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SHOULD future GENERATIONS DEruAND OFU5
What We HAVE Done. In ART = THERE 3rs Our AtrsezE

but solely for the misers taste Of pos
session or the spendthrifts gift for squan-
dering.
our government-that is. our represent
atives-that is. we. the people of these
United States-have barred the door against
art and refused to let art In. what
think you will he thought in future years
of a people who have placed a penalty
upon the introduction of art? I know
that they say that this is tariff upon
a luxury, that only the rich can bring IN
treasures of art and that they should De
willing to bear the burden. that it is a
measure of protection to the American
artist whose work has no penalty placed
upon it. | say to you that art may De
called a luxury and Is luxury IN
America, for we have made it SO. out the
injury resulting from this method OF
barring art out is not to the wealthy. WHO
can go to Europe and enjoy IL. or can
have it il they please in their own homes.
but to the poor, and there is no country
on earth where the poor are so smut OUT
from the uplifting contact with art as In
America under our system. II they say
il is protection l reply that the artist
does not want protection.
He wants art made as free as the Ar.
for it is in the atmosphere surcharged
with art that art fiourishes. If they call
1t a tariff / say we do not need 1t, Tor
our Treasury is so replete with the reve-
nues placed upon every possible 1rult OF
product Of human energy that our rep,
"
them, and the vast surplus when Tor
wears we have endeavOred to parcel out
i'm the various sgions OF this country.
with the method of raising them. has
proved the most colossal corruption fund
that has ever existed in the history OF
any nation.
The result of our foolish policy is that
those of our unframed artists who have
not the good fortune to be possessed OF
means to study art turn to other profess
sionS, to which they are as unsuited as
a bird Gagged in barnyard. while those
who may be more happily circumstanced
are driven abroad to learn their art and
receive during the plastic period of youth
the impression of foreign art from which
they rarely emancipate themselves
The question is. why do we tolerate the
barbarity of putting penalty upon the
introduction of works of art at all? And
when the future writer OF the history Of
this country comes across the fact that
we for long years had a penalty placed
upon the introduction of works OF art
he will need no further evidence to es-
tablish in his own mind the conviction
that whatever our virtues as people
might have been, we were still Tar from
being completely civilized.
Yet, notwithstanding this barbarous and
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no corner Of the kingdom in which to
take refuge
ITO show what a government can do to
deal with the rat situation we have the
experience of Denmark, which three years
ago passed q law authorizing local .coun-
ellis to give rewards for dead rats, and
also setting aside large sum of money
for experiments with various means of
determination. Japan, too, some years
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y w VI AlN Z
cent plague scare
here q i'd n I
amount 10 mucil
beyond headlines
as "scary' as a Sc
date English news
paper ever permits
itself 10 indulge In,
IL drew attention
- the raj. which
caused that plague
scare. and has re-
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HERE are those
who believe tina /
America is on the
eve of a deliver
ance from an art
obscurity. that an
awakening is on
the ways. ana
that the time is
at hand when this
country may arise
and take h e r
place among ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-15

