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The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-10-17

lrlehd' this side the water, as well
as his man OF business"
lie paused with an embarrassed ges-
lure SO have ventured to request
-ah-surreptitious appointment in
oruer to-ah-take the further liber-
" OF asking whether you have recent
" sent Alan messenger"
Her look of surprise was answer
enough, but she confirmed IL with Wig
orous denial: 81 have not communi-
Gated with Mr.. Law in more than q
year,"
Precisely as | thought" Mr.. Digby
moulded None the less, Mr.. Law not
,ons since received what purported to
De message from you; in fact--a
iose. And as Miss Urine sat for
Maru with start OF dismay, he AIDED,
nave the information over Mr.. Laws
s'shature--a letter received ten days
aso-from Quebec"
Alan In Americal" the girl cried
IN undisguised distress.
lie came in response to-ah--the
message of the rose"
But did not send i'll"
1 felt sure of that, because" said
Mr. Digby, watching her narrowly
because Of something that accompa-
MED the rose, a symbol Of another sig
hincance altogether playing card. a
trey Of hearts"
her eyes we're blank He pursued
with openly sincere reluctance: IL
must tell you, see, that trey Of
hearts Invariably foresignaled an at.
tempt by your father on the life of
Alan's father"
with stricken cry the girl crouched
back In the chair and covered her face
with her hands.
mat Is why | sent for YOU" Mr..
Digby pursued hastily, as II in hope
OF getting quickly over a most unhap-
by business. "Alan's letter, written
and posted on the steamer, reached me
within twenty-four hours OF his arrival
In quebec, and detailed his scheme to
enter the United States secretly--as
he puts 1t, by the back door by way
OF northern Maine-and promised ad-
Vice by telegraph as soon as he
reached Moosehead Lake He should
have wired me ere this, am told by
those who know the country he was to
cross. Frankly, am anxious about
the boyl'
And L." the girl exclaimed pitifully.
TO think that he should be brought
into such peril through mel"
You can tell me nothlng?"
"Nothing-as yet did not dream
OF this-much less that the message
Of the rose was known to any but Alan
and myself. cannot understand"
Then | may tell you this much
more, thai your father maintains a
very efficient corps Of secret agents.
You think he spied upon me?" the
girl famed with indignation.
81 know he did" Mr.. Dlgby per
mitted himself quiet smile. 1T has
seemed my business. in the service Of
my employer. to employ agents OF my
own. There is no doubt that your
father sent you to Europe for the sole
purpose of having you meet Alan"
Obi" she protested. But what
earthly motive-?"
That Alan might be won back to
America through you-and So"
There was no need to finish out bis
sentence The girl was silent, pale
and starile with wide eyes, visibly
mastering her wits to cope with this
emergency.
Il may depend on you" Mr.. Dlgby
suggested, ito advise me II you find
out anything?"
For even more" The girl rose and
8 extended hand whose grasp was firm
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-10-17
COPYRIGHT iei%, By Louis Joseph vano.

instantly one occupant OF tho
canoe young and very beautiful wo.
man IN a mans hunting clothes. spoke
sharp word OF command and IA
her guide steadied the vessel with bis
paddle. rose In her place so surely
that she scarcely disturbed the nice
oaianee OF the little craft and curved
her 1.-THE body over the bow. head.
foremost into the pool.
Mr.. Law had, In point OF fact. en-.
uured more than he knew; more than
even a weathered woodsman could
nave borne without suffering. Forty.
elght hours Of such heavy woods.
walking as he had put In to escape
the forest fire, would have served TO
PROSTATE almost any man; add to this
ignoring dozen other mental, nerv.
Gus and physical strains) merely the
TACT that he had been halfdrowned.
lie experienced little fever, a little
delirium, then blank slumbers of ex.
haustion.
lie awoke in dark OF night, wholly
unaware that thirty.six hours had
passed since his fall. This last, how.
ever and events that had gone before,
he recalled with tolerable clearness-
allowing for the smggishness of q
drowsy mind. Other memories, more
vague, OF gentle mlnistering hands, OF
a face by turns an angels, flowers,
a fiend's, and dear womans, trou.
bled him even less materially. He
was already sane enough to allow he
had probably been bit out OF his
head, and since II seemed he had been
saved and cared for, he found no rea.
son to quarrel with present circum,
stances.
