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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
Steps Taken to Com
plete the Work in
Rotunda of Capitol in
Washington, the Last
of the Wonderful
Frescoes on Which
Constantio Brumidi
Worked for Many
Years

JOINT resolution has been In
n troduced In the House Of Rep
4 \ resentatives providing for the
completion Of the fresco frieze
In the rotunda of the Capitol at WASH
ington.
Addison r. smith author Of the reso-
luton, Is serving his first term in Con-
gress. ordinarily new members are too
intent upon impressing and serving the
home folks for the first few years to
bother much about unfinished buildings.
Mr.. smiths interest can be readily un-
derstood when II is explained that pre-
vious to the ith of last March he served
ten years as committee clerk in the Sen
ate and sixteen previous years as COM
mittee clerk in the House. Daily he was
forced to pass back and forth beneath
the unfinished, weather stained frieze.
and a promise he made hmself-and
has kept-was that II ever seated in
either House one OF his first moves
would be toward the completion Of the
frieze
The joint resolution provides that a
commission, composed Of the President
Of the Senate, the Speaker Of the House
and members Of the committees on the
Library Of the Senate and House. shall
be empowered to complete the frleze by
having painted thereon a suitable de-
sign by an American artist OF national
reputation. representing Grant and Lee
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
Fillipo Costaggini's Dis.
astrous Attempt to
Complete "Wondcr.
workers" Paintings
Present Difficulty Is in
Selection OF Artist
Who Must Be an
American, to Fill Tn
Figures

proved ulSaStTOuS. some urCld'U tNI
Brumldi purposely drew his cartoon 'v,
scenes short Of finishing the fric2c Nl.t.
ing, as 1t were for later subjects. other,
contend that he calculated to tn, frac.
ton Of an inch the space necessary O..
be covered.
BE that as IL may, Costaggini from m.
very inception Of his own work cit,,,ic
thr cartoons In an abominahlo and
heart breaking manner, 50 much SD tha.
In some instances figures of imporftnc,
are unacceptable from the mass q
surrounding matter. Costaggin. va.
openly accused of crowdlng the cartoon.
with the idea of adding two sccur- "
his own-Leland Stanford drlvins tn,
golden spike at the junction of the
Union and Central Pacific railway,
1859, and President Cleveland tou, hing
the button that opened the world fa.-
at Chicago.
Howls and avalanches Of criticism .st.
IDENTIFY ratified the newer artist, tu.
forthwith he madly started to spread
and separate the remaining figure ll
a manner that might have been u'm,.
ridiculous II the result had not hrer
such an artistic tragedy. But the ..,
ticity came too late, and after uslu- al
the Brumidi cartoons a space of aAou
thirty-six feet was left uncovered II T.
this space that Representative Smith
resolution proposes now to I'LL.
In 1896 Senator Hansbrough off-ret
bill to finish the frieze with thu COS.
taginni sketches. but it was not passed
a fine row developed. Senator ITnwe.
declaring. saws George Hazelton. "ihr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22

~ I'D you ever dicker with "A rlil-
lonaire. even without know
- ing 1t?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-24
= Gt'N0sHSNNOo0 50NasSl

Before a crowd of approximately
10000 persons Harvard gave Yale a
crushing defeat at the new Yale bowl.
The picture shows Hardwick of Har-
ward getting away for 15-yard gain
before being tackled by Knowles of
Yale.
will learn lot about the political
clicking of the baseball machine. And
some of the lily white gents who
long have worn righteous express
sion may lose some of their alleged
purity. ..-> -..
Hereabouts the rumor factory has
been working overtime, shunting
athletes of various teams to alien
lands and to the Federal League.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-24

It is said Ban Johnson wanted
stock in the Cubs when Murphy OBJ
tanned control of the club in. 1909.
Charles Webb couldn't see the A. L.
executive, in spite of his heft, and
that also peeved Johnson.
If these accusations continue the
fans, the men who pay the freight,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-24

or, as Ban feels it helps the American
to smear discredit over the National.
Murphy made a big success of
baseball finance. To do so he had
to shoulder aside many men. Nat
urally enemies were made in doing
so and this accounts for large
measure Of Murphys unpopularity.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-17

