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q 3eyear lease with Ayers, II 10
out OF the question. because the
commission surely could not under
take 10 lease property which IL does
not own. II IL is contract TO con-
sfruct the piers outlined In khs
Ayers tentative agreement. then
the commission cannot undertake
70 award thss contract until IL first
acquires the property upon which
10 build and until after Il submits
the contract 20 all possible bidders,
as required by law.
The mere fact thar the commits
sion is not doing things which they
could nos possibly do. does not
mean that they're against the
terminals or that they are delaying
The first thing to be done. as
anyone who stops 10 think q mo-
ment is bound to know. is 20 ac-
qulrc title 10 the Harbor Island
property.
And the port commissioners are
doing that as fast as possible. They
have asked their attorney to begin
condemnation proceedings. ard
their engineers 10 prepare surveys
Not until that Is done-not until
the port Of Seattle owns the land
will the subject as TO what kind Of
contract the port commission
should enter into. be properly be-
fore it
we want the terminals and We
don't care who builds them That
was the slogan in the port election.
Very we'll. the port commission. by
ordering the condemnation pro
ceedinEs. has taken the first step
TO acquire the terminals. They win
take the other necessary steps
when they come 10 them.
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OUTLAWS ARE
SURROUNDED

IIsSNiLlsE. Va. March Is
Forty detectives nom Richmond,
and as many more deputy sheriffs
and farmers, today surrounded the
Allen gang OF outlaws In Devils
Den. a natural fortress In the Blue
Ridge mountains. ~ miles from
here. The Gordon OF officers and
men Ii gradually Tightening about
the stronghold. and Il IL believed
Impossible for the bandits TO es-
cape Three United States revenue
agents. who know we'll each OF the
is men composing the outlaw clan,
led the posse to the mountain pass.
At dawn today smoke was seen
curling up from Devils Den. lndicat-
ing that the bandits we're prepar-
Ing breakfast.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-03-18

