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As SchuImnhaucr WAS the only real
Halter that ever lived he SURF
No compliment Was meant.
Ii is \ielzschc, too, who hirrs the
fundamental error of Schol"nhhuer
when in speaking of Kant he says:
Like all philosophers, instead Of ap-
p%roathing the problem of m'thetics
from the experiences of the artist
(thP crrator), he mediluted nNer art
and beauty merely from the stand
point of the spectator ana 50 quite
unconsciously got the spectator him.
self into his concept Of beauty"
IAN philosophers Is cruel not Ia
say unjust, lid not Lord Bhc"I,
write. "Thrrr Is no excellent benuty
that hath not some strlngenrSS in tho
proportion" II remark 81 profound
that an entire essay might h. written
around It, and was there not Heinel
Heinr VAS certainly II philosopher at
u sort, vet he was never n%Onsenslcitl
about pictures. However, "the dear
Emerson as Walt Whitman calls
him, did say some queer things In his
essay on art" and everybody re
members the behavior Of Thomas
CARLYLE when Jane took him to the
opera.
Emerson, however. was un artist
is well rs II philosopher and wrote
like an artist In part Of his essay
Young geniusPs even Of to-day ma!
take profit and no harm from
mrusnl Of 1t. for Our sophisticated
young people know where tn skip
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,snd..l to a large degree upOn the
,a~s.ulinrly absorbent canvas that ne
,,sej. and into which the dlluteu
cojorS sunk much In the style or dyes
u,,u fabrics or water cOlOrs upon
nn,rr. II is n matter " sOme ON
imrnt that all Of the works 50 lmihteu
hive lasted well and quite a.
fresh ~ when first painted.
The one Of MI. Alexander's e
oratiye works that aroused most uis,
cussion In It's day. the Pot OF hasi',
IL not included In the show. There
nre many, however. that nave is
flowing lines. NV,
The exhibition continues until DE-
ceinber Is.
The prints division of the Public
Library has not often arranged an OK
hibition In which the subject matter
IL of such paramount interest ns III
the show lust opened. devoted 4"
..rortuits of Women The persons
i%urtray,SI strike Il dominant h"l''
before the artistic quality asserts
Itself. The maturity !of persons u.
This gallery of portraits have lh'!tN
n certain role In the history Of man.
kind In its various phases Of ACTIVITY.
Queens and royal favorites. artists
md musicians. dancers nnd actresses.
writer's and social leaders pass before
the eye in II profu>i"n anu varirt!
somewhat Kaleidoscope In that h'ir
more or less related units merge im''
n highly interesting picture uf woman
hood. Not In the matter ~ costume
only. hut In the disclosure Ut char
arter and attitul" ownrd Ire. tltS'
portraits hell, (" illustrate IL" >lhrl'
Of successive generations ami "f III
fcrrnt races of nations anu th'\
suggest u wealth Of relevant detail.
The few portraits shown whicl
represent ladies unknown {" fame IA,
least illustrate changing fashions ano
costume. and methods Of l"rtrniture
for utter all the artistic interest u
there and strongly In evidence though
! playing Obbligato. ~ II were, I" thr
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= + wishes were horses beggarS
might ride. and last night for
one wild minute ut midnight l
wished myself Heinrich Heine.
had picked up Schopenhauer's es-
say upon the Metaphysics u Art"
partly to refresh myself after "A busy
day IN the picture galleries. and
,mrtly since ] always confess every
thing, Iartly, IA II preparation Tor u
study of the new works ~ MIR.
stephen Haweis. In the gallery NJ n
Berlin Photographic Company; when
without warming ] chanc,d upon the
following passage:
1T Is t. le observed that copper
plates and mOnochrome> answer To u
more noble and elevated taste han
,hromOgraphs und water %colOr>: while
the latter are preferred by persons
~ little culture"
Such IA statement | have no doubt
would unset the %ts,uanimity of even
Mrs. Annie Nathan Mycr; and OF
course II quite did for me. After that
I could scarcely command the proper
seriousness, and I fear. smiled at
everything. Even the no doubt sci
pntitcally exact treason why wax hg-
ures prUlucp NJ aesthetic IMPRESSION
and therefore are not In the aesthetic
sense works of art ut ALL" seemed
to me to he tinged with the comic;
80, too, the opinion that painting
equally with sculpture gives the form
alone. for by the unavoidable SUP
preston Of the parallaN OF our wv"
eyes a picture always makes things
appear In the way u n eyed person
would see them"
Ii Is u sin to laugh ut such things,
and especially il 1t a sin upon my
mart, whose one aim In life II Is to
induce others than artists to look at
and think about works of art. l
should he in the seventh heaven. for
instance, il our greatest living phil
osopher (his address. by b way
would be thankfully received by TIL
Sl'N art chronicler) could he induced
to recount his personal art expert.
ences; or II President Wilson woulo
hut consider 1t part OF his duty u
visit our Academy annually. In
danger Of such eminent persons fall
ing into opinion and thus
being held as Instruments In the dis
semination Of false doctrines Will bt
more than Offset by the examples they
give Of actually contemplating work.
