davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-04

half to 3-4d were shown and on this
not only We're scattered shorts here
buyers, nut there was q noticeable
demand from investors. 1t was gen
orally believed at Chicago that Liver
pool was In possession OF some bull
ish crop reports from Argentine that
were not generally known by cor
respondents, who We're there only for
a snort time. Russia came forward
with lot of bun news that was we'll
received here rs We'll as in the mar
kets of the old world. Public cables
reported an increased demand for
cargoes arrived on continental account
and had not considerable wheat been
thrown overheard at Liverpool in or
utr To secure available profits, much
sharper advances would have been es-
ttblished in that market
With May wheat up around the doll
lar mark and July around So cents.
there were heavy sales on profit TAX
ing account The buying was repre-
scented by commission houses and pro-
fessionals
The situation in wheat, while pre-
setting a stronger front. still favors
the bears
-hdNices fro II, 1rly every section
OF the corn belt we're TO the ence,
tha' the new crop - being prcua.ea
as rapidly az possible for shipmc.l. To
pc nts OF distribution. and that tn re-
ttlpts at Chicago d. v ell as il prirtary
markets viii show a large increas,.
before another fortnight has rolled
af"und. 1t was sale today that points
east OF Chicago a supplying the seat
prPrd demand with corn at prices De-
low the cost of shipment locally.
Fractionally losses Were shown IN
oats and the feeling was easy around
the lowest levels reached. The weak
hess was attributed largely to the de-
cline In corn and wheat
The leading futures ranged as fol-
lows today:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-04
New York Money Market.

NEW YORK, Jan, 3.-Money on
call at the Stock Exchange today
opened at 1-2 per cent; highest,
.: lowest. 2 Ia closing "A per
cent Most OF the days Loans were
made at 3 - per cent.
The time money market stiii re
mains inactive. with rates unchanged
AT per cent. for thirty days and
sixty days aud z 34u+ per cent. for
three. four, FIVE and six months.
Commercial paper ~ quiet ana
steady at i-2Q "a per cent. for
the best names.
London discounts, Ilh per cent
OFF LIE per cent Paris discounts.
5 liz per cent. unchanged, Berlin
discounts, Is per cent. of is per
cent
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-04
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
Steel situation.

NEW YORK. Jan. 3.~-The iron
Age saAA.-- ---.
Reports from thc fIttsbnrg district
indicate that the increased activity
at blast furnaces and steel plants due
to the business stimulated by bargains
prices in December is conferred there.
Independent steel companies enter
the new year with their schedule OF
operations little changed. though the
largest OF such companies In the
ffttspurg district IN startling TN new
steel making capacity this week. and
the rail mill at Sparrow's Point has
resumed after being Idle for some
weeks
Pig iron buying in the Central West
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-04
January investments

v" offer hsa a TH e y :s' %
Carolina s:r;s ss " srs tn. %
z r." VI ,,ss.,
ss,a the investment about ,.'
op a 1s % sP. Af me esF as0 ssHl the aaa
'4' iss l i:see on fer ss sss about ~.
@ @ due ': s sss s s =.
e: !. ss; s: Fl @ 81 ss III S
;s: .s E. .:.:.. ;:;s q s;s:.s @ ,
Vs. Sa ". r;., .-' M - ne
oss Ssi' s a1 ess a1se interest charges and rem
] e: ; ::: & e.
.sas'ss
R-~., Co. R<fu.a.x Cola
= FL: s;s ny ss;
. 9s 5:
'''t =: s; :si; e.; ;:;::; s
ss s,s s sSs ss. s1s ran a:s sss'
: {: M & \.
NJ" Work. First
s rs: &: ~ ] ] : ~:
ss; = Il: :';s
;:; ;:; .; :: %
@ !: ;':. ; ; ;: : ss:: E (:
sgs: .e.: II a '1 :. ...
' .: sat- .: - g. cry :'. .:: :.
John l. Williams 3 Sons,
Bankers
sol East Main Street Richmond. VI,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-04
To Install New system.

