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Arizona republican., 1913-12-08
MIR. AMEs'S GHOST.

MT. Ames is a man very skephcai concerning all things occult. One night he was suddenly awakened from his peaceful Sleep with an uncanny feeling that something awful was about to happen. He sat up in bed and looked wildly around. For a moment he saw nothing. Then he spied, standing near the foot of his bed, where the moon- light gl2ncing from the open window fell upon it a figure shrouded in white.
 Each particular hair in his head stood on end. Shivers ran up and down his spine. His hands hecJnC clammy.
 Slowly the ghostly apraritiOn raised it's right arm and with :ts long, skinny finger pointed at Mr. Ames. It ad- vanced toward the bedside and in a sepulc!lral voice said, You --."
 Mir. Ames tried to cry out but his tongue seemed frozen to the roof of his mouth. With it's accusing finger still pointed steadily at him. the ghost con- tiuued to advance while MT. Ames just as slowly moved backward. Still that awful accusing finger advanced threat ngly.
 NIih all his remaining strength Mir ArrcS jumped 0rckWurd and just as he banged his head against the edge of the open door, the ghostly visitor fin ished. Use Pears Soap" and vanished
Arizona republican., 1913-12-08
EDITORIALS.
Bulletin Grows in Size and Popularity

During the past week there have been so many contributions, especially along the literary line, that it has been found necessary to build a larger and stronger bulletinboard in order to hold half the amount of editorials, es- says, and jokes that come pouring in from every side. The class reporters arc none the less busy for all this, in their work of keeping class and school news up to date.
 This week a new feature was start cd in the paper, each day ten different words were printed This will continue until five hundred words have appeared. Then a prize of money will be awarded to whoever spells and defines the great est number of words correctly, using each in a sentence.
 Nor are the paper and bulletinboard the only things that have grown in size this last Week-each morning before school and between classes so large a crowd gathers around the bulletin board that MT. Stabler has found it necessary to send out a riot call
Arizona republican., 1913-12-08
NOTICE OF DERS'
 MEETING

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders cf The Masonic Temple Associa tion Cf Phoenix, Arizona. will be held at
Arizona republican., 1913-12-08
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MhDINODA

In the Matter of the Estate of Wm
 E. Lawrence, Deceased: Notice oI
 Hearing Petition.
 Notice is hereby given that Frank lin D. Lane has filed in this Court a certain document 7urporting to be the last will and testament of Wm E. Lawrence. together with his pet- ton praying that said document be admitted to probate in this court as the last will and testament of said Wm. E. Lawrence who, said petition CT alleges, is deceased, and that let ters of Administration with the will annexed, issue thereon to said peti- tioner, and that same will be heard on Friday. the 12th day of Decem- Der, A. D.. 1913. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the court room of said Court. in the Court House. in the City of Phoenix, County of Maricop7, State of Ari zona. and all persons interested in said estate are notified then and
Arizona republican., 1913-12-08
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Wilmot w. Savage, de- ceased. Notice is hereby given by the undersigned Alfreda H. Savage, Administrative with the will annexed oe the estate of Wilmot w. Savage, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers. within ten months, after the first publication or this notice to the said AdministratrlX with the will annexed at the law offices of Barnett E. Marks. 4O1-4O2 Fleming Block, Phoenix, Arizona, the same being the place for the transac- tton of the business of said estate. in said County of MarIcopa, State ot Arizona.
 ALFREDA H. SAVAGE, Administratrix with the will annexed
 of the estate of WiImot w. Savage
 deceased.
 Dated at Phoenix. Arizona, this fir
 teenth day of November, A. b. 1913.
Arizona republican., 1913-12-08
SILENCE.

Mark Twain says that no thing that glitters is gold. Likewise no great force makes a noise about it. The stars Tn solemn silence all move around this dark terrestial baIl". Elec- tricity becomes noisy, only when har- messed to mans tiny engines or cooped in some cloud We of the Phoenix high school gain our strength from the si- lent forces of parental love and devo- tion. The best scholar is not very much in evidence on the streets. Our principal whO by his thought and orig inality, has created one of the finest secondary schools in the country, does nothing to advertise himself. His work speaks for him.
 It is the poorest kind of economy to get other people to do our thinking for us.
 Do not fear that your brain will be overwOrked. It is impossible The brain is a strong and dependable organ of the body The more you work it, the more it rejoces and develops. Much use of it prolongs life Use brains.
 Six hundred hours to Christmas, shop early and often.
Arizona republican., 1913-12-08
OCCUPATIONS OF A COYOTE.

