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enjoy the shopping thing. he nevertheless
likes to see her enjoy the shopping bust
ness; and he would resent 1t keenly and
feel that there was something queer OF
kinky about her if she didn't enjoy shop
ping.
A regular Teller likes to slip his wife a
little handful of shopping money. in a
sudden and surprisey kind of a way. just
for the fun Of seeing her eyes light up
with the delirious anticipation of the fun
that she's going to have.
Take 1t this way. par example: On the
way home you meet up with bunch OF
hopeless. o-'count ruffin friends OF yours.
and your meeting up with them sets you
back just $SS5. say. including all stop
overs. You say to yourself:
''Whee, but what pile of plumber that
little woman at home could get for her.
self for 1857
Or you lose $3.50 at the insidious game
Of draw. And you think the same thing
about what fun she could have bought
with that $15.60-on your way home. So
you come across the next morning. Say
you ease her 500 The stuff she gets with
it! Oh. the carts. the draws. the vans
loaded to the gun'ls with stuff that she
has bought with that so. that back I'D
at your place for days and days! Consid-
ering which. and the fun she has. and her
joy in showing all that litter of gear to
and often when you're blowing in the tin
like a picked mariner:
Amt I the mean skate, when she can
have so much fun shopping with an eight
dollar note?"
And then. old chap. when you get home
you come across: we know YOU do!
CLARENCE L. CULLEN.
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One on the Mule.

EARLY Saturday morning dilapidated
L. truck wagon. engineered by white
haired negro. backed up to the B street
curb across from Center market and pre-
, pared for the week ends business. In its
shafts was an ancient mule of the ole
| Virginny" type. At the end OF his shaver
tail depended mysterious bundle swath-
ed In gunny stacking. Discouragement
seemed to mark him for her own. and
he dropped a pessimistic ear over a
world-weary eye.
Suddenly. as another mule ambled by.
light flashed in the dull eyes the ears
sprang erect, the head flung back. the
fiabby tail stiffiy bowed, essayfng to lift
itself in air, and a cavernouS mouth open
ed as though to have speech with the
passing cousin. He seemed about to pour
| forth his soul in one blood-curdling effort.
Then the light faded from his eyes, head
and ears dropped in utter disappointment
| and the mysterious package swung pen
dulous from detected tail
Dat wuks all right, don it, Cap'n?'
chuckled the old darby to the man with
the crate Of eggs
What works all right" queried the
eggman.
| folks 'roun' hyah been complainin' bout
Abraham's 'sturbin' de peace wild his
| brayin' an done rig up dat brick con-
| traption fer ter stop him. Err mule can't
| bray 'ceptin' he lif' his tail an hor it out
| stin an straight ez err broomhandle. Cos
when yer ties er brick on de end O. de
| tail he can't liz 1t up an cos when he
can't lif it up he can't say nuthin'. OATS
| huccum ole Abfaham's 20 peaceful dis
mawnin.''
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A Gentle CRATER.

IT took a seat in a chair in a 18th
! street shop and as the barber
tucked the towel about his throat re-
marked:
How many razor strokes do you think
you'll have to take to shave me?"
" Bout two dozen, / reckon replied
the barber, as he ran his hand over the
stubbly beard.
Two dozen.' exclaimed the man. ''Pll
bet you quarter against shave that
you can't do it in fifty
"Ah'll sho' take dat bet, boss" grinned
the barber. Fifty! Humph, jes watch
muh!" And he swabbed a brushful Of
suds across the countenance Of his VIC
tim.
A smile of confidence wreathed his face
cheeks of the patient. but by the time
he was chipping the beard from the point
OF the chin it had given way to a frown
of disgust. The smile meantime was
transferred from shaver to shavee, while
both made. the count in silence. At length
the latter arose. smooth shaver.
"One hundred and twenty eight
strokes" he quietly remarked as he took
his hat from the boy.
"Ah made EN- a bundled an twenty
seben." said the barber. sheepishly. but
dat wins de shave jes' de same. Good
mawnin'. sah.'
Il didn't have any change with me-"
explained the shaver one to passing
friend as he gained the sidewalk. land
so dug a pit for that barber. No one
has ever shaved me in less than hun
dred strokes. 1t generally takes half
never counted them he thinks he can do
1t In twenty. Yes. it's cheap way to
get shaved and besides-the counting
keeps the barber Quiet!
