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accepted and canonized practices of art,
and his very presence and activities
are menace to existing conditions.
u Il
And those are the men that need
help: and every bit of help I can hold
out l shall give to those men, whether
they are young or old, and wherever
and whenever l can find them. And /
snail not give it to them by employing
them at So q day TO do monuments for
which ] myself shall claim credit and
sign; but II j have any work to give
or work is offered me that ] cannot
myself perform for any reason, | shall
pass it ON bodily, with all the credit
that goes with it, emoiuments includ
ed. to men who are most capable of
doing it,
What made it possible for Phidias
TO give us a real document of Greece
was just one thing. He was a great
artist to start with, and a poet and
seer as we'll and from all the stories
we get from Plutarch and Pliny and
the rest he must have been the great
est technician of his time. That abil-
ity enabled him, as superintendent of
all the buildings on the AcropoHs. to
select the greatest men of his period,
who did their separate Jobs on the
Acrcpolis, and built the structures, the
friezes and the pediments.
ITO start with, his work required a
man Of profound insight-probably one
of the most emotional Compartments
of the period Pericies said to him,
What do you think of our monuments
We know that by way of reply he pulled
the whole lot of them down, because we
find them buried under the buildings he
erected. That's insurgency with a ven
geance.
Now. what did Phidias actually do:
HE took the story of the religion of
Greece of that hour, and he made the
sculptors who were associated with him
and whose work by the way. he never
claimed for himself-write from the
myths of their great religious festivals a
great frieze on that smaller temple on
the Acropolis next TO the Parthenon, III
which Greece gave her story of that mo-
ment. !. say. he wrote that so intensely,
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we'll as Spanish theatrical companies OF
the best, usually can count on houses
which justify their South American tours,
although these are limited to a few big
cities. The French drama Is more III
vogue in Buenos Aires.
An evidence of the old Spanish tradi-
tons minglng with European cosmopoli-
tanism is sometimes seen in the announce
ment regarding the plays produced. i
BuenoS Aires audience can stomach the
French drama. but when certain plays
are to be produced the calm announce
ment is made that they are not for
senoritas, and in consequence the young
ladies stay home and leave this form of
intellectual improvement to their mothers
and aunts. l know Of one theater-going
family in Buenos Aires, the youns woman
members of which have never seen a
problem play.
Outdoor sports are also slowly makins
their appeal to the South American
women. Many of them are accustomed
to horseback riding, but few of those or
rative birth have taken to tennis. in
Argentina the tendency to golf has l,..-
core quite noticeable. At Mar del Plata
which is the combined Argentine Newport
and Atlantic City, where everybody goes
In the summer season to get the invigo-
rating breezes from the south and enjoy
the bathing, the popularity of golf among
the young women became phenomenal
The shrewd wife OF an American resi-
dent discovered the cause. Once
around the links" she remarked. is as
much as any chaperon can stand. and
even then some Of them are ready to
drop. You may be sure that the second
time around the links she will be resting
in some quiet NOOK.
fhe chapefor is one of the disappear
ing South American Institutions, and her
marks another stage in the
evolution OF the South American women.
But it was left TO the young women of
Buenos Aires, apparently, to signalize the
golf course as the place from which she
should make her exit.
These are some of the lighter or super
fetal phases of the evolution, but they
are all significant OF the real change that
is going on. Actually women activities
in South America follow nearly the chan
uel that they DO in the nortn although
not yet 50 greatly broadened. Church
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OF decadence. 1t Is vanity. II IS not what
one man thinks that is effective but what
many SO think. So that 1t is a kind of
awful vanity that we should be producing
such things.
Now, the FSarragut memorial in New
York is a great document. 1t Is the work
Of two great men-Saint Gaudens and
Stanford White, the architect Letters
show that these two men worked like
brothers on that memorial, and they got
out a great thing.
THE Maine monument 7 DO not think
should ever have been put up. The loss
of the Maine was disaster-one OF those
involuntary things. Men were drowned
in their sleep. Nothing occurred that
could be memorialized. The monument
itself doesn't mean anything to the
Maine disaster. Everything on it was
borrowed and initiated.
