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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18
SideIights on the European War

right post only, not a cross. It marks
the grave of d soldier who was known
to be Jew.
Berlin.-9oth in the number Of
births and the marriages in Berlin.
the effect Of the war is slowly bu.
surely being indicated. The former.
during July Of this year, dropped cf
by % per cent, and the latter in AU-
gust showed an even more marked
decrease
The number Of births in the entire
city for July was but 2.415. as against
1924 in July, 1914 This falling Of
has gradually been increasing. as far
as percentage is concerned Though
figures for August are not yet avail
able ii is believed that an even great
er decrease will be found
The big residential suburb Of Vii
mersdorf, one of the largest in Berlin
gives q line on the ever decreasing
marriages in the city In all Of AU-
gust, 1915, only So. weddings took place
in Wilmersdorf, as against 264 ore
year ago Many Of the latter, IL Is
true. were so-ealled war weddings"
marriages performed ahead Of schcd
ule time in order that the men coul1
go TO war--but in 1913, a normal year
TS weddings fO0k ntarp
London. Mrs. Louise S C. Herbert
German wife of a British pastor al
Darlington, has been sent TO prison
for six months as q spy Outwardly q
staunch British subject. it was proved
that she obtained from her servant girl
information concerning munitions
factory. and moreover made sketches
Of streets where troops we're quar-
tered. These activities. together with
the fact that the addresses Of num-
Der of Germans were found among her
belongings, brought about her convic-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18

SPADES. a Cook county real estate
dealer, left q fortune Of 100000. Some
digger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18

I YOU may not have heard that o. X.
Smells operates laundry at Bu-
chanan, W. Va.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18

BIZ THE j. VI. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-18

Rock Island Member Associated Press.
Full Leased Wire Report.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
Random Impressions of Art
In Current Exhibitions
Miss Martha Walter and the Young deaIhe Despondent
Immigrant-New Furniture and Old Fans
Portraits Of Women

Circulars are for the tirhrst annual exhibition OF the
Architectural League which will be opened to the public at the
Fine Arts Building on Sunday February The show will last
for about three weeks There will be the usual competition Tor
the Avery prize and special prize OF $500 The subject this
wear is small chapel assumed be built memorial TO three
brothers who have died defence their counyan edfce sup
piled with pictorial and scuptua enrichment On the same day
that League opens in New York the Pennsylvania Academy
will open its annual exhibition Philadelphia There also, there
will be prizes, eight all told
Apropos of note interesting step
taken bv the Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh Mr. John W.
Beatty the director there has made arrangements for the
tansrrence galleries OF the paintings the French section
at San Francisco There about $50 works in the collection
which will be shown Pittsburgh during the months OF May and
lime next year 1t is good idea and suggests that something
might be done bring New York more than one OF the foreign
exhibits at the Panama Pacific Exposition.
Madame Yang-shs Oentaia at the Anderson Galleries will
M Ike an important sale this week The collection runs to nearly
600 pieces and embraces all of objects Porceans and
aers worries and brasses Jades and enames crystals
and rugs are among things listed The pocelain include both
decorated and single color pieces This collection to be sold
the afternoons and evenings OF December and 10 and the
afternoon OF December II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

