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standing and an income of meager
S1..ON year. ordinarily abstemious. but
on this occasion exhilarated by an undue
absorption CT highballs. sets out to pro-
pose to woman without definite selec-
ton. and finds himself in the same par
Tor with his own father. also on matri-
mony bent. a situation is created which
appeals to the least curious Of story
readers. Especially is the appetite for
details whetted when ii is discovered that
the lady upon whom father and son are
calling is just then celebrating her we'd
ding. with number of wax dummies in
the parlor satirically representative of the
society that has slurred her unmerci-
fully. Then enters the lady's secretary.
and there begins a romance unexpected
by the wfe-seekng young man. Mr..
McCutcheon handles this clever theme in
his usual style. and holds his reader in
thraldom to the satisfactory climax. Mr..
Fisher sets forth a perfectly adorable
young woman in his artistic pictures.
MIR. OPP. BY Alice Hogan Rice. author
of Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch. etc illustrated by Leon
Guipon. New York: The Century
Company.
Mrs. Rice has done nothing better than
Mr. Opp" which has been running seri-
ally in The Century Magazine for some
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months. This ridiculously egotistic fig-
ure, with his garish clothing. his i'm
ways. his instability. his posi-
tive genius for non-success. is warmly
as here portrayed. Travelling for
a shoe house when summoned home TO
attend the funeral of his stepfather. he
finds his demented half-sister dependent
upon him for sympathetic support. and
he promptly accepts the charge. \
chance remark by the village factotum
plants in the fertile brain OF Mr.. Opp
the idea of becoming An editor and he
forthwith starts the opp Eagle" 4
boom in oil land brings obscure Cove
City into touch with the world OF finance
and prosperity for a short time. and adds
TO its population a young man suffering
from failing sight The oil boom col
lapses: Mr.. Opps journalistic venture be-
comes a serious drag upon his resources.
the lady of his heart comes 10 love
another and the world tumbles about the
ears of this peculiar little man, when
the community discovers his great worth
and gives him banquet. Just as he IS
in the midst of his eloquent speech of
thanks he is summoned home to comfort
his crazy sister who has broken her doll.
Excusing himself, he turns to this task
cheerfully and begs the other orators to
continue in his absence. There are many
Nj. Opps in the world. though not all just
like this faithful, kindly failure.
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CHAPTER XXI-Continued.

To the establishment of every one of the
company Judy burst into a wild peal of
hysterical laughter. This closely followed
a speech of broken utterances which only
some of those present understood at all
and of those some only partly. "Ath-
lyne."-"kill him for it,''-"calling her
self by his name''-"Oh! OH A-h-h"
There was a prolonged screech and then
hysterical laughter followed. At the
first this unseemly mirth created feel
ing of repulsion in all who heard. 1t
seemed altogether out of place: in the
midst of such serious conversation,
when the lives and happiness of some of
those present were at stake, to have the
train of thought broken by SO inoppor-
tune a cachination was almost unendur-
able. Col. Oglvie was furious. Well
was 1t for the possibilities of peace that
his peculiar life and ideas had trained
him to be tolerant of womans weakness,
and to be courteous to them even under
difficulties. For had he given any express
sion to his natural enough feelings such
would inevitably have brought him into
collision-intellectual If not physical-with
both Athlyne and the sheriff; and either
was to be deplored. Joy was In her heart
too hard that. just as things were pos
sibly beginning to become right and the
fine edge of tragedy to be turned, her
fathers mind should be taken back to
anger and chagrin. But far beyond this
on the side of evil was the fact that 1t
imperiled afresh the life of-of the man
she loved, her her husband. Even
the personal aspect to her could not be
overlooked. The ill-timed laughter pre-
vented her hearing more of of the
man who 1t now seemed was already her
husband. However she restrained and
suppressed herself and waited, still silent,
for the development of things. But she
did not consider looks as movements: she
raised her eyes to Athlyne's adoringly.
and kept them there He In turn had
been greatly upset for the moment. even
now. while those wild peals of hysterical
laughter continued TO resound. he could
not draw any conclusions from the wild
whirl of inchoate thoughts. There was
just one faint gleam of light which had
It's origin rather In instinct than reason.
that perhaps the interruption had its
beneficial side. WHICH would presently
be made manifest. When Joy looked to-
ward him there was balm for his. trou-
bled spirit. In the depths of her beau
tiful eyes he lost himself-and his doubts
and sorrows.' and was content.
