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rior the Chief. the Draughtsman, the Fire
Maker the Mother and Child, the IDOL
Carver. the Witch Doctor, the Fug1tlves,
and that dolorous masterpiece. Distress:
These statues. we'll above life size, have
received all the medals and honors which
France can give to a foreigner. They are
the works of this man. Herbert Ward,
an Englishman in Paris. whose wife is
an American whose children have Amer
lean grandparents, and who is leaving
collection unique in the world to the
Smithsonian Institution.
In one sense the collection is a me-
mortal for the men of African descent.
who live to the number of thirteen mil
lions in America. Let them look back on
their origin with pride. No white race,
unfortunately. has such collection. 1t is
our stone age with the use of metal as
stone. Herbert Ward saw 1t and fixed 1t.
Thus the collection is also a mirror of
the primitive life of all men. Let it teach
us universal brotherhood. Lincoln spoke
of our black brother. Have we grown
whittier than Abraham Lincoln?
saw him in his studio. He gave me
the first news of the gift to America.
and told me about his life and work very
simply looking back with sincerity and
tenderness.
II always had a love of art" he said.
My earliest beyish recollections have to
do with drawing and attempts at water
color painting. In my travels. to sketch
came natural to me. and to look on the
picturesque and beautiful side of things"
You travelled young?" / said
81 practically ran away from home at
The age of fifteen and half. went to
sea sailor, got about all over the
world. and turned up in Africa at TWEEN
ty-one years of age. after travelling all
over New Zealand. after tasting hard
ships in the interior of Australia, and
later having penetrated into quite un-
known country in north Borneo." he said
Prom twenty-one ] was for five wears
on end in central Africa. 1t was the ro-
mantle time of the opening up of the
country. everything new. 1t was through
Stanley that l went there, after having
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are born with are not strong enough to
stick: because they see how absolutely
perfect all this classical stuff Is. Conse-
quently they lose confidence and special
been done before, and they do it either
better or not well as 1t has already
been done. Now. on the other hand.
travellers, as rule, are chaps who lack
one quality. they regularly have no pa
thence. To go forever is in them. They
pass all kinds of interesting things. as
does the modern automobilist-go like
blazes don't stop. Such Is the spirit OF
the traveller in new country, on, on.
going, going. But If you get the COM
bination of chap who is fond of art
and who has travelled, and who repre-
sents in his art the essence OF what he
felt as he travelled, you have there some
thing tina. must be of interest"
This time l saw that he had finished
telling about himself and his work. Yet
it is rare work. Certain philosophers
have compared these bronzes to the prob
lem play and the novel with a purpose,
and confess that such thanking attacks
on evils do probably more to stir the
public conscience and influence legisla-
ton than all the thunderings of humani-
tarians.
Surely 1T Is rare to see In art settled
aim to benefit the material conditions
of masses of humanity. And 1t is be-
cause one sees clearly this rare thing in
Herbert Wards work that one may be
permitted, perhaps, few reflections on
It, That Herbert Ward stands high in
his profession is attested by his personal
triumphs. The ordinary man, innocent
of technique, looks at the work and feels.
The ordinary man knows when lesson
has been borne into him through art,
hitherto fully or partly closed. Then, in
his own unframed mind. he becomes con-
scious of the power with which art can
invest immobility. and he Acknowledges
the masters hand.
1t is SO with the sometime explorer
and wanderer in strange places. Today
the sculptor has infused into dead
bronze the pathos, the dignity and the
genius Of the African forest dweller who
has brought home to us the infinite trag-
edy of the kongo in these marvellous re-
productions of Central African types,
which Gull a harvest Of gold medals
wherever they are exhibited, which fill
the experts with amazement. and tell al,
who see them of that unknown world of
primitives, with its mysteries, it's saw
agery it's suffering and it's promise
Nothing but sheer power could have
forced upon western cultured super
ficiality the interest which Wards work
excites-interest in race long prosecuted
with pitiless cruelty, a race of another
color, remote, incomprehensible to the
western mind.
