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ART NEWS AND COMMENT.

4 N excellent new number Of Art IN
n America has Just appeared, with
an article by DIR. Valentiner
upon Matteo Civitale; "Houdon In
America" by Paul Vitry: the Bal
dovinett IN the Jarves Collection" by
Professor Siren; and a note upon Bot,i-
cells Giuliano de Medici lately pur-
chased by otto II, Kahn. by Mary Lo.
gan Berenson.
Mrs. Berenson says Of the picture
and OF Giuliano:
From two atelier or school versions,
one az Bergamo and the other at Ber-
lin. students Of Italian art have been
able to infer that the master himself
must have painted the portrait of his
talented young patron, but OF this orig
inal no trace had been left, and It has
long been given up US lost.
Nothing but the most convincing in
ternal evidence could make one feel
sure that Mr.. kahn's picture was in
deed the unique original from Botti-
cells own hand, but that evidence Is
too conclusive to admit of doubt The
the nobility OF Interpretation OF the
character could not derive from any
but the highest talent. while the sign
marks OF Botticclli himself are apparent
in every detail. The functional con-
tours. indicating the bony structure
OF the head, the firm modelling. with
the minimum OF shadow. Of the brow
and jaw. the massing of the hair, the
sensitive outlines of nostril and mouth,
are each and all equivalent, to sigma
lures by the master himself.
when we study the head in the
Morelli collection at Bergamo. which
is by Botticellis most talented pupil.
often called AMIGO Iii Sandro.' We see
al once that the imitator took over only
the general shape of the original, and
missed. as indeed an inferior artist
could not help missing, the vital touch
and close knit structure, II would seem
TO have been painted not from the
model but from this picture. whereas
Mr.. kahn's picture Is convincingly n
real person. The Berlin version In
poorer still, and was probably a copy
of the Bergamo picture
ut Is needless to write. at length. Of
Gulliano de- Mcdici. for every book that
treats ~ the Italian Renaissance IL
fun of him. J purposely call him the
most romantic f'lorentine figure Of that
time. His early and tragic death--he
was ASA ssinated on Easter Day l47S.
while hearing mass I'm tho Florepre
Cathedral--at once makes II difficult to
Judge OF his character and value %
statesman and ruler. and casts an
immense glamour over his youth, He
loved life. and beauty. loved women
and poets, and was dearly loved by
them. Poliuan. the most exquisite and
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The first number Of Art IN Europe
edited by Seymour de Riccl. has APP
peared, and at a glance we venture to
prophesy success for 1t. II Will appear
monthly. IN French and English, In
pamphlet form, illustrated, and not only
covers the field OF art happenings in
Europe but takes a glance at New York
occasionally also It's first editorial
states its aim:
1T may he doubted whether there
exists monthly art paper mainly de-
voted to news which after all is the
prominent feature in modern Journal
ISM Art in Europe will be an attempt
10 cover that field 10 the practical ex-
clusion OF all others.
"A monthly paper has the possibility
OF being accurate. because Il finds time
to control all information It receives
and thus escape many chances OF error
IL can also eliminate al. the minor in
cidents OF daily life and only keep rec
ord OF permanently interesting events
A monthly paper is in the position to
combine reliable lnformation-the Jour
na.ist's .deal-with scientific accuracy
hitherto the students monopoly.
We will give every care 10 the quality
of the illustrations and will endeavor
each time an interesting work OF art
comes TO our knowledge. either In sale
in a private collection. IN a museum, or
In a dealers shop, To publish In these
columns u good and faithful reproduc-
ton.
There will hardly ever be a lengthy
article In this paper. our chief aim IL
10 give ample information and We can
not allow literary illusions "a encroach
on the space reserved for news
The great sa.cs Of the auction rooms
are written up in the new magazine in
an especially sprirh;ly and pi,hv man
ner. useful feature is the calendar OF
future auctions. The Illustrations and
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"Hermine," by George Luks.
types are excellent and the whole mum
Der makes a clear cut impression.

The painting Of ST. Catharine, recently
purchased by the Metropolitan Museum
Of Art from the Reber collection of
Barmen, Germany. was unhes!tating'y
pronounced by Bernhard Berenson, the
we'll known authority on Italian art, 20
be the work OF Pietro, the elder - the
two Lorenzetti brothers. In Germany
Il had been attributed 10 Ambrogio
Lorenzetti
The half length OF the saint with q
thoughtful. noble face. bearing the palm
Of martyrdom in her hand, Is painted
against gold background. The panel
was probably part of an old altar piece
with tiers Of other saints.