''Of another order was the loss of the
Titanic. There was a great disaster. 1t
is true. but there was more. What was
the sense in building a monument to the
Maine, in which men cooped up were
blown to pieces by we don't know whom?
But the loss of the Titanic was another
thing altogether
There YOU had a great floating city,
crossing the Atlantic, and at midnight
coming to a sudden end at the hands of
realized that their end in the world had
come, and without complaint, without
question. men representing the flower of
America placed in such boats as they
had the only things that men can pre-
serve Of the race. The women and chill
dren were put out into the night, trust
ing to Providence. The men went down.
There is great epic in that event.
1t was a wonderful monochrome the
American people should cherish as the
cries. 1t should have monument worthy
of it
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In most South American families tte
marriage of one of the daughters is nlerei
regarded as an enlargement OF the family
The son-in-law is welcomed. and is *
pected to form part OF the family circle.
even to the extent of making his home
with his wife's parents. Here is where
the rub comes. Most Engishmen and
Americans, when they marry. prefer 1"
set up an Independent establishment ~
their own. and this is true in South
America we'll as at home, Sonaetime.
they find the divergence in points o.
view SO radical that the marriage is
failure.
An Englishman in Buenos Aires. who
married an Argentine girl, was telli1s
his experience.
.'Conchita's family" he said. liked ne
and I liked them. After our marriage
went to live with them for a Will be
cause everybody took ii as matter o.
course. but after While II bt gan {"
grow upon me that Conchita and ] wer'
not seeing much of each other. 1t MAS
all right for her to be with her ms !i''-
when I was away during the day ~
but did sometimes feel that w1uc
like to have an evening with her myself
occasionally, or that We might be able t.
go out together by ourselves once In
while
IT saw trouble ahead. Conchit: >
mother liked me, and liked her. Sh.
holiday I went out TO three famil.-
parties with Conchita. and that evening
we had another family party at my par
ents-in-law's house. The next day hid
a long talk with Conchita's mother. =
sort of broke her up. but she saw tho
situation. Then I talked with Conchita
The next day | told the family circlo
that Concfita and / had rented an
apartment and were going to set UP
housekeeping. They We're korror-stric,sen.
So were all the cousins and aunts and
grandparents. They all bore down
me and told me how cruel it wou d be L.
Conchita's mother They expected thar
she would protest and that would yield
But when Conchta's mother told theaI
that 1 was right, though they nearly died
of establishment. they stopped their t.-sa--
full protests We have been very happy
together since.
The value OF 4 lli1ther-.n-lav as u ali
seems to BE as great iii Argentina 2 IN
other countries.
CHARLES n PEPPER.
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Eorelun he Is still standing TO ms
guns--or MS InorJdrS-and yesterday he
anplified his charges and traced some
OF the causes that have produced the
results he pictured
our organized democracy has put
mediocrity in the saddle" said Mr.. Borg
ium at his studio on East SSth street,
New York
our institutions have become power
fGl, and under their protection incofn-
petent individuals who are actual fail
rres In their profession have built up
q business of employing artists to exc
cute monuments for which they could
sfcur" contracts through their ability
1" get concessions.
This is It subject 7 have thought of
FOR many years Naturally | am very
much concerned about how a great
work OF art is produced; and to find
out and to understand how | make it
q point 10 become thoroughly ac-
quainted with the history Of its pro-
ductiou.
There Is not a great building, nor a
great bridge, nor a great piece of work
OF any kind-not excepting the admin
istration of a department in the city
Government-that Is successful unless
it gets the very best from the man who
is building or administering 1t. OF
course, If politics designate man
without any consideration of his real
ability he will have to employ men to
perform his duties. and the history of
men shows that work done in that way
never shows insight, leadership or in
dlvidualtty. nor is there the accom-
plishment resulting from such work
that there Is when you have a great
individual who is himself master of his
art, doing the work himself
Il am talking about conditions that
obtain in this demoralized democracy
Of ours Ny first reason, and my only
reason. for defending the insurgent in
art is that he is q lone worker in a
field that demands the greatest orig
iuality and the greatest gifts accom-
panyilS that quality, in the way of
insight. the understanding of life and
nature. In proportion to those gifts
or to the originality of his work. ha
separates himself from the organized,
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and charitable WORK occupy them. Tbs
sowing society, under different name
always has been much d Spanish
American as a New England institution
The South American women who want
ed a wider field generally found 1t III
membership in humane societies or so
cieties to prevent cruelty to animals
They are getting beyond that sphere now.
l do not know of many Women's CLUBS,
yet there are undoubtedly some of these
organizations. and there will be more IN
the future. The germ of social welfare
movements is already visible.