Look at the bronze warrior. auivering
with stern intent: at the priest, bounding
in frenzy: at the sculptor of idols. with
set mouth. See the concentration in the
features of the fire-maker. With what
unfathomable look does the Kongo chief
gaze out! All. the pathos of "Fugitives"
"a mother with a babe at the breast and
holding small child by the hand, panic
stricken. flying to the bush. What visions
does this group not conjure up of hunted
kongo womanhood! One can almost see
the raided village, in arrears for its
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fathers office when he was treasurer-sec-
rotary of the United Mine Workers of
sponsibility of his correspondence ana
general business.
This post she has held ever since, and
II Is unlikely that she will permit mere
pleasure social prestige to interfere
with her life work Mrs Wilson has
hitherto been kept at home by the large
family. for this member of President
wilson cabinet has a patriarchal num-
Der of children. There were nine in all,
of whom six are living. Mrs. Wilson will.
however. spend much time hereafter in
Washington, though II is unlikely that
she will interfere with her younger chill
dren's school term. Miss Agnes will con-
tlnue her representative except for brief
intervals until next autumn.
more thoroughly feminine girl than
Miss Agnes Wilson would be difficult to
imagine. She is rather fragile in appear
ance. below medium height, slender. with
deep candid eyes which see much more
than appears on the surface. No poll
tc1an advice has been more needed
than Miss Wilson'S when the question
pertained to her special domain, eco
Monies and the laws regulating various
labors in which women and children are
employed. Her father had habit of
bringing unknown factors under her d.
rect observation and when he was pnz-
Zled. his court of last resort was What
Agnes thought Many were astGflish
ed 10 md the clerk of the labor commit
tee slip Of a girl, and they wefe still
more amazed to find what grasp she
had on the situation. Since she gave up
Yer books at school she has applied her
self with enthusiasm to the study of the
best authors on economics and abor
laws. and this theoretical knowledge. add
cd TO her practical experience has rem
dered her one of the most invaluable
clerks whics the labor committee ever
had.
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No, Pop Was Out.
EINIO. the shoe is on the wrong foot
~ absolutely on the wrong foot

ONO. the shoe is on the wrong foot
~ absolutely on the wrong foot
The speaker was Senator Gronna Of
North Dakota He was arguing a tariff
clause.
Yes" he continued, our friends are
as mistaken in this matter as the little
lady from the middle west
"A little lady from the middle west.
on her return from winter i'm the
Riviera, was recounting to friend the
delights of Nice.
And did you visit Monte Carlo?' her
friend asked.
mo, I didn't she replied. Pop called
on him. though. But, judging from pops
disappointed look when he got back to
the hotel, guess Monty must have been
out"
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Takes No Vacation.

A PROPOS of a gold-mounted electrical
4 massage machine worth $4,000 that
occupies the dressing room OF a New
York woman's house. Miss Mary Garden
said, in Philadelphia:
Undoubtedly a rich woman can look
younger than she really Is. What with
Turkish and Russian baths, open-air ex-
ercise in abundance. temperance in eat
ing and drinking. massage and SO forth.
woman can. to a remarkable degree. pre-
serve her figure and her complexion"
She smiled, then added:
But the troeble with fighting time ia
that time works twenty-four hours
day."
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credible that the grave members of the
committee on labor addressed her most
eloquent speech on her departure from
the office, thanking her for the valuable
public service rendered and for the dill
gence and intelligence and consuming
zeal which she had bestowed on the
work committed to her care. She may be
taken as the type of the modern woman-
pretty and we'll and charmingIy gowned.
able to cope with the masculine mind IN
her chosen field of endeavor. a tower Of
strength to her sex. trying to attain USE
fulness and full degree of civic respon-
sihiiifN
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ried 10 the first secretary of the British
embassy at ST. Petersburg. and the other
to the British charge d'affaires at Bel
grade. Their eldest son last year won
the welterweight public schools boxing
competition. held annually by the mill
tary' authorities at Aldershot. Young
Ward represented Eton.
