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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-29
Mr.. Arthur Train and the Miss
ing Mona Lisa"

In the pursuit Of the lost Leonardo
tho world wants facts, not fiction.
Nevertheless, amongst the innumera-
BILE conjectures which have found their
way into print on the subject OF this
mysterious episode we have encoun-
tered nothing more interesting than
the short story which Mr.. Arthur
Train contributes TO the January
number of "Everybodys Magazine"
lie calls Il THE Madonna of the
Blackbird," and the stolen picture
which provides this title Is attributed
To Raphael. In other ways the author
nominally detaches himself from the
recorded theft and It's scene. But II
is obvious, OF course. that he has the
Mona Lisa" in mind, and the solution
Of its disappearance. which he suggests
is as persuasive as it is ingenious. A
museum official and his wife are in
volved. and the plausibility OF the
transaction in which they are repre-
scented as engaging Is the sounder be-
cause Mr.. Train attributes no really
evil purpose to either of his personages.
Here is the passage in which Nine.
Fourner explains to the memorable
detective how THE Madonna Of the
Backbird" fell upon disaster:
1T was /" she sobbed rocking herself
! to and fro and running her hands through
her hair until 1t gave way and fell In a
| 4 har
was with my accursed eXtravagance-
my debts-my gamblingl Oh. he is so
good--so nobel You must save him from
dishonor! Promise me that you Will place
the blame where II belongS-upon me
me-only me, 1t was alone who thought
of getting money by allowing the photo
graphic company to reproduce the picture
i'm color. Fraulein Oberlitz had promised
me 2j,C00 francs. But my husband refused.
He was Mortified. Then | forged his
name to the order for the pictures re-
moVal.'
She choked and raised a haggard face
toward him. 1T was sacrilege. | know
il! Twice the Madonna has come TO me
i'm dream-lookinS, oh. so sad! Last
| night she gave me look as II | had
thrust a knife into her breast, | cannot
bear II. Take me away! Put me IN
prison, But spare my husband. lie Is
absolutely innocent! | swear it upon the
cross. upon my honor, upon anything!
II was nobodys fault hut mine. Gods
curse was upon the whole deed! No
sooner was the glass removed than in one
instant the picture slowly began 10 change
color and fall to pieces. and nothing
would BRING it back. Then ] confessed.
My husband was beside himself OF
course. the officers of the company We're
terrified and paid the guardians for their
silence. But they refused to retain the
picture and sent IL back, rolled in a
bundle of music Promise me you VIII
exonerate my husband! Do what you
want with me, but have mercy upon
, him.
Mr.. Trains clever tale is as enter
tanning as it is shrewdly framed. We
gather, too. that his hypothesis is his
own, developed not long after the
Mona Lisa" disappeared. 1t is printed
more than "A year after the theft, which
occurred in August, 1911, but as the
illustrations were drawn by the late
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-29
iEdouard DetaiIIe-G. F. Watts
A lawyer Story.

The City Club is holding holiday
,exhibition Of small paintings. 1t con-
tains works by Alexander Schilling,
Emil Garrison, Gardner Symons, Will
/ lam Sartain and others. The current
show at the MacDOweli Club is given
TO paintings by Kathleen Houlahan,
Edith Reynolds. Hilda Ward, Aline
Bernstein and three or four others. At
the New York School OF Applied De-
sign for Women there opens on Janu-
AIRY an exhibition of drawings by AL
bert Steiner II will be followed a
/ fortnight later by an exhibition of
| paintings by the late j. II. Twacht-
man. A collection Of paintings in oil
/ and pastel by Alonzo Klaw has just
been opened at the Folsom Gallery.
The Prang Gallery shows oils, water
1 colors and sketches by George w.
Koch. From Philadelphia comes the
prospectus for the usual annual ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-29

