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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22


unfortunate. too. that the patina given
TO these plaster reproductions should be-
curiously dead and unlovcly. Mr..
Eicketts suffers a certain disadvantage
here. con- The other hand-and this Is
where we come back TO that matter OF
stylc-it as impressive TO note how the
artists Imagination and his feeling for
beauty come through the veil of made
Quacv hanging over his plastic efforts.
His subjects, drawn from classical and
other legends, have Individually stirred
him. aud, using 10 a certain extent the
language Of Rodin. he reduces it to an
idiom of his own and interests even
while ne disappoints us. lie is not a
master of sculpture but, We repeat, he
is not dull Working in him all the
time is an authentic inspiration. We
come upon it again in his drawings
especially i'm certain studies from the
nude which are superb in their indi-
vidualized simplicity 2nd in their brave
Ricketts, wakes no dubieties. as in the
SCULPTURES. but touches us with sense
Of romantic motives masterfully real
lied. Memories Of old Italian art come
back 10 US as we look at the Departure
Of Tobias memories Of DelacroiX as
we look at the Don Juan and the
Statue" or The Flight Of Cleopatra
But the mood of Renaissance quickly
passes, and we are aware only of the
raintei's rich, poetic fervor, his SOM
breIv handsome color, and, again, his
accent of style. It.is interesting to OBJ
serve. bv the way, how his art has
broadened with the passage 'ot years
Ar fhe outset. I'm the epoch'ot The
Dial" and Whereabouts, he was nothing
If not decorative sometimes IN pre-
Raphaelitish vein, sometimes IN one OF
kind of robust medi9valism, Ike thdI
of certain early German woodcuts. To
this dav Ricketts preserves somethlns
OF the rude vigor Of the latter. But ne
has grown into Il greater freedom as ne
has sounded a deeper emotion. He IL
ustratcs poetic, religious and dramatic
subjects of a fairly tragic import and
not only i'm his form ana in his color
hut i'm his treatment of light ne rises TO
tho height Of his argument with mas
culine strength beside which the pretty
concaits of his old pen drawings seem
merely precious" They were very
charming. those pen drawings. some
,,.rat in the manner OF Sandys, but they
were affairs Of manual dextcrity alone
Now hi. designs are freiehted VITA
mature thought and passion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22
Charles Ricketts, in Sculpture
and Painting.

This is the note of the present exhibit
ton. Perhaps tho most significant rev.
elation Of il is offered in the bronzes
by Mr. Ricketts,, though these are not
ms II happens, the most convincing OBJ
iccts shown. In that very fact lies
some Of the force of our suggestion.
Neither i'm composition nor I'm modelling
do these little sculptures completely eX-
press the power which We tasc Ia be
lying somewhere about in the artists
cormos. The facts Of form are stated
picturosqucly. but without the magic Of
touch expressive Of the creative mas
ter. seeing his d"~'"" "a a whole. IL IS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22

this exhibition with pencil and cata-
loguo in hand. there is something sug-
ecstiyc IN the names which almost
automatically are jotted down upon the
margin of the latter. Titan, Sodoma,
Watts. Gainsborough. Rossetu, Botti-
cell. DclacroiX. and the "IIypnerotoma-
chia-thosc are some of the notes
which occur i'm the swift accumulation.
But we hasten to add that it is only the
last i'm the list just cited which implies
anything like imitation. For the wood
cngravinSs for "Daphnis and Chloe 1t
is obvious that they simply went to the
"Hypnerotomachia" and helped them
selves. But at least they were utterly
candid about it and, besides, borrowed
to such good purpose that we must
hold them bamcless. Moreover
this episodc-for it is only an
episode leaves quite untouched the
essential originality of the bulk of
their work Their attitude toward
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22

