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Evening star., 1909-06-19
CHARACTERS ABOUND ON
THE OLD SUWANEE RIVER

TO sit in gorgeous box at some Splen-
l did theater and hear the marvellous
voice of Patti ripple away on the melody
Of Way Down Upon De Swanee Rib
ber'' is one thing and 10 travel through
the south until. suddenly with squeak
from the locomotive. one looks from the
window OF his car and sees for the first
time the clear silent waters of this
stream is quite a different thing. How
many have seen the Suwanee river
through the vail of sentiment and song,
under the environment of the tirst-named
order, and how few, comparatively, have
actually stood upon the banks of the
river itself. listened To the soft, low
murmur of its meandering waters. so
clear. so beautiful and so blue in eddy
places. with trees bending over its bosom,
all fastened with long waving Spanish
moss, which SO abounds in the western
regions of Florida Fewer still are those
who have lived upon the banks of this
river. known throughout the world of
song. long enough to make study of
the people who dwell permanently in its
long. sweeping vales-the land of flowers,
song birds and sunshine.
just how a river. narrow. sand-bot-
toned blue-Matered river, that plays so
small a part in the map of the United
States does the Suwanee. could ever
have become so famous in this wide world
does seem strange to one when he comes
To think of IL, all because of mere song
But, after all, il has Il charm all its own
and the average visitor will find under
its spell that it will linger with him with
surprising tenacity and grow upon him
like the shadow of some mysterious fas-
cination. No doubt the following lines
appeal to those who have seen the beauti-
full river
Nay do
Far, far away:
Oars whar my heart turnin' ebber,
Oars whar de old folks stay.
Be that as it may, no such ideal picture
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the better are two different things
1t is seldom that the most bril- liant mer
achieve the highest success, but the
stickers. Persistency is more effective
than brilliancy. When President John
son tried TO drive Stanton from the ca b.
met, Charles Sumner sent the Secretary
this message: Stanton, stick He stuck
and the naticn benefited.
The men at the summit were not pulled
into their positions. They pushed their
way there. When Daniel Webster was
speaking at Bunker Hill the crowd press
ed hard toward. the platform. endanger-
ing those seated thereon, and Webster
seeing their peril. shouted to the people
Keep back 1T is impossible" cried
some one in the crowd. The orator ex-
claimed: Nothing Is impossible a,
Bunker Hill.' And few things are i'm
possible to the persevering. invincibly
determined American man. AS Dickens
dogged does it
You must carry a thing through il
YOU want to be anybody or anything
The world admires and crowns the de-
termined doer. Like the postage stamp
stick till you get there. The only goo q
time coming you are justified in hoping
for is that which you make for yourself
show any particular effort at preparation.
They seem to just boil out of the darky S
heart and soul. and if By chance they
manage to get fairly good jingle or
rhyme to them il is by special poetical
painStaking on the part of the author.
and. in fact. is of but little consequence
to him.
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CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS.

