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become clearer, there were no mys'
teries. there was just the candid per-
feet painter, filnging no dust in one 5
ewes. but doing his work like gentie-
man. OF one thing I am sure ne
one of the greatest tonic forces IN paih'
ing. To go back to him is to go oach ~
an invigorating spring.
There Is so much else to go back 70 III
the prado but I have no intention OF re-
hearsing an old story. IL "ouiu oe
tempting to make a dozen eXcursio''
through the galleries. to talk, lor ca
annie. about a picture like the wonoer-
PM little landscape by Goya when hangs
rear the entrance, a glittering view OF
the river, with multitudes or people III
the foreground and the walls Oh Maui -
bevond TIL story of Goya's art Is nan
untold without the introduction OF
do,,cate blond landscape like this. but
there is only one painter after NeiaS-
ouez of whom | would speak in any oc'
fail on this occasion and that Is Mazo'
his pupil. Mazo is the man TO "honi
the late Aureliano de Beruete, the great
authority on Velasquez, thought IL nee
essary to give considerable number Oh
naintings that had previously peeh
counted among the authentic WORKS Oh
the master The Spanish critic hiaue
good most of his attributions, out there
were one or two which were always
hard to accept The Admiral Puiioo
, Pareia," Of the National Gallery, ana
the Lady with a Mantila,' which the
Duke Of Devonshire lent to the famous
exhibition at the Guildhall in 1901, were
long unchallenged as the works or
Velasquez. Beruete preferred to give
them both to Mazo, and his son, In bis
valuable book on THE School OF
Madrid" takes the same view. That
neither picture illustrates the masters
art in its finest estate may readily be
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women he painted. to the leg that looks
like leg.
II Is there, think that he allies him.
self with the greatest OF the great paint
ers and 1t is there, too, that he rebukes
the narrowmindedness OF those very dis
ciples OF his who in our modern times
would turn the sentient. breathing world
into an affair of still life and make I
dextrous turn OF the brush the end and
aim Of art II there is one thing mora
than another which Nelasquez makes
you feel il is that he was passionateIy
interested I'm the substance OF his art.
His portraits were not achieved through
mere sleight of hand. There is thought
I'm them and there is. above all, pro-
found sympathy. Those were wise
words Of La Farge's about the work
manship which does not look clever or
particularly wonderful or difficult to UNI
derstand." II is just the kind Of work
manship to subject itself 10 nigh pur-
pose. To serve 49, a means of expression.
And you soon enough discover, by the
same token, that Vclasquez is not, after
all. the whole show" Momentarily, |
repeat. you are inclined 10 think he IL.
Never shall ! forget the shock that IL
WAS to come 10 the Prado after several
summers I'm italian galleries. For 1T
tie while 7 saw the whole Renaissance
awrv. with only Nelasquez playing the
technical game as it ought to hc played.
But these misapprehensiOns have way
OF Fighting themselves. one learns. ana
nowhere better than at the feet Of Nelas-
qucz. that the painter cannot live by
technique alone, and II is but step
from this fundamental truth 10 the one
making il clear that there are all kinds
Of technique. all kinds Of genius. The
Prado peculiarly enforces that point, for
although NclasqucZ holds the centre Of
the stage he is surrounded by Titan,
Voronesc. Rubcns. Van Dyke, Moro. the
early Netherlandish painters and divers
other masters. all at their best Nothing
could be more profitable than So turn
from him 10 them, for To do so is TO be
reminded of some Of the other things
that count in art things of imagination,
Of drama. of religion. that N"lasquez
knew nothing about.
Coming back TO him with these convic-
tlons. I wondered what the result would
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with so artless gesture, In manner
so effortless and go magnificently right.
To doubt the eternal efficacy OF the
hypothesis on which Neasquez labored
seems like doubling the multiplication
table. If two and two make four then
this mans way OF painting is the "hoie
art of painting. 1t Is with KIND OF
wrench that you have to remind your
self that there are other dreams.
But what a very different thing from
all the mathematical certaintles OF the
academies Is the method Of Nelasquez.
In his early period. the period OF inc
bodegoncs. those interiors In which rs
portrayed the humber folk OF Seville
Won can track his genius through what
may be adequately enough described as
clear and steady drawing, smooth brush
work. pure color. and an obviously aru-
fetal play Of light and shade. But Wheh
Velasduez comes 10 maturity, and, to use
Whistlers happy phrase. dips his brush
