Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23
NEW FRENCH LEADER BIG FIGHT AT HAND
France intensely interested in Virginia Awaits the Return of
Her Latest Premier Martin and Swanson.
SON OF A RICH MAN EXPECTED TO TAKE STUMP
Caaux Scion Distinguished Lively Follow
Gallcan Family. journment Of Congress.
SALON DECLARED BIG SUCCESS RAILROAD MEN TO STRIKE
Considera
ton Before the World Firm in Their
Of Art in Camp.
NJ. Caillaux Scion Of q Distinguished
Gallican Family.
SALON DECLARED BIG SUCCESS
Justified in It's Claim for Considera-
ton Before the World
of Art,

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interested in the personality and career
of her new prime minister. Joseph
Caillaux. for with other things he
is accredited with ambitions to the presi-
dency when the present term Of Fallieres
expires. NJ. Caillaux has great wealth.
He is the son Of a distinguished father.
Eugene Calllaux, who had a prominent
place in politics after the Franco-Prus-
sian war and was, like his son, minister
of finance.
Caillaux becomes premier at forty-eight.
He is the personification of tireless &C.
tivity and work. In appearance he is
clear-eyed and aggressive. There is a
French saying that the great orators Of
the country seem almost always to come
from the south. Caillaux is neither of
the north nor south. but. like Baron
d 'Estournelles de Constant, was born
in the Sarthe department in the west CEN
trail district
Can Make a Good Talk.
He is not an impa ssioned orator like
the brilliant BrarG but he makes a
strong, businesslike speech. Sometimes
in the heat Of interested discussion ne be-
comes passionate and condemnatory. but
invariably returns to the calm business
mans standpoint.
The premier is a shrewd flnancier by
heredity. training and experience. He is
a radical who believes in a broad rad
ical program of progress. He is. for in
stance. the artisan of the income tax
project which has been passed by the
chamber OF deputies, but which is now
held up in the senate. He believes In
pensions for the workingmen and intends
hot fc "a 1x,
shall be put into operation soon.
In few words the new premier might
be summed up as Observation-Disclosures
and as a millionaire radical working for
social reform.
Salon Big Success.
The Salon des independents, which has
just closed it's doors for 1911. has had a
more complete success than ever before,
and quite justified its claim to the con-
sideration Of the art world.
Started as a revolt against the condi-
tons of Official art which ostracized
Whistler. Monet, Degas. Renoir and the
whole impressionist school. as well as
such masters as Puvis de Chavannes, from
the regular salons. the Salon des Inde-
pendents has no jury. On paying the
dues Of So any one is at liberty to ex-
hibit on a given wall space whatever
he may choose, provided that the police
raise no objection on the plea Of decency
or public order.
At first the only exhibitors were men,
bers Of that advanced post-impressionist
school which is headed by Matisse, whose
effusions were grouped in one section
popularity known as the 'wild-beast
show; worthy amateurs, OF semi-ama-
teurs, whose technical qualifications were
insufficient to obtain for them an entry
to the other salons, and q small section
Of Russian revolutionaries who communi-
Gated their wildly symbolical dreams to
canvas with great conviction, but little
skill. Soon, however, the work of the
few whose dangerous originality or bad
luck had prevented them from obtaining
a place in other exhibitions began to
tell. Buyers appeared. including the dis
eliminating undersecretary OF state for
fine arts. who always acquires a certain
number Of pictures for the government.
and the astonishing fact became ap-
parent that pictures were obtaining better
prices than at the two conSecrated salons.
Now it is almost as hard to get into
the Independents as into the old and
new salons. for many painters OF recog-
in their lot with the new organization
and abandoning the homes of "ofhcial
art
Lost to the People.
The march of municipal improvement
has cost Paris her celebrated home OF
roaring farce The vast scheme OF
constructing new streets and extending
others in the heart of Paris to relieve the
congestion Of traffic has led to the civic
condemnation of the Theatre Nouveautes.
located in the most trodden part OF the
Grande BOulevards.
The night of June 30 was historical
among stage people and stage lovers.
for 1t was the occasion of the final pro-
duction at the Nouveautes as we'll as the
1,OS2d presentation Of ''Champignol Malgre
Lui," great popular success OF the
type which has kept all Paris laughing
at this theater for years.
The Nouveautes was opened In 1873
and after troublesome early career
launched into full success, soon becoming
the recognized home of the farce comedy
and mounting such favorite pieces as
La Dame de chez Maxim's" and ''Vous
n'avez rien a declarer.''