He is very good al the game says
his father-who ought to know, because
he, too. has kncked out some men in his
day. Young Ward is at oxford. and the
elimination trials are now going on. liz
he wins. as is probable. he represents
Oxford University AGAINST Cambridge In
the first three elimination heats he
knocked out each adversary in the first
round and won the final. The second man
he knocked out was insensible for quite
a time. When he came to. young Ward.
who was bending over him, said: Il hope
YOU will soon be all right The other
looked UP, recognized him. and although
he was feeling pretty sick, he said: oh.
I'm all right. | do hope you'll win.
That's the sporting spirit" says the
father.
He says that the primitive central
African chief had something of this spirit.
Mr.. Ward loves the native negro as he
knew him. the unspoiled son of nature.
learning all from nature sometimes cruel.
often childish, but always without vice
proper. The dignity of the true negro
savage is greater than any dignity you
can find. including that of the Arabs. be-
certain extent; within the negro savage
it is innate.
THE chief is chief because he is tho
strongest man." said Mr.. Ward. as l de-
parted. "Ah, 1t is a moving sight when
you, the white man, like a god. irrupt
into a land where no white man has ever
been seen or heard of. to see the savage
chief walk up toward you, very much
frightened. yet concealing his fright. be-
cause he feels responsibility. fling his
spear into the sand, sit down on bis
leopard skin and wait. not knowing
whether you are going to kill him or
make friend of him, and he looks UP
into your eyes. waiting.
-Unhappily they found rubber in that
country. Now they have no time to
make beautiful things or ingenious things
they are driven, night and day. to fur
nish rubber. Consider this talk-drurn
with which they used the Morse code
thousands of years ago 1t has two deep
notes. They put the drum along the
edge of a river and the deep notes travel
as far as ten miles. although if you did
not know what they were. you would
scarcely perceive them. You used to
knew You were coming. how many you
had with you. and when you would ar
rive. 1t had all been telegraphed ahead"
Mr.. Ward tried them many times. He
has stood on the edge of a lake two
miles across. and said Tell them To
start off a canoe with three men i'm it,
And when they are 1000 yards out: Tell
them to go back and take on four more
men" All of which was done. Il could
see it with my glasses. he said.
l tried the thing with my fist. Boom.
boom. =.
Il can hear it in memory" he said.
He sighed
.So-caled civilization has ruined al
that he said. STERLING HELLO.
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SLENDER Young
girl with large
dark eyes and d
gentle manner will
be one Of the virile
forces at the cap
ital for the next
four years. For six
years past she has
been one OF the ST.
lent workers for
the cause W h ] c h
has been making so
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my connection entirely feel that |
shall add new interests while continuing
all the old occupations and planning for
the future
Not only has Miss Wilson been a DOW
er I'm council, in planning details and in
gauging the Importance of new ideas
but she has been the ideal little hostess
for those guests who the labor commit
tees and the labor organizations wished
to honor Last week she spent much
time taking Mother Jones about the city
and she entertained that venerable social
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MISS AGNES HART WILSON, NEW SECRETARY OF 1Bo
i AS Devoted Herself to

II AS Devoted Herself to
! ! the Study of Her
Fathers Work, Economics
Has Acted as His Conf
dental Secretary Since She
Was Fifteen, and for Two
Years Was Clerk Of the
Congressional Committee on
Labor - Mrs. Wilson, the
Mother, Will Make Frequent
Visits to Washington.
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HEN you come TO
Herbert. In Hop
k ! n son Smith,
The Armchair at
the Inn well, 1t
is he.
Should you see
[ h e a m a I e u r
welterweight fight
b g [ W e e n picked
champions of OK
ford EnGl Cam
b d e e Univers..-
winner, well, 1t is
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HERBERT WARD In HIS STUDIO :,
HI Is SEEN PREPARINc" THE F1RL-NAKER
IORE FOUNDING. IN BRONZE.

spent two and half years in the service
of. the Belgians, on the kongo. was on
my way down when / heard Of Stanley's
arrival. 1 heard he needed men to carry
loads and as I knew the country and
people I collected 400 men and met him
on his upward journey, volunteered to
join the expedition for the relief of Emin
Pasha turned round and went back
try, where spent another two and half
years. Then, when 1 came home, / mar
ried."
