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Miss Jane Petcrsen's Sunset, Dordrecht,"
the Rhine" Mr.. J. +. Pearson's large
decorative panels. "A Group Of Geese
and "Cnder the Weeping Willow
agreeably introduce an unfamiliar artist.
The small exhibit of sculpture contains
"A Head of Man." by John Flanagan.
a work of remarkable dignity and dis
tinction. and several interesting nudes
by Mr. V. u. Brenner. Mr.. Austin Hays
and others. but it is not. as a whole, at
all impressive.
We conclude with record OF the
prizes awarded. The Trousseau,' Mr..
Hawthorne's picture. has won the
Thomas Il. Clarke prize. The three
Uallglrtcn prizes have gone respective
lv To Miss Genth for her Depth OF the
Woods" TO Mir. Pearson for "a Group
of Geese" anl 10 Miss Leslie y. Thomp-
son for her Tea" The lnness gold
medal. as previously noted, has been
awarded 10 Mr.. Schoheld. and Mr..
Johanson's canvas. already described,
has received the Satus medal. lne
Julia 4. shaw memorial prize has been
given to Miss Mary Van der Necr for
The Geography Lesson The eXhipi-
ton remains open until April 1G.
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child with her ingenious face and her
long, thin arms, Drowned by the sum-
looks as though she might have just
been called into the house from a romp
with her playmates. 10 be fitted for a
new frock by the village dressmaker.
There IS nothing incongruous between
This hypothesis and the extreme gravity
Of her expression. The thoughts OF
girl, as Of a lad, are long. long thoughts.
But to say all this Is, to be sure, to
quarrel with the title and not with the
picture. Bride or not, Mr.. Hawthorne's
little heroine is an exquisite figure, por-
uayed with so delicate an emotion. with
such true tenderness, that she dwells
olgnantly I'm the mind. The heads OF
'ne two women in the composition are
treated with the same fneness OF per-
oepon. with the same skill, and the
work throughout is beautifully painted.
IL Is beautiful in color. in its surfaces
shd IN its firm. close, but not inelastlc,
modelling. Here, too, is an example or
style. Of a really personalized mode or
PAINTING. Mr.. Hawthorne had travelled
lar when he produced his YOUTH the
picture which we had occasion TO praise
some time ago, but he has made still
further progress and kindles us with a
'ehse OF what we may expect from MN
N the future. 1t is a profound pleasure
70 observe the evolution Of talent IKE
MS. aad to see, moreover. that IT Is un-
'wervinKiy dedicated to q high Ideal.
dc has. to be frank. very few COLI
's~gues on the present occasion VINO
make anything like the same serious ap-
peal. Among the few Mr.. John c. Jo-
hansen gives a very crcditable account
!" himself In a large canvas. I'm Car
containing some six or seven hg-
ares His types of graceful femininlty
=" very sympathetically presented ana
"ey are capitally grouped, with niue
"'ore spontaneity than usually goes WIN
salon piece OF the kind. The picture
'ids light and air and its color scheme
. not only well balanced but is marked
W admirable reserve. Looking, finally
The clever handling OF textures. to the
'rolt brush work, one is inclined to con-
sdtulate Mr.. Johansen on first rate
,'iormance. And yet the painting
>ves one somewhat dissatisfied. 1t
.aetses everything save charm, every
'rfns save that note Of style and OF pur-
seiui energy which belongs to work
rSreative art. For all it's merit. 1t Is
''hcn0W uninterestinQ II is not the
S'1ect that leaves us cold; it is that the
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Matters of Arf

artist makes no more Of it than q kind
VI uhihspired exercise in technique.
something of the same blight of inconsc-
quence has overtaken MIR. Andrew ~
Schwartz in his picture called "Destinv
Hope and Despair" Vaguely we gather
that he is driving at some interesting
categorical effect, but this does not ou,to
oo'ie OIL ana the curious tone in which
nc mas cnveloped his figures obscures
ana neutralizes the careful DRAWING and
modelling he has put into them. Miss
Lillian Genth leaves a good impression
with both her pictures. The Balcony"
ana Depths of the Woods" the latter
peins one more Of her Landscape studies
win small nude figure introduced. She
is engaging in her facility and in her
vivid play of sunlight Miss Clara Wea-
yer Parrish, in THE Romance of the
Rose. is indubitably romantic. and this
sentiment is enhanced by the deep, SEN
suous Key OF her color; but on the whole
one might wish for little more atmos-
phere In the work. the atmospherc of
nature. 1t is that precious quality which
makes Mr.. Robert Rcid's "Village Juno"
one of the salient figure studies I'm the
show. He vitalizes his subject by pant-
ing 1t with directness out in the open.
and one doubly welcomes his work i'm an
exhibition only too freely pcrvaded with
the still airs of the studio.