Still, he would have been grateful
for some explanation OF certain phe.
nomena which still haunted him-such
as faint, elusive scent OF roses with
a vague but importunate sense of a
womans presence in that darkened
room-thlngs manifestly absurd
With some difficulty, from dry
throat, he spoke. or rather whis
pered: "Water!"
In response he heard someone NOV,
over creaking floor. A sulphur
match spluttered UNANIMOUSLY A can
die caught fire. Observation-Disclosures
of coursel-the figure of woman II
hunting shirt and skirt. Waite
splashed noisily. Alan became awar
of someone who stood at his side, on
hand offering glass to his lips, tn
other gently raising his head that h
might drink with ease.
Draining the glass, he breathed hi
thanks and sank back, retaining hi
grasp on the wrist OF that unree
hand. 1t suffered him without r.
slstance. The hallucination eve
went so far as to say, In a woman
soft accents:
You are better, Alan2"
He sighed incredulouslyi "Rose!"
The voice responded "Yesl" The
the perfume of roses grew still MOI
strong, seeming to fan his cheek liR
womans warm breath. And mi
acle came to pass; for Mr., Law, VIII
realized poignantly that all this wa
sheer, downright nonsense, distinc
ly felt lips like velvet caress his for
head.
He closed his eyes, frightened b
grasp on that hand of phantasy, al
muttered rather inarticulately
The voice asked What Is
dear?"
He responded: "Delirium
But | like II Let me rayel
Then again he slept.
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synopsis

|. =, Hearts IL the death sign"
Tho, seneca 81 Urine in the private war
'S %9sh 81 5RT yosnt ms and crm
ttf, Juol,.s and questionable sanity. he
nal tenppeins, Alan Law. whose father
wages S Urine held responsible for the
tnov oeau which made him a helpless Grip
secidffnn,x loves Rose. but under dramatic
pI,ss.umstances saves the LIE OF 1ua a,ps
s srs 1%in sister. and unwiiiingiy gains
~. lava also.
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CHAPTER W.
The Mntlneer.

within the hour Rose Tr'ne s so",o
80 ,, her father in that somber room l
wherein he wore out his crippled s. Soy",
", What hat place of silence and saao os,m'
III mo sinister color.scheme OF crini ,
whos oud black was the true livery OF
Sis monomanla-his passion i ,na am.
aaS that alone kept warm 'n'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-01
WHAT is HAPPENING IN THE WORLD OF ART

OF the various techniques may be put
aside by us, as II always IL by the re-
sponsive public.
In the Latin countries this shyness
does not exist and the people and the
artists are in direct communion. In
Paris q hotel porter will discuss Rodin
with you fearlessly. This discrepancy
of ours, as contrasted with French re.
captivity, was first borne In upon Us In
the days Of the Chicago fair. During
that long pleasant summer we heard
much that was said by the visitors
about the sculptures there. OF the
gilded statue to liberty in the Court Of
Honor the American EXPLANATIONS were
How iarge!" biggest statue ever
saw" or Must have cost heap to gid
that statue!"
Standing one day by a monument to
"Alsace- Lorraine" in the foreign section
of the art gallery we heard what a
group of French laborers said OF II.
Although this figure also was large
one the remarks took this strain: "How
noble !" How proudly she stands there
and so on. In short II was plain that
these workingmcn spoke the language
of art. and responded to what Of human
nature the sculptor had Incorporated In
his work. Comprehension OF this sort
is what artists thrive upon; and II must
he brought about here, II we are to CON-
pete with the art Of other nations.
THE life OF Constantin Meunier Is
full OF encouragement to artists
The winning Of success 50 late In
life and after fate had apparently said
"no" to him is enough to renew courage
In any one who reads Of 1t. 1t is q little
lesson in faith that seems to preach the
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words to our young sculptors, but AFTER
all It IL better to have the unwelcome
truth out, and II possible live II down.
When we consider how formative
trouble is and how genius thrives upon
loneliness and the worlds neglect. we
wonder that more Of our aspirants for
fame do not actually pine for the soil
tude Of rejection.
