The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-25
VANDALISM IN ART


cook who mutllated ROmhrandtu mas.
torMeoo, "rho Might Watch" In tho
Rllka MuaOum I'm Amsterdam, lila
preteXt was that no had u grievance
AGAINST tho Government llla reward,
no doubt viii ho that tho
Government viii put him In jail tn
utoad OF putting him back IN work
Three years Ngo tho Louvre suffer-
cd porloa ot almllOr acts Of vandal'
lam, The frat picture injured was
4 pouaaln'a "Th0 Dolugo," which was
badly damaged by u man who was
later eont TO lunatlo asylum, Not
long RrterwNrd woman cut with
eolaaora tho canvas OF lngroa' opua
VII IN the Slstlno Chapel" She said
that she had damNgod tho painting
from ". desire 10 ho arrested aud thus
draw attention 10 her miserable oon,
dlilon Another painting was auppoa'
cd To- have had holoa torn In II by
maohloyoua chlldron
ono OF tho most celebrated oaaoa
of the kind was tho smashing OF tho
portland Vase" IN the british
Muaoum by mnatlo, Some years
ago, IN u NJ OF rage, n discharged
attendant hn,ko to pieces with u chair
The most famous Of archaic vases
tho orrNnoola VNae,V In u museum
NJ Florence, Fortunately with muoa
|, labor and patience II was restored TO
, lta original condition
y Tho worst acts OF vandalism In art
4 have sometimes boon committed not
|, 1ut Of lunOoy but sheer stupidity and
a ignorance II IN u question among
nrt critics whOthor HombrAndt'a
4 might Watch" has not boon matorl.
= ally cut down, Tho monks Of tho
, llaourlAl shaved off part Of CorroR'
a Rlo'a Last supper" 10 mako II Nc
a n nloho In tholr rofoolory, and from
a his "LodA and tho swan the head Of
a l,odn was cut out ana nflorwnrd 70,
n ploood by ono painted to please lta
~ royal owner
hut perhaps that palm belongs ID
an old 0wnor OF Cuyp'a "VlowB oI
BORT" which wna cut into two halves
y NO M 10 mako two distinct pictures
=" m experience undergone also by d
~ pHintlnR by Vatican ono part o
" which IN now IN tho private oolo0
ton Of tho German Emperor IN The
ID old Palace Of Berlin Now Yorl
n World,
T. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
~ donunclaUDon and popuIOV llatrUat
~ lilo had ~ boar tho blttOraRL rldioule
", tho most oontomptuous criticism, 40
10 Gusallons OF tho moanost motives, II,
70 had 10 SEQ small domagoguos Oxaltot
N In tho popular mind NJ tho expense o
ID his own reputation,
ID "F0r months ana yoars no had l.,
strengthen himself with tho though
That no alone understood tho prof.
~ Ions that no wns working out thu
In no nlon0 had Tho necessary oloarnos
10 Of vision 10 500 far beyond tho pros
~ Ont aud SECURE tho nations salvation
I'd NJ tho expense Of popular mlsundoI
standing and partisan attack
u Lived Through Trials.
" but, fortunately, no lived through
~ lhoso trials and his martyrs dontl
D. aid moi como until 0ftor tho poODl,
v lnow 0f his patience, his sncrnco
~ his great qualities NJ heart and mind
q HIS patriotism and his farglghlot
~ stniosmanshlp And tho generation
% that have followed and viii follow him
. oven those whose ancestors wore II
q conflict with him, Will give him
higher and higher place In the blstor
y NJ the world
" ~ count n groat good fortune thu
y brings mo here 10 tho home ~ Lin
" coin 10 meet men now venerable WIN
- know him as nelgbb0r and frlond dun
y Ing twenty-five years Of his life,
~ doubt not that as tho time bns pnsl
;. % they too, have experienced
" chnnRo IN their estimate NJ tho man
Ito WAS too great ~ be properly mef
eured IN tho n0arD6ss Of social Intel
W. course and tho c0mradosblp Of nolgl
~ bors
~ "Flny yoars ago tonight no sot on
10 from Springfield ana delivered Tho
10 simple but eloquent farewell I
y which no intlm0tod doubt ~ :
70 whether no would ever BIZ Dormttc
y. 10 return, bat hoped that with M
ID aid Of d0d no would DO permitted :
~ solve The awful and tremendous prof.
~ Ions that faced him,
" For Lincoln Memorial.
. my last 0iiiclal oct before l6nyln
% Washington was 10 sign bin ~
Nv pointing n permanent o1mmissl0
consisting NJ three members from M
10 House ana three members from M
ls Benate 10 determine proper M
~ m0ral IN Washington 10 tho mom0r
pc " Lincoln, and W 6xpend t2,O00,00
20 TOR Tho purpose, The pdssaR6 ~ thI
'e' bin n largely due W your distinguish
~ % Senator Cull0m, whose Beesssar
lu 9ba9u06 lhia 6VGuiu9 Ua dautops