Aubrey Beardsley, for example. was a
irritable master. Now that the Rem
aissanccr fan which lie played so con
soicuous a Part has gone down the wind
h, Is generally admitted TO be some
hing less than that, his undeniable
merits having got themselves adjusted
10 a sounder perspective. That whole
movement is now pretty clearly under
Stood ami its more characteristic lead
er, are appreciatcd for individual cleN-
crress rather than for any solid con-
iributious toward the reformation OF a
school But even amid the decadent,
,rhemcral ideas affirmed with such
su,to and such confidence at the time,
u,,re were elements at work which
reriousIv cnkindled the detached OBJ
server and made him feel that out OF
the pell-mcll Of nonsense something OF
r,rmancnt value would emerge. These
clements had i'm New York an advocate
who was peculiarly qualified to give an
inspiriting account of them. The late
Glceson White spent year in TINS
country. Just prior TO taking up ms
work as the first editor of the London
Studio" and the present writer can
remember how me- was always talking
in season and out of season, about the
two artists who. i'm his opinion, were
some day going 10 set the Thames
afre. Thcc were Charles Ricketts, and
Charles shannon whose works are now
IN exhibition at the gallery of the Der
I'm phnfnrranhic CnmnanN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22

forth by peculiarly experienced artist
i'm support of the criticism which has
been directed against the latest idols
Of the market place Mr.. Ricketts, wise
ly refuses to be overawed by the hero
plants Of the new movement lie is
not afraid to say that "Cezanne was a
failure" or Of Matisse that simply
there is nothing 10 say" Here are
some Of his broader reflections
Novelty in itself is yalueless. The
spirit Of beauty and power. of which arr
is the expression, has centuries behind
il: il is as old as thought From the
day the first flint flake CHANGED 10 r.
seinble the shell-like hollow which might
become a cup. art has aimed Al pefHla-
nencc. not at novelty. which is q later
dav fiction. The new has ever had 10
prove its value against the experience
of the past before 10 could be considered
admirable To revert in the name OF
novelty" 10 the aims Of the savage ana
the child--out Of lassitude OF the present
is TO act as the anarchist. who would
deetrov whore he cannot change. To
wish TO blot out the page upon when
our knowledge is written. i'm the hope OF
a new thrill Of expectancy. is 40 old
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22

They have been able to do this because
ir a very real sense they have dedi-
Gated themselves To beauty.
Their productions fall easily enough
into different catcgories, yet II IS a
little difficult 10 distinguish between
the two. for a reason bearing upon the
habit Of mind which they share. They
are i'm measure eclectics. both eagerly
interested in the great achievements of
the past For the critic. going through
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22
By ROYAL CORTISsOZ.

heralds OF new day. BY and by. at
some quite irregular date, the second
number of THE Dial" appeared and
confirmed ones first impressions. Was
a third or a fourth ever printed? We
do not know. and we must confess that
matter. 1t became plain that Shannon
and Ricketts, were doing things that
were, after all, better worth while.
Their imprint appeared upon some per-
feet books Tho Vale Press came into
being and exercised functions no less
significant than those of Morris. More
and more too, the founders Of the Press
asserted themselves as artists. Draw
inGs by Ricketts, and Autographs by
Shannon came into view. Pictures and
bronzes followed. incidentally Ricketts,
wrote book on the Prado which dis
closed him as a critic of unusual weight
and charm. The versatility Of the pair
piQued interest in their proceedings,
and, what was more, the things they
cid proved that they were not versatile
alone but were true artists. They have
not. any more than Beardsloy, made
over contemporary British art But
they have made additions to it rebuk-
ing the banality of Burlington House
as with lie fine and serene authority Of
a tradition far dntedating The Yellow
Book holding fast 10 the noblest
locals they have pat something Of the
spirit of the old masters into their Work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22

