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New-York tribune., 1915-11-21

of without them, the elaborate draw
ing he has made of one sitter against
rather labored background being the
least successful piece he has 70 show.
Since he has the root OF the matter in
him he does not require the adven-
titious aid of backgrounds and "tt-
tings." II Is enough for him to realize
his subject with penetrating sympathy
and then TO design il, to draw il. TO
give il the fascination of color, and TO
fuse these things into unity by the
force of his personality.
Personal weight. in these matters, is
indispensable. The other exhibition
at the Knoedler gallery is amusing to
consult on this point. 1t is charming
exhibition of the Georgian school, and,
we may note in passing, well worth a
visit for its miscellaneous attractions,
such as the two genre subjects by the
little known Stubs. But We would
glance more particularly at its sou
venrs of eighteenth century portrait
ure. They are souvenirs of a largely
artificial tradition. When personality
was behind it, as in the great works OF
Reynolds or Gainsborough. il was in
comparable for its flashing elegance
save in the great works of the eigh-
not live on artifice alone. The leaders,
when they nodded. were as common
place as the lowest private in the
ranks. The best thing in this show
is the william Gator" of lilly Kettle,
the best because it reveals some poig-
nancy of feeling That is the lesson
of the Georgian school of portraiture,
bringing US back 10 the lesson OF lngres
and Degas. II was great when its tech
nical formula was vitalized BY bon
science and study, by inspiration, and
only then. The rest is graceful court
illness and other minor stuff.
For still further suggestions on our
theme we may go TO the late John W.
Alexander's portraits at the Arden gal
lery. Many Of his familiar and most
successful canvases are here, well IL
lustrating the traits which made him so
extraordinarily popular. the gracious
Interpretation of engaging types Of
Young womanhood, the facile draughts-
manship. the thin. but tasteful, color.
the unfailingly decorative pattern. II IS
all very clever. very winning. Why,
then. does il fail to leave deeper i'm
preston? Because the principles of
portraiture in Alexsnder's hands de-
liquesced into pattern. Because his
long, flowing line was too easily manip-
uated and became an affair of effect
rather than an affair of drawing. Eter-
nal vigilance must be the watchword in
portraiture, if in any field of art. We
go back for a moment to the National
Association of Portrait Painters, where
so many artists. like Alexander, exhibit
so much skill so much energy. II only
in the grain of what they do there were
a deeper. more individualized, more in
teresting sense of what constitutes
portraiture and art.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-21

One Of the things that make life in
teresting is our sense Of the beyond.
This Mr.. Maurice Braun satisfies in the
landscapes among his paintings and
sketches in oil at the Milch gallery. In
his work with the missions OF Southern
california as subjects he cannot be
said 70 have succeeded. The medium
seems crude, and no one would wonder
what is around the corner or behind
Tho wall Mr.. Braun's landscapes, how
ever. are another matter. Here he does
s,i+ the old desire Of exploring be-
neaib the next clump Of trees or gaz-
INC above the next rise Of hills. His
work TO this end is not so much cheer
SuI as reposeful. especially as seen in
tho hszy summer charm Of Blue
Maintains" Even the LATEST OF US
would like 10 take a walking trip over
"EI Captain. San Diego" or shall we
say lettering trip!
New-York tribune., 1915-11-21
The Cubistic Bore, and a Pleasant
Anfjdote

1t is disappointing enough when men
Of talent. trying with ali imaginable
good will to do interesting work. get
lost in the byv'rvs. Il is positively
irritating when painters turn up delib-
erately fouting the guideposts on the
highway. The Cubist Is with us again.
At the Secession gallery Mr.. Oscar
Bluemner is showing some paintings
and drawings based upon New Jersey
landscapes Tia! is a sweet phrase
which we have put between quotation
marks, lifting il from the card of in
vitation. What, precisely. we wonder,
does Mr.. Bluemrer mean bv il? From
his works We should judge that there
was no need 10 lag in New Jersey.
They suggest q box of crudely colored
blocks, 5trayed from some nursery and
flung into grotesqIe arrangements. At
the Daniel gallery there are drawings
and paintings by Ar. Man Ray. which
productions, we take IT, are based"
upon some advanced" cubistic hypoth-
esis of art. TIev are as battling and
wearisome as NJ. Bluemner's. Once
more we recur 10 he everlasting pri1.
ciples. But no.. this time. 20 talk
about them. What would be the use?
Ii is a relief, atier these experiments
in the torturlng OF paint 10 pause Tor
a little while in the exhibition of early
American LANDSCAPES which has beel
organized at the Enrich gallery. There
are no great pictures in the collection.
Those pioneers of ours, Asher B. Du
rand. f. L. Chu.Ch. Thomas Doughty.
John F. Kensett. J. F. Cropsey and the
rest, must necessarily seem rather col
orless types TO the observer of the
present day. And the examples shown
of Inness. Wyart and Homer Martin
belong 20 their formative period. when
they were only Just emerging from the
New-York tribune., 1915-11-21