ttude the thought that there was an
clement of complacency in the picture,
complacency reacting upon the
whole fibre Of the painters WORK.
Like any other work OF art that Is
really TO touch us, a great military
picture must proceed, after all, out OF
imagination and passion. Detaille' AT
bottom, was as cold as stage car
nenter. Consciously or unconsciously,
he did more 10 flatter the national van
NV than to minister to our sense Oh
beauty. His was the photographically
realistic ideal of MeissOnier, enhanced
as we have said, by a holder nervous
force. but never quite released from
the influence of a mechanical melhou'
The zest disclosed in some OF his cas-
nal. spontaneous drawings, eVaporaleS
when he works out a composition upon
canvas. Then his figures seem 10 pe-
come standardized, in the manner Oh
so much modern illustration ana 10
exercise the functions OF the theatre
rather than those of life. The colors'
like the forms, are faithfully set down.
and they are judiciously harnonlzed
under the cold gray light Of Parisiah
studio. But we are not transported 10
the battlefield. We know all the uhhe
that we are in the Salon, looking at
good. typical. Salon picture. by ltseH
the fact is not. perhaps, deserving OF
on,, worry serious or minute comment.
But in its representative signihcance
tho work of Detaile commands atleh-
ton and provokes some surprlsed re-
Elections. Is it not an odd. arrestinS
circumstance that he, who did so much
and did it so well, should neVeriheIesS
have failed TO make himself really
brilliant master of his craft? Is 1t not
equally strange that so many OF his
fellows. laboring ardently in the same
field and supported, as he was by the
military enthusiasm of a great nation
should have failed 10 carry the soul
of that nation into French art? The
museums and other public buildings OF
the land are full Of battle pictures ana
nowhere do these souvenirs OF heroic
deeds match their substance with their
artistic form. This is surely one or the
curiosities of painting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-29
MODERN ROMANCE.

when they became engaged he sent
the ring 5000 miles by special messenger"
Fine
"She sent him a wireless every night
and he wore her picture on the band Of
his hat"
True love. that"
"They were married in a balloon over
mid-ocean."
How very romantic
"And yet after all, they We're divorced
inside of two years. kansas City jour
nal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-29
George Frederic Watts and the
Grand Style.

There have been in modern art ana
there are among men still living sew
eral painters of whom IT would seem
safe TO say that they will rank in the
future as "old masters More rarely
we have been vouchsafed geniuses ~
gifted as actually TO revive within our
own day something of the spirit and
tradition of the historic past. PuVis
de Chavannes, in France, was such
type. John LaFarge, in America, was
another. And IN England we find a
third. in the person of the late George
Frederic Watts. His temperament was
that Of an artist Of the Renaissance.
and circumstances happily fostered its
development in the direction chosen by
his taste. Born in 1917 and growing
lup in that period Of transition during
which so much OF European art was
TO be made over. he proceeded 10 Italy
in the carly 40s, when all the con
ditions there were still favorable to the
growth of his special form Of art.
Thenceforth until his death. at the
great age Of eighty-seven, he stood in
relation to all the busy experimenting
schools of his time like some serene old
Venetian Of the Golden Age. 1t is good
to dwell upon his work, and upon his
character, too. for he was a man Of
mind and principle as well as an inter-
esting painter. We welcome, therefore,
the publication 10y his widow Of George
Frederic Watts: The Annals Of an
Artists Life" (Thc George II. Doran
Company, a work in three handsomely
illustrated volumes which really illumi-
mates his long career.
The theme has been treated before,
by Mrs. harrington in an interesting
volume, but evidently the latter is not
to be taken as officially authoritative.
Mrs Watts remarks that II have this
winter 0911-'12) for the first time seen
and read her published recollections Of
my husband. and have thus been made
| him" The present memoir gives an
Enthusiastically intimate portrait Of the
man, drawn with the fullest knowledge
and sympathy, though IT may be noted
| in passing that the author was not
married to her hero until 1856. when he
was sixty-nine. She has no difficulty,
however, in reconstructing the story of
his earlier life, and, indeed from be-
ginning TO end she carries conviction,
making us feel the strong central prin-
ciple governing everything that Watts
did. This principle might be stated in
nutshell as nothing more nor less
than a high-minded spiritualized con-
ception of the artists destiny. In let
ter written in 1916, from Italy, he indi-
Gates to his Greek friend Ionides the
mood in which he was always to work:
If ! have not made money. it has been
my own fault With the connections |
have made, If / applied myself To portrait
painting / might carry all before me; but
1t has always been my ambition TO tread
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-29

said was: "Well, that is curious. It is
a picture that l sold for 500 francs"
The report may be true that he has
bought back large number OF his pct-
ures, TO hold at high prices, but We
find this hard to believe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-29

Howard Pyle. who died early in NO
vember in the same year, 1t Is TO be
presumed that Mr.. Train composed his
little piece while the fateful news was
still ringing through the press.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-29

hibition at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts. II will open on Sun
day. February 9. and last until the end
of March
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-10
'I0UR bRll HAIRS
QUIGEI I HAHE
A Harmless Remedy Ma
fIon Garden Sage Resides
ColoftoG Hail.

