The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13
FRENCH GRATEFUL
FOR u.s.. SYMPATHY
Album Presented by Artists
Is Unique Testimonial Of
Their Gratitude.
TRIBUTES OF WRITER'S
Special Corrtsrondence to Tur sur.

PARIS, May 29-Although unique" IL
a word in danger % losing its meaning
by oyerusc and misapplication, 1t nsy
be used without excess to describe the
gift made to-day to the United States
In the person OF It's Ambassador. Mr..
Sharp. by a representative number of
Frances artists and writer's.
The generosity shown by the United
states to France ever since the war
began. and In particular the sympathy
shown to her artistic professional asso-
Citations (which are apt to be overlooked
in such movenents). created n wish 10
give an outward manifestation OF tho
gratitude felt. This seemed fated TO
remain without expression until Henry
Lapauze. the curator OF the Petit Palais,
on the Champs Elysees. conceived a 1T
ting means. fIe formed n COMMITTEES Of
which NJ. Poincare. the President, be-
came patron. and NM. Delcasse. Min
istcr OF Foreign Affairs sarrant. MIN
lister of Fine Arts Bonnat. president
OF the Institute, ard Hanotaux, NOM
Der OF tho Academy. were presidents.
with about sixty Of the best known men
In arts and literature as members.
Many Artists Respond.
Thi, committees appeal for examples
II work was answered by nearly
ninety artists. To mention only q few
~ the widest known names, Besnard.
director OF the villa Medicl, Rome
Leon Bonnat. Calbert, Pau Chabas,
Jules Cheret (of poster fame). Cottet.
Elameng. GerveN, Harpignies. Jean Paul
Laurens. Leandre. Henri Martin. Maufra.
Raffaell!. R~ochegrosse, Rodin and the
'-cSlents Of the three salons. old. new
and independents: Mercie. Roll and Sig
nae. sent sketches or paintings. These
were all mounted on mounts OF the same
size and placed In three handsome cases.
TIE appeal to writer's met with an
equally ready response. Nearly seventy
sent expressions OF their admiration
for tho United States, and these were
bound In a fourth album. Tho list Of
names, too long to give IN full. con-
tains those of Nine. Juliette Adam.
Barres, Bergson. Botrel, the Brittany
poet. Paul Bourget. Emile Boutroux.
Brieux. Alfred Capus, Frances Charmes.
Deschanel, Maurice Donnay. Anntole
France, Vincent d'Indy. Maurice Le-
blanc Pierre Lott. Maeterlinck. Pichon.
Saint-Saens. Marquis de Segur. sc.
In her tribute Mime. Juliette Adam
says that American women, having
every facility for perfection within their
reach. seem to epitom!ze many OF the
qualities Of women Of other nations.
She writes:
Tribute to American Women.
A easily adaptable as the English
woman IN fitting herself TO any change
in residence. possessing French taste
in every refinement, combining Span
Ism and italian beauty OF expression IN
her looks. with the solid education Of
Russian women. she borrows nothing
from German women. as they hav"
nothing to be borrowed. Free
from maudlin sent!mentality American
women have AL tho greater horror OF
barbeTic monstros'ty"
Prof. Rergson writes:
II consider the fundamental note ~
tho American sou to be idcallsm. m
idealism with which sometimes In al
lied a certain mysticism and which
always has strongly sentimental
echoes. BY ideallsm I mean a com
bination OF tendencies difficult to define,
but scarcely needing definition curios-
ity about matters OF the mind and
spirit and n habit OF placing them above
all others n desire to give to ne
an ever richer framework, and an OBJ
jrct hat * always more and more
elevated, and above all n very keen
feeling FOR the eminent dignity of the
human being. Whoever has lived IN
America knows that all that Is very
American"
Both Alfred Capus. editor OF the
Figaro, and Francis Char1nes. editor
OF the Re,us dss Dcur Mondes. testify
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writes, horn CloriouSly IN the tempest.
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