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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-16

Thursday, and the greatest bank
robbery on the continent followed
within a few hours.
1t might seem impossible for a
man to- know all about a bank as
the robbers did, if out of prison
for only few hours. But stool
pigeons" of the gang had piped
off the Bank of Montreal for
weeks, and perhaps months.
Find Stolen Bills.
Some of the stolen money is in
circulation today. The bank de-
tectives have located three bills
that were in the list of those
stolen.
The Maritime Trust company
this morning got one as part OF a
deposit of $175 by a we'll known
mercantile man. The patron had
gone before the cashier examined
the bill.
The detectives are investigating
Was Wonderful Job.
From the Professional burglars
standpoint 1t was the neatest
|cleanest, best planned job and the
biggest cash haul ever pulled of
in the western hemisphere.
The police are doing their best
and the problem has resolved 1t
self a battle of wits between the
police and the cleverest gang OF
robbers that soaped a safe or scut
tied ship since the Biddle broth
Iers robbed the Bank of England
Strange Man With Suit Case.
Another clue is the fact that
large man arrived at a local hote
on Thursday with what was pre-
sumably an empty suit case, it was
so light. He did not even bother
taking it up to his room that aft
ernoon.
On Friday he asked that 1t bt
put away in a safe place, and
when he left the hotel on Satur
day morning the suit case wal
livery heavy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-16
Sugar Contract

The Tacoma Grocery yesterday
was awarded the contract for fur
nishing sugar for the next six
months for all state Institutions
at from 1921 to $500.
The standard quotation on
sugar yesterday was $3.50.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-16
A BARGAIN

Neat 4-room house, with 2 level
erty is located less than / block
from the Portland ave. car line, on
East 2Sth St. in the heart of rail-
road activity and is certainly a bar
gain at $1,000; about $500 cash, bal
ance easy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-16
ROBBERY OF THE CENTURY BATTLES P0II(
Hot Battle. Is On for
Frisco Mayor


i, newspapers."
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
THE NATIONAL GALLERY
Tondon's Great Treasure House
Richly Improved.

London, March 81.
The Improvement Of the finest site IN
E,,rone has always been deliberate
When Trafalgar Square was planned by
Cir Charles Barry on a scale too magnih-
cont for treasury economists the COM
handing line on the north over against
Whitehall was occupied by the king 8
news with a mean looking coach house
ON the eastern flank, and menagerie OF
wild animals was also exhibited there. In
front of the news was a labyrinth OF
a11evs and blind courts bearing fantas'ic
names such as the Bermudas, the Carlp-
hees and Porridge Island, and behind IL
was the parade ground of regiment Oh
foot guards. The architect WilKins'
who was commissioned to design an art
GALLERY for the Royal Academy ana the
Angerstein collection Of pictures, was IN
structed TO protect the portico or o''
Martin on the side, and the barracK
Ground in the rear, and to make use or
Tho carlton House columns In classic
facade. That was the beginning OF the
National Gallery, with Its pepper pox
cunolas and belittling details.
Hardly was the sham classic structure
with the Carlton House columns In the
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

Among them are several Claudes, Sir
Joshua's Lord Heathfeld' posing as
the hero of Gibraltar and Hogarth's
Marriage Il la Mode" These were ex-
hibitod in the Angcrstein house. not far
from the site of the Reform Club and
Gansborough's last residence In Pali
Mall while the masons were breaking
ground for the National Gallery. When
the pictures were hung in their ne"
home how quickly came the purchases
and requests, until one enlargement
after another was necessary!
Fantastic projects for the removal OF
the national collections to other sites
were abandoned as soon as proposed.
Among them were the construction or
third story above the Greek pOrticoS or
the British Museum. the conversion or
either Kensington Palace or Marlbor-
ough House or St. Jamess Palace into
an art gallery the rebuilding OF Burlng-
ton House on a larger scale and the erec-
ton Of a new National Gallery near
Regents Park or on Kensington Gore.
No change Of site was possible when the
temple of art, with its shabby front and
ignoble dome and cupolas, was once
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

