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New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

monies will be more subtly fused; no
will draw with more nervous force and
more elasticity Meanwhile, he has
painted a canvas of exceptional merit
which does him high honor.
Fairly antithetical to this is Mr.. F. D.
Marsh's Engineering" a large canvas
depicting a phase Of our modern indus
trialism To pass from this TO Mr..
Faulkner's reconstruction OF the Renais-
sance mode is to traverse centuries. It
is big. picturesque design, 80 well done
that one wishes it were a little more con-
yincfng The trouble seems 10 lie In tho
Ianter's failure 10 give his realistic mo-
tive its full weight He tries TO raise
it 10 a higher power by an arrangement
Of his figures, and a denOtement Of gest-
ures. inimical TO the simplicity OF his
idea and not really successful in FORTH
flying its rhetoric. II is as though Mr..
Marsh seeking 10 bring out the dignity
of labor, relied upon attitude, as atti-
tude. 10 do the trick. His man with the
opera glasses, holding one hand out
stretched. introduces kind Of theatrical
note. Mr.. William de L. Dodge shows
him the way to a truer sincerity in his
gay frieze for a theatre. His theme, 10
be sure. is frivolity itself beside Mr..
Marsh's. but in his fortnight handling
cf il there is a virtue not to be over
looked
The sketches for the decoration Of tho
United States Mint in Philadelphia by
Mir. w. +. Van Ingen are interesting in
their application Of familiar types and
landscapes TO difficult places. and for
the novel effects in them we may cite
the panels for the Paulst Church by Mr..
W. L. Harris An anonymous contrib
utor, q Sister of the Community Of st.
Mary, attracts attention with an altar
piece, Alteration OF the Blessed Sacra-
ment," and two decorative panels pre-
sumably 10 be associated with it in the
convent at Peekskill. Technical adroit-
ness and some emotional force are dis
plaved in these studies in the vein OF
Fra Angelica. Here and there we note
further a few clever things, but the
decorative exhibit as a whole is not by
any means a cause for rejoicing. We
do not question the painstaking work.
manship lavished by Mr.. Albert Herter
upon his Decoration for an Athletic
Club" by Mr.. Robert Sewell upon THE
Cross OF st. Thomas a Beckett on tho
Road 10 Canterbury" or by Mr.. Fred
erick Marshall upon his Scenic Studio.'
And there are some distinctly pictorial
canvases by Mr.. Zogbaum, the late Wall
ter Shirlaw. Miss Clara Weaver Parrish.
Mr. Howard Pyle and Mr.. Henry Reuter-
dahl which are very pleasant to see.
But. as Whistler remarked, mathematics
is mathematics. and, We may add.
mural decoration is mural decoration. IL
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ing, with these and all his other sculpt-
ures in their right places.
Mr. Tonetti's mantelpiece for the new
Public Library in this city is In all that
relates TO manual dexterity extremely
clever, but the composition seems just
shade overloaded. and is, on the whole'
disappointing. Though not exactly horid'
Il hints at that dangerous quality. In
word, II wants distinction. Mr.. Proc
tors recumbent tigers for Princeton
University make a noble pair OF decora-
tions. boldly conceived. worked out with
q genuine feeling for their semi-archl-
tectural purpose. vividly imbued Win
animal character and. into the bargain
strongly modelled. These tigers clearly
show how style and vitality may llit
decorative motive far above convention
There is more sculpture. but. save Tor
Miss Longman's Murphy Memorial rap
let. Mr.. Martiny's wall tablet and MT
Kontrs Beale and Carson Memorial we
need not particulariZe.
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of the past are used by American archl-
tects. The virtue comes out not alone IN
the field OF Greek or Roman study. one
of the notable achievements OF recent
years has been that which Cram. Good
hue & Ferguson have put TO their credlt
in their work for the Military Academy
at West Point. which is shown again
here in some further photographs. They
employ an English style as though II
were their mother tongue, and their
buildings rise on the borders OF the HUI
son with an appropriateness which, we
must confess, we find almost uncanny-
Their chapel for the officers and cadets
Of the United States army is an enchant-
ing building. one which already seems
saturated in atmosphere. Their Oriental
building for the Rice Institute in Texas
is one Of those productions which rather
battle criticism. AS a tOW dc force II Is
prodigiously we'll done, but, like Or.
Johnson watching the exploit Of the
poodle. one is a little ruefui about its
having been done at all The natural
surmise, as in the presence Of Mr. Gill
bert's tower is that client had some
how. TO be satisfied. The English in
fuence so well followed at West Point
reappears in the buildings FOR the Union
Theological Seminary designed by Allen
& Collens. but with less persuasive re-
suits Here one recognizes style
enthusiastically rather than personally
handled There are OF course other in
stances in the show Of design sound
enough. yet with little that is engaging
about them. like McKim. Mead &
Whites Century Holding Company's
Building and again one may see such
merely respectable, Uninspired things as
the building for an athletic association
in Pittsburg by Jansen & Abbot. But
il is an impression of high ability, Of sue
cess. that remains after one has
traversed the monumental architecture
in the show. The designs we have sig
nalized are not alone in pointing to
healthy and fine movement.
The hOnOrs elsewhere go, on the whole.
10 the designers Of country houses.
There is a little urban work on a modest
by William 4. Mackay as decorator,
kave made a narrow city FACADE original
and interesting. and in the Library by
Francis II. Bacon. the Italianate interior
designed for the Ryan house by Carrere
& Hastings and the rooms in the style
Of the English Renaissance by Taylor &
Levi. there are charming decorative
qualities But there, with perhaps
scarce any other example, the tale ends,
and one turns with a certain relief 10
work done in the country. High up in
this department we would place the |
houses Of Albro q Lindeberg. all Of them
good, and one Of them, the house for Mr.. !
Stillman. q little triumph. Just where
the first thought FOR this design had its
origin we do not know. Perhaps the
architects were thinking OF old homes on
the English countryside. and perhaps.
too. their minds reverted 20 the French
farmhouse Of an earlier day. But what
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NlJRAL PAINTING.

