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New-York tribune., 1914-11-22

picturesque material. Downstairs there
is a show of the ctchngs and drypoin.s
of the late Alphouse Legros, repre-
sentative assemblape Of the landscapes
and figure subjects which he drew with
so fine an emulation Of the earlier
Italian, Dutch and French traditions.
We need not dwell on the more than
familiar plates, and in any case there
is good reason for leaving them, for
once, i'm the background. In a place OF
honor hangs a drawing by Legros ana
IL is Of q character 10 dim the attrac-
tion OF even his etchlngs. lt Is land
scape. unnamed. so that we can tell
nothing Of the hill that rises nm the
centre of the scene, crowned by "hat
may be the ruins OF some ancient cha
teau. with farm buildings clustered at
their base. Peasants are az work IN
the fields nearer at hand. Trees iu
one side OF the foreground and over
all is spread pale. limpid sky. 10 ls "a
pastoral subject, Nirgillau nm ITS ea-
sencc. Claude would have invested it
with "A certain elegance, Poussln WIN
q more Academic weight. Legpos IS
the modern naturalist, permitting the
wholesome simplicity OF the theme 70
speak for itself, yet stamping upon IL
the 9uSltfh tltA VI itl" - 49,
IS good 10 see the ctchings again. Bu1
we would not mind If they were with
drawn. leaving this masterpiece to hu
the room by itself.
The Rembrandts at the keppcl Gal
lerv come at a fortunate poment Tor
the student. who would do well to look
st them after seeing the Altman paint
inqs. The latter are mostly portraits.
The etchings follow through It's infinite,
windngs the genius Of the 'Bathsheba.
Rembrandt's Imagination Was OF the
cosmic order. Scripture and landscape,
the beggar and the saint, alike moved
him to magical weavings Of light and
shade. of line that moves and burns. u
is Tor contact with the mighty spirit OF
the man that the Koppel show is to be
visited. The exhibition Of Nhlst!ers
etchings. lithograph- and Venetian pas
tells continues at the Kennedy Gallery,
which likewise displays some works oi
q very different sort. These are por-
traits in saugune, charcoal and silver
point bv Mr. Leo MielZncr. He is "A
, master of the vitai;led likeness and %
clever craftsman 10 boot His ANNA
ton and his deft. decisive touch make
his portraits very ingratiating.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22

rota single painting 90 bear them COM
rary. They count heavily in human
1.ng the whole affair. The finest ar
8y of pictures lis the better for what
one might call. its mitigation by other
works OF art. by the extension into
ar,her fields of the general principle
o. beauty which 10 cmbOdies. The sig
fcance of these five rooms is not
srely that they contain so many
9uccless treasures but that they re-
resb the mind iu so many different
vsys One IS detached thereby little
-ore than usual from the atmosphere
d scientifically classified specimens
witch is iuseparaole from any large
1lseum. and lured. instead. into q
.reer mood of appreciation, the mood
d. the collector himself
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
New Pictures by Mr. Needham. Mr.
Ranger and Others.

There is n landscape in Mr. Charles
NGstin Needham's exhibition at the
Daniel gallery, "Fallowing Meadows y
which is so captivating in It's simple
masses and pure lines. in its quiet
tones and familiar. intensely Ameri-
can sentiment, that one half hopes to
ind everything else on the walls in
the same vein. But save for the Rock
Ribbed Rayines." which is a little like
il. but not so good, the show is made
~ of paintings suggesting a wholly
C. .ferent temperament. In the "Fal-
lowing Meadows" Mr.. Needham shows
ua what we all know, and shows it by
a method common TO many others,
using that method with a specially
fresh and fervid feeling. Elsewhere
he makes more or less successful eX-
perimcnts. At times he incllnes Us TO
think that he has been accepting some
foreign influence. The water Nymphs'
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
VOLCANIC PFRIODICITY.

In the Report Of the Hawaiian Vol
cano Observatory" issued by the Mas
sachusetts institute Of Technology. the
director, Professor r. A. Jaggar, vent
ures upon a prophecy based on ooserya-
ton. he thinks that there is a rhyth-
mic escape Of lava, which has been
fairly we'll verified by the records OF
past eruptions. Mauna Loa, which is
the subject Of his prediction, seems to
have decreased the duration OF ITS
eruptive periods, which, previous to
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
Mr. Robert Henri Among Indian, and
Other Romantic Types.

