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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

the words thumb box being used to
designate the size, the box being held
by the thumb and forefnger, and must
naturally be small. The word as used
to-day is a misnomer, as they are really
finished paintings of charm and merit.
That is what Mr.. Louis Katz says on
the back of his card which invites you
10 his exhibition Of thumb box sketches
by American artists.
There can be two points OF view on
this subject. The other is that they are
not finished paintings OF charm and
merit ready 20 take their place IN
adequate professional work. They are
more like kodak pictures in the family
album. interesting 10 the little circle
who have "been there" but equally un-
inspiring TO their friends who have not.
or course. ninety-nine one-hundredths
of them are landscapes. Here the COM
position is good. az in a brown hillside
by Mr.. Charles Warren Eaton. Here II
is only photographic, as with some fish
ing boats by Mr.. Hayley I've. Here the
color gives pleasure, as in sketches by
Mr. Chauncey Ryder. Here It fails. as
with impressionistic Miss Mary h.
Tannerhlll. Here Mr.. Bolton Colt
Brown partakss Of Whisyerish moods
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

The landscapes which Mr.. stephen
Parrish is showing at the Braun gal
lcry invite comment similar 70 that
which is made in another column to-
day on Mr. Coleman's works. He Is ono
Of the older group in American art, and
is, perhaps, better known for the brill
liant ctchings he produced long ago
than for his paintings, though we recall
an interesting exhibition of the latter
made in this city few years since.
Like Coleman, he has remained indit-
ferent 20 the salient movements of the
last thirty-odd years. There are traces
in his work Of the possible influence
OF the Barbizon school, and some OF
his skies hint at the method OF the
modern Dutchmen, but on the whole he
would seem quite certainly 10 have
missed the impact Of impressionism.
Luminous as some Of his pictures are,
they nevertheless suggest a studio light
rather than that of the open air. His
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

temporary views; in 1926 one of Broad
way from Bowling Green. How Eng
lish We seemed. Those comfortable
brick and white marble dwellings were
Georgian almost 10 the point of SPELL
ing Hyde Park. In 1881, also, appear
the Broadway stages our fathers have
told US about "Knickerbocker." one
is called, Lady Clinton" another.
With her centre entrance the latter
is obviously the grandma of the pres
ent "hobble-skirt" cars.
By 1929 we can see the hsrbor from
the Battery in a squat. BY 1887 we
view a fiat calm from Brooklyn
Heights. No sewage problem tainted
those clear waters. In 1895 burned the
great fire." with a numbered index
OF the notsbles who attended. Wall
Street. also. put in an appearance as
a residence section during a snow
storm. Ferryboats were about in 1884
But 1852 can boast Of the burial Of
Henry Clay.
New York City has an imaginative
side. For example. We possess an IN
oqualed waterfront along Riverside
Drive. DR.. William T. Henderson,
who is now exhibiting psstels AT the
Hahlo galleries, has the sense to recog-
nize il. See his Riverside Drive, 9s
Pier" with the mist Of the river below
closing over the cool red OF the brick
barges. He exhibits besides peculiar
quality of making contemporary, local
life exotic, without being in the least
peculiar. perhaps through an ability
to see brilliant yet delicate contrasts
of color. Riverside Drive, l26th
Street PIER" expresses this with that
fascinating quality Of dusk on the
river. The Statue of Liberty, the
Plaza from back of the Sherman
Monument. reflect his refinement. Add
"The Clermont" and Grants Tomb
When he has conquered that latter
chunk of architecture what more can
be said?
Out of New York he wanders attrac-
lively. "The Green Pool" is an mag
NATIVE composition of shadowless dusk
by a terrace wall. A Japanese-like
waterfall nearby makes refined eccen-
tricity of medium please the attention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

