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fell the steamship Titanic last
Sunday night on her maiden
voyage to this country removed
from the field of American ari
painter of distinguished attainments-
Francis Davis Millet, who for several
years has had a studio In this city. Mr..
Millet was man Of extraordinary ability;
whatever he did he did well, and his &C.
compIishments were many. Probably no
American artist was as we'll known
abroad as he. and few in any profession
have enjoyed as wide an acquaintance
ship. His artistic career may be said to
have begun with the study Of TYPOGRAPHY
in Boston in the latter part Of the sixties.
after having been a drummer boy in the
some journalistic work for the Daily Ad-
vertiser, Courier and Saturday Evening
Gazette Of Boston. In 1871, when twenty
five years Of age. he entered the Royal
Academy at Antwerp. At the close of
his first year of study there he received
the prize for excellence in the antique
class and At the close Of the second year
the prize for excellence In painting.
In the spring Of 1873 Millet went to the
Vienna exposition as secretary to Charles
Francis Adams, the commissioner for the
state Of Massachusetts,: was member of
the jury Of that exposition and CORE
spondent for the New York newspapers.
At the close Of the exposition he Travelled
through Hungary, Turkey, Greece and
Italy, and spent the winter Of 1874 in
Rome; part Of the summer Of 1875 in
Capri and vicinity. and in the autumn
settled in Venice, where he remained one
year and painted his first pictures, travel
ing meanwhile through northern Italy,
Switzerland and Germany. Returning to
Boston In 1915, he represented the Boston
Advertiser at the Philadelphia centen-
NAL exhibition. In the autumn and win
ter he assisted John La Fargo In deco
rating Trinity Church in Boston-the first
great work in mural painting done in this
country.
Early in 1877 he went to Paris, and In
May Of that year he went to the Turkish
war as special correspondent for the
New York Herald. He afterward repre-
sented the London Daily News and serv-
ed as special artist for the London
Graphic During the campaign he re-
on the field Of battle. the Russian mill
tary crosses OF st. Stanislaus and St.
Anne In the spring Of 1873. at the close
Of the war. he returned to France by way
Of Sicily, and painted in Paris until the
following spring, meanwhile serving as a
member Of the fine arts jury Of the Paris
exposition.
In 1870 he married Miss Elizabeth
Greeley Merrill Of England, and returned
to America. settling first in Boston and
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THE opening Of the Freer collection in
/ the National Museum Monday evening
proved a notable event. Though the ex-
hibition comprises only a small portion
Of the entire collection. 1t has been SO
well selected that 1t gives an excellent
idea of the collection as a whole, and Of
the principles governing the assemblage
The gallery In which these art objects
are displayed Is beautifully lighted, and
their arrangement Is altogether charming
The majority of the exhibits are rare
examples Of oriental paintings-works Of
Japanese and Chinese artists, and these
are all Of the most pronounced interest
1t is these which In the opinion of ex-
perts are most likely to influence the flu
ture development of American art. Not
because they are something new. but be-
cause they prove the fundamentals Of all
art to be derived from like sources. It is
well known that Japanese prints strongly
influenced Whistler, Monet and other
leaders in modern art movements, sug-
costing the needlessness of many details,
the value OF simplicity in composition
has been learned. and it is time now to
call a halt In the other direction From
simplicity certain artists have gone on to
puerility. The so-called post impress
sionists' are urging return to child
methods without regard to tradition or
to establishd ideals-grace of line, beauty
of color. refinement are cast aside as Of
no consequence.
Here IT is that the oriental paintings
may serve as example and rebuke Moth
ing could be simpler than they, nothing
more childlike, and yet every stroke is
skilful. every fragment artistic. The
flowers that are painted are beautifully
drawn, the figures are gracefully posed.
the landscapes are well composed. The
thought underlying the picture is never
very difficult to find. and Yet to this
thought art is never subordinated.
For example, one Of the finest Of the
scroll paintings shows a remarkable land
scape, mountains. lakes, valleys, forests.
a lengthy panorama in which no scene
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comes the country should be deprived OF
the advice, sound judgment and expert
ence of a man who. Notwithstanding his
youth, has already made his mark In
European politics.
Julien flung the paper down. what
that situation might be he knew. perhaps,
better than any man.
The porter hurried up to him.
"There is a lady outside who inquiries
for monsieur" he announced.
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Peculiar Views.