whom she tried to transfuse some or nef
own courage and patience-and she has
infinitely more variety than the author or
Madame Bovary." One cannot always
be reading that "powerfuP romance
and as for reading the rest OF f'laubert l
would as lief be quite bookless. Nj.
Doumic is not a cGgOt because he likes
George Sand better than Flaubert; nell
ther Of them is an author without whom
we cannot exist. The proud critic goes
on: Novels, like all artistic creations
(say the Elgin MarbleS) ARE written in
the hope Of bringing men to fuller con-
sciousness of life by revelation and ex-
planation" If ever any novelist set to
work on a story "in the hope Of bringing
men to a fuller consciousness OF life by
revelation and explanation write me
down IIollander." Novels are written
because 1t amuses tho author to write
them. because he benevolently hopes to
amuse other people, and usually because
he sees no reader and more agreeable
way of supporting himself and his FAM
ily. 1T is a soft job" novel writing.
1t is, alas, fact that few novelists who
have obtained hearing can forbear
from preaching. Human nature, when
not in Holy orders, hungers for the priv-
iieges of the pulpit Even George SAND.
"a light woman Of light brains and very
light morals, says tnlS naughty AmeIl~i
can censor. preached to right, sheg
preached to left. she also preached ain
round about her. and pretty good SER
mons some of hers are. So are Fields
ing's, so are Thackerays, so, no doubt.
is the pulpit oratory OF the three or four
great modern novelists such as Mr..
Conrad and Mr.. Galsworthy, under whom
| have not sat. But for grace and variety
in her sermons have little doubt thai
George Sand can vie with even Mr.
Arnold Bennett. In any case George
Sand. this light woman, OF light brains
and very light morals" had good side
which was very good She had courage
endurance, generosity. and pity Mons
sieur George was much moro OF q man
than Mademoiselle Alfred de Musset;
her advice TO FlauSert. moaning ana
groaning, like Carlyle over the cruelty
Of the world, and the crushing tolls OF
his yn portentous prose. was sound ana,
manly counsel. However, this PROUD
American critic ends by saying that "tf
anything could add vulgarity 10 an ac-
count Of the life Of George Sand II tS
the light veneer of mind like that ofi
Monsieur Doumic" 20 lie grand homme,
rien he lui pent plaire."
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

much more light in 1t for the full mus
ter of Reynolds's works, with Gains
boroughs, Romneys, Wilson's. Cromes
and Constables to reinforce them. The
bronze wall decorations do not absorb
as much light as the red and green Of
the French rooms. 1t is the handsomest
and most satisfactory room In London
devoted to British art, and Reynolds's
mellow Three Graces" Is naturally IN
the place of honor. The famous Milais
portrait of Gladstone. which passed from
Grosvenor House into the possession OF
the Tenants has been banished to the
basement. That is probably a tempo
rary arrangement. Radicals may be
tempted to cut off supplies for the Ma
tional Gallery II the Grand Old Man be
treated with scanty respect.
The new Turner room MAJ be per-
manent fixture. 1t Is not so large as the
main room in the Turner wing of the
Talt Gallery, but 1t contains a score or
more Of his works arranged In chrono-
logical order. The two Claudes, beside
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

worthy" with the author OF Tom Jones'
and Joseph Andrews" But the others,
who must be thrown out" II n.
Doumic's criterion is allowed" all DO
the very things which NJ. Doumic In
sists that novolists onght to do: they
fulfil their raison d'6trc.
Ii seems that NJ. Doumic Is creature
so cheap and so fallen into popularity
that he 'orefers George Sand TO flaubert
and believes that the chief function OK
literature" (that is of novels) lis to con.
sole and divert" 80 !, is; but one novel
consoles and diyerts one reader. and
arother romanccr does the same good
turn 10 another student. There are
higher and lower grades in the arts OK
consoling and Givcrting TO divert IS 10
console Of course). Cervantes. Boccac-
clio. Miss Austen, r. l.. Stevenson, Mr..
Anstcy. Stcrne. Scott, Dickens. George
Sand Flaubert. Mr.. Stanley Weyman,
George Meredith (ard so on for ever) all
console just as. far as they entertain.
When they ceaN 10 divert, we take up
something else--say. Mr.. Peets excellent
book on the stone srd Bronze Ages OF
Italy" or we go and play golf. or return
70 our own work. whatever II may be, or
fall asleep. II one could carry but one or
those two authors, Flaubert or George
Sand, TO a desert island, destitute OF
circulating libraries. one would certainly
choose George Sand-there is far more OF
her than of flaubcrt-the friend into
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

which "Sun Rising in a Mist" and "Dldd
Building Carthage" were to hang ac-
cording to the conditions of gift, are also
I'm this room, with full light for the dis
covery Of the bitumen working out Of
the underglaze. The walls are decorated
In green, and the effect is more pleasing
than the glare of the red at the TAFT
Gallery, although that was the color
which Turner himself preferred as a
BACKGROUND for his paintings. The
French rooms. in red and green. are
divided by a partition, and that is a
strange proceeding. for in the older Sec
tions originally built by wilkins the re-
moval of unnecessary division walls has
been one of the details Of recent recon-
struction The italian room, opening out
of the beautiful Tuscan gallery, is sra
cious, and has the conventional back
ground OF dull color. The place Of honor
Is worthily held by Correggios "Educa-
ton Of Cupid"
Some OF the Angerstein pictures which
were purchased for the nation when the
collection was begun, eighty years ago,
are to be found in these new rooms
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
Tho Avery EnameIs-A Big
u" Exhibition Building.