The good portrait painter, we may be
.old does not want to belong to a
.ehool. Certainly not, if that were to
mean the unimaginatiye reproduction
Of the formula Of one man by another
gut what the growth Of school in the
true sense really means is neither imi-
New-York tribune., 1915-11-21

of a child comUs;ed with that Of the
modern landscape schools? At least
the man had a feeling for beauty and
tried to put it ~ 10 his work with
reverence for nature and for art A
picture like his, mediocre at the best.
is still rebuke for the Cubists and
their like.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-21
A Glance at Two Famous Paintings.

principle. an ideal sought after and
fostered with kind. Of hungry passion.
Can we develop a school of portraiture
without them. or without an anxious,
ambitious sense Of their importance?
Our hope must lie, of course, in the
individual, in the painter who has not
only the ability but the point of view.
That is why we have spoken on another
New-York tribune., 1915-11-21

ures. in lis eyebrows high curved above
dreaming ewes. in its parted lips and
clean cut nose. il gives a fantastic
moonlit feeling Of exotic aloofness that
il real ard personal and new. What
II the stone about it is not cut; its
presence j. unfelt save where il helps
the fantasy OF the face.
Another bust. little and very retir-
ing, and set, as 1t happens, with its
New-York tribune., 1915-11-21

After spending a fair share Of life
dwelling on the perversity of inanimate
objects. reflection of their unexpected
cordalty sends glow of satisfaction
through the visitor who first meets
with Amsterdam" and "Old Saumur."
so warm and a trife unwashed. in the
exhibition of etchings and dry points
by d. Y. Cameron at the Kennedy gal
lery. Il has been said that "the Scotch
are soft with women, but hard in all
other respects" Mr.. Cameron must be
the exception 70 the "other respects
rart of II, so much gentle sympathy
Goes he feel for the works Of man that
ne meets on his wanderings from
"Dinant" and its sweeping quay TO the
moorlit street III "Siena."
No wonder he taxes rank with the
frs. rodern men of his craft. To be-
gin with. he has unaffected simplicity.
Look at "Angers: Rue des Files Dieu.'
filed with haze laden French summer
air He does not try TO make ms ma
terial walk. talk or stand on its head.
lie modestly offers emotions Transcribed
in black and white that send his fellow
New-York tribune., 1915-11-21

man Off on { new train Of thought and
a cherished one. He has not only per
sonality. charm. call 1t what you will.
that sort Cf bloom on an artist without
which nothing really counts. but as
well a technical equipment which eX-
presses that charm 20 the public. 80
many artists seem content with in
growing personality that it presents
itself as an agreeable surprise 10 md,
New-York tribune., 1915-11-21

There is nothing reposeful about the
landscapes of Mrs. Emily Palmer Cape.
who is exhibiting az present in the
Goupil gallery. No one would like TO
sit in those landscapes very long. Miss
Cape's pictures deal with one subject,
sunset seen through clump OF birches
and over water. In them she evinces a
peculiar knack Of making her paint
snap and of dealing not with sunlight,
but with the crisp. white light some
times met with on cloudy dav. Most
successful Of all. perhaps. is her wind
Clouds" with its madly blown birches
beneath the blue, brown. gray splotchy
atmosphere that comes just before a
summer storm.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-21

