El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-04
Married Life the Third Year
Warren Is Amused and Helen In
dfEnant Mt the Exhibition
of Cubist Art.
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by MnDeI HtEUtEI LFne
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[ b7ear-eved. bloOd-shot, distorted fac,
/ of a woman fIeasant expression
Helen gazed at it in silent resent
| uent. She had exhausted her phrases
! OF How Hideous," How CHASTITY,
How perfectly horrible" and now she
I viewed the pictures without commen
! on their freakish distortions
/ For weeks she had been hearing o.
! the ''Cubists' and "Futurists." Every
! one was discussing this exhibition o.
/ advanced art The papers were fun OF
/ it But not until this final night had
/ she been able to persuade Warren tC
/ Hello. Curtisi You here2"
Helen turned to find Nr. Stevens II
/ the crowd behind them
We'll, what do you think of it?"
Guess they don't allow profanity
! around here" grinned Warren. And
/ don't want to be put out just Yet"
| Cant stand for Matisse and that
crowd, Ell? Been in the Cubist room
NO, we're trying to get educated u
ooh, come on. there's a little gem
/ there I want to show you"
Mr.. Stevens pilOted them through
and pointed triumphanuy TO large
canvas, before which stood a gaping
crowd in frank bewilderment
There you arei Prize puzzle pic
ture No find the king and queen.
Some things I want to look up in the
next room. See you later"
What did he mean, dear2 what IS
this supposed to be?' asked Helen
staring at the strange confused OBJ
jects on the canvas before her
Entrance of the king and queen,
read Warren from the catalog.
Mono, it can't be that!
NO 1S9. isn't it? Well that's what
il says here. Looks as much like that
as anything else"
You say the kings on the left"
came an anxious wOman's voice from
behind them 'Where2 I can't see it"
That's his head up there in the cor
ner." explained another voice And
here's his leC-this thing that looks
like a saw. See it nOw2"
No" hopelessly. I've been here
three times and can't see il yet
But. dear, I don't understand burst
out Helen resentfully. DO they really
expect any one to see anything IN
s'Told YOU these Cubists painted
these pictures with their tongue IN
their cheek They've set out to fool
the public. and from the size of this
crowd I should say they were doing It
Come let's find the one they talk so
much abOut-that nude woman coming
downstairs. Guess this must be it"
crossing TO where the crowd was thick
est Listen to some of these COM
ments." nUdging her. They're rich
I see the stairs, but where's the
looks like an explosion in single
well. if that's his leg. there's a dozen
more just back Of It. On. the oIhers
are to express motion. are they
NO, can't show it TO YOU his
voice was discouraged You have to
study il out for yourself.
4 suppose its fine if you can see IL
Then from some fresh arrivals, 'Oh.
here's the one We wanted to see But
where's the nude LADY, Looks like
wreck on the B. & o."
Warren was chuckling over these
comments, but Helen was too indig-
nant to see the humOr of it all If
the artist was not sincere, and the
public was trying so hard to see
something that was not there-the
more she thought of il the more in
We'll what do YOU think of the
nude woman?" Mr.. Stevens had found
them again.
at least there can't be any objec-
tons to its nudity grinned Warren,
that"
what does this call itseIf?' asked
Warren, as they passed on to another
freak canvas mass Of lurid blurred
That's one of the star pictures
The Dance "-eXDlained Mr. Stevens.
"Um-m, The Dance-thatS nlumi-
mating. Just what is supposed to be
a girl: she's fairly plan. Here's
her leg; she's kicking out. Get it?'
Gal say LldL QO- nuSeQ " dIEell-
DO you kOnw what Evelyn says
about this?' giggled a young woman
in front Of Helen. She says il looks
like nose bleed"
How about you. Mrs. Curtis2 What
make s you so quiet2" Mr.. Stevens
turned to Helen, who had been look
ing on unsmilingly. on don't ap-
prove Of this new phase Of genius?'
Il can't see that its genius just be-
cause it's uninteligible- I thought TO
view a painting meant something more
than trying to trace an arm or a leg.
These are like the puzzle pictures I
the tree or the three cows in the pas
tUre- Only sometimes I could see those
Haven't seen any Of these"
That's because you're too literal,
my dear" scOffed Warren. You lack
the soul OF an artist Look at the
crowd here"
But you know it is only curiosity"
insisted Helen heatedly. They're only
trying to find the man OF the cows.
Oh, I think it is rank presumption for
any artist to show such things, And
to dignity them by an eNhibitiOn-and
for the people to flock here like this"
- Helen paused as they laughed at
her vehemence.
The sensuous rhythm in that nude
descending the stairs is exquisite,
gushed a woman in rapt voice as
she brushed by. And the lyric grace
of the figurei You can feel the col
oring and the wonderful Interpretation
- nv I'm @~el-'N yea " lAN4A 4 ~ a. III
Paris
'Oh, we'll" laughed Warren. amused
at the indignant glance Helen sent
after her. We know she's only pos
ing. III wager that picture looked as
much like pile of shingles to her as
1t did to US"
Mr.. stevens left them at the en-
trance. For a moment they stood on
the steps glancing down the long line
o. taNis and private cars.
'LOOk-juSt look at the people this
has brought Outi' exclaimed Helen re-
sentfully. And the few really sane
and normal pictures there. they didn't
sec at all Don't you remember those
rooms were almost empty?"
"Oh, you take It too blamed seri-
Ously- OF course those Cubists are a
lot of charlatans fOOIing the public Z
And / suppose they're snickering. in
their sleeves at their success. But
what Of it, I wouldn't have missed ]
this tonight for a whole lot Bet %
cents worth I've had for an age. That |
woman gushing about the lyric grace /
ana 'sensuOus rhythm of that pictured |
Ha- Ia, that was great What more I
do you want for your quarter"
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