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N AMERICAN ETCHER OF AMERICAN SUBJECTS
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r USTAVE ADOLPH HOFFMAN
aims to be known as an Ameri-
can etcher Of American subjects
Some of his plates are just plain line
etching, others a combination Of line
etching, soft ground. dry point and
aquatlnt. and still others, like 1.-THE
Cottage" simply aquatint.
THE Cottage" is Of special interest
because, so far as Mr.. Hoffman knows,
nothing similar has been produced by
any other etcher in this country or
abroad. II Is an etching worked out in
an entirely new direction in that there
are no lines the result being due TO n
novel process of handling the rosin
dust. Mr. Hofman's discovery per-
mits him to represent brush work and
to give the appearance of a painting.
The unique effect gained has excited the
interest of connoisseurs here and
abroad.
Mr.. Hoffman spends much of his
time in the country where he has
acquired the sympathy with nature
which is manifested in his etchings.
Besides being an etcher Mr.. Hoffman
is portrait painter of distinction. His
home is at Rockville. Conn, and he is
generally in Florida during the winter
He has travelled extensively in this
country and Europe.
In November, 1910, he sailed for
Egypt, where he spent four months
studying. He travelled as far south
as Nubia painting the various types of
races in watercolors
After spending three years studying
at the National Academy of Design in
New York Mr. Hoffman went to Munich
in 1891 to further his study of portrait
painting and remained there over three
years. receiving instruction from Prof
Karl MARI and in landscape from Frank
j. Curria and s. l.. Wenban, the latter
a distinguished etcher.
Mr.. Hoffman first exhibited etchings
in Munich and some of his plates were
purchased and published by the Munich
Society of Etchers, whose object is to
further the interest of copper plate
etching. Upon mis- return to America he
exhibited at the National Academy ten
plates which were described as dealing
admirably with both figure and land
scape. Since then most of his plates
have been produced in New England.
Mr.. Hoffmans etchings have been
sold to collectors in the United States
and Europe and have been purchased
by the Royal Gallery in Munich. the Art
Museum at Frankfort, the National Gal
lery in Leipsic and the National Gal
lery of Berlin and have been highly
commended and accepted by Sir Sidney
Colvin for the British Museum in Lon
don.
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J. P. Morgan Catalogue of Porcelains Sound

