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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-10

/ iur rate iur,oascs and the rcopcnug
. OF the recently advanced rreisht rate
v.scs.
After the conference, the railroad
c,r.utNcs mot Commissioners Clcm-
( 'nH, Nochord. Clark and Daniels OF
tho Iutertatc Commerce commission
a copy of on address presented TO the
( President was laid before the COM
lHHs'oucrs and the general railroad
arusuoM as altered hy events since
tine outbreak uf the European war;
Was explained The railroad eNocu-
uNDs said they were ready at any time
io advise with the commission as TO
HnN practical means for affOrding re-
Nr' tu which the roads might be en-
lIiIgd and which the commission
could lawfully grant.
Nt the White House tonight 1t was
said the president would give careful
consideration to the problem. He in
di,3tcd his sympathy with the appeal
" the railroads but made no prom
iscs
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-10
10 Ask $4,000 for
County Improvement
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL
rJT NATTER Up 10 TIE
VOTERS soon.

An effort ls being made to place
on tho ballot I'm the coming county
election a bond issue giving the Tulsa
county commissioners $4,000 To
spend upon Improvement at the
county farm. according TO Information
received from "a member Of the COM
mission yesterday The money is
badly needed TO make improvements
at the farm where the insane and de-
cfepit are kept hy the county
Since the commission can use only
upward OF $1,000 at n time on any one
project, except when a greater eX-
penditure Is sanctioned by special
election of the voters. the election will
be necessary. 1t is patent to all who
are familiar with conditions at the
county institution that Improvement
there is imperative for the sanitation
as well as the actual accommodation
o. the Inmates.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-10

Gritty George ge-"Dat bloke what
rnvo me de dino said he didn't be-
ueve | over took bath. ! told him
often took an immunity bath
Sandy pixies And what kind Of
baths arc immunity baths. pard2'
Gritty George Why, Immune from
yoap and water"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-10

One cigar receives my entire attention, that S my
Mexican Commerce watch it every day that my
always get the full value Eve given them for 20 years.
If YOU don belong to the Mexican Commerce
brigade buy today from anyone OF my army of cigar
dealer, then YOU will understand how and why Mexican
Commcc grows pcrsistcny every year
p. p. MARTINEZ, DALLAS, TEXAS
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Own
500 Volumes in Famous Author Library. the Property
Mrs. Isobel Strong to Be Sold Beginning November
23-Interesting Group of Manuscripts

