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| tary measures being those Of most abb
| sorbing interest, the President was con-
stantly seeking and asking for informa-
| ton, not only at the Executive Mansion,
| but at their respective offices and head
quarters. Scott and Mcclellan and Hal
leck each influenced him more than they
| should have done, often in a. wrong direc-
/, ton, for he better appreciated the public
mind and more fully sympathized with it
than any of his generals. Neither of the
three military men named entered into
the great political questions of the period
with any cordially. or. in fact. with cor
rect knowledge or right appreciation of
them. Yet they controlled and directed
military movements and in some respects
the policy of the government far more
th"n the cabinet"
of Gen. Grants famous visit to the White
House early in 1864, when he received
his commission as lieutenant general He
writes:
Went last evening to the presidential
reception. Quite a gathering: very many
that are not usually seen at receptions
were attracted thither, l presume, from
the fact that Gen. Grant was expected to
was near the center of the reception room
when a stir and buzz attracted atten-
ton. and 1t was whispered that Gen.
Grant had arrived The room was not
full, the crowd having passed through to
the east room. / saw some men in uni
form standing at the entrance. and one
of them, short. brown, dark-haired man,
was talking with the President There was
hesitation, a degree of awkwardness in
the general, and embarrassment in that
part of the room, and check or suspen-
sion of the moving column. Soon word
was passed around for MIR. Seward. Gen.
Grant is here and Seward, who was just
behind me. hurried and took the general
by the hand and led him to Mrs. Lincoln.
near whom l was standing. The crowd
gathered around the circle rapidly and II
being intimated that it would be neces-
sary the thrOng should pass on, Sew
ard took the generals arm and went with
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Perhaps the most accurate index TO
the gradual rise in the cost or nVlns
is to be found in the enhancement Oh
real estate values and rental charges.
Economists agree that real estate Vaiues
are the best barometers Of market con-
ditions, since they are more sensitive 10
fluctuations There are some who ex-
plain the high cost of living by saying
that one of the responsible elements Is
the rise in realty prices. They contend
the increased price of farming lands
makes necessary proportionate in
crease in the price of farm commodities
Another school Of thought replies that
this is clearly the case of putting the
cart before the horse''-of entirely mis-
taking the cause for the effect.
DR.. Thomas Nixon Carter, professor
of political economy in Harvard Univer-
sity, has declared that student would
fail to pass the Introductory course in
economies at Harvard should he make
such a blunder. He says that every
student of economics knows that the
high price of land is not the cause but
the effect Of the high price of farm
products; that IL the price of these
products should fall to an unremunera-
tive value, high land values will dis
appear; while. on the other hand, IL the
price Of these commodities rises still
higher land values VIII continue TO
mount:
1t is probable that the contention of
DIR. Garter is well founded. When the
average buyer of farm land goes into
the market he fixes the price he Will
pay by the prospective earning power Of
the land he is purchasing. If he be-
fieyes that an era of lower prices OF
farm commodities is ahead OF him, He
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him to the east room. There was clapplng
of hands in the next room he passed
through, and all in the east room joined
in it as he entered. A cheer or two fol-
Seward and Stanton returned. Seward BECK
Oned me and introduced me and my two
n eces Today I received note from the
Secretary of State to be at the Executive
Mansion at a quarter before 1 pm. The
ca binet was all there, and Gen. Grant and
his staff, with the Secretary of War and
Gen. Halleck entered. The President met
him and presented to the general his COM
mission, with remarks. to which the lat
ter responded. Both read their remarks.
Gen. Grant was somewhat embarrassed
The story of reconstruction days has
never been told Mr.. WelleS has told it.
Johnson and his cabinet fought for a
principle which they believed the war had
established His most ardent supporter
was Welles, who could not accord to his
opponents honesty or intelligence. He
held that the southern states had not left
the Union, could not leave it. Hence 1t
was illogical to legislate to readmit them
to the Union The reconstruction law he
contended was a violat on of the Consti-
tuition and to be ignored He regarded
Grant as lacking in intelligence because
the general disagreed with him.. Grant
thought Congress might pass any law
and the President and all others must
obey and support it until the Supreme
Court declared it uncOnstftut onal.