J. ~
A feeling Of sadness accompanied IL
discovery Of the first gray hairs whici
unfortunately are look dtpon as herald
of1ddvaneing age. Gray hair however
handsome e may be, makes d persole
iook Old. We ilknow the adximtage.,
of being young. Aside from tAe goo
imuression 8 youthful ppearanee make
on others, simply knowing that 81 ,atS
tlooking it, gives one courage 70
undertake and accomplish things. So
why suffer the handicap Of looking old
on account Of gray hairs when q simple
remedy will give your hair youthful
color and beauty ina few days time !
Most people know that common gar.
den sage acts as q color restorer End
scalp tonic as,well Our grahdmpth hers
rised a. tsSage Tea for Keeping their
hair dark, soft and luxuriant In
Wseths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy
we have an ideal preparation OF Sage,
combined with Sulphur and other valtia-
bleremedies for dandruf, itching scalp
and thin, weak hair that is split at the
ends or constantly coming out. A few
aublicat lions 81 this, valuable remedy
Viii bring back the color, and ina short
time it will remove every trace Of dan
druff and greatly improve the growth
and appearance Of the hair. li ~
Get a fifty cent bottle from your
druggist today, andnotice the difference
IN your hair after a few days treat
I1ef,t, p An druggists sell 1t, under guar.
antee that the money will be refunded II
The remedy is notexactly as represented.
special Agent, Cranes Drug Store.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-10
CHAPTER III.
n Darkest Chicago.

The casta%ays nom the wrecked
taxicab hurried along the doleiuL
street. Both OF them knew their Chi
cago but this part OF it was not their
Chicago.
They hailed a pedestrian, to ask
where the nearest street car line
might be, and whittier it might run.
He answered indistinctly from a dis
Greet distance, as he FASTENED away.
Perhaps he thought their question
merely a footpad's Introduction to a
sandbagging episode. In Chicago at
night one never knows.
"As near as l can make out what he
said, Marjorie" the lieutenant pom.
dered aloud, I'VE walk straight ahead
till we come to Umptyump street,
and there We find a Rarara car that
Will take us to Bloptyblop avenue.
never heard of any such streets, did
you?"
Never" she painted, as she Jog
trotted alongside his military pace
Lets take the first car We meet, and
perhaps the conductor can put US on
at the street where the minister
lives"
Perhaps" There was not much
confidence in that perhaps"
When they reached the street.carred
street, they found two tracks, but
nothing occupying them, as far az
they could peer either way. A small
shopkeeper in tiny shop proved to
be a delicatessen merchant SO busiIy
selling foreign horrors to aliens, thai
they learned nothing from him.
At length, in the far.away, they
made out a headlight, and heard the
grind and squeal of a car Lieutenant
Mallory waited for it, watch in hand
lie boosted Marjorie-s elbow aboard
and bombarded the conductor with
questions. But the conductor had nc
more heard OF their street than they
had OF his Their agitation did not
disturb his stole calm, but he invited
them to come along to the next Gross
ing, where they could find another car
and more. learned conductors or
what promised better, perhaps a cab
lie threw Marjorie into panic by
ordering her to 9ettiSon snoozleums
but the lieutenant bought his soul fol
small price, and overlooked thefaci
that he did not ring up their fares.
The young couple squeezed into
seat and talked anxiously in SHARP
whispers.
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Its hert was light, He sighed: Il
hope So" :.ta
The Engnshman was craning his
head around owlishly to ask:
II say. pawtah, does this train ever
get wrecked?"
':Well, it hasn't yet" and he muir
INJURED to the Yankee, but has
hopes"
The Englishman's voice was querui
Gus again.
~ say, pawtah, open a window, will
you? The air is CHASTITY, absosrippi9g-
'lutely CHASTITY" t
1.-The Yankee growled: ~
mo wonder we had the Revolution
airy war;"
Then he took from his pocket an
envelope addressed t6Ira Lathrop Z
Co., and from the envelope he took, a
contract, and studied it grimly The
envelope bore a Chinese stamp:
The porter, as he struggled with an
obstinate window, wondered what
sort Of passenger fate would send him
next.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-10
Wake Up With q
ozark Brown
Taste"?
Get Rid Of It! Fun for
OLIVE TABLETS

