The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-25
CHANGE IN LIFE OF
 PARIS DUE ID WAR ALMOST A MIRACLE
1900 Students of School of Beaux Arts Join Army. Many Important Ex-
 hibits Are Closed

lS incalculable. At the National School of the Beaux Arts 1900 of it's 2ooo stu
 dents have joined the allied armies.
 Four of the professors areNalso at the
 front, Brandon, Mason. Marcek Ind Leroux.
 The closing of the Louvre, the Lux embourg and other museums; the can ceiling of many important exhibitions during the winter; the suspension of the classes in many other large acad-
 emies besides the Beaux Arts; the de
 parture of nearly go per cent of the
 French artists who are now under arms
 and the disappearance of thousands Of
 other artists of every nationality arc
 some of the consequences of the war
 upon this phase of life in Paris.
 Among the first of the Beaux Arts
 men to fall on the battlefield was Mor-
 ris Berthon, chief of Jaussely's atelier
 and also a familiar figure at Jullens.
 He had been a candidate for the Pr1X de Rome and numbered. many Amer
 jeans in his circle of comrades. Jean
 Hillmacher, another prominent Beauz Arts man, has fallen at the battle of
 Vutry -le- Francois: he received second prize in the last Prix de Rome concour
 Noel Hall Pierre Sylvian Petit, Henri Caroly, Georges Aussenard, Maurice
 Vidal Pierre Sibien, Louis Planskew- ski Georges Demonchy and Lucien
 Roustan, Louis Ringuet and Jean Pe- tit have been killed in battles. Gus ta-e Boisson, the guardian, so well pe- loved by the Americans who have worked in the great national school' has also fallen, as color bearer Tn the Seyenty-sixth infantry. He was killed in rescuing the flag of his regiment. Pierre Laurens, the second son Of the famous painter, Jean Paul Laurens, has been wounded and taken prisoner. lie is now being cared for in the Red cross hospital in Wittenberg, Germany lie has A wide circle of friends in Balti- more where he had been recently to arrange the placing of the decoration. "The Surrender of Yorktown, painted by his father Pierre l.aurens IS also well known in New York city, Nhere he has painted many important DOT traits.
 Is Widely Known
 Monsieur Hauffbuer, widely known In America. has returned to France from Richmond. where he had been painting decoration commissioned by the state lie is now in the French army. A K. ulmah is another French artist with an inter national reputation who is at the front. Among the men who exhibited in the | "Futurists' show two years ago in New | York are Andre Duren, who is now mill l tary chauffeur: Charles Carmoen, on duty l in one of the forts near Dijon; Andre ue Segonzac on guard near Toul and de la Fresnaye, who was exempt, but neverthe- l less entered as a volunteer. He was ! wounded, but has returned to ms regl- ment after a short convalescence. Jacques yillon is in the trenches near Lassigny | and dozens of others could be mentioned. | Matisse, who is still in Paris, is impa- | tiently waiting his notice to joi nhis regi- ment and has arranged his affairs so that | l.tol. I,e. O a
 York next February will receive some Of
 the best of his works, notwithstanding the | fact that many of his pictures are held In | Berlin.
 | Charles Huard, whose wife is the daugh- | ter of the late Francis Wilson, is one of the many wel-known etchers who are now l in the French army. His chateau near l Villers Cotteret was occupied by Won l Kluck and his generals, who have taken
 away everything except the four walls 1 of the chateau. The beautiful collection
 of porceains. antiques and rare books. which were the joy of Monsieur and | Madame Huard and their many American 1 friends, have been taken by the Ger mans In the collection were 900 orig I inal drawings by the artist representing I the best of his lifes work.
 l But the list is intending as nearly every studio in Paris has the little blue, white
 and red card placed in the corner of the
 door, saying "Mobilized. will return after victory"
 There are but few American artists in l their Paris studios. r. Huntington and l James Ryon are both serving order
 lies in the American military hospital at i Neuily. J. c. Casey enlisted in the Sec
 ond regiment of the Foreign legion
 l The American colony is more active in l aiding France at the present moment than
 in painting pictures. They are helping
 greatly in caring for the large number of | artists and models who are suffering from the effects of the war.
 Gathering Fund
 A committee of S4 artists now in Amer ica are gathering relief funds for the 1 families of the French soldier-artist. The treasurer of this committed, William Bailly Faxon of New York. has already
 sent a substantial sum to Monsieur Leon Bonnat, who Is the president of brother
 hood formed by the Societies des Artistes
 Francais, the Societie National des eBaux
 Arts and other art associations.
 The Social Protection League, which is
 represented in Paris by Madame D. Van Saanen-Algi, Madame la Vicomtesse de Rancougne, Miss Enid Yandell and Mon : signor M. E. Van Saanen-Alsi and in . America by Miss Malvina Hoffman, has ] also come to the aid of the artists. and their families, besides helping all sorts
 of artisans engaged in the fine arts and
 the models and their families
 This league is supported by generous , gifts from America and from the Comite ] du Amicale des Peintres at Sculpteurs One of the seven Cantines of this league
 is established in the Academic Colarossi
 where Paul Partlett held his classes This cantine may be cited as an example show. 2 ing the great work which is being accom- e plished in relieving the artists and models = who require assistance. Under the direc. e tion of Monsieur Roseman. the students O atelier has been transformed into a mode Il restaurant for artists. Tn one corner is
 the kitchen, with running water and - huge gas range, opposite is a sort oi a lounging room made by hanging tapestry l. from the cross beams. Two meals ars
 served twice daily, one costing only s cents and the other being free. The men, l. consists of a soup two vegetables ant
 an unlimited quantity of French whit. l. wheat bread, and a dessert, in addition e to a small carafe of red wine Twice z
 week pot-au-feu and meat are served j. During the months of October and No d vember the total number of meals sup '- piled by the seven canteens was 13,263 o l. which 6946 were paid for by the diners. J. There are three of these establishment
 in the rue de la Grande Chaumiere, on, 5. at IS rule Boissonade, Place Pigalle, n Impasse Girardon and Il Impasse Ronsin 5, there is also work room for the womei
 were they are given paid employment Il A refuge-atelier has also been opened @ where the artists may read and pass theil
 evenings and needy are supplied with win d ter garments. While these canteens ans h annexes are at the disposal of all non
 oombatants, regardless of their national