the way Of doing something much more
important"
That was enough for Mr.. Cooke. He
got into touch with Mr.. Newcomer,
and in four or five months the memorial
volume was finished.
IL notified Mr.. Laffan that it was
completed" Mr.. Cooke said the other
day when telling of the experience, but
didn't see him for weeks afterward when
he happened to be luncihing at a down
town club. He saw me at the same
time and said: sit down. 1 want to
talk to you Can you repro
duce Chinese porcelains?'
II looked at him in silence, wonder
ing what he meant. L didn't know
anything about porcelalns, Chinese or
other; but Mr.. Laffan evidently took
1t for granted that l knew something
about them, for he at once continued:
Would you reproduce them in the
three color process or by llthograph 2
looked at him again in dumb astonish-
ment. Then he evidently grasped the
situation so far as my ignorance of the
Isubject was concerned, for the turned to
me and said with his usual directness:
You go and study the matter and come
back and report TO me-
"As | was about to leave he added
that Mn, Morgan was going to make
catalogue OF his Chinese porcelains
and thought 1t would have to be made
abroad as he was by no means sure
that such a book as he wanted could
be produced in America. Yet no hest
tated to have 1t done in Europe, for that
would mean packing and shipping his
priceless porctlalns abroad and unpack-
ing them there while each was being
measured, studied and reproduced IN
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Sometimes" Mr.. Cooke continued
with a smile, "it fairly frightens me
now to think of handling those price
less porcelains, many individual pieces
of which are worth thousands upon
thousands of dollars. although of course
/ took every possible precaution against
loss or injury. At any rate my PROPOSE
ton was submitted. and then the actual
work began in earnest.
First of all, after making n contract
with the Frenchman 1 had to decide on
kind and quality of paper for the text
Mr.. Laffan was writing as we'll as the
paper to be used in illustrating the
catalogue: this paper had to be ordered
and also the silk and the levant for the
covers. Meanwhile II was necessary for
| the FrenChman to get under way, for his
was by all means the most difficult part
Of the enterprise. I took him up TO
the museum, where he could see the
variety and coors of the vases and
ascertain eXperimentally whether he
could use with their delicate tones a
secret chemical process he had for the
treatment OF inks making for durabll-
lily of color as well as brillianCe of tone
effects.
He found that he could use his Sc.
cret chemical process, and as soon a.
possible set up a private establishment
In West Twenty-thlrd street wit,
twelve expert color men selected by
himself who were to be solely engaged
for two years or so on the Morgan cat
alogue.
Before he could do anything more
than study the porcelains up in tn,
h..u moi "a mt ~,
itlal step had to be taken. that of max
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out a man of technical skill to look
after all details. The next step was
to find a man who could personally
take charge of the mechanical work of
reproducing those porcelains in the shape
of color plates. Finally after some
weeks OF search l discovered French
man of artistic talent who had done eX-
cellent photographic color work on his
own account and decided that he was
the one to do this mechanical work for
the catalogue. This, of course, after
many talks with him and careful ex-
animation OF his work. Then l went
down to THE SUN office and said to
Mr.. Laffan: I'm ready to go ahead on
the Morgan catalogue. l think we can
reproduce the porcelains satisfactorily
"Mr. Laffan demurred He was
afraid of the indefiniteness of the state
ment. Finally he suggested that l take
a vase from his own collection and
show him what could be done with It,.
SO l took vase from his residence in
Thirty-ninth street, transferred 1t 10
the Frendhman's shop, and he set to
work on 1t.
During the next three months |
spent most of my waking hours and a
good many hours which should have
been given to sleep down in that little
shop. Then came a day when l car
ried finished plates in full color to Mr.,
Laffan, At first he said little, but some
days afterward he said he had shown
the plates to Mr., Morgan, who had ex-
pressed himself as satisfied with the
experiment Then Mr.. Laffan told me
to go ahead and make my business
proposition in writing as to the cost
Of the proposed catalogue and the esti-
mated time needed to complete IT,
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color. Them they would have to be re-
packed, reshipped Ito New York, trans
ferred to the Metropolitan Museum, and
there unpacked again and replaced in
their cases. The risk was great of break
age, and Mr.. Morgan wished to avoid
II II possible.
IL went out from that luncheon club"
Mr.. Cooke continued, land hurried up
to my office to write letters summon
ing there all the SPECIALISTS in color
printing that I could get hold of in the
United States. So far as | could as
certain the only catalogue approach
Ing this projected one of Mn Morgan's
was the well known Walters catalogue,
which took ten years in the making
and cost a quarter of a million dollars
to complete.
Conference after conference was
held with color men who came here
from many places, each of whom was