PORT COMMISSION
GOING AHEAD ON
TERMINAL PROJECT

The terminals will be built. And
they're going to be built as fast AZ
they possibly can be.
Let no one worry about that.
The port commission IL not op-
posed 70 eolng 4head sinh the Har.
bor Island project la fact. they're
working on II at this very minute.
The people voted for the terinin.
ais. and they're going 10 get them.
The people dld not vote that the
commission should enter Into con.
tract with Ayers. or with anyone
else. either Immediately or in the
future. Nor did they vote for
either private or public ownership
OF the terminals
The port commission VIII adopt
the best. the safest. and the most
hussnessiike method of building
and operating the terminals. IL
may be that an agreement with
Ayers will be the most satisfactory.
II may not be. n u is. the com
mission will undoubtedly enter into
a contract with Ayers
At present. however. even II II
were established beyond all pos
sihle doubt that the Ayers PROPOSE
tion Is the best. the port commits
sion could not rush into any agree
ments for the very simple reason
that there is nothing 20 agree upon.
For thu port does not yet own
Harbor Island.
why don't the commissioners
enter into contract With the
Ayers company lot of over
enthusiasts are asking
what sort of contract are
you talking ahoutg" the commits
sion wants 20 know.
II the contract referred 20 means
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sns tsissa Press G.~s-ea wGr~t
LINCOLN. Neb.. March is.
Fugitive Conviets Gray. Nor
ley and Dowd met death in a
gun battle near Gretna this aft
ernoon. sheriffs posse COM
pletely avenging the deaths OF
Warden Delahunty. Deputy
Warden Charles Wagner and
Usher A. c. Heilnan. who were
shot down last Thursday by
the convicts at the Nebraska
state penitentiary.
Hemmed III barn by
posses OF detectives armed
with repeating rifles. The three
convicts met death Cray was
the first to fall. after only a
few shots had been exchanged.
Then Dowd. convinced there
was no possibility of escape.
committed suicide Morley.
the most desperate 81 the trio.
alone kept up the fight For
nearly an hour his rife
cracked lonely reply 10 the vol
lcys Of the posse psd when at
last 4 became silent the Off
GERS entered the barn and found
him dying. literally shot to
pieces
Fer half an hour tire battle ragged
fast ard furious The POSSE poured
calling fire Of bullets into the
windows ana Censct Gray ~as llt.
orally shcs 10 pieces
Realizing that a further stand
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superior that the engineering de.
partmrrt has been FeoFgnniaed and
expenses Fcda1ed. that the police
and fire departments have been re-
orEaniSea aud xrwafer efficiency
maintained: that the building do
pAFtnents nave been combined.
7uug health department reports
Seattle as the first ctly In The coun-
trs In respect 10 how death rates.
and samples ~ oar mlls have taken
tirSt prtaes IN the great competition
2t Chicago Alayor nsiling confin-
ned. The department of publle
utilities has been biaxsnx the ,Tzlai
Tor similar departments Ia sur sie-
ter cities Ths ctgy finiuh~d the
year istt with balance OF several
hundred Thousand IN the treasury
and the tAAew have been reduced
about "a per cent
= ana deeply gFst~fal TO my fsl-
low si1izena for havinx raised sns to
th~ imApurtAn1. position have o.
capisd I am neasr lasting cblixA.
ton to the people. and II Al ans
future tlus / run De- of any aerx lcs
in any capacity ~ any move.
neat Tor The 5enefit and npbulldInE
% this rlss aEa more than ready 10
do my part
cosseritf iutrceuert
cssterin ~ss sressxe hy a tre.
rnenoegx osxsion when ne began 10
speak. = ssse this ostn cs usfsee.~
ne ssta. -xne assume shix public
trust ~ = sacred ehliaasien 10 Do.
veto myself 70 tire eecels's service
sneer the laws
~cucsse ofsies. pssiie Service
Public office - pahlic service.
not official m4rsery In that spirit
enter upon the duties os mayur.
and IN that spirit. God helplng me.
mean 10 serve oar peapie through
oat the term fog whleh fhsy have
sseu ~ 90 chouse mr
Elxhfeen Years ago this day. I
sfop.a 1ith q htHle groRp on fhs hixh
poreh that fronsea the old uoos~n
bufsainw thar served se kong - 4. :.
courthouse. counft building aad
later ss esty hall Th~r~. on thar
aay the huu0Sed lsad9r = ho has just
administered this solemn oath to
me. retired frum the autir~ uppm
shah ! haxT now entered recall.
as II a ser4 Yesterday. hos his
slsreeesor. Mayer Hyrun Phelps.
sfnoa wifh firm hana-eiaap aud look.
ins npw4ed info the eyes % the ~
fiFiax mayor spoke wifh slnesrfsy
and wAFnesgpesa ahirh iain wauld
eusmiafs fhe sentiment uhirh I row
xsre grum she bnstom ~ ny heart
10 the pn0isc eerrans who To-day
lays down bis duties. when .ay 70
Mzyos nsllinw
- enly hope sHss az she espirs.
flcr Of ry term. ! nssy retire ~ish
tire same esio<nees of duty sell
ccns. are sisn tire same public ecn-
siaence ara respect ~hlen yoo have
80 scurdznsiy earned ard richly
merit
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TAFT FLIES HIS
TRUE COlORS

t0F 1ttra fr~2s t-raeF1 Htyrf
BOSTON. March iS.---The pet
policies Of the peoples power"
movement were roasted 10 bro~a
turn BY President Tsft here today
In addresses before both houses os
the Massachusetts Legislature. He
bitterly denounced what he termed
the soap boz or presidential psi-
mary ss an -open avenue fer fraud
ard violence" unless properly safe
guarded. Discussing the recall of
Judges, 20 which ne ~ unalserzbly
opposed. President Tsff made . O.
rect slap AZ Col. Theodore Rocse-
seis asserting the recall Of the ~
dietary would never do. adding tnst
Il vas impossible fer sli the pecpie
10 directly participate IN the fune-
tons cf government.
President Taft declared thzt the
constitution ~ss the foundation Of
government ~of the people. fer the
people. ~ representative part of
the people"
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Fasting" Tanner
Due Tomorrow