dearly. Marcel Schwoh." and works by
Henley, Lang. Garnett and others.
or even greater interest To the liter
this writer will he the group of manu-
scripts. which number more than 200.
Among these are some short stories and
even farce in three acts which have
never been published There are hun
dreds Of poems IN manuscript. four
pages of manuscript In the samoan
language. twelve pages Of interesting
South Sea Journals" an unpublished
essay on How Books Have tn he Writ
ten" and an "Autobiography." written in
1879 on which Stevenson writes in PEN
ell two years later. These notes contain
more damned idiocy and self-conccit
than I ever saw compressed in the sam,
space anywhere else"
When 1t is added that in addit. on TO
all of these there are forty nine note
books. bound in paper and boards. con-
tanning an enormous quantity Of
sketches, autographs. verses. notes and
miscellaneous material, among which is
n book in the handwriting Of the au-
thor's mother, entitled. Record Sayings
Of II. l.. s." the JOY OF the true Steven
son enthusiasts Will be unhoundod For
Is it not sufficiently plain that among
all this mass of private ana personal
papers there IL sure To he much for the
future historians that will figure as
fresh biographical material?
As To detailing the feature Of tho CO.
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Of the war game as practised 10y the
ancients and ne makes you feel the
rush Of the wild hordes through narrow
dchcs and tho scouting spirit OF the
skirmish"rs who peer out from noun
tain lodges over wide stretches in
search Of tho enemy They are as
economic Of means ana as broad in
view as Turner's sketches But Tur-
ner's sketches we're designs for pic
lures; these of Rauer's are the finished
works themselves. Times change and
no art fashions are permanent.
Alfred Heshy. an artist who was born
OF English parents in chile. gives his
second exhibition In the Arlington Gal
leries The painter still dreams Of that
far away land. for all the landscapes
are of Chilean themes. He is undeni-
ably fond Of what are popularity called
views" and gives Us plenty Of great
peaks and ranges and vast stretches Of
scenery. one Of the lOftiest Of the peaks
Is the Sunset on the Andes" painted
in all sorts OF pink. lavender and gera-
MUM colors. and with such steep cliffs
and preCipiCes that one shudders to
think Of Miss Annie Peck climbing
them But Of course that valiant spirit
could SEQ the weak spot In these for
mdable offences.
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lection. that il difficult. for everything
in IL is important but no doubt the por-
trait Of Stevenson. by John :. Sargent.
tcrest. In 4 letter to VIII ". Low, the
American artist. one Of Robert Louis
Stevensons intimatcs, dated October %.
1855. he wrote.
Sargent was down again and painted
4 portrait Of me walking about n my
own dining room IN my own velveteen
i-ckct and twisting as ! go my own
mustacho; at one corner a glimpse ~
my wife. IN an Indian dress, and seated
IN char that was once my grand
fathers. hut since some months goes
lay the name Of Henry James. for 1t
was there the novelist owed to sit
add. a touch Of pocsy and comicality.
ct IL. thnk excellent. hut too ok
centric to he oNhibltcd | am at one
extreme corner. my WIFE IN this wild
dress looking Ike a ghost. Is AZ the
extreme other end: between ms an open
door exhibits my palatial entrance hail
and part Of my respected staircase. All
this is touched In ,ovcly. with that
witty touch OF Sargent :. but n course
IL looks damn queer as u whole
II * touched in lovely. but with all
cont is never witty-not even when
alone with his dearest friends, but he
has powerful Wis FOR facts and the
facts that We're before him this Tine
were cruel and cruelty not wittily. he
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set them down. Stevenson was, we all 1
know 1t, wasted by a dread disease and
we are frightened again as we see in
this portrait the loose trousers hanging
about the too lean shanks. the pitiably
thin hands and the ardent eyes burning
with a fire too great to be supported
except at the expense OF the rest OF his
frame.
The attitude In marvellousy furtive.
The poet il caught unaware marching
up and down "in his own dining room"
as he was wont to do no doubt when
thinking out his tales. That the ghostly
Mrs Stevenson of In the other corner
wore bare feet IL not a witty touch. but
another Of the facts. Have we not been
told OF that habit OF hers by many his
torians? What is there that we do not
know about the Stevensons? | am
afraid the only wit connected with the
picture is the witty letter Of stevenson's
| concerning II.
But n IL a clever picture. character
istic of the talent of the famous artist
who painted H. and two rival camps
will struggle for II AT the auction, the
| book lovers rsllying under the Steven
son nag and the art lovers who con-
slider that the opportunities of buying
Sargents at auction are far too few.
! Another art object Of great interest
| IL a statuettc by Auguste Rodin which
/ has never been exhibited and was pre-
scented to Stevenson by the famous
sculptor late in 1856. when Stevenson
was at Skerryvore. Bournemouth. Ste
venson called the statuette Spring
| Time" and others have referred to It
az Spring Awakening the Earth" 1t
has travelled from Paris to Bourne
mouth then to Scotland. then round
cape Horn to Apia. then three miles
up tne mountain In an OK cart. then to
San Francisco and Santa Barbara. Cal,
and then to New York.
II was in Mrs. Stevenson's house at
San Francisco during the earthquake.
and her house was the only one in a
row that was not destroyed by the
earthquake and fire. The ststuette was
the subject Of an interesting CORES pond
cnce between Stevenson and Rodin and
bears the following inscription: "A X. l..
Stevenson, au sympathique artistic, fidele
ami 81 cher poete. Rodin."
The beautiful medallion Of st. eau
dens the most famous and admired of
all Stevenson portraits. is also in the
three feet in diameter. framed in oak
and It hung over the fireplace at
Nailima ST. C;audens. who Stevenson
called tho "Godlike sculptor" began tho
relief in 1857. but did not complete il
until I'VE years later. II has been re-
produced with one or two slight modi-
fications for the memorial in ST. G'le'
Cathedral the monument that was un-
veiled by Lord Rosebery in 1905.
The invslidism Of Stevenson ls here
not overly insisted upon. although the
writer IL shown propped up against
three pillows in bed The charm anc
grace Of Stevenson surmount the back
ground. The portrait Is probably known
90 widely have the reproductions beer
circulated, to every one who has hearc
OF Robert Louis.
The memorials Of Stevenson's youth
are many and are Of great Importance
Chief Of these curiosities is the sun
bcnm Magazine. which Stevenson edited
when pupil at Mr. Tomlinson's day
school al Edinburgh. There are three
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18