we usually make on art is that il lay
before Us anew the reasons for living
in and thinking about this world of
ours. Therefore. when faced by some
one whose symbols are meaningless TO
yourself, and whose world is not an at
tractiye one TO you az least, you are a
little puzzled. This is the case with
Miss Thalia Iiilett's pictures at the
Macbeth gallery. Her Spring" for eX-
ample, is not the spring in the writer's
minds eye. The trouble is that Miss
Millett has an unconscious leaning
toward the new art. She can hardly be
said TO draw. Her composition is all
her own. Her color also is OF the
rough and tumble variety, but of a
rather unusual clarity. especially
where il has no opportunity to get raw,
as in the windy observation-disclosures Of
her September Day" Perhaps later on
Miss Millett will come TO her own. For
when she tempers her force Of charac-
ter. as in Early Evening" or Glen
Cove" she arouses a genuine reaction
in her visitor. Especially is this true
of Early Evening" where she repre-
sents a harbor, seen through that long
remembered still sunset air so full
of what the nature lovers call ozone,
the air that bears to you the most in
innate gossip on your neighbor's yacht.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-21

Mrs. Jeanne Durant Rice and Mr..
Leon Volkmar established the Durant
Klns in Bedford. New York. in 1911
in the hope Of recreating some OF the
beauties of the potter's art which have
come down from the best periods.
In their exhibition at IS West Fifty
sixth Street. they seem on the hign
road TO success. For the most part
their glazes are clear in Color,
brilliant, yet never acid, and tneir
shapes graceful if more or less heavy.
The majority of the work is IN three
shades, a light blue that runs aimos.
into green. a darker Persian blue, ana
a Chinese yellow. as clear as towering
mustard. Besides this they have some
iade green, wherein the fexibility or
tones shows charmingly through the
crackleware, a few pieces OF Egyptian
blue and a plum-colored vase and two
howls for those who like plum color.
Perhaps the most charming work in
this tiny exhibition is a large fiat
flower bowl. about two feet across. Of
Persian blue. and Chinese yellow vase
OF exceptional refinement of form.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-21

have shown their natural, ingenious
taste in readapting the conventional
patterns Of their inheritance. the
Shield Of David. the eyen-branched
candlestick. and in the rugs. the gentle
Bezalel school is hoping by is efforts
to replace the present day dependence
and barrenness Of the Holy Land with
self-reliance and industrial and artistic
development. II is on the high road to
success. The visitor can enter this eX-
hibition and leave it without feeling
for moment as II he were a tourist
al bazaar.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-21

Obviously. the painter Is lover of
the West, and with this affection he
has pointed out something often
missed in that land. that. as in 'Under
California Skies" the barren lack OF
foliage which so frequently discourages
the man from the East is not unceas-
ing, and. moreover. IS compensated
for by a color so many times warm and
cordial. as in "a Reposeful Spot" not
clear and arid. as usually presented. In
other words. Mr.. Braun has expressed
new moods Of nature rather than the
fncts Of landscape. and so well fills the
province OF the painter Of the out-of-
doors.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-21

Art is certainly not presentment OF
reality. But at least 20 reach our emo
tions artistic symbols must blend win
our visual images, or memories OF op-
jccts Moreover, one OF the demanos
New-York tribune., 1915-11-21

Eight years ago Professor Boris
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-03
FORTRESS CAPTURED BY RUS
SLAMS WEEKS AGO RE.CAPTUR-
ED BY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
GEMANS CONTROL GALICIA
NOW
Vienna Denies That Italians Have
Made Great Gains Against AuStrians
and States That Italians Have Been
Unsuccessful in Every Instance.
(By Associated Press.)

LONDON, June 3.-Przemysl is
again in the hands of the Austrians,
according to news dispatches received
this morning from the Austrian capi-
tai. The government of Francis JOS
eph today issued an official statement
that the Galician fortress had been
re-captured after long struggle with
the Russian garrison.
Przemysl was taken by the Russians
a month ago after a long siege in
which the garrison was literally starv-
ed into surrender The possession of
this important fortress gives control
of practically all of Galicia. The
Austro German forces have success
fully carried out the first part of their
scheduled advance from Cracow.
The fall of this Galician fortress has
not yet been conceded by Petrograd.
So far official cables from the Rus
sian capital fail to make mention of
Przemysl further than to state that
several small outlying forts were TAX
en- by the Austrians.
Vienna Denies Italian Successes
Rome reports steady advances by
the Italian army. Vienna stoutly de
nies these reports from Rome and
states that all claims issued to date
by the Italians have been greatly eX-
aggerated. In fact, Vienna brands re-
cent dispatches that the Italians have
made great progress in Austria as ma
licious falsehoods. The Italian often
sive has been unsuccessful and Aus
tria still holds her own, according to
Vienna.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-03
GOVERNOR JACK
AND MISS LIBERTY
DECORATE BONDS

