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New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

ton.
Again, the development of American
domestic architecture. and especially OF
country houses. has been a commanding
feature Of the last two decades. The
tendencies and achievements in this field
are reflected in the Architectural League 4
exhibition, with concrete examples from
which TO draw impressions or conclu-
sons. Monumental sculpture and paint
Ing for decorative purposes on a large
scale are to be seen. Designs for tapes
try. cartoons for windows and a world
OF other productions in the field of prac-
tical art have been brought together by
the indefatigable men Of the league. The
total impression is that of transcript
Of the vital and important work going
on In the American field.
The exhibition opens to-day and will
remain through Saturday. February II,
from 10 a. m. to 9 p. m. and from g
p. m. to 1870 p. m. The Sunday hours
are from noon until p. m. An admit
tance fee of % cents ia charged, except
on Saturdays, which are free days.
On this page are reproduced several
examples of work shown at the Archi-
tectural League exhibition. They include
the sculptured portrait OF the late A. j.
Cassatt, made by Karl Bitter; a decora-
tive panel painted by George w. Breck
Reid, the architects being McKim, Mead
White, and a decoration painted by
William A. Mackay for the large coun-
try house called Castle Gould, OF which
Hunt & Hunt are the architects.
II John Singleton Copley had always
measured up to the level at which one
view at the Blakeslee Gallery until their
new owner. Mrs. Edward II. Hartman.
shall remove them to her house at Ar
den. this painters rank would have to be
placed several pegs higher than IL is gen.
orally fixed among the portraitists of a
hundred years ago. Probably Copiey
was not unlike other artists whose fame
rests mainly upon their likenesses of
contemporaries-he was human enough
to find some folk more interesting to him
than others. and he was also not un-
mindful, perhaps, of the position in the
social fabric of those who sat to him.
At any rate, the were times when he
reached plane of accomplishment, in
the observation and rendering OF his SUBJ
jects. that readily stood comparison with
that Of the chief Englishmen of the
group that carried the eighteenth CEN
tury into the nineteenth.
Some idea Of the style in which Coplev
painted the large portrait of Mrs. Mon
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

illustrated manuscripts from the Persia
Of the fifteenth to the eighteenth cen
turtles, together with collection Of an
oient glass, pottery and metal work,
most of which came from excavations
carried out in Central Persia by Mr..
Kevorkian.
II is not easy to recall an exhibition
more Illuminating as to certain essen
tials Of Mahometan art In the manu-
scripts and drawings. as in the creations
OF potters and metal workers there is
the same characteristic love of exquisite
detail. small In scale and bearing the
closest scrutiny. While some of the
drawings and paintings declare the same
lack Of a sense Of perspective evidenced
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

least one picture here reflects the style
Of Albrecht Diirer. Another indication
of the flow of thought eastward from the
Mediterranean is found in an uncom-
monty entertaining page from an Indo-
Persian illuminated manuscript Of the
sixteenth century, representing Noah's
Ark. The completeness with which the
literal conception of Noah's vessel and
it's voyage is carried out suggests the
thorough treatment by Albrecht DHrer
Of the incidents and characters described
in the Apocalypse. Just as the incon-
gruous yet amazingly picturesque i'm
ages from the text OF Revelation have
been materialized by Durer, so the an
tique story Of Noah and the Ark has
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
NEEDLES IN CHINA.
'om Notes and Queries.

From Notes and Queries.
"The importation of needles at Chung.
king last year increased from 81. 1884, 900
to 334 100000. In many parts OF the
province these are put TO use that 10
not perhaps generally known. 1t is Gus
tomary to ornament the centre OF the
roof ridge of Chinese house with an
elaborate plaster decoration-usually In
tho form OF a design embodying the
character fu.' meaning happiness. To
prevent this being damaged by the
depreciation of crows. large numbers OF
needles are stuck point outward into
the plaster while ii is still soft"
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28
oId Persian and Contemporary
Occidental Work on Exhibition.