You do not mean to say, general, that
Congress may set aside and disregard all
limitations, all barriers that are erected
to guide and control their action?" Mr.
Welles asked.
He (GranD did not know who could
question their acts and laws until they
came before the court. Mr.. Welles closes
his account Of the discussion by remark
ing Of Grant: "He is political igno-
ramus.''
But the ground taken by Grant was
that taken by Congress and the people.
and the trfbulations of Johnson and his
administration We're due to the fact that
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the administration presumed to declare
statutes unconstitutional and to disregard
them.
WIND ON THE HEATH. BY Essex
Smith. New York: John Lane Com
pany.
There was just enough Of the gypsy
about Tristram Chase to make him
thoroughly disconnected in the city Of
London as a lawyers clerk. He always
heard the sound of the wind on the
heath and saw the nodding of the wild
flowers by the wayside and caught
himself listening for the patter of lit
tie feet through the brush. So 1t was
not unnatural that he should leave his
uncongenial London desk and take to
the road going back and forth with
a caravan in summer and finding a
comfortable place in winter, living on
a small income, with the prospect of a
much larger one, amounting to virtual
affiuence, to come to him at thirty
five If not then married. This stipula-
ton of his father that he should be a
bachelor at thirty-flve caused him his
romantic ENHANCEMENT and spiced his
life with adventure. There is a certain
psychology of the woods and fields in
this unusual story, and the people in 1T
are at all stages interesting.
THE CLEANERS; A Novelette,. BY
Clara E. Laughlin. author OF
"Everybody's Lonesome" etc. IL
Illustrated. New York: Fleming H.
Revell Company.
How a reproduction Of Mllet's Clean
ers'' Influenced the life OF a young
woman. rescued her from discomfort and
brought her great happiness Miss Laugh
lin tells in this novelette,. which has a
plain message for all. people In her
most effective style she presents the fig
ure of a girl Of no more than common
place interest, who is thoroughly dis
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satisfied with her suburban surroundings
and longs for an outlet. in what direction
she has no idea 1t comes to her in the
form of an explanation Of Millet's mas
terpiece and then things happen that
broaden her life and bring her 81 eat joy.
MOVING THE MOUNTAIN. By Char
lotte Perkins Gilman. New York:
Charlton Company
Mrs. Gilman writes constantly with a
purpose and in all her works she ad-
vances the doctrine of human improve
ment, and especially feminine impro e.
ment. In this story she outlines what
she calls "a short-distance Utopia. a
baby Utopia, a little one that can grow
Her mechanism of presentation X slmp g.
A man lost for thirty years in the Tibe-
tan mountains is found by his sister and
returns with her with memory restored
to an entirely changed world. The new
conditions are laid before him as to a
man without previous knowledge of
them, explained almost as TO a child, an
in this vivid manner Mrs. Gilman sets
forth in interesting detail a state OF So
ciety in which prosperity and happiness
may be profitable to those who are seek
ing ways of lettering social conditions to
read this book attentively.
AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARD
BY Cyrus Townsend Brady. author
OF 1.-THE Southerners," etc. With
four illustrations by j. N. Marchand
Chicago: A. c. McClurg & Co.