The decorative motive prevails. Mr..
l., f.,
ne first attracted attention TO himself n
short time ago. did so through piece Of
portrature which had a touch of com
edy about ii. and was in a word. alive.
In the Girl with a Harp" which he
now sends to the Academy. he is clever,
and even. as regards his color. notably
sensitive. but the spark of life which ne
gave us before is missing. We fiji #
burning mildly. but still burning. in Mrs
Prellwitz's The SLEEPY Boy" and in the
Crimson and Gold" of Mr.. Maurice
Fromkes. both of which carry us into
the sphere of portraiture, but have a
broader interest. There is an attractive
note in Mr.. Arthur Crisp's "Modesty," a
delicately fanciful bit. very charmingly
painted, though more. perhaps. might
have been made of it. Mr.. +. l. Couse's
sacred Birds" an Indian subject. COM
mands respect. but is not precisely NOV
ing. 1t is characteristic. in this. of much
of the figure work. We pass picture
after picture which is well enough done.
but which discloses no particular indi-
viduality. 1t is the same among the por
traits. Several of the pieces in this
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Kinkcad. articles of jewelry by Grace
UaZcn and Madeline Peek. and othcr
contributions from different han6s
The survey in 1.-THE Boston Transcript
of the Copley Society's exhibition oil dec-
oratiye arts indicates that the collection
of some 300 pieces contains much that
IL Of high interest. Furniture, tapestries
and porcelalns are shown. and there are
many valuable pictures and prints
Rocks also are included. volumes owned
nv Louis XIV, Napoleon. Thackeray and
other famous men. and in this part or
the show there may be seen rare manu-
scripts and bindings. Altogether, the
exhibition makes a journey to Boston
very tempting. 1t continues until
March 2S.
The annual convention OF the Ameri-
can Federation Of Arts will be held In
Washington on the 18th, l'th ana
18th of MAY. A tentative programme
has been prepared. subject to revision.
It Is thus sketched in Art and Progress.
the organ OF the Federation:
Tho three morning sessions will. accord
ing 10 this programme. be given up to spe-
cjaI topics-one to the American Federa'
lion OF Arts reports Of It's committees. its
sacretary and treasurer. which VIII he fol
lowed by a general discussion Of its activi-
tics scope and probable usefulness; one
vii, no devoted to very brief reports OF the
several chapters. 1t being thought that
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j, .,he Spring Academy-Mr. c. W
..'a Observation-Disclosures.

Of the pleasantost things TO note
VI" tho bewildering succession OF
aoo" ".;can exhibitions in New YORK just
Ah''' .,,o attention being paid to them
10" ,,horities of the metropolitan
,,,soum. We reported ias' "eeN 'Ne''
N"', ,sc Of one Of the pictures SHOWN
p'' Nv Carl Melchers at the Mohtross
D! '" a,d now we have to record the
"'", 80 ont of the Hearn fund, OF MI.
r'w Hawthornes "The rousseau '"e
~, thing in the spring ACADEMY TWO
s,inos bv Sargent have lately been
obe",a ont of the Rogers fund, direct
.i''' .bo artist. The acquisition OF
Az srorican works of art by the museum
nar hecn going on steadily Tor some ''i''e'
n,s = Is especially gratifying wheh pct
'"' ro bousht out of the current ex-
r,is does more than anything
%so 70 fix in the public Consciousness
,no fact that developments IN our native
,o,ooI are being constantly Wa'cheo ana
od,artage of by the institution
'%", ;s tho natural custodian of repre-
sentative works ny our best 'neh' 1t Is
Good also to observe the generosity oi
AR Hearn. who has recently auueo 10
his gifts Whistlcr's Connie "l'ci''iS''
ond Wilton Lockwood's charming con-
,r,hution 10 the autumn Academy, "Peo-
,ios The late Winslow Homers un-
anisbed shooting the Rapids has been
'..orted ny his brother. and Mr.. Hugo
Resinger has given a picture by Mr..