Mahometan art has been eagerly
soreht by advanced French and German
oo,,ectors for nearly a generation past,
ord in London, too, there has grown
more recently an appreciation by col
,ectors Of the singular fascination CT
Good examples o: the metal work. he
rottery and glass and the other forms
a. which the art of Western Asia mani
Tasted itself. A few American connois-
.surs have also been familiar for some
Years back with examples of Persian art
Persian rugs, which are equally repre-
sentative Of this art period and spirit,
have. of course, been popular for very
long time
There has now been placed on view at
the Folsom Galleries by II. Kevorkian,
20 resenting the Persian Art Galleries Of
Indon. a collection of old drawings and
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panion, the artist succeeded I'm convey
ing, without priggishness. the social
status OF the subject. The engaging lit
tie girl who kneels before a chair play
Ing with her dog Is a young aristocrat.
and the painter has recognized II I'm the
pose OF the child. the aspect OF her face
and the finely modelled arm and hand.
The prevailing note of color is the straw
berry pink Of her gown. Composed with
an unconventionality that BELTS inn
pulsive childhood and handsomely
painted throughout, this picture is genu-
inely winning.
Spanish paintings OF the sixteenth.
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
have been brought together as special
exhibition at the Enrich galleries, 10
remain through January. Besides well
known artists, the painters represented
include men whose names seldom ap-
pear in American catalogues. In nearly
every case there is enough beauty or
strength i'm the picture TO make IL worth
while. apart from the name attached to
It, Through the exhibition as a whole
there runs, too, the Iberian note. A
touch OF fanaticism and perhaps a
rather conscious insistence upon the
Spanish type of face and physique In
the subjects are felt
Now that Goya's brilliant and mascu-
line art has come TO full appreciation
on this side OF the water. the portrait
of Nina Tudo, Madrid dancer Of
Goya's day, ldolized by the populace,
will command warm admiration. The
first impression OF the average layman
on seeing this portrait will be of the
modernity of it's general aspect. The
young woman in the pale green gown
and the black embroidered scarf might
have stepped In from Fifth avenue on
her way to an evening party, Yet the
type of the girl Is distinctively Spanish,
and her pose is inimitably that of the
public performer. In the solidly planted
feet, encased in seductive little slippers
and stockings of green, matching the
skirt; in the way she holds her plump
arms and in the poise Of her head, there
speaks the confident attitude Of one ac-
customed to challenge and to hold the
attention of an audience. The charac-
terization is completed by the curiously
twisted mouth. The picture is painted
with fine feeling for the third dimen-
sion. The form is indicated through the
draperies, and the figure as whole has
an air of the substantial. The combina-
ton of breadth and finesse and the
manner in which the personality of the
subject and that of the painter are each
influential In the finished canvas help
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

The list contains some great names. ana
ii is In the main borne out by what Is 20
be seen upon the walls. Chardin ana
Fragonard are both found here. and the
comfortab BILE Boucher, who had mum
dane appreciation Of what was decora-
tive and gay. especially II 1t were also
feminine. Greuze and Horace yernet
are included, and others too many to
enumerate.
The Hodgkins gallery exhibition Of
English drawings is especially rich In
carefully finished studies by Richard
Cosway, best known for his miniatures.
and by John Downman. one Of the sub
New-York tribune., 1912-01-28

stantial but not snowy men Of the Eng
lish group. The drawings by Cosway are
particularly interesting, and they reflect
the same sweetness of style that marks
his miniatures, due allowance being
made for the difference in medium.
A group Of Gainsborough drawings Is
also here, and 1t will produce the same
general effect upon the observer as the
artists work In the larger form. The
miniature style is affected by ]. Smart,
and the Lawrence drawings shown here
have the characteristic warmth and gen.
iality Of his oils. A Lady Gordon by
Sir Thomas, with its dropping grace am
charm, is one of the good examples.
Paintings of landscape by Vickers de
Vile. which are agreeable in color but
owe rather too much to Corot and Har-
pignies. in their composition and their
general manner Of observation and rem
dering, are to be seen at the galleries or
Moulton e. Ricketts,. An exception may
be noted In the large canvas called In
the Cotswolds," which has the spacious
English feeling of the men OF the early
nineteenth century. At the same gal
leries are portraits and miniatures by
Miss Ava de Lagercrantz, which are
pleasant but of no great distinction,
though one of the portraits, depicting a
mother and boy, is cleverly arranged
study in tones Of white, and 1t also dis
closes nice sentiment
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-11