We had suffered q disappointment in
this sculptor earlier in the season In an
exhibition at Gorham's. and later even
more pronouncedly at the Academy, but
we buried It within ourselves, for 1t Is
our policy In speaking Of general shows
to consider chiefly the interest OF. the
public and what the public may acquire
from 1t. The public IL concerned only
with successful work, and we dilate TO
the limit upon that, Ignoring as much
as possible the disappointments. In
the case Of one man show, however,
evasion is no longer possible. II the
general impression ~ against" II must
be 80 recorded. We can assure you,
though, that half the time bad criti-
cisms' are less fun to w than even
to our victims. We prefer to write
good ones.
Mr.. Beach appears to he passing
through period OF not knowing
where he IL at" At least so We sur
mise. Upon anxiously inqu!ring OF an
old sculptor some time ago Where are
our promising young mem" we were
told to watch MIR. Beach. Our friend
had gained his impression from a
former show when this sculptor had
Just returned from foreign study. With
high expeI tatlons therefore We vrn-
tuiad 10 the exhibition.
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people seem to grow quite panicky
when the topic comes up, and all their
profundty drops from them. Profund-
ity OF course Is no great help In an
appreciation Of the arts. 1t Is path
nlong which rather a little child shall
lead them.
But we seem to have wandered far
away from our mutton, which this time
Is Meunier. Where were we? All! yes.
We were confronting the labor classes
with the labor statues. and listening to
their opinions. 1t Is not SO much that
we expect to be Illuminated upon the
subject Of Meunier by their ideas. We
are already sufficiently conversant with
labor ourselves to respond deeply to the
sympathy that Meunler holds out to
workers. II Is merely that we should
repoice In the fact that at last they are
having opinions upon works OF art.
These Meuniers are things that are
not upon the highest leve's artisti-
cally. but they form excellent steps
by which to mount. So few teach
ers realize that beginners must
have easy lessons One must first
secure ones laborer and interest hin,
before attempting to detach him from
the things Of this world. Was 1t not
Thoreau who said that he should be
afraid to present New Testamcnts to
the robust woodcutters OF the Maine
forests, who nevertheless lead lives oil
beauty that the Christ Himself would
not have been too severe upon? The
woodcutter. the miner, the glassbower
| all human beings in fact, whether they
know /; or not. spend their lives In
search Of friend. Meunler ives the
| friend to thosc that were heavy laden, tc
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ture but an ordinary one IN full possess
sion OF his powers. 1t doesn't matter
what he is he Is the flower Of the race
and We must have him. He gives point
to the moral and adorns every tale.
The happy day may be far distant or
Il may unfold itself like a flower in the
spring, so 1t behooves us apostles Of the
light 10 seize upon every straw for the
making Of the bricks Of the cul-
rural foundations. The present general
apathy or unawareness OF art Is deplor-
able only to those whose vision or spe-
cial bias prevents their interest in all
sections of our evolution. 1t has even
its amusing sides. Some Of the drollest
conversations We have ever part!ci-
pated in have been with Governors
Senators ana Supreme Court Justices
upon the subject of art. These great
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III or the chief blessings that
could result from the Meunier
~ exhibition at Columbia College
would be its effect upon vast
multtudcs Of our citizens who do not
at present ponder deeply over questions
OF art. We refer TO the labor classes.
We should like to confront them with
these images in bronze and plaster that
portray the sacrifices. hardsh,ps and
heroism OF labor. and to hear their
opinions.
We are all agreed that the present
era In the United states Is a construc-
tive one and that all of our mighty en-
ergies are at present concentrated upon
the merely physical side of our prog
ress. This Of course comes first in the
history OF any great nation. When the
great engineers and organizers of this
day have finished the giant task of har-
Messing all OF our natural forces, riches
or powers to the common good and
there Is no more constructive work Of
that nature to command the services Of
our best talents then our men of genius
Will turn again to the arts. They must.
II has been SO always in history and 1t
will be so. with US.
When that day comes. though, the
knowledge OF art will he common
property. a common feeling. We will
have our great geniuses. but they will
ovettop the common knowledge by very
little. Geriuses always do plant them
selves or rest upon solid basis Of pub
tic culture. It follows that the process
frst IN order to secure these desirable
geniuses Is to erect the base. 1t may
be- as the late Prof. James hinted that
a genius IL not an extraordinary crea-
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such as these. They should have the
opportunity in return TO get what they
can from him.