"Ht; lovers Of Robert Louis Steven
son. who are legion. will he flung
u into a fresh state of excitement
by the announcement Just made
n the sale Of his library in this city,
besnning November %, by the Ander-
son Company. These were his own
books many of them with hundreds Of
notes and markings made by tho author
IN his studies for his essays. There are
Also a number Of objects Of art of first
rate importance and letters from ia
nous personases. without exception
every article in this collection was Ste
venson $ property and came from the ia
nous residence at Nailims, Samoa.
The 500 volumes in the library con-
u!n some that belonged u Stevenson's
tather. Thomas and some To his grand
father. Robert. both with their auto
naphs. Every book in such a library
will have perforoe what book collectors
call Association interest" 1t also goes
almost without saying that the collec-
ton contains many presentation copies
from Stevenson's famous friends. each
With appropriate inscriptions upon the
fyeaves. Among these may be cited
such rarities as "Beltraffio. From his
friend Of many evenings, Henry
James" Questions at Issue. From his
mund Gosse" the Mines" Of Schwob,
signed TO Robert Louis Stevenson.
With my deep admiration. loving him
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WHAT is HAPPENING IN THE WOR]

EFPEL & co. have dared 10 in
k troduce new artist to US thus
carly in tho new season. They
have arranged an extensive cx-
nibton ~ etchngs and drawings ny
Mar.us \. j. Rauer. a Dutchman whose
WORK = 50 far from having become
csvare 10 our general that II is known
% but few ~ our collectors. The others,
Il Ia safe 10 predict. will rise to the new
bait for Bauer. one must admit at once.
10 very clever individual and his
themes are attractive.
These he finds almost wholly in the
Orient. Il Is not alone the Orient OF the
present hut the Orient OF history and OF
fable There are princes making their
way through narrow streets with at
PENDANTS throwing money To the enrap-
tured "a bible and stern merchants and
vz.ers and moro than one episode In
he Queen Of Shebas story. II Is as II
the artist had been consumed with love
for the refnements and cruelties that
The Thousand and one Nights Enter
nlnment revealed to MS and promptly
with the sudden discovery OF etching az
career had fled o revel In the actual
ties" as they call them now.
Rauer seems To have been another of
'hese etchers. and some Of the greatest
can 10 included In the 'ist who have
become otchers over night This : how
Ma friend Philippe Zilken recounts tn"
tsN
Bauer, I believe, made his first etch-
ne IN my studio, at Villa Helene, in the
autumn NJ 1859. After this first essay
ANHO.nfelt oh fatf Of "a
work and destined for publication Of
ne Society NJ Dutch Etchers. Bauer
was seized with that passion for etch-
'ns which takes possession OF all those
Who are tated 70 achieve great things
WIN aqua FORTS. Almost az II AZ pla y
~ made a considerable number Of little
prints. with the composition either
entity sketched in or profoundly elab-
u'stHd IN which one can already discern
me 'Nn'hosis NJ his graphic powers
Rauer would amuse himself in the
evening transferring these Cronuis n
ne metal and In the morning he would
wing 'nem 10 mo, and | found rare Joy
printing on choice paper those eN-
qulsite evooations NJ the Orient which
rad always adored"
Bauer has already found many com.
hen'a'ors and they mount to higher
wages Of enthusiasm than We can con
enormously command al present, III
mas promise and ability. but the wore
masterpiece" should be used eau
lousy, The very next exhibition a
heppe's might happen to be Of Rem
orand's FOR a Rembrandt show is a.
annual institution in this house, and un
fortunately FOR new regulations III
NeHdard of masterpieces is exceeding
high
"'H i.concerting feature Of tho new
'sp'rdn' = work is the tendency for larg
rtohlnss, which are rather emptil,
nsnai'd, II Is 10 b. hoped that tho ar
s trends will encourage him in tn
- or smaller plates in which he i
s"aoN more successful and IN whicl
"' chances are greater.
The drawings in wash are very viva
'ou' and fun ~ fresh observation, The
are smplhcd in the modern Whistlerls
'fn!on 50 that details are rarely dis
e'n'o.e We know what the mass q
0uman beings 10 up to hut not what m
'hoN1dusl Is doing. The artist is fon
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
\ NJ . o Board
Of NeN andC

