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Walter B. Kibbey announces that
he mas become associated with Dan
V. Noland in the general practice of
law. with offices in the First National
Bank building.-Adv. SO
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MARKET REPORTS
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We move pianos and houses. e
Royce Transfer, 632 Main.-Adv.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21
NEW SCULPTURE
AT THE LEAGUE
Interesting Work for the Panama
Pacific Exposition.
panan a.
BY ROYAL CORTISSOZ.

1HERE the nothing going New York which " quite
the event which he cannot
witness the show San Francisco In spite
Of all published the subject the exact nature Of the
uon formed E. D. Trask, still pecu-
% matter speculation What has the war had upon
samoan exhibits? will be repaired when the many
known What the result of the
% assigning certain individuals
s has the hanging these questions and many
s, Of kindred import awaited with intense curiosity An illus
- catalogue would be welcome hope will
~ soody general 1t will disclose to the New Yorker
pee quantity with which he has been made pretty
,r in the galleries apropo of this, fall to thinking of the
und influence artistic develop
, in Undoubtedly will the effect Of the exhibition at
r,.,gO and hat immediate and farreachng
There are no Of the
A,t be reduced suspicious OF
n in the sphere of art education and We
, attribute this that particular episode OF recent
m the Chicago fair But how did
M Tbs, was fact for all men movement which
~ increased received an impetus from
fair hardly acquired other has been
s collecting by private individuals has
rOped dealer discovered in optimistic
mood the day by reference to his Western
Customers him. from others have gathered that while local
v,r may the country and
daily from always to be relied upon
This wholesome state but the Chicago
r unquesOnb coming MOreerand this was perhaps
most important Of rendered tremendous service that started
- making over Of Western architecture for precise
data on this point the illustrated periodicals
ed TO the building McKm Hunt Burnham and the rest
style and produced simple unit Of
~ they enforced ncddhcy broadly touched the minds
men There followed merely initiative expert
m What enued buildings public
sd pvste and growth intelligent effort satisfy the
m demand The West than then but
a has much and judge from the evidence
m far at hand the Chicago which supply the
nuired lesson
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21
THIS STEEL WON'T RUST
Sheffield Firm Has New Metal
for Cutlery.

A Sheffield firm has introduced
"Tirth's stainless" steel, which IL
claims is non-rusting, unstsinable and
untarnishable. This steel is especially
adapted for table cutlery. as the orig
inal polish Is maintained after use,
even when brought In contact with the
most acid foods, and 1t only requires or
binary washing 10 cleanse. writes Con-
sui John VI. Savage, Of Sheffield, Eng
land. IL is claimed that it retains a
keen edge much like that Of the best
double sheer steel, and, as the proper
ties claimed are inherent in the steel
and are not due TO any treatment,
knives can readily be sharpened on
steel" or by using the ordinary clean
ing machine or knife board.
Il is expected it will prove . great
boon, especially TO large users OF
cutlery, such as hotels, steamships and
restaurants. The price OF this steel
is about 20 cents per pound for ord
nary sizes. which is about double the
price of the usual steel for the same
purpose. 1t also costs more 20 work
up, so that the initial cost Of articles
made from this new discovery, II Is
estimated, will be about double the
present cost, but IL is considered that
the saving Of labor TO the customer will
more than cover the total cost OF the
cutlery in the first twelve months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21

Laura Hills, Lucia Fuller, Margaret
Hawley May Fairchild and others. It
has been we'll selected and gives
pleasant forctaste of the regular spring
exhibition of the miniaturists. At the
Freund Gallery there may be seen ten
decorative panels by Angelica Kauff-
mann, illustrating the story of Tele-
machus They are good examples Of
her pretty style The City Club ex-
hibits a number of Vermont landscapes
by the late Frederick Crane. Portraits
in wax, bass reliefs, by Miss Ethel
Munday, are on view at the School Of
Applied Design for Women. The Mich
Gallery shows paintings and etchings
by Gordon Mallct McCouch.
There will begin next Tuesday even
ing at the American Art Galleries a
sale Of the prints left b. the late
Rudolf Seckel, a dealer favorably
known in New York. This collection
includes etchings and engravings by
old and modern masters and few
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21
Drawings by the Old Masters and
Paintings by Modern Men.