The report that disease resembling
trichina is rife this year among the
deer in northern Wisconsin is not like
ly to whet the public's appetite for
venison, II 1t co-operates with the
game law In giving the deer a chance
for their lives, 1t may be beneficial in
two directions-lrst In conserving the
deer and second In reducing the NOR.
tally among Wisconsin hunters, for
the smaller the crowd of men with
guns that goes into the northern wood,
the fewer will be the fatal accidents
whose victims are human beings. In.
dams say that the disease now prevail.
ing among the deer broke out seventy
winters ago. and killed many deer and
many Indians. To make the flesh OF
deer harmless it should be well cooked.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-11
NATURAL LINES THE BEST
Formally In Laying Out Of Public
Parks Seldom Productive of the
Desired Effects.

The absence of a general plan or a
failure to comprehend and follow 1t
will result in the hodge-podge of In
congruities too often seen in parks.
The portions which should be natural
are often artificialized unnecessarily
by gardening operations, or by the in.
PRODUCTION Of buildings. fountains and
all sorts of artificial ornaments, while
the portions which might, in harmony
with the uses to which they are put,
be improved and decorated in formal
style are too informal. On the other
hand, in the portion Of park actually
devoted to extensive and conspicuous
formal beds of tender plants and flow.
ers, the drives and walks, lawns,
strawberries and tree plantations will
often be strikingly informal. gen.
eral plan may provide places where
the beauties of formal beds of tender
plants and other gardening features
may be enjoyed individually and col.
lectively and places where those which
are homogeneous with each other may
be separated by systematic arrange
ment of plantations, which, while
forming contrasting or harmonious
backgrounds, separations, enclosures,
screens and the like, yet will them.
selves form part of complete whole.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-11
A Simple, but Satisfactory, Hoshouse.

| spray the upper part of hog ahd
leave the under side untouched, be-
cause every louise will multiply and
soon spread all over the animals
body.
After the hogs have been dipped O.
sprayed they should be turned into a
clean lot that has never been used for
hogs and the old quarters should be-
abandoned, or If this is not practic-
able, every particle of bedding and
litter in the yards must be raked.
swept up and burned, and every foot
of ground in the yards and the fences
and sleeping quarters, as well, thor
oughly sprayed with a strong disin-
fectant.
Kerosene emulsion, which is cheap,
can be used in this way to advantage.
The hogs should not be returned to
the old quarters for several weeks, and
a second spraying or even third be-
fore the hogs are turned in is ad,
visable.
If the hogs are allowed to occupy
the same pens and sleeping quarters
year after year, which are not fro
quently cleaned and sprayed as above
suggested, lice will surely get into the
herd.
AS this parasite multiplies with tr0-
mendous rapidity it only takes a shof t
time to thoroughly infest hogs SO that
their thrift will be impeded.
The hog louise affects no other anil
NAL, but devotes his entire time and
attention to the swine. While he
is quite tenacious in the efforts to live,
still a moderate application of dips
and sprays and the burning of old
bedding and whitewashing of the in
teriors of sleeping quarters will quick
ly put him out of business.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-11
EVIDENTLY HE HAD ENOUGH
Already Burdened Father Led to
Make Caustic Comment on
Vital Question.

Arnold Bennett, the novelist, has a
Joke about race suicide in his new
play, THE Honeymoon" His leading
lady says, apropos of the birth rate:
What, is the poor, dear thing still
declining?"
Mr.. Bennett, apropos of his joke,
was discussing race suicide the other
day in New York.
"a woman" he said, looked up
from her evening paper and re-
marked:
"Tt is stated here that a babe is
born every time the chronometer
ticks off a Second
Her husband, as he wiped the ever
moist mouths of the tiny twins, set
one on each of his knees, muttered
almost fiercely:
bad luck, then, to the Roosevelt
ian duffer who invented chronome-
ters!'"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-11
THE SLEEP OF FISHES.