eagerly alive to the opportunity. Mean
while 1 was going around through the
publishing houses asking every man l
knew II he could recommend some one
specialist who would give up his entire
time and thought to supervising the
manufacture OF the book Several times
a man already in the publishing busi-
ness offered to do the work. but when
asked how difficult 1t would be each
one said there would be no difficulty
whatever; that 1t was only necessary
to use care. This showed, of course,
that they did not understand anything
about the real scope OF the task or
how delicately and accurately the mar
vellous porcelains would have to be
| treated.
81 decided that ! would have to be
ny own supervisor and get along with
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ing photographs of each piece. Tho
method was this. l arranged with
photographer In Thirty third street and
to his gallery sent one after another
of the rare objects, moving at one time
from five or six to a dozen, and after
he had made several exposures of each
the porcelains were taken to the
Frenchman's workrooms in West TWEEN
ty-third street. one day l had at the
gallery the famous Hawthorn vase, val
ued at 100000, and from there 1t went
TO the Frenchman's color studio.
There he would take the photograph
and stand it up before a workman, and
near by place the original; and then
would commence the task of transfer
ring each color found in the original to
the photographic stone. I spent several
days each week there studying the work
as 1t progressed and criticisng as
closely as l could.
Before many months passed trouble
commenced. / called attention to GER
tain high lights in the original porce-
lans which in several instances were
not reproduced with exactness In the
plates. The Frenchman admitted that
his reproduction was too dull and for
weeks tried to remedy it. Finally. how
ever, he had to confess that 1t could
not be done.
but knew better, 1t simply had
TO be done, otherwise this particular
Morgan catalogue would never be is
sued. Mr.. Laffan with his wonderful
knowledge OF ceramics would recognize
the absence Of briliancy in those high
lights; Mr.. Morgan undoubtedly would
ron,b,noJ an EIcreDfb pd1e
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adjoining 1t are a triumph OF the latest
development of reproductive art and
may vie with the most delicate handi-
work OF the monastic rubricators. Alto
gether this valuable catalogue is a
worthy counterpart of one of the finest
collections in the world"
Other discriminating critics have paid
similar tribute to the design and work.
manship OF the Morgan catalogue,
which Is considered as remarkable to-
day as when it was issued ten years
ago. And the way in which 1t was
brought into being is a story of more
than usual interest. Also II is a story
OF the way an enterprlsing young
American can perceive and lay hold or
an unusual opportunity and stick to 1t
until it is finished,
The young American in this particu-
lar instance is Robert Grier Cooke, now
president of the Fifth Avenue Associa-
ton. In 1902 and 1903 he was starting
in business as a publisher OF beautiful
books. For a time everything went
along satisfactorily, and then he came
down with typhoid fever. At the end
of a couple of months he got around on
his feet and started out to find new
book or two that some one wanted TO
have made.
After seeing several people up town he
went to call on the late w. NJ. Laffan,
then of THE SUN. thinking that perhaps
he might know of an opportunity. This
was early in the year 1908. Mr. l'affan
listened and then said:
waldo Newcomer in Baltimore
wants a memorial book made for his
father. Write him. II he gives you the
contract for making the book and you
make It satisfactorily IN put you IN
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II the stress and completely of mod
orn business and professional life
l men find 1t necessary to have some
rm Of recreation into which they
may throw themselves with keen zest
IN order to retain their mental and
phys elasticity. Some have a pas
sion for hunting; n larger number
are enthusiastic fishermen, others find
relief from business cares In tennis or
Yachting and still others, although the
TACT may not be generally known,
maintain private printing plants in
miniature, where they design and make
books f exquisite workmanship.
As ID rule only small editions OF these
volume de- luxe are printed, and Of
,ouf-" hey are highly valued by those
'oIlA |'r enough to possess them as
gHt I'm addition to such works how
ever. .yo in a while some man OF
Nea and appreciation finds reason
Tor ne a special book made for
SPEC purpose; and In comparatively
IeN' YEARS a new note has been
sour i IN this distinct field of art,
peril the highest achievement of
WI. has been attained by the great
e"t1. lc de luxe entitled Chinese
'"ry. H.us' designed and issued by dt-
''yi"n Of the late j. Il. Morgan. Re-
gtrduf Oh" Chinese Porcelains" Dr.
trIed. a Hlrth wrote as follows in
me Brllctm Of the Metropolitan
AuscUm Of Art:
H'i' s a book which in a German
pun. library would be kept in a
s'''a cas-" in room especially set
ASH" for the exhibition of book treas
uI' among the rare old prints OF the
100. A-os. II IS quite new book,
'r1', but the many illustrations
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Continued on Elcrenh Page.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-01-23
DO NOT FEED GARBAGE

