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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-25
His Status at the Wedding

From the Pittsburgh Post.
fare you related to the bride or groom
elect?" inquired the busy usher.
"No'.
Then what interest have you In the
ceremony
'I'm the defeated candidate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-25
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senator Jerome prirhard yet q
for the County Unit bin
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drea del Castagno art has generally, ac-
cording TO Sterne's view, been feminine
in its essence. Mr.. Field, voicing
ste-ne's opinions. remarks: Harmony
of color. grace Of line and lyrical quail
itv have been the criterions of excel
Ience. save when manual dexterity has
been worshipped for its own sake. The
monumental character of Greek sculpt-
ure made him appreciate how far the
modern world has wandered from the
early Hellenic conception Of art as an
embodiment of masculine energy"
So Sterne has worked out method Of
expression along these lines, declaring
itself in its essence and at It's best In his
supremely vigorous and stimulating
drawings from the nude. Beauty In the
familiar sense these have not. Their
disdain for what Is conventionally beau
tiful and their unfailing urgency Of
utterance recall what Auguste Rodin
once remarked was the basic requisite
In art. Standing before a picture that
thoroughly pleased him, Rodin turned to
his neighbor and said impressively:
Character. character, character"
What interests Sterne is never the
illustrative side of his subjects. He is
concerned rather In apprehending and
communicating to the observer the
weight and bulk Of a human body, the
firm placing Of head and neck on broad
shoulders. the strain Of taut muscle over
bent knee; in a word, the striking and
characteristic physical aspects. These
are what he aims TO convey, and how
well he does 1t the visitor at this ex-
hibition will quickly see.
Drawings in line, such as two OF those
reproduced on this page. are made in ink
or sepia on the thnnest Of tissue paper
mounted on cardboard. The texture Of
this paper Is such that II is practically
impossible to make alterations or era
sures. This means that Sterne has at
tained a very unusual power Of visual
izing completely in his mind the COM
position and accents as he wants them
to appear In his drawings. The sweep
and power and the astonishing simplic-
ity with which he has recorded his in
tentions are Sterne's best claim. so far
as this exhibition reveals him. to the
high place already assigned TO him by
his admirers. With a stub pen or
brush he has drawn the human figure in
nearly every conceivable position. His
line In these drawings is not slowly
built up, but done. apparently, with the
utmost freedom. and seething with the
energy Of the original impulse. 1t seems
to have come out whole. as It were. from
his creative mind.
And, like some OF the japanese mas
ters, Mr.. Sterne is able to suggest with
the fewest possible indications the pres
ence of a third dimension. Looking at
the best OF these drawings-and the two
in outline illustrated on this page are
fair examples-one feels the roundness
OF an arm or a shoulder, though hardly
being able. from the lines themselves, to
say why this is So Throughout these
studies Of the nude one Is convinced that
mere dexterlty for its own sake was not
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