Experiments have been made in ar
English aquarium with regard to the
sleep OF fishes, says Harper's Week
ly 1t is necessary to remember that
sleep is the rest of the brain, and that
the need of 1t will be in proportion
to the animals cerebral activity.
Now the brain of Ash is ridiculous
~ small in relation to the actual size
OF the animal. 1t is merely a double
row OF tiny protuberances, with leaf
like portion corresponding o the GER
ebellum Of other animals Since they
have so little brain tissue, the waste
to be repaired by sleep is slight among
fishes The result Of careful expert
ment has shown that among fresh wa
ter fishes the roach, dace. gudgeon.
carp, tench and minnow are known to
sleep periodically. like land animals;
among marine fishes the wrasse, con-
ger eel, dory. dogflsh, bass and all fiat
fish do the like. while the goldfish,
pike and angler fish never sleep. but
rest periodically. Fish seem to have
no preference for the night as their
sleeping timU. A naturalist travelling
fyc 3 Constantinople to London in
an Ill schooner reported that one morn
Ina he noticeu pilot fish few inches
fro the side Of the vessel, swimming
so steadily that 1t seemed to be at
tai he'd to one particular spot All day
loi 1t remained there, neither advanc-
I'M nor tagging behind. and so 1t hap
pened for several days Then came a
gtle Of wind, and the vessel was sep
hated from its little companion 1t
was evident that the fish could not
have slept during all this time, as the
vessel was sailing quite rapidly. Tho
captain. moreover, asserted that he
had known a pilot fish to accompany
a vessel thus for more than a fort.
night.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-11
Ry R. @. wEATHERsToNE)


Not long ago in looking over q
bunch of hogs in western Illinois we
observed that most of the animals
were afflicted with little sores, red
spots, on the thin places in their
skins.
These eruptions were particularly
noticeable back Of the ear and on the
TANKS. The farmer complained that
his hogs were not eating well and he
could not understand what caused the
sores to break out.
This bunch of hogs of all ages, from
three-months-old pigs to three-year-old
sows, ran on pasture during the
day but at night slept in houses which
were used for the winter quarters.
suggested that the trouble might
be caused by lice, and the farmer
caught two or three pigs and found
them almost alive with parasites. He
was astonished and admitted that he
had never examined one Of his ami
mails before.
Many farmers do not realize that
lice are a source of tremendous loss
in the raising Of hogs. They worry
the animals and prevent their feeding
WELL and in many cases produce sores
or eruptions which naturally retard
growth.
1t is not difficult to rid the pig OF
lice by dipping or spraying, but these
remedies are Of no use unless the
pens and sleeping quarters are rid OF
the lice as well.
The best dip to use is some Of the
tar solutions, as they are harmless.
We do not believe in kerosene emul-
sion because unless great care is TAX
en- to keep the solution very weak the
animals will blister If allowed to run
in the hot sun after being sprayed.
When a bunch of hogs is badly in
tested the animals should be dipped,
although spraying may be used, pro-
vided the hogs are tied and thrown
30 that the spray may cover every
portion Of the body. 1t is no use to
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-11
BURNING ITCH WAS CURED

II deem 1t my duty to tell about a
cure that the Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment have made on myself. My trou-
BILE began in splotches breaking out
right in the edge of my hair on the
forehead, and spread over the front
part Of the top Of my head from ear to
ear, and over my ears which caused a
most fearful burning itch, or eczema.
For three years had this terrible
breaking out on my forehead and
scalp. tried our family doctor and
he failed to cure it. Then l tried the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and used
them for two months with the result
of a complete cure. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment should have the credit
due, and have advised lot of peo-
pie to use them" (Signed) G. D.
Harrington, Creek, N, c., Jan. 26, 1911.
Itching scaIp-Halr Fell Out.
Il will say that have been suffer-
ing with an itching on my scalp for
the past few years. My hair fell out
in spots all over my head. My scalp
started to trouble me with sores, then
the sores healed up, and crusts
formed on the top. Then the hair fell
out and left me three bald spots the
shape of half dollar. / went to more
than one doctor, but could not get any
relief, so l started to use the Cuticura
Remedies. tried one bar Of Cuticura
Soap and some Cuticura Ointment,
and felt relieved right away. Now the
bald spots have disappeared, and my
hair has grown, thanks to the Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment. l highly
recommend the Cuticura Remedies to
all that are suffering with scalp trou.
BILE" (Signed) Samuel Stern, 236
Floyd St., Brooklyn, NJ Y, Feb. Z,
1911. Although Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are sold by druggists and
dealers everywhere, sample of each.
with 32-page book, will be mailed
free on application to "Cuticura,"
Dept. X, Boston.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-11
TREES AS CIVIC ORNAMENTS
Here Is Case Where Municipal Con-
troll Would Seem to Be a
Necessity.