Strains of music filled the air Not strained music but strains of music They seemed to emanate from the basement of the science building said emanate, but emanate is not a strong enough word for the occasion If it were Latin now, I could find one suitable, Burst forth" is the nearest I can come to it. Yes, the strains of music seemed to burst forth from the basement of the science building As stood listening, became aware of the presence Of some one else. It was the Coyote. He turned to me with a smile spread over his entire face.
 Doesn't that make you feel glad
Arizona republican., 1913-12-08
A COYOTE QUERY.

with apologies to Shakespeare.) To ditch. or not to ditch? That is the
 question: Whether 'tis letter in the mind, to
 endure The doubts and que estions of suspicious
 teachers; or to cast care aside and stay in school, Studying English hard? - TOgo, - to
 1itch;- To ditch perhaps all day; ay there's the
 rub; For on that day of ditching what may
 come. When returned to school without ex-
 cuSe, We may get canned.
Arizona republican., 1913-12-08
The Coyote Bulletin
 Weekly Digest of P. U. H s-Dai1y by Coyote Staff. KateS earns

that you're a Coyote?" he said.
 Tt sure does," I replied. "Those tel- lows deserve all the credit they re- ceive and then some"
 You're right there" he assented Where would our football season have been without a band? I tell you we would have been down and out. The band created enthusiasm in the as semblies and at the games. Our fel- lows don't realize the time and effort that the bandboys spend in practice It takes a great deal of rehearsing to pro- duce a piece of music in public. l say, render unto the band the credit which belongs to the band"
Arizona republican., 1913-12-08
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF

MARfCOPR
 Tn the Matter of the Estate of Jesus NJ. Rivera Deceased; order to show cause why order of sale of real es tate should not be made.
 IT APPEARING TO THIS COURT, By the petition this day presented and flied by Manuel s. Rivera, Ad- ministrator of the Estate of Jesus M. to sell the whole or some portion of the real estate of said decedent to pay the debts of decedent and the expenses and charges of administra ticn.
 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED BY THIS COURT: That all persons in terested in the estate of said deceased appear before the said Superior Court on Wednesday, the 10th day of Dec ember, A. D., 1913, at the hour of ten o'clock a. m. of said day, a the Court House in the City of Phoenix, Maricopa County. State of Arizona, to show cause why an order should not be granted to said Manuel s. Ri- vera, Administrator, to sell so much of the said real estate as shall be necessary and that a copy of this order be published four successive weeks in tho Arizona Republican, a newspaper published in the said County of Maricopa.
 Dated Nov 10, 1918. A. D.. 1913.
 JOHN c PHILLIPS.
 Judge of the Superior Court.
Arizona republican., 1913-12-08

their office in the Masonic Temple in said City of Phoenix on the first Saturday after the first Monday il. December, to-wit: Saturday. De- cember 6. 1913, at Five O'Clock P. M. of that day, for the purpose of elect ing a Board of Directors for said Association for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come be- fore said meeting.
 FRANK THOMAS. Secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
An Illustrated Magazine for
Lovers of Art.

The new periodical, Art i'm Ameri-
ca which has been established under
the editorship of DR.. wilhelm r. Val
entiner. curator of decorative arts AZ
the Metropolitan Museum. should be
warmly welcomed by the connoisseur.
published by f.. f. Sherman. leaves "A
capital impression. In the first place
it's form, which is only tribe larger
than that of any one of our familiar
monthles makes it really convenient
TO read the fifty or sixty well-prnted
pages, and it is at the same time large
enough to give full weight to the Illus
trations. The latter are excellent half
tones. 1t is pleasant To see from all
this that Art in America" starts in
"A rational. practical way. without any
foolish luxuries such as expensive
prints, which only burden the ex-
chequer of a periodical, acceptable
though they may be to the modest col
lector.
1t would appear from this first num-
Der that the magazine is to be kind
of clearing house for the American col
lector, a source of light on enigmatic
works of art. The leading article is one
by DR.. Bode on Rembrandts earliest
dated painting. This is followed by Il
survey of Tiepolo's paintings and
drawings in the Metropolitan by Mr.
Joseph Breck, Mr.. Berenson discusses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
MATTERS Of ART
<&ea1R q d.
Ar 7