York" The Guild Painters OF Hol-
land and city Planning"
The courses being given by Alex
andcr r Van Laer and Or. Bruno
Roseli Of Adelphi College, Brooklyn,
Will be continued this week. ON Tues
day evening AZ the Mus'um of Natural
History. seventy street and
Central Park West. MIR. Van Laer will
lecture on "Rubens and Rembrandt and
the Painters OF the Netherlands" and
on the evening Of the 22d DR.. Roselli
will lecture on "Orvieto-the Pearl OF
the Hin Towns" continuing his course
on Italian Towns"
on Thursday, October u. at the
Avery Library of Columbia University.
opened an important and interesting
exhibition of French and Flemish tap
estries assembled and arranged by
George Leland Hunter author of the
standard book on tapestries and lecturer
on tapestries and furniture at the
Metropolitan Museum. Among the
tapestries shown are one very early
Gothic, Ave splendid Gobelins, two
American portleres In the style of the
Gohelins and after Boucher, two re-
markedly perfect Louis XIV verdures
woven in Brussels and number of ex-
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The publication of reproductions Of
great works of art has become 50 in
tegral part Of modern culture that the
destruction of great house devoted to
this work would kcenly affect American
eduCationaJ interest
1t is, I'm consequence, pleasure -
record that the rumorS Of such a dis
aster 10 the DormaCh laboratories Of the
Maison Ad Braun ct Gle are entirely
untrue. Several members Of this firm
are at the front with the allies, but the
routine Of the establishment has not
been in any way affected by the war.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
ART NEWS AND COMMENT.

A NNOCNCEMENT is made By the
~ Board of Education that on No
vember IL 1t viii open a new
course of art lectures for the adults of
the city NJ Public School l65, 10Sth
street west of Amsterdam avenue. The
subject will be Art and Daily Life"
and the lecturer John Quincy Adams.
assistant secretary OF the Municipal
Art Commission. The lectures viii take
up in turn Art in the Use Of Things"
THE Beauty Of Machine Made Things Sc
paintings Belonging 10 the city Of New
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numbers of the journal. each containing
original colored drawings, which recall
by their vivacity and real talent the
early productions Of Thackeray, and
there are also FIVE drawings that were
intended for future issues OF the am
bilious magazine
Stevenson was a boy VI Is at the time
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
IMPORTANT OBJECTS TO GO IN :
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SALE

reward for the best history of Moses
with illustrations. and Il. l.. s won the
prize. There are several pages OF this
history in his mothers handwriting
taken down at his dctation. Accom-
panying 1t is the prize that he won. n
quarto volume of Bible studies, in
scribed. ar Louis n. Stevenson. A Re-
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tho collection that were made by
stevenson. including some made later
in life. when hc was living in the
South Seas.
The entire collection IL the property
Of Mrs lsube Strong who inherited
1t from her mother. Mrs. Stcvensonj
whose death occurred near Santa Bar4
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18

y more soothing prospect - pre-
sentcd IN the picture ca led Farmhouse
in Spring" hul the pastoral retreat,
fenced i'm nv budding trees, IL again
only small portion Of an immense
view. Wou'd that the painter might
give Us a more intimate account Of this
attractive spot
The Montross Galleries open with an
exhibition of American pictures, mostly
by the younger men. and among them
can still he found traces of the cubistic
furore that raved before the war
The most striking picture Of the first
gallery. and for that matter OF both
galleries is George Bellows's Girl With
Red Hair" The subject IL an attractive
creature built upon a large scale and
SO eXcellently adapted To the sweeping
brush strokes of this artists manner.
She H. seated between the folds OF two
curtains and side light hits the face
with glare OF simplitication such as
often happens with spotlights In thea
tres. The usual forms and shadows to
the face are missing. and the artist
evidently found pleasure in seeking the
new Culors and forms that were called
for, and in fact has worked more care
fully ana to- better success than in any
pur,~a n" eNhihitcl last year.
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ward for the History of Moses, with il
Illustrations. from his affectionate uncle
David. Christmas. 1856"
Their are many other drawings in
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-23
Marble Windows.