Uniformity may be obtained only
through municipal control, for when
planting Is done by property owners
Individual choice will naturally have a
wide range and fall upon a great va
riety of subjects, resulting in the least
desirable effect possible except bare
streets. Where the building lots are
of varying widths many OF the trees
Will be too close together, while none
are apt to be too far apart, as we very
generally overplant Here Is another
bad feature easily remedied by NUM-
cipal control through arbitrarily CIV
Ing the proper space to each tree. On
narrow streets home owners will per-
sist In planting trees suited only to
the wider thoroughfares, until tall
furniture can can scarcely pass
through the green tunnel.
Where sidewalks are narrow and
buildings close up to them, the trees
will have to be planted close to the
street curb, no matter how wide the
parkway, else the tops will have no
room to spread and all the trunks will
lean toward the street. Here a small
tree is necessary, not only to avoid
the last-noted effect, but also to pre-
vent overshadowing the front win
dows Of adjacent buildings. In such
districts as the one under discussion
owners are also overload of filling in
the parkway with cement, leaving
too little breathing space for trees.
With parkings already too narrow the
whole space is insufficient to allow of
best growth of trees and therefore
parkings should not be unnecessarily
reduced. Some eastern cities require
not less than six square feet about the
base Of each street tree.
When trees are to be bought one
should be able to sharply distinguish
between young, thrifty stock and de-
formed. root-bound cripples which are.
unfortunately, more common with our
nurserymeR than vigorous, healthy
subjects. What use is 1t to plant
trees whose roots have for years been
playing merry-go-round in a gallon
fruit can? Habits and forms fixed
while young are apt to endure, even
though somewhat modified, to the end,
Such trees should be dug around after
being in position for year, and the
top roots cut close to trunk, allow
ing deeper and better root system to
develop. Do not forget that all condi-
tions may be improved and much bet
ter results obtained by digging large.
deem holes for all trees.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-11
Beware of Town Row.

"A town row is to a town what a
heavy frost is to vegetation" says ex.
Governor Hoch in the Marion Record.
Nothing willis town like town row.
Better have a cyclone or an earth
quake or most any destructive visi.
tation than have town row, for when
these calamities are over they are
over, and the people. cemented togeth.
err in closer fellowship by the com.
mon calamity, begin at once unitedly
and bravely to repair waste places.
Such people under such conditions
are invincible and absolute masters
of destiny. But town row distracts,
disintegrates. destroys. 1t under.
mines the foundation of things. Its
sores heal slowly. Its scars last"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-11

England has suddenly awakened tU
a realization of the fact that 95 per
cent. Of Canadian postgraduate stu
dents go to American or German uni
Versities to complete their education,
Naturally she wonders why such a sit
uation exists. Are not oxford and
Cambridge the equals OF any foreign
institutions? They are. indeed. but
they take no particular pains to let
any one know It, says the Boston
Transcript. Clinging to their old con-
servative traditions. they are about a
century behind the rest OF the world
in the matter Of publicity. and have
never been known to set forth the op-
portunities they offer for advanced
work. On the other hand. foreign uni
Versities not only advertise themselves
extensively. but they even grant fell
lowships to postgraduate students
often awarding them on the nomina
ton Of the college sending the stu
dent.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-01-11

Eighty-nine people have been killed
and over $50 injured In automobile &C.
cidents in New York city since the
first OF the year 1t is an appalling
sacrifice to something which is a lux.
urJ not a necessity of life. and the
more appalling since the majority of
such accidents are avoidabIe. 1t is
time that accidents-preventio as
well as fire-prevention. be introduced
in all large communities, on the prin.
ciple that what is avoidable, need not
LAfur.