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New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
VERMEER AND RAPHAEL.

Referring recently 10 DR.. de Groots
discovery Of a new Vermeer, we sur
missed that It would come to America.
This has happened. The picture has
been brought over by Knoedler & Co.
and Immediately sold by them. In THE
Burlington Magazine" DIR. de Groot de-
scribes his hunt for "A Woman Weigh
ing Pearls" the masterpiece which we
reproduce. He also records a num-
Der of facts Of the highest interest 70
students OF Vermeer, recalling the ia
nous auction sale OF the painters works
at Amsterdam, in 1906, and printing a
list Of those works with indications OF
where fifteen out of the twenty-one are
10 be found to-day. The newly discov-
cred painting was, by the way, the first
in that list, and DR.. de Groot points out
that IL must have been priced even In
1896. for 1t was kept in folding cabinet,
or shrine. and fetched 155 guldens. the
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

Che start II was plain that she had n
genuine gift. What she might make Of
it has been question provoking not
only curiosity. but a measure of solicit
tude,' since ability like hers Is too rare to
be lightly dissipated. That she has not
by any means dissipated It is obvious
from her exhibition Of portraits now
open at the Macbeth Gallery. But 1t may
be doubted II she has fulfilled all her
promise.
Perhaps II should be added, in fair
ness, that at no time has she given evil
dence Of deliberately trying for the
things which We still miss from her
work, but when that work was first made
known here It seemed incredible that an
artist OF such substance should not go on
from one gain 10 another, taking new
merits In her stride. Instead of that she
has kept TO a narrow view. While
she has raised her craftsmanship, in GER
tain OF its aspects, to q high point OF
efficiency, she has left ii in others no
finer than It was in the beginning. Her
strength comes out now, as II did before
In the veracity Of her portraits. 1t might
whimsicaily be said Of them that they
look more like the sitters than the sitters
look themselves. Her clean-cut, viui.-
ized delineations could not be too warm
ly praised and they rest, moreover. not
only upon a remarkable feeling for char
acter. but upon great technical adroit~
ness. Miss Emmet's heads. especially IN
her portraits Of men, are modelled and
drawn with true knowledge OF structure
and with an enviable facility. She Is
alert and firm. She has amazing aplomb.
But there the story ends.
Her color remains entirely undistn-
guished and In style she has not yet put
forth any tokens Of singularity or charm
There are few portrait painters to-day
who possess her swift sophisticated and
really authoritative powers Of execution.
yet In a sense as you survey these can
vases, you feel that they might as well
have come from any one Of half dozen
other hands. II Is not, either. that they
are initiative: II is that they denote no
particular individuality Of temperament,
no special grain Of taste. For all that
Miss Emmet Is so absorbed in her tech
nique she does not convey the impress
sion that she Is in love with pigment.
Her blacks are not beautiful blacks, nor
do her whites show that delight in tone
which is awakened in the true manipu-
lator OF pigment by whites rather than
by the most glowing tints In the world.
Looking at the insensitive handling or
the striped jacket in the open air "Por-
trait Sketch. j. de X. A." one specu-
!ates a little wistfully as to what the
artist might have done with that prob
lem IL she had sat long and reverently
at the feet of Alfred Stevens, say, cogt-
tating the mysteries Of painted surface
Her most judicious admirers must hope
.. that she may ultimately see the advan-
tages Of some such discipline.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
NO TIPS.
From The London Express.

From The london Express.
The pensioner Levy who for fifteen
years stood before the massive front
door which leads to the sarcophagus OF
Napoleon the Great, has retired from his
post, being too old to stand on duty for
the seven hours during which the tomb
Is open 10 the public.
He was one Of the last OF the pension
ers of the Crimean War. and In subse-
quent campaigns he acted as special
messenger and servant OF Napoleon III.
Some time ago It was estimated that
he had refused as much as $4,000 which
had been offered to him in gratuities by
rich Americans. He was one or the Few
servants Of his time who refused to ac-
Cept tips.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
PORTRAITS BY ELLEN EMMETT.

