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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-04-17
Have Your Pianos Tuned

Our tuner will be in Lexington
on Monday, April 22nd. Parties
wanting their pianos tuned and
repaired will please leave their or.
ders at the Lexington Hotel.
CHAs. Nj. STIEFF.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-04-17
The Parasol a Featufe OF
This Seasons Modes

Just received large and beauti-
full assortment of attractive Para
soils. Fancy Parasols in comhi-
nation colors, with fancy borders.
stripes with solid borders, checks
and embroidered white. Prices,
75c. to $3.50.
Children's Parasols, 26c. to
sl.OO.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-04-17

Vaudeville at Savoy Thursday.
Friday and Saturday nights. Musi-
cal Comedy Company next week,
composed OF FIVE girls and three
men.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-04-17
Easter Services at Timber Ridge

Easter SeIVlCeS dl 1InNUeI NIuBC
Interesting Easter services were
held at Timber Ridge Presbyterian
church Monday afternoon. under
the direction OF Mrs. r. L. Kinnaird
The program consisted OF songs
recitutions and drills by the Sunday
school, and an egg hunt in TIT
church yard.
A large crowd was present ant
all enjoyed the occasion.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-04-17
Miss Clara Barton Dead

Miss Clara Barton, founder o. the
American Red Cross, and probably
the most widely known American
woman of her day. died at her home.
Red Cross, in Glen Echo, Md, Fri
day morning at 9 O'Clock. She was
80 years old.
Clarrissa Harlowe Barton, known
throughout Christendom as Clara
Barton, has been aptly called the
Florence Nightengale of America
On the battle6elds OF the Civil War
and in the camps OF the French and
German Armies in Europe sh'
nursed wounded and dying soldiers
She took personal charge OF the nurs
ing OF the fever patients of the South
and after the fall OF the Commup
D she entered Paris on foot and dis
u tributed food to the starving. 81
T endured the hardships Of travel /
il Russia and Turkey TO relieve sutiel
: ing humanity and faced the danger
u of yellow fever in Cuba to nurs
s. Cuban reconcentrados and later tt
s. American soldiers in Santiago.
Is Miss Barton was born Decemb'
%, 1921, at Oxford. Mass. and vi
ID the daughter of Capt. Stephen ia
S ton, no fought under Mad Anthol
al Wayne against the Indians.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-04-17

VXyANTED-Good reliable cObbler
w Regular work. Apply to 7. J.
HILDEBRAND, Lexington, Va.
Apr. 3 IL
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-04-17
Standing of Presidential Candidate

of Presidential CANDIDATES
The lineup of delegates chosen
for the different presidential candi-
dates the first OF this week was as
follows:
Delegates favorable to or instruct
ed for President Taft, 345; for Col
onel Roosevelt, 17s; for Senator La
toilette, Sc; for Senator Cummins,
4; number of contested delegates,
46.
Total number OF delegates in Ma
tional Republican Convention, J, O76
total number chosen to date, 400
number necessary TO nominate 4
majority. 500.
Delegates favorable to or instrucs
ed for Speaker Clark. 1879; for Gov
ernor Wilson, 100; for Governo
Marshall. 30; FOR Governor Burke
10; for Governor Harmon, 4; numbe
of uncertain delegates, go.
Total number of delegates in Den
ocratic National Convention, log
total number chosen to date, 30
number necessary TO nominate (tw
thirds), 729.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-04-17

The Lyric, the Newly-weds 20
morrow night.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-04-17
You VIII View With
Admiration

The almost daily arrival of goods in Dry Goods
Deparment this store has introduced the
tet and best each season. This amply
.rad tn furnish the material the gown itre simple
or as elaborate your fancy Dictates and expensive or
inexpensive you may desire
We direct your attention to a few new arrivals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