In Southern California Mr.. Robert
Henri has been painting Indians. Mex
leans and Chinese folk The results, ln
"a collection of about a dozen canvasses,
may be seen at the Macbeth gallery.
There Is a certain significance ln the
fact that we are constrained TO say
"canvases," no, pictures II Is not
that we would ask llr. Henri. or any
body else. TO conform 10 some pictorial
hypothesis OF our own choosing, but
that he is clearly one of those painters
for whom art has no function save 20
reproduce the facts IN the thing seen.
He will not condes ceud. on TINS oc-
casion at all events. 20 do so much as
place his subject in an interesting
scene, If il were only matter of some
picturesque landscape. lie prefers, IN
stead, a background OF fat color,
wreaking all his powers upon the por-
travail Of his sitters. This Is really q
collection of portraits, IN which Water
Eagle" or "Cnow Choy" take the places
of Mrs. Y" or Lady with Fan: The
Cbauge is a little refreshing. We can
not but find the charm OF novelty M
these hronZelike faces OF Indians m
their paint and feathers these Ci ihese
msidens. dark haired little dolls made
s,mnatbetic bv the artists brilliant
touch. But more. almost, than .n any
other exhibition Nh Henri has made,
he this time throws us back, utterly
Ipon "thc way IN which the thing Is
Gone"
Il is done with more than his usua!
directness and vitality. Tie has found
the irreducible minimum Of artistic eX-
preston, simplifyii z his method to the
last degree, and, 10 the process, only
making his brushwork surer and more
tersely explanatory OF exactly what be
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22

is like an echo Of Monticelli. The
SIREN OF the Surf" suggests Ryder
and the Spring Somnolence" Natthc"
Maris. In general the spirit OF TINS
exhibition is that of a clever painter
imbued with romantic emotion ana
trying to express it IN colorful visions
Of the woodland, in scenes touched at
once with the truth of nature and the
glamour of the theatre. II IS inter
esting, individualized work. II Mr..
Needham's mastery is not quite c~ial
t. his ambition he Is at any rate NOV
ing with genuine vigor along the rlghJ
road. -.
At the Knoedler gallery Mr. II. "
Ranger shows seven recently completed
paintings, one and all of them dlsclos-
ing his powers at their best. Inc SUD-
jects do not vary greatly. W I'm the GN,
ccptiOn OF the sunrise ON Montalb'
n study in tonality which CLEANS like
an opal, they are landscapes done H.
the Connecticut valley which he knows
so ,veU. But he makes new compost
tion each time that ne tackles the old
theme. and into them all he pours the
loveliest silvery light The loose,
fluent stvle is never careless. whether
i'm the modelling of the heavier cree
forms or in the synthetic handing 1l
great screens of vibrating leaves, his
touch is as precisely expressive OF the
truth as IL is nterpretative OF me
poetry which hangs like ven over the
scene. The CLINT of sunshine, the pale
blues Of tender sky are painted with
the same firm dclicacy. Never has lr.
Ranger been happier i'm his art. IL re
ioices ones soul TO see group OF
paintings so well done and so beantl-
ul. At this gallery there may also be
seen some watcrcolor portraits by Miss
Elinor NJ. Barnard of American and
English children. That she can be
spirited and skilful in broad way is
shown By the handsome Portrait
study" No. 21). but as rule, having
due regard TO the nature Of her sub
fects, She is disposed to a lighter,
suaver style. Her portraits are full Of
life and they are clever
The water colors by Mr. Arthur
Bync at the Braun Gallery form an
unusually interesting and faithful
panorama Of Spanish architecture. He
well understands the difficult art Of
picking out the right motive and look
ing al it from the right point of view
lie gets good pictorial impression
and i'm il preserves the character of
the building portrayed that mysterious
entity which perhaps requires for its
full appreciation a special for for ar
chitecture. There is one picture in the
collection. the "Main Portal OF Leon
Cathedral" which outshines all the
rest. really brilliant bit o. drawing
and color The generalization OF
sculptural forms in this work is be
vond praise But the exceptional fe-
icity of this does not mean that the
other water colors are far below H..
They are all admirable productions,
painted with am infectious Zest and
marked throughout by that feeling Tor
solid walls. for detail in stone, which
one rarely gets in such notes OF travel.
Mr. Byne is no amateur. lie has solid
ACCOMPLISHMENTS as a water colorist
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
Examples Of American Sculpture and
Pottery.