A poultry book recommends that
those living near hotels should ar
range for the garbage, stating that in
it there is such a variey of food that
it will be of untold value to hens. The
fact is that anything the average
restaurant will refuse to tumble up
for their customers is questionable
food for either fowls or hogs. In the
summer this refuse, when removed
once day, is unspeakably foul, and
the one who removes or handles it
needs the nose of scavenger Fer
mented and decaying refuse from such
places is dangerous, even to handle.
In this garbage is often found pick
les. sour cabbage, tainted meat and
other stuffs-even including coffee
grounds-6t only for the manure pile.
We cannot be too careful about what
we feed our stock Fowls should
have perfectly sound food or they will
not enjoy perfectly sound health.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-01-23
LATE MATCHES

What is demanded by the late hatch
ed stock of all kinds is the proper
feeding and care TO mature 1t before
cold weather arrives. That all OF the
birds will mature is out of the ques
ton if they are compelled to shift al
together for themselves on the range.
They will grow some, it is true, but
they will not grow as rapidly as they
should If they are to reach maturity
before winter appears. To induce l
rapid growth, the young birds require
good feeding and housing at all times.
This does not mean that the late
Matched pullets should be penned up
and fed all the food they will consume,
Rather they should be encouraged to
forage every day when the weather
permits, so that they may derive the
exercise necessary to keep them i'll
good physical condition. But in con
nection with the food they can pick
up on the range at this time regular
feeding morning, noon and night
should be practiced.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-01-23
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS
AN INTERESTED VISITOR

r. D. Jenkins, with the John Deere
Pillow Co., Of San Francisc, was in
Yerington on business for his firm
yesietday. Mr. Jenkins is an old
Colorado man and well versed in ag
ricultural propositions. He assisted
in putting Colorado on the map as a
potato producer and when he heard
that there was a possibility of holding
a Farmers Institute here he at once
volunteered to be on hand IT they
would notify him, and tell the farmers
something about agricultural nipple
ments and tools, and in every way CO
operate with the State Agricultural
College and the farmers towards the
betterment of the situation in raising
and marketing potatoes as well as all
other farm crops.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-01-23
BIG NEW RANCH WELL

V. c. Bernard has just had com
pleted large we'll on hs ranch on the
east side of the valley. 1t was bored
by the Leverich machine, is Is inche,
in diameter and 90 feet deep, with l.!
feet of water in it This is only sur
face water, and how much it will pro.
duce with pump has not yet beer
demonstrated 1t should be good TO-
all purposes on the ranch except irri
eating and it might furnish suficien'
water to irrigate small tract of land
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-01-23
EXERCISE THE HEN

Consider that the birds which have
been on the range all summer will
miss the abundance of fresh air dur
ing the first weeks of confinement, and
turn them out in the yards for exer-
else every pleasant day, allowing them
to stay there as long as they wish, and
while they are out take the opportun-
ity to throw open all the doors and
windows, to obtain thorough ventila-
ton and to purify the house. If there
is no scratching shed arrange some
plan whereby the house can be made
as light as possible during the day,
and especially so that plenty of sun
light will scatter itself over the floor
Above all things see that the floor is
dry at. all times, particularly if it is
an earthen floor, If it gets too damp
this will invariably mean bad cold
Then see that the food consists of as
great a variety as possible.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-01-23
TERM DROUGHT
RESISTANT" SOMEWHAT
OF MISNOMER

The term drought resistant is
somewhat of misnomer. Plants do
not resist drought but are able to tide
over period of drought. That is,
they endure the drought period, then
grow again when favorable conditions
occur All plants wilt at the same
time in dry soil although some do not
show it as clearly as others. One
kind of crop can take very little more
moisture from the soil than another
crop can. If corn willis in certain
soil when there is but 10 per cent
remaining moisture, wheat, oats or
cactus or other plants will wilt at
about the same time in the same soil.
By willing" it is meant when a plant
will not regain its turgidity when
placed in a moist atmosphere with no
water added to the roots. If water
is added to the soil at this time the
plants will often recover. Some plants
are more able to revive after being
wilted than others.
Plants evade drought in several
ways. One is to control Transportation
by rolling in the leaf edge, or heavy
covering of leaves or few stomata
or stamata in deep pits. Another is
dwarf habits of growth, thereby need
ing little water for growth. Another
is early spring growth and quick ma
urity and ripening before drought sea-
son begins. Anoher is especially
adapted root systems for storing wa
ter or obtaining it. Deep roots or
shallow roots according to type OF
rainfall. Where most of rainfall is in
light showers falling irregularly
throughout the season, plant with
very shallow roots has he advantage.
In most dry regions you will find
different plants, each of which illus
rates one of the above methods OF
drought evasion-S. B. Nuskols, Col
orado Agricultural College.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-01-23
LIKES THIS DISTRICT

l.. H. Earle, occupying most
responsible position with the Hart
ford Fire Insurance Co., that OF
General Special Agent, which few are
called upon to fill, has been looking
over Nevada lately in the interests
of his company, and spent few days
in the Yerington district this week.
He considers this a very important
section for his company, which is do
ing quite large business here His
report on the district are very fiat
tering and he leaves here as a great
booster for this section.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-01-23
DOUBLE RUNAWAY