The decorators have scarcely Justlheu
tho pol,cv giving them a large measure
Of space. and. indeed. the present oispi"S
revives in full force our frequently eA-
pressed conviction that the League shoul"
subordinate the other arts 10 architect
,re only admitting the former as they
e,,bstantiallv add 10 the merit OF the
show. The sort of collection now al the
Fine Arts Building is perhaps more
"ropular" than one would be III "h'oh
urettv pictures We're excluded 10 MAKE
yvav for mere plans. but we believe there
g q public large enough to support
strictly architectural exhibition so long
as II is good. And. we repeat, we would
NOT 10 without sculpture and mural dec
oration. we would only insist that ac-
car.ances be confined TO really excellent
things.
If the mural painters want to be ex-
hibited without discrimination, then they
ought 10 get up an exhibition OF ther
own In this instance too much lncon-
eeouential stuff is shown, and, we may
add in passing, 700 many O"N" 49,
of a pictorial sort have been admitted.
\ roomful of paintings and studies
clearly illustrating the character OF
mural decoration on high grounds would
he of serious value. A miscellaneous and
congested assemblage Of productions
good and bad defeats the very purpose
which it is supposed the architects and
the leading mural painters have in mind.
1t may be questioned. toe. If the latter
are not somewhat OVERRIDING the intro
duction of the public into their work
shops. Nj. Cox shows eight or nine car
toons where one or two would be ample,
and his studio drawings are likewise too
numerous, especially considering that the
decoration for which they were made is
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The Architectural League
scuIpture and Decoration.

u.ro has been much to say of late
tho old masters, and works Of
h ~. continue TO command attention in
~" ro,leries. but at the moment Ameri-
w art is very much in the foreground
CO. sus the exhibitions. large and small
Architectural League, as will be
- below. illustrates a wide range of
.,stic endeavor and the zone man"
- q everywhere. The Metropolitan
s,,seum IS also playing its part in the
.,sition OF the traits Of our own school.
o. 'gives a private view tomorrow af-
.oon Of the memorial exhibition Of the
- winslow Homer's work. which has
sor,e time been in preparation. This
= :, erisoac Of the highest Importance
Ter was one of our great men, and
Euo his pictures were constantly shown
,bo public the collection at the NIu-
-, affords o very special and illu-
~.noting opportunity for the study Of his
xrf
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