From the Detroit Free Press.
''She holds peculiar views Of matri-
mony."
That so?"
ayes. She says that even il her hus-
band shouldn't make a fortune I'm five
years she expects to stick to him until
DEATH"
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the Washington Society Of the Fine Arts.
His theme was 1.-THE Subject in Art" and
It has became quite customary today to
consider the way thing Is painted OF
more consequence than the thing itself.
and Mr.. Cox's contention was that the
latter was Of prime Importance. 1T is
by what an artist has said and done
that you Judge him." he declared, add
ing, how he has said and done it may
be question Of great and absorbing In
terest to other artists and to special stu
dents of art, but is, after all. a SUBJ
sidiary question to the world for whom
he works." The interest In Jean Fran
co.'s Millet's paintings Of peasants, he
pointed out, was essentially subjective as
10 the interest in the modern Dutch
genres. These paintings interpret sub
5ects OF universal significance.
The stigma which has fallen on story
telling pictures. Mr.. Cox explained, was
derived through artists having attempted
pictorial Interpretation. having told sto-
rtes which were very trivial. apd having
told stories badly. For, he insisted, the
great painters Of all ages have loved
have ennobled art-such, for example. as
Rembrandt, Titan. Raphael. Veronese.
Mr.. Cox quoted what Millet had once
said. that objects introduced in pic
ture should have a necessary and IN
dispensable connection" and should not
of this he described q painting by Alfred
Stevens which met these requirements,
and told an anecdote Of picture wherein
a crab on the step Of a Venetian palace
at fair maiden's feet proved a useless
accessory"
ITO be fitted for pictorial treatment
Mr.. Cox said, "a story should have some
degree of importance and of universal in
terest, and it should be such a story as
may be told in lines and colors. with nc
necessary reliance on the written word OF
on anything outside its frame for the ex-
PLANTATION OF its essential features. Then
it must be fully and forcibly told with
out the frittering away of interest on
the unimportant." For this reason, he
maintained. historical subjects seldom
lent themselves to pictorial interpreta-
ton and that for decorative purposes al
legory served better than fact. In con-
clusion Mr.. Cox gave two instances
wherein allegory and historical fact had
been satisfactorily and effectively COM
bined-the Sherman statue, New York, by
Saint Gaudens, and the painting, in the
Baltimore courthouse, by Edwin H
Blashfield, Of Washington laying down
his commissions.
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Some Consolation.
From the Kansas Cit,