There fs1't The slightest need to
wake up any morning with drown
mouth" UGH No need to describe
ut.
DR.. Edwards has made brown
mouth" thing of the past In thou
sands Of homes with his little olive
Tablets, the substitute for calomel.
Any one who takes DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets the moment he sus'
meets his liver and bowels, never has
"a dark brown TASTE" bad breath, a
pimply face, constipation or any othei
form of bowelor liver disorder
Take one Just the moment you s!l US.
pect you are constipated or That ydnF
liver is out Of order,
Thousands take one at bedtime
every night Just to keep the bowels
regular, the liver in order, The mouth
clean and the breath pure and sweet.
Olive Tablets are made OF pure veg
etable compounds mixed with olive
Dir. Edwards spent Il years in prae,
lice and in laboratory experiments be-
fore he perfected Olive Tablets.
Why don't you try them instead Of
tile severe kind of laxatiyes that grippe
and only effect temporary relief?
every little Olive Tablet has a
movement all It's own"
AT all drug stores in neat pocket
packages. At lOc and 25c,
Made'by the Olive Tablet COMPANY
Portsmouth, Ohio, or Columbus ONO
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-10
orchestra Recital.

Mr.. E. A. Wilson. superintendent Of
the Diamond Street NJ. E. sunday
school requests that all members OF
the Sunday school and church, who
possibly can, attend the orchestra re
cital which %iiilbe held. Friday eHfn'
Ing at the church. The request is
made IN orderao help the. members oil
the orchestra who have done so nobly
playing for Sunday school. The pro
ceeds of this recital will be used in
purchasing new music.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-10

The First NJ. p. church held a very en-.
ioyable meeting Monday evening at
the home of Mrs. II. u. Kelley on East
Park avenue. After tie business meet,
ing a soeial, hour was spent, Miss lsa
Jackson sang two beautiful solos
which were greatly enjoyed BY al AZ
present and refreshments were served
by the hostess. All Of the members
we're present at this meeting, The
society will meet again in two weeks
hi thehoine OF Miss Aadge ,Helmtck
Personals.
Mr.. George Burdess has returned
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-10
,Msetinq Postponed.

The meetlngof the Ladies Aid So
cetg Of the Palatine Baptist church
which was TO have been held at the
home of Mrs Boss this week has been
postpeneG
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-10
Trlp 10 Eurcoe.

Rev. Jno. p. Tnrkelson, formerly OF
this city, will lecture at the Palatine
Baptist church on Friday evening
April 18th, at 5 o'clock and will carry
his audience through Northern Eu'
rope, picturing tothem the people and
customs OF that land. This lecture is
dlherent from any previously delltf
cred by this Palatine's greatest
pteaehers E.s IA
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MsyIng pictures

Benefit et ii I'll Society Of the First
Nj. p. church al the First ward school
auditorium on Thursday and Friday,
April II and 70, at 500 p, m. Admis-
sion at night Zoe to all. A special mat
inee for school children will be given
on Friday afternoon at $500 o'clock.
Admission DC. A change of pictures
each night. .
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Handsome souvenirs will be given
to all the ladies attending Denhar's
Annual Opening, Announcement later
Watch for the big advertisement
4.1U-tt
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-10

Ia|| 'n0 ~. dae|A e@1 Fran
san Francisco San Francisco.
We are doc thai he eYenln' Of the
fo'th dag This hain' Monday, that
ought 70 bring as 10 abote Tnuzzday
erenln
Tie Yankee felt called upon o
check the foreign usurper
Porriefrl
Yassahi
Doht Bet that fellow rlonopclizt
yon lie probably won't tip you 81
all.
The porter grew confidential:
aoh, / know his kind sab. They
don't tp You for what you do do, but
they're ready letter writer's to the
sooperintehdent Tor what you don't
do
-Pawtah! say, pawtah!"
Here, porter
The porter tried to initiate the
Irish bird, and be In two places At
once. The American had a coin IN
his hald. The Porter caught the CLEAN
Of it. and fitted thither. The Yankee
growled:
Don't forget that I'm on the train
and when we. get to Frisco there may
be something more"
The porter had the coin in his hand
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-10
Contract Let

The contract was let TO John NJ
Eisner and Son. yesterday to finish
the basement Of the Palatine Baptist
church on Columbia street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-10
chclr Practice.