Mrs. Ward is, an American. She was a
Miss Sanford Of New York, daughter of
G. H. Sanford esq.,. a sort of Pierpont
Morgan of the Argent1nes. probably the
principal man in the development of that
country. He lives in Eaton Square, Lon
don.
81 had a studio in London continued
Herbert Ward, but I found that the
estimate Of art and everything there was
governed great deal by the Royal Acad-
envy. and as my principal feeling was
not connected with the Royal Academy,
but was really natural feeling or in
stinct, seemed hampered and swamped.
and did not feel free to put into execution
things l had in mind to do. / modelled
a head of a native African, and gave a
Knight the painter. in Paris. He put it
in the salon, and they gave me men
ton at once the first thing / ever ex-
posed. the first thing l had ever done In
sculpture and the encouragement I thus
got resulted in my coming to live in
Paris and starting to do these series of
subjects. all connected with central Afri-
can natives.
The bronze head referred to has been
bought by the French government for
the Luxembourg. A girls head made i'm
tely afterward Is also in the Lux
embourg.
He strolled about the studio, sighed and
spoke again.
II found that the people of Paris were
so sympathetic and generously disposed
that ] settled down among them. They
have been very good to me-
They have given Mr.. Ward every pos
slole nonor He has received all the
medals. including the highest that can be
awarded to a foreigner. He has been
made chevaIier of the Legion Of Hon
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copyright by Buck
worker a; luncheon at the Capitol. To
meet her were those whom she thought il
might be well for Mother Jones to know.
and the occasion was one of those in
formal gatherings In the grim old House
cafe. Mother Jones is now past eighty
three years of age. and for sixty years
has been working among the miners.
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In many ways appreciation of Miss
Wilson has been tangibly expressed. One
of her treasures is an exquisite little dia-
mond- studded watch given her by the
American Federation OF Labor in 1865
for the care and diligence shown in her
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EX MARGARET b. DOWNING.
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CAV the Stone Age and
- Fixed It-Herbert Ward,
Last Surviving Officer of
Stanley's Expedition, on
Whom France Has Bestowed
Highest Honors Makes
Unique Gift to America
Why the Collection Will Go
to the Observation-Disclosures
rial to the Primitive African
Race-None But an Explorer
and Sculptor Could Make It.
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PARIS March &. al:
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Special Correspondence Of The star.
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ures. heroic, solemn, obviously breathing
the dignity Of another epoch? The War
The Washington times., 1913-03-25
For The Times Children
Just Before It's Bedtime
THE OLD ARMCHAIR.

TT WAS a warm spring day. At least
1t seemed just like spring. for the
i sun shone bright and the air was
balmy as April. though 1t was really
only the last of February. Evorythins
looked in the garden as IL it were abou,
10 ourst into bloom, for the spell was
SO unusually mild.
Little May Douglass was delighted
and spent all the afternoon digging in
her tiny hower-bed. out as the shadows
grew her mother called her within.
We are going to sell off some old
furniture tomorrow" said Mrs. Doug.
lass. and you had better run down In
the cellar and look If there is anything
In the pile you wish to Keep"
Now the Douglass family were very
poor, and they had found it hard to
get this far through the winter com.
fortably. So the mother had decided to
sell on most Of the old furniture she
owned. 1t was very old, but 1t was
handsome mahogany of a rare colonial
pattern. and she knew that city people
would pay a good price for it. just
the day before a dealer from New York
had looked at the tall bed, the corner
cupboard and the dainty work-table and
told her mother ne would give a nice
sum for them.
Mrs. Douglass, who was a widow, was
broken-hearted at the idea Of parting
with this furniture for it had been in
the family a hundred years and come
down to her from her mother. But she
knew May had to be educated, and then
the child was anxious to take music, in
which art she wished to make a teacher
OF herself. SO the poor woman decided
to sell her treasures
The cellar was big and dry and in one
corner furnace still kept the air warm.
May ran down the dark steps. lit her
began TO examine every piece. How
handsome they looked with the glossy
wood highly polished. she thought and
how lovingly she rubbed and busted
each article. Her own little heart was
sad, for she knew what a sacrifice It
was her mother was making. And with
a grateful heart she determined to study
SO well that she would be able to earn
enough money to care for her mother
in old age. So she busted and rubbed
the wood and polished the glass until
all glittered in the glow from the furn-
ace door.