Or. II. $. Tanner OF Los Angeles,
father Of the fast cure. VIII arrive
in Seattle tomorrow. DIR. Tanner,
who is so. took 40 days fast sew
eral years ago. and offered to do il
again in defense OF the DR.. Hazard
theory that fasting ia a better cure
for certain ailments than the ad-
ministerIng OF medicines.
Dr. Tanner has written chal-
Ienge 70 the State and King County
Medical boards TO debate with them
ON the fast cure. He has received
no answer thus far.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-03-18
my 0'Neill Has Sure Got
His Work Cut Out for Him

snAncsco March irwin Of elreunnsvi
xeee ~ winning Irish maiden
q - psnsy.
~y pssng $4,000 offered August o.
3s* .zx ny merchant of Londonderry ireland.
started perniess city. beg.
sssts snd Pstrieks day
ey irish hearts IN his keeprg He then collect the
% nsn 70 accept whichever 10 his liking
= years Of handsome, ard said 70 be pentfuy
We sisrney which he I find essential 20 the
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|AST WESTMINSTER
R0BBER IS CAUGHT

bntf 81 a revolver.
Police and the Pinkcrtons.
who have been trailing Dichm
for months. feel positive oi his
connection wifh tho New West
miusSes robbery. John Nc.
Namara. a San Francisco sa-
loounan. now under arrest in
New York. is said 20 have
been the leader Of the gang
DIchm j. also wanted IN Chi
cago for murder. and in Rich
mond, Va. for a postoffice
robbery.
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X1Kne.--
SnTHOUSE MAN BROWNS:
RAvE WIFE STICKS AT POST

y. g.. March is.-
~ after her husband had
sssh7d overheard and
- = , storm which threat.
asmoiish the atructnre.
boufke. wife of the
~ tender on Bird Rock
4. Z q the aagdalena group,
beacon burnInr. gs. Afssr
= 4, senseIs from haarer
q tss Mr.. Bourke ana her
y ~. Rave been rescued by
\ eenf steamer Seal. II Ia
80 ne baby viii live.
,;. q her experiences.
.'' .s !! aaid today:
! 8k< 'nsi ] had to do ny d,,sv.
a. suffered terribly rom he
10y g ~ breast az / eoaId I,
:,FIiele Z task 10 crawl avn, w,,h l,
y si asnf chamber and Keen
n.'ed trimmed and burn,
en'ly heard yesseIs '. i.
|
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>e<,re see deers we're
- : b.e crowd nss aasn'
"A. 1. kens ef the Crane Opera
= ~essss tn~ iasaaurassen
s..... y :. cssssrsll. ssassles rev
- ssek sffses a. neen se-
[ hn,rsnl~sssiy 2-soo eesp's
y ,reo shs snezsre The ere
- ~ eene,neessly lntrrrupsed
s-s~.e>,us seplause.
S.11. 4 ~ fact that the neelie
'.--,~s,,e . rather ~ nnesaai
.s'.1Sss d seattle thsre ~as NO