he had produced good number Of paint
ings. many of them showing the infiu-
ence of Whistler. These paintings found
their way not only to exhibitions but to
purchasers, one of the latter being the
discriminating artist-collector. William
NJ. Chase. 1t may be remarked in pass
ing that Sterne now feels that these
paintings no longer represent to him
what is important or worth while in art.
He is said to regard them as trivial and
he refused TO permit any OF them to be
included in the present exhibition at the
Berlin Photographic Galleries. The
etchings of the same period are equally
"old hat" to him now. but he was pre-
vailed upon to allow a group Of them to
be shown. Portraits that are not afraid
to be good looking. Coney Island beach
scenes In which sunlight and vivacity
are happily mingled and numerous other
subjects are here.
But all this Is now a closed chapter.
When sterne sailed away with two
years income provided for he went to
Paris and promptly yielded to the spell
of Cezanne. Next he. accepted friends
invitation to visit Greece. and so over
whelmed was he by the fine simplicity
of antique sculpture that he made
Greece his home for several years. Oc-
casional visits to Italy led later to his
establishing himself in tiny mountain
village, Anticoli, reached by a slow
Journey from Florence. Here he has
been drawing and painting outdoors
from the nude, his models being the
peasant folk OF the region. A few
months ago he went to India. where he
now is, to study and absorb what he
could Of primitive art forms. Egypt has
held out beckoning hands to him, and
doubtless he will yet sun himself by the
Pyramids.
By his own profession. the element
new to him in Cezanne's art, and still
more potent in Greek sculpture. was that
Of masculinity Since the death of An
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them against what he called the theories
and practices Of "a decadent Clique
Sir Edwards criticism was mainly OF
what he called the shirking by these
artists of the difficulties inherent In the
representation of nature, difficulties that
II was the business of artists to face and
overcome. 1t was so easy, he remarked,
TO cover a canvas with paint II they
could persuade themselves that 1t did
not much matter If figure were out OF
drawing or IL troublesome details were
slurred; that very few people knew how
they ought to be done and that there
were plenty Of examples OF such neglect
70 be seen in tie work OF men who had
achieved popular success. II, he said, In
a landscape all the wealth OF detail
which made Nature lovable and beauti-
full were represented by coarse and
meaningless smears of paint. the prac-
titioners of this new school were apt to
defend themselves by talking OF values"
and 'tones." etc.
While Sir Edward was speaking there
was on view in the Stafford Gallery an
exhibition of pictures by Cezanne and
Gauguin which doubtless had sharpened
the point of his invective and very pos
sibly had led him to make the remarks
quoted Now that two rooms at the
Berlin Photographic Company's gallery
on Madison avenue have been filled with
the work Of Maurice Sterne, 1t is not un-
likely that art sermons on a similar text
will be preached to some Of this city's
students. for Sterne belongs frankly TO
the group Influenced and perhaps even
created by Cezanne and his close as
sociates. Go into the room and you will
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

what Mr. Sterne had in view, but rather
the complete realization on paper OF his
own acute perception OF the significant
qualities OF his themes.
Besides these drawings in outline there
are a few crayon studies. such as the
intensely bold yet subtle head. Gain"
There are also portrait heads revealing
progressive stages in Mr.. Sterne's effort
toward simplifcation. The head OF his
aged mother and the likenesses Of a few
other subjects shown here disclose the
minute observation that is usually as
ISOLATED with modern German art, such
as that Of Adolph Menzel. AS he went
further however. his portraits were SUBJ
jected to a process OF elimination. They
do not yet come within hailing distance
Of his drawings from the nude in this
respect. The half dozen portrait studies
of members of the family OF Professor
du Bois- Raymond, OF Potsdam, are In no
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

sorts and az one time even served as a
barroom waiter. Meantime he came, in
some way not yet explained, TO feel an
interest in what was beautiful-perhaps
as Hamilton Easter Field suggests, In
his brief word of introduction to the
catalogue Of Sterne's exhibition, the sor-
didness Of the life around him acted as
stimulus to his idealistic nature. At
any rate, he entered the school Of the
Academy Of Design and soon impressed
his teachers and his fellow students
with his earnestness and ability. He
and he also gave special attention to
etching. In the class taught by the late
James D. Smillie young Sterne not only
developed a specific talent for the use OF
the needle on the copper plate, but he
eventually made himself so helpful TO
Mr.. Smillie and the other members OF
the class in attending to various details
as an advanced student that he was
often consulted by the students as
though he had been a teacher. This,
however. het@ever was. e
Some time prior to 1904 Miss Mooney,
daughter Of a once well known former
Academician. portrait painter con-
ferred upon the Academy of Design a
travelling scholarship. This was TO be
awarded every two years to some stu
dent whose general excellence and prom
ise indicated the ability to make intelli-
gent use of such an opportunity. Its
holder was to receive 500 for each Of
the two years and was privileged to go
anywhere he might desire, without hav-
ing to account in any way to the Acad-
erny or even to send specimens Of what
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