sophisticated artist The fates have
been proportionately kind to him. They
have permitted him to use the needle
as he has not. 20 tell the truth, in
variably used the brush, with so supple
and so sure a touch that one would
think ne had been accustomed 70 II all
his life. 1t is amusing to see how
closely this authority is related to his
leading subject. There are some figure
studies in the collection, and they Will
do. One of them, the portrait IN dry
point, called "Nan," is even lovely. But
we can see some other etcher dong
the thing as well, just as we can see
Zorn, for example, doing the Nude
(No. 15), and doing 1t little 6etie[.
We cannot see anybody else producing
Mr.. Benson's duck subjects with
1.-THE of his felicity.
lie has come into his own in the best
of his etchings and in the drawings
that 90 with them. He interprets mo-
tiyes that Individually command ms
frankest, simplest, sympathles; the me-
dunn is beguiling and inspiring, where
pigment is occasionally so stubborn as
10 impose something like defeat. Al
his instructive dizziness comes TO the
surface. to give the fullest aid to ms
fire sense Of light and air. The EN-,
phasis, unquestionably, is to be placed
upon the larger aspects OF his work.
it's atmospheric quality, its beauty re-
calling the vast scale and vitality OF
outdoor scenes. Ii is a fine thing for
him to present mis- types with such
yividness, to set forth in q really IN
teresting manner the traits and move
ments Of his ducks and blue herons
and wild geese and fish hawks. But 1t
is even finer 10 fill the room where
.hey are displayed with the glow OF
their aerial background. 1t IS the
broad truth in his etchings and the IN
dividuality with which he expresses 1t
that we find indicative, like Mr.. Has
sans qualities, of new life IN Amer
lean etching. There is so much more
hope for the future, the immediate
future. in one Of his duck prints, than
there is in a dozen Of those latter day
architectural studies which derive from
Cameron. say, or Brangwyn, or Meryon,
and so on through the whole hierarchy.
Etching will truly revive, with US, when
we use il not as a clever dodge but
as an original, personal art. Mr.. Has
sam and Mr.. Benson have shown that
IL is worth while, and they have shown
the spirit in which it is 10 be employed.
VIII they not stir others by their ex-
ample?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

The validity Of Mr.. Benson's inspira-
ton is traceable to the best Of all
sources. TO contact with life in the open
air. These etchings of his are no prod
ucts Of the studio, however laboriously
they may have been wrought. Their
atmosphere s that of nature, observed
with eager eyes and set down as in a
fash. They are rich, too, In the magl-
cal element of light. That is phase
OF art and nature that has always in
terested Mr.. Benson. His best and
most Characteristic paintings have been
those in which sunshine has played the
dominating part, sunshine and the WIND.
Making his drawings and his etchings
he has been influenced by the same
prediction, and perhaps the greatest
charm of his plates is their beautiful
luminosity. His wild fowl are bathed
in light. The waters on which they
move positively take on color through
the skill with which he eliminates
them. And what is most celebrating
about it is the perfect ease and natu-
ralness with which he conveys his
bright, spacious impression. There IS
no forcing of the note, there is no
tricky playing with values. He knows
all about the effective use to which q
stretch of white paper may be put, and
there are heaps Of blank spaces in his
designs. But when he stays his hand
and leaves an area in the composition
untouched, It is in precisely the same
spirit in which he delineates his ducks.
That is the spirit of sincere realism.
Dealing with some Of the most dec
orative motives in the world, u has
never occurred to Mr.. Benson to be
merely decorative. The present writer
does not recall ever having shot. a
duck and so does not pretend 70 judge
these etchings from sportsman
point of view, but he has seen the
creatures making japanese prints
against the sky and knows how indlt-
ferent they are to the accepted prin-
cples Of design. He doubly appreciates,
therefore, Mr.. Benson's restraint ana
his accuracy. The ducks in his etch-
ings, like the ducks in the heavens, DO
not pose, they happen. They make
some sort Of a pattern, as, again, they
DO when they are on the wing, but the
artist is not insistent upon it, and re-
membering unnumbered portraits OF
ducks we count his tact in the matter
a portentous virtue. Naturally, ne
avoids the other extreme, he is not
for a moment too casual, but he Is
free. unconventional, the understand
ing lover Of wild life, as well as the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