George Bellows. We shall not be sur
nrised if some day a wing is added to
,be museum exclusively for paintings
and sculptures ny Americans Indeed.
the wise policy now in vogue must lead
.A.itn LII. IN something Of this sort
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service in the Franco-German War and
retired with the rank of captain. lie
studied for time with Munkaczy. bu,
his characteristic work was in much
lighter key of tone than that preferred
by his master. He was realist. OF Il
sort In one OF his pictures Christ APP
pears at the supper table of a peasant
family. Such ventures are hazardous,
but Won Uhde's sincerity carried him
through, and. though he was not great
painter he indubitably gained honorable
rank I'm the German school.
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NOVELISTS MUST TAKE CARE
rom The London Chronicle

From The London Chronicle.
The case of Motley and Tinsel'' re-
calls an episode In the early life Of Fred
,rck Denison Maurice. the theologian.
In January. 1894. Maurice published.
with Richard Bentley. "Eustace Con-
way" his first and only novel. One Of
the characters In the book he called
Captain Marryat. 1t was not a tlatter-
ing portrait and the real captain--of
whose existence Maurice was placidly
una ware-turned up in fury at the
publishers Office. and demanded an as
surance that the choice of the name was
accidental. Bentley succeeded in pacify-
ing his visitor and what would certainly
have proved very piquant libel case
was thus averted.
You have to he careful in calling
names! When George Smith was pro-
prietor of the "Cornhill Magazine" he
was sued for damages by an aggrieved
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many Of these far from proving dry and
| statistical. will serve as encouragement and
stimulus, and one will be given over To an
open discussion of such suDlects Oh genera
interest as THE Proper Regulation or Com
petitions for Sculpture and for Mural PANT
ings." THE Relative Advantages OF Open
or Invited Exhibitions. whether or MOI
State Art Commissions Are Successful.
How Are Persons To BE Trained in Amer
ica for Museum Service" whether or Not
American Art Schools Compare with FOR
eiSn Art Schools. and IL Not: Why Inc
| three afternoon sessions will be devoted
entirely to the delivery Of carefulIy pre-
pared papers by specalists-speakers or
note whose words will carry authority.
on the tentative programme are The Re-
laton of Sculpture TO Landscape. Public
Libraries and Art" "Architectural Train
ing in America" "A National School of In,
duStrial Art" Art in the University ana
Museum Needs"
The millenary fetes which are to he
held in Normandy this summer Will in
cude a great exhibition at Rouen. This
will illustrate Norman art from the
origins of the province down to our own
day. and at the congress to be assembled
I'm June papers will be read on local ar
chmologcal and artistic subjects.
Traffic in old masters abroad continues
70 supply US with more or less sensa-
,ional news. Gainsborough's famous
double portrait OF Miss Linley and her
brother--the Miss Liney who married
Sheridnn-has been sold by Lord Sack
VILE for nearly 100000. An aIlegorical
bronze group In the collection Of the late
Lady Amelius Bcauclerk, Virtue Over
coming Vice" fetched at Christie's the
sum Of $500 guineas. 1t Is said to be
magnificent piece and has been at
tributed to Cellini. Possibly both these
treasures will come to America and we
may see. too. another great Rembrandt.
This Is the large canvas representing
an equestrian subject which was for
merly known as "Scipio," but which is
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point with two exquisite pictures. The
Landmark" and winter Night. pct
ures brmming over with true landscape
sentiment, original in feeling and clearly
proclaiming the artists respect for his
medium. There are two or three other
works i'm n similarly beguiling vein. the
noble Upland Pastures. Morning" by
Mr.. J. r. Murphy; Mr. f. Dcliavens s
Peaceful Evening" a couple of those
quiet scenes through which MIR. W. j..
