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Telephone Adds Another Terror.
From the Telephone Review.

From the Telephone Review.
The manager Of a large manufacturing
plant in Paterson, N. j.. recently had a
novel experience which impressed him as
a striking illustration of the speed with
which sound travels over a telephone
wire. as compared with the speed with
which 1t travels through the atmosphere,
He was standing at the telephone in his
residence, which is about two miles from
his factory, speaking with the supern-
tendent of the works. when the whistle OF
the factory blew for l o'clock. The
sound came to him very distinctly over
the wire, lasting about five seconds, then
ceased, and few seconds later the same
sound Of the whistle blowing came to him
through an open window near which he
was standing, this time coming via the
slower route, the sound waves OF the at
mosphere
He thus actually heard the same sound
twice. and has not yet recovered from the
novelty of the experience.
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"That though you might be arrested.
though YOU might be accused and even
tried for the murder of-of that man
truth might come out and your lnno-
cence proved"
WYNN heavens name, Lukeg' she
exclaimed, passionately, ''why?'
'sMy dagger-stick was found inside the
ratings Of the park-and the STAINS on II
THAT'S only circumstantial evidence"
she argued, you can demolish 1t, II you
choose
IT cannot" he replied. 'I should plead
guilty-Mr. Dobson says that II plead
guilty counsel can plead exfenuating cir
ccumstancesIntense provocation and SO
forth-and I might get q more lenlent
Luke" she said. looking him straight
in the face, compelling his eyes to meet
hers. for in their clear depths she meant
to read the truth, to compel the truth at
last. He had never lied in his life. II he
lied now she would know it. she would
read it in his face Luke! you are
shielding some one by taking the crime
ON your own shoulders.
and steady as they gazed straight into
hers. There was not shadow In them,
not a CULVER. as he replied, quietly:
mo, Lou, I am shielding no one."
1T was you VINO Anicu lHaL A1o'A
Philip de Mountford-or Paul Baker-Wno-
ever he may be?'
And he answered her firmly. looking
steadily into her race:
!. 1T was t.
She said nothing more then, but rose
to her feet and went quite close up 10
him. With gesture that had no Thought
of passion in it. only sublime. motherly
love. she took Luke's head in both her
hands and pressed it to her heart.
my poor old Luke.' she murmured.
She smoothed his hair as a mother does
to an afflicted child; the motherly instinct
was up in arms now, even fighting the
womanly, the passionate instinct or less
selfiess love. She bent down and kissed
his forehead.
Luke" she said, gently. lit would do
you such lot Of good II you would only
let yourself CO."
He had contrived to get hold of her
hands; those hands which he loved SO
dearly, with their soft, rose-tinted palms
and the scent of sweet peas whlch ciung
to them. His own hot fingers closed on
those small hands. She stood before him,
tall. elegant-not beautiful! Louisa Har-
ris had never been beautiful. nor yet a
fairy princess Of romance-only COM
monplace woman! A woman OF the
world, over whose sraceful form. her per-
sonality even, convention invariably threw
her mantle-but a woman for all that
with a passion burning beneath the crust
of worldly sangfroid-with heart attuned
to feel every culver. every sensation OF
Joy and of pain. A woman who loved
with every fiber in her-who mad the su.
preme gift Of merging self in love-of
giving all her soul, her heart, her mind
and every thought-a woman who reused
every chord OF passion in mans heart
the woman whom men adore!
And now as Luke de Mountford held her
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God and left clothes to the mantua MAX
ers.' This was not altogether true, but
1t has given many painter an excuse
for sighting the details of dress. Such
was not the practice of the great mas
tiers who found themselves capable of
celebrating detail without loss of effect.
exhibiting interest is concentrated in the
head and face, but in every instance the
clothes and drapery are splendidly rem
dered. Note, for example, Mrs. Clement S
black velvet gown, Mr.. Sergeant's rough
cloth coat. Mrs. Benefits satin dress.
the white chiffon scarf thrown over Miss
elders shoulder Texture, 1t would seem,
could not be more perfectly rendered;
And the fact that paint has been used
without paintiness, should also be called
to attention, for 1t is greatly to the credit
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distinction interpreting this phase OF
nature.
X
TOR adequate and unavoidable reasons
/ the exhibition Of a representative
portion Of the F,reer collection In the
New National Gallery has been post
poned several times within the past year.
The date for the opening of this exhibition
is now set definitely for about the middle
of April, and art lovers may be assured
then of a rare treat. Special cases have
been made for the exhibition Of certain
treasures in this collection, and every de-
tail is being superintended and arranged
by Mr. Freer himself, in consultation with
Mr.. Rathbun and Mr.. Holmes. The exhi-
bition will remain open two months, and