The exhibition of hundred old
drawings at the Ederheimer Gallery Is
one OF the best affairs of the kind ever
arranged in New York. The show at
the same place last season was good,
but this is finer. Like that one, i:
illustrates practically all the schools
German, early Netherlsndish, Italian,
Dutch, Flemish, French and English
and this year it is richer in really
memorable examples. OF the various
schools represented the German is per-
haps the most impressive. Mr.. Eder-
heimer has come upon fine specimens
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21

serener grace. Witness the Greek ele-
gance of Miss Longman's Fountain
Of Ceres" for the Court Of the Four
Seasons" Mr.. French's solemn Genius
Of Creation" the lovely frieze designed
by Mr.. Ellerhausen for the flower boxes
at the Fine Arts Palace, the fine winged
figures by Mr.. Weinman for the "Foun-
tain Of the Sun" in the Court Of Hon
or" and the Roman groups in Mr..
Konti's reliefs for the Column Of
Progress" Mr.. Konti, it may be added,
especially brings US back TO the point
We have noted about the more studied
character Of all this sculpture. Work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21
rich svmbolical plan in this huge work !

rich symbolical plan in this huge WORK
would alone command serious atten-
ton. But even more pertinent TO our
present inquiry is the purely plastic
;nsniration which he has brought to
the execution of his task. He has in
the first place developed strong de-
sign. an interesting web of line and
form, and then he has shown sustained
mower in his modelling Of the many
figures. Each one OF these has char
acter. is animated by some clearly per-
ceptible quality. The thing has been
thought out, and the fervor Of Mr..
Athens broad purpose has reacted
upon the details Of his work. lie Is
soundly dramatic, where it would have
been easy 10 be coldly conventional.
The movements of his types play, too,
into the hands OF ms decorative ann,
aiding enormously the important mat
ter Of light and shade. Vigor pulses
through the whole design.
There are other sculptors here rep
resented, working for San Francisco,
who share in Mr.. Athens mood of
ebullient vitality, notably Mr.. Calder
and Mr.. Lentelli, and they, too, have
done admirable, If not quite so weighty,
things. In general, however. the Pana-
ma sculpture shown is more classical
in temper, illustrative Of gentler,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21

excellent, if not particularly di.tin-
guished. portraits by Mr.. J. Campbell
Phillips are at the Enrich Gallery.
The National Association Of Portrait
Painters, exhibiting this year at the
Seligmann Gallery hardly demon
strates the value Of its existence as an
independent organization. There are
few interesting paintings shown by
George Bellows, Cecilia Beaux, George
Luks, Robert Henri and one or two
others. As a whole the show might be
an overflow at an ordinary, very ordi-
nary, Academy. The Little Gallery pre-
sents a small group of miniatures by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21

merit. High among those few we would
place Mr.. Weinman's "Study for
Sphinx, Scottish Rite Temple" I'm
mistakably architectural in its deco
rative character, IL is also an impress
sive conception, handled with admir-
able simplicity. Mr.. Bitter makes two
contributions. The Memorial Figure"
itouching in sentiment and subtly mod
elled, and the Thomas Jefferson" give
an impression of ample ability. The
"Goose Girl" a fountain group, has
not only authority but charm. The
laughing figure and the realistically
portrayed fowls are modelled with a
light touch, yet the monumental char
acter of the group is perfectly pre-
served. The subject is in the best
sense composed. Mr.. Manship, always
comfortingly proficient, always de-
lightfully ready with something to say,
renews our fears as to the possible
disappearsnce Of the sculptor in him,
70 make way for the mere craftsman.
His Infant Hercules" fountain fig
ure, and his four decorative panels
symbolizing the elements, are so many
consummate tours de force. They are
charming, for q moment. Then their
charm evaporates, for in their horid,
Eastern traits one feels not true
sculptural beauty, but the specious sp-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21

peal of an overweight preciosity. De-
vised in another age for some Indian
temple by An artist who used this style
because he could not help himself,
these designs would ring true. Only
in that case, we fancy, they would not
wear so muscle bound an air. Taken
as they are, to-day, they smack OF
artifce rather than of art.
The backward glancing hypothesis,
made too much Of, perhaps, by Mr.
Marship, is not in itself to be dispar-
sged. Much in this exhibition is the
better because the artists concerned
have been emulous Of the past We
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21