Cottier Gallery. and draw
.nSs by w er
Greaves; ends Feb
ruary 10.
Durand-Ruel Gallery. Paintings by Albert
Andre ends Janu-
uary q.
Enrich Galleries. Paintings by early
Spanish masters.
Folsom Galleries. .Mahometan art, con-
sisting OF early y
drawings, illustrat-
ed m scripts,
etc; ends February
10.
Gimpel & Wildensteln
Gallery Frances c o Guards
painting, "SeaEhore
Along the d RI
attic"
Hodgkins Gallery. ..... Paintings by Gains
borough. REYNOLDS.
Hoppner and Rae
burn.
Katz Gallery Recent paintings by
Harry Towns n
and etchngs by
Zorn, Haden. Whis-
tier and others.
Kennedy Gallery. .MezZotint engravings;
ends January "a.
Keppel Gallery. EtchingS by REM
brandt; ends Janu-
airy 80.
Knoedler Galleries. Exhibition of old
masters for benefit
OF Artists Fund
and Artists Aid
Societies. admit
tsnce 50 cents; ends
Kraushaar Gallery. oil paintings by Fan
tin -Latour and g.
Courbet; ends jan
uary q.
Macbeth Gallery. ...... Exhibition OF paint
ings by Frederick
c. Frieseke; ends
January 20.
MacDoweIl Club. by Paul
Cornoyer, w. B.
Davis, Hobart
Nichols. Clark G.
Voorhees, and 9TH
ers: ends January
Madison Art Gallery -. Recent paintings by
Allen Tucker ends
January q.
Montross Gailery'ranTddsS inund c. u TarbeI1; en;
ends January q.
mGalier Galerv ............. Paintings by vickers
de VILE and por-
traits and minia-
lures by Miss Ava
Il de l. ag @ r crantz,
and etchings by
Fitton. Haig and
others ends Janu-
National Arts Club. .. Special prize exhibit
ton OF paintings;
ends January 2s
Photo Secession Gal
lery.. 'Palntings oy arthur
u. Carles ends
February g.
Pratt Institute. Brook
ivn' vn'.................."Tw "Twenty-three land
scape paintings by
Gardner s y m ons;
ends January g.
palston Galleries. Portraits and paint
ings by Luis
Graner: ends Janu-
aryN
peinhardt Galleries. Recent portraits by
Albert Sterner;
ends February I.
caIr,a a e1indi Club. Exhibition OF Illus
trations. black and
white pictures and
book plate designs:
ends January "a.
r,0any- Studios. Exhibition of the
Meyer collection OF
antique c h n es e
and East Indian
brasses.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
CALENDAR OF EXHIBITIONS
Current Displays of Paintings, Objects
Of Art and Prints

American Art Gal
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
Matters Of Art

customary, though they are not without
c.ear identity Of the artists own.
Inc story Of the puzzled hen that
na'cned out duckling is recalled by
'ne iact that 1t was the Academy Of De-
sign that nurtured Maurice sterne and
gave him his opportunity to launch out
INTO the world-with this comically in
credible result. Sterne was born in
Lloau' Russia. in 1877. and when about
fourteen he came to New York and was
added to the dense population of the
lower East Side. The boy worked at
anything he could get to do. He ran err
rands, he obtained odd Jobs Of various
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
monnies. Mr.. French. Mr. Bitter ana
many more.

monnies. Mr.. French. Mr.. Bitter and
many more.
japanese landscapes. painted In the
European way by Japanese. Mr.. Fuka-
wa Baske. have been at the Elite Art
Rooms. I'm East 30th street Deftly as Mr'
Baske has learned to express himselr
in water colors in a manner alien 10
his early training at home, II may as
we'll be said at once that he Is not an
execution to the general rule that an
acquired language in art is rarely the
medium of important expression Mr..
Baske. who came to this country some
wears ago and was a student at the
Pennsylvania Academy or Fine Arts'
afterward went to Paris and continued
there his efforts to denationalize his art
He has sent a group of twoscore water
colors depicting Japanese gardens ana
| roads. glimpses of FuJiyama seen across
fields and hills. fishing boats and old
houses. and other themes inherently In
teresting. Water color methods have
been used here skilfully, and the painter
has shown ability in composition and
the rendering of certain forms But the
total effect is monotonous and perhaps
a little bit mongrel.
The town Is full of exhibitions, as
glance at the calendar on this page VIII
show One of those likely to attract at
tention is that OF recent portraits by
Albert Sterner at the Henry Reinhardt
galleries. 1t includes perhaps score
of paintings and a few drawings. In
them ali one may trace Mr.. Sterner's ac-
complished methods OF seeing and pre-
senting his subjects. 1t is not for any
great analytical powers that the visitor
must look in these portraits. Mr..
Sterners concern has evidently been to
convey in terms of judicious compost
ton and agreeable color abouS what the
social acqualntances Of his subjects may
see In the persons themselves.
On the walls Of the exhibition room
may be noted the skilful suggestion of
social class in not few of the can
vases. The artist has kept pace, too,
with the changes Of decade in the OUT
ward aspects of certain types Of New |
York womanhood. There are few pict- |
ures here dating back far enough to
show this process. These earlier ones
are more distinguished. on the whole.
than the later work. The color is quieter
and the general effect Of the costume
and accessories. and particularly OF the |
Of flesh tones. is more serious
and less modish than in the work of the
last two or three years. In fact, Mr..
Sterner's art has changed in about the
same way that the afternoon throng on
Fifth avenue. from 34th street to the
park, has been transformed in appear
ance in the same period. II there is less
distinction in his later work there is
also. perhaps. more knowing quality. /
The exhibition Is not of great impor-
pling q street. The composition Is q '
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
Maurice Sterne and the PoSt-lm-
nressionistS-0ther Exhibi-
tionS Current.