Lathrop makes us feel the charm OF his
temperament with "A kind of simple pow
or. and "A gorgeous bit Of color. "The
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descendant Of Henry VI. and the right
full Duke Of Lancaster. Normandy and
A1uitaine, and Count OF Kent. Angou-
leme. Flanders, Alsace and Champagne.
and therefore quite incapable Of the con-
duct ascribed to Plantagenet Harrison
I'm the "Cornhill" The writer Of the
story declared that he had been unaware
OF the plaintiffs existence. Neverthe-
less. the jury awarded the plaintiff 900.
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
TIE FIGURE AT THE ACADEMY.

Mr.. Hawthorne's picture confers dis
,inction upon the exhibition at the Acad-
e,nv because it unites with good work
manship q quality not by any means
characteristic of every exponent of inter-
csing technique. the quality Of thought
= f,l feeling. II is true that the idea he
presents is not altogether convincing. He
calls this painting The Trousseau."
wherefore we must consider the central
figure a bride. and 10 conceive of a
school girl in that role is little discon-
certng despite the confrmatory evil
dence that might presumably be gath
cred from a thousand sources. This slim
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now believed to represent another nero
Of ancient history. 1t was bought from
an English collector by Sedelmeyer' tue
Partisan dealer. for about E2o,Voo.
The memorial to the late G. +. Watts
when has lust been erected in the ceme-
terry at Compton. in Surrey, where ne
was buried, Is described as one In hhe
harmony with the spirit OF that none
artist. 1t is in the form Of a cloister'
nearly one hundred feet long. and In TINS
there are two tablets in ivory tinted
terra Gotta, executed from Watts's own
designs. one. The Destiny is repre-
sentative Of the beginning OF life. ana
the other. THE Messenger" symbolizes
its end. In the centre there is a recum-
bent figure of the painter. 1t seems the
most natural thing in the world that
Watts should be thus honored, bur II Is
not so easy to understand why the city
of York should have erected. the other
day. "A monument of William Etty. IL
is true that he was born there. and local
pride in him was bound. we suppose. TO
find some such expression. but although
Ettv unouestlonably had a certain abll-
ity. one scarcely thinks Of him as among
the great men who deserve statues.
Fritz Won Uhde, who died at Munlch a
short time ago. won VIDE popularity
through his pictures Of religious sub
iects. He began life as a soldier, saw
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Herter. william T. Smedley and Irving
r. Wiles. On the other hand. none OF
these workmanlike productions has any
thing markedly new to say to IFS. A GER
tain freshness might reasonably have
been looked for in Mr.. MacCameron's
"Auguste Rodin." for this young
painter has shown signs OF originality;
hut while this. again. is an example OF
sound craftsmanship, it is otherwise but
one more of those portraits of the dis
Frenchman which every now
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category are tolerably persuasive. 1here
is interesting Characterization and there
is some suave workmanship in Mrs. Ken
yon Cox's "My Children" Mr.. Albert
Sterner has made very handsome can
vas out of his PORTRAIT of Young
Lady" a portrait painted with good
sweep Of energy and very well balanced
in it's tone, though not especially feiic-
itous I'm composition. The pert clever
ness Of Mr. S. Il. Bakers Portrait or
Ernest l.. Major" Is amusing, and there
are meritorious contributions by William
Levy, Hilda Belcher, Mrs. Sewell, Scar
gent Kendall, Francisco Pausas, Albert
New-York tribune., 1911-03-19
MISCELLANY
Subjects of Interest in This
Country and Abroad.

Circulars are out for the forty-fourth
annual exhibition of the American Water
color Society. II will he held, as usual
at the Fine Arts Building. and will be
open To the public on Thursday. April
-. The show lasts until May II. a
single prize IS awarded. that of 5000
offered by MIR William T. Evans for the
. best water color i'm the exhibition paint
"a I'm this country by an American art
ist. without limit as To age.
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Groll. But the painting awarded the In
ness gold medal for the best landscape
in the exhibition, and hung in the place
of honor, Mr.. w. T.. Schofield's "Febru-
ary Morning." is an instance of the posi-
lively brutal handling Of pigment, and
therein 1t is representative Of the land
scape work most conspicuous in the
show. The list is long of those artists
who scorn to caress pigment. to search
for heeting subtleties. George Bellows
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The Catharnc Lorillard Wolfe Art
club is holding an exhibition at its rooms
in Grac" House II contains pictures by
Leslie Emmett. Mary Rogers. Il. N. Scott
and others. photographs by Marjorie
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person calling himself General George
Henry de Strabolgie Neville Plantagenee
Harrison, who considered himself libelled
by a story describing the adventures and
swindlng transactions Of Genera!