The gallery of the Gorham Company
looks a. though it had been taken over
by the Sculpture Society lt contains
am exhibition of small brouzes. with q
few larger pieces interspe perscd, which
cxccllcntly well illustrate the current
work of our school Some of the
sculptures have been seen before. II
does not matter. The affair is full Of
pleasure for the connoisseur of plastic
art Nudes, Indian subjects, portraits
and fountain figures appear. The vet
Grams are represented, men like French
and Bitter and there is work from all
the clever members of the younger
group. Manship, Keck, Janet Scudder
and so on through a long list. Miss
Scudder, by the way, is also showing
some charming busts az the Macbeth
Gallery One Of the unfamiliar pieces
is Mr.. Quinn's model for the Booth
monument, the model chosen in the
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
The Complex Genius of Early Italian
Sculpture.

Sculpture.
The Renal ance In Italy promoted
az extraordinary equilibrium of forces
n art, especially in plastic art. The
genius of the time. stimulated by es-
,eD,.ally materdaNstic tendencies in So
lal and political life, was bound TO eN-
press itself In terms Of realism. But
.te fostering hand of the Church was
here, leading the artist TO higher
deals, even into mystic paths, and 10
control both his 0cfuIlite and ms de-
o,loua! o. imaginative impulses the
influence OF newly discovered antiquity
Fas constantly az work. Other seem
agly irgeconcilable threads were w
trWoven II tnat fecund period. IL
Fas possible. theu. 10 be both "a poet
and a craftsman. TO blend something
Ike naiyete with something like So
phsucatiOu And what gives the great
PARADOX .ts final euchantmcnt is the
pesce Of mind which descended upon
Is most Characteristic eXemplars.
hey knew no feverish intellectual
lloeties There is no evidence OF
''Iuggle iu their works. The strange
complex ili0m i'm which they dealt
omehow came as naturally 20 them as
.acir mother tongue. What was the
'ecret Of this ease Of theirs. the sol
ent for AN their problems? One
algnt spin q fine metaphysical web in
.e'eloping the answer, but criticism
n1s perhaps the surcst i'm the simplest
.ypoihess. The strength of the Re
'alssance master resided in his sublime
sincerity.
That is why his subtlest aspects
.NN F fnnFs. q no
wise precious" or obscure. 10 is also
,seSuse the craftsman in him was wont
oe 80 alert, iuvincibly protesting
-sa'nst any violation of the rules OF
-e game I'm the art of this period.
~ beautiful, 80 various, so new" the
~Vs' knows his materials and his
sllnique and respects them thor
,shiy as some modern, say, Ike
Nired Stevens The reflection comes
oAe 70 as with peculiar force amongst
altman sculptures, some fifteen OF
".yh are of Italian origin. Donatello
.ue salient Agure of the group, by
Ne OF hls pre-emlnence in his
.1oOl and both the works from his
@au' the Madonna and Child" and
~ IOung Saint John Baptist" are
l4ueht OF his spiritual quality and
y, 10 great technical power. They illus
,s% s% superbly the point indicated
,.gs.e, the fusion OF realistic truth and
T,.'l'y, almost severity, Of style. But
g. point is to be traced all through
collection Of works i'm relief and
we round. Renaissance sculpture
modelling In excelsis. modelling in.
penetrated with genius. IL is so
ss"s and so fine, so skilful and 50
sOhsi, so racy with the quality OF
r'fi fi"eh place and time. and vet so
Of the beauty which is neither to
ualed nor 70 be localized, that one
bs 10 feel iu 10 the throbbing of
B, very soul OF q great form of art.
ps, important 20 hold fast 10 the
es1.SElpie Of beauty involved. In the
>NaN esndhsek there is a rote aR
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
Renaissance italy
and Later France
Recent Amer
icam Work.
Nv ROYAL CORTISSoZ.

In the survey Of the Altman pictures
,bc Museum which we printed last
SrrSsv. stress was laid upon the
S..sS.b of this collectors taste. 2
.astC ranging from the cloistercd
.So~rbt of Fra Angelica 20 the dra-
.oEs realism Of Rembrandt. lt is. %
2. Ian .Dre. not inevitably a personal pre-
election which accounts for every
o,'.d .,isode I'm a given private gallery. A
,ies,srpiece is acquired, sometimes, for
.Le sin,plc practical reason that II has
..'s-,s into Che market" But Mr. Alt
nan. as we have previously pointed
.,'. was "a man 20 let the market 90
',~.;l o-i;l r. offered him the thing for which
81 ro.ld really care. and there Is IN
.'rcstinc confirmation OF his discern
,Sent ,n these matters. and his individ-
...i,.v In the diversified nature Of his
-eiiec+ion. The objects apart from the
o;r,ures. upon which We could only
s-,,sy touch week ago. would MAKE
IS. bcoues. remarkable if there were
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22

ligious designs of Donatello and Yer
rocchio. But there is technical
adroitncss and there is an elegance
which ravish the eye. Kindred to them
in what we can only describe IA clev-
erness, though without their certain
flashing accent of style. is the little
relief by Giovanni da Bologna. Virtue
Overcoming Vice" welcome IL not
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22