Especial to Tho riehfnord xirginian.b
HARISONBURG. VA. Jan. &c
Grattan Price. former deputy teAs-
urer under George b. keezeil, will 50
down to Woodstock this week to in
troduce the modern method OF book
keeping In the Office of the newly
elected treasurer down there, r. w.
Reherd has succeeded keexeii- Harry
Way will be Reherds deputy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-04
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
Nv JOSEPH r. PRrTCHARD.

tfIIFAGD. Jan 5.-The weakness
displayed in wheat at Minneapolis
lat" today overhalanced the reports of
black rust damage in Argentine. and
caused a price setbeck In the local
pit of "a to rs cent from the high
est levels and brought about net
losses for the days Of 3-S to- 1-2 cent.
Considerable strength about was dis
played at Liverpool where advances of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-04
HARRlSONBURC

Especial to The Richmond Virgtnian.)
HARRISONBURG. VA, Jan. a.
DIR. e. p. AmIss. a we'll known dem
tist, was last night elected town coun-
Gilman 10 succeed John r. Burke. who
was recently elected Mayor. Mr.. Burke
succeeds Mayor @. III. Roller, who rs-
signed on account Of III health. Gel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-04

partnefit and club rooms in 1911. A
5000 dollar engine Is on the program
for 1872
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-04
RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.
HN RICHARD W. MAURN,
tock and bond broker. IVt5 Il. Main 81

ItlCHWD HU. VA, JHH. q, ITI-.
STATE SECURITIES.
Bid. Asked.
va. Ss. Old c. and L., 1897 STU =.
Va. Cen, 2, 3, {. and IT,, 1881 S1Hs ss
CITY SECURITIES
Richmond city As. r.. 1890
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-04

In the street: Number OF shares
acid tndas~- 55sTTa year ago, :,
Ga
Par value u bonds sold today. So
oil, 400 year ago. $3.eT7.00a.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-04

.oiier is now in sanitarium on Long
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

Americans may be aStollSheG AT tHe
prices but others Viii not Duveen, the
dealer recently paid $:aS,0IO for what he
conside ed the foremost Drouais a family
group. secretly bought from historic
Frep5. chateau on condition it he taken
10 New York.
Coma and see. You viii meet all the
most elegant fashionable of high Paris
ian society.
The sparkling boulevard, early after
noon OF March -. The Rue de Seze *
blocked with costly equiTagcs and private
automobiles. Clubmen and great ladies
struggle with crowds of shoppers and
tourists
What IS it,
Simply dozen lines in tie Paris pa
perS.
Succession of Mime. ROuSseL ON Mon
day. -: TUESDAY. -; Wednesday, -. and
Thursday 3. at the Galleries Georges
Petit. VIII Toe sold the ancient and mod
ern paintings, objects of art and furnish
ing, important jewels, etc. belonging TO
the estate of Mime Roussel
These lines suffice 10 mobilize ultra
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

from the Portaria collection, had the
credit of loaning them to the govern
ment'S retrospective exposition OF French
art at the Petit Palais in 1900, to rep
resent the resence.
Wfldenstein says that they will fetch
10000 certainly more than the $4,000
which Count Boni probably got back from
Edouard Chappey, at whose sale Nine
Roussel bought them.
They are museum pieces, like the
screens of royal Beauvais. the two Louis
and ancient Chinese lacQueur; like the
royal Beauvais tapestries of the regency.
the Gobelins tapestries designed by Coy
pei, historic pieces with their references
in the "Etat General and BSlin. Such
also are the carved and gilded bronZes,
clocks candlesticks tables. commodes
armoires, bureauX, secretaries and chif-
foniers.
There are twenty pieces of ancient Chi
nese porcelain and sixty of old Dresden,
not to mention Chantilly, Chelsea, Frank
enthal. H6echst, Nymphenbourg, St
Cloud, Sevres and Zurich. l have no
idea what they viii bring; but certainly
Nine. Roussel had no filters" For ex-
represent Africa and America,
standing fifteen inches high on bases Of
rocaine and gilded bronze. They belong
to an original suite Of four quarters Of
the earth, for which Michel Ephrussi,
some years ago paid $4,000. Mime.
Roussel had only the two. What viii
Africa and America bring. without
Asia and Europe?
So with the objects de Nitrine. objects
under glass" little boxes of ancient Jap
anese gold-lacQuer. carved gold or gilded
bronze, enameled, or cut in crystal;
souvenirs, keepsakes, card cases, smell
ing salts bottles; little boxes of Dresden
porcelain enriched with precious stones,
patch boxes of mother of-pearl and gold
carved gold incrusted with roses. bon
bon boxes of Jade and topaz. enameled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