Votes for women is not the slogan OF
any group or OF any militant element,
possibly beca use in many OF the countries
votes for men are not Of much value.
But one day. reading the account of 4
meeting in connection with some work
ingmans organization and d parade at
Callao I noticed that there were some
woman sufiragettes III The procession.
At Santiago the government was great
~ disturbed by threatened labor up
heaval. There was I. SYM athletic strike
meeting with somewhat VIC ent addresses.
Mounted troops. infantry and police Kept
the streets clear, as 1t was somewhat sig
nificantly explained, for the procession.
One section was led by group of woman
factory workers. Some were sirlS-were
mere chi1dren-while others We're mature
women During a pause, while the sol
.iers and the police We're clearing the
:
what their grievances were. She told
them briefly and without emotion.
:: =
Long .lours had been shortened and pitt
fully small wages had been increased
somewhat i'll her factory, but when the
general movement began she and the
other woman workers went out for the
good of all, she rersely explained Then
she glanced at the military detachment.
noting specially the mounted troops.
They will not shoot US down. she said,
as her arm swept the group Of women
around her. 1T is us they fear
Nobody was liz danger OF being shot
down and the Chilean authorities We're
simply taking necessary steps to main
sain public order in a dangerous state
of the public mind but the factory wom-
ans inclsisc remark revealed d whole
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employers name signed TO it. They
themselves got none of the credit, and
but miserable pay.
IN Statuary Hall. in the Capitol at
Washington. are several statues credited
to men whose regulations were made by
struggling geniuses working for a pit
tance. | know because | had TO handle
the affairs of two young men after their
deaths, and found diaries recording what
/ say.
Il know OF one competition-and have
heard of others like it-where a young
sculptor made three OF the models that
Were entered. One WAS signed by him
self. The others bore the names of men
he worked for. Tic two fraudulent
models won prizes. That signed by the
name of the unknown genius vas turned
down.
Il know of four statues in this coun-
try which were made BY one single man.
Yet none of them bears his signature.
They are supposed to have been the work
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A New Work Stand.

THIS handy continuance is made on
l the principle of camp stool and
the folding legs are of wood, wrapped
with wicker and tipped with brass. A
large envelope-shaped receptacle made
of dark green morocco lined with MORE
silk of the same color is attached to the
folding stand to form a pocket which
holds sewing materials and accessories.
and when closed folds fiat just as a
camp stool does. There is a substantial
snap lock of nickel with key. \ handy
person could construct one OF these work
stands from an ordinary camp stool by
taking the canvas seat from the top and
making a deep pouch III place of this
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OF the inen whose names they carr
should say in this country there are -
least 1p times that many which aIo
fraudulently signed.
4 make the statement that fully 80
per cent of the statuary in this country
was not made by the men whose nAnles
II bears. 1t is safe TO say co per ..crf,
and 1 could make good my statement
LAS a matter of fact, the building trusts
have got control OF art work toda,
Public buildings are contracted for ~
a whole. The contractor lets out tho
sculpture TO some poor artist. Just ;,s h..
lets out the Drickwcrk to the lowest
bidder. And for the sculptor who has Ii,
struggle for 4 living there is no ch.tfic,.
for him If he does not kotow TO an in
ner circle of tabiished regulations
Even then he must MAKE up his mind TO
yield all the glory to tll. man with the
name and be content with the mere
wherewithal 10 keep body and sou, TO-
gether"
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Orange Fritters.