Though only a detail from a larger
work. Mr.. Burroughs writes in the
Bulletin: this painting worthily exem-
plihes many OF the particular qualities
Of the Sienese school at the period OF its
highest development, period which
hitherto has been unrepresented In our
collection.
"Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti are
the greatest names OF this time In
them the Byzantine tradition. para
mount throughout the fourteenth CEN
fury IN their city, is transfused by
eoHietHiHE Oh the nlentr purpose tnat
had been revealed by their great con-
temporary. Giotto, in neighboring Flor
ence, Pletro, especially. showing a rare
appreciation of expressive gesture.
character and the significance Of
things. Withal. there IL no aha reme n I
In his work of the peculiar virtues OF
the S!enese schoo'-thc feeling for dec
Grafton, the love OF rich ornament and
exquisite color, or the strange and en-
Otto type Of beauty, the common prop
erty of all who derived from Ducc!o.
"These' arc the qualities which are
found In our panel. together with the
others learned from G!otto az well. 10
the extent that the nature Of the work
and Ito deliberately sculpturesque ar
rangement permit. The dra matte power.
which NJ will P!etro discloses is neces-
sarily suhdued IN work Of this pur-
pose, tn" slhservient par, OF an altar
piece was made 10 take its appronri-
ate place, in expression as we'll as dec.
Grafton. with regard 10 the rest. II bore
the sam" relation 10 the whole that an
architectural feature. a window or n
niche with a statue does 20 the design
OF the facade Of which II is q part"
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lish, and by some strange irony Of fate
his ghostly early life seems perfect
to us. When later. fashion and literature
knocked at his door FOR moment. and
James smiled, losing his pesslmism
temporarily, It seemed like a blot upon
an otherwise magnificent example. For
tunately ne was not put completely to
the test. and in q fortnight or so died of
delirum tremens. Fortunately. because
not even pessimism can stand the final
test Of being looked at.
A Ar. CLEWs'S portraits are called
MI versions" II Ia not surprising
70 find among them one OF
Edgar Allan Poe. This bronze has
much Of the furtlve questioning Of the
unseen, mysterious. unknowable. that
We associate with Poe II Is marred. in
our opinion, by the suggestion Of too
large IA body. II is no; because OF the
proportions that we object. but because
Il attaches too much Of the material
and feshly to our most ethereal poet.
The Soul OF Robert MacCameron" is
sure to as,onish the friends of the late
and lamented painter. It shows the
head OF an old man bent upon his breast
The base IL deliberately decorated and
upon II these words appear: Loyalty.
Generosity. Courage. Metropolitan.
Luxembourg. Our Friendship, Little
Children. Outcasts." Each friend OF
Robert MacCameron will interpret the
version for himself. The poet Of the
Poet and Parasite" is proud erect
Indian and the parasite who clings to
his breast is az ugly as parasites al
ways are. The Fallen Angel" is a
child angel, resting its head upon a
weary silver wing. The VIRGIN OF the
Mancha' in sllvered bronze is the most
important work present but like all the
others has its difficulties. The virgin
for one thing seems to have sense OF
humor and she has not the face of
pretty doll and In border at the base
OF the bust figures IN high relief that
seem to symbolic autobiographical ma
terial startle us, One OF the heads Is
of the sculptor
Altogether the show Is extremely
curious and battling. We are not In
position to lead the blind this time. ON
the contrary we distinctly reel that we
need help ourselves.
THE Daniels gallery has had the
excellent idea OF An exhibition
i of flower paintings. 1t is an art
mat has fallen into desuetude
among VS. and should be encouraged.
We rear II was the ladies' who brought
THIS branch or art into disgrace with
their yards OF pansies' that penetrated
IN days gone by even into the Academy.
Happily yards or pansies' nave gone
quite out or FASHION and recollection. IL
fS fiTn, n hiring hack fha hnwprS
Scnumacher IS represented by the
gorgeous dahlias shown once before this
season ana by new piece equally bril-
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Carlton G. Fowler fills the Braus GAL
lcr,es with number of water colors OF
familiar European beauty spots. That
first class beauty. Venice, has occupied
great deal Of the artists attention. and
there are views Of the Lion OF ST.