in many ways could not have come at 4
better season.
X X
Hiss GABRIELLE DE V. CLEMENTS
AVA Of Baltimore, who has had studio
in this city for the past few months. Is
just completing an exceedingly beautiful
decoration for the baptistry of st. Pat
rick's Church. 1t consists of three tail.
upright panels, terminating In Gothic
arches, which are to form the back
ground, as it were, for the "Pieta" which
has been modelled by Edward Berge, the
Baltimore sculptor. The central panel
pictures the cross after the crucif1xfons
the sun gliding it's outline and the city OF
Jerusalem in the distance on a hill. The
panel to the right shows Joseph of Arima-
thea holding a winding sheet, ana TWO
sorrowing disciples, young man bowed
with grief and an old man silently Dear
ing his burden. The panel to the left
represents st. John Fastening forward to
render what service he may and the two
Marys, one kneeling, the other standing.
The figures are life size.
The "Pieta" is to stand before these
paintings taking its place, as 1T were, IN
the composition. 1t is to be tinted ivory.
blue and red, and its coloring has, In a
measure, determined the color scheme OF
the decoration, which is a symphony In
blue. relieved by rose and orange The
panels will be divided by six-inch marble
supports serving as frame, but the
lines of the composition are continuous
and the work as whole is unified. The
sky and the ground are apparently un-
nicely related by the continuity OF lines
and colors The whole decoration Is
painted in high key, and has that bloom
which Puvis de Chavannes got In his
works, suggesting the effect OF paint
overlaid on plaster. The central panel Is
specially successful and dramatic. and
the feeling of all three is reverent and at
the same time deeply impressive.
Primarily the work promises to fulfill
it's function as a decoration, but beyond
this it has real significance. Miss Glenn
ents has previously painted decorations
for an Episcopal church at Towson, Md,
and for st. Paurs Chapel in Baltimore,
the latter quite recently. That she should
have been given the commission for this
decoration for st. Patrick's Cheurch is a
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0VHE eXh1Dltlon or paintings by
Miss Cecilia Beaux, which
opened in the Corcoran Gallery
of Art last Saturday. has at
tracted much attention, and
with good reason. 1t is an extraordinary
display, and, like all great art, makes al
most universal appeal. There are many
we'll painted pictures in the world which
have not met with appreciation. but there
are comparatively few great paintings
which even by the masses are not cor
rectly valued.
Miss Beaux's work belongs to the latter
class And yet it should not be supposed
for an instant that her paintings are
what is known as popular-far from 1t.
Beautiful as are some in color and
charming in composition, the appeal they
make is not primarily to the senses. but
to the intellect. Going into the gallery.
which is given over exclusively to this ex
hibition one is directly conscious Of being
in the presence Of superior accomplish
ment, and as one fingers the impression
deepens into conviction. Herein is demon
strated the significance of art. For after
all it is only the painters art which so
stirs the emotions. Were the people who
are portrayed to be substituted for the
paintings, they would make no such APP
peal Here is where realism falls and
the interpretive power proves requisite
for result.
But it should be noted that Miss Beaux,s
art is of kind which conceals art.
Leaving no trace of effort 1t has the ap-
pearance of ease in execution, and there
fore induces following. While her style is
distinctive, it is never aggressive, and
though her pictures command respect.
they do not advertise their cleverness.
The secret is that they are not merely
brilliant achievements, but studied works;
built UP gradually and with profound
knowledge. 1t is true. as Mr.. Isham has
said, that her handling is broad and
strong, the color flowing free and pure
from the brush with many of those fellcl-
ties that seem most accidental when they
haps. Sargent's jugglery, nor has she
Shannon's suavity of grace, but she mas
that which will give her work more abid-
ing worth-absolute sincerity.
This is not to say that she never fa1ls
or that all her work Is on the highest
plane of achievement. OF none is this
true, but it is remarkable how rarely she
blunders and how high an average she
holds. So excellent are the paintings she
produced in the early nineties, The
Dreamer" and "A New England Woman,
that the inclination is to feel that little
progress has since been made, or was, In
deed, possible. But this is not correct.
Observing closely, one will see that while
these are notable achievements they are
not as brilliant as the later works, which
have not only greater simplicity IN han
ding but more richness and resonance In
color. Manifestly as time has passed her
drawing has grown stronger. her brush
more sure. her talent ripper.
I Miss Beaux is not especially known as
a colorist, and yet no one could visit this
exhibition without being greatly I'M
pressed by her rare and remarkable sense
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y NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS II