Borg. lie, too, if in less authorita-
tive manner, employs the medium with
"A shrewd sense OF its possibilities and
limitations. Though he has not yet ar
rived at a notably original mode Of ex-
preston he is agreeably workmanikc
and gets some good effects out Of his
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER MATTERS OF FINE ART

The winter exhibition Of the Acad-
emy Of Design will open at the Fine
Arts Building on Saturday, December
10. II lasts until January u. AZ the
Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia
the regular annual exhibition will be
opened on Sunday, February z, 70 con
tinue until late in March.
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
A Banquet of Color, in Enamel and
Porcelain.

IN those parts of the Altman collec-
tion which have hitherto been traversed
he traits Of one school or another
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22
4 Great Drawing BY the Late Alphonse
iegrOs

More water colors appear at the
Hahlo Gallery, sketches of Italy, Spain,
Egypt and Morocco by Mr.. Carl Oscar
New-York tribune., 1914-11-22

very Important souvenir of the sculptor
of ,he familiar Flying Mercury
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-02
.RECALE TREMANN
WITH ELK TEETH
Retiring Trustee of Rock Island
Lodge Given a Beauti-
full Watch Charm.

In recognition of the excellent serv-
ices which he has rendered the order,
Henry w. Tremann, whose term as
trustee of Rock Island lodge No. $50,
b. p o. Elks, has just expired, was
last evening presented with beauti-
full pair of elk teeth. mounted In
gold in the shape of a watch charm.
During the time Mr.. Tremann has
been trustee, he has assisted in very
material way in putting the lodge on a
firm financial basis. The presentation
was made by Sam Ryerson. After the
business meeting a social session was
held.
The report of the delegates to the
recent state convention 1T Peoria will
be made at the next meeting of the
lodge The beautiful silver plaque
which Rock Island members won at
the state gathering for having the
largest number in the parade has not
been received but is. expected in few
days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-02
IN HONOR OF MRS. HAYDEN.

Mrs. II. b. Hayden. who leaves next
month for Boulder, Colo. was the
guest Of honor at a most delightful
luncheon and party given yesterday by
the Monday Study club OF which she
has been a member for many years.
luncheon and party given yesterday by
at the Watch Tower inn at 1 o'clock
and covers were laid for IS. The
table was decorated with a profusion
OF pink and white sweet peas. The
centerpiece was a wicker basket
filed with the fragrant blossoms and
at each place was a bunch of the
flowers and they were also with smi-
lax strewn over the cloth. The place
cards were unique, original verses
depicting the names, characteristics or
hobbies of the members affording a
great deal of amusement and pleas
ure. Mrs. II. w. Ward, the president
of the club. at the conclusion of the
luncheon, introduced Mrs. c. w.
Halves who served the club as presi-
dent many years and she acting as
toastmistress called for responses
from Mrs. NJ. ". Sturgeon. Mrs. II. B.
Hayden. Mrs. X. p. Scott, Mrs. Ella
A. Read and Mrs. Allen Welch. After
the toast program the ladies went to,
the upper veranda where they enjoy
ed the beauties of the scene and the
day and spent an informal afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-02
PARTY FOR MISS zlFsRIN.

Mis- Celia Zirrin entertained a com
pany OF 25 friends ~ her home, 1929
fourteenth street. yesterday in honor
OF her sister. Miss Betty. who gradu-
ated from the local high schoo. last
week The rooms OF the home were
1retuly decorated IN garden flowers
.anS the class color black and gold.
Games and music were the diversion
OF the evening. and in the contests the
prizes were awarded 20 Miss Anna
Taxman. Miss Bessie Sosna and Miss
B. Sigennoltz- After the games lunch
was served on the Lawn. Miss Sigen-
ho-tz OF Chicago was an out OF town
guest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-02
WIFE SPURNED AS
MAN AIDS FATHER
Woman Turning to Husband in
Police Court Finds That He
Is Favoring Parent.