It Is kind Of Mr.. Brady to. explain al
the outset in his inevitable preface that
this is a problem novel, and that 1t Is
intended to set forth the absurdity Of the
so-called double standard of morality
1t really does not require preface
| however, to differentiate this romance
from the mere story of adventure. l,
| is quite plain in the course of a yer.
few chapters that Capt Stephen Cleve
| land-whose name the reader is never
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y NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS

Pittsburgh, and a figure painting, 'Musa
Regina" by Henry oliver Walker Of New
York. Sargent's portrait of Gen. Leonard
Wood has also been returned to the
Corcoran Gallery. where. as loan. it is
again on exhibition
-
Z D. MILLET. secretary Of the Ameri-
! scan Academy in Rome, and also Sec
rotary of the American Federation OF
Arts. sailed from Naples for New York
Tuesday. and will probably reopen his
studio in this city within a fortnight or
SO. Mr.. Millet has been abroad for over
two months, the greater part OF which
time he has spent in Rome experimenting
the alterations in the Villa Aureia, which
is soon to be occupied by the American
Academy. The Villa Aurelia occupies a
commanding position on one of the ia
nous hills overlooking the city of Rome
THE Washington Society of the Fine
Arts will hold its seventh annual
meeting next Wednesday evening at the
Playhouse After the brief business ses-
sion, election of officers. etc, John w.
Alexander. president Of the National
Academy of Design, will deliver an IL
Illustrated lecture on American Illus
traitors Mr.. Alexander is one of the
most distinguished living painters. His
paintings illustrating the Evolution of
the Book which are in the Library of
Congress, are known everywhere through
reproduction. and his more recent mural
paintings in the Carnegie Institute al
Pittsburgh are even more important. His
portrait of Walt Whitman is in the per-
manent collection Of the Metropolitan
Museum. New York: his Girl Reading
is owned by the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts; his Ray of Sunlight
is in the Art Institute Of Chicago. From
time to time paintings by Mr.. Alexander
have been shown in the Corcoran Gallery
here. Mr.. Alexander is especially inter-
ested in the work of American illus
traitors and this fall assisted in arrang-
ing an exhibition of their original works
i'm the Public Library, New York.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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boure and interiors Of some Of the art
lists studios. She told little incidents in
the lives OF the painters which had direct
bearing upon their work. and related
bits Of conversation she herself had had
with several which helped to fix their in
dividuality in her hearers minds. me
illustrations she used were excellent and
the facts she gave we're not ony accu-
rate, but admirably presented in related
sequence. After the lecture in the even
ing many persons fingered to examine
more carefully the excellent collection OF
photographs and prints of French paint
ings which has been arranged as a spe-
cial exhibition by the Public Library.
AN exhibition OF miniatures by Allyn
"A Williams. president Of the Royal So
ciety of Miniature Painters, opened in
the Veerhoff Galleries January S, and
will continue until the 10th. Thirty-one
miniatures are shown, many of which
are of notable people. Some are of re-
cent date but others We're produced sew
eral years ago and have been previously
exhibited in this city. Almost. without
exception, the earlier ones are the better,
possessing not only that daintiness which
is essential to a miniature, but also
strength and firmness of modelling. A
miniature of the late William Mattieu
Williams, the father of the painter, Is
indeed distinguished piece of work. and
those of Capt. Symonds and Gen. Sir
William Kelley take rank with it. Mr..
Williams miniature Of the late Senator
Elkins is we'll drawn, good in color and
well modelled, bat that of President Taft
cannot be commended SO far as a mat
ter of likeness goes. The face is too
long, and almost expressionless. Full
length portraits Of King George and
Queen Mary interest because of the per-
sonality of the sitters. but fail to carry
conviction as works Of art, seeming
rather thin and fiat. like colored prints
rather than painted portraits. Excepting
in the case of the miniature OF Mrs.
Louis Duveen, the full lengths are less
pleasing than the heads, though they are
cleverly handled. The portrait of Mrs.
Duveen is graceful and very attractive!
and that of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
may also be commanded. A miniature
Is distinctly an intimate portrait, one
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THE COST OF LIVING.
Bv Frederic ]. Haskin.
V-REAL ESTATE AND RENTS.

concludes that the prevailing price is too
high. If, on the other hand, he believes
an era OF even higher prices is ahead,
he will pay higher price for the land.
x
What is true in the case OF farming
land is likewise true with relation to city
Real Estate Valued While som
for Earning Power. bought and
held for speculative purposes. the major
portion is valued entirely upon basis OF
it's earning power. Rents are fixed by
the value of the property as a rule, al
though in many instances especial de-
STABILITY leads to higher rents than
values would warrant.