matter Of consolidation, for we have at
present too few examples OF good ecclesi-
astical art in this city, or. for that mat
ter, in the United States.
X
A COLLECTION of portraits and paint
"A ings by Theodore Molkenboer OF
Amsterdam, Holland. is now on exhibi-
ton in the Shelby Clarke galleries on G
street Mr.. Molkenboer has painted in
his own land some distinguished people.
but the work he shows here is far from
engaging. Following the style of Durer
and his contemporaries, Mr.. Molkenboer
produces pictures which are neither an
cient nor modern in spirit. His drawings
have merit but are not extraordinary
his paintings. on the other hand. are
hard ungraceful and in color muddy and
poor. This style, he afflrms. is that
adopted by some of the younger men of
Holland who are striving to create a new
art by initiating that which is old. II
Is this absurd notion that progress can
be. made by travelling backward that
animates the "cubists," 'futurists'' and
other mad men" of Paris who are Gre
ating a sensation in the art world today
but will be forgotten tomorrow. The ONLY
way to advance Is to go ahead, and the
only way to be original is to be perfectly
natural. The great painters Of our day
understand this as well as did those OF
the past.
II X
MISS META CRAIG. who has a pic.
AvA ture in the exhibition of cotempo-
rary art now being held in the Peabody
Institute, Baltimore is painting a mum.
Ger OF pictures and portrait studies II
her studio in Georgetown. One or two
interiors with figures; others are scenes
from the windows, winter urban pictures
made as studies of light and sunshine
yet others are portraits painted in broad
sketchy fashion. Miss Craig has done
some excellent work, and her canvases
almost invariably are full Of promise.
Il
AN exhibition of hand-wrousht silver
by Arthur ]. Stone, George G. Gebe-
Iein, Karl F. Leinonen and James
Wooley, all. well known craftsmen, will
be held next week at the Arts and Crafts
Studio on Vermont avenue. American
craftsmen have done better work along
this line than any other, and this ex-
hibit1on will undoubtedly commend itself
through the artistic merit Of the objects
displayed both from the standpoint of
design and that OF execution.
TaE regular monthly art talk viii: be
given by Mr.. Messer at the Corcoran
School Monday afternoon at AIS The
subject of the art talk will be Land
LEILA MEcIILdN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-02
CHAPTER XXX1u.
If You Would Only Let Yourself Go.

Luke was sitting at desk. writing,
when Louisa entered his room. Only one
lamp, shaded with yellow silk, hung above
the desk. throwing golden light on paper
and plotting pad and on the hand which
held the PEN
When Luke turned at the sound OF the
opening door his face remained In deep
shadow. He could not, Of course. see her
distinctly. as her figure was sflhouetted
against the light in the passage behind
her: that was, no doubt, the reason why
he did not rise to greet her when she en-
tered, but remained seated at his desk.
May / come in. Luke?" she asked.
Certainly" he replied. Il was just
writing to you"
Then give me your unfinished letter
and tell me what else you were going to
write
"Oh, I had only got as far as your
name" he said. pointing to the empty
page before him.
was it SO difficult them" she asked
"to tell me everything?"
She had come forward into the room
and stood beside his desk. one hand rest
ing upon It, her face looking down at the
letter which he had not yet begun 70
write He still made no attempt to rise.
for now her face was in full golden light
and he could see it's every feature.
1T is so difficult he said, mot to write
drivel when one is saying goodbye
You are going away" she asked.
YES"
"Tonight?''
in half an hour"
You are going abroadr'
Certainly"
'Why?"
This last question came abruptly. In
harsh trenchant tones. altogether differ
ent from those of her smooth contralto
voice. He turned his eyes away from her
| face. and looked down at his own hands.
4 which were clasped in front of him.
Because" he replied. without the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-02

From the Houston Post
We are told that an Illinois man trained
a Jersey heifer and sold her for $500.
We know of men who get almost as
much for an old range COW from the rail-
way company after the animal has been
adequately trained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-02