so one is led to believe by fan in
the exhibition of antique hand painted
fans at the Bonaventure gallery.
The Prince de Dissenbourg given bat
tie before Meudon by Prince Sou
bise." so runs the inscription which
its first fair owner wrote upon II in
8 tiny feminine hand. Dissenbourg, IN
a Hessian hat, is hastily departing up
a trench. pursued b. the debonair Sou
bise in red coat. The extent Of the
battle is indicated by the way the land
scape is loaded down with guns and
things. Also, that there may be no
mistake as 10 the victor aud vanquished,
the fair owner took care 10 label each
of them on the fan after her conquer
ing hero had presented IL TO her. Times
have not greatly changed Another
member of the fair sex, who IS con-
fding her joys 10 a parrot on another
such fan, wears boomers.
The collection certainly should in
terest those with and without-the
money to purchase, who have a taste
for such things. There are Louis XIV
fans Of delicate gold work inlaid in
tortoise shell, Of ivory and pearl. paint
ed, in no uncertain hand. with court
Danas and Venuses. There are Re
geney fans and Louis XIV fans, where
classical subjects give place 20 the
Vatican style Of rustic. or where the
much berouged members Of family
smile from miniature. framed panels.
or swan-skin and flexible ivory and
Vernis-Martin they are.
Etchings. engravings. or Autographs
of portraits Of women, from meLzo-
tints of da Vinci's La Belle Ferron-
Mere and "Mona Lisa" 20 an illustra-
ton of mother nursing her child by
Paul Heleu. are on exhibition in the
Portraits of Women" in the prints d.
vision of the New York Public Library.
Here and there. OF course. appears the
direct work OF some artist himself;
as an example two dry-polnts By
Paul Helleu, or R striking etching OF
Miss Anna Burnett" by A. Zorn. For
the most part, however. they are bat
ghosts OF the portraits of fair women,
old friends, indeed. but viewed through
the screen of personality. which even
the best engraver imposes on his work.
See Valentine Green's delicate and re-
fined mezZotint of Sir Joshua Rey-
nolds's Lady Elizabeth Compton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
painter-Etching and Its
Only Perfect Path in Art
Sons of Its Possible Development at the Hands of Amer
icans-Mr. F. w. Bensons Brilliant Studies
of Wild Ducks
BY ROYAL CORTISSOZ.

IN art anywhere it is risky draw conclusions from the
-ance Of swallows Most decidedly they do always
. summer Blu: they do raise happy hopes Only last week
had occasion record what is practically Mr. Chde Hassam
t as an echer and rejoice his adoption OF the needle
Nv comes the Kennedy Gallery, exhibition OF prints by
NJ Frank W. Benson, of the Boston members OF the Ten
american Painters. He too, has begun ech in very
ears and he makes glad OF his efforts Is there then
me reason believing that revival OF etching is presently
be witnessed American art Perhaps yet help
bnkg the subject and these have something say about
which makes the process OF thinking uncommonly cheerful
They point the right pat-a circumstance by itself full OF
encouragement.
The etcher OF always with and many he
an exceedingly clever person That is what the trouble with
him He clever where he ought be little than that
lie possessed OF great manual dexery and he adro
e particular lessons that may be taught him by this
that master lie portray architectural subjects with
doary aplomb quite in the OF Whistler Lalanne
Cameron without Crassy initiating the given modeand
without way rvang that model There etcher OF
this sort the younger group present active who
6nt and successful that imagine their
the suggestion that may be in sight OF revival OF etching The
revival is here they would remind But revival in
the true OF the phrase the production OF lot OF passabe
plates but emegence of artists with the will and the power
make etching a medium for serious personal expression
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

good work. Only why exhibit il. es-
pecially when teaching the young idea
TO shoot-uniess the work is the target.
The exhibition OF American indus
trial art, under the auspices Of the
American Federation Of Arts, now 70 be
seen in the main hall of the Avery
Library of Columbia University, pos
sesses nothing the counterpart OF
which cannot be found in thousands
of publicly and privately arranged
rooms throughout the country. fee
for all that the exhibition should be
praised in It's accomplished effort to
state anew that the position at last
reached by furniture made in Amer
lea" may command sincere respect.
Grand Rapids, Michigan. need no long
er arouse mental picture Of folding
cots and kitchen chairs and shiny yell
low sets for Harlem fats. IL should
mean that another corner OF our land
has set up virile art.
The scheme Of the exhibit. the same
as that recently shown in the National
Museum, in Washington, d. G., IS sane
ly eclectic. By furniture its organizers
seem 10 mean everything that we Of the
United States have about us in the
rooms in which We spend our lives
So first the visitor may turn to an
excellent upholstered late English
renaissance armchair and settee from
S. Karpen & Brothers. and next TO a
charming bronze of a young Diana by
Janet Scudder. Again there are verd-
ure-like. soft. grsy-green chair up
holsteries. made by the Edgewater tap
estry looms and nearby reduction OF
Frederick MacMonnies's virile Nathan
Hale. Mirhali Oriental rugs. OF soft
brown texture. made By the Uniteo
States Persian Carpet Company. are
ready FOR the floor and many tastefully
designed silks for the walls.
OF all the arts in America architect
ure is advancing with the greatest
strides. On every side public and pri-
vate buildings are evincing an extraor.
binary refinement Of taste and
strength. Il is TO this advance of
architecture that is due this like ad-
vance of its allied arts and crafts. I'm
fortunately for furniture. however, the
chief improvement in architecture is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

