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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

nou.or az tho r,,rsc -,.cr,. s,ccoeeful
hiddor -, tho auction, room, y.botber his
,,-;,o lao ,.,t,,d IN .bo h,,,,Jr.ds IN. %,
Tho ,bous,rds usos that uo,ycr AMI
e., 81, .,,, ,,,,,s,.l.,,i,, In ,i,. ,..iset,...s
u,ho .b,lo ,,oi,. bo,ds ovor his ruth
ioe,rcse" II n.,. bo recorded that me
di1 no, ,i,...,.... ,,o, ,.h,t no wanted
ono NJ Tho nost amusing of tho
stori., ,h,, n,,c hoc, told .,bout him
lit. 49,, ..Iori,,,,. mas, ornioco of :b,.
oio,,too,,b ccntur,. French school
,,.,,i,,, ,,..,.. ~, ,.i,,, ON. beautiful spr,ng
da, in tho caller, of a Partisan dealer
Mr. MORGAN came in saw il. liked d.
t.,,t ma, holm, in "a very laxative mood
went AWAY without saving anytime
save that ne would bc i'm again with
friend He had scarcely disappeared
who, , ,rcaltby French collector viz
itod t,o rl,ce rclI ina Iov. with the pies
,ro ,aid for if tien and There and took
:, a,,..,. with, him il. , ,,h Tho ucS.
,,,...i.,,, Al. ,t,,o,u returned thi. time
-, t;. ,ri.,d and said. If ,,.ut
,.i..t,,r,." According io fine
,,.. .,,,,t c..t. had r..r
80, ,.c.,. ,.i,., g., to,,. so,pc time 20
-. ,..,.;,,,,,.t ,,.,..,tb Arrnpa.
- ~. -,,is,.,,,. ,,.iti, ono dealer il nay
safol,. me surmised thai members of the
fraternity could rcuort many others.
an ,,.,,. t,,,,.,.,,,. t,,,.. t,p.v, him. and. ass
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
The Story of a Chance That
Was Lost.

In The main. however. he would seem
to have brought to his dealings with
the world of art much the same temper
and swift organizing authority which
characterized his work i'm finance. II
was like him TO buy whole collections
at a stroke when once he had satisfied
himself that they were worth buying.
incidentally, it might be pointed out
that there is nothing intrinsicaIIy TO be
deprecated in this practice. Probably
tanned in these collections piece by
piece if they had been brought in that
way 20 his attention. As il happened,
he had the money to buy mass Of
treasure at time when il offered. ara
besides this one does not need TO be
very imaginative in order to see that
for a man devoting himself to this
hobby so late in life purchases of ex-
traordinary magnitude were really
necessary. IT is said that he was a
collector, after his fashion, from his
young manhood if not from his youth,
but during most Of his career he was a
busy banker. If, as we seem justified
in assuming, he fostered in his later
years the idea Of rendering a great ar
tistic service to his countrymen, there
can be no question Of his having gone
the right way about ii when he turned
the market upside down and bought
as he bought steel plants or
shipping lines There is a touch Of
cant in the disparagement Of his eNer-
else Of what has been called the brute
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

ful fool who was willing to carry frauds
10 "a collector whose counscllors could
So quickly set him right and whose IN
sistcncc upon honesty would thence
forth have made further profitable
transactions fatty impossible. The
very scope of Mr. Morgan's artistic OPP
,rations protected him against dccep-
ton. In this matter ne carried. as it
were. his own insurance. ON the other
hand. 10 is probably true that cXiraNa-
SAINT prices were inseuarahle from his
mode of procedure lie had TO pay the
penalty of his rcuown ass a buyer and
Of his haste. The same collection
slowly formed during long lifetime. 10y
"a bargaincr saturated bon the lore Of his
subjects. would no doubt have cost but
half of what Mr. Morgan paid for ii. If
il had cost that much.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
A Private Hobby Yielding Pub.
lie Service.

