New-York tribune., 1910-11-28
LONDON NOTES
Money in EIections-Raeburns
Laurence Irving.

campaign device. Every one knows that
the Nationalist leader is fighting for bis
political life in Ireland. where Ar.
O'Brien, strongly supported by Unionist
peers and Ulster Protestants, challenges
his ascendancy and Is making strenuous
efforts to divide the Home Rule party
into two equally powerful factions. Ths
money contributed by generous Irish
Americans and Irish-Canadians will be
used in Ireland in faction warfare.
The Redmondites hope TO regain tho
eleven seats captured by the O'Brienftes
at the last election and to return TO
Westminster with a united party They
have no idea OF diverting any portion OF
their campaign fund from Ireland To-
England and converting 1t into a COR
ruption fund. Their s15OOoO or 10000
Will be serviceabIe IN offsetting tho con-
tributions OF Lord Dunraven and other
wealthy Unionists to the O'Brien ex-
chequer: but it would be like bucket
of water poured upon the ground IN
England, where election expenses run
into the millions
Tory cartoon makers do not hit ths
mark when they portray the successor OF
Chatham, Pitt and Palmerston kissing
the bag Of shwag" which Mr. Redmond
has brought over from America They
would be better rnarksmen IL they Wera
to caricature with fine satire the contrib-
utors to the Liberal funds who are ex-
pecting peerages. There IS no lack os
money for political purposes on that side.
1t Is not difficult to raise it when the
veto question is the main issue and thers
is an undercurrent OF gossip about guar
antees for the creation OF several hun
dreds Of peers. Rich merchants, pros-
porous tradesmen and contractors and
successful political organizers have So
cfal ambitions and so have their wives
and daughters; and generous contrtbu-
tors to the party funds are likely to be-
remembered when the sheaves are gath
cred in.
The Irish-Amerfcan dollars used in
election expenses in Ireland will be OF
light weight in comparison with the Brit
ish sovereigns collected from wealthy
Liberals in England, Wales and Scotland
! for the triumph of democratic PRINCIPLES
and incidentally for the social advance
ment OF the givers. Money Is needed in
great masses. not for corrupt purposes.
but for legitimate campaign use; and it
| is easy to get 1t when peerages arc
pawns In the political game.
The Raeburn exhibition at the French
Gallery justif1es the painters title as the
| Scottish Velasquez- In the loan collec-
ton Of twenty-nine portraits there is
orly one old woman with white cap loom
ing out of a dark background, and the
homeIy realism Of the weather beaten
| crones IN plaids has suggested compari-
sons with the Spanish master. 1t is
vital, vigorous portrafture, even If the
! subjects are mainly wives and daughters
/ of prosperous Scottish families posing
/ In white gowns before the most popular
work is all his own. for he had no as
| sistants in his studio. greatly as ne dis
liked fussing over draperies.
| The face invariably appealed to the
painters keen eye for character, and
with a few powerful strokes OF the brush
| II was reproduced on canvas without
crude experiments with chalk The
clothes. accessories and background in
terested him less than the structure Of
the head. the pose of the figure and the
character of the hands. and the men.
| women and children on his canvases are
intensely alive whatever may be the
dates assigned to them in the catalogue.
The best portraits IN this representa-
tive show are those in which his defects
as a colorist are least perceptible. The
| "McCrae Family" a mother and two
children in white. with touches Of scar
let and pink. has warmth and depth OF
color as we'll as simplicity OF planes and
perfect balance in composition This
superb work is owned by Captain Spen-
der Clay, and another fine one on the
wall opposite, Lady Maitland in white,
with brown wraps, is lent by Mr. J.
Pierpont Morgan
Two portraits fairly sJJmptuOuS in color
are Mrs. Campbell of Knberry, In
white gown enriched with yellow in the
wraps. and Miss Ross in gray trimmed
with fur. There Is also an exquisite
effect of color in the child, naked except
for a waistband. among red upholster-
ings-the father OF genial Archdeacon
Sinclair. and there is a spirited portrait
of the painters own son on horseback IN
red jacket at the age of fourteen
The qualities for which Raeburn. VINO
was essentially self-trained in art al
though he followed Reynolds's disinter-
ested advice and studied for two years III
Rome. was famous were breadth OF stylss
expressiveness IN modelling and vitality
in the denotement Of character. and thess
are illustrated in this brilliant coAsc-
ton. The technique is equally sound ID
dainty portraits of Scottish blondes III
white caps like Mrs. Douglas and III
ceremonial works with scarlet uniforms
like those of Captain George Makg1ll anu
Lieutenant Colonel William SnerFhi'
The modelling is as direct and thousht1ui
In early as in late work, when ne "sS
revelling in a full tide OF popularity a.
an Edinburgh painter or when ne nav
commanded recognition in the Hoy"A
Academy. ,,-,,
The revelations Of character are as WIN
in portraits of AntiQuary Byres' Au'O
cate Bell and Philanthropist Johhs0n.
teacher OF the blind. as In those
s,.taIv DANES. such as the Countess -
and Aau'