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x y NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS \ .

Dewing Thayer and the unexceled series
of Whistler paintings. pastels. drawings
and sketches: and also the beautiful pea
cock room. In oriental art the collection
representing Japanese and Chinese paint
ings from the tenth to the nineteenth cen
fury cannot be duplicated in any single
gallery in the world. and the bronZeS
and pottery are beautiful and. to large
extent. unique and of great historical
value. A few weeks ago l went out to
Detroit to see Mr.. Freer and some Of the
new things he has obtained One of the
new treasures is picture some thirty
feet in length representing an extended
view across one of the most beautiful
sections of China. 1t was painted by one
of the great artists about the fourteenth
century. That picture. in its perspective.
in its color values and in It's faithfulness
in portraying the topography and human
culture. is scarcely equaled by the work
of any modern artists There are also
many other paintings designed to show
the evolution Of oriental art in China and
Japan
to the future. as the Freer collection
will eventually be permanently in
stalled in a building erected for the
purpose in this city by it's generous
donor. But it Is of immediate interest.
as well. inasmuch as there is a strong
probability that representative por-
ton of this collection will be displayed
in the new National Museum building
next WlHteT DeInS pldceu tneTe teHpO-
rarily as a loan. giving a foretaste of
the richness of the collection If this
becomes an accomplished fact-and
there is good reason to believe that 1t
will-the exhibition will be an event Of
the utmost note.
1t may be safely said that one cannot
measure the breadth of Whistler's
genius without having seen the works
included in the Freer collection, and
that without acquaintance with this
collection ones knowledge Of oriental
art is incomplete. Mr.. Freer believes
completely In the value of correlation.
and his collection from first to last
shows unity in selection. From his orr
entail pOtteries one passes to the orr
entail paintings. magnificent screens and
panels. and from these again to
W nistlers pastels and paintings. 1t
was Whistler who unconsciously car
ried on the tradition Of the oriental
artists, and 1t is Dewing. Thayer and
Tryon. Mr. Freer thinks. who continue
his tradition. An exhibition drawn
from this great collection. and such a
one as Mr.. Freer would personally
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cupids. BOucher's panels are brought to
mind, but Mr.. Cox's manner precludes all
suspicion of Intentional frivOlity.
Though he finishes his work infinitely.
his style is scupturesque, and invariably
his works manifest studied purpose. II
one had had the choice of all MIR. Cox S
productions for the National Gallery per-
haps this painting might not have been
selected by the majority. but it is to an
extent representative. and 1t should be
remembered that Mr.. Evans always re-
serves the right to withdraw any canvas
when one by the same artist which is
better becomes available.
A case in point is painting by Char
lotte b. Conan, which, after having been
in the gallery for two or more years. was
felt not to represent her best effort. In
this instance, instead of substituting an
other painting the artist withdrew the
tous results. There is certainly no paint
ing which Mrs. Conan has produced
which is now superior to that owned by
the nation. 1t is seldom that a woman
attainS pre-eminence painter of
landscape, but Mrs. Conan. who, by the
way, is more than three score years and
ten. is to be reckOned among the fore
most in America.
shows a broad stretch of open country
clad in nidsummer's dress: the fields
green. the trees in full leaf, the sky blue
Its special interest lies in its gentle senti-
ment. its TRANSCRIPTION of contour. its
atmospheric suggestion. The little houses
on the hillsdes have an air of permanent
establishment and each takes its place
perfectly in the large composition.
In an address delivered at the conven-
ton of the American Federation of Arts.
which is published in the supplement to
the July issue of Art and Progress, Sec
rotary Walcott said:
1.-The worldwide interest in the National
Gallery has been increasing rapidly dur
ing the past three years, and We believe
without question that the collections will
grow quite rapidly ia cflities can be
provided for proper installation and ex-
hibitiOn. The collection is particularly
rich in pictures by American artists, and
it is we'll that it should be so, in order
that 1t may have strong national tone.
The Harriet Lane Johnston collection
has given the gallery fine examples Of
several of the masters of European art.
and we hope that this feature will be
strengthened from time to time.
The Charles L. Freer collection con-
tains many beautiful paintings by Tryon,
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CHAPTER XXI.
Wayne Sees Jean Again.