,uel p Avery has. like his late
NJ aelightfully quiet way of en-
isu, r public institutions with works
reh"' Very unobtrusively he has been
o. 81" ,be museum of the Brooklyn In
pa'"' =, Arts and Sciences on re-
SUI. .o basis in respect TO oriental
rs'N6 In December 1909, he save
ei0iso" ,seum nearly a hundred pieces
ne his private collection. When the
ITO" .nsc,ion was sold the other day
10, rbt forty-five of the pieces in ii,
Dc ..ese with twelve others. he has
anu 'ss given to the Brooklyn institu-
All told. the enamels which he
w" .A,s made permanently accessible
hSs nublic must be worth to-day be-
70 :" $4,000 and $4,000 OF course,
W., value must steadily increase. But
'1 &c a detail The important thing
Us" wise generosity through which
,rery has greatly strengthened the
~a,..,ional resources Of the museum.
'' cannot live hy pictures alone.
.,onsn some collectors appear TO have
,nnosite impression. The crafts
~, IN the great epochs has always pro-
[ ...a works comparable in beauty 70
". Of the painter and sculptor, and
.s,s S is especially true Of the Chinese
..,ers ~ of enamel They were fecund
s,sicn. fashioning all manner of OBJ
-. in the most diverse forms. The
~ collection includes shrines. boxes,
~.hss incense burners. foot warmers.
s,,,a screens, bottles. lanterns and
',,as-obiects sacred to the altar and
.,hsrs of purely mundane use. 1t was
.r.r thought worth while by the old
chinese enameller 10 wreak his art
,,op an ice chest. and in the Avery
,.nsction there is one such beautiful
,,,venir Of the luxury of Oriental palace
p.s We have spoken Of the variety OF
arms exploited in this field Of crafts
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

nsnship. II is an important and very
1lsFesting point. But the great charm
q eIoisonne resides, Of course, in It's
raryellous play Of line and in its ex-
s-isite color The blue Of a good piece
Chinese enamel is a blue by itself,
tie o. the purest and finest notes, so to
NJ In the history Of color. We repro
.'ce one or two Of the pieces in the
A'e;y collection. They give some small
~'2 Of its character, but necessarily our
HNoductions cannot give more than
ut Of its sYlendor.
he plan for big exhibition building
'6ently outlined in The Tribune has
'riaes such as no other previously pro-
sltd could claim Emanating from the
'<nonal Academy of Design, 1t never
-slsss carries with it none Of the old
'-shtng conditions which have hith-
40 made the scheme practically I'M
~siois. r. the first place the Academy
A4cH uN ldEL N4LiAAA a VII 49,
Aln 70 dominate il has abandoned
= Nea Of getting a big building erected
~ Itself alone. The National Academy
NsS'cauon the corporation proposed in
= new plan, will be formed by all Of
!" artistic bodies. each Of which VIII
'e fully effective voice in the man.
s'heAt Of the projected building. The
@soemy OF Design pledges itself TO set
''SH On It's books 100000 OF its funds.
: interest Of which shall be applied
~'a'o defraylng the annual running
HSnses Of the building, but it does not
extraordinary privileges In return
mis Furthermore--and this is
'-Hsfy gratifying circumstance-we
ho'hlng Of any more Of those fool
4ehands for park space or some
& municipal site which have done.
-'A more than anything else TO
' ue public Indifferent 10 or actu-
'esentful Of talk about a big exhi-
~" building. The various art socie-
s''m' hnally, 10 have made up their
+1S 70 DO what they ought long ago
,a ave cone. They propose TO get to-
and, working in harmony, find
dhd building without asking
Y'S'erous fayors. When they have
s''e and their building they pro-
a.. carry on their affairs with some
Z. u hoerality and common sense.
h.. mem develop their idea as they
"a. 'ouhched IT and il is odds that
ss,.n VIII receive public support in a
Famed ''''e''o 'neS nave "''
h., ere sun talking in London about
A,, portraits Of the late Lady
rn. There were three Of them. Two
Me." 'he Arrangement in White and
"a y and the Harmony in Flesh Color
,r,.d ~R have been carefully pre-
hp.sano ano are now in the possession of
s.s worth Lambton. But when Lady
tss,, oequeathed the third 70 tho Ma
Is,h.,'s' sallery she added in her will the
,ss sa,. Words IF it can ar be be T1', fo"nSs tIS
ia se"ts salns has not yet turned no and
ui II 1t ever does so. This is
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09