I'm light and air. YOU lose the last Gle"
TO his magic. And all the time he seems
10 be reminding you, In hiS calm mar
disdainfuI way. that he Is using no
magic at all. that these glorious achieve
ments Of his are based upon the simplest
nossible craft. that the magic II II rs
there. is all in the days work, II Is
homeless 10 intcrrogate him. yet in an
other way IL is very much worth while
TO 20 over his Canyascs inch by inch.
As YOU look the marvel grows tn"
paint IS dashed on from a 0Uid brush m
a quick, stonographic sort Of way,
touch here and touch there, in sug-
zestion rather than literal notation.
That much any eve can gather. But
what are YOU 20 say ~ the synthetic
vision determining the exact relation ot
each one Of these touches 10 the others?
What are YOU 10 say OF the creative
power which takes all this stuff of form
and color. light and air. and fuses il into
y living whole of beauty? / have gone
DAY after day. FOR weeks on end. 10 the
paintings Of NclasqIcz and tried 10 dis
sect their technical traits. There are
masters Of infinitely more subtle char
acteristics who make task Of the sort
nothing Ike go obscure. And life. I'm his
case. IS always creeping in To make the
search more difficult. | used 10 study
the marvellous Innocent y" at Rome,
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long since in big square room Of their
own. 1t Is characteristic Of Spanish
good mana cement in these matters that
this the only serious change made in
the museum, should be a change for the
better.
There are modern painters who arc
prone to insist that Velasquez is the sole
type of perfection in art. II Is false
view 10 take, but It is the easiest thing
in the world to understand how it has
got into vogue. There IS something
about Velasquez which momentaIiy per
suades you that nothing else in the his
tory Of painting quite matters and |
suppose II is the easier 10 surrender TO
this idea because the master Is so sim
pie, so straightforward in his way Of
taking you captive. The American artist
have Just cited told me how his wife
had gone for her first visit TO the Prado.
and after an hour or two with Nclas-
quez had come back md tried to explain
just how he hal struck "A mind making
no Dretence to artistic experience. II
think" she said, US the way he makes
q leg look ike leg. That saying Is
worth many a page Of overwrOught an
alysis The lite John La Fargo. who
knew the mysteries OF painting If ever
man knew them, has a passage on
Las Meninas' in his recently pub
lished "One Hundred Masterpieces"
which shows the Importance which he,
too, gave TO the painters sheer truth.
ITS workmanship and all that side OF
painting which copies nature for illu-
SION" he says, has reached here the
highest level known; not attempting to
deceive by special points Of accuracy.
but so that each accuracy depends upon
the others and that the whole has that
impression Of nature which does not sur
prise us, which does not look clever or |
particularly wonderful or difficult to un-
derstand." That is one reason why you
are tempted to accept unquestioned his I
pre- eminence, his isolation. These tre- !
mendous works Of his seem such entirely !
natural affairs, to- have been produced |
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and to see II I could what Il was tina:
justified the critics appraisal of him az
so high value. The man who was
clever enough for a quantity OF his
paintings to be taken for works by
Nelasquez must certainly have been dia-
bolically clever. For the life of me
could not see that the Mazos in the
Prado lent any aid to Beruete's conten-
ton. He figures there, II is true, chiefly IA
Il landscapist, and in the upper room
where number of his scenes are gath
cred together he makes a decidedly good
impression. But come to him fresh from
NclasQuez, go To ard fro between the
two day after day. and You are driven
to the conclusion that the painter of the
landscapes never had it in him to paint
the Admiral" or that adorable Lad
with the Mautila." If NelaSqueZ did
not paint them then they were done BY
some one worthier of him than Mazo
There is a famous View of Saragossa"
i'm the Prado. in which the town and the
river were painted by the pupil. while
Velasuuez did the figures in the fore
ground. You have only to weigh the
two parts of the picture, one against
the other. To see the gulf dividing the
men who made them. 1t is all in the
touch. the Understandable, photographic.
vitalizing touch. IL Is easier. 1t seems
to me. to believe that Nelasquez some
times nodded and produced painting
below his average than to believe every
sucb PAINTING to be necessarily by Mazo.
Even the second best of the master was
.,,., e,,,,d for tho man. R. &.
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A SALON OF HUMoR
French Caricature in Black ana
White and Color.
Paris, Apri, -