of some fascinating old northern mas
tiers, Jorg Breu, Wolf Huber, Tobias
Simmer and others. Huber especially
is in glorious form. His "St. Jerome
in the Desert" n pen drawing, with
white high lights, Is a picture, besides
being touched by that charm which be-
longs to a drawing alone. The Italian
group, il less inspiring as a whole,
contains some precious pieces, notably
the Landscape" by Domenico Cam
paCnola. The fragment from some Mi
lanese sketch book, the study Of hands
and draperies attributed to Bcnvcnuto
Cellni, and the TWO playful drawings
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21

have seen this in the fidelity to the
classical tradition shown by certain OF
the sculptors. II is TO be noted again
in the department of painting, though
not particularly, as it happens, among
the Panama decorations. Among the
makers of the latter Mr.. Milton Ban
croft is the only one who admits a
specifically historical influence. His
panels for the Court Of the Four Sea-
sons" are in the spirit Of the Renais-
sance, Venetian in their conception of
form and design, if not in their color.
His work has an engagingly suave dig
nifty. Mr.. Simmons and Mr.. Reid show
their studies for the decorations which
were described in The Tribune before
they were taken to San Francisco.
Similar preliminary sketches come
from Mr.. Dodge and Mr.. Du Mond.
None of this material is quite ade
quately representative of the immense
canyases actually put in place, but with
a little use Of the Imagination one can
see that the walls Of the exposition
will be freighted with a good deal Of
handsome color.
Among the contributors Of designs
for places nearer home Mr.. Schlader
mundt leaves a good impression with
his ceiling for Mr.. T. +. Ryan's art
Gallery. The Roman mode associated
with Pintoriccho is we'll adapted by
him 70 a modern room. Mr. Barry
Faulkner's Scene from Shakespeare
Tempest for a private house, wakes
memories both Of Durer and of old
Chinese painting in its treatment of
landscape forms. II is an interesting
panel, we'll done, which one would like
to see in place. Mr.. Taber Sears leans
to good purpose on early Flemish
precedent in his triptych for Grace
Church, Joshua Crossing the Jordan"
The grotesquerie OF the old German
and Netherlandish masters, with trace
Of the Italian Primitives, aids Mr..
Chanler to get the due macabre effect
in his sombre Death and Life" Mr..
| Fosdck cultivates a certain note OF
medievalism not unsuccessfully in his
"Pentaptych of the Life of Jeanne
/ dare" though as a colorist he exer-
cises almost too much reserve. A
| richer, drawer investiture Of his theme
would have made it more satisfying
There are divers clever works by
Messrs. Crisp, Brangwyn, Covey, Fair
banks and Scion. But it is significant
that we are not moved to traverse their
exhibits in detail. The truth is that
the room given TO painting is, in the
main, of only mild interest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21