The only one unmoved was the sherif1.
His mental attitude allowed him to look
at things more calmly than did those per-
sonaly interested. With the exception
of one phase-that of concern that this
particular woman, who had already i'm
pressed her charming personality on his
heart, should be in such dlstress-he could
think, untroubled. of he facts before him.
With that logical mind OF his and with
his experience of law and the passions
that led to law-invoking, he knew that
the realization of Athlynes name and
position was troublesome matter which
might have been attended with disastrous
consequences. To a man of Col. Ogil-
vie's courage and strong passion the pres
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their time in perusal. 'Cherub Devine'
is certainly deserving Of the necessary
hour two. 1t tells Of the experiences
of a youngish Wall street bachelor, who
suddenly finds himself the owner of a
handsome estate on Long Island. sold for
the debts of the bankrupt owner man of
old family without the least conception
of business responsibilities. When Cherub.
so called because of his face and figure.
takes possession he finds the house still
occupied by the late owners. who have
removed themselves as far as possible
from contact with the monster of social
inquity they conceive the new possessor
to be- OF course one of the members of
this family is a beautiful young woman.
otherwise no story would be possible.
AS the widow of an Italian count whose
side she left Immediately after the cere
mony. upon discovering his utter mean
ness. she is especially appealing to Mr..
Devine. who has never before come so
near to real society. Mr.. Ford traces
out Mr.. Cupid Devine's experiences with
his inimtable humor and develops some
tremendously funny situations.
THE ALTERNATIVE. BY George Barr
McCutcheon. With illustrations by
Harrison Fisher and Decorations by
Theodore b. Hapgood. New York:
Dodd. Mead & Co. Washington:
Brentanos
When a young man of prime social
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with other great nations is a question for
their near future. 1t is the authors per-
sOnal opinion that 1.-The sun that never
sets is setting. His reasons are con-
vmcing. For one thing, the birth rate
is decreasing while the modern strength
ening of life has increased the proportion
of the old. Unless so serious a matter
is remedied It is the beginning of the
end. He considers the old age pension
a; very enticing invitation 10 shiftlese-
ness and that if the children are to be
educated by the state and the aged to
be supported by the state and tariff re-
form is to follow to enable those between
fifteen and sixty to make enough in
forty-five years to be able to take care of
the unfortunate young and the shiftless
old. we'll as themselves the whole COM
pie exion Of British life is bound to change.
There are relentless figures to prove
that England spends her money on sport.
drink and war. Other figures show that
she is pious nation. counted by
clergymen. who. paid by the state. must
feel embarrassment, if not shame, to
"rebuke gambling and unchastity among
the lower orders. but never whisper dis
approval of those vices among the great"
The English take their piety so as mat
ter Of course in their dealings with Ire
land that. to quote Mr.. Collier: Are we
not the most God-fearing. the most hui
name. the most just and the most Chris
tian nation?' They say TO themselves:
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BY James III. Collins Philadelphia:
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THE LAWS OF FRIENDSHIP. HUMAN
AND DIVINE. BY Henry Churchill
King. president Of Oberlin College.