the courthouse in that city. lie has
however. produced many notable works,
among which may be named mural paint
ings in the appellate court, De Witt Gin
ton High School and Manhattan Hotel
New York. and the Raleigh Hotel, Wash
inston.
A T the Public Library. III this city
there has just been placed on exili-
btion an interesting collection of prints of
English cathedrals. both interiors and eN-
teriors, which cannot fall to attract at
tention. In York a most perfect eX-
ample of the Gothic style of architecture
is given, and in DURHAM. with equal
excellence. is illustrated the RomaneSque.
For those who have made a tour of the
Engl sh cathedral towns this exhibition
will be found pleasantly reminiscent and
significant.
THE vote of the Senate last Saturday
favoring by an overwhelming ma
jority (5i to 15) the free importation of al
works of art over twenty years of age
and art objects over 100 years Old. gave
cause for conSratulation TO those Wh'
have been fighting valiantly for fre'
art. The arguments in favor of free art
are unansWerable and almost without eN
ception the men who have led in though
in this country have expressed them
selves as in favor of it. 1t cannot fai
to affect the cultivation of public taste
and to increase the value of lndustria
productions. 1t must enricn the nation
Private collectors, who, it is said, will b.
chiefly benefited, are invariably Senerou
with their possessions, opening thell
houses periodically to the public and max
ing frequent loans for exhibitions Fur
thermore the majority of our art mu
l,,ti1t Inv rlriI- ujf
wealth of American citizens is the wealth
of the nation.
The artists as body have pot desire.
protection nor do they need it. Art !:
not trade which must fear competition
Great art is International and has mar
ket value in all parts of the word-bad
art is valueless and should be dscour
aged. There are, of course some VIII.
fear a change-the ultra conservative wht
invariably discourage progress-the pes
simists who having a choice of two
evils take both''-and the argument:
which they bring forth are that free ar
would mean a deluge of commercial low
priced productions. which would serve Il
vitiate public taste and injure CONNER
cially the American painters whos'
works do not command high prices
These people forget, however, that fo
three years America had free art fron
1894 to 80 without such disastrous ef
fects, that America was almost the onl,
civilized nallon IN the WOFiu lndl ldd
tariff on art, and that tn. duty on cheal
paintings is now so comparatively nom
inal that it by no means prohibits thei
Importation. 1t is the high-priced apt
really valuable works which the tariff
has kept out, not the bogus old masters.
There will undoubtedly be difficulty il
carrying out the provision in regard /,
the twenty and one hundred-year limit,
and it is never wist to make a law which
cannot be accurately enforced, but theSt
restrictions are to be regarded in the
light of compromise, and can be late
done away with if they prove UNNECESSARY
or ineffective. great step has been
taken in the right direction-a real vic
tory won. LEILA MEcHLIN.
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Association and vice president of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts:
Josias Pennington. Municipal Art Society
of Baltimore; Glenn Brown. secretary
American Institute of Architects: Hem
nen Jennings vice president of the Ma
tional Society of the Fine Arts: A. j
Parsons. regent. National Academy OF
Art. Charles p. Taft, vice president OF
Halsey c. Ives, director ST Louis Mu-
scum of Fine Arts: Mrs. John Clark
Glenny. president of the Buffalo Society y
of Artists: Mrs. John B. Sherwood. past
chairman of the art committee. General
Federation of Women's Clubs: Mary r
Frank c. Baldwin of Detroit. president
of the Architectural League of America
Henry Read. chairman of the ART com
mission of the city and county of Den
ver Col. William Woodward. Tulane
University of Louisiana. and John Galen
Howard. president of the California So
ciety of Beaux Arts Architects.
II is possible, of course, that some OF
those appointed may not be able to serve
but already favorable responses have
come from number. The object was
to have all sections of the country repre-
sented and al the same time to secure
those whose active interest and wis
counsel could be counted upon confident
ly. The federation has been in existence
only little over a month but it is meet
ing in all quarters with hearty co-opera-
tion and promises to become a strong
and serviceable organization. promoting
the cultiva tion of beauty both by indvid-
ualS and communities. The headquartel
of the federation are in this city. at 174l
New York avenue. and the annual con-
ventions will be held here, both of which
are facts worthy Of note, being further
conducive to the advancement of Wash
inSton as an art center.
D ALTlMORE, it is reported, is plan
- ming to hold great exhibition OF
paintings next winter similar to the ex-
hibition Of sculpture set forth year ago.
The project Is being developed by the
Municipal Art Society In conjunction with
the artists clubs, and the plan is to Sc
cure the Fifth Regiment Armory again as
the exhibition hall
THE Corcoran Gallery at present has
on exhibition as temporary loans
two notable portraits by Sargent-one OF
the late Secretary Hay and the other OF
Gen. Leonard Woodland one by Miss
Beaux. that of Mrs. Roosevelt and her
Oldest daughter. painted several years ago
at the White House. 1t has also in its
permanent collection several significant
works of this same order, for
example, j. j. Shannon's Girl in
Brown Lenbach's "Bismarck," Stuart s
''Shippen." Malhone's portrait of himself
and Harding's John Randolph" while in
the Clark collection II will be remembere d
are portrait OF a woman by Rembrandt
and two by Sir Joshua Reynolds of spe-
cial interest. Gaining. through having
come again into possession of the Sargent
portraits. the Corcoran Gallery has lost,
by the withdrawal of the Oyster Gath
erers.' by the same panter-a work of
extraordinary brilliancy and infinite
charm. For a number of years 1t has
been lent the CorcOran Gallery by it's own
er. Mr.. Daniel r. Case, whose home is in
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there will be in Connecticut cessation
of further promotion of outrages against
common sense and taste through the
erection of hideous soldiers monuments
and the like which have been practiced
and permitted. often greedily, ignorantly
and innocently. under the cover of the
title of works of ara.
That the results attained by this com
mission and the example set by Connec-
ticut have not been oially unheeded Is
testified. in part. by the recent introduce
tion into the legislature of New York of
bill authorizing the establishment of a
somewhat similar commission to pass
upon the merit of public works of art ac-
quired by that state.
. ECAUSE of the enthusiastic praise ac-
l. corded it in New York much was
expected of Mr.. George Luks portrait
of Senator Root. painted for the Depart
ment of State where, in the Secretary s
office, il is now to be seen. Perhaps for
this reason it is disappointing, for. with
out doubt. very much depends upon the
avenue of approach AS a technical per-
formance this portrait is unquestionably
clever-the artist has handled his pigment
in a manner calculated to fill all those
who have struggled against its limitations
with envy and admiration. All unneces-
sary details are eliminated and only es-
Sential facts are preSented-the color is
good, the dra fl smanship impeccable. 1t is
daring and audacious. but. in my opinion.
it is not portrait. Senator Roots fea-
lures are not rough. even the planes OF
his face are not angular his countenance
is not deeply furrowed. nor is his express
sion habitually severe. and it is thus that
Mr.. Luks has pictured him. The question
of likeness may be secondary to that OF
art. but it is worthy of consideration,
especially when a painting is. as in this
tot,
ment. Undoubtedly it was a temptation
to empha aSiZe the band of silver that de-
fines the hair where it touches the fore
head but to give it the Importance of
pronounced eccentricity. to focus inter. st
primarily upon it. was to emphasize it in
undue proportion. And. furthermore. the
portrait is lacking in vitality. save in the
brush work. To be sure. it is infinitely
preferable if one must make choice,
to the commonplace, Photographic COM
mercial portrait, which the government
has too frequently acquired. but it is far
below the standard of the best portraits
to be seen in current exhibitions, and this
il should not be.
*
A ENCOURAGEMENT was made this week
"a of the board of directors of the
American Federation of Arts, the APP
pointment of which was left to a COM
mittee composed of the president, Charles
l.. Hutchinson of Chicago. the vice presi-
dents Herbert Adams, sculptor: John w.
Alexander painter, and Ralph Adams
Cram. architect, and the secretary. F. d.
Mllet 1t is as follows: Holker Abbott
president of the Copley Society of Bos-
ton: Edward r. Hartman. secretary Of
the Massachusetts Civic League: &. Grant
LaFarge. Architectural League Of New
York; Elmer f. Garnsey. National So
ciety of Mural Painters; Florence n.
Levy, chairman, Art League. Public Edu
cation Society, New York: John III. Con-
verse, president of the Farmount Park
Evening star., 1909-06-19
The Wrong Spirit.