thing to say BECAUSE he cares. Some
OF his essays are slight, occasional
pieces, yet they are not pcrfunctory.
one result of the wholesome purpose
with which he has written is that his
book is thoroughly readable. Being "A
man of IDEAS he knows how both to in
struct and 10 entertain. There are no
fine drawn theories in these pages. The
authors aim il always TO see things as
they are. Apropos of the practical"
point of view he glances at the question
Of what it means TO every artist, and
tells us what We believe, is a new story
of Whistler. That individual once said
To him, "Why, if we artists had the time
to go on the Stock Exchange, the bust
ness man would not have a chance"
Mr. Ricketts, is not, on the whole. to
be read for anecdotes or personalities,
but he gives us a few glmpses Of emf
nent men. and in one Of these instances
We must quote him:
The first time / saw Puvis dc Cha
vanncs VAS in the Louvre. lie WaB
standing ln 'front.' OF that admirable an
tique sometimes called ~ Sea Deity"
sometimes alexander the Great. in the
crOWdiug or herding out Of the visitors
leaving the gallery / saw him again. one
ot the last 10 leave before lie bcluge,'
by Poussin. The works he was studying
help 10 explain the trend Of his PARTIAL
ties / called upon him two years later
with 20 friend. like myself then a youth
of twenty. and. looking back across the
years. ] remember him as the man OF
his work. simple, grave and genial,
touched and charmed by our raw and nm
cultivated admiration for his painting.
lie had Just finished his first pastel p
later phase If his practice in which he
has passed into the collections Of tardy
purchasers lie confessed 10 being still
tho owner Of an his smaller pictures, for
criticism does not allow variety of
rance 10 man. ana the painter who
paints large must not paint small.
From time 10 time his speech became adj
monitOrv. and he launched forth into
disapproyal OF current tendcncies-the
Photographic drawing Of man. ia per-
lection bcte Qui ma ricn a faire aVec
le vraI 1ossin. le dessin eNpresSf" and
against lies pochades d'atelier ri De
vacance' ! remember the insistence
with which 10 underlined the fact that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22

as there as about Rossetti and watts,
both of whom have left their impress
upon him. He has indeed had his
dreams. remote, poetic dreams. Through
them all has drifted. like some splen-
did leading motive. a noble ideal
of beauty That Is where he and Rick
etts have made sure of themselves as
the legitimate survivors Of the period
Of fermentation to which we referred
at the outset. The others ran after
false gods. These two, clear-eyed and
with the root Of the matter in them,
listened reverently 10 the great voices
Of the past. They have had, and they
will continue Ia have. their reward.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22

form of petulance. II is as old as the
spirit that denies. Bad in art II is de-
piorable in criticism Its advocacy here
should be laid at the door of the impre-
sarios of the movement which CLAIMS
CeZanne as its root and NJ Matisse as It's
flower. Against the painters themseiNeS
il is less urgent TO be hostile: they may
belieVe-Caliban believed-and among
them are men of varying attachments,
All these "eXperimentalists' are united
i'm one fault-theY are ovcrconndcnt,
they forget that the place for the eN-
pertinent is the studio; il * not an aim,
but a means.
wise words. having in them not only
well pondered thought but the energy
communicated by earnest feeling. Mr.
Ricketts, writes because he has some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22

way. depersonalized. We enjoy the
composition for its own sake and can
figure it as exciting admiration long
years hence. apart from any question
this painting. We may note i'm passing,
shannon appropriately adhcres To the
sober tradition of Italian portraiture.
lie is as scdate as a Moroni. I'm the
"Daphnis and Chloe" in The Wood
Nymph" and i'm the two versions Of
The Toilet hc lets himself go. as
though in a pecan of emotion over the
sheer gorpcousncss of form and color.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22

the cartoon for the SorbCnne was but
the skeleton Of the design without the
color scheme which would transform it,
Among these essays there IS one,
written in French. on shannon. II is
much more than tribute TO friend
It is a penetrating, helpful bit OF crit
ioism
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-22
AN AFFECTING PLEA.

MY plea" said the proud young lawyer
seemed 10 deeply affect the jury"
Yes" replied the judge. Il was AFRAID
at one time that YOU would bring about
the conviction Of your client in spite OF
his innocence. Judge.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-01-15
THE RI AN %
The Best Medium Priced Car
on the Market
Electric Lights and Electric Starter.
A. T. LeVesconte
Satisfactory Repair Work North Side Garage

| Clarence BrockWay was an over!
Sunday visitor at his old haunts in
| Dodson.
Attorney Stevens WAS overin Blaine
county the first of the week attending
to legal business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Desjardine are the
parents of :, little son born to them
asst Monday morning.
Vane Ardle entertained a number
Of his young friends one night the
latter part of last week.
We have made deep price-cut on
and children. st. Hin.
Eel White and Miss Ida Ebersole OF
Glasgow were over-Sul day visitors at
the George Whitney home.
A. j. Bishel has been at Glasgow
a greater part of this week attending
to some business matters. +
Attorney Tressler spent the latter
part of last week in Chinook looking
after business of legal nature.
Good oats for sale at the St An
thony & Dakota elevator, sl.33 per
hundred. Good barley, sl.2O per
hundred.
We have a choice lot Of posts, poles
and building logs on hand: also "A full
car of plaster and cement. Thomp-
son Lumber Co.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-01-15
LOO, Al. NEWS
Malta Markets.