An exceptional talent in the process OF
unfolding itself-and OF finding Itself
presents one of the most allurlng specta-
cles that can be provided by the picture
galleries. Criticism cannot rest content
with registering its state at a given mo-
ment, but must look before and after IL
has been interesting TO watch the work
OF Miss Ellen Emmett, for her progress
has been phenomenally rapid, and from
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

third highest price Of all vermeer's pict-
ures then offered for sale. He thus de-
scribes in detail the painting of the lady
and her precious possessions:
Her attention is concentrated on weigh
ing gold, or possibly on testing the accus
racy of her scales for the purpose OF
weighing the pearls lying before her on
the table: thus the picture is also men
toned by the title Of "A Woman Weigh
ing Pearls" She is wearing dark blue
velvet Jacket lined with ermine and red
and yellow striped under jacket which is
scarcely visible. The table cover which
is thrown carelessly back, is or dark
blue material, and the window curtain is
an orange yellow. On the wall hangs a
picture representing the Last judgment
By a hand as yet unknown. 1t is kept in
a low tone like the "GOlgotha,' by JACOB
Jordaens. in the allegorical picture ny
that artist in DR.. Bredius's collection, and
forms an interesting background for the
graceful head of the lady. The principal
effects OF color are produced by contrast
of the whites of the headdress and ermine
against the flesh tones, and or the brlghl-
or blue Of the Jacket against the darker
blue OF the table cover. The slight yellow
and reddish tints of the costume and cur
tain add a warm note to the cool blues ana
grays OF the general color schene'
In the same number Of THE Burling-
ton" Mr.. Roger Fry discusses an inter-
esting portrait belonging to signor Virzi,
who attributes it TO Raphael, and sug-
gests that 1t represents one Andrea Tu-
r,ni. a medical professor at the Uni
yersity of Pisa. whose brother is known
to have had relations with Raphael. Mr..
Fry is disinclined to accept this attribu-
ton. and would assign the portrait, per-
haps, to Lorenzo Lotto, offering some
suggestive remarks in support Of this
view. In any case, the painting is de-
cidedly interesting find.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

in its essence. to merely light concep-
ton Of things, will not down. Mr.. Shinn
draws some little decorative compost
tions in the manner Of Boucher and Is
Immediately captivating. He draws a
realistic New York street scene, and,
while his ability is unquestionable. his
charm evaporates. It is amusing to see
how soon and how easily the line is
crossed. Mr.. Glackens makes some
trifling sketches on the East Side and
seems the legitimate pasteliist. Mr.
Jerome Myers uses similar models, but
uses many more Of them. until he has
crowded a much larger picture, and the
result Is disappointing. For the pastel
list, II for any artist, there are indispen-
sable renunciations. But for those one
may wait with cheerful patience. II Is
enough that this society has come into
existence. Long may 1t flourish.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
AID lAwsoN,s LANDSCAPES.

What a kindllng pleasure 1t is to come
mo, the work of an artist who has In
him the principle of growth! 1t does
not necessarily mean that every picture
be paiuts is better than its immediate
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

needed to be done for the welfare Of his
1'ulnions. Even II Major Hume had
,0' given US chapter and verse for this
,'po'hesis, and II no other historians
mac touched upon the baseness Of OIL
ares could 1t not all be OWNED from
,iis marvellous portrait? 1t is marvel
IoOs not only as it mirrors sinister per-
'onahty' but as It illustrates the habit
great painter. 2St yet risen to his
-" stature, but already the unmistak-
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
ETcHINes BY REMBRANDT.

There is an exhibition at the keppel
Gallery of a collection OF etchings py
Rembrandt, one hundred plates selected
with a view to the illustration OF MS
work with the needle in fine impressions
of representative subjects. These prints
are classical, and it is unnecessary 10
traverse them in detail, yet one can never
come in contact with the genius or the
Dutchman and not pause for the re-
freshment IT gives. Alike TO the student
of technique and TO those who follow the
larger issues Of art, his inspiration is
uerennial. and one turns willingly
enough from the interesting work of the
moment to the steadying lessons OF these
little masterpieces. They remind US, FOR
one thing, of the dependence OF great art
upon human motives. Rembrandt draw
ing his own portrait, as in more than one
of these etchings, is the devotee OF his
craft, unable to let his fingers fall upon
idleness, perpetually seeking the solu-
tion of new problems Of form and or light
and shade. You see him in the etchings
playing with line in the vein Of virtu-
oso. But always he is bringing you back
to the interest of the physognomy, his
own or that of some other sitter, to the
solemn appeal of the Scriptures and to
the pathos of human life. There is moth
ing of the Academy in one Of his nudes
There, quite as much as in his portraits,
he fingers upon character and the eternal
emotions. To visit this exhibition is like
visiting the Hispanic Museum to see the
portraits by Velasquez.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

damages. Mr.. Moore married a daugh-
ter of Sir John Monckton, who assumed
the pen name Of Martin j. Pritchard.
and was the author Of Without Sin"
and other works.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
NOTEs.