shown only in a photograph and a snlaIl
color sketch Mr.. Blashfield is guilty OF
the same indiscretion. The glimpses
into technical methods that they thereby
offer are not in principle unwelcome' but
one may have too much Of good thing
above all when ii means the overcroWd-
ing of an exhibition.
Mr.. Cox and Mr.. Blashfeld both pre-
sent schemes Of interest The former S
Light and Learning" is another work.
manlike development of the ideas OF form
and composition fostered in him by study
Of the Venetians, and Mr.. Blashtield is
very ingeniously graceful in his PEN
dentives for the courthouse at Youngs-
town. Ohio. But it IS a junior OF theirs
who sends the most arresting canvas,
Mr. Barry Faulkner, with his large dec
oration for a loggia in the Hartman
house at Arden The work is candid
adaptation OF one of PeruginO's wall
raintings in the enchanting Sala del
Cambio, at Perugia. In fact, it Is as
clear as MONDAY that without the I'm
DIldn Muster , COLlpoS4AiOl lpl Il Ai'hNi
this painting could not have existed.
Mr. Faulkner has followed il with docil-
ity not only in the arrangement Of his
figures across the scene, but in the spirit
pervading his details Of headgear,
weapons. etc. and he has also employed
Perugino's idea Of tablets supported by
putt. Moreover, where he has departed
from the Peruginesque scheme he has
leaned upon Mantegna, the mass Of foli-
age and OF trophies back of his central
figure, and the garlands Of fruits above
he tablets. being strongly reminiscent of
hat painter. But his frankly confessed
rrowings do nothing TO detract from
q very real charm OF his work or 10
make his ability as craftsman less ap-
parent Like Mr.. Mowbray, in his re-
narkable decorations for the library Of
the University Club, he has repeated an
old Italian master. but has exercised in
the process q genuine decorative gift.
BY and by. we dare say. Mr. Faulkner's
color will gain in quality and his har-
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
Matters of Hrf

"hich is receiving more and more fire.
queh' eXemplification in our monumental
architecture Classical motives are not
pieced together by rule of thumb. but
are handled with increasing ,diomatic
.ieeuom' Not the teachings of the pro-
lessors' but living ideas, exert the con-
trolling influence.
1t Is SO easy TO turn pedantic when
you are studying the pages Of antiquity.
IL is so hard to shut the book and 10 re-
member the spirit as well as the form.
but that is what is being done by more
than one American of equal energy and
judgment Look, for example. at the two
heroic designs by Tracy. Swartwout &
Litchfield, the armory for the District
OF Columbia and the United States Post
office and Courthouse at Denver 1t
would be hard to say which of these
buildings gives the spectator the keener
pleasure, they both possess such sterling
qualities of force and fineness. of bal
ance. and Of what can only be described
as kind of warmth These are salient
examples of veritably vitalized archi-
lecture, of learned but free and inter-
esting work. Mr.. Magonigles Fulton
Memorial, which was fully dealt with in
this place at the time OF his winning the
competition. belongs in the same cate
CORY of austere but kindling design, and
though il is not a new building we must
mention here, as typical Of the same eX-
quisitely disciplined taste. the Albright
Gallery at Buffalo, which Green & Wicks
show in several recent photographs. OF
kindred excellence, too, though wanting
a little in a touch of lightness, OF ele-
gance, which one would have preferred
in it. is the Bryant Monument Of Car
rere & Hastings, exhibited in its purely
architectural aspect while awaiting the
statue. One building there is here, Ar
mold w. Brunner's Federal Building,
for Cleveland. which recalls us to the
fact that while exquisiteness is an in
valuable resource there are equally i'm
rortant effects to be got out of sheer
vigor of design. This is a very strong
piece of work, possessed Of sort Of
solid simplicity, a thing of direct, ener-
getic and truly massive character. 1t
would be good to see the plan for this
building and, by the way, if there is
one thing more than another which in
Vites depreciation of the Leagues eXces-
sive generosity TO the decorators it is the
sacrifice of plans on the walls to things
that may make a more general appeal
but are Of nothing like the same serious
interest.
We have glanced at the greater flu
ency and intimacy with which the styles
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