.s.-~s ! paks the ewrwmnni~s
' 49,, Wa<ners hand Furnish
! - ,-~,rnl mszicai nnmbexs. ladxe
= nrrn,a : form~r raaynF of -
r1ur1nkrs<r~d lh~ cath ~ o.
.-1 - The ero~d IN good
"a. ~ I ~isty speech MASor
~1s - Mayor Cotssfil ~et~
~ ~ sDeAksrs
- osysrs Or Platform
ssr1 = the platform we're a
'-1rr Z es.uayers. feeuaer ecstt-
~ - cr~rni ccaneii ant
S ~ (Isaslx ~ ~ell a. repre-.
11S1s fron ,nes Of be ieaalns
~ - <ennrfvisl organizations
- 11rSp we're assisnea az Tot
nv b NJ. Co<teriit Tor
1~>rrv q hss fxmiis and Persansl
S~<s - % H. & snyder. wno
~ (Sa14nra x4mpaixm manager
,1 =, = eneh Ok the three nsss
49, Yhsnks The Star.
g ~ = x<aliie. t'xeeatiye Is-
4 ~r1rruI. Gro v. Dilinx Mayor
W. Narh Is. isfe
~ ~ xaxr. Seattle. NAsh
1|rr - Neu thai | am ~ tie
- nfniaisfrnfAon. desire
~ mar again sor hs snp
81 h IN ~ 81 M ~isefson. fog
- puFts h las bad fos nse
~ ~ The vrFY sff~etfs~
/ ~ = se<urs the elecsSoa Of
~ mi wishes. I am,
YnrRs 1<xs tTulx
GEO " DiE-flNG.
- nfnlnx r~s~.~~a hts aamin
1n m1tnG shs, while ID. of.
rucr II IN no sense a b-sd
= >Hh5sd The sxpsrieaee
~ uo1tn sf unr stFsns0ssH ex-
~ ~ pkIllax. 4 nsve had
1l4 cugkinx time
WAm oillsn1 sxfs
y uflF19 ez13of expressed
~ y mfiefied ptfh ffse record
ri y - h offsce 4 lay no
~ = lxi1IjIhllssy have mafe
r1o~ : 4 ~ but At lsasf I
Q ~ y ~ faiF sad 10 ~ my
1un tzxr
y lN1Eeel the suersss In the
~ Y ths cry fixhfinx de-
lrlnt ~ reduefson OF shs rates
q g isr7easc q earnings. Mayor
~ - fkzs Sezitiez streets
~ ~ Hghted IN the eoanfry
= ~ = elszs A. any Of sss xlxs:
- = eify's water suppiy has no
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~aa hopeless. Convict Down fled 20
a corn field. t+e refused 70 svrren-
der, but fired a bullet through hls
head. The officers then storned
the school building ard found Nor
ley lying In . heap. -e had been
badly wounded and offered but
slight resistance.
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oompetcntly taking care OF them.
they win remain In office"
Chief OF Police Claude O. Banniek
was elevated from a captaincy in
the police department to become
chief by Mayor Dilllng about one
year ago. nannick has been in the
service Tor about ten years. and IL
the yonpgest chief Of police Seattle
ever had lie IL the only college
man to hold the position, Bannick
being University OF Michigan man.
BannIck succeeded former Chief
Wappenstein.
Fire Chief Stetson Is also an ap-
polntee OF Mayor Dilling. succeed.
Ing John Boyle. who resigncd.
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HANGED HIMSELF