At the Salmagundi Club there may be
seen to-day. tomorrow and ON Tuesday
a collection Of pictures by Arthur E.
Blackmore. Paintings and drawings by
Max weber are on view at the Photo
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-11-23
QUICK JUSTICE IS
GIVEN A BURGLAR
A. H. KING. WHO ROBBED TAILOR
SHOP TUESDAY NIGHT, is IN
DIcTED; PLEADS GUILTY

Guilty" was the verdict rendered
yesterday afternoon by the jury in
the case of the territory against
James Mitchell, on charge of bur
glary Mitchell assisted in the bur
glary of the tailor shop of Frank lie
Due on Bridge street several weeks
ago. He was captured Immediately
after the robbery, together with his
companion. man named Wyant.
Strong evidence was procured
against the suspected men, the stolen
property being found in their posses
sion. Wyant pleaded guilty when ar
riagned but Mitchell announced his
intention of standing trial He will
receive his stentence at the close ct
the term.
Late yesterday afternoon the grand
jury returned an indictment against
A. H. King, charging him with bur
glary. King pleaded guilty He in
formed the judge that he was intoxi-
Gated when the crime was commit
| ted and did not know he had been
guilty of a burglary until he discov-
cred the stolen property in his room.
King is the man who robbed the
tailor shop of Anderson and Hill.
brand Tuesday night. His case viii
be long remembered as an example
of the quick administration of jus
tice. Yesterday morning at Z O'Clock
Chief Coles was informed that the
tailor shop had been burglarized. He
discovered that the intruder had in
jured his hand in effecting an en-
trance. Shortly after 5 o'clock HI
arrested King, whose hand bore
fresh wound. King confessed an,
took Coles to his room where. the ar
ticles stolen from the shop were dis
covered. King was placed in tn
hands of Sheriff Romero. The evi
dence against him was given to tn
grand jury. At o'clock true bil
against him was returned and shoi
time later King pleaded guilty whe
arraigned before the court. With
! ten hours after the discovery of tn
burglary the offender was captures
) indicted and awaiting sentence.
s An Indictment charging Manu'
Ortiz with the larceny of hors
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-11-23
AMERICANS IN FOREGROUND
THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE WAS
MADE UP OF PRIESTS FROM
THE UNITED STATES.
CARRIED NATIONAL EMBLEM
THE STARS AND STRIPES, TIED
WITH THE PAPAL coLoRs,
MUCH IN EVIDENCE.

Rome, Nav. CardinalszD zDesif
nate John M. Farley and Diomede Fal
conf arrived here today. Many eccle
siastics had assembled at the station
before dawn, but the train containing
the two American archbishops was
late. Both the prelates looked we'll,
Notwithstanding the fatigue of their
long journey.
The ecclesiastics present knelt and
kissed the rings of the new cardinals
designate, while many travellers and
other persons about the station joined
in emphasizing the cordiality of the
reception. A characteristic note was
given to the occasion by some of the
clerical suite carrying furled Ameri-
can flags bound with white and yellow
ribbons, the papal colors.
The warmest congratulations and
respectful greetings were then pre-
sented to the two cardinals-designate
by Monsigmor Thomas F. Kennedy,
rector of the American college i'm
Rome; Monsignot Dennis O'connen.
auxiliary bishop Of San Francisco; DIR.
Mohs ~ of Albany, sr'r-
itual director of The American col
lege; Father Dolan, rector of the Eng
lish speaking church of San Silvestre
here; Father Hilary Jordan of st. Paul
and other American clergymen.
The superior procurator-general of
the Franciscan monks took Cardinal
designate Falconi to the monastery
of st. Anthony, while Cardinal-desig-
nate Farley, accompanied by Monsig-
nor Thomas F. Kennedy and Monsig-
nor Dennis O'Connell, with DR.. Bern
hard j. Mohaney, drove to the hotel
Bristol, followed by the suite.
During the usual papal audience
Cardinal Merry De Val communicated
to the pope the arrival of the two
cardinals-designate and informed him
of the cordial reception that had been
acceded to them. The pope was
pleased and said he was looking for
ward to receiving them soon.
The secret consistory will be held
next Monday and the public consistory
will follow on Thursday. At the Sc
oret consistory only the pope and the
cardinals resident in Rome are pres
ent. The public consistory three
days after the ceremony is much more
imposing. the new cardials receiving
their red hats from the pope.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-11-23
REFUSE TO PAY THEIR FINES
THEY ANNOUNCE THEY PREFER
TO GO TO PRISON FOR GOOD
OF THE CAUSE.
COURT COULD NOT STOP HER
MRS. RoRWELL MAKES A SPEECH
IN SPITE OF THE PROTEST OF
THE JUDGE.