post-Impressionism has been much
.rd Of in New York, but little Of it has
~ seen in public exhibitions. Its ex-
.Novaeances, it's brutalities and its sheer
.,,ress have aroused scoffing or indig-
snt comment by men Of fixed ideas In
/, ordon and Paris. Only the other day
e. Edward Poynter, distributing prizes
- successful students of the Royal
,csdemy School. took occasion to warn
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

~ first be amused or horrihed &. tne
heavy clumsIness. the curious usiihess
q the paintings in oils by this younS
hussian-American. The drawings zen
q different story. And a wall huns WIN
stchings made a decade ago, wnen
sterne was in New York, wiz seem
hardly like the work of the same man
20 agreeably do they conform to nie'h
eos Of expression that have long peen
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

building will look.
Among exhibits at the coming show
there will be prominent examples OF the
work of such architects and firms as
McKim, Mead & White, Thomas Hast
ings. Cass Gilbert, William A. Boring.
Grosvenor Atterbury and scores of
others. Among tho mural painters Mr..
BIashfield and Mr.. Turner will have con-
spicuous exhibits, while the sculptured
work shown will come from Mr.. Mac
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
lance. but II is typical and worth 20"

A very large and handsome painhns
by Guardi, -sea Shore Along the Adri-
attic" at the Gimpel & WIldenstein gall
lery, forms little exhibition of its swn'
Not often did this painter Of Venice I'M
prison more sunlight In his blue ally or
infuse more vivacity and movement into
his representation Of the figures Poo
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

bs was doing. sterne was the first win
nsr s ~ this prize. and its holders since
then have been. successively, Henry
Aronsen. who on returning from abroad
developed an illness and is now in the
.a,sanasor.. A. l.. Kroli. who came
sao,. san., Europe to teach at the Acad-
oaoA IRON, u,,,,am Levy. who is the pres
er', ent banssc,ary aa Of the scholarship,
e1a po,ens Sene sterne went to Paris in 1904
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

balance of sea on the ono side against
a crumbling quay on the other. Tho
whole picture is an example Of Guards
cheerful and delightful art.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-21

American Art Gal
leries.. ....................Paintin OF the
Barbzon. cOntem-
poraneous French
and early English
schools, belonging
TO the estates OF
the late George
Crocker. Emily II.
Moir, Alice New
comb and Frederic
Bonner, TO be sold
at the Plaza on
January "a. And a
collection OF jade
and ancient OBJ
jects. TO be sold at
the galleries on
January q, 26 and
q.
Berlin = h o ographic
Company Drawings. paintings
and etchlngs by
Maurice Sterne.
Century Club. in charcoal
by +. Hopkinson
Smith
City Club. exhibit OF pIct-
ures: ends January
q
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
MEETING
DEVELOPS into A
WAR CONfAB"
Congressman Mann Starts
the Trouble When He
Speaks Against Arbitra-
tion of Controversy.