ATLANTA, June 3.-Several thous-
and copies of a portrait of Governo:
John NJ Slaton, side by side with a
charmingly chic and lovely lady, ar
rived in Atlanta this week and have
been shown to the governors admir-
ing friends.
But wait, gentle reader! Mrs. Sla-
ton has no cause for jealousy, nor
are there any grounds for scandal. The
charming young lady in question is
no other than Miss Liberty, whose
statue adorns the capitol dome, and
who is a part of the governors official
family. Her likeness appears on the
new issue of state bonds along with
that of the governor.
She is a Georgia first cousin to the
danes you see on the dollars, halves
and quarters of the national currency
She is starry eyed and starry crowned
in the picture on the bonds-just tbs
kind of a girl that any pan would
| fight and die for.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-03
JAPS REvOL 7
AGAINST PRESENT
COVE R n NJ { n 7.
(By Associated Press.)

TOXIC, June 3.-An anti-govern-
ment mass meeting here this evening
resulted in serious disturbances, re-
quiring the hurried dispatch of officers
to the scene, and several persons sus-
tanning injuries before order could be
restored. The purpose of the meeting
was to voice@a protest against the
action of the government in accepting
the so-called compromise" with Chi
ma regarding concessions demanded
by Japan following the occupation of
Using Tau, the German Chinese con-
cession.
Outside the building where the
meeting was held occurred the most
serious of the disturbances, clubs be
ing used freely by the rioters. Police
stationed at the scene to preserve or
der were soon overpowered and badly
beaten before reserves arrived. The
meeting, which was largely attended,
issued a manifesto the people of ia
pan, calling upon the populace to de-
mand more energetic action be taken
by the government and before this
could be suppressed, copies had been
hurriedly dispatched to practically ev-
cry part of the city.
Following the disturbances, a reso-
luton introduced in the house of rep
resentatives OF the Japanese imperial
parliament by the opposition, express
ed lack of confidence in the gov
eminent, but this failed to be adopted,
The resolution assailed the govern
ment openly for not securing addi-
tional concessions from China. Much
excitement persisted during the debate
on the resolution, which developed
formidable strength.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-03
WILSON BUSY.
FRAMING NOTE
To KAISER BILL
(By Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 3.-Pres-
ident Wilson today continued the pre-
paration of the United States response
to Germany's reply to the last Ameri-
can note concerning the sinking of the
Lusitania, and it was stated author
itatively that the communication will
be forwarded to Berlin before the end
of the week. 1t will be transmitted
through the American embassy at
Berlin, and will be delivered to the
German foreign office by diplomatic
representatives of the United States.
Much interest was still manifested
today in yesterdays conference be-
tween the president and Count Won
Bernstorff. the German ambassador. 1t
can be stated on high authority, how
ever, that there will be no alteration
OF the administration plan to ascer-
tain whether Germany intends to abide
by international laws or will follow
its own rules of maritime war, as the
result of the ambassadors visit to the
white house.
At the German embassy it was said
the conference had been eminently sat
isfactory, and that Count Won Bern
storff had prepared the way for a bet
ter understanding between the United
States and Germany.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-03
UNION PICNIC
FRIDAY GREAT
OCCASION HERE
SUNDAY SCHOOL WILL UNITE IN
FETE DAY.

The Americus Sunday schools will
have their union picnic tomorrow at
Prospect Park, and the occasion will
be one of unalloyed pleasure for the
little folks and feast for the grown
ups. The pretty park is in fine trim,
and such an occasions there cannot be
otherwise than enjoyable. There will
be no formal ceremony or assembling
of Sunday schools in advance, so far
as announced in which all will engage
heartily. Come on in; the waters
fine7 will be slogan, and feasting and
bathing viii be the big features Of
the day at Prospect.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-03
German Bomb
In Savannah
public.