When Coleman went abroad IN 1853
te fell into the arms Of the old mas
,ers. Born in 1870, he was too young to
enter the studio Of Couture, where
most of his friends we're at work, so
he turned TO the Louvre and went for
more modern inspiration to the LuXem-
bourc. After a year in Paris he drifted
TO Italy, paUsing especially at Leghorn
and Florence. but circumstances were
.fill destined TO interfere with the de-
fnitivc direction Of his talent. In Flor
encc he heard the news that Fort Sum
ter had been fired upon. Almost lmme-
dateIv he decided to return. lie took
massage i'm the steerage; his comrade,
the painter. George Butler, served be-
fore the mast, and they reached here
the dav after the battle of Bull Run.
Coleman was more than eager for the
iray. lu those first days in Pans, when
toutUre's was closed to him, he had
tIpI for chance TO fight under the
toior- of Garibaldi. At home, though
be had TO wait for twelvemonth, he
VAS luckier. and after two years ser
t.ce r- IL volunteer he took his honor
bic discharge only because of wounds
.hich disqualified him for further mill
tary effort. At the end Of the war he
vas back in Europe, again In Paris, but
presently boz Rome. There he lived until
about 1850. and when he left the city
70 was but 20 settle further south. He
made M. home IN Capri, and save for
occasional visits 20 the United States
he has stayed in that lovely spot ever
stc
What d career to mention TO a Fut-
-. bn rv-
of any specifically modern" type?
look At Coleman's paintings. Had he
ans traffic with the romsnticist and
rstursiist'c masters just coming into
'bclr own .n France about the time Of
h, first European journey? Was he
stirred ny thc new gospel of Barbizon {?
Later vss he aware Of the Impression
80 hypothesis. one Of the great con-
tructivc factors m modern art? All
these movements would seem 20 have
PASSED him b. And yet he could paint
GOOD pictures. He had imagination,
.ssie feeling for form and color and,
sosvc al. d consciousness Of the virtue
IS the bottom OF all great art, the
ifsrsce1dent virtue Of design. Some
hing was lacking in his equipment,
sonethug Of technical fuency and
s1roltness, and ~ would have been well
ior him IL he had looked into Monet's
treatment Of light and its effect upon
local color Alfred Stevens could have
'aught him. too. how 70 make his tones
more transparent. his surfaces richer,
more precious. Nevertheless he had
resources, a has been indicated, which
easbled BIN 20 make his due effect. II
vas, essentially, a pictorial effect, not
nat Of the moroccan. not that Of the
brilliant tectnician content with
brilliant passage. To Coleman and his
fellows IN Italy, Nedder among them,
i was important that the artist should
lave subject and give IL its full value.
70, they we're not fatuously bent upon
TIE painted anecdote." They were
imply trying 20 do their work in sym
Is'hy with tho monumental art all
Nosnd them
When IcKim founded the American
Atsdemy al Rome 10 was not 20 turn
l91ng architects, painters and sculp-
'ofs into coryisis Of Renaissance and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12
MY STUDIO WINDOW. ISLAND OF CAPRI.
(From the painting by Charles Caryl Coeman)

doubtful sincerity have caused no in
crease an either public or critical in
terest. It's days in the Metropolitan
Iepertory are probably numbered.
Alas, Your prediction was
not verified. We had this tircsome
piece TO close last season. and 10 begin
this. Now, sir. hone some day The
Tribune's music loving readers will be
asked to vote not for their fayorte
operas, but for those they wish 20 have
banished. III send ballots early, nam
ing the above and The Girl of the
Golden West" r. VI. T.
Nov. 80, 1915.
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and you like him. Here Miss Ruth
Chesney tries il and you do not.
Then all is said and done. What
of it?
Probably Porto Rico does look like
the landscapes exhibited By Mr.. Thomas
Watson Ball at the Folsom gallery.
His Banana Trees, Naguabo" have a
familiar, slithery smoothness. His
rWaving Palms Near Naguabo" GER
tainly recall the eternal clatter rustic
of cocoa palm fronds in the everlasting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12
The Opera Canning Industry.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: As a SATURDAY afternoon opera
goer. for many years past, thank you
for your remarks regarding Der Ro-
senkavalier" in The Tribune Of April
25. 1915: ats inordinatc length and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

Mr.. Henderson also has some nudes on
exhibition, "Aphrodite" for one. They
are graceful in form and color, and
never sensuous. Yet beneath grace
must be construction. Beneath the
curve of an oval chin the artist must
hint that he knows where lies the jaw.
Herein Mr.. Henderson is a bit lacking.
An exhibition of original drawings
by famous illustrators is TO be seen in
the. book. shop of Mr.. Ernest Dressed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