The full tale of his energies AS a coll
lector Will not for some time be known.
The treasures on which ne spent Sixty
million dollars or more are so numerous
that while many of them have already
been placed on view at the Metropolis
tan the greater number have stu To De
arranged for public exhibition. When
ultimately they are concentrated IN the
new wing which is presently To De
erected they will make by themselves
one OF the notable museums IN the
world. Whatever that museum may
express In revelation of MIR. Morgan
makeup as "A collector, the one Out
standing Tact To which it VIII always
clearly point is his public generosity
ana this, 1t may be added, mas not
waited until now To make itself felt
what he did at the Museum in the last
years oi his life was but the more con-
spicuous manifestation of Il habit be-
gun long ago. We may aptiy repeat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

an expert. Now, while these state
ments are doubtless TO be accepted as
true, it is perhaps as well to remind the
Iayman that they do not denote any
singularity i'm the man to whom they
refer. AS collector Mr.. Morgan was,
indeed. fully representative of his time
at least i'm the United states. Very few
of our best known collectors have been
connoisseurs and experts Quite as
much as Mr.. Morgan they have profited
by the aid Of dealers and other coun-
sellers. An amateur like Mr. john u.
Johnson, of Philadelphia, who not only
knows what he likes but knows why he
likes IL, and pursues an essentially in
dependent path. is the rarest Of types
here or abroad. Most observers OF ar
tistic affairs are aware OF this fact, but
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

cision, but with inspiriting force.
AZ the Folsom Gallery there is an
exhibition of studies in oil and water
color by Mir. Frederic Crowninshicld.
who not long ago returned from So
journ of several years in Italy. where
hc was I'm charge of the American
Academy at Rome II will be interest
ing To see what this exhibition. which
has lust been opened. has To tell us of
his Italian impressions. Long ago he
interpreted TO good purpose the spell Of
the Campagna. The Powell Gallery is
filed with paintings by Professor \. 6.
IIcaton. who studied in Paris back in
the COS and was, in fact. the first
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

American To enter the Ecole DIES Beaux
Arts. The MacDowell club is showing
paintings and sculptures by Irene
Brown, Alice Larkin, Victor Salvatore.
Myra Carr and others. At the Ma
tional Arts Club there Is an exhibition
of works by Richard II. Miller. Charles
w. Hawthorne, f.. c. Trieseke and
others.
There has been opened AT the Grolier
club and will continue there until April
&c "A remarkable exhibition of early
wood cuts. Prints OF the walls and
illustrated volumes in the cases illus
trate in great fulness the works of the
old German masters. Free to the public
every day. from 10 in the morning
until In the afternoon. this beautiful
and instructive exhibition, TO which we
Will return in detail upon another occa-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
mere results of these throw certain
light on the subject
How He Sought Advice and
Profted by 1t.

In one important point the common
tators who have been busy since Mr..
Morgans death have done him little
less than justice. not 50 much through
they have perhaps uncOnsciOusly, inn
Piled. Everywhere ii has been re-
marked that he was not connoisseur
i'm the strict sense, not one of those col
lectors who put personal stamp upon
their collections. DR.. Bode it is re-
ported. has published in Berlin an ar
ticlc full of appreciation. but decisive in
It's assertion that Mr.. Morgan was not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
FINDING ANCIENT VASES.
rom The London Standard.

From The LOnuOn SldnudIu.
Professor r. Burrows gave an in-er-
esting account Of some excavations he
carried out at Rhitsona. in Bpotia, at
lecture he delivered yesterday nj
Queens College. Harley street
Bnotia is situated just above At.,ca,
in Greece. and RhitsOna was DESTROYED
at the end of the first Peloponnesi.n
war. and was. therefore, "A particularly
good ground for excavations. He en-
ploved Greek laborers. who, contrary
to common belief, were i'm no wise
decadent or demoralized people, but
were quite as strong and reliable AS the
British workingman. When they got
down TO the level of the cemetery they
came across an enormous amount OF
earthenware pots and pans In the
DAYS of old, instead Of bringing some
flowers to mans funeral people
brought some earthenware pots, which
were buried with him. There was only
one body in each grave, but there were
an enormous amount Of oil vessels,
Jugs. and even little pottery pigs.
These were mostly very roughly made,
bur one statuette-Vcry well executed
depicted a man grating cheese, some
of the vases were inscribed, Il am the
vase of -" They found that the
fashion changed as To the pattern en-
ployed i'm decorating vases from time
TO time. Altogether they collected over
( 600 vases.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06
The Problem cf Mr. Morgans
Taste.