II our judges ana great potentates
discuss art topics against their Wills, II
Will be understood that the great mass
of our people never speak ot II at all.
Practically everybody feels free To discuss
literature and will tell YOU AZ once that
a writing Is either good or bad, \
smaller but still considerable number
thinks out an opinion for itself upon Il
play or a piece Of music. but the fright
and confusion when II comes to ques-
ton OF art Is general. This Is all the
more remarkable when 1t is remembered
that Their" are certain basic principles
true To all tho arts. and In the deepest
fundamental parts one art may explain
or prove" anothe- The mer" question
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that IL contagious and disarms criticism.
There Is something about Home In a
Glen" we think, that should give pleas
ure TO any native American. 1t Is the
kind Of thing that comes back to the
exile in foreign lands when he dreams
Of home. The funny little house built
Of the yellow stones Of the field. the
comfortable and well repaired porch.
the chimney that means possible open
fireplace, the convenient pool with the
inevitable ducks. the warm winter sun
light: above all. the fact that the little
house Is in a 'ravlne" who would not
rejoice 10 live in such a place?
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importance of being earnest and to
promise ultimate rewards to those who
are willing to lay down their lives for
art. Christian Brinton's compact ac-
count OF the sculptor's life that accom-
panies the catalogue will be found well
worth reading. but to all Of Mr.
Brinton's enthusiastic praise We cannot
as yet assent
The big reliefs from the labor monu-
ment are immensely successful, very
scu plural and very beautiful We cam
not see at present but that any age will
find them SO. To the sculptures in the
round, however. we are not willing to
pin so much faith. Very few OF them
have that indefinablc something that
We call the "scupturesque quality" but
worse than that none of them COM
poses from every point Of view as
sculpture should.
This must Ice largely due 10 Meunier :
adoption of sculpture after he had
passed his fiftieth year. Apparently
his years Of painting prevented his
adoption Of the manner OF thinking
in the round" IL does not always fol-
low that a painter upon taking up
sculpture continues conceiving his ideas
in two dimensions. Gerome did
not. His sculptures were amazingly
correct. But Gerome was correct in
everything he did. To mention his
sculptures upon the same page with
Meunier's IL an injustice to the latter.
IL Meunier's faults were increased "A
thousandfold his big heartedness would
still carry his work to higher plane
than Gerome's.
Mcunier may not have had a mission
hut the passionate sympathy that came
TO him for workers held him too closely
To tn, actual facts of his miners for
his own good as an artist. Millet AZ n
man had mission. He avOwed 1t, bu
he never allowed II to control his art
II was In fact his perception that
the peasants were beautiful that started
him upon his mission. It was, he said
himself. when he saw the Michelangelos
In the museums that he recolected tina
he had seen such subjects in the fields.
Every drawing he made was wrought
in sympathy with the toilers, but in
formed by a knowledge of the classics
No one can doubt the Meunicr sin.
certify. nor suspect that he tried To-
originality, Int You can feel him say
ing in all Of the sculptures but the grea
relicfs. 'S'c, here he is precisely, are
YOU not sorry:' There In 80 much
truth to the belgian miner that thu
world will continue To regard II AZ {
fine local truth. The "Dockhand." thu
"Foundryman" and tho "Sower" will
scarcely be added t. the great symbols
wOrks Of the world. VIII scarcely meal
"work' to us. AS III Pensero" inca n
Thought"
1.-THE exhibition Of carvings n.
i Chester Beach ~ Macbeth's 1
n disappointment. We woul
prefer tn say nothing but encouraging
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wndenein Exhibition

This Is what We found: A group in
white marble Of q college youth un-
winding cloth from nude young
female who seems to have descended
from the skies. I, is called The Tn
folding OF Life" The effect of weight
upon the nmsy drapcrics is most dis
agreeable and so is the lack of a base.
Worse than any technical consideration,
however. is the emptiness Of the Idea
itself Artists have a harsh reproach.
the phrase Christmas capiy." that II
usually mentioned In connection with
bad Murillos. 1t exactly describes this
piece. SO empty and so sweet work
, must be numerically handled for the
public's sake. II Is precisely the kind
we cannot have the public like.