North Thee collection Is modest, ootn
in the quality of the examples shown
and in the number of illustrators, VINO
are mostly English. of the late VIC
torian period. Only three Americans
OF consequence appear. (. A. Abbey,
Howard pyle and Msxheld Parrish. Inc
two Abbevs are wash drawings Of The
Quiet life period, about 1850. They
are interesting. Anything by Abbey
would be interesting. But they have
neither the delicacy of his pen ard INK
work nor the strength of his later IL
Iustrations. Howard Pyle is some
what better off. One pen apd ink draw
ing. in strongly contrasted black ana
wh}te. shows him when at his best in
that medium. II is compelling bit or
work. which. whatever the catalogue
may say, seems TO have come from the
Buccaneers of America.
England is more largely represented.
Du Maurier has several sketches. chiefly
filled with characteristic British
women idolizing the British male. John
Leech reflects earlier manners IN hu-
morous appreciation of their ugliness.
Charles Keene. with a genuine dash,
usually lacking in the work of MS con-
temporaries, appears through the me-
dunn Of a water color OF a scene on
beach. which elsewhere - reproduced
with an impossible insipidity. Tenniel
draws his cartoons OF European poll
tics. Also there are old friends by
Hugh Thomson. Kate Greenaway and
Phil May.
Mr.. Frank Brangwyn sheds light on
dark subjects. There is a tendency
nowadays for an artist 70 believe him
self strong when he can emphasize the
disagreeable side Of the sordid But
here comes a strong man who exhibits
his strength in setting forth the
pleasant side OF the unpleasant; at
least he does so in an exhibition of his
etchinga, which. combined With those
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

cool grays arc his best tones. II is
not. however, for his dealings with
light that he is more particularly 10
be considered. His strength, again like
Mr.. Coleman's. lies largely in the mat
ter Of composition. His motives are
almost invariably well chosen, and in
developing them he shows marked pic
torial felicity. Landscapes like the
Upland Pasture or an Vermont
Valley" or "A New Brunswick Farm"
rich in landscape sentiment interpreted
with a simple emotion, arc even more
engaging through the sense of design
which they disclose. Mr.. Parrish is
very accurate and full in his definition
Of tree and ground forms. These paint
ings contain much good drawing. We
wish that il were also little freer. a
little more spontaneous. few eX-
amples indicate a laudable tendency 10
greater breadth. The little Venetian
Sketch" the loveliest thing on the
walls. owes its distinction TO its escape
from the rather tight handling into
which the artist is prone 10 slip. lie
is the more persuasive, too. for the
same reason, in one or two such works
"a the fine Gloucester Harbor" The
sky il. that is almost !, osely painted,
mood may be. for restraint or for free
dom, he builds up something like an
organic fabric of mass and line. This
is a boon by itself.
Taste, charm without ostentation,
thoughtful mellow sense Of color, all
are qualities Of Mr.. Ettore Caser. an
Italian resident OF Winchester, Mass.
who is now exhibiting in the Cathedrsl
Parkway Gallery. He has a peculiar
trick OF making the visitor think OF
some one else. His Venetian Boats
brings a Renaissance OF William Ged-
ney Bunce in his treatment OF the IA
miliar yellows and golden browns OF
Venetian marines. "The Fins" gives
a Maxfield Parrish effect which can be
traced TO the quality of his blues and
his apparent method of glazing. But
he has not Parrish's firm understand
ing of outlines and definite shadows.
Here you think rather OF Corot IN the
indefinite foliage toward the right OF
his graceful. falling sweep. Parrish
recurs. however. in the best OF his
water colors, his Landscape with Fig
ure." the girl in dull red. the green
foliage and gray-pink clouds.
But when Mr.. Caser ~ spoken oil as
reminding one Of Bunce or Corot or
Parrish ne is being done an injustice
II il is not understood that he never
consciously initiates any Of them. In
deed he no more directly resembles
these men than they resemble one an
other, and few men are more different.
No, he has personality OF his own,
and this reminiscent quality does not
detraet therefrom. Look, for the mo-
ment, at "The Old Palace In the
gentle harmony Of those colors is
very individual expression OF the tran
quill sense of age which has ceased 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12
MARTHA" IN 1880.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Remembering that Martha
was my mothers opera, take the lib
erty of sending you. the following copy
of the cast at an old performance at
the Academy Of Music on December
%. 1880:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

