to
those interested in the work of the league
lately formed for the decoration of our
local public schools. The exhibit is
classified under six headings: Kinder
garten subjects, chiefly in color: foreign
color prints of industries, such as plow-
ing, haying. etc; engravings after noted
painters of animals, historical subjects.
statues and public buildings. including
those at Washington, and photographs
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n exhibition of paintings by Miss
Catherine c. Critcher of this
city will be held next week in
the assembly hall of the Cosmos
Cl1lh ananinC Monday and con-
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the atri,im of the Corcoran Gallery, and
no provision has been made by Congress
for the housing of the National Gallery
collections. Mr. William T. Evans. rather
than run the risk of losing a valuable
painting. has acquired THE south
Strand" a large coast scene. by Emil
Carlsen, for the Evans National Gallery
collection. Mr.. Carlson was represented.
it will be remembered, in the Corcoran
Gallery's recent exhibition by two paint
ings Of still life and a landscape. and In
a previous show by great marine. He
is a Dane by birth, but an American by
adoption; and painter Of keen artistic
perception and high aspiration.
*
X
A COLLECTION of water colors by
Mr.. Will Schaeffer is now on exhibi-
tion at Venable's galleries, on G street.
Seventeen titles are enumerated In the
Observation-Disclosures all. and the ma
jority suggestively local. Some are
rather forced in effect and immature in
handling, but more than fair number
show honest study and are distinctly
creditable. Mr.. Schaeffer is newcomer
in the field Of art, and makes at this
time his first pictorial display. He has
heretofore made speciality of illuminat-
ing and designing, and is at present en-
gagged upon quite an elaborate piece OF
this kind of work.
X
NEXT, Wednesday evening Mr.. Kenyon
~ Cox, the well known mural painter
and art writer, is to lecture before the
National Society of the Fine Arts on
''Verenese-a Master of Decorative Art"
The, lecture will be illustrated by stere-
opticon, and is the last in this seasons
course.
A GROUP of small bronzes by Mr..
a Richard Paine of this city is being
shown in Charleston, 8. c., under the
auspices of the Carolina Art Association,
which. by the way. has just received a
valuable gift from Mr.. James Lowndes.
also of Westinghouse mahogany case
filled with old English china and plate,
autograph letters of Presidents Madison
and Monroe and other relics. Both Mr..
Paine and Mr.. Lowndes are, it is under
stood. natives of Charleston. Mr.. Paine is
employed at the National Museum and can
give only his leisure time to his sculpture,
but he has produced some very interest
ing work. Recently he has modelled a
medallion portrait of the late Bishop
Satterlee.
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of famous paintings. This work in New
York is being conducted by the Art
League of the Public Education Asso-
citation. and big results have been ac-
complished.
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DESPITE the fact that there is n,
L space to hang additional pictures il
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THE portrait of LINCOLN by William
! I. Matthews. w--ich both President
Hayes and President Mckinley recon-
mended for purchase by the government,
was sold in New York this week to a
private collector for $o,1OO.
LEILA MECHLIN.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
WITH AN OLD FLINTLoCK.

These old shooting irons," said a
 man from Virginia, who was examin-
 ing an old fiintrock rife, always have
 my profound respect. Our grandfa-
 thers and great-grandfathers did their hunting with them and used them In
 our two victorious wars with England l They were always good weapons, and
 are now, if they are equipped. with a good stock and a good lock. They Icouid do fine service. Any man who was any sort of a marksman could do effective work with them in their day. This fact was well illustrated in an incident that happened several years ago near Richmond. The story was printed in some of the leading newspapers in Virginia, and was the cause of much interest.
 There was an old farmer residing In one of the peninsular counties who was coming on the cars to Richmond, and had with him one. of those old- fashioned weapons. In the train he got into conversation with a small party of gentlemen, who expressed much interest in his old rifle, and the farmer told of some rather extraordi- nary feats of marksmanship that he had performed with 1t.
 Finally he was persuaded to give an exhibition of his skill with the old relic, and trial came of at Rockets, in the presence of a few gentlemen The old fintlock was fired seven times, and only missed the mark once At first the old man fired 1t at some small objects. to get his hand steady so he said. Then the old fellow hand ed to his son. who had every faith in his fathers skill. a large potato, and stationed him at 50 yards distance, holding the potato between his thumb and forefnger.
 The rifle cracked and the potato was split into several pieces. Another shot was made at the bowl of a pipe which the boy was smoking. and the bowl was smashed. Several other shots were made at various objects, but in trying to hit a copper cent that was tossed In the air the marksman made a miss. He was considerably morti- fled at this and laid the blame on a bystander who sneezed loudly at the critical moment; but made another at tempt which was successful.
 The old man then declined any further trials of his skill and when offered a sum of money to repeat his feat of shooting a potato from his sons hand refused. saying he didn't care to exJeriment any further unless his weapon was freshly cleaned. The boy was willing. but the old man was obdurate. The young man showed not the least anxiety during the dangerous experiment upon himself"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
DAIRYING IN THE SOUTH;
 HOW THE INDUSTRY GROWS
Better Cows, More Home-gro Feed, a Better
 Product Three Points That Every Dairy ] man Should Bear in Mind.