ORANGE fritters are rice to serve vita
- roasts, especially cold roasts. Peel
and seed some oranges, taking or all tho
white fiber possible Cut them across
il ore-third inch slices. dust with pow
dered sugar. dip in batter and fry = rich
brown. Drain. sprinkle with powdered
sugar and serve
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New Vests and Waistcoats.

MARROW vests are made Of gorgeous
! ribbons, bit of Chinese embroid.,r,
silk or gold broche, etc. Larger ones
form almost a blouse, being made OF
broadcloth. ratine, faille. brocade metal
lie mixtures, printed crepes. MORE. bead
ed net embroidered chiffon, silk ptif.ted
duvetine, ribbed velvet silk and other ma
terials. With sleeves. collar arrangement
and OF net lace, with the vest OF
fancy material and plain back of lining
silk, there is formed blouse vest to
wear under any coat
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SO ably and SO completely. because II
was his story, and the story of every
workman on the building.
What these sculptors wrote In marble
OF the Parthenon had no theoretical re-
lationship to Egypt or any other civilized
country of the time. or of the past.
In those days they were arresting one
another every day because of little
touches OF heresy. They considered their
religion so sacred that Phidias himself
was finally accused of putting his por-
trait on one of the friezes, thus claiming
4 signature.
The great Things Of consequence in life
are happiness. we'll being and great
moral principle that keep US living on In
some kind of perpeiuality. Now art is
simply the story of the heart throbs of
life, and marble and letters and color and
sound are the language the mind en-
ploys.
Take America. What. have we done
here? We shook Off the religion of
Europe. and Puritanism freed itself
from the tyranny of the old world Just
now there is one figure in America that
LOO years from now will stand almost
as the symbol for the righteousness of
those men who founded this country, and
that is Saint Gaudens' Puritan That
is a great human document, and the
story of that early period is strong
enough to keep raft of artists working
for a decade or two.
Coming to our political struggle, We
see Washington. Hamilton. Morris and
the rest looming up. Wards statue at
the subtreasury building in Wall street is
a fine thing, but the Washington that 1
know and you know lived at that time
has not vet been made. He isn't here at
all. We don't see him anywhere
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Fancy Checks and PIaids.

7 IGHT colors are seen in beautiful
II plaids in wool. silk. silk and wool
and cotton for separate skirts, or as q
suit skirt with u plain Jacket. the ma
rerials are soft, made up with light dra-
peries. Ratinc p aide are very effective.
Really brilliant checks arc seen for sep
arate coats for spring.
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Changes in Social
Usages and Customs
That Have Taken
Place During the Past
Ten Years Tradi-
fional Ideas of South
American " ON EN-
Old Customs Being
Discarded Invasion
Of Paris and New \ ork
Fashions.
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ITS rcvcg bers- tors have been v@hritis III
art c,rcles al ihr week.
II VS. Ga5zon BoreIunl. Inc sculptor
who was Responsible.
NJ. Borelun made charges that
shocked is audiJors and told stories
shat moved them Ia tears. He affirmed
that frorn 40 20 90 per cent of the
s-at-.ary in tine United States was signed
by other names than those Of the men
WHO actually did the work. He asserted
that some OF tile figures in Statuary
Hall, in the Capitol are credited to men
whose regulations We're made by strug-
sling young geniuses working for q pit
tance. He declared that most Of the
monuments Of the country were not
monuments at all. and that men who
lave the commercial instinct highly de-
Neloped. friends. ANA an ability to OBJ
-ain contracts from the federal govern
,nent. the state or the city. in many
Eases NOT having the genius TO turn out
works OF art themselves. have been in
The habit of employing unknown artists
10 do the work, and themselves have
oocketed most OF the reward and all
the glory He told of suicides of some
Of these Impractical Young persons from
want or from the failure to arrive at
rae i1st s"ai I'll their t3ieutS
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JMEN in South
America are as
sorting themselves,
No one familiar
Nitll these cour-
rries can Gail 70
nos the change IN
social usages and
customs that has
taken place during
tte ,ast ten wears
The change is still
going On -
Any. frs,. -..l9s,srgs yagts
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mental Congress To answer certain
charges at the time Gates was trying TO
supersede him 1t was the first time
during the revolution he had come into a
group of his people without applause. The
hand that held few pages of data trenn-
bled. About him were evidences of Ill
feeling. Tears came to his eyes; his
hand invountarily went UP to his face.