Holman and Mrs. Brenton were mar
ried-after Is years of tangled paths
and waiting.
The present trial, Mrs. Holman
says, is not so much for money as for
vindication of her. character She
says she was not guilty of infidelity
to which, she alleges, she was forced
to confess, as the price of her release
from the asylum. She has a son,
Jonathan, eight years old, whom the
decree gave to his father, DR.. Bren-
ton, and verdict for her in this suit
would mean renewed fight for his
custody.
MYSTIC MATE LOVE LETTERS
Many letters written by Mrs. Bren-
ton to Holman have been offered by
DR.. Brenton's lawyers. One of them,
a sample, is as follows:
"Oh, Observation-Disclosures Lover
-Tenderest Mate-Passionate Pure
soul that love! have only this mo-
ment to write thee. Dear God
Dear God in Heaven! To come in
out of a long day in the sun and the
air-the awakening earth green
picture in my eyes-and to find you
waiting for me in the, full tide of your
pure, swift, all-conquering mans pas
sion-with wet lips and hungry, gen.
tie hands, and the hot red blood in
your fine veins mounting under my
touch like fever Oh, Ernest, my
Mani have sensed this mood in us
both, all the springtime! How we
kee~ together, emotionally, every
stei Of the way!
90 my Beloved-you know that
you are my life, and my hearts blood,
and thy desire is mine honor. II the
time has come when you want me
you know that am yours. If, when
summer comes, the gentle hands
with the soft cushions on their fin
gertips that mean 'sensitivenessO are
still thus-are hungered-they shall
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-17
NO JoR-bEkF AND DUMB GIRL
TRIES TO DIE

A girl, young and pretty, stopped
on the Randolph street bridge this
morning. She was crying. She look
ed down for long time into the river
coursing slowly beneath her. And
then she put one foot on the rail
and began to climb. A wakeful po-
hceman ran and caught her.
What's your name?" he asked,
when her crying had subsidized. A
shrug was his only answer. Then the
girl took piece of paper and wrote
the following little drab sketch of her
life:
my name is Elizabeth Prince. I
am 20 years old. live at 2414 Bloom
ingdale road with my mother. 1 am
deaf and dumb and out of work. My
mother needs money. tried for work
as an addresser at several places since
l lost my job at the Continental &
Commercial Bank. This morning I
tried at Butler Bros. and was turned
down. 1t was too much
That was all. The girl was taken
to the South Clark street station and
later released.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-17
POLITICAL DOPE


Gov. Dunno, Mayor Harrison and
Sec'y of State Bryan said to be be-
hind Lawrence B. Stringer for sem
ator.
Two irish societies and one German
society endorsed Circuit Court Clerk
John W. Rainey for mayor.
+ Joseph w. Corcoran, Democrat,
started race for legislature from 31st
district last night.
G. o. P. sIate-making committee
about ready to go to work.
Frank Koraleski, Democrat, sec'y
board of assessors, announces candi-
dacy for county treasurer.
Deputy Sheriff John Hickey starts
active race for clerk of Appellate
Court
Rumored that Banker Andrew j.
Graham may again run for mayor
-O-O-
Counting Sundays; Mexico has 131
HOLIDAYS eVnFV wear
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-28

II Is a tale of the Indian mutiny that
Talbot Mundy gives us in "Rung Ho."
Charles Scribner's Sons). following
rather the model Of the Indian stories
that preceded the kipling era. II Is re-
deemed by fine old Rajput soldier
who puts the hero through his PAGES and
who is we'll worth knowing. In spite of
heredity II will strain the readers ere
dulity to find young fellow just out
Of school behave with the GOODNESS, self
possession and resource that the hero
does. To be sure his Rajput henchman
is on the spot to set him right, but the
young man does not encourage ad-
vances. though he shows very I'M
British quickness In learning his les
sons.
There is a dash and a swing in the
doings OF the two men that will carry
the reader along. There is a spirited bit
Of medieval melodrama in he mountain
fortress. even IL the love story is rather
perfunctory and the Hindu intrigues
and villainy are theatrical. We still
prefer Mr.. kipling.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-28
Two Phases Of woma n hood.