raris, April g.
There are two salons OF French br
morist artists. just as there are Tn.
annual salons Of French, and also cos.
mopolitan, art at the Grand Palais eyerv
spring. The humorlsts are likewise Al.
vided into two camps-the regular 90
oiety and the dissidents. Your CORE.
spondent recently described the WORK.
shown in the Rue la Boetie by the dis
sident artists, and now briefly describe.
the exhibition Of the regular society q,
the Palais de Glace. in the Champs Elv.
sees. The sixth salon has Just ooen.d
it's doors, but instead OF the thronr N
skaters gliding on the ice floor, groun,
OF more aesthetic visitors gather befor.
the walls covered with the drolleries
the biting cynicism or broad tests Of IN,
modern school Of caricature portrayed
in every kind of medium. Some Of Ii.
exhibits are downright coarse, both IN
sentiment and execution, but many q,
the works shown, on the other hand, Ar.
spiced with that light and frolicsome vi,
that arouses mirth in the midst even
of moments Of sadness-that sprightly
spirit that compels a smile instead OF
tears which the French themselves call
"I'esprit Gaulois."
The old school Of caricaturists is grad.
ually dying out, and the up-to-dats
humorists are taking their place Ths
caricaturist's art was to mimic and ex-
aggerate characteristic and salient feat.
ures even to distortion, while the hu.
morist leaves you to discover the comic
side Of things In the subject and treat.
ment of his theme with subtle innuen.
does and especially by what he leaves
YOU to imagine. Grotesque caricature d
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MATTERS Of ART
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Won have reached Segovia in the night
and have driven to your hotel uhuer INC
old Roman aqueduct you have Deeh III
itiated into Spanish art. The mutation
continues next day, when the coio Is
still terrific. but when a blazing sun
makes the weather endurable, and. be-
sides, makes the prospect clear lor flilles
around. On a spur of the NH on "iilcn
the town is built there stands the
ancient Alcazar. and on the terrace at
its base there are stone benches where
one NAV sit and gaze over the country
II is all bare and brown. with stone
walls marking out many OF the heius'
the houses lying far apart, nat ana yer
low structures with their red tlled roofs
faded to a soft rose, and mile on mile or
highroad travelling snakily past them
toward the church crowned village on
distant hill. 1t is q strange sight, ana
that in it which most touches the imagl-
nation is its calm and Irresistible asser-
ton of an ancient. unchanged character.
Reyerie at SegoVia may be Colored by
all manner of rich and romantic as
soCiations drawn from innumerable
chapters of history, but at bottom the
one motive which persists is that which
cries aloud from the immemorial coun-
tryside the hardness and the patience,
the melancholy and the courage, which
have gone to the making Of the Spanish
genius.
ii is good to get back TO the Prado.
There is no other museum quite like II
i'm the world. For one thing it has been
in exceptionally safe hands. The craze
for picture cleaning which has done so
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The masterpieces Of the Prado have had
their feelings respected. AS an Ameri-
can artist once said to me. they have
enjoyed a long and beautiful neglect"
Discretion and abstention were the
watchwords of old Sehor Madrazo. the
former director He used to let me como
into his studio to see Titians great
equestrian portrait Of Charles V. which
he had by him on an easel while it was
undergoing some repairs to its back. and
never heard from him or from any Of
the Spanish artists with whom I used
to foregather that restoration" was a
popular amusement in Madrid. Sehor
Villegas, the present director, uses the
same prudence. He let's the pictures
in the Prado alone. He is conservative,
too. about their arrangement. found
that some paintings had changed their
places, but in the main the grouping
was much as I had known It so many
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ish characteristics which had once been
80 elusive fairly leaped to the eye. You
recognize them as the fertile valleys
give way to rock-strewn plains. and you
pass widely scattered farms and hud-
died hamlets, the latter shutting all
their doors and windows in tho winter
twilight, and seeming, beneath the In
evitab!e church tower, as though In
deathlike sleep. The sky is intensely
blue, and, with a stupendous round moon
fioating in It. It is ineffably cold. Trains
are mono too rapid in Spain. and you
get a good sense of the country from
your car window. II looks a ghostly and
forbidding land. Some stretches OF 1t.
past which you glide in an unearthly
light, might be abandoned Golgothas.
scenes Of unbearable tragedy. When
sThe previous articles in this series were
esinteo IN The Tribune on March IT and "a
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gradually giving place 10 accurate draw
ing, and in the female figure 10 eleganes
and grace, If often wanting I'm the moral
sense.
II is only possible 10 cite Few exam
pies In the show where many more d.
serve a mention. The prolific illustrate
Robida is seen to advantage in the Ro-
fonda with a numerous selection OF MS
drawings. The veteran draushtsman
who has so long drawn Paris scenes o.
fers a copious and varied display OF ms
fantastic and resourceful inyentivenes>'
Lovers OF costume military para1s
uniforms during the last two cen
turtles will find subjects 10 their tas's
In some amusing fashions in military
tailoring exhibited by VI. Lucien Valet
under the title of "Deux Cents Ans ds
Chic Militaire." NJ Bruneleschi pleases
the admirer OF the eighteenth century
epoch with his graceful evocaions OF
that period in his decorative manner. NJ
Eugene Cadet is responsible for some
skilful drawing and deXterous painting
while NJ. Guilaume is well Represented
in his familiar manner in his Coup oe
Sonnette" and other good things.
The funny groups by VI. Max Aglilop
drawn In a peculiarly hammered sVt
are intensely comcal and also orlslla'
In treatment. That fancifu artist, iu'
OF mordant irony. NJ. Abel Faivre, pre-
sents us with a subject. half Sorrewlu'
and yet half droll in his Petit Cha
peau" His faded beauty dreaming
days that were gone and the raVas~
that time had wrought in her form i
nude composition of rather cruel senr'
mcnt, and Sem is as cutting ana u"'
kind as ever in his "Buffonneries oo"'
Temperatures" q l. "
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admitted. But for my own part I cling
to both portraits, and to the Lady with
a Mantilla" even more than TO the other.
1t seemed interesting on revisiting the
Prado to overhaul Mazo with particular
care, as had overhauled him elsewhere.
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be. how he would look after all those
years. and especially what his relation u
the other Kinds would be. What sur
prised me was to find that there were no
surprises. that l could not see him dif-
ferently, that missed nothing and that
nothing had been added save, for me,
deeper sense of his serene and limpld
truth. There We're no depths which had
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much harm in so many European gal
leries has left Madrid untouched. There
are paintings in Vienna and Berlin which
look as though they had had their faces
washed once a week for years; they
shine with an abhorrent "spruceness"
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wears before. With the great exception
of course, of the works Of Nelasquez'
which after hanging for years along the
GRAND corridor were concentrated not
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-02-10
TROUBLE MAKER
IN THE EAST