What when al Is sud remmns
salient and most characteristic when
we consider tine prosumahlc reaction
upon Mr.. Morgan OF Tho rrodigious adj
ventures which Dee crowded within a
few short wears OF collecting can we,
from the wilderness Of objects ne ass
scmLlcd. divine some one prevailing
note Of taste The question seems al
most unansworablc i'm view OF the por-
tentous variety OF his possessions. In
that London house where We have seen
him dclighting iu his miniatures there
hung those portraits of the English
school which are now at the Museum.
and Doe other rooms Their" We're Dutch
and Spanish masterpieces. one room
was dedicated boy itself 10 that cclc-
bratcd and enchanting set of dccora-
tive panels which Frag0nard painted In
his safe retirement at Grassc while the
Terror RACED in Paris The series was
marycIlousiy installed in It's twentieth
century home amid the London fogs.
and we wonder in passing. If, when It
H. arranged in the metropolitan Mu-
scum. anything Will boz done to repro
ducc tho frame that Mr. Morgan gave
t Everything. the walls and wood
work. .hc mautclpicrc with it's appro-
pirate eighteenth century statucttcs.
the glass-coycrcd tables fun Of NINA
lures and snun boxes. the chairs. and
the very carpet on the floor, had been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

That sensational Mrs. Garble has been
out shooting deer in Colorado with
guide"
Did she shoot any
Three"
Mercy, How did she contriye To hit
them?"
Easy She invariably aimed at the
guide" -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-06

sion. should not be missed by the stu
dent Of the graphic arts. r. c.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-04
LET YOURSELF BE TAGGED.

Tuesday will be tag day for the Instructive
Nurses association. Five thousand dollars must
be raised on that day 1t is up to the people
OF Richmond to raise it,
This association Is giving the people the op-
portunity to give to a cause which deserves sup
pert 1t is giving the people the opportunity
to help cause that needs help and which is
needed In Richmond
There will be no solicitation. No one will be
held up" The boxes will be placed at con-
venient points, attended by young women. If
you wish to do what you should you do it, II
you wish TO refuse you do It,
The Ttrqinidm urges you not to fail. This
association ia not only a charity but necessity.
1t helps not only the individual, but the com
munity When you contribute you help those
who cannot help themselves and by aiding in
keeping the community in good health you are
helping yourself,
Give what you can Tuesday and remember
that there is five thousand dollars TO be raised.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-04
TO VISIT SCENE,
THEN TO REPORT
ANNExATTONIsTs TO SEE TERRI
TORY BETWEEN EXISTING LINES
AND THOSE PROPOSED.

City councilmen will be busy the
coming week, Besides tthe regular
meeting of the common council on
Monday night, a number of committees
are scheduled TO meet, and ii is be-
lieved that before the week closes
there will be several called meetings
OF subcommittees.
On Monday afternoon the COM
mittee on ordinances will meet at s
mittee on stables, and to hear ad-
vocates for a moving picture house on
Church Hill. Other matters may
come up. but these two appear to be
In order to familiarixe themselves
with the conditions existing between
extension as proposed by the chamber
of commerce. the. special COMMITTEES
on annexation will meet at 2 o'clock
tor Thsy f s 1a aRR pvs at the the ,v
hall and in automobils go through tho
East End territory. and. II possible.
take in all that lying on, the, north.
the COMMITTEES viii have to taRe
another trip over the far western and
southern lines. before the question OF
cussed In committee meeting.
Al o'clock Tuesday night tho COM
mlttee on utilities will meet. The
that meeting will be the question OF
instituting a park for colored people
There are two sites under considera-
OF Second street the other in the block
in the West End. bounded by Oak,
Harrison. Leigh and Moore streets
On Thursday the committee on dock
will meet Chairman Rogers of this
committee will not be present, be-
cause he Will leave that afternoon
for Lynchburg with the r. p. AS,
where the state convention will he
held. At this meeting a most Inn
portant question will be considered.
that of improving the dock SO that
steamers Of the Old Dominion line
may dock at Seventeenth street
This proposition came from the
board Of public interests OF which ]. r,
Palmatory Is subchairman, and chair
man OF the committee which pre-.
scented the proposition. Mr.. Palma
tary will also be in Lynchburg, as
he is an active member Of the
T. r. AS.
Other than those mentioned above
there are no meetings called.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-04
ANOTHER DREAM BATTLE.

