The sun., 1910-05-01
YOUNG TALENT IN OLD SALON
AMERICAN ARTISTS PROMINENT
-APPRAISALS VARY.
Metropolitan Operas Chatelet season IN
Paris Mildly HamPercd by the Gem
hne ManAEement-tDNe DeVuty for
one VOteF- Acres socially Listed.


EANh NWuAN HaHAl4tNNu W Wv NeNAh~
time ManAgement-SDne DeDuty for
one VOter- Acres socially Listed.
spsesaI caas Dsssaics 10 I'VE SUI
PASS. April O.-The l2Sth exhibition
of tho Old salon. which will open to-
morrow. shows that many veteran hands
are betrayinG that they have lost their
former cunning. A. the same time Il is
evident that there is more promise Of
future greatness among the younger
artists than was shown IN the twentieth
exhibition Of the New Salon, which was
held in rooms adjacent 20 the old.
The latter contains i.S27 pictures, while
the exhibits in al branches Of art number
S.Ss7. The central hall Is encumbered
with so0 pieces of statuary, which for
some reason were unnamed and unnum-
bered until the last moment. making
detailed criticism almost impossible.
AmonR these " Orks Of art those Of George
Gray Bernard. consisting Of his groups
for the Capitol building az Harrisburg.
Pa. have been placed In splendid posi-.
tions One stands on either side ~ the
main entrance. They are praised by
eminent sculptors as worthy Of Phidias
himself. while they are condemned a. the
reverse by equally well known artists.
Andrew O'ConnOr of Worcester. Mass.
exhibits a marble group which ls an en-
larRsd copy Of his well known work which
stands over the Vanderbilt memorial doors
In ST. RartholomsW's Church. Madison
avenue. New York
RliEAbeth Edmond Of Portland. Ne,
shows a work entitled la Joie." Burr
Miller Of NeW York has beautiful bronze
portrait Of Thomas B, Reed. late Speaker
Of the House Of Representative a. Wash
ington sherry Fry. pupil Of MAcMon-
nies. the American sculptor. exhibits a
xroup consisting Of man and q woman
gazing forward. II Is an unPretentiOus
work but repays long study.
othsr American exhibits are chiefly por-
trait. marbles and bronzes.
Jean Paul LAurens's Surrender Of
Yorktown,' which h intended for Balti-
more. finds critics who declare that the
.oldisrs are tin. the horses wooden and
the hAg. cast iron.
The late Paris foods have inspired a
number Of pictures, luigi LOir being the
most successful in reproducing tho inn
pression Of both the spirit and tone of the
eooded embankments. Az always a. the
old salon. there are many good portraits.
Ronnet sends two. Baschet's Jean Richie
pin- Is perhaps the finest in the exhibition.
Famengs Portrait Of Nine W. X. "
l. hardly effective Richard. Muller.
Urv and Miss Copeland paint women
before mirrors. The first named h de
liah,sully successful. n. Benin shows q
aIrl stFsding along sands in a breeze. en-
titled Harmony in Bufls- DetAille sends
two enormous typical military pictures
ON the whole. tho landscapes and open
air effects form the most pleasing features
Of thu exhibition.
there are rumora that the Opera
Comiaue authorities intended % prevent
the Metropolitan Opera Company from
producing certain WORKS during its Paris
season at the Chatelet Theatre NJ
Rrousaan. joint manager of the Opera
Comious told the correspondent Of TINE
srN to-day that he owns the rights Of
Add for Paris: hence the Metropolitan
oompany will only he able TO play that
work thanks 20 his courtesy. He added.
IL 4 understood. however. that only the
Iewcst performances will be given. say
two or three
Ne further said that Fmmy Destinn
will not sing at the Chatelet This por-
tends disappointment for the PaFislans
over the Metropolitan season. a. Aida
and Nine. De-tiun have hen largely
advertised. Mime Destinn being the
greatest attrActionaf after Caruso Manager
| Care oT the Opera COmique told the cor
respondent Of TIE SUN that h. had given
the Metropolitan company Permission 10
| uIav -Cavalleria Rusiicana' and -Pagli-
acris because for one thing tho former
Z dos not draw good audiances and the
/ iatenr Il Rstting to be too hacknsyed here
/ NM Broussan and Carre agree that the
/ arrangenent between oscar Hammer
! stein and the Metropolitan company will
] h. a Rrsat boon 20 nianagers fis imm9-
diats eject will he 10 considerably reduce
| artists' salaries.
The Rlanchofontains commune co1aists
oi twenty inhabitants. but only one quail
/ ned 10 vote The commune return foF
/ last sundays election accordingly read.
| ~ lsctOra on b0olIs, one voters. one:
( Admiral Rsunier is elected Deputy
I This vas the onlT eleclton whero the ts-
erecy Of the hallot Was destroyed.
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