sharply divergent from those of the
suave Italians.
Zuloagas pictures revive memories
Of stony Spanish hill towns. bathed in
cold, crystal-clear light. They are very
Spanish, and so is he-racy. without
nuance. absolutely tangible. The direct
statement characteristic of this painter
is as forcible as uncompromising, as
the bleak mass of a Spanish wall, and
pigment as it is used in his mode of eX-
preston has something of the same
density Why is il, we wonder. that
the latter-day Spanish painter. ike
Zuloaga or Sorolla seemingly makes no
effort to study that pure beauty of sur
Velasuuez whom doubtless they adore"
Their color may be never so brilliant,
and yet it is without quality and very
nearly opaque. The best of Zuloaga's
three pictures, THE Spanish GYPSY
Dancer" is a really notable tour dc
force, as crisply vivid in its definition
of form as merely honest, in no wise
"touched-up" photograph might be, and
with every note Of color in it given its
fun value. This color, too. is kept well
together, and it tells effectively against
the somewhat Fictitious but still very
skilfully painted background. The fig
ure is full of life, and in the strongly
modelled head and face. trimming over
with character, the artist provides Just
the right climax to his vitalized. pic
torial motive. Only a powerful and
original craftsman could have done this
thing. What is it, then, that disturbs
our impression?
The excess Of detail in the painting
Of the costume, the forced simplicity
of the background aforesaid, which TOO
obviously. too trickilv, throws out the
figure; the SAVIOR of studio pose which
underlies the indubitabe reality of the
piece:-all these things might con-
ceivably fan into subordination TO the
artists main purpose and even appear
negligible if il were not for one car
dinal limitation. This is Zuloaga's
blunt indifference TO the genius of his
medium. We have called his color Drill
liant, but it is a hot and heavy brill
lance. His drawing, though not pre-
cisely turgid, is unquestionably want
ing in ease, and, by the same token, n
distinction. He is an able painter II
ever there was one. and yet the convic-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

ton will not down that he paints, SC
to say, by main strength. His work Is
full OF interest and It has not an atom
of charm. Zuloaga is one OF those
painters who excite in us a kind OF
wistful reverie. We speculate as 10
what achievements might have been
theirs il only their gifts had been a
little better balanced. We look at a
picture here ike THE Hermit" so
we'll composed, so masterfully done
and wish that the composition had
been a little more artlessly framed
that he had got into ii something Of
the spontaneity of life instead Of the
immobility Of a good tableau. We wish
for more atmosphere, for tones more
subtly broken; in word. for less oi
brute force and more of creative mys.
terry. He can paint a boldly assertil 1
portrait, working on the surface. lie
does this in both the pictures we have
mentioned and again in The Fan" d
study Of a Spanish coquette. He can
not paint the soul of things, for
amongst all his rich resources we find
neither imagination nor taste.
His Dutch confrere on this occasion.
Johannes Jurres. has a winning way
with him. Possessing nothing like the
technical adroitness and weight OF
Zuloaga, he has. on the other hand. a
warmth and breadth which make his
work sympathetic. The three pictures
he shows illustrate a fairly wide range
One, THE Retreat is bit of cloak
and sword drama. Near this hangs
an episode from Don Quixote," and
in the third canvas he paints 1.-The
Crucifixion." At the same time he
strikes us not so much as a man Of
Imagination, kindling to varied themes
as a clever painter, playing With fig
ures and drapery and using some feel
ing but more fancy. His color is agree
able, he knows how to throw a CLEAN
Of light athwart the right object, and
produces, In short, capital, stirring
effect. He has movement and Zest.
In an age of prose he is ready TO tell
us gallant or touching stories. lie
paints with vigor and with a septimsnt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