For real estate loans see Brockway.
See Mrs. Couch about your spring
sewing.
Good feed corn for sale at the I'M
perial Elevator.
Ed White is at Great Falls this
week attending to business matters.
George Russell was in the first OF
he week from Lovejoy and made IL
business trip to Chinook.
L. G. Penny was in the city Satur-
day evening looking after business
interests and visiting with Manager
Bis',ell of the Orpheum.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-01-15

| Owing to the absence Of Alderman
| Misfeldt there was 10 council meet
ing Tuesday night and most likely
will be none until the next regular
meeting.
Tomorrow night is the housewarm-
ing and the big dance at the ranch
home of George Smith out on the
river. A large number from here
have received invitations, and will
attend.
DR.. Clay was called across the line
Saturday to attend Miss DeBolt who
is very sick with typhoid fever. Ow-
ing to her condition it was impossible
to bring her to the hospital in this
city, and her being so far away makes
the proper attention very difficult.
Jake Myers was in the first of the
week from the Cobnrn ranch. lie
and Walter Coburn were arrested
for fighting With Il couple Of strangers
and from what we can learn they
We're strangers proper, as Coburo
was in Great Falls at the time Of the
trouble, and Myers in another place.
From all reports Malta will not be
the onI y dry town in the state, as the
citizens and council of Harlem are
taking steps to make that place a dry
one in the near future The snloon
! Nf
close Sundays and have ask ed the city
council to draft an ordinance to that
effect
4 bowling team composed of Muir
| phy, Hanson, Scheppplman, lsom,
Morris, and Tressler went to G lasgoW
Sunday and competed with the team,
of THAT place for the honors of eastern
Montana. If there are any honors
coming to Malta from the contest we
have not heard from them. None of
the bOWlers seem to remember the
! score, but one OF them said they We're
| beaten Il few pins, and later added
| the word hundred. Glasgow will be
here next Sunday and give Malta Il
chance to even things up. There.will
be an admission Of - cents charged
for gentlemen, and ladies admitted
free.
An ice house on the north side of
the track WAS burned down Monday
night and for q time adjoining prop
erty WAS greatly in danger. The
building belonged to Mr.. Cavanaugh
and was being made ready for
the winters crop OF ice. The origin
Of the fire is very much mystery
and is only accounted for by the fact
that there We're several ,boes seen in
that locality early in the evening, and
it is thought Stat some Of them We're
sleeping in the building and acciden-
tally set 1t attire. There was no wind
at All that night, which is responsible
for the fire not Wiping out the entire
north side.
James Davidson and Miss Verna c..
Caylor were married last Saturday.
the happy event taking place at the
home OF the brides cousin, DR.. j. f.
Adkins, at East st. Cloud, Mimi.
The groom is the eldest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Davidson, and has
lived in the vicinity of Malta since
! boyhood, and is we'll and favorably
: known for his splendid character and
ability. The bride is a daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Caylor of Kimbal|,
Mlnn., and for the past two years has
been engaged in teaching school at
Wagner, where she has many friends.
The young couple will reside on Il
) farm in the neighborhood of Wagner
where they will be at home to their
many friends and acquaintance. The
Enterprise Joins their friends in ex-
tending congratulations and hopes
. their voyage through l:fe may be a
pleasant one.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1914-01-15
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All Calls answered day or night
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-08
GET FIRST EuGENIc LICENSE.
Henry Gunderson of Russell and Miss
Catheryn Nelson Licensed to Marry.