From the Kansas City Times
At the present conditions of affairs in
China there Is some advantage q being
an ancestor.
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IN Wednesday afternoon the John Paul
~ Jones monument which has been
erected at the foot Of 18th street was un-
yelled with appropriate ceremonies. This
monument Is the work Of Charles III. Me.
hats. sculptor. and Thomas Hastings
architect. and 1t Is one of which the city
may well boast.
It consists Of a statue Of John Paul
Jones, the intrepid naval hero. standing
in front Of a stone shaft, appropriately
decorated. The figure is bronze-and
bronze of an exceptionally nice color, a
green brown; the pose is spirited, the
face expressive. The Houdon bust has
likeness. but not followed at all slavishly.
The John Paul Jones that Mr.. Niehaus
has portrayed is younger man than
Houdon represented, and possibly one of
more innate good breeding, handsome.
well built, graceful and rather debonair
The figure is well modelled and full of life
and yet in no wise restless. OF conspicu-
Gus merit is the architectural design 1t
is not only original, but. at the same
time, simple and decorative. The prin-
cipal lines are strong and impressive and
the details are refined and peculiarly app
propriate. On either side Of the main
shaft are small basins, into which water
will flow, and the monument itself has
been SO placed that the river and the
Virginia shore serve as its background.
Mr.. Niehaus is also the sculptor, 1t will
be remembered, Of the Hahnemann statue
and the Garfield memorials in this city.
"WEDNESDAY evening Kenyon Cox.
w the well known artist and writer.
gave a lecture at the Playhouse before
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courthouse IN JGsey City, and q series
Of historical paintings in the rotunda of
the Cleveland Trust Company's bank
building, in Cleveland, Ohio./
All Of the last of these-that IL, the works
for Baltimore, Cleveland and Jersey City
have been executed in his studio here. Mr..
Millet had commissions for mural paint
ings for four or five government build
ings in various parts Of the west, besides
I decorations for the Public Library In
New Bedford. Mass, and for the court
house in Wheeling. w. Va. which were
under way. He leaves q wife, two sons
and a daughter. BY his many friends his
loss will be deeply felt, and in the many
organizations with which he was con-
nected his influence will be sincerely
missed. His was indeed an uncommonly
full life and an unusually strong person
atty.
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THREE sales were made just before
! the Society Of Washington Artists
annual exhibition in the hemicycle hall
Of the Corcoran Gallery closed last Sun
day. They were a landscape by Max
Weyl, an interior. 1.-THE Pink Lady," by
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is repeated and wherein numerous incl
dents are set forth. Here IL the hermit
at the door Of his cave high upon the
mountain, there in yonder valley is a pic
mic party just sitting down to lunch, OF
on that plain is a farmer filling the soil,
still further on is a little teahouse with
gay throngs Of visitors. Any child could
trace the story and would find delight
discovering it for himself, and yet con-
summate art goes into the transcription
This Is not the work Of q child. but OF an
accomplished artist, one who has training
and knowledge. So 1t is with all-good
drawing, good color, good composition,
were not considered negligible quantities
by these oriental painters any more than
they are by the best painters today. We
do not want to copy oriental art Of past
centuries any more than we want oriental
artists Of today to copy our art, but
from the great works these masters Of
China and Japan have left we may and
undoubtedly shall learn much. The ex-
h1bition will be open to the public every
day from now until the 10Th Of June
and an excellent catalogue with biograph-
ical data has been prepared for the use
Of visitors.
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BOOK REVIEWS.

THE DNUNKARD. BY Guy Thorne. au-
thor Of First It Was Ordained"
etc. New York: Sturgis & Walton
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"WEDNESDAY evening Kenyon Cox.
w the well known artist and writer.
gave lecture at the Playhouse before
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HE appalling disaster which be-
fell the steamship Titanic last
Sunday night on her maiden
voyage to this country removed
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FELT BAD
ALL THE Time
SheIlhorn Lady Suffered a Great
Deal. But Is All Right Now.

Shellhorn, Alan letter from this
place, Mrs. Carrie May says: "A short
time ago, commenced to have weak
spells and headaches. felt bad all
the time. and soon grew SO bad I
couldn't stay up. Thought would die.
At last my husband got me bottle
OF Cardui, and it helped me, SO he got
some more. After had taken tho
second bottle. was entirely well.
I wish every lady, suffering from
womanly trouble, would try Cardui.
1t is the best medicine know Of. It
did me more good than anything ever
used
| Cardui Is wonan's tonic-a
strengthening, medicine for women
made from Ingredients that act spe
officially on the womanly organs, ane
thus help to buiId up the womanly con
stitution to glowing good health.
As remedy for woman's ills, 1t has
q successful record of over so years I,
Your druggist sells 1t. Please try It
NIB Write to: Ladies' Advisory Dept. Chstta-
nooEa Medicine Co.. ChatanooEa. Tenn. for Special
Instructions, and 64-paze book. Home Trestmass
for Women" sent In plain wrapper. on request
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-02-21
FROM HOT SPRINGS
Famous Remedy for Constipation
Sick Headache, Sluggish
Eiyer Etc

Hot Springs, Ark, is the worlds
great sanitarium. There scientists
study, experiment and investigate
constantly striving to give to the
suffering better remedy for
every disease.
For constipation, sluggish liver
for stomach misery, sick headache,
dizziness, billiousness or that blue,
down and out feeling, every resident
OF and every visitor to Hot Springs
knows that Hot Springs Liver But
tons are the best remedy in the
world.
If you want perfect laxative
that will keep your bowels in fine
condition and make your blood
tingle with health, get 25 cent box
OF Hot Springs Liver Buttons at
Curlin's Two Drug Stores, Curlin
Drug Co., north side square: Cur
Inns Pharmacy, west side square,
today. You'll quickly learn why tens
of thousands of people from Maine
to California prefer them to any
other similar remedy. Hot Springs
Chemical Co., Hot Springs, Ark. (z)
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-02-21
The Texas Mule.