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THE SEVEN WHO WE'RE HANGED: a
story. BY Leonid Andreyev Author
lied translation from the Russian by
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WHEN SKIES ARE GRAY: with a Rift
or Two. BY Clarence Watt HeaZlitt
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tectural Clubs exhibition, which
includes as special feature a
group of etchings and colored wook block
prints by the Baroness Hedwig Lekow
The private view held Tuesday evening
was one of the most successful of the
season, and at no time has there been
set forth in the Corcoran Gallery's Hemt-
cycle Hall a more genuinely interesting
display. All branches of the fine arts are
represented and their interdependence ad-
mirably illustrated. Architecture, paint
ing. sculpture are not things apart. but
to an extent one and the same: members.
as it were. of one family, governed by
the same principles and subject to the
same restrictions. That is to say, the in
fiuences and conditions which induce or
retard the development of one similarly
affect the others. Furthermore, If the
best results are to be obtained it must
be through the cooperation OF the sew
eral workers Here. then, in this exhibit
tion one sees photographs and drawings
of buildings. mural paintings, frescos. ar
chitectural sculpture. designs of tiles, of
furniture and the like. Nor does it stop
here. Quite number of curtains. hand
woven, stenciled and embroidered are
shown, and even table beautifully hand
carved. on which are placed several hand
wrought copper bowls and jars. There are
besides these quite a number of delight
full little water colors of architectural
themes and an admirable series of pho
tographs which demonstrates how we'll
when properly manipulated the camera
may serve as a medium of artistic express
sion. Unfortunately the exhibition will
continue only until Tuesday evening.
THE Baroness I.ekow's etchings and
wood block prints have attracted
much attention. and with reason. They
are distinctly clever and novel. The Jap
anese for centuries have been producing
colored prints by means of the simple
wood block process. but few western art
lists have employed 1t. Miss Helen Hyde
of California has with great success de-
picted thus. in true Japanese fashion.
women and children of the flowery king
dom. Miss Ruth Clements of this city,
who now has a studio in New York. made
some interesting essays in wood-block
printing while in Paris: but neither has
worked in precisely the same manner
which the Baroness Lekow has employed.
Her prints are in some instances quite
elaborate in composition. and her objects
commonly are frankly outlined. But with
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since It has. been the means of making
Joy my wife"
Here he beamed down into the >beauti-
.fnl gray eyes of the said wife9who was
pinched gently the flesh of his arm. This
sent thrill through him: 1t was kiss
of sorts and had much the same effect
as the real thing. Joy noted the change
in his voice as he went on:
Il so respected your wishes. sir, that
l did not actually ask in words Joy to be
my wife until I should have obtained
your permission to address myself TO her.
If you will look at that letter you will
see that it was written at Ceann-da-Shail
my place in Roos-s s-shire-days before
posted it."
''Then if you did not ask her to marry
you how is it that you are now mar
ried-according to the sheriff. He
cordingly. Athlyne answered at once:
when two people love each other, sir.
as Joy and / do, speech is the least ade-
auate form of expression. We did not
squeezed his arm and they stood close
together In state of rapture The
colonel, with some manifest hesitation.
said:
With regard to what the sheriff spoke
of as real cause of scandal was
there ,"
That. SIR" said Athlyne. interrupting
with as fierce and truculent an aspect as
had been the cOlOnelS at any moment
of the interview lis a subject on which
refuse to speak. even to you" Then
after pause he added:
This l will say TO you as her father.
who is entitled to hear it, joys honor is
as clear and stainless as the sur light.
Whatever has taken place has been my
doing. and I alone am answerable for it,
While he was speaking Joy stood close
to him, silent and with downcast eyes.
In the prolonged silence which ensued
she raised them, and letting go Athlyne's
arm stepped forward toward her father
with flashing eyes:
Father, what he says is Gods truth.
But there is one other thing which you
should know, and you must know it from
me since he will not speak. He is justi-
fed in speaking of my honor, for 1t was
due-and due alone-to his nobility of
character that l am as l am. That and
your unexpected arrival. Fol. my part
would have
joy" Athlyne's voice. though the
tone was low. rang like a trumpet. Half
protest 1t was. half command. Instinc-
lively the woman recognized the tone and
obeyed, as women have obeyed the COM
mands of the men they loved and were
proud to do so, from Eden garden down
the ages.