OF dancing children by fOrdehoHc
should also be observed. In the Dutch
and Flemish category there arc many
works to be cited, the powerful
slaughter Of the Innocents" by Van
Dyck, the exqusitely drawn musketeer
by Terborch, the superb example Of
the color and bravura of Jordaens, his
"Christ at Emmaus," and the numerous
Landscapes by the Ruysdaels and
others. In the French school Boucher
Fragonard and Pater arc salient. The
English drawings are good enough, but
of no great consequence. 1t is fine
show. Illustrating the cult of the draw
ing at its best, which is to say the
cult Of the old masters in their most
casual, spontaneous moods.
The paintings newly placed on view
this week leave a rather mixed impress
sion. At the Macbeth Gallery there is
an interesting group of works by de-
ceased Americans, landscapes by Inn
ess, Martin, Homer and Wyant, heads
by William Morris Hunt, beautiful
decorative subject, Autumn Leaves"
by La Fargo; a powerfully painted
Rooster" by Winslow Homer and
three capital souvenirs of Ralph Blake
lock. The last mentioned painters
wood Nymph" is little gem, as ro-
mantically beautiful as Monticello
These pictures are none of them
noticeably important" but they are
all good to see. Mr.. Colin Campbell
Cooper has at the same gallery an ex-
hibition of pictures painted in India,
full of the color Of that country and
skilfully done. He is as accurate an
observer as the late Edwin Lord Weeks,
and he has much more sympathetic
touch, a much finer sense of color. The
Macbeth Gallery shows, finally, num-
Der Of clever impressions painted here
and abroad by Mr.. Guy c. Virgins.
The oils and water colors by Mr..
Maurice B. Prendergast at the Carroll
Gallery disclose a talent in the making
rather than a gift fulfilled. His re-
heated studies of beach scenes, in
which figures, clothed and nude, are
not so much grouped, formally, as
casually apprehended, vaguely suggest
that he is trying for something worth
while in both design and color. He
has. we surmise, a synthetic purpose.
But thus far his strivings yield results
that are merely spotty and obscure.
Though the water colors are somewhat
more ineligible than the other paint
ings. we cannot find in Mr.. Prender-
sast's work in either medium anything
70 Justify the oracular claims made, as
usual, in the preface TO the catalogue.
Mr.. Leonard VI. Davis, the painter OF
the series OF Alaskan landscapes at
the Brandus Gallery, is adroit in bring
ing vast mountain forms within the
bounds Of pictorial convention, and he
makes an attractive canvas when ne Is
restrained in tone, as in THE Spirit
Of Winter" or "A Shower, Southeast
ern Alaska" His color in most OF his
paintings is distastefully hard. Eight
or nine artists fill the walls at the
Arlington Gallery. Mrs. Dewey shows
some good portraits, there are clever
spirited studies by Mabel II. Smith and
Mrs. Harriet Barnes Thsyer makes
decidedly good effect with her notes
a .-.oI !, ,ha East. A number OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21

Ike his. 50 sincere, so rich IN the
fruits Of research into form and drap'
crv seems extraordinarily thorough
ooinc and individualizcd for the pur-
noses Of a summers pageant.
The things in the sculpture collection
which are not for San Francisco are
numerous. of course, but they include
comparatively few pieces of distinct
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21
ONs AND OTHER MATTERS OF FINE ART

that 7 don't find much time 70 write;
Therefore, would be very thankful
IL you would give TO my American
friends my heartiest regards and let
them know how much | regret TO be
unable 10 write. | have received 80
many friendly letters and am deeply
moved 20 see that my friends over
there are worried about me. often !
long for my museum and wish | could
enjoy art again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21
News from DR.. Yalentiner, the Mu-
seum's Curator of Decorative Arts.

Since Or. Valentiner left for the war
very little news of him has reached
New York. The letter given below,
written by him to a friend in Berlin
and forwarded by the latter to another
in this country, will be of lively inter
est to those who know one Of the most
brilliant members of the staff Of the
Metropolitan Museum. The reports Of
his having been wounded have before
this been happily contradicted, but the
nature of his daily experience at the
front has not hitherto been made
known. He says:
Best thanks for your New Years
wishes. which | heartily return. Over
Christmas and the New Year we were
on the firing line. For the last four
weeks we have been in the vicinity OF
Muhlhausen, near the entrance to the
Valley of the Nosges, where we have
helped to repulse the attacks OF the
French. To-day is the fifteenth day
of fighting. Every day they lombard
US from the hills, and the shells fly
over our heads and sometimes hit the
houses. Yesterday our house was hit.
The she'll broke d hole in the wall OF
the room above US, but didn't come
through the ceiling. Shells often drop,
too. in the garden before my windows,
where | am working with two com
rades at five telephones to transfer
the orders for firing which come from
the staff. To-day it seems to be i'm
proving, because we have forced the
French batteries to withdraw further
back. During recent days we have had
a few casualties among the gunners Of
our batteries. which are located out.
side the village. The inhabitants had
10 leave their homes two days ago.
am all right, and the rumors that |
was wounded are untrue. But | have
had to do so much by day and by night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21
Sulpture and Painting at the Archi-
tectursl League.