This morning quite lively little
runaway occurred on Main street The
delivery rigs of both butcher shops
got tangled up in some manner and
made things lively for a time. The
rig of the Model Market was not in
jured to speak of but the rig of the
Peoples Market ran into the side OF
the Gallagher store and one of the
shafts of the cart was broken. The
drivers nor the horses were injured
in the least.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-01-23
EGGS FOR STORAGE

1t is often stated that eggs laid in
early spring, while the weather is
cool, have better keeping qualities
than eggs laid during August or even
September. This seems hardly prob
able, and one should not hesitate 10
store the summer eggs for winter use,
provided they are gathered the day
they are laid, then put away in water
glass solution, and stored in as cool
place as may be handy
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-01-23
THICK HEDGE AROUND
POULTRY HOUSE MAKES
EXCELLENT WINDBREAK

A windbreak of some sort makes
and gives hte fowls sheltered place
for outdoor exercise, says writer in
Successful Farming. The owner OF a
chicken house built under the shelter
of number OF evergreen trees says
drinking water hardly ever freezes
inside. And | noticed at the time |
was visiting this place in the winter
that the snow lodged on the trees and
the ground underneath was bare. And
everywhere around the ground was
covered with snow.
Hens like to get outside the chicken
house for little while when the
weather will permit, but they don't
like to wade in snow. Hens roosting
in trees when a snowstorm comes will
stay in the trees until they get hungry
rather than fly down in the snow 70
get something to eat
A thick hedge around the poultry
house and yard makes a good wind
break. We have found tall board
fence on the north and west of the
house and yards quite a good deal OF
protection to the hens in winter, be-
sides Cling a sheltered location for
the early chicks The little fellows get
close to this board fence on a raw day
and don't feel the wind much that
would otherwise soon chill the life out
of them. We made this fence out of
old boards.
Often the henhouse or brooder
house can be located where other
buildings will break the force of the
wind. 1t seems to me this subject
is not given the attention it deserves.
In locating houses or yards in cold
climate advantage should be taken Of
everything that will give protection
and afford fowls old and young, shell
tered hooks outside. 1t will save in
the cost of food alone in winter, for
sheltered fowls need less food than
those exposed.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-01-23
Excellent for Stomach Trouble

Chamberlain Tablets are just fine
for stomach trouble" writes Mrs. G.
c. Dunn, Arnold, Pa. 81 was bothered
with this complaint for some time
and frequently had bilious attacks,
Chamberlain Tablets afforded me
great relief from the first, and since
taking one bottle of them | feel like
different person" For sale by all
druggists. Advt
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1915-01-23
Notice of Application for Permission
to Appropriate the Public Waters
of the State of Nevada.
Application No. 3204.

Notice is hereby given that on the
10th day of December, 1914, in accord
ance with Section 50, Chapter l40, of
the Statutes of 1913, one leopold
Mariani, of Dayton, County of Lyon,
and State of Nevada, made application
to the State Engineer of Nevada for
permission to appropriate the public
waters of the Safe of Nevada Such
appropriation is to be made from Car
son River at a point in the SEA of
NE4 of Sec, p, 7. 10 n, r. p E., M
d. B. and NJ, by means of the Car
deli Ditch so-called, and 7l0ths
cubic feet per second is to be convey
ed to the NEA of SWH of Sec and
NWH of SEA of Sec 5, T. 10 N, R.
p f., Nj. d. B. and NJ, by means of
ditch and there used for irrigation
purposes Water not to be returned
to stream.
Signed: VIM. Kearney,
State Engineer.
Date of lst pub Dec 20, 1914
Dae of last pub. Jan. %, 1915.