London, Nov. 23.-Mrs. Pethick Law
renee, the head and front of Tuesdays
suffragette riots, today was the central
figure of the trial of those arrested
during the demonstration. Standing.
unconcernedly in the prisoners en-
closure at the Bow street police court
she listened to the evidence in sup
port of the charge of assaulting the
police and obstructing them in the per-
formance of their duty. When the
magistrate sentenced her to a months
Imprisonment she did not finch.
According to the evidence Mrs. Law
renee, at the head of 80 women,
stormed the police time and again.
She struck a policeman in the face
twice and struggled for Is minutes
when she was arrested and taken
away.
Mrs. Lawrence made a statement in
court with reference to the poster pro-
duced yesterday. calling on women to
assemble and ''see fair play and pro-
tect women from being brutally victim
lied by the police in uniform and plain
clothes, as they were on Black FRIDAY.
1910. when, as the result of illusagei
one woman died and many were seri-
ously injured"
She said: 81 am glad to state that.
as far as the police in my vicinity are
concerned, there was no repetition on
of the brutal usage of women.
1 am inclined to think that what hap
pened on the former occasion was
done on the instructions of the govern
ment."
The others of the accused, almost
without exception, took their SEN
tences with Indifference, choosing jail
in preference to the payment of fines.
Mrs. Kathleen RobwelI managed to
deliver a brief speech in spite of the
protests of the magistrate. She had
broken big plate glass window ON
the Strand.
ut is out of my great love for hu-
manity and particularly my devotion
TO women and children that I did
this" she said. Sex disqualification
is the, root of all social evils and I
am prepared to do anything the mill
tant branch of the suffragettes die
tates in order to gain the vote for
women"
Mrs. Robwell was committed for
trial at the sessions. She refused the
offer of bail in the interval. saying
she preferred to remain in Jail until
the trial.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-11-23
BURNS SAYS WITNESSES
HAVE been SCARED
DETECTIVE MAKES STARTLING
STATEMENT IN REGARD TO
M'NAMARA TRIAL

New Orleans, Nov. Witnesses
for the prosecution in the Los An
geles Times dynamiting case have
been threatened with death after
having withstood repeated effocts of
agents of the defense to bribe them.
declared William j. Burns, the de-
tective, in an address today before
the state secretaries section of the
Aemrican Bankers association.
Burns arraigned Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, Eugene V. Debs, and ether
would be leaders" of organized la
Dor, but declared that nine tenths OF
organized labor is opposed to viol
ence and not sympathy with efforts
of the small socialistic element ii
destroy organized society and lesser
respect for the laws of the country.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-11-23
SPIRITUAL ADVISERS CONFIDE
THEY BELIEVE THE CONDEMNED
MAN WILL ADMIT HIS CRIME
If HE is GUILTY.
BEULAH BINFORD is ABSENT
POLICE TRACE TO ITS SOURCE A
RUMoR THAT BEATTIE's PAR
AMOUR WAS IN RICHMOND.

Richmond, Va, Nov. pa report
that Beulah Binford, the II year old
girl, for love of whom Henry Clay
Beattie, Jr., is alleged to have killed
his wife, had arrived here today, caus-
ed distinct sensation. The police at
once denied the story, but made a
close search for the girl and their
vigilance did not relax until word
came from New York that the girl
was still there and would make no at
tempt to come to Richmond.
Beattie awoke at the usual time
this morning on what, by law, was the
last day of his life. Tomorrow,
shortly after daybreak, he will, in
the electric chair, expiate the murder
of his young wife, There were no
signs of a breakdown this morning,
the prisoner dressing with the same
fastidious care that he has taken ever
since he entered the state peniten-
tiary and the death cell.
Rev. John ]. Fix put in an appear
ance early and probably will remain
With Beattie during the day. The ell
Ter Beattie, Douglas Beattie, brother
# the convicted man, and the attor-
leys who defended him in the trial,
oined the minister soon afterward.
Neither Beattie's attorneys nor his
relatives believe he will confess. His
spiritual advisers are of another opin-
ion. They entertain the hope, amount
ing almost to conviction, that he will
do so.
IF he is guilty, feel reasonably
certain he will acknowledge ALL said
Rev. DIR. Fix. ITO go to his death with
a lie on his lips would be sacrilege
and Beattie is at peace with his
Maker"
The fact remains, however, that
through all the ordeal attending his
trial and conviction, young Beattie
has sought in every way to spare his
aged father. The elder Beattie is said
still to believe in the innocence of his
son. It is question whether the con-
demned man does not consider that he
owes it to his father, to whom he has
brought so much pain and so much dis
grace, to go to his death with sealed
lips.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-11-23
PASSENGERS LEAP FROM CARS
MAKE THEIR EXIT THROUGH WIN
DoWs BUT ARE SWEPT AWAY
BY THE WAVES.
NO BOATS WERE AVAILABLE
THIS PREVENTED MANY PEOPLE
FROM BEING RESCUED FROM
WATERY GRAVE.