A Rlorification of the Crandmot her
who spoils her grandchildren IL what
Mrs. George Wemyss offers the readers
OF Ceramic" ,Macmillans) II is
hardly n story. even II two love affairs
are carried through IN weddings but
rather a series OF domestic scenes IN
which SINAI, children act and talk after
the fashion OF their kind. their elders
are satir,zed and held nm IN scorn and
the sensitiveness az old neon,e IN being
set aside il shown prettv distinctly
The grandmother ,s rho refuge .g.ins,
paren,al au,horitv The children are
na,u,aI az is tho ru,. In Ergiish h,nu.
and the stories about them are smns.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-28

Apparently W. J. Locke had been read
Ing Arnold Bennett in his more solemn
mood before writing "The Fortunate
Youth" John Lane Company. 1t is q
picturesque romance of the rise in station
Of handsome boy with great confidence
. factory child living amid sordid sur
roundlngs when his ambition Is awak.
ened through his olfactory organs by
kind words from young woman who
has spilled scent over herself He Is
carried off by a travelling pedler and is
thus introduced TO the open road: then
he serves for spell as an artists
model, and next becomes a barnstorm-
ing actor. He improves in manners and
in education as he goes along and
makes friends.
The great turn in his luck comes when
he Is taken sick by the roadside and is
taken into the house Of an elderly great
lady. She and her brother take him in
hand so that in a few years he has made
his way in good society and enters poll
tics. Then he discovers his real father
and as in Great Expectations Is
brought low. Up to that point the
reader is left in doubt as TO whether the
hero is only boastful adventurer or a
decent fellow. He comes out OF his trial
all right and Mr.. Locke smooths out the
rest Of his way for him.
The book is unlike anything that Mr.
Locke has written before. 1t is very
uneven--there are charming passa ges
and others that are pretty dull: some of
the people are delightful. though the
things they do are out OF character: the
efforts at humor and satire are often
rather wooden, which We do not expect
from Mr.. Locke. We cannot say that
his new effort is successful, though IL
repays reading.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-28
NEW BOOKS SEEN THROUGH REVIEWS AND COMMENT
A LOCKE VAGABOND
CHAMBERS ROMANCE
AND OTHER FICTION

full youth who had q passion for the
piano. He wished TO perfect himself in
his exercises upon this instrument. but
his father detained him in the studio
and used him for model. We read of
Lawrence that "he might have been Of
any age between IL and IS. His face
was uniformed as to expression and per-
fectly formed as to features. and II WAS
singularly delicateiy beautiful face.
framed with a crop OF pale gold hair
, that hung in twelfth century abundance
round his head. His every movement
held curiously constrained slow grace,
only his long shapely hands were rest
less with some superabundant store Of
life." Rather strangely. We must think.
the boy fretted because his father would
not let him have his hair cut on. II
does not seem as though such a matter
should fret pianist.
There came a time when II seemed
likely that the ambition OF Lawrence
was TO be gratified Everything was
ready for his first public concert. The
hour drew near and the boy was inn
patiently dining with his father. The
artist was without mercy. Once more
he filled his sons glass with strong
wine and Lawrence went to sleep with
his head on the table.
The failure OF Lawrence to he present
at his own concert was only one of the
injuries worked by the artist. He kept
Honor. the wife of his cousin Anthony.
away from her husband at time when
Anthony was in much need of her low
ing assistance. To be sure Andrea also
needed her: he could not paint prop
erly, could not get at the soul OF things.
when she was not by. He explained
this to Anthony after his wickedness
had been thoroughly discovered and the
friendship of Honor had been with
drawn from him. II must make you
understand. Honor's like a second pair
OF eyes to me: when I'm in touch with
her ! see all sorts of things can't see
without her. though must see them II
/ am TO work. Look at these damnable
fifteen months I've done nothing. moth
ing but ruin my reputation. | tell you
can't paint" The word paint" IN
this passage il italicized. The reader is
made to feel the sincerity of Andreas
cry.
OF course IL was desirable that An
drea should be enabled to paint with his
former genius. Honor understood this,
and there was generous reconciliation
when 1t was made certain that Law
renee had recovered from his hurt and
could play the piano with his old power.
When Andrea came after ting months of
desolation he smiled as he held out his
hand and inquired softly: Eyes OF my
soul. am to see?" The reader will be
grateful for the story. II illustrates
very Interestingly another OF the ways
in which great art is accomplished. We
say another Of the ways" because we
have a memory OF many novels explain
atory of this high matter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-28
Mr.. Chambers's Lightning stroke.