Richardson. the distinguished editor Of
that admirable magazine. the Hemis-
phere. was q guest Of the Aliequippa
Club and Wingheld exercised the right
of an old friend to demand the reason
for his descent upon Plttsburg. The ed
flor led the way to his room and pro-
duced a portfolio Of pen ard ink and
water color sketches OF children. These
he disposed about his room and invited
WingfeIds admiration. There was un-
doubtedly genius in the things. the key
of pathos and humor was struck with q
true firm touch. Most interesting of all,
there were babies-a group OF them
types Of half a dozen races.
I'VE cried over that bunch at the ONCE.
We don't find the real thing every day
and when 1t comes it's always out of the
dark. It's q woman and she lives here.
suppose you never by any chance heard
of her."
wingfleld had already taken or his
glasses to read the name scrawled At the
bottom of one OF the drawings news
boy with an infectious grin on his face.
tTc i-e c~--i--ol to--~r-~y1
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current issue OF the American Art News.
He says:
With the exception of the German ex-
hibit which is made in the German build
ing in the main grounds. the pictures
and sculpture are housed and shown i'm
large and handsome galleries. exceeding
ly we'll arranged and lit. in quite another
sectAn of the city. Almost every large
nation. except the United States. is rep
resented. and much comment is being
made Oh this lapse on the part of our
country. There are something like 800,
exhibits. and the display. as a whole. Is
excellent. The pictures are for the most
part hung in one line and well spaced
France. Italy and Spain. are studies In
decorative effect. The sculptures are
well displayed in large. beautiful center
court"
Brussels during the coming months this
is worthy Of special note.
THE way in which the rumor that
J. Pierpont Morgan is going to bring
his art collection now in London to
America persists inclines TO the belief
that it may not be totally groundless
If Mr. Morgan does bring his collection
to America II will probably be to estab-
lish it in New York. but even so it will
Three years ago the collection was said
to be worth over twenty million dollars
and many additions have been made to
it since. 1t comprises not only paintings
but art objects Of great rarity and beau
ty, silverware, carvings, porcelains and
textiles. Many of Mr.. Morgan's treasures
are loaned to foreign museums. but the
bulk of the collection is at his London
residence. at Princes Gate.
MISS ALICE c. FOSTER of this city
1*A has recently returned to her home
here after a sojourn Of several months In
Paris. While in Paris Miss Foster stud
led oil painting under Lucien Simon and
miniature painting under Nine. La Forge
The miniature that Miss Foster painted OF
Mrs. Ward Brown some months ago was
not only accepted and hung in the Paris
Salon, but given place among the
works of special distinction. Miss Foster
will spend the latter part Of the sum-
mer in CaZenovia, n. Y.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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est face. and 10 chance visitor would
have Known that the son of the house
rad last appeared in il on the eve or a
prolonged spree. There was no exchange
of condolences no confessions, no exhor-
tations behind closed doors Col. Craig
hill talked of social affairs and OF the
everts of the new year. and Wayne add
ed a word now and then when Adds
eyes beseeched his. He was sorry fo-
Addie who did not know or care what
progress was r,aki,g f. disarmament or
whether the African slave traffic had
really been abolished.
The WAYS that had known Wavne knew
him again. He returned TO the once.
where little had changed; he met Wing
field at the club and learned all the
gossip OF the city. Walsh. in his glass
cage, d scussei the profits OF the mercan-
tie comranv. ard brought Wayne to date
as to the financial situation. over which
he g-owied charactoristicaily. He an
swered Wavne's questions as to Col.
Craighilis affairs guardedlv. but from
his manner Wayne assumed the worst.
matters. but he proposed. in his usual
blunt fashion. that Wayne join him in
the management of the mercantile COM
pany.
1--WE got too much to do down here.
You can name your own salary and Gre
ate your own job. We can double the
territory We work now and It would be
q big help to me to have you. You've
got your oats sowed now. and when L
curl up with apoplexy some day you will
be ready to continue the business at the
old stand"
Wayne. touched by the old fellows
generosity. asked a day or two to think
i over.
From Paddock, who called on him at
tire Craighill Offices, Wayne learned that
Joe had recovered and had found en-
-ploynent with a sporting goods house:
but he asked no questions and Jean
narrle was not spoken.