Virginia people should not allow themselves
TO be confused by the confusion into which some
Of more or less eminent citizens and news
papers have fallen. Feather brains and soap
bubble policies are in evidence There is ten
doncy to carry into the coming legislative cleo
lions the senatorial fight of more than two
years ago The process is as simple as 1t silly
It is assumed that every defeat of legislation
which somebody wanted or tried to dictate. every
act of legislation which somebody opposed and
every disappointment that anybody endured was
caused by the Invisible government" or 1.-The
machine" which means United States Senators
Martin and Swanson. 1t is further assumed
that we have in the State vast underlying masses
Of corruption and that somehow we are oppressed
victims OF a hidden tyranny. No facts given to
sustain this theory; but in such an argument
facts are inconsequental things, to be ignored
when too stubborn and plain for concealment.
to be covered over when possible with products of
fertile but shallow magnations. Corruption and
tyranny having been evolved and dreamed into
the situation, the next act Is to manufacture
puny limitations of passion and fervor and to
beset the public with mock heroics and outpour-
ings of rhetoric intended to be ringing and
pealing, which result in faint tinkles like those
Of the toy bell with which playing child sum-
mons imaginary guests to imaginary feast
The legislative and local elections of this year
have no connection with the senatorial primaries
OF 1910. or with the Baltimore national CON
yontion of 1912 We are to elect members of
the legislature to deal with State affairs. not
United States senator's We are not called to
vote for or against any invisible government"
We are supposed to be trying TO choose for the
general assembly the strongest and most honest
men we can find There is no occasion or reason
Tor manufactured excitement The attempt to
draw factional lines In the apportionment of fed
sral appointments and to stir commotion on
that point has collapsed, fiat dead and naccid
as pile OF dough when the yeast is stale. The
same result will follow like attempt in the
legislative elections
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-04

best obtainable in the way otmusic and can have
IL III 1T be shown that the people of the city
want it.
The Wednesday club concerts which will be
given in the City auditorium Monday and Tues
day will give the people of Richmond the OPP
portunity to demonstrate what they want in the
way Of vocal and instrumental music. Some of
the greatest stars in the musical armament will
be here during that time. Prima donnas, pianists
one of the finest orchestras in the world-peop
pie of nationwide reputation will give the best
there is in the way Of grand opera II Rich
mond cannot appreciate the best 1t will be found
out in the next two days; If Richmond wants
nothing but the best the Wednesday club con-
certs will be well patronized at every perform
ance.
I Not only because good music makes for indi-
vidual and community betterment, but because
the concerts to be given will fill a want, The
Vtrginidn has done what 1t could to put before
the people OF Richmond the advantages of the
Wednesday club concerts and the excellence of
the talent which will be brought here AS
Frederick Charles Hair said in The Virgnian
Thursday morning. the club is an educational
factor among the younger and growing genera
ton and from artistic. moral and esthetic
point of view is an influence for good in the
community. It deserves recognition and aid
especially as in asking for assistance 1t asks
only that the people attend performance which
gives them back more than they give to It.
The three concerts to be given the club should
be we'll attended At other times the attendance
has been good, but the record should be broken
this year for the one reason, If for other
that the talent secured is the best heard
in Richmond.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-04
PEOPLES FORUM
Starye the Fly.