How rapidly rents have increased in a
decade is disclosed by such statements
as those of a prominent New York gro
Gerry firm to the effect that it was paying
$50 600 a year rental In 1910 Tor q piece
of property which commanded rental OF
only $4,000 in 1900. This firms esti-
mates show that its selling expense in
1910 amounted to 13 per cent of the gross
sales, as against Ga per cent in 1900. a
considerable percentage or which they
attributed to the remarkable rise in
rental charges.
A few years ago a detailed inquiry was
made by government authorities into the
family budget of more than 25.OOO fami-
lies having an income Of less than $l.2Oo
a year. This inquiry revealed the fact
that 43 per cent of the average income OF
per cent for rent and 18 per cent for
clothing. The inquiry also revealed the
fact that the average family was paying
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hotel had been questioned and examined,
without the least noticeable result. The
rug was nowhere to he found. George
felt the loss keenly. He was not so rich
that he could afford to lose both the rug
and the thousand pounds he had paid Tor
It, His first thought had been of Ryanne;
but it was proved that Ryanne had not
been in the hotel since morning; at least,
no one had seen him.
George gloomed about. A beastly day,
all told; everything had gone wrong, and
all because he had oversight. At dinner
something was wrong with the soup; the
fish was greasy: the roast was dry and
stringy; the wine full Of pieces of cork.
Out into the lounging room again: and
then the porter hurried over to him with
a note from Ryanne. 1t stated briefly
that 1T was vitality important for Mr..
Jones to meet him at 9 o'clock at the
English bar in the Quarter Rosetti. Any
driver would show him the way. Ma
homed-El-Gebel, the guardian Of the holy
Yhiordes, had turned up and the band was
beginning to play. Would Mr.. Jones like
a little fun by the wayside?
I'm his man." said George. But how
the devil did this Mahomed ever get into
my room?"
Had Fortune dined downstairs instead
of alone in her room, events might have
turned out differently. Ryanne had really
written to George, but not to Fortune.
CTo be continued tomorrow
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which can be held in the hand or locked
in the bureau drawer; therefore when 1t
wall it loses its prerogative and falls
short of attaining it's end-it is neither
effective nor intimate.
THE American Society of Miniature
Painters will hold its thirteenth an
nual exhibition in the galleries of hnoedler
& Co, New York, from February to 10.
inclusive. 1t is purposed to make this a
retrospective exhibition as well as an eX-
hibitio nof current work; therefore NINA
lures hitherto shown at the annual exhi-
hibitio nof current work: therefore mlnia-
as possible each painter work will be
shown in a group, but all contributions
will be judged singly. Works must be de-
livered January % at the societys agent
In New York. This promises to be an I'M
ton, and there is little doubt that in it
several of the Washington artists Will be
represented.
WILLIAM p. SILVA has recently COM
w pleted a number of paintings which
are going to exhibitions shortly to be held
in other cities One of these is of gray
morning on one of the broad southern riv-
ers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico. The
sky is yelled by fog. but out Of the envel-
Cd ng mist, to the left. one discerns the
stalwart form Of river steamer lying be-
side a wharf. The two smokestacks and
the long arms of the derrick used for
loading and unloading freight do not
make this boat a picturesque object and
yet interpreted with its environment 1t
lends a note of interest to the scene. An
other painting is Of spring in the south. A
field we'll titled and planted Is awakening;
long rows of del cafe green young plants
extend from the immediate foreground to
the middle distance. where long wall
breaks the vista. Beyond this are bios
soming trees. some farmhouses and the
sky. The coIoring is fresh and harmo-
NOUS: the effect is peculiarly charming.
Spring is in the air, and everything indi-
Gates the JOY of living. Whatever Mr..
Silva paints has invariably gentle senti-
ment and often combined with this is APP
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To keep the path that others do.