4 u c tt 0 N Catalogue
4 \ Costs Over $4,000
Unique Roussel Collection
The Paintings That Bring
High Prices-The Princess
Math;ldes Necklace and the
Castellane Sofa - American
Buyers Will Be Much In Evil
denCe at Next Auction Sale
of Famous Art Treasures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

ing-frOm the Drouais atelier, but UNI
signed-bOught at the Sabatier sale III
1888 for s., 400 Prices have gone sailing
since then: but time does not make all
the difference, as l will show shortly.
When such paintings are authentlcally
signed classed. have been engraved, and
are of the right epoch of the artist, said
another expert, lit is impossible to estl-
mate how high they may go today
Not being a dealer, he did not want his
name mentioned, but he told me about
Duveen's purchase of the Drouais already
mentioned, and the recent sale in New
York of the "Pinkie Lawrence"-a little
girl in white-by the same International
firm for the same terrific price of $3oO,UoD
WildenStein. who is a dealer. say That
he offered Nine. Roussel $4,000 for the
Corot on behalf of a client. The Frago-
nard is "A celebrated painting. which has
been engraved. Another DrOualS, line
Little Savoyards," will bring $4,000.
collector offered $4,000 for the Blue
Boy" -Gainsborough's beautiful color
study for the large portrait, itself in pos
session of the Duke of Westminster, and
unpurchasable.
The Fuger portrait OF Elizabeth of
to Vienna for $4,000 or $50,OO0-the I'M
perial Museum wants all Fugers, espe-
cially one of such Importance. All the old
French paintings will be bought up for
France.
AT such prices" / hesitated.
paris could absorb ten times the RouS-
sci collection in a day" he answered. 1T
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

Natter and Lawrence sold so cheap al
a New York auction. and the local deal
ers let them go, whereas in Paris, on
the other hand-but you will see
In Paris the sworn valuer, by his min
isterial functions, and the expert. TO
maintain his reputatioN, stand between
the auction buyer and the seller.
The starting price they ask and the
restrictive observations they may make
establish the category of value of the
painting value often very variable for
works of the same size by the same art
list, though perfectly authentic and free
from retouch, because the same painters
have produced works OF very different
merit. All this is known 10 rich Ameri-
cans of the day. who have a mania for
only the best.
Yet the great American public. who re-
Gently saw a Corot, u Natter and a Law
renee sell so cheaply in New York, may.
be surprised to find one of our million
aires bidding $1,000 for the Roussel
Corot. or $4,000 for the Countess Of
Wilton. or $4,000 for the Marquise de
Eintimille as Flora. Indeed, they may
not secure them at these figures. Even
/. who am more less prepared, have
been astonished at some of the estimates
made by experts in advance and the re-
cent sales which they cite for comparison
Money no longer has its former value
in these matters when it is a question
of the right goods" said the expert
Wildenstein to me i'll person, very gent
ally. II myself am a purchaser of the
Roussel Natter at $1,000. and it will
probably go for $4,000. For the most
beautiful OF the I4awrences-the Countess
of Wilton-a buyer wished to offer
Nine. Roussel $4,000 in her lifetime: and
he would have gone 70 100000. L refused
to make the proposition. That pair of
Drouais-"The Little Student and THE
Little Girl With the Cat''-will reach
$4,000 or 100000 for the pair; they go
together"
These Drouais are typical of what great
collectors seek. The boy with his port
folio and the girl with her cat have their
numbers in the salons of 1rG1 and 1863,
and come from the ancient collection of
the Marquise de Pompadour. Diderot, in
his pioneer art criticism. waXed eloquent
over them. COZette reproduced both in
Gobelin3 tapestry, framed under glass, of
which only three sets exist, in the Tours
Museum and the Camondo and Wallace
collections. Those of Tours came from
Chapteloup chateau, whence an old con-
troyersy whether the boy is the little Due
de Choiseul and the girl his sister. later
tho Duchess de GramOnt. Baron Ed
mord de Rothschild has the boy in paint
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

And the eighteenth century fans and
miniatures, When Wndenstein told me
the great vogue of Fuger, ! mentioned
the story 10 an English lady who has
spent the last eighteen years as dame de
compagnio with the Vienna Rothschilds.
A miniature by Fuser, she told me,
"a mere miniature which ten years ago
had sold for $3.50, was recently snapped
up for s., sea-
We were in the large salon of Wildeh-
STEMS Rae du Colisee mansion. looking
on the garden with its marbles ana
bronzes.
THAT is nothing. laughed the cele-
brated dealer and expert. And he had
his son fetch a little case from the safe
Here Is the most beautiful of the Fuger
miniatures, the three Upton young ladies,
Hons. Eliza, Caroline and Sophia sold
ar a London public sale for 81 so go. O3O
and purchased private by me for 62,5O0
francs $4,000.
l give the figures in pounGs ana francs,
as Wildenstein dictated them to me-
Are not these prices and estimates as.
toniShing?
No, it seems not.
Money mas not its former value when
the right art objects are in question. " he
repeated. american buyers are richer
and more numerous-and infinitely diff
cult in their choice Europeans are hot
on their heels. 81 paying the price. L
can always obtain fine Rembrandt or
fair school of Natter: but if YOU ask
me To find YOU a beautiful Nattier"-he
shook his head. SO with the rest -" he
added. the rare the dearer.''
STERLING HElIIG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