Washington, Feb. 21.--The Feb
ruary Crop Reporter, just issued,
clearly indicates that Missouri can
no longer lay claim to be the prin-
cipal habitat of the southern farm
er's most important beast of bur-
den. The show me- commonwealth
has been shown that the real home
of the mule is in the Lone Star
State.
Texas stands first In the union in
1.-THE number of mules. The total
humber on January list. 1919, being
l7o3 900; while Missouri is second
with $4,000, or less than one-hali
1.-THE number in Texas, The Crop Re
fporter also shows that the increase
In Texas In number was one per
cent over the preceding year, as
compared with a decrease OF one
per cent for the same period In Mis-
|souri. The value per head, however,
in Missouri on January /, 1912, was
.$11 greater than In Texas. The val
uation being $104 and $115 In the
respective states.
Texas heads the list in the total
valuation OF its mules at $73,112,-
600, while Georgia supersedes Mis-
souri, in value at s4S.980, 00G, the
valuation In, the latter state being
900.
The value per head varies from
s165 for the South Carolina mule to
$s2 for the animal raised in Neva-
da
Texas position as mule produc-
ing state Is shown by the fact that 1t
has more than thirteen times as
many mules as all the New England
States, New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania combined; NEARLY
three times as many as the states of
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan
and Wisconsin and five times as
many as the far-western states,
which include Montana, Wyoming,
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizo-
Ina. Nevada, Idaho, Washington,
Oregon and California.
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The baptist Meeting.

Notwithstanding the cold dis
agreeable weather on last evening a
son at the Baptist church. Those
present listened to a splendid ex-
egesis of the Gath chapter of Mat
thew, "The Second Coming OF Our
Lord" being the main theme of the
discourse At the conclusion of the
service one young man Joined the
church. Services will continue on
through the week, each evening at
1880 and 10 o'clock in the morn.
ing.
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Five Cars OF Material.

Five cars loaded with the ma
chinery and material of the vitrified
brick plant. which is being moved
from Boyce to Bisbee, are standing
in the Central yards here. They
were brought here after being load.
ed to be weighed. The material will
be sent on to Bisbee in day or
two
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A THOROUGH TEST.
One That VIII Convince the Most
Skepdcal Waxahachie Reader.