When Robert W. Chambers puts aside
ell serious purpose and turns to light
ana nuny lovemaking he is always
amusing and enjoyable. In Quick Ac-
ton (Appletons) he is at his llghtest
ana best and plays his variations on A
single theme with skill and del!cacy.
The successive charming girls that pass
before our eyes not only, smite and are
smitten at the first glance but are safely
bound In wedlock In twenty four hours
after the first significant meeting. To
make this plausible is the task the au.
thor has set himself, and as he is not
tied down this time to Gibson models
he carries it out with his old time grace.
The mechanism he has contrived 10
bind the gales together is devised in
geniously to do away with explanations.
An attractive young female looks into a
crystal globe and tells the stories to the
male admirers who sit around her: they
naturally are debarred from inuuiring
into the sources Of her information.
The half dozen or more love affairs all
come TO head in Florida. for the author
either prefers to utilize scenery that he
has visited recently or else assumes
that most Of his young women readers
have spent their winters there or would
like their friends to believe they have.
Abruptly as the couples are brought to-
Gether the lovemaking is always bright
and dashing and the actual declaration
IN always satisfactory. The author. too
manages TO have his say on some lit
erary matters without being prosy.
1t may be frivolous and ephemeral
but II is entertaining and very well done;
i0 rf he kgro tt,,s
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-28
4 Probe m story.

The preposterous opening OF Mara
vene Thompsons THE Woman's Law"
fFrederick A. Stokes Company. though
Il betrays ignorance of the extradition
laws on the heroine's part as well as
unreasoning faith in the popular science
impaired by the magazines. will be ex-
cused because ii is necessary to start
with the problem at once. A mother
for the sake of her boy procures a sub
stitute for her unworthy criminal hus-
band by rather violent means. He Is
luckily one of those victims of amnesia
that are so common nowadays and ac-
cepts the identity thrust upon him. She
Is embarrassed by his falling In love
with her. by her small boys attachment
TO him as his father and by the mans
efforts to make out why his own habits
and thoughts do not Mt in with those
nscribed to the man he is supposed to
be.
This portion is well done and will be
read with interest even II there is too
much psychological talk on the part OF
the alienist. who has detected the i'm
posture at the start OF the servants
and others. When the truth is proved
against her her victims identity estab-
lished and the harm done him by her
action demonstrated she still fights for
her falsehood. The husband dies con-
veniently so as To leave way out for
ell. The thesis that mother is capable
of anything for her child is old fash.
toned; so is the chld's demand for the
love of both parents in spite Of the con-
fusion 1t may cause to modern ideas OF
marriage. Both ideas. however, are
likely to find favor with many readers
who will excuse some absurdites in the
plot and other defects for the vigor
with which the author argues her case.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-28
ENGLISH NOTIONS
OF PRECEDENCE

precedence. 20 far as It goes, is a very
fine thing" said Frederick Townsend Mar
tin, author Of Things 7 Remember" NJ a
dinner ut the Cafe de rOpera. THE Eng.
lish. though, carry precedehce perhaps too
far.
~ bishop entertained a number of
clergy at his episcopal see, His guest OF
honor was another bishop. This gentle.
man at breakfast one morning said to the
butler.
What an atrocious odor Really, my man
Ira surprised
''Th- butler. with q serious face exam.
ined the egg closely. Then he said, frOwn-
ing and shaking his head:
81 beg your pardon. my lord. A most
regrettable thing has happened The
STUPID servant has given your lOrdship In
mistake "A curato's egg.'"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-28

plains Of her husband being unruiy and
unpleasant to take q lesson from the ladies
OF America"
Edna Ferber has sailed to Europe-rot
however. to report the Cailaux proceedings.
nor those In Ireland. With her mother
she Is simply going to see the sights 4"
Miss Ferber has demonstrated that her
eyes are very good at seeing, and herself
very good at passing. what she secs on
to others.
The Irish situation Il not without It's
bearing on our literature our younger
poets and our Merry philosophers who have
been representing the rebirth OF Celtic
literature IN this country-what II patriotism
should call them away? We. especially
those Of US who live in hotels. still remem.
her when the resident Greeks listened to
such call and our material appetite. had
to suner In consequence.
new writer must be brave In these days
OF complex personality problems" to launch
a first novel celebrating MIR. Average Man
= hero with nothing heroic to display. Not
good enough nor bad enough. nor wise
enough, nor gifted enough. nor theatrical
enough to be startling--Just an unstartiing.
commonplace man. But Sinclair Lewis
paradoAically insists that each one of the
thousands OF commonplace men is distinc-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-28