Recent paintings by Mr.. Stephen Par
IRISH and some etchings by Nine. Louise
Rogers are hung at the Braun gallery.
At the Rose gallery tomorrow Mr..
Charles Caryl Coleman will open an ex-
hibition of some sixty-odd paintings
that he has recently brought from his
studio in Capri, paintings representing
the work Of a number Of years: they
include oils, pastels and paintings IN
tempera. The Folsom gallery offers an
exhibition of Porto Rican. landscapes
nv Thomas Watson Ball and another OF
portraits and paintings by 5. Montgom-
ery Roosevelt. A collection of thumb-box
sketches by American artists may be
seen at the Katz gallery. Hand-wrought
jewelry and enamels By Frank Gardner
Hale are on view at the Enrich gallery.
The Charles gallery exhibits old laces
and embroideries, with a number OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

Green's flying machine. SO the Wash
ington driving High School deserves
commentator for its achievement in
recognizing that art is one the things
our youngsters should imbibe along
with the three RS. The pity of il is
that the "Associat. on for Culture" the
"Gemeinschaft fur Kultur," should be
in charge. They have achieved the
apotheosIs Of mediocrlty; mediocrity in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

Then walk across the room 70 look az
S. Arlent Edwards mezzotint Of the
same lady. Quite different character
is she
For all that. engravings have charm
and many famous ones are here. Most
obvious Of them all are line Of IA
miliar works bringing forward anew
the masterpieces Of English potraituTe;
Valentine Green's mezzOtint Of Rey-
nolds's Lady Elizabeth Delmo and Her
Children" for one; Coles wood engray-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

ing after Lawrence's "Mrs. Siddons."
for a second. Then. too. there are
others we unquestionably like TO meet;
the engraving by +. Mandel Of Tit.an's
LA Bella" ;. Arlent Edwar6's mezzo-
tint of Holbein's Ann of Cloves
though the eolor might be better
which shows again what master o.
studied work was that painter: and,
for the modern complement Richard
Josey's mezzotint OF Whistlers "Por-
RAFT of his Mother" bringing out anew
the undercurrept of sentiment in that
sxfrAarAinav~ --.s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

all directions, in New Art landscapes
by Montfort Coolidge, in not quite such
new art color bursts like THE Lilies Of
the Field" by Theresa F. Bernstein; in
impressionistic landscapes, as an the
Valley" by s. A. Weiss; in grewsome-
ness in black war and gray cadavers of
the fashion of The Patriots" or
Washed Ashore" by G. Higgins, and
in uninspired portraits.
To make the best Of the situation,
take first Lake Erie Bluff by Adele
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

at the drawing board rather than in
the execution The freedom and life
given by affectionate labor even TO
the humber Colonial frame houses is
not TO be found to-day.
The component parts of the modern
buildings seem turned out by the thou
sands BY shops where employers and
labor unions are both. as a rule, build
ing these parts in the sole effort 10 OBJ
tain as large a share as possible of the
latest conceivable profits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

newcomers' shoulders. There is also
what justifes the toll. the prospect Of
hone achieved Perhaps Miss Olive
Rush expresses it best of all in her
painting. Here is man. stern 70 face
a strange future: girlhood. with the
light Of hope in fresh eyes, and a child
who some day will become the fulfil
ment of that hope. il this nation is TO
endure.
Not so very long ago the idea Of an
art exhibit in a public school was In
the same class as that OF Mr.. Darius
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

So il is with furniture. Style we
have and elegance. in the best use Of
the word. Of which to be proud. But
the personal equation is sadly lacking.
Our tables and chairs show none of
that subtle difference which, TO be
Irish, sets apart twins who are exact
ly alike. For that elusive quality, it
is to be feared. we must wait for the
slow effect Of time, assisted by the
ravages Of our ehildren's boots.
There was another Franco German
difference AWAY hank In l7lh. FL lAAas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05

Pollock. Il is always pleasant when an
artist presents a newly remembered
mood Of nature. Kicker Knox exhibits
a pleasing. soft. brown marine 81
Yachts at anchor. THE Son Of the
Rabbi" by Louis Weinberg, shows char
aeter in the face of a smock -frocked
youngster holding toy dove. Also what
little sculpture had been installed at
the early hour this review was made
seemed better than the paintings, es-
pecially Paul Herzels smaller figures
Of animals. OF course. there must be
mediocre yoyk from which to dsyslep
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-02-10
RUSSIA ADOPTS OFFENSIVE
max Several Days Ago-Austrians
Gain in carpathians.