operate compositions in which Tiepolo
plays with architecture, figures SKY
and clouds in a kind of peli-meii OIL
decorative inspiration; leaving the
grand style of his great Renaissance
predecessors to take care OF itself,
seeking only swift dazzling erect
but by dint of his prodigious mdestrid'
his Incompatible brio, justifying eV-
cry stroke of his rather theatrical
craft. 1t is theatrical but not in the
meretricious sense of the term. lie
poIoe devotional ecstasy may not nave
gone very deep, but he was sincere
after his fashion, and, at any rate, he
was born painter who affirmed HIM
self too successfully for us to inquire
curiously into the secret places OF MS
religious zeal. To look at this picture
is , be content with its fitness as
decoration and with its beauty. Ii
finds its pendant in the exhibition in
small oval Madonna and Child a
sterling piece of Tiepolo's bravura, ana
a picture with a good deal Of emotional
force. Then come two portraits of old
men, very solidly painted, very rich N
color, really brilliant members of that
series of patriarchs which travellers
will recall from certain other portraits
in the old university at WurZburg.
Tiepolo liked venerable models and was
forever introducing them into his COM
positions, secular and religious He,
too, had his fGir for character, and
in the presence Of these portraits one
realizes with what whole-souled enthu-
siasm he exercised it. II is an Inter
esting psychological note, exposing the
other side OF the medal, as 1t were, and
reminding us that Tiepolo, with all his
purely decorative fury, was very much
Of a man. sympathetic human Great
ure, keen-cyed for the world in which
he lived
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
A New Etched Portrait of Rob
ert E. Lee.

To the long series Of portraits Of
public men which has won him an en-
viable repute Mr.. Jacques Reich has
added an etching Of General Robert f..
Lee. basing his study Of the famous
Southerner on several photographs
taken at Richmond in 1861. II is the
portrait Of soldier, and this fact is
proclaimed not only in the obvious de-
tails of costume. but in the air Of
serene resolution which is expressed
in the face. on the other hand, it is
not the specifically martial aspect Of
the man that is here presented. His
gentle. generous traits have always
been emphasized by the eulogists, and
Mr.. Reich pays careful attention 20
these. II is a strong but benignant
physiognomy that he has portrayed.
The Lee who was not only followed
with devotion on the battlefield but
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
Two Painters Out of Spain and
Holland.

There is an interesting little exhibit
ton at the Kraushaar Gallery. 1t con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

Mather takes up another Italian pict-
ure. Madonna" by Carlo CriVelii'
and the number concludes with some
notes on TAPESTRIES and Tuscan ma
iolica. These are authoritative. well
written articles, having distinctly
serviceable purpose, and considered on
their merits they fix art in America
on high ground, where it ought to pros
per. Turning as they do, however. on
points of attribution, they give the
magazine too narrowly professional a
character. The various contributors,
though not insensitive to broadly
aesthetic matters, are almost exclusive
" absorbed in mysteries Of idcntiiica-
ton Even the specialist, to say MOTH
ing of the general reader, who, to be
sure, is not considered at all, finds IT
profitable and interesting to look at
works Of art from another angle tnan
that Of the laboratory.
The best essay in the number is the
one which comes nearest to blending
appreciation with scholarship, DR.. VAL
entiner's "Esiaas Boursse." This Is
a charming Interpretation of a painter
whose capacities may be judged from
the fact that Burger, the discoverer OF
Yer Nicer mistook one of his pictures
for a work by that master. This pict-
ure. The Sleeping Cook" is now in the
Widener collection in Philadelphia. 1t
had previously been dropped from the
LIST. Of Yer Meer's paintings. and DR..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

Valentiner has no difficulty in affiliat-
ing II with the other examples OF
Boursse which he describes. but we
wish he had said something about the
monogram, looking very like that IF
Yer Nicer, which Burger claimed 20
have found on the cask In the compost
ton, reproducing it in his famous essay
in the Gazette des BeauX Arts" in
1866. and printing it again in facsimile
in the catalogue which followed his
study of his beloved painter. OF course,
it must have been forged. but it would
be interesting to know If il is still there.
II would be interesting, too. if Dr. VAL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

Of his own. Altogether, Jurres Is an
arresting, likabe maker of pictures
whose work it is pleasant to see.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
John Marin, a Painter with a
Theory.