scum. the large Jesus Among the Doc
tors" and his picture in the sacristy of
the Cathedral, that Vow of Louis XIII
which has been already mentioned,
found what | had always found in his
pictures at Paris and in divers provin-
cial museums. that he was curiously in
different to the play of light and the alb
sorption Of light by objects in nature.
on the other hand. as | have noted in
regard to the beautiful picture at Tou-
louise, the fiat tints OF Ingres are not
really as hard or as Opaque as they
seem. and above all, they are very pur2
and wonderfully harmonized. There is
a superb glow in the upper and lighter
norton Of The Vow Of Louis XIII, 4
golden glow which for moment inclincs
Won to think that the art Of Ingres had
indeed its sensuous aspect. And yet 1t
would be idle To say that this or any
other painting by him has the luminous
quality which belongs TO color in its
best estate. the transparent depths the
subtle moduld NJ. which make color in
lts pehctTd'lHS appear ann w
No. il is vain To look in lngres Tor what,
natly, is not there. No man can add Il
cubit to his stature. and lngrcs, FOR all
his greatness. was deprived Of one pro-
dlgiously important resource. "LC dcS-
sin comDrCnd ioW." he says, "crccptc
IN tcmic." and there is, perhaps. an
unconscious pathos in the exception THAI
he admits. I felt it's force. even under
the spell of Montauban. But genius is
a mystcriously potent thing. I'm those
still rooms. cDnSGcrC. as his countrymen
would say. 10y illustrious achievement. II
seemed hitting to murmur only those
proud words Of his ne dCsSiH cOHlpr,1id
tOut." H. {.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

fact seemed also to recapture some feet
ing trait Of beauty, to envclop form in
an exquisite. linear grace. More than
ever as il seemed TO me, | could APP
preciate the force of that profession of
faith which Ingres wrote when he was
nearing his prime: II am for the arts
what | have always been. Age and e.
Election have hope, confirmed my taste
without diminishing its warmth. NJ
alterations remain what they have ~
ways been Raphael and his century, the
ancients and, above all, the divine
Greeks. In music, Gluck, Mozart dad
Haydn My library is composed Of
score of immortal volumes. With Ill
! this life is full Of charm"
He preserved down to the end THAI
candid. well poised faith, and he had his
reward. When as a youth he won the
Prix de Rome his sojourn in Italy de-
veIOped some trials. He stayed on, UNI
willing TO tear himself away from
Raphael and though he was painting
masterpieces he found it next TO impos-
sibIe to earn a living. That was the
period of the innumerable little portraits
the drawings made for 60 francs which
are now fought for by the collectors.
Madeleine Chapelle, his first wife, whom
he married at that time, used afterward
IN tell of the straits 10 which they had
been reduced When he was painting
THE Vow Of Louis XIII there was not
money in the house to buy ladder %"
which to work at the upper part OF the
picture. and they were obliged to do the
best they could pilng one bit Of furni-
ture upon another. But at that Nery
moment Ingres had the courage 10 refuse
a commission TO go to England and draw
more portraits, commission which
would have paid him well. and the gods
confirmed the decision Of the distracted
pair In Paris this picture made ire
mendous success. and carried lngres t.
fortune. Thenceforth his course was
clear. The romanticist might rave, but
Ingres was secure. lie throve in Paris
until he returned to Rome to take Yer
nets place at the head Of the villa
Medici and every day, as time wore on,
his position in Italy and at home in
France was that of kind Of demigod.
| have already quoted the Renaissance
of Legros, showing the generation in
which Ingres was ultimately held. This
veneration ran through many of the
studios, but decidedly not through them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26
MUSIC AND THE DANCE
A Delightful Exhibition Just
Opened in Paris.
Paris. Nav II.

Paris. May II.
Each spring the National Society Of
Fine Arts finds some new subject with
which to attract the public to the Cha
teau de Bagatelle, in the Bots de Bou-
logne. the memorable "folie" of the Due
d'Artois. who enlarged and reconstructed
its gardens terraces and grounds in the
brief space of year, whereby he won
wager with his ssterin-law. Queen
Marie Antoinette. This annual exhibit
ton has not vet become the "folie' OF
the National Society. but it has the
charms of novelty and good taste. The
subject this year is La Danse ct La
Musique." as illustrated in paintings,
sculptures and drawings from antiquity
until the present time.
The organizers of the show. NM. Al
fred Roll and MOntenard, have wisely
refrained from attempting TO present
history Of Dancing and Music, and have
limited their efforts to simply providing
a haphazard. superficial but exceedingly
delightful view Of the subject To do
moro than this would require half the
space of the Louvre Museum. There are.
nevertheless upward of four hundred
numbers i'm the catalogue. The domi-
mating work i'm the exhibition is the
splendid group of lie Genie de la Danse'
by CarpeauX. and near this is Clesinger's
tatue Of Mozart Enfan" and deli
cious "Loie Fuller" by Barrias. Among
the paintings is Manet's exquisite little
picture OF lie Ballet Espagno' and
marvellous portrait OF Paladilhe by Ellie
Delaunay. Then there Is lie Mains adj
mirable "Mandolniste," who is playing
his instrument by candle light before an
invisible public. lighted from below. and
the raised head. singing, in accompani-
ment, seems inspired by the magic in
huence of music.
one sees here a delicate crayon por-
trait OF the beautiful Alice Ozy, by Chas-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26
Around the Clock With the President