scum ............''..hilC ariS anO
Armor.
Fine Arts Building. The Spring Academy.
Society OF BeauX
Arts Architects.....The Independents.
National Arts club. Municipal Art Society.
Salmagundi Club. Thumb Sketches.
Anderson Art Gal
leries ................ The Heber r. Bishop
Porcelains, Bronzes.
etc
Cottier Gallery. Paintings by George
Frederick Mum.
Folsom Galleries. Jewelry and Metal
Work by Helen h.
Mills. Jeanne de Ma
Carly and Eleanor
Deming.
Kennedy Gallery ..... Old Sporting Prints
and Etchings In
Color.
Knoedler Gallery .. Portraits by Edwin
Burrage Child and
Eighteenth Century
Color Prints
Murray Hi Gallery. Pictures by Charles
Melville Dewey.
Madison Art Gallery. Paintings by Walter
Kuhn and Drawings
by Jerome Meyers.
Photo Secession Gal
lcry .................. Drawings and Water
'colors by Pablo Pi-
casso.
I'nderhlll Gallery. Etchings OF New
York by H. Dcville.
The Tiffany Gallery. Mosaic Curtain for
Mexican National
Theatre.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

A longer interval has been required for
the fourth enlargement, with seven
rooms, which has just been brought
into use, and this has involved the in
vasion of the barracks in the rear. which
the first architect was under orders TO
protect. Meanwhile the eastern half OF
the original structure has been recon-
structed and rendered fireproof. and the
remainder, formerly occupied by the
British collections, is to be renovated In
the same way.
After eighty years Of successive en-
largements the Corinthian columns from
the home of the Georges remain to give
to the main facade of the National CAL
lery whatever distinction It may have,
and near by in the stately square. foored
with asphalt, is Chantreys bronze statue
Of George ", for it has never occupied
the lofty base for which it was designed
the top Of the marble arch originally
in front of Buckingham Palace and now
isolated on the edge of Hyde Park
Metaphors may have changed since the
early Victorian humorsts drove wilkins
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
Matters of Arf

the portrait of Lady Meux in Sables"
upon which he was working when an
impertinence of his caused the sitter
softly to say to him: See here. Jimmy
Whistler. You keep civil tongue in
that head of yours, or I will have some
one to finish those portraits you have
made of me-" OF course Whistler was
infuriated. and 1t would be quite in
keeping with his habit of mind IL he
forthwith destroyed the Lady Meux in
Sables." Apropos Of all this The Lon
don Graphic prints the caricature OF
Whistler which we reproduce noting
that when it was sold a few years ago
at Christie's it was catalogued as
drawing by the artist himself What
ever its origin, it certainly makes an
amusing record of one of the most in
teresting episodes in his career.
Criticism is always occupying itself
with the catalogues of the great gall
leries abroad, traversng the origin OF
this or that picture and giving to an ola
work new source The latest con-
tribution to this always interesting dis
cussion is made by Mr.. Roger Fry in
THE Burlington Magazine He treats
of the profile portrait in the National
Gallery which has been attributed both
to Piero della Francesca and to Paolo
Uccello. With very adroit argument he
seeks to give the painting to Alesso
Baldovinetti. No doubt his hypothesis
will be questioned. but indubitably it
has a certain weight. If we refer to it
and reproduce the portrait 1t is because
this profile is one of the most enchant-
ing in the whole range Of Italian art,
and anything concerning it is of interest
TO the student.
The John Lane Company continues to
deserve we'll Of the student and collector
through its publication of those special
numbers Of "The International Studio"
which richly illustrate interesting sub
jects and give in regard to them in
structive essays from the hands Of ex-
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