It was finally agreed that on the LIST
of May Wayne should assume an active
part in the management of the mercan-
tile company: but Wayne's life was not
SO easily to be brought to tranquil wa
tiers, as We shall see.
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HE National Gallery collections
are growing epace and the &C
.commodations provided las,
spring in the new National Mu-
scum are becoming inadequate
To secure more wall space quite little
rehanging will be necessary in the near
future. the pictures in the main gallery
being hung hereafter in two rows instead
of one
One of the latest additions to the Ma
tional Gallery collection is group OF
eighteen paintings, lent by the Duchess
d ARGOS, who was formerly Miss LOwery
Of this city. These are all old paintings
purchased by her father. For many
years they hung in the family home
purchased at the dictation of the owners
taste without thought of museum exhibit
ton. There is one of the school of Van
Dyck-a group in which the Virgin and
Child are of pre-eminent interest. Show
ing the effect of age and lack of proper
preventative measures, this picture has to
day much beauty and charm. 1t is de-
lightful composition. the color is still
strong and attractive, the expressions OF
those depicted gentle and engaging. The
Virgin is especially lovely and the little
Child most beautiful.
There is a quaint Spanish picture. rep
reSenting a brown-habited monk kneel-
ing at the foot of bed on which stands
erect a little baby, possibly intended as
the Holy Child. A landsc;. pc, attributed
to Bergen, is also included in the collec-
ton. as we'll as a Cleopatra by some
Italian painter OF the renaissance. and
two very charming old family portraits
by English or early American painters
1t is understood that. while these paint
ings are merely loaned. the Duke and
Duchess d'Arcos purpose making contri-
buttons at future time to the permanent
collection of the National Gallery.
A painting by Kenyon Cox is the latest
addition to the William II. Evans collec-
ton. 1t is a recent work and has not yet
been placed on exhibition in this city. In
spirit 1t is deliberately decorative. but II
is an easel picture and of comparatively
small dimensions. With a landscape set
ting is shown woman with autumna
fruits in her lap-peaches. pears and
grapes-and surrounded by little sporting
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truths. in order to get out of the neces-
sity of accompanying her on shopping ex-
petitions when she wants him to; when
she wishes. for instance, to have him
"help" her to pick out hat for her:
which always means. brothers. that she
intends that you shall ''pick enc out" for
her that'n cost about four times the price
of the hat that she'd dare to pick out for
herself II she went after the Id alone and
unaccompanied.
Did you ever know or hear Of a man
going shopping? We think not All men
that We ever knew or heard OF would
rather be torn by wild CANNES or chuck
ed from the Tarpeian Rock than to do
anything Of the sort.
A man goes buying. but never shopping.
II he wants socks he may peer and peek
into various windows Of haberdashers at
the socks displayed. seeking to discover
the kind of socks that he has 1t in mind
to purchase. He does even this In a
sheepish sort Of a way, glancing up and
down the street out of the corner Of his
eye to observe whether any Of his buddies
are piping him.
Can you imagine a regular male human
being walking from one haberdasher's to
another, spending a whole day at 1t, and
asking the haberdashers to bring out
their neckties and socks and shirts ~
things for inspection? Can you perce., 4
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ders The pose suggests that she is
stepping forward and her face is toCard
as picture has decorative quality. MIR.
Hildebrandt was born in Allegheny, Pa.
and has studied under Benjamin Con-
slant and Laurens in Paris.
A LARGE. interesting canvas by Franz
\ Snyders, belonging to a local col
lector. was to be seen this week in the
library OF the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
1t represented the descent of a hawk on
a chicken yard, the great creature, with
wings outstretched, having set its talons
upon the back of a handsome cOck-the
chanticleer The hens and their broods
are cast in dire confusion. though two
little chicks. ignorant OF their peril. are
seen craning their necks to ascertain the
meaning Of the commotion.
1t is. perhaps. an odd subject. but
mastery piece of painting-a work which,
should find a place in some public COL
lection. This picture originally belonged
to Joseph BOnaparte. King of Spain. Its
authenticity is established beyond ques-
ton.
A interesting old painting found it's
{ way to the Office Of the curator of
the National Gallery of Art a few days
A.
but more probably of the school OF Ru-
bens. 1t represents a black-bearded man
holding what appears to be an odd
shaped lantern in his hand. Over his
shoulder peer an old woman and a young
er man, only the upper portion of the
latters head showing. The old woman
is the same that Rubens SO frequently
painted as the mother Of John the Bap-
tist and whether the bearded man is pur-
posed for this great biblical character or
for Diogenes it is hard to say.