selves. but In the main plastic art Is
represented here in close relation to
architecture or in phases involving ele-
ments of architectural design. Thus.
decorations modelled for buildings. re-
llefs set into the walls of mausoleums,
fountains and so on, are most consplcu-
Gus. Generally speaking, the sculptors
give a better account Of themselves than
ever before. There are fewer signs OF
meaningless trihing with clay, of the
easy cleverness which leads nowhere. on
this occasion one is peculiarly conscious
Of the fact that sculpture, like architect
ure, is a living art, affecting the large
fabric OF life in America. 1t is delight
full to see a fine statuette, but we are
doubly grateful at this stage Of our de-
velopment for fine public monument.
There could not be Il better case in
point than that of the Mcmillan Me-
mortal Fountain. by Herbert Adams
who has had Charles a. Platt for
his architectural collaboration. The de-
sign has the largeness and dignity be-
fitting a work Of the sort in the open
air and # has. beside, a delicate grace.
The fvures which give it its dominating
note arc grouped in a composition recall
ing the famous Three Graces' Of GER
main P.lcn, I'm tho Louvre, and they sup
uort O bowl upon their heads just as
the French statues bear the urn intended
- rT.rVi II l,Tf
N-. Adams has developed the familiar
motive in n very personal and charm
ing manner. and especially do we appre-
rtsta the subtler sentiment OF his design.
r.rrr's 1.-the figures. brilliantly modelled
a- trc,- qrc. disclose an almost too court
Iv ana decorative spirit. There is
torrere- quality in Alr. Adams's group
ana .ht- appears both in tho contours o.
IFS figures and in the subtle modelling
OF surface everywhere The French
bistication q the piece in the Louvre
Gives way to something Of Italian suav-
itv and naTvete. as in the sweet and Gu
riouslv human religious reliefs Of the
Renaissance. The bowl just below the
group. tDe SIlld4ltI ltNNtLHN4~' a. Z" 49,
stage and the shallow basin which forms
the base are remarkable both for beauty
of line and for the simple yet sufficiently
uicturesque fashion in which they are
woven into the pattern Of the whole. The
present writer disconnected with the ef-
feet If Alfred Gilberts celebrated foun-
tain in London which an inappreciative
Municipal Council leaves as dry as a
bone. was once vehemently reminded by
Mr.. Whistler that the thing was meant
TO be cnveloped in torrents Of water,
and that to Judge ii in their absence was
unfair. Alr. Adams's fountain. In the
model at all events well stands the test
Of dryness Doubtless its beauty will be
Greatly enhanced by an abundance OF
water. but just as it stands in this eXhi
hilton il takes one captive. alike through
its truly monumental character and its
pure decorative witchery. There is an
otner good fountain, by the way, one de-
signed by McKim. Mead * White, for
wall az Harvard. but that is strictly
architectural composition
There are several good Itinerary monu-
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euu DlNGs AT THE LEAGUE.

-ho search for good buildings in an
.s,hition Of designs is like one in an
',.ib,tian o.. paintings, it is a search
-. rars0raIity But in part because
- the architects peculiar dependence
" bist8r.. STYLES and in part because
y .ho transitional state in which Amer
.e,r architecture still finds itself, one is
.,.,ovs tempted at the League to look.
-.,ber for broad tendencies. When the
,,storv of this period comes by and by
= be written it viii pretty certainly be
,,corded t.at. up 10 a certain point, our
,-hoo1 knew very we'll what it was about.
..,ll;rr roment0us problems with all
-. confidence in the world, and using a
.-octiceI skill in their solution sugges-
.irs NJ race of born builders. There
., some-hin- Roman about the profusion
% our architectural performances and
,,,rr thcfr scale. Yet the particular
,bs,omer0n NJ the time which We be-
NJ the historian of the future will note
yiu not ba sa much a manifestation Of
creative energy as a kind of organlza-
,ion and publication of taste, the refn-
inc away Of M the vulgarities and levi
ties 10 which. not so very long ago, we
had seemed 10 be committed. In a meas
IRE. of course. q good exhibition at the
League. Ike the one now open at the
Fine Arts Building. is misrepresentation.
T. includes -1 Chamber of Horrors The
Jury naturally sees TO it that the art
nuts its best foot forward. On the other
hand this collection is in the truest sense
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
CATHERINE DE MEDICI'S SECREP
From The Dundee Advertiser.