ATLANTA, Ga, June 3.-In SER
ious endeavor to discover the secret
method of manufacturing German
bombs and torpedoes, young Emmet
Foohy a Georgia cadet in the Bene.
dictine college at Savannah, con-
structed a torpedo IN his own back
yard. He did his work too well, how
ever, for when it was about completed
the torpedo exploded. Part of it
landed in the calf of his leg and frag-
ments tore his clothes and skin in va
rious places, but week or two in
the hospital will make him sound
again.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-03
WILSON, POSITION
MEX|C SITUATION
MEETS APPROVAL
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 3.-How
President Wilson's demand upon the
leaders of various military factions in
Mexico for a prompt restoration of
peace in that country is being received
by them is awaited with intense in
terest today in official and diplomatic
quarters generally. Practical unanim-
GUS approval of the presidents action
has been voiced here today in every
circle, both official and otherwise.
An interesting statement issued by
the Carranza agency here late today
says it is believed President Wilson's
demand is due to the lack of relations
between the United States and the Con
stitutionalists government in Mexico !"
The statement adds that Gen. Carranza
is now practical master of Mexico, and
that he will soon be able to restore
normal conditions throughout the re
public.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-03
.AMER|CUS NOW
SPEEDING SOME
ABOARD J|TNEYS

The jitney has reached Americus
all right, and this popular mode of
conveyance is getting an ovation at the
hands of former walking public. Two
jits are already in service, and others
arc fully assured, to the extent that the
town will soon be jitneyized to the linn
it's The popularity of the Jit is fully
assured in the large patronage already
accorded, and as the temperature climb
again toward the 100 notch, every cit
with nick will hit the jit. 1t is the
popular idea, and beats the street car
to finish The cars here are operated
upon regular schedule and fill an ach-
ing void that helps aching feet to all
inexpressible degree Soon the jitney
will become an established institution
with score of cars hauling a perspir
ing and autoless populace.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-03
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
JEFFERSON DAVIS

ATLANTA, Ga, June 3.--Today is
being fittingly observed in Atlanta as
the birthday of Jefferson Davis, pres
ident of the Confederacy. The princi-
pal exercises will be in the hall of rep
resentatives at the capital. They will
be in charge of Captain Tip Harrison.
and are being participated in by the
Daughters of the Confederacy, the
Children of the Confederacy, the Mem
orial association and the Confederate
veteran camps. Crosses of honor will
be delivered this afternoon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-03
AMER|CUS PARTY
LEAVING TODAY
PACIFIC COAST

The party of Americus tourists for
the Frisco Exposition and San Diego
big show left this morning for Birming
ham, from whence the main party of
a hundred or more will leave for the
Golden West, occupying special cars
and under direction of experienced
guides. The first stop of day or two
will be at Chicago, a-d thence direcs
to Denver for the next stop. Los Ange-
les will be reached about TuesdaY
next, the party spending day or two
sightseeing in that tropical Eden be-
fore going on to an Diego and Frisco.
The homeward trip will include stops
at Salt Lake City and Yellowstone Ma
tional Park. In the .Americus party
of thirteen leaving today were Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Lanier, Mr.. Henry Lanier,
Jr., Mrs. Milton Hudson, Mrs. 7. ].
Baisden, Miss Katherine Smith, Misses
Cordelia Thornton, Annie Mclaughlin
Claude Mclaughlin, Elizabeth Eldridge
Beulah McMath, Evelyn Crew and Mrs
Heys McMath. The party will be gont
twenty-six days.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-06-03
Monument to Stonewan Jackson
Erected At Confederate Reunion
+ SENATOR CUMMINS is =
= STRONG FOR PRESIDENT =
nv Associated Press.l

\ SEATTLE, Wash, June g. =
4 United States Senator Cummins, =
= of Iowa, today predicted spec =
= ial session of congress by Sep =
= tember. The senator praised =
+ President Wilson for his Euro =
= pean policy and expressed the =
\ utmost confidence in his wisdom =
\ in this time of peril. =
\ "It is unfair for the president =
4 to shoulder the whole response =
\ bility. l for one will gladly aid >
\ him in his deliberations. We are =
4 safe with such man as Wood =
= row Wilson ct the head of our =
= government, in this time of
\ great peril" said the senator in =
y discussing the matter. =
y \ \ 4 y \ 4 4 \ \ + = 4 =