Marks. of whose Infinite variety custom
cannot stale Us; Of the Bridge Of Signs
or whose infinite variety, ditto; OF the
Robert Browning palace. and Of the
Back OF the salute" The Back OF the
Salute" is highly welcome. Most ar.
lists who do the Bridge Of Signs do also
the Salute from The front. To have
gone around 20 the back ~ this hewil-
deringly beautiful and charming edifice
to sketch little bridge and some homely
Venetian houses leads us TO hope much
from the second trip abroad of Mr..
Fowler. In avoiding the stereotyped
subject he Will 60 TAR toward avoiding
the stcrcotyped manner
At present our artist paints boldly
but not too well. His tendency is ra-
Their toward the English school in that
he seems thankful to have achieved
"A recognizable likeness of the spot with
out daring 10 play with the medium.
Red houses 10 AIR Fowler are simply
red and green trees are green. That
there can he poetry as well as fac,
In color will occur in him later. one
OF the smaller pictures attempts II H.
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Jerome Myers" writes Guy Pene du
Bots, In Art and Progress, rs a real In
dependent. He speaks language nj once
direct forceful and Individual. BY this
mean that 1t IS neither a borrowed nor
Influenced language given this or that
turn lay the fad of the hour. The maxi
ers Of indexes, who have found the
words cubism. futurism post impress
sionism along with "A great galaxy Of
'sms and applied them with us much
relevancy A. they did in years past the
word impressonism, have put Jeromn
Myers in the pigconhole allotted 20 tho
realists. He does not belong there. with
Arthur Il, Davies and one or two others
In America he is to be pointed out az
an artist whose inspiration has been
borrowed from nature without an intro
duc,ion from n school OF painting Of
preconco!ved ideas that would nave
made everything easier for him. He
has fought and IN lighting, for the
battle Is far from over, alone, bCwinE
neither to the right nor to the left
compromising with the art or the lay
public neither in his speech nor In his
ideals ] mean here that he Is not
what the writer's term n library philoso-
phcr ana which in the case Of an ar
tlst would stand very well by supplant-
ing library with museum.
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r. NJ. Hodgkins has arranged an exhi-
bition of miniatures and drawings that
will interes, not only the friends OF
art but the historians as well, dealing
as ii does with individuals of the very
greatest celebrity.
Among the miniatures is one OF no
less an individual than James II. when
boy. done by the artist Provost In
the most appealing manner. with great
brillancy IN the color. The portrait
of the Duke Of Grafton" Charles the
Seconds son by Barbara Nilliers.
painted 10y Lawrence Crosse. has all
sorts If miniature excellences. with fun
justice done To the pride of bearing
OF the young man. Anne Hyde. who
set all England hy the ears when she
married the Duke Of York, naturally
bears herself proudly too IN the NINA.
ture by Bernard Lens. The details Of
the elaborate costume are most pa
tientiy put in. Sir Kenelm Dlgby. who
was an author. naval commander and
diplomatist. has been wonderfully
painted by Thomas Flatman. The ar
NOR is an especially successful achieve
ment.
Among the other great swells who
iflt 'bIllbHb Us tuk VI tllt past arc tiit
Duchess of Sunderland, by the great
Samuel Cooper; John Churchill, Duke OF
Marlborough. by Christian Richter;
Henrietta Churchill. by Nathaniel Dixon,
Countess of Peterborough. by Law
renee Cross the Bishop OF Norwich. by
Thomas Flatman; Sarah Jennings. by
Lawrence Crosse. and George N!lliers.
Duke of buckingham, painted by an
unknown French artist.
The accompanying show OF drawings
is made up exclusively of portraits.
They are drawings in pencil. with a few
touches Of cror, but the restraint Of the
method seems to accent the mastery
workmanship. Among the personages
are the Duo de Nemours, Comte de Bris-
sac. Melchor de Pres. FRANCHISE de
Breze. daughter OF Diane de Polctiers I.
Henry, third Due de Guse and Gas
pard II. dc Coigny.
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delightful poet then living. celebrated
his loves and his tournaments. His
passion for the Bella Simonetta'
became part and parcel Of Florentine
poetical and romantic legend. His son,
by "A more obscure mistress. was
adopted into the family of Giuliano's
brother, Lorenzo the Magnificent. and
grew up TO be famous as Pope Clement
VII, one Of the greatest patrons Of
art who ever lived. Indeed. all in all.