Washington, Dec. 21--Two hundred
delegates of the annual banquet Of the
American Society for judicial Settle
ment Of International Disputes sat
down tonight to talk over information
al peace, but before they left the ban
quet hall were shocked to wind that
the peace" meeting had been trans
formed almost into war confab."
1t all started when Minority Leader
Mann Of the house of representatives
declared "he had rather see evs.v ship
in the American navy guard the Pan
anna canal than submit the present
controversy with Great Britain to ar
bitration. We must turn our attention
first to the cours of our own land, y
said Mann. "They are constantly I'M
der attack by dissatisfied people. We
constantly are engaged in industrial
disputes We must take care of the
downtrodden and throttle the idle
rich"
Rear Admiral Richard Wainwright
further disturbed the peace when he
said that ANTI toxinc of war To this
country comes in doses of four big
battleships each year"
This viii og as far toward assuring
international peace he said. ms any
thing else. | believe military power
should still be necessary to command
proper respect"
AS an addition to the peaceful as
poet Of the occasion, Professor George
MclSinnon Wrong, professor Of history
in the University Of Toronto, Haunted
in the face Of the diners the fact that
Canada had decided TO give to England
three powerful dreadnaugllts.
Senator Burton of Ohio called mat
tiers by advocating an international
supreme court" where all problems in
volvng disputes likely to bring about
a war could be properly settled
Governor Baldwin of Connecticut,
POSTMASTER, said that he wished to
correct the prevailing opinion that the
wealthy men Of the world desired war
He praised Andrew Carnegie as being
a true representative Of the great mon
eyed kings who desire harmony among
nations. He has given S1o,0oo,0oo TO
the cause" he declared. IF he want
ed war, he hardly would take this
means of bringing it about. He
praised President Taft as being the
best friend of international peace Of
any of the countries chief executives
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
TRYING TO HAVE
California LIFT
HAY QUARANTINE
Assistant Director of the
Panama California Expo
sition Takes Steps to Have
The Wrong Remedied.

II It is within the power of San Diego
to raise the California quarantine on
Idaho alfalfa. that progressive city
will turn the trick for Irwin Graham
Lewis, assistant director Of the san
Diego Panama California exposition,
who was in Boise last week, and left
Yesterday afternoon for Carson City,
New, has exerted every effort to &C
complish this feat.
1t is probable that an investigation
will be made by Governor Johnson of
the action taken in the quarantine.
Before leaving Boise Mr.. Lewis re-
ceived a telegram from the Chamber
of Commerce of San Diego county call
ing upon Governor Johnson to conduct
such an investigation and if he finds
an iniuctice has been done Idaho. to
Immediately take steps TO remedy it.
The Carey Act Projects association
of southern idaho proposes to take ac-
tive steps towards preparing for the
installation of suitable irrigation eN-
hibit at the exposition and this week
a meeting of those interested will he
held at Jerome or Gooding to take up
the matter.
The gates of the big exposition viii
open Jan 1. 1915, and viii close at
midnight Dec. 81 1915 The eNpos-
tion site II iii Balboa park, tract
Of land comprising 1900 acres, situated
in the heart of the city Of san Diego
and within to minutes walk of the
main business section. The area 10 be
covered by the exposition will be 6l5
acres
AIR Lewis was enthusiastic yester-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22
CRUISER SAILS WITH
AMBASSADORS BODY

Portsmouth. England, Dec 21.-The
British cruiser Natal tonight was well
out at sea bearing toward New York
the body of the late Whitelaw Reid,
United states ambassador to England
The Natal Was expected to be met 1000
miles or So from America by the United
states battleships Florida and North
Dakota. which will escort her into port
Flying the American and British flags
AZ half mast. the Natal weighed am
Choir At la0 O'Clock this afternoon, fir
ing national salute in honor OF the
dead ambassador as She left her pier
The body rested In an especially con-
strueted chapel on the quarter deck of
the funeral ship
Mrs. Reid. her son. Ogden Mills Reid.
his wife and Mrs john Ward. daughter
of Ambassador Reid. sailed for Amer
lea on the liner Campania
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-22

like to have me tell him how to go
about it to get one"
When asked IL he would give out a
copy of his reply to the letter for pub
LEGATION, Governor Wilson said:
Il didn't make any"
No Plans on Patronage.
In reply to a question whether he
had formulated any plans for disposi-
ton of federal patronage in the various
states, according to senatorial or con-
gressional recommendations. the presi-
dent eject said: NO. l haven't. but l
have adopted the general policy that
those who apply are least likely to be
considered.
Governor Wilson expects to hold a
conference with Speaker Clark next
week, similar to the one held with
Bryan today. other prominent Demo-
cratic senators and representatives will
also probably be invited to visit him
and give him their information and
opinion concerning cabinet material
and legislation.
This evening Governor Wilson re-
turned to Princeton to spend Sunday
with his family He planned to he in
Trenton again Monday and probably
Tuesday He will spend Christmas here
with his family.