Downright In the United States and Great Britain
by Curtis Brown. All rights strictly rcsersed.l
Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON, January 5. 1911.
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lions that are more than merely ma
terial. There is a great artistic unrest
in the land and demand for better
things There is general cutlery
against the atrocities that are being
foisted upon the people in the name Of
art. The national government has
appointed an efficient commission to
pass upon the fitness and the placing
Of buildings and statues. There is a
concerted campaign forming TO revise
those existing crimes against art. and
10 see that in the future there is less
offense.
Thomas Nelson Page. a premier
among Americas men of letters, man
who has studied art in many lands;
man who stands in the forefront for
better things in this country, is one
OF the most active spirits in this cam
paign. He is president of the Wash
ington Society of Fine Arts and di-
rector in the American Federation of
Arts There is probably no greater
authority upon the question in hand
than is Mr.. Page. He has prepared
for the writer the following analysis of
the art situation in America
BY Thomas Nelson Page.
The spirit of our people is essentially
great expanse of territory. driven al
ways by the exactions of conquering
new world in every sense. our VEN
lures have been almost exclusively
pointed to practical work which life
in this new and hard condition has
ever presented to US. Our artistic
sense has suffered as a consequence
Has there ever been in any country
such a trayesty on art as that which.
with few exceptions. we have set up
as standard in our national monu-
ments. For instance. GO throughout
the length and bredth OF the land and
see what the soldiers monuments of
this country are like. One thing may
he said in their favor. that they rep
resent an idea. and that they express
a sentiment. but how frightfully do
they express IL.
AS one gazes at the heroic monuments
which stud our city parks and break the
vistas of our avenues. they are anything
hut heroic cannot but recall the OBJ
.ervation of the Frenchman who visited
London after Waterloo. and seeing
statues of the Duke of Wellington, de-
clared that France at last was avenged.
The man on horseback appears in
every conceivable attitude, save the
heroic and the grand. Horses which
could never by chance have escaped the
cart or the pillow are nodded as chargers.
The imagination appears. indeed to have
run Wild in the direction of elevating
very worthy men on most unworthy
horses.
But in speaking of monuments. there
is one i'm Washington which to my mind
towers high above all others. The WASH
ington shaft which was once criticised
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COURSE OF the Year they foul thousands OF
tons of food which they do not eat. 1t
would probably be no exaggeration to
put their cost to England at three times
Sir James figure.
When parliament meets again Sir
James is hopeful some national action
may be taken to deal with this plague.
IL Is obvious that a small fraction OF one
years rat bill would he sufficient TO re-
duce the plague to minimum, for even
Sir James is convinced we can't ex-
terminate the rat So long as ships come
to England fresh immigrants arrive, and
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WATCHDOG OF BRITAIN'S HEALTH.
DR.. Arthur NewshO1me, chief medieai
officer Of the local government board,
who In directing the campaign against
plague rats I'm England.
three children at school in Suffolk. She
wanted to know IL she would ever see
them again and whether. II they still
were alive. she would be allowed by the
authorities to go and nurse them. Oh
course, she was treasured.
1T is supposed" said DIR. Low, that
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suited in some astonishing discoveries
about him. affecting grain-producins
countries in particular. So rany yil-
iainies are now laid at the do OF Mr..
Rat that parliament al its next session
10 to be asked 10 turn It's attention from
abolishing lords to aboiishing rats.
The chief enemy Of the rat In England.
and probably in the world, is Sir James
Crichton Browne. vice president OF the
Royal Institution and incidentally fellow
of the Academy OF Medicine or New
York. For many years he i. devoted
himself TO investigating and iccturing
on subjects affecting the public health.
and as president of the Society for the
determination of Vermin he has come
TO the conclusion that of the.a all the
rat is the moss objectionable. He -
using all his power and influence To
bring about what he calls national st.
Bartholomew day for rats.
The rat Is the criminal of the animal
world says Sir James. HE hasn't the
slightest redeeming feature. Almost
every other beast or bird or insect, no
matter how Objectionable it may be. has
some place In the scheme of nature. but
far as we can find out the rat fulflls
no useful function at all. He is purely
q parasite, and most expensive and
dangerous one
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And If England only realized what the
rat is costing 1t there can be no doubt
the rats ST. Bartholomew day would
come with the least possible delay Sir
James has made most interesting cal
cuiation. showing what he costs the Brit
ish grain grower alone. BY careful eX-
periments In feeding Gagged rats he has
learned that, In order that he may not
turn cannibal and eat his fellows. the rat
must have at least one cents worth Of
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WHAT Ais ART h2AAlMfR[CA>

IT. H O M AS ELSON
] PAGE, One of the Men
in the Forefront of the Work
of Advancing the Spirit of
Art in This Country, Tells of
It's Mistakes, It's Successes
and Its Hopes for the Future
Cites Cases of Hopeless
Statues-Washington Monu-
nent the Greatest Built by
Human Hands = M o d ern
Architecture-Efect of Art
on the Nation.
Copyright. 1911. by ". A. DuPuy9
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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-08
YALE PUT OUT
over HARvARD'S
ROWING ACTION

New Haven, April Recommending.
editorially. on the selection of June 80
for the Yale Harvard boatrace, the
Yale News, today, said:
"Harvards methods of naming the
date at her own pleasure, without re-
gard to our calendar, prevents our
graduates and undergraduates from
conveniently seeing the race and is
pretty apt to deaden interest. Accord
ing to our way Of thinking, Harvard
has the wrong end Of the controversy
1.-THE dates arranged for are during
Harvard's commencement week, a
week after the commencement here.
And when the Yale management in ac-
ceding to Harvard's wishes in the
matter asked for some agreement
which should provide that the races
be held in alternate years during our
commencement week, or at least an
arrangement for two years. the an
swer is given that Harvard did not
feel that she could bind her future
crew, captains and managers.
But Harvard's arrangements with
Yale in other sports cover a period Of
years. And there have been arrange
ments in crew itself covering five
years Her present attitude certainly
is not consistent with former deeds"
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DIR. PORTER'SLANTERN
SLIDES SMASHED IN
TRANSIT FROM NEW YORK