White House are picked up by the police
and sent to the Washington Asylum Hos
pital for observation by aienists. but
many others aided and abetted by Sena-
tors and Representatives. reach Mr. Taft
i'm his private Office He Is deluged with
pleas to intervene In behalf of this man or
that one, or to pardon some unfortunate
who Is In federal prison. very often a
mother or a wife making the plea In fact
trouble of every description Is mixed with
the routine but Mr. Taft is always pa
tent striving to get at the truth. He is a
good listener and usually an aggrieved
person fortunate enough to reach the Chief
Magistrate leaves better pleased with his
or her lot I'm life.
Deeply sensitive and sympathetic, Presi-
dent Taft is easily touched by the story or
situation. and he is ultra-chartable in his
views His intimate friends especially his
political advisers, say he is too generous In
his attitude toward his enemies, and al
ways would turn the other cheek rather
than do any man an injustice. He is for
giving in his charity. For instance. he ex-
cuses the muckrakers, who have merciess-
ly maligned him, by saying their attacks
are simply the result OF a demand for that
kind OF copy by the magazines. Yet he
keenly feels unjust assaults on his admin
istration, because he is firmly convinced
that he has done his best, that he has been
absolutely conscientious In the last three
and q quarter years, and that he has made
no more mistakes than are inevitable in a
first term.
No one, except newspaper men, calls on
tho President In the afternoon unless asked
by him. When he returns from luncheon
he plunges into the hardest work of the
day. lie has a great mass of business to
dispatch, commissions to sign. speeches TO
prepare and divers things to do The cor
respondents at the White House are fire.
quently permitted to confer with Mr.. Taft
in the afternoon. and often he sends for
them to explain some matter he is par
ticularly anxious shall reach the public In
it's true light. To these newspaper men
and they know him bcst-AIr. Taft is known
as an interchangeable worker, always work
ing with a true heart and CHEEKY face. even
in the heat of a political campaign, when
he is made the victim of violent abuse and
Misrepresentation. Y. u. H.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

the track on a high grade, and the passen-
gers had had a miraculous escape from
death. Perfectly calm and collected In the
crowd of men who stood aghast when they
realized how near they had been to death.
Mr.. Taft solcmnly said: "Gcntlemn, only
one thing saved our lives and that is the
PRAYERS of the loved ones at home. They
are a good deal more worthy than We
Although Mr.. Taft is "A Unitarian. Mrs.
TAFT is "A member OF st. Johns Episcopal
Church. Both attend church services reg
ularly. Mr.. Taft accompanies Mrs. Taft
to her church. leaving her at the door and
then walking to his owe place OF worship.
a couple of Secret Service men following
him closely. Even In church Mr.. Taft does
not escape the notice of people.
on Sunday Mr.. Taft usually takes a long
walk in the afternoon, and seldom lets ram
interfere with these jaunts. with an lhu-
mate friend he walks out into the resi-
dental district, often going out 18TH street
for two or three miles. His Dodysuaru
trails behind. although he is utterly deVolu
of fear. even ridiculng the idea of danger
from an assassin ana treating lightly the
warnings which so often reach him.
The Presidents workshop is an interest
ing place. 1t Is an oval chamber hhlshed
i'm olive green and white. large and COM
modious Set-in bookcases half encircie
the room There are four doors to this
private office, and invariably VISITOR uses
the wrong one. Two pictures adorn the
walls-ore a painting of the President
father, the other large photograph Oh
Theodore Roosevelt, once the Intimate
friend of President Taft, but now his bitter
political enemy. II Is in this office that the
Executive of the nation does the bulk OF
his work A familiar sight to many VINO
have access to the private chamber OF the
Chief Executive is Mr.. Taft with an apple
or an orange in ore hand while with the
other he busily delves into the pile OF pa
pers on his desk When he first took up
the arduous duties he begrudged every mo-
ment spent In eating during the day, but
his physicians insisted that he take better
care of himself.
Besides the business OF running the ship
OF state the President is required to listen
to "A multitude OF woes and tn have UNI
loaded on him all sorts Of private burdens.
OF course, many cranks who beslege the
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Continued from second page.