Z W. AVER. the we'll known advertis-
ing agent, at the dinner in Phila-
delphia in honor of his firms forfeit h
anniversary. said that to succeed in ad-
vertisng required hard work
THE successes in this business are
stupendous." he said. but some folks
think they come easily. Some folks think
that. working as Roebottom of Camden
worked man can build up a great ad-
vertising fortune.
"RoebottOm was a roofer. He was en-
ga ged on d Mickle street house One day
as he was lunching, he was heard to give
yell OF pain.
What's the matter Roebottom?' a
carpenter asked.
II got a nail in my foot the roofer
answered.
''Weil. why don't you pull it OUT said
the carpenter.
What, In my dinner hour?' yelled
Roebottom, reproachfully."
Evening star., 1909-06-19
Art and EnuIand.

DOOTH HARRINGTON. in his brilliant
- fashion, was talking about the poet
Swinburne.
They buried Irving in the abbey" he
said. ''They let Swinburne be buried
without any official recognition whatever.
Yet Swinburne was to Irving as a dia
mond is to a pebble Actors like Irving
crop up every year or two. but there
was never a singer like Swinburne.
Neither Coleridse nor Shelley nor Shake
speare could match that music.
THE English didn't appreciate him.
Only in France is art appreciated. The
English idea of art is well portrayed i'll
story Mrs. Henniker Heaton sometimes
tells.
Mrs. Henniker Heaton, a connection of
the poets. was showing to some ladies
miniatures of Swinburne's titled rela-
tives.
"One of these ladies. she studied
a miniature of Lord Ashburton, turned
to her daughter and said:
My dear, l had no idea SWlnburne
was SO well connected. Remind me, the
next time we're at Nudes, to buy his
works."
Evening star., 1909-06-19
SUCCESS TALKS-BY DIR. MADISON c. PETERS.
STICK UNTIL YOU GET THERE