One That VIII Convince the Most
Skepucal Waxahachie Reader.
Cures that last are cures that
count.
Doans Kidney Pills make thor
ough. cures.
The following case is typical
Waxahachie residents should be
convinced.
The testimony is confirmed-the
|cure lasted.
Proof like this cannot be ignored.
w. H. Odom, farmer. Waxaha-
chic, Texas, says: MY kidneys
caused me considerable annoyance
for several years until | procured
Doan's Kidney Pills from one If
urlin's Two Drug Stores, was I'M
able to get anything that would
bring me relief After using several
boxes of this remedy, I was In good
shape. Ny back ceased to pain me
and the kidney secretions which
had been too frequent in passage,
became regular Doan's Kidney
Pills are we'll worth endorsing"
Statement given June 10, 1869
A LASTING EFFECT.
On November 81, 1911, Mr.. Odom
said: II am stiH recommending
Doan's Kidney Pills at every OPP
portunity, as the cure 1 described in
my former statement has been per-
manent." a.S-
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. -Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York. sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name-Doan's--
and take no other. (11)
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. o = . = = O = o 30 = =
s LOCALS. =
. Q . . o = = o . o = o = %
r. s. Cronk Co. sell galvanized
roofing cheap. tt
Eighteen rolls toilet paper. holder
free. for 800. r. 8. Cronk Co. Il
Buy your pump from F. s. Cronk
Co. All kinds. Prices way down tt
Ten thousand frost proof cabbage
plants ready for planting. Bird For
rest. u
The Waxahachie Grain Co. has a
full line OF feed and fuel At attract
I've prices. II
See that liquid soap and holder.
Always clean, strictly sanitary. F.
s. Cronk Co. =
A number of loose planks were
blown Oft the top OF the Roger
building by the high wind Tuesday
might.
A fine lot OF blackberry shade
trees. Our trees have roots and have
been inspected. Either phone. Wax
ahachie Nursery Co. tt
| County Jailer Maggart. County
Farm superintendent Jones and
Deputy Sheriff Spalding are attend
ling court at Fort Worth today as
witnesses
| For first class milk and cream
call for C. E. Peyton Dairy Co. VIII
start Monday morning. February
lie. Call old phone 81 and leave
your orders. tt
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Anderson,
Mrs. T. H. Cheatham, Misses Matte
Middleton and Inez Singleton went
to Dallas last night to see the Shee-
han English Opera company at the
Dallas opera house.
Miss Ada Reed Sturgis, school of
dancing, will open February 90.
Afternoon and evening classes at 4
and p. M at the Young Mems So
ciaI club. Private and class instruc-
ton In all modern dancing. Course
completed under Mrs. John Hart of
Dallas. For further information
phone 81. 2792
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MAYBE you have friend or reis-
tive living elsewhere who would en-
joy reading the Waxahachie Enter
prise-the paper that gives all the
news of Ellis county. The price is
only $500 a year and your relatives
or friends will appreciate your kind
ne5s in sending 1t to him. tt
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THE WAxAHACHIE WEEKLY
ENTERPRISE carries more adve-
tisements in its want colu""- Than
all the other weekly pi.po,s pub
iished in Ellis county combined
For results use the Enterprise, the
paper that completely covers Ellis
county. II
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The many friends of T. ]. Couch,
who has been quite sick in sapi-
tarium in Dallas, will be glad to
learn that he is now able to be out
again.
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FIG ROOTS FOR SALE-Now is
the time to set them out. Guaran-
teed to come up from the ground
and bear figs every year; have done
this in my yard for years. s. M.
Lakeland, 434 Water street. 277
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WANTED-A position as clerk in
store or bookkeeper. Experience.
lGood reference. "Bookkeeper," care
| Daily Light. 278p
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black and white
barrow hogs weighing about 1875
pounds each. New phone 447-1l1s
Jim Adair 278
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FOR SALE-Good, sound, gentle,
dark bay mare, or will trade for
good butter COW or mule colt. Jim
Farrar. one and one-half miles on
Sardis road. PTS
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| LADIES work our specially We do
| cleaning, pressing and repairing. All
work guaranteed. Phone 178. Mat
|thews-Gammon Co. If
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WANTED-A lady, quick and ac-
curate in figures for clerical posi-
ltion. Apply in own handwriting. Ad-
ldress ''P. o. Box 404," Waxahachie,
Texas. 277p
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lGLEANlNG pressing and repairing.
Ladies work a speciality. Next door
to Bedford's Restaurant. PAGE, the
fTaiIor. Phone IT. tt
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JOHN DAVENPORT, up-to-date liv-
cry and boarding stable, agent for
the celebrated Columbus buggies.
Cash or installments. Both phones
No. 2. 2s0r
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WANTED-Your hauling, gravel
ing, grading, building materials and
anything that team can pull. Old
telephone 666. Flynn & Wood, at
Farmers Cotton Yard. 27S
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LOST-Black folding pocket book
with several bills of currency. For
liberal reward return to s. E. Fow-
Ter 276p
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THOROUGHBRED EGGS-You can
find a buyer for them by placing an
advertisement In this column. If
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NOTICE-We told you we had 200
pounds of strong corn for sale. We
have sold about 100 pounds of this
cord and have only about 100
pounds now on hand. The Daily
Light. tt
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CARPENTER & TRIPPET. Tailors,
cleaners and dyers; hats remodeled
Ladies work specially. We call
for and deliver. Phone $50. Next
door to Hamilton's grocery. 213
Washington street ais
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|SHADE TREES to inches; no
better time to plant than nov
Phone US for prices. We transplant
Waxahachie Nursery Co. #
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EGGS FOR HATCHING-Ba
Rocks, Jeter strain; Buff Orping-
tons, Hoyle strain. Old phone 1872. Ct
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SATURDAYS DAILY LIGHT Is pa
ges) and the Waxahachie Enterprise
both one year for only $3.50. tt