Dangling from the end of short
piece OF rope. which was securely
fastened to beam. the body OF
John Scott, So, was found In hunt.
ers cabin, near Petersons lumber
camp. Hollywood, yesterday.
The discovery was mad. by VIM.
Ferguson. who last talked TO the
dead man Saturday. Scott. who
was a logger. had been working for
tho Peterson Co. until last Tuesday.
when he quit his job and came TO
Seattle He returned Friday and
was making a cup OF tea when seen
by Ferguson Saturday. lie told the
man he was going to hike shortly.
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DEWEY, MANAGER OF WOOLEN
MILLS. ATTEMPTS SUICIDE

Dewey was attended by the club
physician, Or. Hurd. who admins
tered antidotcs. He was then re.
moved to the city hospital. where
he is now recovering from the drug
His condition Is not serious. Dewey
would not disclose the cause OF his
dependency.
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Just an Accident

fBy United Press Leased wirsp
PARIS. March fs---peclsr-
ing his recent meeting in Wen
ma with the dancer, caby Dec
Iys, his former ehsrmer, 10 be
a mere coincidence, Manuel,
deposed king Of Portugal, has
today gone TO Tower, Austria.
TO uoo his young cousin, Prin-
cess Elizabeth. Of Braaarxa, Of
the family into which Anita
Stewart. the American heir
ess married. Princess EIix.
sbcth will be 10 years old next
November and Manuel will be
20 tire same month.
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ahont To depart for the Grand the.
atfs. whsfe the Inauguration took
place, George the FIRST said.
~ssofnehodys plnchsd my foun
tain r~r
George the Sec, I'd said. eruns his
hsaFt ARD hcpe 20 die. hr didn't
do H.
\ shoald hate 10 have a scandal
81 the very beginning of my admin.
sstFatiou. be said
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\. a. -.
0AkLAND. Cal. March ls
u'pexted oi being the last of
7poi msn who planned and
! e!Izttd S280O0 robbery oi
orzseh Bank Of Montreal in
81 Westminster last ialI. and
Ess<d d several other crimes.
's'an Oishna. alias Archie
y % prison here today.
~ captured BY the Oak
o''st after a chase Of sew
orks. and had to be club
mle .subniissi with the
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Blue and respondent. Don u.
Dewey. %. manager Of the Wooien
Mills Co. Ord av and Spring st,
ATTEMPTED suicide this morning at
about 1915 O'Clock IN HIS room,
number 403 Of the Seattle Athletic
club. by taking several poison an.
tiseptlc tablets.
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hall George the s~cond said hs
fcif sure % n
Your first official duty said
George the Faf. will be 20 Sign
this document. thru2tinx the ~.
ceips for the new cumpfFoiier's
bond before the ns~ ma,or
Lsnd mo your fountAin peu.
said George ths Second
Aftcr the graceful amenities d.
usanded hs the oeeaAion had nean
observed aud the new mayor Was
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4 KILLED
IN EXPLOSION

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March fs.
Fourteen persons are known TO
be dead as a result Of the explosion
Of locomotive In the Southern Pa
oific yards here today. Parts OF
some OF the bodies were blown ses.
eral hundred feet.
Southern Pacific officials admit
that ~ were killed. Other esti.
mates place the number OF dead as
high as 25 or 30.
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See here. boys and girls OF Seattle, Hero Jack Bnns'
nrsi article on how construct wireless apparatus is
printed on page OF The Star today The famous wire
less operator tells today how make tuning COIL
Lesson No viii be printed tomorrow Get ready to
form Binns Wireless club
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sound their whistles In the fog. but
they yeered away when they heard
the bell and saw the light"
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And ~ the very end 81 mine.
added George the First I'm sure
you didn't do II. Il MAS tine
fountain pen, though. and | bate
to lose a. Well. ! must be going
Goodhy. George
.'Goodbs. George. said George
the Srcond
Bsifctio--rhe fountain per has
been fosnd. The private secretary
had a.
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WILLIAM IS NOT
A MAN OF GOD

But He Knows the Hssn-Sandvich Gospel and so He
Helps the Little Doctor Guide the Down and Cutters
Through the Open Door.
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AUDIENCE
lREETS COTTERILL
| As ~OUR MAYOR

-. A.uaenee at Noon Today Pays Tribute 70 George w
Sn.r Retiring Mayor. and Enthusiastically Welcomes
49,. r coseriI Seassles New Chief Executive-Cot-
srns Address
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THREE FUGITIVE
CONVICTS SLAIN
BY BIG POSSES

Men Who Escaped From Nebraska Penentay After Killing
Three Officials Are Themselves Killed in Fierce Battle
With Posses-Reported Sheriff Is Victim.
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FFNE NffFEF JIG oVN
Mayor cesserill At noon today an.
ncunesc that Chief of Police Ban
nick. Fire Chief ssesscn and Private
Secretary 10 the Mayor cssiet are
20 be retained In office fer the pres
ent.
In fact. said the new mayor.
there will be no immediate changes
in any of the offices. Whenever
find u necessary. for the sake OF
better efficiency. To make any
changes. shall not hesitate To do
so. Aa long as the men at the
head OF The various departments are
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4 49, Ntttt
WEATHER FORECAST