attempts to know or do everything.
There is business which is not busi-
ness
personal friend said to Lincoln:
Mr.. President, do you really expect to
end this war during this admnistra-
tiono'
Cant say. sir"
But. Mr.. Lincoln, what do you mean
to do?'
Peg away, sir; peg away: keep peg
ging away" And 'pegging away did
it.
Cyrus Field spent thirteen years of
anxious watchings and ceaseless toll
wandering In the forests of Newfound-
land. In pelting rain. on the deck of
ships, on dark. stormy nights. alone. far
from home, crossing and recrossing the
ocean fifty times before he at last laid
the Atlantic cable.
Industry is a good quality, but it will
never win without concentration The
man who dabbles in too many things
who scatters himself on several lines
divides his purposes. wastes his energies
smothers his enthusiasm and usually
fails.
TO succeed. you must be unanimous
with yourself. An old German proverl
says. ITO change and to change for
Evening star., 1909-06-19

American national domain, but 1t has
only been within the past few years
that the value of this area to the United
States has been fully demonstrated. Gen
Greelys volume is an exceptionally
clear and instructive statement of the
riches and possibility of Alaska. pre-
pared with the special reference to the
fact that the Seattle exposition is at
tracing at ,ention to the distant north
west. The author addresses himself both
to the student and the man of action.
the prospective investor and the travel
er. He offers Il Well arranged mass of
statistics, tells the history of Alaska s
development and describes the present
indus rial. political and social condi-
tions in the territory. He follows topi-
cal methods as best suited to describe
extensive region of greatly varied
conditions. For technical matters Gen.
Greedy relies upon special Investigators
and experts. bu5 he supplements the
materials he draws from these sources
with his own extended experience. He
has twice exercised supreme military
command over Alaska. while under his
control and supervision was built the
Alaska military telegraph system. Hav-
ing visited Alaska six times, he has ac-
quired an acquaintance with the region
amply jus flying his offering of this
appropriate illustrations.
OUR INSECT FRIENDS AND EN-
EMIES; The Relation Of Insects To
Man. to Other Animals. to One An
other. and to Plants: With a Chap
ter on The War Against Insects BY
John r. Smith. ScD Professor OF
En- omolosy in Rutgers College. etc
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Com
pany.
Great discoveries have been made in
the past few years in the study of the
Evening star., 1909-06-19
OUR INSECT FRIENDS AND EN-.