Tclegraphic word is t" the effect
that Vincent St. John. who kicked
up a lot OF labor trouble in Nevada
some time ago. is bjey at the same
kind OF work at Lawrence, Mass.
where there i textile strike III
operation. st. John headed the
w. w. movement in southern NJ,
vada. He helped stir up the trouble
that resulted in the killing OF Silya
by Smith and Preston and only g
capped a sentence i'll the ponitrn1iary
by fraction. Its shame that he
could not have been given lie
sentence in Nevada and kept him
from further agitation. 1t is hoped
that the authorities in Mascachue uecttS
will get their hands on St. John and
set. him cracking rock.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-02-10
WOUNDED MAN IS
IS SERIOUS CONDITION

\ rvp,,rt recri "A from Nati"nH.
late thi, afternoon Was to the ctcc;
that John OTIS. WHO va. shot four
times by Jake Mckinney last Sunday
morning. was in Il dying condition
4 sudden chan", for the worse hav
ing taken place. t'nlil the rrlap~,
occurred it was believed that there
WAS Il chance for OTIS recovery.
The preliminary examination OF
Mckinney ON 4 charge # H>>nult
with attempt to kill was concluded
yesterday before Justice Shea ut Na-
tinna} and the defendant was held to
answer to the grand jury. In cas-.
Of Otis death, As last reports from
National indicated As almost certain,
ii i, probable that the charge against
Mckinley will be changed to murder
--~tiumboldt Star.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-02-10
PUMP FOR IRRIGATION
PROVES A SUCCESS
Humboldt County Man Proves Plan
is Profitable With New Method

NJ. B. Johnson, the wcll-know1
cigar maker OF Winnrnmcca, is also
a successful farmer. whose faith and
nerve are proving to be an object
lesson To the people OF iiumbnldt
County. What Mr.. Johnson is do
ing hundreds may do and the many
thou sand, OF acres in the valley,
tributary t" Ninncmutca where
water may be found underground
will be producing crops, not only
supplying home demands but ship
mentS to other points.
Mr.. Johnson came to " inntmuCca
about seven years ago, moving from
Risbrr, Arizona About year ago
he concluded to test his views and
commenced to farm. a the r>amina-
ton OF soils and other conditions
convinced,. him that crop, could be
raised all righr
He took up 4 homestead and flea
on Il desert claim He put down
two wells, one 4O4 fcct and the 9th
er 80 feet. only eight fee, apart and
both Of these struck good supply
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-02-10
A GOOD ROAD
WAS BUILT