4 Fair tonight and Tuesday. 4
4 light frost tonight, moderate 4
4 southwest winds. Tempera. 4
4 ture at noon, a. 4
4 4 ptttt ttAt 4 4
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by a considerable number OF his works.
BY that time there may be, too, more
general recognition of the fact now SO
curiouslv overlooked, that Rodln came III
an epoch not overwhelmingly rich IN
great sculpture. The modern French
school has been characterized since
Rude by thoroughly academic traits. ana
it's leaders. save for q rare type like Du-
bols have lacked in distinction wnat
they have possessed In manual dex-
tcrity. Rcdin. with his truth TO nature
bis skill in reproducing the surface
beauty Of nature his light and shade and
his freedom. has seemed lowered with
greater originality than he actually
could claim He has been the new
man. the one type that was different,
and in their longing for reaction against
tho rules Of the Ecole des Beaux Arts
and the Salon crowds of his contempo-
rsries have hailed him as a kind OF
Moses. destined to lead them into the
Promised Land Poor Rodin. He never
dreamed Of doing anything Of the sort
Sometimes, in the quietude of reflection
among his beloved antiques, he must
think with a sort of mild establishment
Of all the pother that has been made
about his art. H. -
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brief study by Rudolf DirCks. and. un-
less memory fails us. there is second
monograph by German author. AS for
articles in magazines and newspapers,
they are as the sands of the seashore.
Multitudes Of writer's have found good
copy" in Rodin. Finally he has taken
to letters himself. Grasset, the Paris
publisher, issued last year under the
title of "L'Art." a volume in which the
sculptor's conversations with his friend
Paul Gsell are. by the latter. piously re-
ported Never was an artist kept more
devotedly in the public eye. The senti-
mentalists have risen en- mdSSc TO de-
clare his fame, and it is perhaps no won
der that he is to-day one of the most
fashionable makers Of portraits In the
world and the object of cult Neither
is it surprising that he has become lit
tie oracular in his sayings and a little
complacent in his work
What does it all amount to- and how
are we really to regard this man OF
genius, who is also the hero of q pre-
posterous fecldme? 1t Is indispensable.
at the outset, to lay hold Of the fact that
the genius is there, or at all events was
there when Rodin was in his prime. Nor
is there anything at all esoteric or
battling about il. His hierophants,
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in Puvis de Chavannes type OF great
Intellectual force, a calm and lofty soul.
He could model the stately head and ex-
press the physical life in 1t. but he could
do no more. What was subtlest ana
most precious in his friends character
escaped him. Apropos Of this faltering
touch Of his when he Is moving about In
worlds not realized one may prof1tably
compare the Study Head for the Statue
Of Balzac," which is shown at the Metro
politan, with the other Head Of Balzac"
which we also reproduce. The first
| is the conception Of the reaist pure
and simple. We owe the other. which
| is from the completed statue, to the
realist doubled with the would-be in
terpreter," the dealer I'm truth height
| ened by imagination. In neither does ne
portray the true Balzac, but he Is at
| least on safer ground In the mask which
is an affair Of mere flesh and blood. Ex-
tend this criticism from the field OF por-
traiture into that Of symbolism and OF
those poetic myths from which Rodin
| has drawn so many Of his motives ana
YOU fall upon even greater dublety.
Dcspite the vaultinGs Of his ambition he
does not impress us I'm his works as
man Of ideas, calling new and wonder
| f,u things out of the void and animating
them with a life stronger than that Of
poor human clay.
h,, a
| quality of his mind and imagination. His
| Is n profoundly sensuous art. sensuous
| to the core, and while he has been attack
ing high erected themes these have not
m his own confession. really mattered
to him: it has been enough for him to
caress in his marble or bronze living
| form. And all the time he has been be-
| trayed by his immense technical re-
source. It Is a byword among modern
sculptors that Rodin, az modeller,
| takes their breath away. His is a fatal
/ facility II ever an artist had that afiiic-
ton. One Of NJ. Gsells most interesting
chapters describes the sculptor modelling
in his presence statuette after the prin-
ciples of Phidias. and then doing another
Ia Michael Angelo The old fingers
worked like magic almost In moment
the statuettes were there. 1t Is inter
estlng TO know that. and delightful into
the bargain. One rejoices in skill SO
swift and so sure, so responsive 10 the
movement Of a fine intelligence. Ana
among Robins works one would have
to be much Of pedant and philistine
to remain insensitive to that marvellous
modelling Of his. which Is just one end
less succession Of subtleties pleasing and
| true. How they soothe the eye. How
YOU kindle to the mere tenderness OF
form that they express! 1t Is amusing
! for n moment. 10 remember in their
presence one achievement OF another
French master Of form. lie Balm Turc
Of Ingres. The picture Is wonderful
| bit Of drawing. but 1t has no warmth,