London, Feb. 9.-Russia's unex.
pected adoption of offensive operations
in Poland, from which the Germans
apparently have been withdrawing
some forces, both to the north and
south, furnishes the most striking fea-
ture of the military situation on the
European continent.
From German sources it is insisted
that the plans for the canture of War
saw still are being pushed. But the
Russians claim several minor sue
cesses at various points and declare
that the German attack reached it's
climax several days ago.
Another huge segment of the Rus.
sian army is continuing it's efforts for a
frmer foothold in the Carpathians, but
it is admitted that the Germans and
Austrians have gained some ground.
At one point severe snow storm is
said to have aided the Austro- Hun
garian troops in an action which vi
emma states has resulted in heavy
losses to the Russian forces in Dulka
pass.
From East Prussia there is little
news, the Germans claiming to have
the situation well in hand, so far az
concerns the prevention of further
Russian advance without the most Sc.
we're fighting.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-02-10
Asks Fire Marshal Probe.

st. Paul, Feb. 9.-Investigation OF
the affairs and management of the
state fire marshaIs Office by the
committee on public accounts and ex.
penditures is asked in a resolution
introduced in the house by Represen.
tative Rodenberg of ST. Paul. Notice
of debate was given and the resolution
went over. After an investigation the
committee, in complianc with the reso.
luton, would submit report on the
advisability of placing the office under
the direction of the commissioner OF
insurance. Charges of extravaganza
In the Office resulted in the proposal
for an investigation.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-02-10

Miss Ellen Forsberg is spending a
few days with her sister, Mrs. G..
Anderson.
Mr.. Palmer and family spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Dean.
A very pleasant evening was spent
at H. Benson's in Alma Sunday eve
ming. Those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. c. Anderson and baby Violet,
Miss Ellen Forsberg, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Christensen and Peter Benson,
the evening was spent in dancing and
playing games.
Mr.. p. Benson, who has been
spending the winter in Illinois, re
turned home last Friday.
Fred Christensen is getting along
fine after the accident to himself and
wife while driving thru the streets Of
Argyle last week The sleighs tip
ped over throwing Mr.. and Mrs
Christensen out breaking Mr.. Chris.
tenson's collar bone. Mrs. Christen.
son escaped with a bruised arm only
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Benson anc
Adolph Benson spent Monday eve.
ming with Charley Anderson's.
From a Subscriber.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-02-10

HAPPY CORNER

J. w. Field was Warren visitor
this week
Miss Cecilia Jorgenson was an
over Sunday visitor with home folks.
G. J. Peterson has been remodel
ing his chicken house.
Miss Olga Lundin called on Mrs.
Field one afternoon this week.
Ward Field was a caller at the
Schoonover home Monday Of this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Grandstrand
entertained the charivariers last
Saturday evening at the S. j. Grand
strand home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bonnie Benson have
been caring for a. sick baby recently.
An epidemic Of whooping cough is
reported in our vicinity.
Miss Annie Vigstal, who has been
poorly for some time, is now report
ed as being confined to her room.
Miss Julia Grandstrand returned
from Kennedy and Donaldson Satur-
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-02-10
REFUGEES DISLIKE BoNNETs
Belgian Relief Association Sends
Warning Against Sending Of
Antique Clothing. l

New York, Feb. 9."Bear in mind
that Women's outer garments and bon.
nets are the most dangerous of all
things to send" is the admonition re.
tanned in a letter just received by a
Belgian Relief association in New
York from an agent in the receiving
department at Rotterdam. The letter
is addressed for the information, in
particular, of those kindhearted per.
sons who have been emptying their
garrets of antique clothing and send,
ing the whole lot to Belgium While
the letter does not attempt to detail
the supplies that should be sent to
Belgium, it certainly indicates what
should not be sent