(To be continued tomorrow
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CHERUB DEVINE: a Novel. BY Sewel1
Ford. New York: Mitchell Kenner-


all they are simple in treatment. frank,
positive and distinctly virile. The process
consists of cutting the design on block of
hard wood. usually pear wood, and then
applying the color. For each color used
there must be separate block, from which
in turn an impression is made. This. 1t Will
be seen. permits little circumlocutiop ard
gives small opportunity for refinement or
detail. but it rewards skill and is Capable
of quite varied manipulation Indeed, It
is wonderful what excellent effects can he
produced in this manner and how much
art can go into one of these supposedly
crude little prints. The Baroness Lekow
began experimenting with wood-block
printing before she came in any. sense
under the influence of the Japanese. and
she has never fallen under the oriental
lists SPELL though we'll appreciating their
genius Her work. therefore. is western
in spirit and essentially modern. per-
sonal expression untinged by tradition.
4.
NEXT week. Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, a convention of art
societies will be held at the New Willard,
which will bring to this city many nota-
BILE persons, artists and art workers. in
the various fields Sessions will be held
daily at 10 am. and 2:30 pm, and
though certain number of seats will be
reserved for the delegates. admission will
be granted to all specially interested.
Among the speakers will be Mr.. John
Quincy Adams of the art commission of
New York. Mr.. A. H. Griffith, director OF
the Art Museum of Detroit: Royal Cor
tissoz. art critic of the New York Trib-
une; Sylvester Baxter. George w. Gable,
William Woodward and Miss Florence n.
Levy. Art organizations in all parts of
the country are sending delegates. and
there is every prospect of a good repre-
sentation. The purpose is to form a
fine arts federation somewhat on the
lines of that previously organized in New
York, but national in scope.
7 asst Monday afternoon the regular
- monthly Art Talk was given at the
Corcoran School by Mr.. James Henry
Moser, who took as his theme coils Pas
tells and Water Colors" and told of the
relative merits of each as a medium of
expression. Pastels he declared 10 be the
simplest of the three to handle-water
colors the most difficult. Any one who
can do anything. he maintained can
handle pastels. as it is nothing more
than piling up bricks similar in shape
and size But while pastels retain their
color. they are so certain to dust down
ward that for elaborate work they are
unsuitable, he declared. When one came
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to oils. Mr. Moser said the proposition is
more complicated-'the bricks in some
instances are round and less easily
placed" For example, the artist is ham,
pered by the surface Of his picture dry
ing unevenly and by the necessity of
going over the entire canvas each time
1t. is touched. ''Patchwork' in oils, Mr..
Moser averred. will not do. for just what
will happen when fresh paint is laid on to
old paint none can ever tell. Thus the
artist Is continually in combat with his
medium. striving not only to attain re-
suit. but to conceal his art. This. Mr..
Moser. explained. leads to different modes
of expression. Sargent. he said. though
sometimes wiping out a portrait seven
teen times before attaining desired re-
suit. always left his pictures with the ap-
ease, whereas men like de Forest Brush
willingly permitted traces of patient.
loving labor to be apparent In their fin
ished paintings.
In dealing with water colors. however.
Mr. Moser said there is comparatively
little chance for rectifying errors-the
thing desired is done or is not done, that
Is all. The element of chance invariably
enters in. no matter how expert the
painter, and 1t is only those who know
how to take advantage of accident who
really succeed. There are certain sub
jects Mr.. Moser maintained. which are
particularly suited for transcription in
this medium, and others which may best
its own attributes, its own prerogatives.