DR.. George L. Porter of this city.
whose recent magazine article con-
corning the death and burial of Lin
coins assassin was a revelation on
that subject, has lost his fine collec-
ton Of lantern slides used in connec-
ton with his lectures on incoln's as
sassination.
The lantern slides were sent to New
York to the magazine which published
the article On being returned to DR..
Porter, either through careless pack
ing or rough handling, they were
smashed to pieces en- route. AS the
collection was the only one of it's kind
in the country and many of the pic
lures never can be replaced, the loss
is felt very keenly by DR.. Porter and
will be regretted all over the country
by persons interested in this historical
subject. i.
It is understood that the magazine
is arranging a settlement with DR..
Porter for the loss of his slides. The
doctor valued the collection at $lo,-
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|SDor1 Notes OF Interest

Springfield, Mass, April S--Dr. Ben
F. Roller of Seattle, defeated Ali Has
san here, last night. in their wrestling
match. Roller took two straight falls.
The first fall came after 43 minutes
work and the second IL minutes.
Boston, April S-One Of the stlffest
tennis struggles seen here for long
time is expected. this afternoon, when
J. Gould, of New York, champion, and
Joshua Crane, of Boston, former
champion, meet at the Tennis & Rae
quet Club to decide who shall hold
the national court tennis championship
title for 1911.
Buffalo, April S--The All-New York.
relay team Ct. P. McNally. J. NJ. Ros-
enberg, J. P. Sullivan, A. R. Kivfatt),
placed the worlds record for a mile
and 1540 yards at seven minutes 50
2-5 seconds when they defeated the
All-Toronto team at the Goth regiment
games, last night. Kiviatt's time for
the mile was four minutes % 2-5 sec
onds.
Baltimore, April 8-The. Cornell la
crosse team suffered defeat at the
hands of Mount Washington here yes
terday 3 to 2. Cornell played a clever
game, and Mount Washington's three
goals were not scored until within
eight minutes of the close Of the
game.
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"Tex'' Rumsey went out on the
firing line in practice yesterday aft
ernoon. showing that he had the
goods which warranted all the nice
things said about him. He has a
neat delivery, takes his time, and is
cool as they make EN-.
Little Harry Gagain is the peppery
kid. All the infielders were thankful
when Manager Mccain pulled the
send in Jack johnson. Gagain has
a powerful whip which has telling
effect on the raw mits of the in
fielders. He has wonderful speed for
this season of the year, and then he
says he's not warmed up yet.
This one is not by Jimmy Hall. but
then, it's not his fault. IF Jimmy
Hall can put away three ice cream
sodas, how many can Bobby Stowe:
Ready, aim, fire.
SO many batted balls were flying
about the field yesterday, that the
players had their troubles in lodging
the elusives Dory Miller did not get
out of the way quick enough from a
crack from Freddie Gibbs bat, and
is today nursing sore elbow.
All the boys were complaining last
evening of sore arms. They were
made to get out and work yesterday
as they never worked before.
The real bal, bugs were in their
element watching last seasons infietd
work out Miller was at third, Jim
my Hall at short Bobby Stowe at
second. and Tom Crooks at first
This quartet with Harry Gagain at
the plate kept things on the hum.
Organized cheering and yelling at
ball games have been tabooed at
ties have discovered that it is I'M
gentlemanly at times and tend to
rattle the visitors pitcher, while the
visiting team seldom has many per-
sons to cheer for it. If the Con-
necticut league would try this stunt,
Gene Mccain would have a great
bunch of twirlers.-Waterbur Dem
ocrat. The league directors would do
well to call halt to some of the
stuff called roofing" in the Brass
City.
Alvin Dutch" Havenfeltz, conced-
ed Bridgeport's best amateur pitch
err joined the New Haven squad at
Savin Rock yesterday.
Ty Cobb is still up to his old
tricks. In the Detroit-Cincinnati
contest yesterday, Cobb who was
occupying third, in bluff to steal
home. coaxed Pitcher F'romme into
uncorking a wild pitch, allowing
both himself and Crawford to count.
The Tigers won easily 1875, making
16 hits.
Harvey Russell, McCann's catcher
now with the Yankees, played at
first base for that club yesterday
against Jersey City. He accepted
eleven chances without an error, be-
ing on the end of three fast double
plays and also clouted out a circuit
wallop.
Iron Man" McGinnity, who re-
Gently had bone broken in his right
wrist while cranking his automobile
declares that he will be able to pitch
again the latter part of May, and
will participate in his first game OF
| the season on Memorial Day.
Fred Clarke has made the fina
cut in his Pittsburg squad, and the
| Pirates will endeavor to regain the
National League championship with
| the following men: Catchers, Gibson
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-08
MERRY SWAT OF The BAT
CHEERS EAGER FANS AT
NEWFIELD PARK NOWADAYS