You see. friends he said, I have
grown blind in your service
THAT man hasn't been carved. He is
not on any monument.
'Then, aster he had been President of
the United States eight years, Wash
inston stopped in Philadelphia on his way
north where behind the bars of q jail
he found Robert Morris, the man who
had loaned money in our need. Wash
ington put his arms about the prisoner.
is anything in Greek or Roman history
better than that?
mo, the wonderful story of that period
has not been told at ALL though We are
spending millions of dollars on monu-
ments.
Coming further down in history. there
is Lincoln, who saved the Union and
freed it from slavery. We haven't built
a real monument to him, and we are not
eve., trying to. During Taft's admins
tration Congress voted 100000 for a
Greek temple, which it is intended to call
a monument to Lincoln: but we haven't
heard of a single provision being made
for placing in that temple any adequate
story that brings to memory the life OF
the man to whom it is erected.
:. );
THE country is full OF mediocre statu-
airy. We won't look at anything of the
kind unless it wears helmet Or Greek
sandals, and a young man with an origi-
nal idea must starve to death or commit
suicide. while the greatest stories of the
world, the stories OF America go unre-
corded in our public parks and galleries.
My greatest complaint Is that We are
building everywhere monuments to everv-
body which practically represent nobody.
There was time when nations rose up
and built monuments, but did not allow
portraits. for portrniture 10 = certain ktnA
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Al. norma! quiet OF
The weekly meeting
OF the Womans
Political Union in
the Berkeley The
alter, New York,
was disturbed last
sunday afternoon
by the explosion Of
q, bomb aimed not
only 81 the audi
ence. eit ut the
Public ut large, aud
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There are many young sculptors who
do not get fair chance to live. l have
known many of these young men who
have committed suicide in the last few
years. and l know tina: they were ON
pioyed IN doing work for other men.
Tho Wcrk they did went out with their
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It's population which Is cosmopolitan in
character Yet until a few years ago
European ideas and medieval Spanish
customs prevailed as TO the appearance
of women III public. 1t was rare for q
party Of women to drop into a cafe of an
afternoon for an ice or other refreshmeut
unless accompanied by ali escort. Now
1t is very common sight and two-thirds
of the patrons of one coffee house are
women who come and go alone without
comment.
The functions at which the fashionable
women of South America are most in
evidence are the bull fights and the races.
The bull fight prevails i'll few of the
countries. but where it does exist it is
very largely a social function. and the
LADIES wear their smartest gowns, as in
Spain. The same is true of the races.
In Santiago ard Valparaiso. at the
races. the most gorgeous costumes and
the latest Paris creations are in evidence.
In the afternoon drive at ) O'Clock every
body appears in smart gowns At Cou-
slno Park, Santiago, and at Palermo,
Buenos Aires. Sunday afternoons espe-
cially, there is = parade of fashion in
carriages and in automobiles. In Rio de
Janeiro Professionalism is more In vogue.
While in the late afternoon the Avenido
Rio Branco is choked with automobiles,
the passing throns on foot is more repre-
sentative of Rio society. it is not unlike
9TH avenue at the same hour
Taste in dress. Il not matter of
vironment. is perhaps IN affair of lati-
tude. Possibly for this reason the sim
plicity OF apparel Of some American
women. wives of distinguished men who
have visited South America with their
husbands, has surprised the South Ameri-
can women. The elaborate apparel of
some of the South American women at
ordinary functions may also astonish the
visitors from The north, who may look
upon Il as overdressing.
x
The theater and the opera afford oppor-
tunity for the display of gorgeous gowns,
much the same as in New York or Chi
cago. This Is i'll particular true of Buenos
fiires and Rio de Janeiro. the latter with
Its beautiful municipal theater, which is
to Rio what the Grand Opera House is TO
Paris.
French and Italian opera COMPANIES AS
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NONTE,N IDEo. Uruguay.