They keep the path thaa i saesed thew Move
But how the wise old wood gods laugh,
ALI many things this tale might teach
But / am not ordained to preach.
Mr. Messer said that he wished 1t un-
derstood that he was not referring to
either Mr.. Hassam or Mr.. Lie as WoD-
blety calves as he considered both
strong painters, but that he belleved the
warning was timely.
Referring then more definitely to Mr.
Lies work, he said that its force and
power became more apparent as one De-
came more familiar with 1t. Seen once
the power of his color and the oddly OF
his subjects impressed one but upon
second or third visit to the exhibition
more significant qualities became mani
fest. These pictures, Mr.. Messer sald
seemed to him to be impressions gained
by swift sure sight. frankly set down.
without sentiment but not without emo
ton. They had youthful uxuberance, a
sincerity and freshness which was very
engaging. And what is more, Mr. Mes
ser remarked, Mr.. Lies work Is exceed
ingly varied. He has not contented him.
self with saying the same thing over and
over again as have other painters who
started as bravely but OF late years seem
to have fallen into q rut.
1t is always interesting to near
painter talk about paintings. and in these
informal lectures MI INes'ei he1' a -
lightful way of thinking aloud. and thus
not merely sharing his own convictions
with his hearers, but carrying them with
him into many pleasant and profitable
lanes of thought.
x X
KTONE is better qualified to lecture
Y upon French painting than MISS
Anna Seaton Schmidt, who spoke upon
this subject at the Public Library Tues
day afternoon and evening For num-
Der of years Miss Schmidt lived In France
and she knows personally some of the
most distinguished French painters OF
today. Giving briefly the history or the
development of the art of painting in
France, she dwelt at some length upon
the work produced during the last CEN
tury, showing excellent reproductions OF
paintings in the Louvre and Luxem-
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CHAPTER XI.-Continued.

Her mother pondered. For once she
was really at loss. The unexpectedness
OF this phase caught her off her balance.
She saw one thing wildly, regretfuily-
she had missed valuable point in the
game by not adjusting her play to the
growth of the child, who had, with that
phenomenal suddenness which still baf-
fles the psychologists. stepped out of girl
hood into womanhood. all in day. What
a fool she had been not to have left the
child at Mentone!
.I am waiting" said Fortune. ''There
are more questions; but want this one
answered first"
This is pure insolence,'
.Insolence OF kind. yes"
"And refuse to answer. | have some
authority still"
Not so much, mother, as you had yes
terday. You refuse to EXPLAIN
Absolutely
Then l shall judge you without mercy"
Fortune rose, her eyes blazing passionate
ly. She caught her mother by the wrist,
and she was the stronger OF the two.
cant you understand? l am no longer
a child, l am q woman. l do not ask, l
demand. She drew the Older woman to-
ward her, eye to eye. You pauer, you
always palter: palter and evade You 90
Is this continual evasion calculated TO still
my distrust? Yes. l distrust you, you. my
mother. You have made the mistake OF
leaving me alone too much. / have al
ways distrusted you, but never knew
why"
Mrs Chedsoye tugged, but Intellectually
Let go.'s
Not till have done. Out Of the patch
work. squares have been formed. What
OF the men who used to come to the villa
and play cards with Uncle George. the
| men who went away and never came
back? What of your long disappearance
of which knew nothing except that one
day you vanished and upon another you
came back? Did you think that was
| fool. that / had no time to wonder over
these things? You have never tried tic
make a friend Of me: you have always
done your best to antagonize me. Did you
hate my father so much that. when his
death put him out of range. you had to
concentrate il upon me? My father"
| Fortune roughly flung aside the arm
.Who knows about him, who he was
what he was, what he looked like? AS q
child / used to ask you, but never would
| you speak. All 1 know about him nurse
| told me. This much has always burned
| In my mind-you married him for wealth
l that he did not have. What do you mean
| by this simple young man across the COR
| ridor?"
Mrs. Chedsoye was pale and the artistic
| touch Of rouge upon her checks did not