Ine following list gives tho otleS or
some Of the recent additiens to tho Pub
lie Library in the fields OF philosophy
and ethics, religion and church history
and biographys
Philosophy.
lanes, William. Memories and stndies. BEs3-
Russell. h A. W. Philosophical Essays. r.
and Their Relation to Modern Thought. Bo-
Psychology.
n s Berg Il. L. Matisrs ct M.no.r~ b.
tdS r. o:mIsns K ns: s'' sur Ia 'snac.
tie Training q d. reaches. si.passp. N
Dubois. Paul. Reason and SsntimsnA BIZ,
Ellis. Haveiock. World Of DrsamA BKs-
Gruendss Hubert RycAslou without Soul.
Harvey. n. A. Functional Psyehslosy. III
Hume, David. Treatise Of human Mature. ~.
keniiworth. W. W. Mfe of tAs soul BrA
T Ws1sI. e. T. M.nn. =, s.rssst
Ethics.
Black. Hugh. Happiness BMP.B5s3.
Rurrell o. B.. ed. The Mothers Book. BPP.
Hyde, "; Dew. Five Great PHILOSOPHERS Of
Jacks. L 2. Alchemy Of Thought. BM-J12s
Conduct Of Life.
no sgspi James, Eight Pillars of Prosperity.
Kaufman q; W: Way of Peace. Bos-KIssw.
Marden, O s, Sef-investment. BQS- M3329se
Merriam. a IS. ~ Toda
Waters. y MEG eG, Heroes ss ana Heroism III
Future Life.
Ces .ss, James, Participating the invisible
Stead. y; 7. Hsy Io Know That the Dead
Thomson. W. a. Mfs. Death and Immortality.
Jesus Christ.
nI sows, g I B Rsssetion in the New Tesla
the Scriptures: 1904. c6oH, sa4a. -
LIE Camus. Emile. Life Of Christ. i9o8-iSos.
Peters. q. N. Tns Master. cGo.P44am.
c.9nns so tss. IsnS e iesss Con-
Of ss Christ iso ssss Notes on the LATE
Churches and the Ministry.
Fsss::o s''s. r 1S ss::: e
ssTa Isss D. H. N. Boy Problem Solved.
Robertson o Z I. disry * De Msist15. 81:
oS NIl:ss; W q. oaH'A q n' oDa o'a.s'.
Sermons and Addressed
oSsnsli'e gaLcs,. sssusi Hisssu = nsisssus
o Sssssl'. 8. L 4. '''l'-." q a' o''.n.
o S.weil. I. 2. are.. Adventure. mA,yyA
A .psea, ffaacel:. Msd,sst,es: IL E7s a'I 50
Often tie ' B. J. busins:s Of sa,vsusu. OK.
Pierce, .. G ,. Rs,isia. q tas spiaA issa
S WsIasis: b. Men 8. T S;9:.. % 800
Church History and Missions.
Barry. ". p TIE pap.~ aa Modern Tsns4
81 sss'sS ;.os ynf &c., T.. q a. o
r.gRss r s! s::s:
Is Tssio, s y pAi sSssiI ~.r. Of ar.u.. NM
e 's ss:t,o s:n u..n: ss. e:
journeys and foundations. via msps. etc. DIS
T273.
the Missions. DS-W57T.
Biography
ArbIay, Mime. +. B. d.. Dc. johnson and
ZEE s7 V: Il a:%:'.' 8 ' white House.
Dalton. Sir q N. Ths Real Captain Kidd
E-K532d.
Doumic. Rene. George Sand. 1909. E-Sa51do
Harrison. Frederic. Autobiographic Memoirs.
~. E-H2247.
Page, T. n. Robert d. Lee, Man and Soldier.
E-L51pa.
Patterson, j. q. Ny vagabondsge. E-P274.
Rennck, Susan. Buckeye Boys Who Have Be
come Presidents. E-9R296
Robinson. A. NJ. +. French Ideal. E-9RJ65.
holland Roman. Tostoy. E-T5Sro
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vou can make something your John VIII
like. or maybe you viii be content TO
write upon the margin Of your vou y
sBv their fruits ye shall judge them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-02

VHE exhibition Of paintings by
Miss Cecilia Beaux, which
opened in the Corcoran Gallery
of Art last Saturday, has at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-02

TaE regular monthly art talk viii: be
given by Mr.. Messer at the Corcorar
School Monday afternoon at 4:15. TIL,
subject of the art talk will be Land.
scape Characterised
LEILA MECFILIN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-02

matter Of congratulation, for we have al
present too few examples OF good ecclesi-
astical art in this city, or. for that mat
ter, in the United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-02

Arblay, Mime. +. B. d.. Dc. johnson and
Crook. W. d. Memories g sAs white House.
Dalton. Sir q N. Tns Real Captain Kidd.
E-K532d.
Doumic Rene George Sand. 1909. E-Sa51do.
Harrison. Frederic. Autobographic Memoirs.
". E-H2247.
Page, T. n. Robert q. Lee. Man and Soldier.
E-L51pa.
Patterson ]. q. Ny vagabondsge. E-P274.
Rennick, Susan. Buckeye Boys Who Have Be
come Presidents E9R296.
Robinson. A. NJ +. French Idesl; E-sR56a.
Stowe, O. f. and L. B. Harriet Beecher
stowe: The Story Of Her Lfe. E-St7S5s-
Strong Mrs. I. o. Robert Louis Stevenson.
E-StAlstr.
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NIETZSCHE. BY Paul Elmer More
Boston: Houghton MifIiin Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-02
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
NEW BOOKS OF PHILOSOPHY,
RELIGION AND BIOGRAPHY