Samaur, france. Nov. 23.- Sixty
passengers, it is estimated, lost thei,
lives through the plunging Of train
into the river Thoust this morning,
owing to the breakdown of bridge
on the state railway at MontreuilBel-
lay in the department of the Mains-et-
Lni-e.
The train, which had started from
Anglers, was travelling to Peitiers. 1t
contained about 100 passengers. While
is was crossing the bridge over the
Thoust the structure, weakened by re-
cent floods, broke, crashing with the
cars into the swollen stream.
Many of the passengers who got out
of the cars through the windows tried
to save themselves by clinging to the
tops of trees which showed above the
water. In most cases, however, they
we're quickly washed away.
All the boats in the locality had
been carried off by the inundations so
that it was impossible for the people
Of the neighborhood to assist much in
the work of rescue. No exact infor-
nation is yet available as to the num-
ber of victims or as to those rescued.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-11-23
LABOR LEADERS ON TRIAL

Washington, Nov. 23.-Samuel
Gompers. John Mitchell and Frank
Morrison. the labor leaders, must
again stand trial in the supreme
court of the District of Columbia on
charges of contempt arising out of
the Buck Stove and Range case. JUS
tice Wright today handed down a
decision overruling the motion of the
labor leaders for dismissal of the
proceedings under the statute of linn
itations. The court held that con-
tempt of court is not classed as Grim
inal and consequently not subject to
.he bar OF the statute of limitations.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-11-23
CONFERENCE MAY
AVERT STRIKE
REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE ROCK
ISLAND SHoPMEN AND ROADS
OFFICIALS TO MEET.

Chicago, Nov. 23.-The international
officers of the railroad shopmen will
meet leading officials Of the Chicago;
Rock Island & Pacific railroad romu,
row at which time it is expected the
question of a possible strike will be
settled finally.
Tomorrow's meeting was arranged
at short conference between repre-.
sentatives of the shopmen and Gen
eral Manager w. S. Tinsman and w
A. Nettleton, general superintendent
Of motive power.
Although railroad officials and th'
shopmen's representatives refused tc
discuss the situation, indications point
ed to the possibility of an agreement
tomorrow.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-11-23
"a LIe.v says parrow

Los Angeles, Nov. What
Burns is reported to have said is in
keeping with what he has said pre-
viously," said Attorney Clarence s.
Darrow, chief counsel for James B
Mcnamara, referring to the address
of Detective William ]. Burns today
in New Orleans. "There is not a
word of truth in il"
With one juror absent because Of
critical illness in his family and an.
other back from visiting his sick
wife, the Mcnamara murder trial
dragged ahead today in an attemrr to
get two more men needed to fill the
jury box before the exercise for the
third time of peremptory challenges.
Counsel for James p. Mcnamara
conferred with their client at length
before court opened as to the men
who should be peremrtorily excused
and it was reported that all five
talesmen accepted as TO cause would
be let go by the defense.
F. B. Hanawalt, a. retired whole
sale grocer, was excused today at tht
suggestion of Judge Bordwell with
out the formality of challenge
Hanawalt had gone through bakers
strike and admitted prejudice
against unions which led him to be
lieve James B. Mcnamara instigatet
the Times explosion.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-11-23
A HEROIC BRAKEMAN.

San Bernardino, Cal, Nov. 2S.-Al-
though stunned by striking his head
when he was thrown off the roof of
the caboose of his train, F. H. Kelly,
a freight brakeman, retained CON
sciousness long enough to save from
collision a crowded trans-continental
tourist train on the Santa Fe mountain
division. Kelly's train was due 20
stop a short distance beyond where
he fell. Remembering that the fast
passenger train was but short dis
tance behind, the brakeman set a
torpedo and signal flag. When the
passenger train had halted. Kelly was
found unconscious beside the tracks.