The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-10-13
IS RICHMOND CONSERVATIVE OR PROVINCIAL
Few Random Observations on Alleged Abuse in
Dress-Jonas Lie, American Artist, Brilliant but
Erratc Edgar Forkner in Town.

duct and made to fit the body to which
it is adjusted. not the body to the
corset
1t is foe to superfluous flesh.
TO round shoulders.
To ugly lines.
1t holds the limp one taut. 1t
throws the weight of the clothes
where the weight belongs, or, rather
away from where it does not belong,
namely the waist line.
1t is an aid to the preservation Of
health and not a deterrent.
People don't squeeze their waists
in nowadays.
Chiefly because it isn't the fashion.
But also because it's uncomfortable.
The fashions, to tell the truth,
were never more "sensible,' than now.
They call for an enlarged, not neces-
sarily large, waist-lne; a minimum
of skirts. And made in lone piece"
the weight depends from the shout
ders. Low necks, also are in vogue,
or have been. for both winter and sum-
mer. and this is likewise conducive
to health.
The truth is no matter now they
| dress the women can't please the men.
That is, in what the men think they
! want. What they think they want
and what they really do want are two
things so different they wouldn't re-
cogniZe each other if meeting sudden
ly round corner.
| Yes, this is a conservative town.
Witness homecoming day, the state
golf meet, the last May Festival, the
traction tracks in the Glen, our rapid
transit street car system, the baseball
games we never have and our rock-rib
| bed water works.
This is no place to wigwag the cor
set DOGGY.
Jonas Lie, an artist of Norwegian
birth but American residence, is all
interesting personality not alone for
/ himself but because of his blood at
filiations.
| Lie is an artist of embryonic bril-.
lance, who yields facile brush, a vir-
! lie, vigorous brush, but the examples
seen here at the current exhibition are
not representative of his art which is
! highly pictorial
The Old Fortress" an oil. is the
most conspicuous of the five pictures
shown here-two oils and three water.
colors-but is badly hung in that it
should be placed higher, In it's pre-
| no Of hn
red-tiled house which is the point OF
concentration, is on a line of vision
with the eye and this gives a false
value to the whole.
| 1t is painted in a brilliant scale OF
color and with much impressionistic
juNtaposed, but the composition is
somewhat messy" and the shadows
are not all clear. The light on the
plastered walls of the house, however
is skillfully managed and gives dis
! tinctiOn to the canvas which it does
not otherwise possess.
Budding Birches.' water-color is
a strong presentation in this medi
UNI and has a certain gripping realism
that is far from unattractive.
Lie is the nephew of the famous Nor
wegian poet and novelist, of the same
name, the artist bearing his celebrated
uncle's individual nomenclature. HI
lived with his uncle in Paris for sew
eral years in his early youth, but. Ia
ter. was sent to his mother in New
York and has since lived in this coun
try. He has received his education
in the schools and art academies her
and has been recognized by medal
and rewards at great national exhibi
tons.
Jonas Lie, the writer, is ranked witt
the greatest novelists of Scandinavia
and many of his stories have beel
translated into English and some ar
to be found in the MOrrison-Reeve
library.
Lie, the elder was accounted one o
the most perfect producers of tn
short story, aside from de Maupassan
who has ever lived and in is nance
with Isben as an apostle of unrelen1
ing realism. lsben and Lie were, in
deed, the closest of friends. and a
the formers funeral, Lie, attends
by his namesake, the American al
fist, was the observed of all observers
Lie, the artist, is also musicia
and when first arriving in New Yor
was put into the Felix Alder schoo
and had some intention of developing
his musical talents, but the paintin
art attracted him more strongly an
his friends advised him to follow tn
path of least artistic resistance, whicI