Does il not compare pretty we'll with
any possible cast OF to-day?
New York, Dec. 8, 1915. +. ". 7.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

what is thumb box sketch? A
thumb box sketch is the original i'm
preston in miniature that is afterward
used as a monitor for a more prenten-
tious painting lin point Of size only,
The Washington times., 1915-03-27
Had Tuberculosis
of Glands - Now Well

Glandular tuberculosis has yielded
to Eckman'S Alternative when other
remedies failed. Read what it did In
this case:
257 Lauriston, St, PhiIndeIphia, PA.
.GentIeman March. 1909, my
doctor pronounced my ease 'Fubercu-
losis of the Glands and number OF
operations in n hospital failed to- ben
eft me. In the meantime n friend Of
mine advised Eckman's AlteratiHc.
The wounds In my neck were stili
open and in friShtfuI condition when
1 started to take il. After using two
bottles I found was improving, hay
Ing gained weight, could eat, and wns
able to sleep. continued using il
until was well. On November 81,
1910, I started to work. and since that
time have not lost one days work
through sickness. highly recon-
mend Erkman's Alternative 10 any one
who Is suffering from Tuberculosis"
(AbbreViated.)
(Affdarit JOSEPH B. WHITE.
ECkmans Alternative is most eftiCa-
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The Washington times., 1915-03-27
IN SINGLE FLIGHT He
WINGS THREE AEROS
Vegoud Promoted to Adiutant
for Brilliant Aerial Exploit
Against Germans.

PARIS, March 10 (by maiD
he who first looped the loop--has just
mad his salary Increased to 13 cents a
day. This Is for the days he doesn't t
fly. When he flies all day he will get
from now on 70 cents a day. On all
days, whether he flies or not he will
hereafter be known as Adjutant Pc
goud, instead of just plain sergeant.
This Is the extent of the recompense,
and he is more than satisfied with it,
which Pegoud has Just received for
the most brilliant aerial exploit ac-
complished by any aviator since the
beginning of the war. Pegoud attacked
and brought to earth three German
aviators In one day.
Under the rigid restrictions of the
French army, In which Pegoud is mo-
billzed the same as the ordinary SOL
talk of this exploit for publication. Only
his plain report to his aerial chief has
been made public. In it he says:
while accommodating above C
B, discovered a taube coming
In my direction. l charged. and at a
distance of so meters opened fire with
my machine gun. The taube made q
semi-circle, and I pursued. while my
gunner kept the nlitrailleuse pouring
In a hail of fire without let-up. After
long glide on its left wing. and fell,
completely enveloped In flames and
smoke from its burning wings.
"A little later in the same region
discovered two more aviators over
NJ. I at once attacked the one
nearer to me. At the first hail of fire
from by machine gun the aviator tip
ped. I then charged vertically. my
gunner never for an instant eeasing
his fire. A moment later l distinctly
saw the aviator as he was struck. and
in another instant he had plunged into
space.
INSTANTLY I brought my machine to
at height OF 1,5oO meters, and at
once started upward after the second
aviator. When still 10 meters below
him we opened fire. He replied with
an automatic rifle, and the combat con-
tinued for fifty seconds. Then, struck
by our fire. he began falling. I again
charged vertically by means of a VOL
until with both of his wings pierced
and crumpled by our fire, he, too,
plunged into space"
Sergeant Paul Marchand, a reservist
from Ccntilly. is believed to have ac-
Quired the worlds record for wounds.
He boasts 1917. Marchand was first
wounded in the head on September Il.
lie was badly hit, but insisted on stay
ing in the ranks. The next day he
was fighting from the inside of the
church at Cauron when 1t was bonn
barded One of the first shells laid
him out helpless, and from then on
till the close of the day he could do
shells bursting over him almost every
moment. lie has lost the sight Of both
eye, and one finger of his right hand,
but otherwise Is still fairly ablc-bodied.
The Washington times., 1915-03-27
Monroe Garrison Alert
and Roads Ablaze With
Flash of SearchlightS