In ION the Scashore" a sturdy youth
! lies fiat upon the sands with an infant
mounted upon his back "A cheyal The
, feet of the youth are done In a plastic
way, there are little points Of grace
here and there In the execution. as for
that matter there are in the Unfolding
Of Life" but the types are without in
terest and tho idea again IL trivial.
, These are the two important pieces.
The other items submitted to US are
smaller and even less ambitious. There
are two decorative re,iefs. one or two
heads and some sketches. Both relIefs
are badly drawn. The Mist Figure
is In circle and gains II certain attrac-
tiveness from the clouds that float across
! II and that are left partly In the rough
! The heads are 50 enslaved 10 detail
/ and the likeness that they have slight
general Interest.
These carvings represent much toll.
no doubt. 1t Ia no idle task TO chip a
figure from n block of marble. What
"A pity the sculptor could not have given
us something he really meant.
| Outside the door TO the gallery II
another marble by Mr.. Beach, a relic
of the former show that our informan,
had mentioned. In idea the figure Il
somewhat in the Bouguereau class. bu,
the workmanship Ia Oh! no much bettel
! than the recent work. What can the
explanation he? We think. We hope
1t Is merely that the sculptor Is passins
through a transitional stage. He II
going through the process Of reattach
ing himself to the life here. after n sea.
son abroad. May he speedily accomplish
IT, say We,
"A HR. MACBETH IN also showing
Nj pictures by Charles II. Davis
Daniel CARRIER, Richard T. Mil
Ter, Chauncey +. Ryder and Gardne
Symons. That In the order in which
Mr. Macbeth placed them in his cata
logue and 1t follows the order in which
they affected us Mr.. Davis's landscap,
! Passing Summer" has a great deal o
charm. There are rolling. green hills
house among the trees. nice clouds
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THE exhibition Of carvings by
Chester Beach ~ Macbeth's IL
n disappointment We would
prefer to say nothing but encouraging
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-02-24

she is at least permitted to eat it or
to take it away, but that would defeat
the scheme of Henrici's and other
restaurants who have this clever plan
in operation. The order is either serv-
ed again to another customer, or you
may get it served up in hash the next
day.
In some restaurants, if you want
another piece of butter and the wait
ress goes back to get it, she is fined
ten cents for that extra piece of but
ter that you consume.
In Childs' restaurant, referred to by
Carrie Alexander of the Mattresses
Union as the six million-dollar
trust" because it is backed by &c.
100000 capital, Miss Alexander says
that a girl is fined 25 cents if you
haven't your check when you get~up
that she is fined 10 cents if she has
a crooked heel on her shoe, and that
before she is employed she must buy
uniforms from the six million-dolla-
trust at the cost of So.
In Henrici's the girls are require
to do porter work in their spare tim.
The dining rooms contain 1926 chairs
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The principle these girls are fig
have fixed this wage at what the
OHara Welfare Commission calls
"iust above the bread line, SIS
week for six days work.
They do not get this at Henrici's.
They are paid 81 a week for seven
days work. Out of this starvation
wage five cents, day is taken by the
employer for laundering aprons, and
an average of thirty cents a day is
paid by each! waitress to a bus boy,
an employee whose duty it is to re-
move the used dishes from the table.
AS his own wage is also ''starva-
ton" one, the mattresses supplement
it by tips, and the girl who does not
tip literally gets poor service.
If a.waitress makes mistake in
taking an order, or even perhaps you
are gossiping with. a friend and give
your order carelessly only to decide
when it is served that you wanted
roast beef and not roast mutton, the
girl is forced to pay, out of that beg
carly wage of 81 week, the cost of
the food you refused.
This is one cute little joker. You
might ease your conscience by mag
ming that since she pays for the food
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AS USUAL, THE LAW IS FIGHTING WITH THE
SIDE OF WEALTH-NOT THE SIDE OF RIGHT

BY JANE whitaker
close could "fy the
chill wind might focus him. became
all feeling;
chis
defeated
thaw
hours eight girls walked and down and
biting Windfo the
They the mattresses strike at Henrs have
advertisements Henrics
will
but there is
Waumbaugh the cowardy
Henrici girl who formerly Hencs
pointed detective Collins
exctedIy exclaimed: Get that away rom
And shortly aferwad officer caught
and twisted so that when she reached the police station her shoulder
had a
fighting living