Florence never had a figure who took
such hold on the Imagination Of poets
and artists as this Giuliano. whose por-
trait by Botticelli has now come to
America"
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Jean Gu!ffrey. curator OF paintings at
the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. in his
annual report just published speaks OF
two shows Of foreiun art AS follows:
"Of the foreign schools there were
two large exhibitions. one of paintings
by Albert Besnard. from the Goth OF
January 10 the 10th OF February, and
one or Scandinavian art, from the 2ith
or March to the 2lst OF April They
excited lively Interest. The first fur
nished a review OF the career of an ar
fist who has now arrived at his apogee.
Works were shown which were pre-
vious 10 or contemporary with his stay
In Italy. where he held the Prix de
tsome In 1874. ~ well az paintings dat
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-14

Almost the only time a suffraget
objects to standing up for her rights
is in a crowded car.-Atlanta Jour
nal.
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HELP Is AIMED AT THE GIRL
WHO COOKS ON A. GAS JET
"The working girl who cooks an
egg over the gas jet in furnished
room and then goes down to her IS
a week job in a State street depart
ntent stOTe-we are going to talk to
that girl in her own language about
things she understands. And we will
show her that she belongs to a class
where 999 stay on as learners
all their lives for every one that is
lucky enough to climb out and get
away from working for wages.
This is the way Winnie -Branstetter,
secretary of the WOman's commit
toe of the National Socialist Party,
explains a plan for reaching out and
getting working girls and women in
terested i'll using their votes to- cap
ture the government for their class.
THE 5000 girls and women in the
State street department stores form a
peculiar army" she said. I'm order
to hold their Jobs they must have
more than ordinary intelligence to
start with. Ana their WOfkt SnarpeHS
the wits They seepeopie and people, |
nothing but people, all day long. They !
become wise in many human things |
that the old-fashioned housewife new
er knew. ].
"They are open to our message |
that all working girls belong to the |
same class and only as the-class goes |
ahead do they as individuals go |
ahead. A working girl who earns
wages to live on. is just a working
girl, whether she scrubs the tile floors
of a Thompson restaurant or whether
she sells. ribbons or underwear for1
Marshall Field & Company.
81 know this kind of philosophy
will jar some of the girls who have
their lamps trimmed and are look
ing toward marriage or expecting to
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"a blind, cruel gamble-that's all
life is for most Of them. And that's the
way they look at it. It's a lottery
Whether a girl gets promoted or mar
ried depends on whether the right
men come along and get stuck on
her
They ought to have a minimum
wage, based on what the wage will
buy. If the Illinois legislature, for in
stance, should decide that every
State street store must.pay each girl
and woman at least SO a week, it
should be fixed that a committee from
an organization Of the girls could
have that wage raised whenever the
prices of food and clothing went up.
Let wages slide upward autOmatiCal-
ly with the cost of living
''The things will come when the
women want them to come. If the g.
600 State street girls and women ever
get it into their heads that they want
these things no state legislature viii
refuse them.
Nc WOAAACAA VI LAAC CAlAs1o SctAl DC- q
tremendous political power They are
working closer together, they are at
the center of events, they have bet
ter combined wisdom and can mass
their power more than the women in I
the small towns and the country.
Joint action with the WOmen's
Trade Union League win be carried
on whenever possible, with a general 7
view of rousiRg discomfort among
working girls. =
Before there can be organization,
whether into a labor. union or a politf-
cal party, there must be agitation,
We who are in this movement are not
ashamed to be called agitatOrs, dis
turbers, trouble-makers, We are go
ing to pound away at this until the
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-20

III SEEMS 70 BE-A special proyi-
sion thst frpit Is the most desired
and adantad hod for warm weather.
and You'll find Il here-California
fruits. oranges, grapes, plums. pears
and tiorthern apples-all fresh.
Also Sickle pears. and plenty OF
bananas J. X. AIanos.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-20
MIR. McADAMS HAS
LOST POSITION
Removed by the Government
From Job as Nal Carrier Of
Iva on Route No. One

Sam M. McAdams, well known In
Anderson and all parts sof Anderson
county has been removed from. his
position as rural free delivery carrier
out of Iva on route Number One, ac-
cording to- letter received yesterday
from, the department at Washington.
Some weeks ago charges 'tere fled
against Mr.. McAdams and Inspectors
Jernigan and Morganroth were sent
to Anderson to make Investigations
and to report Following their re-
turn they wrote a letter to Mr.. Nc
Adams In which ttSy set forth the
following: ;s.a
That the carrier has actSd as a
participant In newspaper contest.
That he has been negligent ia the
handling or mail by throwing it on
the ground and similar acts.