Salon will soon be opened, and It Will be
hard to turn a corner without seeing
new picture AS usual. plans are afoot
for a show in that delightful pavilion
which lures the traveller away from the
crowded streets. The walls at Bagatelle
were to have been covered this year
with portraits Of sOvereigns and other
rulers, but the scheme has been aban-
doned and the show substituted is given
to three centuries Of fashion. 1t ought
to be entirely bewitching, for France Is
full of the right material and French
taste in an episode of the kind is just the
| taste needed.
II Is reported in THE Athenaum" that
Professor Solmi, Of the University OF
Pavia. is about to publish the fruits OF
important researches concerning Leo
nardo. His studies deal with the follow
ing subjects:
l The draft of a letter Of 1923, showing
that in that year Leonardo sought 70 oo-
tain the commission to execute the proiHs
doors for tho Cathedral of PiacenZa anu
. other works there projected by the b.shop,
, FabriZio Narliani. This letter sheds new
and curious light upon the character os
the master .. Certain notes In Leonaruos
manuscripts as to the Castle of NlseVa@no, no
Professor Solmi is able to show that tne
works carried out there during the ltienS,
of CLAN GaleaZZo Sforza and LudoVicu u
Moro were directed by Bramante, put i tnai
during his frequent absences IN nrda oen.dia'
italy his place was taken by Leondruu,
who executed paintings in many Oh tne
rooms of the castle, the subjects OF sonie y,
tho compositions being referred 10 III MS
men,Iscripts TO Leonardo also is que
isrre share in the building ana deSoraMtlo, M
nf I udovico Sforza's famous VIVA nea,
Vieevano La Sforzesca. 3. The par, t,p,;n p,aH .u
nv ,eonardo in the draining, OF the I9n,ln1 '',
marshes The engineer who carried d ou,
,ha work in 15l4-16 from drawlnss in atu
Mans furnished by the master was "'o
vanni Scotti, of Como.
The Newark Museum Association 10
holding an exhibition Of Photographic
work in the Free Public Library OF
Newark. Photographs by Gertrude
Kaesebier, Alvin Langdon Coourn' Gar
once H. White and others are In the
show. which is to last until May T.
II. G.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

that he left the view OF the beautiful
Grecian portico Of st. Martins wholly
unobstructed.
What has been gained by continuous
engagements is better light for the rap
idly increasing stock Of national art
treasures. That is more important than
an impressive facade behind the foun-
tains. the Nelson monument and the
Landseer lions. This Is noticeable In
the seven rooms now opened The
longest gallery is as spacious as either
the Venetian or the Rembrandt room In
the older sections and there seems To be
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

ox,,co opened, in 1888. few years pe-
POI Nelson monument and Trafalgar
sauore eo received finishing touches petore
accommodation was found too small
t"o 40 national collections. The hrst
Enlargement lDi was required for the Iur- M
a eur" before the Royal Academy was
'e'. '.dod out and exiled to Burlington
-,o"se The second one came In 1870
f'ou the eastern wing. with its spacious
W.. ..ordt and Venetian rooms. was
completed; and third one ~ WIN nve ,o. "u
s,,,onal rooms and new staircase was
o'..S ..,ad out at the end Of another decade.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

perts Two such numbers, recently TO
hand treat, respectively, Of "Old Eng
lish Color Prints" and "Old Engllsh
Mezzotnts" The text in both instances
is supplied by Mr. Malcolm c. Salaman'
who knows his field we'll and writes not
only with authority but in entertaining
fashion. His color prints-a collection
Of forty-are admirably reproduced IN
facsimile. The volume of mezzotints
contains 12S examples printed In mono
tone. These reproductions are from sub
iects iudiciously chosen, and the two
volumes should prove highly servlceaple
70 the amateur beginning to collect
prints.
The publication is announced Oh the
eighth volume of the american Ar'
Annual" the useful compendium edi'ed
hv Miss Florence y. Levy. IL recoros
nearly a thousand art museums socie-
ties and schools and gives great dea'
of miscellaneous information. The re-
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

into the grave by their wanton gibes
a bout the mustard pots and cruet stands
of his Greek job, but judicious critics
cannot deny that the finest site In Lon
don is not filled with architecture worthy
of the environment. although it is not
worse than Smirkes two structures on
the western edge of the square. The
main cause for gratitude to wilkins Is
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

opened in the centre Of the metropolis.
More important than the structure itself
was the most carefully selected and rep
resentative collection Of art to be found
arvvhere In the world. l. n. L.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09

o.,s ., var,ous artistic institutions anu
proanizations are included. there a."
lists of paintings sold at auc'ion' ~
hooks and magazines, as wen aS
interested in ART anu rs 'n
are directories Of lecturers ana
on art the officers OF art socie''''
.no ~" dealers in the leading America"
titles Several papers on ar''''
,octs are printed IN the volume
This is the time when the rai's'aa ,',"a the
,o.,ns hegin to fill with exhibitions '"'
New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
CALENDAR OF EXHIBITIONS.
Current Displays of Paintings, Objects
of Art and Prints.

Metropolitan Mu-
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