Cupid has broker the ice in Kenosha
county at last. County Clerk Russell
H. Jones issued the first license under
the new eugenic marriage law on Mon
day afternoon. The license was issued
for the marriage of Henry Gunderson
of Russell, H., and Miss Catheryn J.
Nelson of the town of Pleasant Prairie.
The honor of issuing the first certificate
under the law was given to DR.. Will
liam Pugh, who made an examination
of Gunderson on Monday and certified
to the county clerk that he was free
OF diseases mentioned in the statute.
In making the test the Wasserman test
was not called into use. County Clerk
jones made no demands upon the pros
pective bridegroom for details of the
test to which he had submitted, but
declared that the certificate in legal
form and signed by a competent physi,
elan was all that was necessary to have
the legal provisions met. The couple
will be married on January 18th. 1t
is expected that with the first certif-
cate issued that there will be an imme-
date resumption of the marriage bust
ness in the county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-08
WANT GOVERNMENT TO ACT.
Rural Mail Carriers Send Representa-
tive to Confer With Congressman.

Rural Mail Carriers Send Representa-
tive to Confer With Congressman.
Declaring that roads covered by rural
routes in Kenosha county are absolute
ly the worst to be found in this section
of the state, the rural carriers of Ke-
nosha county sent Ralph Pedley to Ra-
cine on Monday to file a protest with
Congressman H. A. Cooper in hopes
that action of the federal government
will result in the towns of the county
being forced to provide better roads
for the use Of the carriers. Delegates
from every county in the district visit
ed the congressman at the same time
1t is said that the showing made in Ke-
nosha county was the worst from any
county in the district. The rural car
riers also urge the congressman to give
his influence to the passage of bill
which will provide for an increase in
the salary now paid the rural carriers.
Similar demands are being made by
rural carriers in districts all over the
United st ties.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-08
FIRE WHISTLE WILL BLOW.
Council Makes Schedule for Sounding
of Siren at the Water Plant

OF Siren at the Water Plant.
Kenosha is going back to the old
times of the screeching fire whistle and
the members of the council on Monday
night arranged a schedule for the blow
ing of the whistle at the water works
plant. Sleepless nights for men who
object to the whistle are decreed only
when there is a second alarm of fire.
but whenever there is box call in the
day time the old plan Of blowing the
whistle will be followed. The hours
for the whistle to sound have been set
at from a. m. to 6 p. m. and on the
second alarm the whistle is to be sound
ed at any hour of the day or night. A
decided objection to the whistle was
made by theatre managers, they de-
claring that the blowing of the whistle
during the performances was a great
nuisance to them. The members of the
council sought as far as possible to meet
their suggestion in the arranging of the
schedule.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-08
MOVIES ARE DESTROYED.
Film at Opera House Gets Against Hot
Switch and Program is Ruined.

There was no moving picture show
at the Rhode Opera House on Monday
night, all on account Of the fact that
film got too close to a hot electric
switch. The film was the middle film of
a big three reel special which had been
provided for the program at the house
on Monday evening and Monday after
noon after it had been given the usual
practice run piece of the film slipped
out of the case and got against an cleo
trio switch. 1t just naturally shriveled
up. Burning celluloid caused lot of
smoke to go out of the stack of the
opera house and the fire department
made run to the theatre but there
was no need of the services of the fire.
men. The destruction of the film was
the only loss and this will be loss Of
something like 5000 to the manager
AS it was impossible to get reel to
take the place of the one which
shriveled up the program for the even
ing had to be called off.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-01-08
TO RELEASE FoGWELL.
Secretary of Y. M. G. A. to Give Up
Work the First of February.

David Fogwell, popular secretary Of
the Kenosha Y. M. G. A. will give up
his work in Kenosha on the first day of
February and at that time the last
vestige of organized work for the asso-
citation will be givenlup. With no cen
trail offices the board of directors have
decided that they would not be warrant
ed in retaining Mr.. Fogwell in service
They are hopeful that the services of
Mr.. Fogwell will be secured by some
organization with view of keeping
him in the city to have charge of the
many activities among the boys of Ke-
nosha. No plans for the new building
are now being considered but the direc-
tors will keep close tab on conditions
and when they believe the time is ripe
they will launch crusade to raise a
large sum to erect and furnish new
building.