+ Tiiai, iis iis5 suiieit.:u- uusiuess' Sor
fir:.is handling grain. merchandise,
machinery. etc, while on duty as a
carrier. s q. Y
That he manifested nernicious no.
litical activity.
{ That ne has failed to pay his just
debts, 6 2
Mr.. McAdams is like In various
sections OF the. county and tho char
Iges win come as a surprise to many
pf his friends,
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WAITER Position; by October LIST
Experienced bookkeeper and sales
man on road or in house. Al ref
erencaE. Age SO years. Married
Wrlta ]. b. Wright, Seneca, S. c.
s-1e6t.p.
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-20
SPLENDID SHOW
AT THE PALMETTO
New Company VIII Open The
/. Week With a Dandy Per-
formance

Another big week is before the
Theatre goers of Anderson, as The
Holly -Toity Comedy Company is
booked for the entire week at the
Palmetto Theatre. This Company
comes to Anderson with the highest
endorsements of the Theatrical man
ayers wherever they have played.
An article published In the Asheville
Gazette is reproduced In the Ad of
the Palmetto theatre. at the top of
page 8 OF this issue Manager
Pinkston in talking to. reporter ior
the Intelligencer stated that he has
every assurance that the bill for this
week will he q winner, rs the COM
edians with the Hoity-Toity Co., are
in a class of their own and musical
numbers are the best yet. The girls
are said to be "sonne wprblers", as
we'll as "some lockers. In other
words the coming week wau be the
best yet at the Palmetto from all
The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-20
TELEPHONE INVESTMENT
REPRESENTS THOUSANDS

will be "show place" when visitors
see the new home of the company
In talking of the new building yes
terday, Walter S: Beatty, resident
manager of the company. said that he
was proud of the building and we'll
pleased. with what he has been able
to secure for Anderson and to do for
Anderson's public since he became
manager OF the local office. Five
years ago. MIR. Beatty was. placed in
the position which he now holds and
in that time he has been able to ac-
complish much for this city. With
an eye to improvement of the CON-
pany's business in this city he has
able to do more than double the num-
ber OF telephones in use here since he
was made manager and he believes,
with his new equipment, that he can
duplicate the performance when the
new quarters are occupied.
The electricians expect to finish
their work within the next 10 days
and 1t Is probable that the exchange
will be. in use in the new building
Titfiu so days.
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ANDERSON MILLS TO
GET some DYE-STUFF
LONG EXPECTED SHIPMENT
HAS ARRIVED
is IN NEW YORK
Manufacturers In Anderson Coun.
ty Elated Over News that cne
Cargo Had Arrived

The best ncws that has reached
the cotton manufacturers of Ander-
son in long time is the item-announ-
ing the arrival OF the steamer Rotter-
dam in New York with a cargo Of dyt-
stuffs. A local representative of a
big dye concern has received official
notification of the arrival of the first
cargo exported since the beginning of
the war.
The Rotterdam belongs to the Hol-
land-Amefican line, neutral COM
pany. and came from the Netherlands
Her cargo is not an usually large
one, but the reason its arrival is hail
ed with delight is that it furnishes
evidence that the American mills may
be supplied with dyestuifs after all,
regardless of the war.
The question of securing dyes has
been the most serious problem that
the war has brought to the mill men
1t was feared that the supply would
be absolutely cut off for an indefinite
period, and plans have already been
made by many miles TO turn their
attention exclusively to manufactur-
white stuffs until the European
situation is cleared up. But if dyes
Cdn De Suippcu through Holland IN
neutral bottoms the .upply in this
country can be kept at least measur-
ably adequate and the mill men will
be delivered from revolutionizing their
entire business.
The dye men explf+n that the hope
lessness of manufacturing our own
dyes in this country is not due to
any lack cs chemical knowledge OF
technical skill but simply to the fact
that the German dyestuffs are all by
products produced as side lines in
the manufacture of other things.
Such being the case they can be pro-
duced at very low costa cost so
low that American manufacturers OF
dyestuf7s exclusively could never hope
to. compete with it.
Most, Of the patents of the processes
have long ago run onf but the, German
have such binding
agreemtns, whereby one factory fur
cishes what another lacks, that it is
next to impossible for any outsider
to. acentesst. Nsha:r absolute supremacy
OF the market with any hope of finan-
cial success. 1t might be done while
the war lasts, but once peace comes
the American dye manufacturers
would find themselves in a hopeless
pos lion,