The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24

and a thouaMnd other cities and towns
from Maine 90 Arizona and from flOridA
! to Oregon would once for all tell thesf
readers thai tho real reason for the re-
most beautiful pubic building had moth.
ing whatever TO do with the question OF
Is Boston trying to Get an up to date
reputatiOnp
A Sc. Louis writer recltes q number
Of exhibiliOns going on i'm that city and
says Of them thai thsy -pressnt wealth
Of material which talks louder than words
Of the new 81. Louis.'
Cincinnati Clsarly ID shedding her pin
feathers and pSoking intelligsntly az art.
tor the Commercial Tribuns says: Art
ID tO large extent very much IKE morals.
Time and place and various condition.
of previous dexelopmsnt nyMh be con.
siderod in making a final iudeTnent. and
the exhibition under diactmalon Dea;s
propOrtionats relation to its conditioning
Factors. The exhibition Of the Society
of Western Artists u being widely visited
The exhibit 10 q striking record Of the cor
slant development and advance OF W. etern
art and . remarkable testimony Of tho
contsnued nroadenlng snd deepening OF
Or. Frana noas contributes to the
current number Of tho Ned AaR an article
on Methods In Indian Woodwork to be
followed by later article on the elaborate
decorations in painting and carving with
which the Indians adorned theiF houses
and some Of the objects within them.
Or. BoAs says:
The Indians Of different parts OF the
American continent excel In various kinds
OF handicraft. The ancient inhabitant,
OF the southeastern States excelled in
tho beauty OF form and design OF their
pottery. the Indiana Of tho NORTHWEST
the ancsent inhabitants Of the csntral
States by their work In copper. ehoaB OF
California and nsighboring parts Of the
continent by the beauty OF their ba&ketry:
stiil Il most highly developed on the north
Pacific coast among the tribes Of tbs
State OF Washington and from there
northward among all the natives Of tho
coast Of British Columbia and Of Alaska
- FAR north a. Mount Sc. Elias. The
many varieties Of wood which grow In
this country facilitated the development
Of this art
In his article he tells how the Indians
sew wood. and says that pc rhaps the
greatest skill In bending wood 10 exhibited
In the making OF hsh hooks
Old earthenware jugs. which rarely
come into this auction market. though
az u happens there are some In an unusual
collection now about TO be sold. are dealt
with iF the CORROi sssw in an article de-
scribing oil. Herbert Brooks collection
Of more than seven b undTsd Of thsss
which includes the jug "in all It's forms
from 0argantuan creations 90 diminutive
toy and cream iuGs. OF which latter there
are no fewer than atty examples. The
jugs suggest manners. customs. costumes
One. a Nelson Jug. bears on iss reverss
an Amsrican Gag with q motto. Success
10 Trade. and leads tho author 20 re-
mark: Patriotism and businsss went
shipped from Liverpool 20 America.'
Although musical jugs are rare in
English workmanship. the collection con-
tains one depicting two men drinking at
a table. With these words accompanying
tho music:
The MIssr may be pleased wirs gold.
The Sporuve Beau with pretty LAaA
Tsut I'm hest pleased when ! hehoid
The Liquor sparkling IN the Gas
a very pretty sentiment says the
author. -redolent OF etghtsenth century
days. recalling the nimble wit Of Dick
sheridan and the three bottle men, hut
sadly out OF keeping with twentieth
century traditions. when art and literature
have welded themselves with water
drinkers ard vegetArians.'
On a Newcastle jug IN inscribed.
I4fe IL an Ian. Thsnk.
Man. THIS trush unon-
some ony 0reak taSt
Ind quickly gone.
Cltheyx ~ dimner stay
And arc nuli fed.
ne oldest man bot sups
And goes W bed.
large n hts dcot WhS
fingers out the DAY:
Who goes me soonest
HAS the least pAy.
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