is rare TO find such a small collection, but
of such choice. The old French school is
small, remember that. The beautiful eX7
amples are rare today. Sometimes they
reproduced themselves; Natter would
point a portrait for. say, 81 600, Il great
would order a duplicate, and Matters
atelier would furnish it. very perfect for
500: Only, Natter would not sign it. All
of which is perfectly well known. Even
SUCH today, sell higher than the New
York Natter that went SO cheap he
added, laughing.
We shall soon see if Nine. Roussel's
judgment, thus, was not better than even
her greatest admirers realized. She never
hesitated to pay the price of Il thing she
invested. She had been left widow
early, by a financial genius, one of the
confidential coadjutors of the Paris Roth
childS. She was "a great lady, pillar of
the Paris opera, a parsonage at BiarritZ.
where her villa cost $4,000. and she kept
one of the most closed salons of Paris
Yet on occasion, she did not fear to seat
an artistic or poet ahead of a duke.
Her son is poet, and her daughter is
the Duchesse d'Elchingen. Raymond
Roussel, romancier and playwright, is
indeed, the most remarkable young man
of the gilded Paris set. In this world of
vast incomes, the heir is supposed to set
tie down to racetrack, club baccdrat,
green room and great dinners, after
ding at slobe-trottins, auto-scorehing,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

u will Just have
time TO cable for
the Castellane sofa.
or the Princess
NIathildes neck
lace.
Or Il One-Huu-
dred- thousand-dol-
lar Lawrence pOr-
trait.
or some of the
world : Srea I
DrnuatS Some
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

and then gave Albert and told him
TO hunt up some of his Boy Friends
and take them to Matinee at the
Orpheum.
Moral: whatever you may be, your
Parents were more so at the same Age.
copyright, 1912 by George Ade)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

elegant all Paris. the museum directors
of Europe, the art dealers OF the WoTlu
and many very rich Americans. In Tor
eign lands great connoisseurS thought
fully turn over the pages of the sale
catalogue. which itself cost $4,000 to
produce.
Tie expenses of such a sale in Paris
are enormous To keep up the reputation
of the market nothing can be done with
out a ministerial officer. one of the eighty
TWO members of the powerful guild of
sworn valuers. The Roussel sale has
different one for each department of art
and jewels.
Beside the Valuer must stand the eX-
pert, whose reputation is capital fac
tor. The ROussel sale has six experts for
the three del artments Of paintings, art
objects and jeweis-tEe latter two Mel
lerio and the Worid-faned Bucheron. For
the paintings Georges Petit himself is at
the head.
The experts take :; per cent The sworn
Valuers take per cent. The government
takes "a per cent
The least catalogue costs $1,000 TO pro-
duce. That of the Lelong sale cost ST.
o.J and that of the Rosa BOnheur sale
cost $1,000 Some / go copieS-praCti teal
~ the whole edition-are sent sratuitously
To many persons i'll Paris. London,
New York, Berlin Vienna, Rome and
South America known as great buyers.
They are immense. sumptuouS volumes,
on the heaviest paper. full of costly re-
productions, works OF research and, so to
say. pedigree. whose stray examples are
sought, later by collectors at varying
prices from $40 up. That of the Splitter
sale is quoted $50 for the six volumes.
Examples of the Roussel catalogue are
already sought at SD. The edition is linn
lied: and the estate, Of course sells none.
II Is pure tax on the sale of more than
$1,000 the collection being small, as
these things 90 of only chefsd' oeuvres:
More expenses. Instead of using the
official hotel auction rooms they must
rent one of the elegant picture galleries
Tor such a society event. Yet the sworn
personnel of hotel movers at 81 per
DAY apiece must legally do all the han
ding and transportation.
Thus a great Paris art sale costs a min
imum OF - to u per cent on the total
procceds-say S15o,O1o expenses for a
one million-dofIaT sale.
All this touches the heart of a recent
controversy between New York. London
ANA Paris. HOW is il that a COrot, d
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