Remarkably beautiful effects are Sc
cured by the use Of marble as a
means of transmitting light instead of
glass. This has been accomplished
by a new process which has been de-
vised by an engineer Of Hamburg. w.
Engle.' He has succeeded in making
plates OF marble no more than three
millimeters In thickness and for the
use designated 1t is available up to
20 millimeters thick. The suitability
Of marble for this purpose was real
ized some time ago, but the diff Guilty
encountered was that Of securing the
marble in slabs of sufficient thinness.
These plates permit OF the passage of
a greater amount of light than frosted
glass does, and at the same time i'm
parts to the rays a much pleasanter
color. Most opal glass irnparts to the
light an undesirable greenish tinge,
while the light which passes through
the marble has reddish violet which
is much pleasanter. After the marble
has been ground down to the desired
thickness it Is subjected to an INNER
sion in oil under high pressure, and
the effects secured in this manner are
said the superior to those of stained
glass.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-23
SPORT.

N. A. Hodge. one of the best known
referees in the West, formerly of Al
buquerque. N. NJ. was named as the
Hayes fight. which takes place in
Juarez July 26.
What is claimed to be a new record
for a four-year-old PAGER on a half
mile track was established at Saginaw.
Mich, by Single G., bay stallion.
which won the second heat of a 2:12
pacing stake in 2:07A.
James Withers, who played with the
Kansas City American association and
Sioux City Western League teams
earlier In the season. pitched no-hit,
no-run game for Duluth against vir-
ginia at Duluth. MINI. This is the
third hitless game Of the season In the
Northern league.
r. Norris Williams, H.. of last years
Davis cup, and recent winner OF the
Pennsylvania state title and of the
tournament of Westchester. defeated
William j. Clothier. former national
champion, in the final of the singles
on the turf courts at Seabright. N. J.
The match was onesided. 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
Representative OF Dick Burge. Car
pentier and Bombardier Wells have
arranged for fight between Carpen'
tier and Wells in London for the
white heavyweight championship OF
the world, under Burgess management
The stakes for Thursday nights
match were paid over. Carpenter re-
ceiving a check for $4,000. while
Buckley received $4,000 on behalf OF
Smith. who was not present.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1914-07-23
FOREIGN.

General Victoriano Huerta arrived
at Puerto, Mex, Friday night He was
accompanied by General BlanQuet, his
minister of war.
Simone Pianetta, q peasant OF the
village of Gamerata Cornello. Italy.
killed seven persons, presumably to
satisfy old grudges In the case OF
some OF them. He took refuge In the
mountains.
1t was reported at Vera Cruz. Mex.
from constitutionalist sources that
General Huerta and a number OF his
high army officers intend to gather in
Nicaragua, to seek Latin-American CO.
alition, with view to forcing his
restoration to power in Mexico.
An unprecedented number of sui
cides and attempted suicides have TAX
en- place since the fall of the Huerta
government. In the last two days
four suicides and three attempts have
been reported. The residents are ap-
palled. as such attempts are rare in
Mexico City.
That, the next government. which
deal with the woman suffrage Ques-
tion as a party measure in some shape
or FORM" was the encouraging mes
sage given to large deputation of
International suffragettes at the House
of Commons by Francis Dyke Acland.
parliamentary under secretary for for
eign affairs at London.
The two sisters who were born May
%. Joined together. back to back. were
cut apart in Paris. This difficult op-
Grafton was performed by DR.. Mignot.
assisted by DR.. C. w. DuBouche. chief
surgeon of the American hospital.
The most delicate part Of the opera
tion was the dissection of the intes-
tines, which at one point were united
for a space Of an inch and quarter.