Editor of The Virginian:
sir,--I attended the Clean Up conference
held In John Marshall high school some time
ago and heard many good things said. and
many valuable suggestions made. and the time
being near at hand to commence work II you
will allow space in your paper VIII oHer
few words of advice in behalf OF DISCRIMINATING
"Mr. Fly"
Chairman Edward Hatch. Jr-, OF the Amer
lean Civic association, said, during a confer
ence in Baltimore recently that the slogan
Swat the Fly" should be changed TO 'Starve
the Fly" Mr. Hatch is right. Adults and
children may alike be banded in a crusade to
kill as many flies as have temerity to show them
selves; but unless the breeding and feeding
places OF the insects that forget to wipe their
feet are broken up. the campaign will be in
vain, at least it will fall short of success The
thing is a simple factor in the arithmetic of
science and health. II there are no places for
flies to feed; if there are no places for flies to
bred there will be no flies to kill. This rem
edy has the virtue of getting at the root of the
evil and nuisance.
The swat formula is only palliative. The
new cry is important in that 1t
touches the fundamentals of sanitation every
where. England is almost nyless country. and
England gained that enviable reputation not
much by swatting the fly by taking the
flies meal tickets away from Them and at the
same time issuing close order against the
places in which it is wont to breed.
There is good reason why any enterprls-
ing town, city. like Richmond. jealous of it's
health should not follow similar course. /
believe will, let us commence now and
destroy all the feeding and breeding places of
the fly. 1t sounds spectacular to tell how many
flies you have slaughtered during the course
IF day. 1t is pleasant to have their scalps
dangling, to speak, at your belt. Unless
you nuify their means of sustenance and
break up their homestead the few you have
killed Will be reinforced by millions of others
lust as deadly and just aggressive.
J, E. BARROW.
Richmond, Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-04
How Japan Shames
America
Richmond, Va.

California with thirty four measures hos
tile to the Japanese pending in its legislature
many of them only little less Objectionable to
them than the Bransford bill. Is of course the
chief source at present of irritation among jap
enese against the United States. But Japan has
for some years been subjected to limitations in
Vulnerable at hands, although for her own
part she has consistently exhibited toward us a
sincere and cordial amity. The record is i'm
pressively set forth in article from the pen
of Hamilton Holt. managing editor of The
Independent. intended for publication in that
journal May LIST, in which II is shown how our
atuhde is stranlng an historic friendship
and alternating the sympathies of Japan"
Shortly after the close Of ths RaassS-3a,>>.ssee
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-04

distressing and disCouraging as to be compelled
by harsh evidence 10 revise and withdraw our
affections and faith.
The meaning of it all Is that we must study
mankind and men, issues and conditions and our
selves very carefully. The quick allegiance, the
rapid acceptance OF teachings doctrines and
opinions are dangerous. The best and the one
sure love is that following thought and the most
trustworthy friendship and following are those
given carefully. We must revise. amend and
change at the very best. but we will spare our
selves many shames, dangers. misery and trou-
bles by coupling our brains with our hearts and
letting our sentiments be approved always by
our sense.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-05-04
SCRApTNG BARNACLES.

One OF the greatest and most useful works
now in process is tie cleansing of barnacles and
moss from the body of the Democratic party.
Like all parties out of Office and power the Demo
eracy had become kind of gathering place for
the forces Of discomfort Men whose ideas and
purposes were far behind the time and men
whose theories wers SO far beyond the time as
to be impracticabe or so fantastic and foreign to
our institutions as to approach insanity attached
So the party had accumulated under its name
and organization the sordd and gross practical
politicians. fat rats battening in darkness. whose
one desire is gain. the more or less brilliant
dreams and doctrinaries and thousands of foaters
who called themselves Democrats because they
were In the habit of doing it. were dissatisfied
With conditions or had been disappointed by the
Republican party. Now we are making distinct
issues and defining lines. Men are being re-
quired TO cease from dragging on to the hull and
merely going with the ship and to become active
members of the or go adrift. President VIII
son, in New Jersey, laboring to cleanse the
source and life OF justice with fair jury law,
Governor sulzer. in New York, endeavoring to
purify politics with a primary elections
system-crude and awkward. but apparently well
}intended-the majority In the lower house of
congress demanding that personal and local in
tcrest be disregarded for the general welfare,
ell are engaged II the same work of cleansing and
straping. They arc leading the party to the con
dition in which every man who calls himself a
Democrat will be able to give reasons for being
one and to express the definite intentions and
goals Of the party and In sympathy with them
Those intentions, az outlined by the president
are high. clean and honorable They are for
the raising Of standards and ideals. for the bet
torment of the people morally, ethcally. men
tally and materially. Those who cannot share
them and cooperate with them will be forced
away from the Democratic party. Our faith is
that they will be replaced, ten for one, by
those who are seeking to join themselves to q real
movement forward and upward. for an organfza
tion which can and will do effective work to In
crease the happiness and welfare of tho citi
zen of every class and place and thereby to
make glory and strength for the republic.