The following list gives the titles OF
some Of the recent additions to tho Pub
lie Library in the fields OF philosophy
and biographys
The sun., 1912-07-14
LOVER EAST SIDE ENGLISH

We Americans pride ourselves on the
fact that we speak one language through
out tho length and breadth Ot the great
country of which we are ~ justly proud.
We ass'irc our foreign visitors tina, If
they can understand English at all they
can understand IL anywhere III the United
States. II is not IA in i.agland. where
the farmer in Kent sreats ono dialect.
his Dcvonshire friend another. while
the Iorkshireman seems almost To he
speaking "A different tongue. Ia Italy
too. aud in France and Germany to some
extent. inhabitants Of one section Use Il
patois of their own. often differing not
inconsidcribly from that Of their distant
countrymen
In spite of all our bonsting. however.
ono is forced to admit that the casual
visitor to Now York's lower East Side
mcy find real difficulty in ,ld ',st ,nding
the speech. OF course it is cosy enough
to account for this str9nge NGristion
of our mother tongue when one stors To
think thct 10 larae proportion of the
people inhab!t ny this region tnglish il
not the nGtive language. Poles. Hun
garans. Russian Jews. Gornfn, ltaliaDs
| and Hebrews oil struggling with new
tongue will nsturally create oil sorts Of
new cxpressiors. ard these modes of
speech are just as naturally Gcquircd
| 10y their children. who. adding touches
OF correct English as it is taught them in
| school. produce a curio,s iargon
| 1t is interesting though often n well
nigh hopeless :asl; for the teacher in the
school to attempt to weed out the pic
turesque improprist.es of speech in these
youngsters ard to imrlrnt in their Places
| the seeds Of the reol ng sh lC.nCua;e.
A sma II child who had not been in school
for several days returned joyfully one
morning and announced with an air OF
importance rs her excuse for absence:
-They male ME an operation on my
esr"
One Of her comrades who had sought
to find out the reason for the others alb
sence said:
The sun., 1912-07-14

The girl had never even considered
writing as a profession. At least she
had never seen herself feted and adVer-
tised az the author Of the last pest
seller: she had never dreamed or news
paper triumphs. nor pictured a front
page with glowing letters at the top
that spelled her name. She was a pam
every day Office girl. peculiarly sehsi-
bic girl who believed in taking the
world as she found 1t, and trying to
paint It with her own rose coiored
spcctacles.
She was a high school graduate with
. splendid grounding in structural COM
position and English. She had been
trained by her mother to be faithful IN
the details Of life, and she had Inherited
tho rare instinct to notice little things
which other girls pass by; the boot
black at her once corner VINO was
different from other bootblacks because
he always sang snatches from the opera
as he worked: the little Italian boy
who sold pencils at the door OF her
once building and wore. always. faded
nosegay in his buttonhole-these ana
ether bits OF daily color the girl noted
and slowed away In the untenanted
corners of her mind. But the fact that
she might ever weave q story had never
entered her thoughts.
one afternoon the girl discovered that
she was TO have number OF hours OK
unoccupied time because her employee
was out Of town and her own ietter
writing for the day was done. she sat
down at her machine and began TO type
slmlessly at first. and then with more
purpose She had received that morn
ing an increase in salary and she wrote
as II she were explaining to other girls
who did not understand tho reasons Tor
her raise"
How I Succeeded In business"
That was her title and under 1t she
grouped as II they were the different
parts Of n cut up puzzle. one misplaced
piece Of which would spoil the symmetry
Of the whole. the qualities that spell
success In the business world. The Cir
wrote tho story Of one of her own days
from the hour when she awoke and
donned hor daintiest shirt waist that she
might light the duh Office with her
Presence. on through a tangle OF un'
Ep"cted business situations to the END
- the day when she never lett her
machine until every thread OF the days
work was s'raightcncd
She added touches Of color to the
"o'v, her pleasure when the bootblacH
'Hnincd n snatch Of Hans Sa'hss sons
NS l" polished her shoes, how she hac
".-'",ri.u ,ha; ino .!;:.c boy "N" s'""
80 TIA street corner md sold pencils
VAS fresh from Calabria and 10 hungr,
'ot flowers that he stole them from q
waste heap hack of the undertsker's
psxt door. She 0tted these anecdotes