theless, he takes keen delight in good
performance, whether it be musical COM
edy, comedy drama, comic opera or cX-
travaganza, and he applauds along with
the rest Of the audience with all the zest Of
an ordinary patron. It is always a big
night with the show folks when the Presi-
dent occupies a box with his family, and
the performers do their utmost to please.
OF course, the President has his body
guard of Secret Service men when he at
tends the theatre, but, unlike Colonel
Roosevelt, he never goes armed, never car
ries a revolver or other weapon to defend
himself. The Secret Service operatives oc-
cupy seats near the box and guard the
Presidential party from intrusion, but,
totally ohlivious Of any possible danger or
Of the projections thrown about him, Mr..
Taft sits to the front in che box and takes
I'm" a show with all the enjoyment Of an
American citizen. lie and his guests are
the cynosure of all eyes and often the OBJ
tect OF as much attention as the show, but
Mr.. Taft always seems unmindful Of the
fact.
President Taft dotes on good stories and
cartoons which have no malicious sting in
them He is fairly good story teller him
self, but is a much better audience, being
quick to see the point and humor in a
yarn and always giving evidence OF his
appreciation with hearty laugh. Peals
of laughter often ring out from the execu-
tive offices, and usually during the course
of Cabinet session the President can DO
heard laughing in his Characteristic Justly
manner In order 10 get this laugh the
story must be clean and devoid OF any SEM
blance OF vulgarity or suggesuveness. as
Mr.. Taft is violently opposed TO what Is
known as a "smutty" story, and his face
quickly reflects his dIspleasure. Cartoons
depicting some principle or cleverly con-
yeying some idea elicit the appreciation OF
the President, but vicious caricatures. even
though designed against an enemy, he
holds in contempt.
The President also has his serious mo-
ments and is man of strong religious
convictions an incident occurring when his
train was wrecked several years ago en-
phasizIng that trait The train had Jumped
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26
WHISTLER DISCOUNTED.
| ,ondon Globe,

From The London Globe.
Whistler rarely met his match, all
though he did so once in Sir Morell Mac
kenzie, the famous throat specialist. He
called on Sir Morell to treat a French
poodle of which he was very fond. The
renowned physician was not too pleased
at being invited to diagnose the illness
OF a dog But (says Mr.. j. j. Conway,
in his Footprints of Famous Americans
in Paris') he kept his peace, prescribed.
pocketed his fee and drove away. Next
day he sent an urgent message TO Whist
Ter asking him 10 call quickly. On his
arrival Sir Morell said without smile:
How do you do. Mr.. whistler?
wanted to see you about having my
front door painted"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

thinking i'm the museum at Montauban.
You do not miss there the movement
which he rejects in that saying | have
cited about the value Of repose in arr.
Neither do you miss anything in the nat
ure Of touch" All is serene and beau
tifU, and the dignity Of Ingres' his
smooth, pure surfaces, like his astound-
ing craftsmanship seem just the right
and natural expression of a great origl'
nal genius.
found it very interesting to follow the
construction Of some Of his pictures
through the sheaves Of studies made for
them. Many of these are concentrated
IN portfolios, which somehow makes It
the more illuminating to study them.
running them about and about, handling
Them at leisure, they seem to exhale his
mood, 10 bring back in some mysterious
manner the hours of patient and ardent
lsDor which was not labor, after all, but
the happy exercise Of gift. Amid these
warm personal souvenirs the very last
shreds Of any pedantry that may have
appeared to cling TO Ingres seem to fal
away make no. pretence or descrio-
ing the thousands Of drawings In the
museum. What impressed me about the
mass was the strain Of beauty, of sheer
beauty running through 1t. In drawing
after drawing / could read the artists
oonseieptious search after truth, his tire
sss Interrogation OF form, his loving re-
search into the structure OF hand, the
'end insa1eg, the play Of muscle But
never was | conscious of the quest for
"utn alone. Every touch recording
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

of Berlioz by Courbet. Bonnat is rep
resented i'm the show by three portraits,
those of Reyer Rose Caron and Mile.
Breval. The portrait Of Wagner by
Renoir, whose group of youths Waiting.
is also to be seen here, is greatly adj
mired. There is a fine portrait Of Saint
Saens by Benjamin Constant and deli
cately colored effigy of Massenet by
Chaplain. A family portrait, full of life
and movement, is that of "Offenbach
chez lui," by Detaille. a- s-s 7yl
Among other striking works are por-
traits OF cleo de Merode by Boldini, and
Of Isadora Duncan by Carriere. Inc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26
THE PRoDIGAL.