in front of him, he proceeded to dis
sect him. Stem by Stem, in the mean
time displaying his Aptitude for the
Rough School of Humor
He said the Hat was Il Scream and
the Overcoat was a Riot and the over
tapping Collar with the dinky Four-in-
Hand was a Comic Supplement and
why had such a Freak been wished on
to a hard headed Business Man
He laughed brutally at the low COM
edy Shoes with the Swollen Promon-
tories and the Trousers with the double
Reef and the folding Cuffs and the
Hair with the Patent Leather Gloss
Mother sat back tapping her Foot
and trying to hold in, but she was
kin.
Finally she could not stand it any
longer. SO she rushed to Boudoir and
produced from Bureau Drawer the
Tin-Type which Papa had slipped tn
her just weeks before they faced the
Justice of the Peace at Akron, Ohio.
1t was the True Likeness of Male
Hyena whose Hair was combed low on
the Forehead into gummy and pas
sionate Cow-Lick.
He had one of those Gates Ajar Col
lars that was primarily intended to
display the Adams Apple in all of its
naked Splendor.
The Shirt was ruffied the same as
the Lingerie in a Book Advertisement
and the Watch Chain was of Human
Hair, which is now regarded as
Penitentiary Offense.
The Boutonniere was Carnation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

Mountain-Top. He was one of our
most consistent little Greeters.
Like every other ROwdy-do he was
loved by Nice Girl of spotless Repu-
tation and large trusting Bovine Eyes.
All of her Friends formed a Ring
around her and did the Hammer on
the Anvil, but when the good looking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

and ieweled. the fragile. precious na-ha
of the eighteenth century.
So with the jewels. There are twelve
necklaces, chains and collars Of pearls.
diamonds or emerads rings whose lists
I'LL pages. solitares. d;adems. pins, but
tons, parUres-in fact. d great Jewel sale
with TWO eXperts-not TO mention that
famous necklace Of the Princess Mathilde
for which ! have heard. but give il with
reserve. that Nine. Roussel paid $15p.oop
some nine years ago. In any cast "A Rue
de la PaiX jeweler offered her nearly the
double in 1910
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24
Fable of the Two Brothers
and the Even Start

IN Flag Station the Job of Tele-
graph Operator is about the Limit
of Earthly Ambition.
Therefore two Boys living in a
weedy Hamlet began to hang around
the Depot and learn the Morse Alpha
bet
Railroad Man with Calico Sleeves and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

Tooth Brush in his upper Vest
Pocket.
They were transferred to the juno
ton and began to have dealings with
the Old Man himself and cuss when
No. balled up the Schedule.
Being quick on the Trigger and good
at sizing up Men, they got into the
Operating Department and each had
Card-Case full of ANIMALS
One accepted an Offer to go up into
Canada and crack the Whip over a
Line being projected by British Capt.
talists who were too wellbred to get
out in their Old Clothes and prod the
Help.
The other remained in the Land of
his Birth to push an Extension into the
Northwest.
Each delivered the Goods in his own
Streams, filing the deep Hollows. Dor
ing through the Hills and bringing a
new Empire out of the lonesome Will
derness.
When the Gauk who had been trans
formed into a Canuck cleaned up on
the big Assignment, the Directors gave
him a Dinner and the King sent for
him to come up to the House and kneel
on one Knee and be dubbed the Earl
of Saskatchewan.
The Brother wanted TO attend the
Ceremony, but he had to send his Re
Srets as he was in Jail at the time
Moral: Only a few receive Titles,
but many are Indicted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

Produced at the Femina Theater last
into a tender romance, made the whole
audience thrill at the iocular summing
up of the barbarian king to the castaway
Europeans: Il trust, messieurs. that you
Will carry away an impression from
Africa" j will not tell the story You
will probably see it played some day
Taken up again last autumn il was
starting on its run when the sudden i'll
ness of Nine Roussel caused the Young
playwright to pay all forfeits ana stop
the piece over night. 1t will be later on
resumed by the Theater Antoine
Like Rostand a Cambo-the ONLY previ-
Gus example of a gilded youth who took
to observation-disclosures Roussel works in
the maternal Neuilly villa. veritable bow
er of verdure, shade and silence. The
duchess, his sister, takes the great town
house in the Rue de Chaillot, adorned by
the collection: hut as by marriage she is
Of the Ney family, dukes of EIchingen
and princes of Moskova, her natural sur
roundinSS are rather art treasures of the
empire than Louis Nv or Louis XVI
Also. such sales best satisfy the French
succession laws; the heirs bid in the OBJ
jects they desire.
Who will secure the parlor set of the
regent, of gilded carved wood and spe-
cially woven Gobelins? | have called it
the Castellane sofa because Count Boni.
who bought it with its four armchairs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-24

~ ONCE there was a Handsome
Dog who was strong with
every one except the Mothers.
He was commonly reputed
Ia be his own worst Enemy. for he
dallied with the Rum and rolled the
Bones and loved to greet jocund Day
when. it stood tip-toe ON the misty