Certain passages throughout are strong
ly interpreted, but there are weak spots
which would lead one to doubt the attri-
button to a master. That the painting
is old there is no ooubt, and that il has
much to commend it none will deny. In
fact, in many respects 1t is uncommonly
interesting.
A n interesting account of the fine arts
\ exhibit at the Brussels exposition
is given by James B. Townsend in the
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A Man Goes Buying, But Never Shopping


in your visualizing mentality male per-
son doing anything like that-and then,
after viewing all of the .haberdashery
gear In each and every plant. walking
smack-dab out Of the place without buy
ing airy a thing?
No. neighbor, you can not!
Once a man crosses the portal OF a
store that carries lines of goods that he
Rubicon is crossed and his bridges are
burned to a crisp behind him. In that
place he's going to buy something
whether he wants it or not. He's in the
mans store, isn't he? Well. then!
That's his view of it. And the sequence,
according to his way of viewing 1t, is
that. being in the mans store, why. he s
gotta buy something or be forever and
eternally disgraced in his own and every
body elses estimation.
Want some socks" he says to the
agreeable person who approaches to wait
upon him, and, very succinctly, not to
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You can't find out why she loves to shop.
You go through life without ever find
ing out how she can start out at 10
o'clock in the morning with six bits and
take In every department store in town
and buy herself lunch and visit three or
four moving picture shows and then do
a few more department stores-and
like 1t.
We mention this merely by way of IL
lustration of a favorite dictum Of ours
that. in many important essentials, there
is little or nothing in common between
the male and the female mental proc
esses.
Because every man who is a regular
fellow and a human being naturally and
instinctively and fundamentally and con-
CENTRALLY hates to go shopping with his
wife. even when there's a .0O1 per cent
chance that she really has 1t in mind
to buy something. He loathes and de-
spises even the bare thought of it, and he
will resort to every strategem. even to
the telling of hideous and brazen I'M
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sanction by selection. would indeed
prove an artistic treat.
0NE of the few artists who have not
Oyet left the city is E. G.. Messer. the
principal of the Corcoran School of Art
Since the close of the school year Mr.
Messer has been painting in the large
classroom on the second floor of the
spacious building. finding a holiday in
opportunity to work without Interrupt
ton. There he has painted and is
painting number of landscapes. the
themes for which he has for some time
had in mind. Without exception they
are peculiarly charming.
One is a sunset seen across broad
stretch Of open country. few trees
breaking the horizon line. The display
is not spectacular. nor Is it usual. The
sun has just set and its golden light
flares above the horizon. while here and
there, IS the eye is lifted toward the
zenith. bits of color are seen to have
been caught by the drifting clouds.
There is spacious suggestion. there is
atmosp here and there is harmony of
color. one is impressed as by the
scene in nature: gently thrilled and up
lifted. At no time has MIR. Messer pro-
duced a more engaging and significant
work
D EPLICAS of the bronze tigers which
IN have been modelled by A. Phimister
Proctor Of New York for the approaches
of the Piney Branch bridge. are to be
presented to Princeton University by the
class of 1879. Those for the Piney
Branch bridge are to measure ten feet in
length, whereas those for Princeton will
be about one foot shorter. At Princeton
they will flank the entrance to old Mas
sau Hall.
TOWARD LOGAN HILDEBRANDT Of
/ New York has been in Washington
recently painting a portrait Of Mrs. Jo-
seph f. Thropp OF this city. The por-
trait has been painted at the Thropp
residence. 1t is full length and has a
picturesque landscape background. rem
iniscent OF the English school. Mrs
Thropp is pictured in an exquisite even
ing gown of delicate pink satin. with a
marabou scarf thrown over her Shout
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lowing way. Leslie's life as his wife is
spent in keeping curled and gowned and
f1ower-bedecked against the time. not at all
imminent. when Algy may come home So
Der. To make an overlong story short.
Leslie masquerades. at the last. as one of
the sort that Algy prefers to her and dies
mechanically at his feet while Algy
swears that never again so long as he
lives so help him-and so on. The ma