The road leading up Lake View
Hill Is at the present time in excel
lent condition. in fact it /, in better
condition than. at any time since its
building. The work done by War
den Baker and hi, crew last summer
i, now having its effect, Many pDr~
tions OF the hill were lcveled off,
fills made and the road widencd III 4
number OF places. With the winter
storms the road ha, packed and it
Is now in almost perfect condition.
The Commissioners should. h~~-
ever. send man over the route l0r
4 few days where several drains
should be opened and lew places
filed. This would protect The road
from storm, and floods that will fol-
low and assure it remaining in good
condition during the summer A
Jew days work would make the Lake
View hill. which has always been
regarded a, a bad pull. 4 highway
worth while The teameterS Il, we'll
as the autoists appreciate the copdi-
ton of this section "i OrmsbN'-
road
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-02-10
ALMOST LOST HIS LIFE

s A. Std, oi Mason. Mich, will
never forget his terrible exposure to
4 mercilc,s storm. 1T gave ne a
dreadful cold," he writes, "that caus-
Cd severe pains in my chest, SO ii
was hard for NE TO breathe. \
ncighbor gave ME several doses of
DR.. Kings New Discovery which
brought great relief. The doctor
aid | was on the verge OF pneu-
monia, but to continue with the Dis
covery, I did So and two bottles
completely cured me" Use only
lhi, quick, safe. reliable medicine for
coughs, colds, or any throat or lung
trouble Price SOC and $l00 Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by J. A
Muller.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-02-10
CARSON WINS
At THE CAME

Last night at the Opera House
the Capitol Basket ball team "l this
city redeemed the rcCcntly lost
laurel, oi Carson in this popular
game by defeating the Ramblcrle OF
Reno by score OF "a to 10. The
linz mp OF the two team, rc-cnblcd
team OF giant, a. matched aaginst
artcam OF ban,ams. the Reno boys
being heavy weight fellows and the
Carson boy, were in the light weigh,
cla,S Nevertheless, the home team
W. in the doublc-A cla>, when i
ca,uc to playing ball and oumatchca
the visitors The game was sOCiablc
ara full Of lie all through and wa
enjoyed by a large number oi spec
tatorS Alter the game the floor was
cleared and very pleasant dance
va, enjoyed by the young folks
1hc Capitol, will play the Card
ner>ille team nc>t Friday night and
endeavur To- even up the score which
the valley team took from them last
week
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-02-10
NEW PICTURES TONIGHT
At GRAND THEATRE

New pictures will be shown at the
Grand tonight
\ Nitigraph lie portrayal, "Thc
Indian Flute" tell, a tale ni Indian
love. a rejected suitor. and a dash
over the falls in the river.
A biograph, italian Blood /, a
ending
Selie,, a Run on the Bank will
keep Your interest concentrated in
one particular ,pot-thc screen
The Slavcry's Love" I.ubin
production. will win your sdmira-
tion.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-02-10
DANCES TABOOED

1t doe, not seem likely that the
rag dance, Will become rnI ular III
this little city. Some time ago the
very tame rag" was rclrgatrl to the
background by a decision at 4 local
party Last night at the party alter
the ball game it was announced that
the bunny hug, turkey trot, TeXa,
Tommy and even the ordinary rag
and walk would not be allowed
Goodnight to these dances in the
Capitol City OF Nevada.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-02-10
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS
Of ORR|M BECKSTEAO
CUSTER POST ATTENTION

The members of Custer Post No.
), Pep. OF Cal. and Nevada. are here
by ordered to assemble at ? oclok
p III. tomorrow. Sunday. al ArmOry
Hall. for the purpose OF attending
in body the funeral OF Comrad,
Orrin NJ. ReckStcad. veteran of the
Mexican War.
All cx-,oldier, and sailor, are in
vitcd to join with the Post in doing
honor to the memory OF one who
in hi- lifetime was alway, proud and
happy when associated with the
members Of the Grand Army OF the
Republic.
A full attendance Is desired
H. f. BARTINE.
Post Commander
WM HN DOANE,
Adjutant,