Simon, and Flynn; Pitchers. Phil
Iippe, Leifeld, Camnitz, Adams,
White, Ferry, Steele, Hendrix, Fagot,
Maggie, Gardner, Pressy and Smith;
Byrne, McKechnie and Mccarthy;
outf1elders, Clarke, Leach, Wilson,
and Carey.
Some years ago George Stone Of
ST. Louis. Harry Steinfeldt Of Chi
cago, Bill Bradley of Cleveland, Will
lie Keller of New York. and Tim
a combination in baseball that would
have commanded fortune could one
have purchased them. These one
time stars have all passed to the
minor league, with no prospect that
they ever will return to the big
leagues.
Yale Freshmen meet the Brown
1914 baseball team. this afternoon at
Yale field.
Frank Hollywood. who gave univ
ersal satisfaction as arbitrator dur
ing the exhibition contests last sea-
son, has been engaged by Manager
Mccain to officiate in the same ca
pacity at all such games this year
Hollywood is the assistant cashier al
The Stratfeld.
Manager Cameron of the New Ha-
ven club has given out the exhibit
ton contest list for his club, as fol-
lows: April IL, Springfield Training
School at New Haven; April IA, Fall
River at New Haven; April Is
Brockton at New Haven; April II
Tufts at New Haven; April Is, Brock
ton at Brockton; April 10, Fall River
at Fall River.
Hughey Jennings declares that
Manager McGraw is "a very much
maIigned person" McGraw some
times thinks that way himself.
The Quincy Club paid $4,000 to
get release from the Central league
so that it might enter the Three
league, but Waterloo froze cut the
Quincy club, and now Quincy has nc
utilization with any league. Like
swapping horses while crossing a
stream.
Umpire Jack Sheridan has some
ment game. After quitting baseball
several times Jack has turned UP
again as one of the American lea
gues notable "arbitrators," and fan
dom will again welcome his return.
Neither washington nor DetfO1i
has recruit who will supplant a
veteran player. Detroit, however
does not need much Strengthening
while Washington could improve
most any of it's positions.
The passing of Harry Steinfe1dt to
a minor league leaves the Chicago
Nationals third base open for COM
petition between Heiny Zimmerma
and Doyle. They are running toe te
toe in the race for the position, al
though Zimmerman probably out
classes Doyle with the bat.
Cleveland has remote hope o
regaining the services Of Pitche
Joss, who injured his arm Iast sea
son. and which has failed to respont
to treatment Without JOSS tn
Celevelands would be like the Giant
| minus Mathewson.
Cy Young has requested Manage
Mcclure to permit him to pitch tn
opening championship game of tn
season. Young's trial against Gin
| cinnati on Wednesday does not ind;
| cate that he will have his reques
| granted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-08
NEWSPAPER OFFICERS
WIN A LIBEL SUIT

New York, April S.--Officers of a
newspaper corporation cannot be held
personally responsible for the news
paper publication of libelous matter.
Such was the decision of the appel
late division of the supreme court
yesterday in the case brought by
John d. Rockefeller, Jr. against s.
s. Carvalho. president; Bradford Mer-
rill, treasurer, and Edward H. Clark,
secretary of the Star COMPANY. pub
fisher of the New York American. %
The court orders all proceedings
against them dismissed
The newspaper article for which it
was sought to hold them responsible
related to alleged abuse of working
men by corporation which, it was
alleged, John .. Rockefeller. Ir.-
controlled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-08
LAWSUIT AGAINST
WIFE WITHDRAWN
BY DR.. CENICOLA
Differences Concerning East
Main Street Property Are
Amicably Adjusted

The attachment placed by Dr. Henry
Cenicola upon the residence at 6S3 East
Main street, occupied by himself and
his wife. has been released, and the
suit which caused the placing of the
attachment has been withdrawn
The place is the property of Mrs
Cenicola and it was understood that
the purpose of the suit was to have
the title transferred to the DOCTOR
DR.. Cenicola, when asked by a Far
mer reporter today to explain the
meaning of the withdrawal of the suit
said:
Everything has been settled ami
cably. There was no serious diff
Guilty, anyway, and nothing of interest
to the public"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-04-08
MOTOR CYCLE CLUB GETS
LEASE ON BUILDING TO
BE ITS HEADQUARTERS

Papers were signed today whereby
the Bridgeport Motor Cycle Club OBJ
tains lease for number Of years on
the two-story building at Is Cannon
street, just west of Broad street, in
the rear of the Hincks & Johnson
building. The new rooms are in an
ideal location for such a club, being
situated in the center of the automo-
bile and motor cycle district Of the
city.
With the signing of the lease, con-
tracts were let out for the entire re-
modelling of the building. The first
floor will be given over to a pool room
and to a room for motor cycle. The
second floor will include parlors, read
ing and sitting rooms. A welcome adj
dition will be the erection of porch
over the street. A large yard in the
rear of the building, for the storing
and trying out of motors makes the
site an ideal one The club includes
between $50 and 300 members. all pos
SCISSORS of motor cycles.