Bristol. r. L., and who now withdraWS u
only to relend it to the Rhode Island
School of Design. in Providence, which
each summer has in its galleries most
excellent exhibition The Corcoran Gal
lery will not close before July |, and pos
sibly not then. but II is, ii must be con-
fessed, not much frequented these days.
despite the fact that it is uncommonly in
viting at this special season. and that
more people are at leasuIe now than in
the winter
EEERAL members Of the Aquarelle
- Club had a holiday outing lately,
spending the week end at the country
home of one of their number, Mrs. Ray
Whittleton, at Point-of- Rocks, by special
invitation. The little company, composed
of Mr.. James Henry Moser Mrs. Charles
Campbell. Miss Messet, Miss Godding. Miss
McCord and Miss Muhlhofer, left Wash
ngton Saturday morning and returned
Monday afternoon. being joined the pre-
vious day by Mr.. Edward EteS and his
wife, who was formerly Miss Pearl Pot
ter. From the station at Point-of- Rocks
they were conveyed in a commodious
lumber wagon up the mountain to their
hostess home, which is charmngly situ-
ated overlooking both valleys. and not
once did the rain interfere with their
pleasure.
=
WHILE Mr.. Moser was at Point Of
!" Rocks he made three sketches. all
of which were in water color and of an
exceedingly interesting character. One
was a view from the broad piazza giving
a glimpse Of its stone balustrade and
protecting roof but showing the splendid
vista across the valley to the mountains;
another was bit of the road winding up
to the house. and the third a study at
sunrise of family illumed sky and shift
ing mist. Each was accurately set forth
for the purpose of future reference, but
at the same time evinced the painters
emotion. There is something in a sketch
done under these conditions which almost
detieS repetition-sometlin which in a
more finished production is hard to get.
MIR. Moser has also recently painted a
large picture in oilS-a landscape simple
in composition but very pleasing in effect.
a broad hillside topped with trees and
having view over it's left shoulder.
The sky is partly clouded and not pro-
nounced in color, and the whole scheme
is set forth in gently modulated tones.
The foreground is specially well rem
dered, and the painting. whole, is to
be reckoned with Mr.. Moser's best.
THE Maryland Institute is to he con-
graduated upon having secured as
one of it's instructors for the coming year
Mr.. c. Y. Turner the we'll known mural
painter. who for the past winter has been
assisting Mr.. Millet on his decorations for
the Cleveland Trust Company, which
were last week exhibited. Mr.. Turner
was assistant director of decorations at
the Columbian exposition at Chicago. and
director of color and decoration at the
panAmerican exposition at Buffalo He
&c Of polf nd
successful paintings are. perhaps. the
mural panels. The Burning of the Peggy
Stewart" and the Barter with the In
dians for Land in Southern Maryland" in
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have taken place in American railroad
equipments, but sets forth also some Of
the business troubles through which the
American railroad corporations have
passed. l.. is. in fact, Il fascinating
work of history which will be in
structive to all who read it.
LITTLE MARYLAND GARDEN. By
Helen Ashe Hays Illustrated, New
York: G.. p. Putnam's Sons. Wash
ngton: Woodward & Lothrop.
The phrase "A Maryland Garden =
means much to any one who has passed
through that state during spring and
summer and viewed the glorious effects
produced by those who devote themselves
to the cultivation of the soil for artistic
effects. The author has told in simple.
earnest manner the story of her own
little garden. with many practical sug-
gestions for the guidance of all who de-
sire to engage in such delightful work.
She possesses the quiet humor which is
characteristic of garden lovers and her
pages are full of the spirit of the soil
Eight full color plates add greatly to the
richness and attract.veness of the volume
HANDBOOK OF alaska, It's Re-
sources, Products and Attractions
BY Major General A. w. Greedy, L.
s. A. Illustrated. New York Charles
Scribners Sons. Washington: Wood
ward 4 LOthrop.
At Seattle. Wash. Is at present being
held an exposition in celebration of the
acquisition of Alaska by the United
States and in exhibi ion of the rich re-
sources Of the northwestern corner Of
this country. Forty years have passed
since Stewards enterprise and foresight
admitted the Alaskan territory to the
Evening star., 1909-06-19
Satire.

At diplomatic reception in Washing
"A ton Mrs. Taft. on being compll-
mented on her exquisite French, told
lie story about a senator whose
French (acquired in twelve phono-
graphic lessons) Is by no means eX-
quisite.
The senator. fresh from one Of his
phonographic recitals. pounced upon an
under secretary Of the French legation
al a dinner.
Monsieur" he said, eska-ah-eska
voo-eska WOO voo-luy ma-voo Voo-ly
ma dummy
My dear senator" the secretary in
terrupted, do. | beg you, stop speaking
French You speak 1T so well-ah. so
very very well-it makes me home-
Sick,'
Evening star., 1909-06-19

Such familiar favorites as bits of Now
gil. How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin"
Wee Willie Wnkie." of course find a
place in the pages. The black and white
illustrations of Charles Livingsc on Rull
are helpful 10 the Juvenile reader. but the
artistic triumph of the volume is a pair
of pictures In color by J. NJ. Gleeson oc-
cupNing the front ana back inside covers
Charles Elliot Norton. ex-president OF
Harvard University. contributes brief
biographical sketch OF kipling.
FROM CAIRO TO THE CATARACT. Rv
Blanche Mabury Carson. illustrated.
Boston: l.. c. Page n Co.
Egyptian travel has Increased greatly
in the late years until there is a demand
for trustworthy descriptive matter for
the guidance Of tire tourists. This is an
excellent compilation Of historical facts
and presentation cf the personal expert
ence Of one Who wrj es clearly and intel
ligently. The Egyptian atmosphere is
we'll reproduced. while the volume is
made exceptionally valuable and attrac-
tive by means of nearly half a hundred
artistcally reproduced photographs ef
scenes in the land OF the sphinx.
Evening star., 1909-06-19
A Record.

r OTCHING. eh?" said Thomas w.
Lawson at a shareholders meeting
in Boston. He referred to the defeat of a
motion he had opposed. "Oh. yes. it was
very touching he resumed sati,ically.
"As touching. in fact, as the obituary
that the Tombstone F,pitaph printed
about the notorious Herbert Mannering.
THE deceased this epitaph touching
ly concluded. will oe greatly missed. He
leaves. indeed. eleven widows and sew
enty-two children to mourn his loss.