1t is impossible to ignore the theory.
In a note accompanying the catalogue
of his exhibition of water colors at the
Photo Secession Gallery Mr. John
Marin himself states that his pictures
Of New York may need the help of an
explanation" and he goes on TO state
that in the buildings of this city ne sees
great forces at work, great masses
pulling smaller masses. each subject in
some degree to the others power We
do him no injustice in offering here no
further citations from his philosophy.
The nature of that philosophy is not
the point at issue. Neither, we may
add. is il necessary 10 discuss the
question as to whether or not the views
which ne sets forth have any artistic
value. All that we care To ask, ana
this. as has been limited. we are driven
to ask. j. whether his pictures justify
his theory. With the best will in the
world to meet both half way We must
confess that Mr.. Marin's ideas seem 10
us 10 have spoilt good artist in the
making He has. We infer. an excellent
| sense OF color and vaguely we can
make out in his landscapes. done in the
Berkshires and in the Adirondacks. "A
true feeling for the big masses IN
nature. But in trying To express the
forces that he talks about. great or
small he conveys the impression of
man moving about in worlds not re-
allied. Like the Italian Futurists who
seek to disintegrate things seen into
their emotional constituents, he ends
by denoting only an incOmprehensible
confusion The present writer tried his
best, in studying the Futurist exhibit
ton in Paris last winter, TO reduce this
or that frantic network OF form and
color to some sort OF conference, but
came to the conclusion that ii would be
little easier to carry water In sieve.
Mr. Marin's pictures are, frankly. as
! disconcerting, though, TO tell the truth,
he rarely lets himself go with quite the
recklessness characteristic OF his Euro
pean contemporaries.
When he sets out TO portray the
Woolworth Building. for example. one
can at least make out the broad ele-
ments of that colossal object But
when these towering structures of his
begin to oscillate. or when he causes
vessels in the river TO perform unprece-
dented evolutions, We can but regret
the triumph Of philosophic theory over
what We may call, for the sake of the
argument, artistic matter The func-
tons of line, OF light and shade, of
color, of composition, are turned topsy-
turvy, and Mr.. Marin covers so many
sheets of paper with so many hypoth
eses of which we cannot make head or
tail TO him, doubtless, they express a
purpose. To us they express nothing
but a lamentable error. Some one.
Matthew Arnold, we believe, once said
of Gautier that he failed To make the
most of his talents because he stopped
at a halfway house and never after
ward had the impulse to leave it. 1t is
not even halfway house at which Mr..
Karin is lingering. Sooner or later he
will discover that he has lost himself
in an impdssc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

was loved and even revered i'm time OF
peace is mirrored in this work OF art.
1t is in very delightful sense work
of art. "A plate etched in "A serious, ele-
waited style, but with notable freedom
and with great warmth in those rich
brown tones which TO the connoisseur
of prints have the value and charm OF
color. II is one Of the finest plates, rs
portrait and from technical point
of view, that Mr. Reich has produced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

kAins only six pictures, but these are
representative Of two men, the Spanish
EMloaga and the Dutch Jurres, who
nave in their different ways something
70 say. Their association. too, has a
certain piquancy. The Northern artist
Is emotional and even romantic The
Goutherner is a realist OF the most
cold FLOODED type. One reflects little
amusedly on the paradox of environ
ment. Climate, ii is plain from these
pictures, has nothing to do with tenn
permanent, unless, on the theory of OPP
posites, its reactions may be assumed
TO promote rebellious instincts. The
point is not. however, to be carried too
far. Spanish art has long had realism
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
Eighteenth Century Art, French
and Italian.

The latest Of the surprises character
istic of the Fischer Gallery is beau
tiful little exhibition of eighteenth CEN
fury art. 1t Is small in scale, but the
surprise consists in its being so repre-
sentative and so good. There are some
things in 1t Of museum" rank, but
what is most attractive about the col
lection is its really intimate illustra-