i L
a librarian Of the Bibliotheque Ma
tionale, the "Semaine Litteraire' tells its
readers, recently came upon document
which enabled him 10 guess 'ie secret da
Catherine de Medicis." This was moth
ing less than the conquest Of the two
Americas. The document in question
is q map. dated 1891. IN which both
North and South America were marked
out as being French colonies. This dis
coVery put the finder on the way 70 OBJ
tain some proofs OF the projects Of this
ambitious Queen. She had named, it
seems, two yicerOys-Troile de Mergonez
was u recJnquer the north Of the conti-
nent and Admiral StroZzi was 10 take
possession of Brazil, after having driven
the Portuguese out Of the Azores. The
two viceroys actually sailed, furnished
with secret and signed orders. but an un-
kind fate ordained that Troile should be
shipwrecked and StroZZi defeated and
killed in a battle off the Azores. The
death OF both the leaders brought tho
royal project TO naught, and nothing
would have been known OF il but for tho
diligence and perspicuity Of the learned
librarian.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
A MUSEUM OF SPEECH.
rom The London Globe.

From The London Globe.
one Of the latest ideas in Paris is thu
establishment of vocal library. already
being installed in the Bbliotheque Ma
tionale. which is 10 consist of collec-
tion OF graphophOne records OF words
spoken or sung by great orators, singers
and actors The library will be equipped
with abundant instruments for trans
mission of the recorded sounds 10 the
ears of visitors. Thus in the future thu
student OF the life OF some great man..
intending. perhaps. 70 become his biog-
raphcr, may receive aid by the accents
OF his voice long after he has passed
away. The new department will ba
called the Museum OF Speech.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

And while Albro & Lindeberg enjoy a
distinction all their own. they have a
number of colleagues who give us, as
they do, pure pleasure. There are Mr..
Grosvenor Atterbury's Sage Founda-
ton Homes, there are Mr Edward
Shepard Hewitt's cottages, there are Mr..
Alfred Hopkins's various farm build
ings. there are Mr. J. II. Freedlander's
garage and COW barn, and there is the
more than skilful restoration Of an old
stone house by Mr. \. T. Norris. The
list might be still further extended. Il
is not an assertive affair. Indeed, the
merit Of the typical country house Of the
day lies in its refinement. once more
We have a testimony to the growth Of
taste And among these modest houses,
possibly even more than among the pub
lie buildings. we are vividly conscious
Of the national spirit, a close response
to current needs.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

ments, notably Mr. French's handsome
Slocum Memorial. Mr. MacNeils huge
Soldiers and Sailors Monument, for AL
bany, and the lovely Silence and Mem
ory" made By Adolph 4. Weinman for
the Leeds Mausoleum, designed by John
Russell Pope. But it is in the sculptor
as collaboration with the architect that
we are most interested to-day. In that
role one of our younger men, Mr. Charles
Keck, has admirably acquitted himself.
His immense allegorical figure for the
Allegheny County Soldiers Memorial is
well composed, is modelled with the right
breadth for its position beneath the
shadow of a vast building, and has its
due quality OF majestic repose. His
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

we are chiefly aware of is an inventive
faculty. deeply sympathetic to our Amer
lean conditions. moving both with sobri-
ETY. and with piquancy to the simple and
fairly lovable solution Of a problem of
domestic architecture. The long, fat
stones found on the Pocantico Hills
where the house stands. give the FACADE
a beautiful texture, the half-timbered
wing and the more open construction
used at the other end Of the scheme en-
rich the ensemble without modifying its
central simplicity. and the plain treat
ment Of the roof-including the chimneys
adds the last touch 10 a perfect COM
position We reproduce this house in one
Of our illustrations as typical Of recent
rural architecture in its very best estate.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

our mural painters are 20 be taken se-
riously in the exhibitions Of the League,
as the worthy collaborators OF good ar
chitects, they must put their house in
order, raise their standard. and show To
the public only work that is first rate.
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