From The Pail Mall Gazette.
After many years,
| have come home again,
Through a lone land OF tears,
BY many a noisome den.
Along the twilit lane easement shows
A lamp set out for me.
o Love and Beauty, after many years.
I have. come home TO thee.
Yea. after many years
In the loud wilderness.
Shaken with shames and fears
come now TO confess.
And only Love, that casteth out all sin.
Hath known me and smiled,
Because Love. biotting out the wan.
waste years.
Sees but a little child.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

sented 10 the technical process used in
representing 1t. to make moro of the
painters hand than of his thought Flip
pant cleverness he merely loathed, and
woe betide the pupil who sought re chic"
The mere utterance of that phrase in
his hearing was likely to provoke
storm. Les chefs-d' Guvre," he would
say. are not made to dazzle. They are
made to persuade, to convince, TO entet
into us through the pores Well might
he say in that sentence of his which
has been quoted. perhaps. more than any
other lie dcSSin est Ia prObi'c DC rdd.
If he said this as craftsman he said it
also as an artist in the fullest, most
comprehensivc sense Of the term. 1t IS
Of his rectitude that one is always
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

"Fandango" by Deveria, The Whirl-
ing Dervish" by Gerome and tins
Dancing Moors" by Chasseriau are
works well worth noting. Among the
eighteenth century paintings a promi-
nent place is accorded to the series OF
decorative panels by Vatican, repre-
aenting Music and the Dance. and to his
Triumph of Colombine." c. !. b.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

seriau. about which Victor Hugo wrote
an eulogy in verse. Then come portraits
of Taglioni, Cerrito, Fanny Elssler, Al
boni Malibran and the dancer Vestris.
One Of the most interesting numbers is
a pencil sketch of La Grisi made by
Theophile Gautier. There are striking
portraits of Rubini, Mario, Frezzolini
and la Dugazon. There is strongly
outlined and superbly brushed portrait
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

all. There were artists a-plenty. to take
their cue from Delacroix. and in the
world at large there were other malcon-
tents. The late John LaFarge, who was
a young man In Paris In the oVs' used
TO tell me how bitter was the feud be
tween the two camps that of Ingres and
that Of Deacroix, and how Chasseriad
had Infatuated the former by breaking
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

prcttily said that ono should consult the
flowers to find good tints for draperies,
but the secret uf his weakness lies in
that very counsel for IT points to an ar
bitrary mode Of procedure. Studying his
work in color at Montauban. the most
important of the paintings in the mu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

away from his tradition and seeking IN
independent path. There was much wild
talk to and fro, there were sayings that
were full Of passion and Of malice. ami
there were others that were only witty
and gay. Among these last there was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

one by Laurent Jan which it is worth
while TO recall. This ingenious hommC
dCSprt found an anagram for The
painters name, turning Ingres into IN
GriS 1t was 4 clever stroke, and. ~
Amaury admits, lin France thing wit
tiy said has soon the force Of law
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26

but. as nc adds. though this was amusing
il was no more than that
Ingres was not a colorist, he never
pretended 10 be one. and in his remark
on the subject II is plain that he had not
been initiated into its mysteries. 1t Is
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-05-03
FoR COUNTY sUpgRlNTeNnFNr

The Chieftain is authorized to an.
nounce Thomas W. Smith OF Centralia
as candidate for superintendent Of
Schools of Craig County. subject to
the Democratic primary in August.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-05-03
COUNTY JUDGE.

J am candidate for reelection to
the Office of County Judge of Craig
County, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary to be held in
August. | stand on my old platform
that of low taxes and law enforcement.
| ask the support of all voters who
view these matters as I do,
S. f. PARKS.
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FoR REeIsTeR oE DEEDS.

! desire to announce myself as a
candidate for the Office Of Register Of
Deeds Of Craig County. Okla, subject
TO the action of the Democratic pri-
mary to be held in August, 1912.
w. l. TRnTT-