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, March ~
With a thin streak of smoke curling
unusual activity aboard. the German
auxiliary cruiser Prince Eitel Friedrich,
which last night was apparently the
innocent cause of the greatest excito-
mont. here aud at Old Point since the
Spanish fleet was "on the Virginia
Capes" during the Spanish American
war. still lies in her berth at the plant
of the shipbuilding company where she
has been undergoing repairs.
The reported dash OF tho cruiser did
not materialiZe last night nor this
morning and despite the wild rumors
here and in Washington. some of which
were deemed to be Of II reliable nature
by Government officials, judging from
tions are that Commander Thierichens
and his officers had no idea of putting
to sea last night.
Their statement mot tonight. but
some other night" was borne out dur
ing the early hours Of this morning,
and persons who watched all night for
some signal that might indicate the
cruiser was preparing to leave port
saw nothing. The pier and ships deck
were alive with armed guards. but at
no time did anything occur to arouse
suspicion, and indications are that the
officers and crew of the raider were
calmly asleep, unconscious of the great
furore their vessel and her rumored
movements were creating.
At Old Point u vastly different scene
prevailed. Beginning about O'Clock
and continuing throughout the night
everything. was hustle and preparedness.
10th AT fort Monroe and Fort ,ool
the artlllcrymen were kept at their post 8
all night with guns cleared for action
and ammunition supplies on hand, while
every available searchlight on the res
crvatiOn was trained over the waters of
hampton Roads and lower Chesapeake
Bay.
This morning the men who had
stood at their posts all night were
relieved by fresh men; and apparently
the vigil has not been suspended.
Col l.. Ira +. Haynes, commandant at
Fort Monroe. stlll refuses to discuss
the warlike preparations of last night,
and the matter is as much OF mys-
terry as ever. Customs officials like
wise will not talk, and no idea as to
the time the PrinZ Eitel will be al
lowed to remain In port before being
forced to intern can be obtained offi-
cially or unoffiCially.
The Washington times., 1915-03-27
Russians Hurled Back
In Czernowitz Region

LONDON, March GA Russian army
at the eastern end of the Austrian bat
tie line has suffered a reverse, accord
ing to reports received here today.
While two Slav armies have pressed
forward successfully to invade Hungary,
the forces of General Ivanoff have been
beaten back from Czernowitz, capital
of Bukowina. and driven several miles
north of the Pruth.
A semi-official statement from Vienna
today reported that the Russians have
been thrown back across the Pruth and
driven nearly tC the Dneister, twenty
miles to the north.
While advices from neutral sources do
not confirm this, a Bucharest report re-
ceived here from Rome today indicated
that General Ivanoff had been compell-
ed to cvacuate Sadagora, north of the
Pruth, and had been pressed back
against the frontier of Russian Bessa-
rabia.
The Petrograd war office for several
days has remained silent about, the
progress of the small Russian force that
crossed the Pruth on pontoon bridges
and pressed in on Czernowitz from the
west. A Bucharest dispatch today re.
ported that the Austrian garrison ut
Czernowitz. by quick march, threw
superior force against the Russian IN
vaders. drove them back across the
Pruth and then crossed the river theni-
selves taking up a position on the north
bank
Other Austrian forces crossed the
Pruth north Of Czernowitz, defeated the
main army of General Ivanoff at Sada-
CORA. and pressed the Russians back ior
several miles. This movement probably
explains reports from English corre-
spondents in Roumania that the Rus
slams ''eyacuated Czernowitz."
No official confirmation has been re-
ceived here, but military eNpcrts I'd
mitted that a withdrawal of the Rus
SLAMS striking against Bukowina may
have become necessary at this time.
The Slavs are concentrating their
forces at the Lupkow, Dukla, and Us
gary, and it was pointed out that a
The Washington times., 1915-03-27
Lewis Hotel Co. Suing
For POWhatan Stock

\ suit in the interest of the stock
holders of the Lewis Hotel Company,
which formerly owned the Powhatan
Hotel. with a view to obtaining stock
nj the Powhatan Hotel Company. now
in control of the hostelry, was filed in
the District Supreme Court today by
Harvey D. Jacob and Richard II. Mar
shalt.
The petition asks that tho PoWhatan
Hotel Company be made to carry out an
alleged agreement to turn over certain
shares of stock and to make an account
ing. An injunction to prevent the dis
posal of any assets of the company
pendine the litigation is also sought.
on motion of Attorney j. H. Bilbrey.
counsel for the plaintiffs. Justice Nc
Coy, presiding in Equity Court No ?,
issued a rule today returnable April 2,
recurring the defendants to show cause
why a temporary injunction should not
be granted.