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L NV
i"' '
ceptionaiiy PROMISING oo'n IN "s a""'""
ment OF policy and In Its contents FROM
the base that life is a glorious performance
an, thu, ar, 4, nm e.s.r pan,ine thtnr
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torth 10 ach'e>e. e"uI'ns !" no
meileu npetV, since " ~ nov w any way
'"hhe''eo WIN any orsan,.'''o"' ''e''''
company movement OF curt
'ohn 'As~oHhy sends an in'ersns
letter OF eood speed u the nc" matskihe'
In which ne reveals an opinion concerning
the SITUATION OF creative sr' anu cr"'es"'
In America ne SAYS
ut seems you are setting out to watch the
street OF life from hirh balcony where at
all events the air should be fresh ana sun
eide to sleep out there under the stars for
what Kills most literary ehort II the hot
house air or temples CLUBS ana coteries
that never changed breeds IN us by turn
fertility and torpor. Enthusissms are NOR"
convincing from those who have not told
their loves too often. And criticism more
poignant from one who has been up at
dawn. seen for himself and put down the
impression before he goes on change. There
IL a saying OF DE Maupassant about a writer
sitting down before an object until he has
seen II in the way that he alone can see II,
seen 1t with the part OF him which makes
ativo artist and the creative critic there is
no rule. ! think, so golden. And I did seem
to notice in America that there was a good
deal OF space and not much time, and that
without TOO much dancer Of be coming .Yosis.
p.op,e misbt perh,u, ali dovn . i,tti.
longer in front OF things than thsy seemed
to do. But I noticed too a Great energy
and hone"
,,,ro ,,sn,rsd nv o.r Iohn,an,. ~,
novel a, ,hat nam. ana IN. o,,,,n., ,o.,u,n.
Is forthcoming from leading fashion
house. Poiret, Jealous for his laureis, will
probs bly, be fastening to make Amer,c. a
second visit
Prompted by the fact that a man Vim In
a student and scholar AS well a, nm ad
ministrator now is the nations head Edwin
Bjorkman has written AN omen lrt,er n
President Wilson on behalf OF American
literature II appears in the April Century
Mr. Bjorkman asks tho President whether
the nation will never offer announcement
to It's men Of letters, pointing out that when
a Peary reaches the north mole Congress
takes special action to reward his deed.
occurred 10 anybody In Congress or out
OF IT that the conquest Of both poles means
nothing to us In comparison with tho ever
lasting possession OF those delectabie lands
OF fancy discovered by Mark Twain"
MIR. Bjorkman says that We are the only
Western nation which has not devised some
way OF nst'onany "rk"ow.ds'ns and re-
warding tho ouilders OF national literature
His plea ana hnal dietum are forceful:
without the literature that radiates
truth as wen as beauty the soul OF the
nation must wrher
which publisher VIII be lucky enough TO
bid IN the memoirs OF Nine Caiiiaux!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-28
4 Tale OF the Eyes Of an Artist's Soul

We have an artist who made a great
deal Of trouble in Marguerite Bryant's
story OF THE Dominant Passion" (Duf-
0sld and Company. Andrea had sue
ceeded very we'll at "encasing the SOUP
Of the things he painted; he was emf
ncnt at this. so eminent that he
might be said to occupy as exalted a
position as nay I've achieved by mortal
man" Unlappiiy these high accom-
rlithments OF the artist were associated
with great cruelty to individuals.
Andrea's son Lawrence was beauti.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-28

Joaquin tJack) Lait. a former newspaper
man Of Chicago, whose first serious drama.
Help Wanted Is now being presented hy
oliver Morosco with great success at the
Maxine Elliott Theatre and the Cort Theatre
Chicago, has sold to the II. X Fly Com.
pany a novelizst'on OF hts dramatic nara
tive. The book In preparation, will
make ITS appearance IN few weeks
His purpose In writing tho play ana
she novel IL TO present facts that vii
lead to corrective measures to benefit young
women at the outset Of their business
careers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-28

How tragic that dogs can't read Plenty
Of boys can read "Penrod" Booth Tarking
tom. new story OF boy and dog h God and I,
seems shame the dogs must he left out
Of the enjoyment.