Illness. Producers of limited means of the tenant class whose conditions necessitate a struggle with small business to produce living. most frequently have small barns and milk houses as well as inadequate facili- ties for the proper handling of milk and washing utensils.
 The sanitary side of dairy inspection fas not been given the attention due but improvement Is being made in thls direction. At Atlanta, Ga. uniformed inspectors provided with buggies look well into every condition and see that the rigid rules Incorporated in the city ordinances are respected. Tn Louis Vile. Ky. the activity of the officials has done away with the sale of milk from swlll-fed dairies. This warfare has had It's effect In other cities of the state against milk from cows fed on distillery slops.
 In order that cows may produce the most milk and do 1t economically, they must have feed suitable in character and sufficient fin quantity. The com mon practice by buying feed is ex- travagant. when all rough feed and at least part of the grain can be grown. Green feed Is important. and this can be provided in the winter by a silo. This and the added advantage of the long pasture season are two very valuable features which are not being fully taken advantage of. The Dairy Division of the Bureau of Animal In dustry will furnish. free of charge. plans for the construction of silos.
 There is no branch of agriculture that is more needed in the South than dairying. As conditions now are, more Is consumed than is produced. The country in general is adapted to dairy ing. and with better stock and i'm proved methods the South can supply its own demand.
 Southern dairymen as a rule do not practice the most economical methods The average COW produces only about half what 1t should. Too many of the dairies are In the city and should be on the farms where better milk and butter could be produced. The whole situation could be improved in the three essentials. better cows. more homegrown feed, a better product.
 It is the desire of the Department of Agriculture to have the work taken up and continued by the different states of the South so that the Fed eral government may withdraw after the work is well started. and some states have already taken hold
 Agriculturists and daIrymen who are interested can secure much valuable information from the Twenty fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ani- nal Industry, Q volume of several hun dred pages Application should be made to member of Congress- The portion dealing with present dairy con ditfons in the South has been issued separately in pamphlet form as Far mers' Bulletin 349. 'The Dairy Tndus- try in the South" and can be obtained on application to members of Congress or to the Bureau of Animal Industry. Washington. D. c.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
HISTORICAL. Confederate Monuments.

A letter has been received from Mrs. A. J. Emerson. 3631 North 30th Ave- rue, Denver, Col, asking for data of the Confederate monuments of Ala bama. She Is writing a book in which she wishes to have pictures and de- tailed descriptions of all the monu- ments erected in memory of our dear dead. This will be little trouble to some of us, but we who have worked for the. erection of these. monuments. who have given our time energy and strength for their completion, can surely do yet little more fin order to have proper place In such a book. which, quoting from the author, will be a monument of monuments to our grand and glorious cause of which we have a right to be proud. It is earn estly requested that the Presidents of Chapters in towns where there are monuments, will see to it that a picture of the monument s(post cards will rdo) and correct data as to when erected, by whom. etc., be sent as early as possible to the address given above. Every Southern writer should be encouraged and all assistance given toward the publica- ton of one more volume of authentic history.
 Mrs. c. M. Tardy. Historian Alabama Division, U. DA c.
 old BlandfOrd Church. Attention is called to the following |
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
T. E. B. stuart chapter.

This Chapter met with the Director. Mrs. T. F.. Stephens. Saturday after noon. Including the nest of yellow hammers who were guests of the Chapter. about fifty children were present.
 MT. Morgan Gilmer delighted and held the deep interest of the children in relating war stories to them and dred all the patriotism glowing within.
 After the business a social hour was enjoyed, decorations and refreshments carrying out the Confederate colors. Several new members were added to the list, the roster now being ffty-six.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned until F o'clock noon, Monday the 5th day of April, lso9 for grading the West Point public road between the cor porate limits of Lafayette, Ala, and the corporate limits of Lanett. Ala. Specifics- tons may be obtained and plans examined at the office of A. J. Driver, Jr.. Judge of served to reject any and all proposals. (SiKned) A. J. DRIVER. Jr.
 Chairman Court of County Commission CTS. Chambers County. Ala. Lafayette. Ala.
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