NNE of Mr.. Moser's water coiors-an
~ Adirondack wood interior-was pur-
chased this week by Mr.. Buck of New
York for his private collection-the larg-
est and finest of American water colors
in existence. For number of years
Mr.. Buck has been assembling his col
lection. and it now comprises no less than
40 paintings. Among these are works
by some of the older men-Casilear, Wy
ant. Whistler La Farge-as we'll as of
those who are today producing Winsow
Homer, Abbey. Twachtman Tryon,
Chase. Shirlaw and Keith are represent
ed. as well as Smell. Carlson Murphy
Blum. William H. Holiness Arthur Hoe
ber and many others. Indeed. the his
tory of American water color painting
up to the present time seems to be IL
lustrate ted. and il is Mr.. Bucks desire that
the collection may eventually pass intact
to some one of the large art museums
1t is to the National Gallery that such a
collection as this should surely 60
VTASHINGTON artists are we'll repre-
w sented in the American Water Color
Society's forty-second annual exhibition,
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How then is it possible that We have
murdered, starved driven into exile. rob
bed. bribed and pompously matreated
our brother lrishman?' But they have
done it. There is doubt in any mans
mind about that"
There is chapter on country life that
makes one understand the Englishmans s
love of home. and another on society.
which TO American women should possess
the value of a text book. Mr.. Collier
impresses the reader throughout with
his honest desire to he fair and friendly
to John Bull: TO do honor to his great
ness, and to be lenient with his faults.
In a final supposition of events that might
happen to avert the empires destiny. he
adds: Though we Americans may not
like the English. We are the same race,
and at the bottom I, and most of my
countrymen, would not like to see the
old man downed''
And On the principle that blood is thick
er than water America will doubtless say
amen.
CHERUB DEVINE: Novel. BY Sewell
Ford. New York: Mitchell Kenner-
ley.
Mr.. Ford's' Shorty McCabe" stories are
familiar to the readers of The Stars Sun
day Magazine. and they are prepared to
accept whatever he writes as worthy of
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had taken his extended arm She was
blushng furiously.
The door closed behind him. leaving JOY
standing between her father and Athlyne,
and holding. an arm to each.
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CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS

take an interest in the things which are
close at hand The league will undertake.
during the coming summer to completely
decorate one school building and possibly
do something toward one or two others.
The intention is not merely to place
pictures on the walls. but to make the
environment of the entire building inn
pressiveIy tasteful and attractive that IT
may serve as stimulating example.
Work of the same order is being car
ried on energetically and effectively in
Boston. New York. Chicago and other
cities.
THE print division of the Library Of
! Congress has received this week a
collection comprising o3S photographs of
architectural monuments and other art
works in Egypt, a valuable accession. The
National Library now has one of the most
complete collections of photographs In the
country and can offer uncommon facilities
to the student of the history Of art.
TWO groups of sculpture are being eX-
ecuted for the bureau of American
republics. which is in course Of erection.
One of the North American Indian, the
commission for which has been given 10
Mr.. Gutzon Borglum. and the other of
the South American Indian. WhlCn Is De-
ing done by Mr. Konti. They are, it is
understood, to flank the entrance.
\
K1EWS comes from Paris this week
! that the French government has pur-
chased. for the Luxembourg. replicas Of
the bust of Commodore Barry and of the
bronze doors of ST. Bartholomew Church
in New York. modelled by Andrew O'Con-
nor. the American sculptor. to whom the
commission for the Barry statue to be
erected in this city has been awarded.
Mr.. O,Connor resides in Paris.
THE Washington Water Color Club
! held its annual meeting We'd
nesday evening at Miss Ferries studio in
the Art Students League building. The
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: President. Mr. James Henry
Moser: vice president. Mr. Carl Weller:
secretary, Miss Bertha f. Perrie, and
treasurer. Mr.. l.. NJ Leisenring. and
placed in addition to these the board
of control Mrs. John c. Fitzpatrick, Mrs.
Nina C.. -AHepder and Miss Clara Saun-
ders- Mrs. Kimberly. Miss Solomons and
Miss ,Perrie were elected delegates to the
convention OF art societies.
LEILA. MECHLIN.