IN the decorative wing Of the Leagues
ambition work for the Panama show
appropriately conspicuous. 1t is but
ANAL portion Of all that has been
pfsdueed in sculpture and painting for
Ne Establishment Of the buildings, but
aseres to give a fairly good idea OF
Ne whole. Thus considered, 1t sug-
sests, by the way, q comparison with
as decoration al Chicago favorable in
zone respects at least to the workers
70 the present problem. We have sp-
siseistive memories Of what was done
% 1893, Of the judgment with which
Ne sculpture was made stately, when 1t
aseded 70 be; and picturesque, as in
aseNonnies's clever fountain, when 1t
ns necessary 20 be gay. But at San
tsneiseo, we infer, there is to be
sofe sculpture which will be, IN the
rret sense, sculptursl work, that is,
s'ne not only as decoration but for its
wh sake. The reflection is excited
sstsbly by Mr.. Robert Athens "Foun-
us Of the Earth" for the "Court Of
ne Universe" to which the Leagues
void Medal Of Honor for sculpture has
Justly been awarded.
ne wildly expressive manner in
seiet the artist has worked out his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-21

paintings. The sale will continue
through three sessions. Later In the
week. at the same place, the second
part Of the Ichabod T. Williams col
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22
HAS AIDED COUNTRY
James J. Hill Praises New Bank
ing System.
Democratic Measure Has Proved Its
Worth and Is Now Important Fac
tor In Contributing to the
country's Prosperity.

James j. Hill. the greatest empire
builder in America, spoke recently OF
the financial revolution which has
changed this country from debtor to
a creditor nation in single year, OF
the possibilities both Of gain and dis
aster which such a change involves,
and then said:
Fortunately, banking system has
been put into effect which makes 1t
possible for the country to handle Its
new interests without disturbance"
That new banking system is the
work of the Democratic party and es'
pecially the work Of President Will
son. 1t was put through in the teeth
OF the fiercest opposition from Wall
street. 1t is standing every test 1t
saved the country from utter financial
collapse a year ago last August and
now 1t is providing the machinery for
guarding and extending American com
merce.
1t is working so smoothly that the
country almost forgets 1t is there
But the next time any partisan ranter
begins blathering about the Wilson adj
ministration being hostile to bust
ness" remind him of the federal re-
serve act and quote the words OF
James ]. Hill.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22
Oklahoma soIldIx Democratic.


Republicans of Oklahoma have no
ground for the belief that they have
a chance to carry the state next year,
according to Col. ]. w. Beverley. a
prominent lawyer of Muskogee.
There has been a lot of talk, |
know, among Republicans that they
will carry the state next year, but
there are no good reasons for 1t" said
Colonel Beverley, at Washington,
Oklahoma is just as solidly Demo
cratic today as it ever was, and 1t
will be Democratic next year. The
president is strong throughout the
state, not only among Democrats, but
among Republicans.
There has been very marked i'm
provement in business" continued
Colonel Beverley Crops are fine,
The recent hot spell has been good
for the corn, and wheat and oats new
er were better. There has been some
reduction of acreage in the cotton sec
ton, and the crop this year probably
will not reach more than 100000 or
100000 bales.
Just now the oil industry is boom
ing. The price of the crude oil has
advanced in short time from as low
as 20 cents a barrel to 80 cents, and
1t is going up. Oil men look for the
price to reach $1.O0 by Christmas
Necessarily this will bring about an
increase in the price of gasoline"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22
Little Doubt of One Thing.

Victor Murdoch, chairman OF the
Progressive National committee,
brought from Kansas on his visit to
the East the information that the
Democratic party will blow up" with
in six months. Like predictions have
been made so often, and so many tor.
pedoes directed at the party have
struck it, and 1t has survived them,
and it has lived through so many
storms, and still triumphantly rides
the waves of life, reasonably happy
and serene, that there is room for Sc
rious doubt as to the reliability of Mr..
Murdock's prophecy. But no one
would question a statement to the eff.
feet that Mr.. Murdock's own party,
the Progressive. blew up some time
since.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-10-22
Oct. %, 1914.

French retook Altkirch.
General Helmuth Won Moltke,
chief Of German general staff, re-
tired on account Of health.
Russians defeated Germans near
Warsaw.
Russians captured many Austri-
ans and some guns In GalicIa.
French and British waashlps
bombarded German positions on
Belgian coast.
British cruiser carmanla dam.
aged.
American relief committee
cabIed $4,000 to BeIsians.