Plantagenet Harrison. The plainun
stated in the witness box that he was Q
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and then swim into view. Painting
Robins portrait is "A popular pursuit.
THE LANDSCAPES.

The landscapes invite reflection on
what appears to be a decisive tendency.
nately. has not gone out OF fashion. Mr..
Walter Nettleton rcassures us on this
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ADDRESS OF GENERAL NJ. [. BONHAM
Delivered In Clinton at the dwelling of the Confederate
Monument Glowing Tribute to Those Who
Wore The Gray.

many to have been the ablest strate-
gist produced on either side during
the war. Certainly his retreat to At
lanta was masterpiece of the art of
war. Participants in that campaign.
and students thereof assert that in its
course Johnston put hors de combat
more men of Sherman's army than
Johnston had in his, with a minimum
of loss in men, stores. equipment and
ordnance for himself Such a feat
was possible to an army of limited
numbers and resources only through
the skill of it's commander and the
morale of the army
In lesser field of activity Stone
wall Jackson acquired the highest
degree of fame and reputation as Il
soldier. OF him an English soldier
wrote. "He was the very thunderbolt
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OF war" (Hefe Tho speaker sketched
the valley campaign md the cam
paign OF Second Manassas Amu that OF
Chancellorsville)
Nathan B. Forrest
In the West mother genius in the
art OF war had coms mo notice. viz:
Lieut. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest.
tneducated lacking in technical
knowledge Of or training in, the
science of the soldiers calling, he de
veloped natural born power OF
command and leadership and evinced.
by his skilful conduct of operations.
a genius for war which marked him
as great soldier. CThe speaker gave
graphic description OF Tie battle of
Brice's Cross Roads, where Forrest
with 400 cavalry and battery of
artillery, overwhelmed and routed
Sturgis with 4 900 infantry and 900
cavalry of the pick OF the Enion army.
He also gave an interesting recital OF
the pursuit and capture OF Col.
Streight and his superior force by
Cen TorresU.
l'ut ! may not pause to pay iuHi
need of praise to all the gallant meri-
torious officers OF the Army OF North
nrn Virginia and the Armies of the
West Their names are written in
history III ineXtineuishablc colors and
in that brilliant story sons of South
Carolina has glorious part.
The Confederate Soldier.
What made 1t possible for these
commanders to achieve such results
handicapped as they we're by inferior
iw in numbers, arms supplies, muni-
tions OF war and funds. The answer
is easy. The Confederate soldier and
the Confederate woman Their cour-
eye, their loyalty, their devotion over
car " all the obstacles which con
fTontCd the Confcderacv. until actual
exhaustion of resources brought its
inevitable end. When one speaks of
soldier. there rises before ones
mental vision the igure of a man clad
ANA armed with the most approved
mc1ern Instruments OF warfare One
thinks of soldier as one who is sup
piled by the government with every
thing necessary to his bodily comfort
and who is paid regular stipend:
who is part of great machine.
every part of which is so oiled and
adjusted as to insure it's smooth and
is expected to be amendable to orders
and to discipline and to fight when
necessary to do so. That's the descrip-
tion of the soldier OF every army Won
ever heard of. save one. II doesn't fit
the Confederate soldier. He was
strong on hghtng--in fact, that was
his long suit-but when il came to
uniforms. rations and pay, arms and
equipments. he absoved his govern
mont from all obligations Peginning
with First Manassas, he had become
by habit so accustomed TO supply all
his wants from the stores and sup
plies captured from his fleeing en-
omieS he had long ceased to look to
the quaTicrmaSter commissary o.
1| nance dCpa'tmcn.s o. MS own
army tor aid. rs Tor pay. the pay
d&ya were so IRREGULAR ana far be-
w"cn. aud the medium of circulation T
so lar2iyod and Worthless it became
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