A woman who had caused the arrest
of her father-in-law this morning in
police court turned to her husband
for aid in convicting his parent. But
like a dutiful son the man adhered to
his blood relative and the woman was
left alone in her fight a losing one, to
place the old man behind the bars.
Mrs. Amelia Danielson was the
woman, John Danielson her husband,
and Christ Danielson the father-in-Iaw.
The family lives at 1922 Twenty-sixth
street.
Last evening trouble arose. Warm
words passed between the three. All
became enraged and Mrs. Danielson
called the police and charged that her
father-in-law had fiourished a cane at
her and that he had referred to her in
an insulting manner.
The father-in-law was arrested. This
morning the case came up in police
court. Mrs. Danielson gave her side
of the story. She then turned to her
husband, in the belief that he would
endorse what she had said. But hubby
refused. Then the aged man had his
turn. He told story entirely differ
emit
After the matter was threshed over
several times. Police Magistrate Smith
advised all to return to their home
and talk the matter over He claimed
that the police court YES no place to
settle such questions and dismissed the |
case.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-02

/ spoonfuls of powdered sugar to the
stifiiy beaten whites of two eggs, flaw
or with few drops of vanilla. spread
! over the rhubarb and brown under
broiler or in oven. To cook rhubarb
for pie without crust: One cup of
diced rhubarb. two tablespoonfuls of
water, cook until rhubarb is tender
add one cup of sugar, cook until dis
solved. thicken with two tablespoon
fuis of flour mixed smooth in a little
water and add the beaten yolks of two
eggs. Turn into crust and proceed
Potato Mayonnaise-One very small
baked potato, one teaspoonful of mus
tard, one teaspoonful of salt, one tea
spoonful of powdered sugar: two table
spoonfuls of vinegar three-quarters
cup of olive oil. Remove and mash
the inside OF the potato. Add the mus
tard, salt and powdered sugar; add
one tablespoonful of vinegar and rub
the mixture through fine sieve. Add
slowly the oil and the remaining vine
gar.
Preserved Cherries-Stone and stem
tart cherries, saving all the Juice To
every pound of fruit allow a pound of
sugar. Put the sugar and the Juice
in the preserving kettle over the fire.
and when the suga ris entirely dissolv-
ed add the cherries. Cook until the
syrup is very thick; put into glass jars
and seal.
Cherry Bounce Beat to a pulp |
two pounds each of sweet and tart |
and mix together. The beat |
Ing should be done with a heavy NAL |
let that the stones may be crushed. |
Stir into the mashed fruit a pound and /
a quarter of granulated sugar: turn all |
into stone crock and stir in a quart
Of white whiskey. Leave il for an
hour; stir and pour into a small Jug.
Cork and let It stand for a month
hard each day; then let II
alone for six weeks without shaking.
Rack off, strain and bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-02
MUSIC STUDENTS ELECT OFF,
GERS.

The annual business session and
election of officers of the Music Stu
dents club was held yesterday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Louis Le-
Claire, Jr., in Davenport. Reports of
the officers were received and the
treasurer reported a balance in the
club treasury. Officers for the coming
year were chosen as follows:
President-Mrs. Louis LeClaire, Jr.
Vice = President-Miss Gertrude
Brannigan.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. E. NJ.
Reading.
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. T. o.
Swiney.
Treasurer-Mrs. Paul Preston.
Chairman Program Committee-Mis
Elsa Simon.
During an intermission in the bust
ness session Miss Notovena Steck was
asked TO play and she gave an etude
by Chopin. The next meeting of the
club was announced for Oct 10 with
the retiring president, Mrs. s. b. Be
mis-.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-02
RECEPTION AND TEA AT OUTING
CLUB

Mrs Frank Hetzel of Davenport and
her sister. Mrs. Eugene Gruenwald, of
Moline, entertained 200 tri-city women
at a reception and tea yesterday after
noon at the Davenport Outing club.
The hostess and Mrs. Arthur Kahlke
of Seattle, Wash, who Is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Rochow OF this city, re-
ceived the guests. Mrs. Hetzel wore a
gown of pale green net over white
charmeuse Her jewels were diamonds,
and she wore a corsage bouquet of but
terfy sweet peas. Mrs. Gruenwald
was in light blue charmeuse with
trimmings of lace and she wore a cor
Mrs. Kahlke was in midnight bluc
charmuese with trimmings or cream
chantilly lace and she wore coral
beads and pendant. The hostesses
were assisted by their sisters. the
Misses Elsa and Edna Haak, Mrs.
Charles Meier and Mrs. Richard HaaK
and by Mrs. w. II. Wiese, Mrs. A. p.
Griggs, Mrs. Ben Hansen and Mrs.
julius Guide Mrs. W. H. Wander
Veer, Mrs. Charles Rose, Mrs. Charles
Webb and Mrs. Rose Oberholtzer
poured. and the Misses Norma and
Edna Wiese served the ices. The club
rooms were very beautifully decor
ated in baskets of peonies, sweet peas
and jasmine, and the candles and
lights were shaded in soft green