At the edge Of the pile was a big
armchair all stuffed until 1t looked like
a feather bed and the carved arms were
quaint. with heads of cupids and great
dragons that rested on their claws. II
was a lovely chair and had belonged
to Mays grandmother. who had been
dead but a few months.
Poor grandma" sighed May as she
seated herself in its arm depths, how
sorry she would be II she knew all of
her things had to be sold. / wish /
could keep just this chair to remember
her by-but We cannot afford to lose
the money. The man said he would
The Washington times., 1913-03-25
FOR TIMES WOMEN WHO WANT TO KNOW
What Is Seen in The Shops

strong material. striped and plain in the
| natural linen color and are refitted after
finishing. Very few sets require ovel
thirty yards. These sets are ordered
from the drapery department OF this
establishment. Give your orders early
and have your work done before tn.
rush commences
From the state of the weather jus,
at present, and from all indications In
the past, Washington is about to enjoy
very sudden and variable spring
changing from hot to cold with all Of
the hendish Inconsistency of woman,
The change from summer 70 winter and
from winter to summer clothing, is a
dangerous procedure, and is more than
often as futile and behindhand as the
closed cars which the car companies
send out after a heavy thunderstorm has
ruined everything In sight Serge ,s
warm and light and Is ideal for mid
season wear. For a city as far South
as Washington II is quite surprising that
more light fiannels and serge are not
worn.
There are dozens of materials on the
market now which are a pleasant relief
from those worn for so long, whipcords.
ratines. eponges. etc. being found in
all qualities. The department store in
Seventh street. between ID and streets,
Is selling some cream wool whipcord AT
so cents the yard. This material was
formerly 50 cents a yard and is ideal for
one-piece dresses and summer suits
The young girl who Is concentrating
wearing a white skirt and dark blue
blazer will find the material for the for
mer here. .-..-..--...
The Washington times., 1913-03-25
Julia Murdock Holds Basic Plot
OF Love Leash to Be impossible

In The Love Leash she wears some
Perhaps the most consistently acted
part - that OF Carl Hassler. the
as gives . character1stic impersona-
10n OF the td1ostncracies peculiar 70 the
species Of long haired musicians Then
tnere 10 Jennie Eustace, who 10 seen IN
the part Of Mra Dewitt Knapp. the
the plot Of the play revoives. and
want to say right here that I do net
believe there ever In the world existed
Such perfect confidence and cordially
between mother-in-laW and daughter-in.
There's no woman living who would en-
hst on the side Of her daughter-in-lav
IN preference to defending her son.
yohn Flood Rives one Of the most sx-
seiisnt portrayals In the role Of waiten.
Truesdell i seen ss Theodore Knapp.
Isabel Richards. az Mrs. Smith, q.
vorcse. and Felix Krembs, a Paul
King. . painter. do little except to All
n. and furnish 9 motive for further
Knapp family. Harry Stevens and
Horace Mitchell MI minor parts accept
ably. The scenery with which the New
Era Producing Company has invested
tive. and Miss F1lkins and Miss Mere
9TH wear some stunning gowns.
A for the play itself-weli. ysu
never can tell. Sometimes the plays
which are the most criticized 60 hack
10 Broadway and become successes
II The Love Leash" does this. 1t win
require some severe pruning, for, a.
tt now exists. Il II an unfngenious
combination Of improbable situations
which are Illogical. and contradictory.
Never could there possibly exist in
any family such q misunderstanding
a. that which rose in the Knapp
family. and I doubt II there exists
any man who. while he Is in his right
mind. objects to too much lovemak-
ing.
I believe there was. some time ago,
Q story In the newspapers. which told
of q man who applied for q divorce
because his wife annoyed him by too
much billing and cooling. but IL was
Afterwards discovered that the man
had lost his mind.
SO why write Q play on this subject.
when. ~ the old farmer truly said,
There Amt no sich animile?
JULIA MURDOCH.