The choir Of the Diamond street NJ.
r. church will meet Thursday evening
at the church for rehearsal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-10

Refreshments for aIl-souvenIrs for
the ladies, at penham's, Opening some.
time next week. Watch for the big
"ad,p = 4.1Oti
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had spent several weeks torI6e ben,f
tit OF his health.
Miss icie, NIehelsssot colfas. IS thp
from Nj, Clemens. Mich.S where D.
guest OF her brother, M Clarence
Nichols, OF Market street. .sss
Mrs. 7. D. Harden and Mrs. s,
Jones spent Tuesday at Huntington
the guests Of Nj, and Mrs shroyer
Mr.. Lindsay Jacobs. Of rFiunet
spent Monday III Il CITY, Il;
Mrs. H. F, smith h ae guest Of AIg,
and MRS. =! A. Tough Mofgaltcail
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Young Ladies' Aid Society.
The Young Ladies' Aid Society OF
Evening star., 1912-11-17
GARAGE HEAT A PROBLEM.
Gas Stoves Unsafe and Against Un
derwriters' Laws.

The problem of heating private garage
has long been a source of worry to the
owner who does not maintain an estab-
lishment in which a chauffeur, and per-
haps others, sleep. For the owner VINO
takes care of his own car and who takes
| a delight in working about it during the
winter months, the heating problem is a
source of expense which. while necessary.
must be cut down to the minimum. 1t Is
better for the car that the temperature
of tie garage be kept above 60 degrees,
as cold weather affects both the metal in
the car and the enamel uIOn it. If the
car is to be used during the winter it Is
a necessity that the garage be constantly
heated.
The general methods employed for heat
ing garage may be roughly divided into
two classes. The first is where the heat
ing system is within the garage itself and
the second is where the heat is carried
into the building from an external source,
such as from the heating system of the
residence, If the garage is on the same
premises. Where the heating system is
located directly in the garage there is the
choice of the regular stove, gas, hot air
or the steam or hot-water apparatus. The
stove has several Objectionable features
and, BESIDES Is unsafe in frame garage.
Gas heaters have the Objectionable fea-
ture of being unsafe and against the un-
derwriters' laws for garage work. Gas is
in itself a dangerous thing about a ga
rage, and although there is a type of gas
stove which operates on the principle of
the Davy lamp with a screen that pre-
vents the ignition of the gas this method
has not been adopted extensively for the
use of the automobilist keeping a private
garage because of contrary legislation,
and also because the stoves of this sort,
of which a few meritorious examples have
been put upon the market, have never be-
come particularly well known.
Evening star., 1912-11-17
MOTOR FIRE VEHICLES.
Many Cities Now Using Them Ex
clusively-Discarding Horses.

The city Of Bridgeport. Conn. has purS
chased a new ten-thousand-dollar gaso-
line pumping fire engine. The engine is
rated at 126 horsepower and is capable of
driving the machine at speed of forty
miles an hour. Des Moines, Iowa, Is to
get an automobile police patrol. The ma
chine will cost $3.50.
That gasoline and electric motors have
almost supplanted the horse as means of
propulsion for f1re-fghting equipment was
emphasized more strongly than ever at the
fortieth annual convention Of the Inter-
national Association Of Fire Engineers,
held at Denver. For the first time In his
tory of fire apparatus exhibitions held in
connection with the conventions. there
was not one single piece of horse-drawn
apparatus shown at the exhibit. Motor
equipment has crowded out the horse. OF
the 100000 worth Of motor apparatus
on exhibition most interest among 800
fire chiefs was created by the monster
pump which, it was claimed, would de-
liver 1,OO gallons per minute at 20 pounds
pump pressure The pump is multiple
stage centrifugal turbine pump with 16J-
horsepower, six-cylinder motor. combined
steam and electric pump regulator, steam
er on battery front truck
Glasgow. Scotland. has done away with
every horse-drawn Are engine In the city,
with a single exception. Her fire brigade
is now occupied with sixteen motor fire
vehicles. The last installment comprised
eight turpine pumps and one motor car.