OF art! feel so strongly upon thii
mint that ! declare we shall nevel
really have an art life here worth!
~ the name until N Presidents
Wall Street magnates. typists ant
athletes shall he compelled to 20 t
art shows merely tn be In the swim.
But In the meantime great phil
osophers are sometimes droll whel
they take up art. are they mott
flung my ~SchOIenhauer ut my bus
~ Poe and raced to my book shelve
for my IIeine. II seemed to me tina
Hcine upon >nch metaphysics of ai
would hp delicious. but to my intenS
,.hagrin ther" was never Il w"ro
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main melody. All the portraits
shown are etchings, engrnvings. or
autographs. sometimes reproductions
Of paintings, sometimes original etch.
ings or Autographs. always by capable
craftsmen and In many cases by
artists Of great repute.
II we approach the exhibition from
the standpoint of the artist and VI
processes of engraving there IL quite
as much diversity MS there Is in the
subjects portrayed. To mention hut
u few, there are line engruvlugs by
Fnithorne. II. and J. WirriN. l.. de
Jode, AS well rs modern artists; y
brave showing of british eighteenth
century m%eZZotintrrS, j. X. smith,
the Watsons, Jones and he rest
modern m%eZzotints in c"lors 10y 5.
Arlent Edwards and others: wood
Pngravings by Cole and even n at
trihuted To Marie de- Mrliri: litho.
graphs by Cuvarini. GrcN"lnn and
Kriehuber.
And the range Of painters whose
works are reproduced is equally wide,
Titan. Van Eyck. Pullaiunlo and
Miereyelt, Holhein and lirNrolds.
These prints taxi" u> through n
wide range Of yariin. VI" Of pro,
ess's in styles rejecting II remark
able diversity in personal and racial
viewpoint In the art both of painter
and Of engravrr. The prints are
ranged in CHRONOLOGICAL order by sub
jects. thus bringing reproductions III
color m~ezzotinr> 10y Edwards If da
Niuci's "Relle Frrrunnirrr" next to
q modern French line engraving Of
the same subject and the wood ell
craving by Cole ~ Mrs. Siddons, after
Gninshorough, e j. Il. Smiths re-
production Of the same portrait.
II the result, from the artistic
standpoint, is II mixture that may he
a trifle disconcerting ut first sight, II
also emphasizes the national and in
dividual viewpoints already referred
to as well as the characteristics of
the various processes of producing
prints by the very forc.. of strong
contrasts.
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What chiefly puzzles me Is Emersun'S
difficulty with sculpture, Il cannot
hide from myself" he wrote, that
thcrr is II certain appearance of pal
%trinr>S, ms Of toys and the trumIery
Of the theatre, In sculpture" Finer
son when he wrote this had already
been to Rome, but one SUSPECTS his
cicerone must have been Hiram
Powers. The imIns>ibility of going
us ''nobly mad over the "Greek
Slave" of Powers. which was then
our last word in sculpture, ~ one
might over II living beautiful
woman must have been the single
example from which Emerson gen
eruliZrd.
EmersOn's definition of genius, that
1t was the power 40 genernlize from
u single example" Is simply cOrking
but II must be confessed that Oui
philosopher did not genernlizc wei
Over sculpture. 1t was unlike him
too, To glance too narrowly ut his owl
environment, "A popular novel,
theatre or u ballroom makes us fee
that we are oil mupers In the aims
house Of this world. without dignity
without skill or industry. Art h n'
Emerson escaped more easily from
his " epoch, and was rs free from
the to-day as Nietzsche boosted hi
u
In spite of MI this preparation, nov
Tint the moment arrives for the stud,
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than that. Maurice Sterne's great
grnirliMpa was not II missionary. nor
was (;auguin's. There u he some
thing psychological in these great
world movements in which such I'M.
like characters join. Mr.. Sterne isn't
at all like Mr.. llaweis, and Gauguin
was less like Il missionary than either
of them.
oh. t;auguin was far from being u
missionary,
HIVE YOU ever read "Noa-Noa"7
Mr.. lIaweis writes well too. lie Is
more serious when he writes than
when he paints. When lie paints he
IN pleasing, hut light.
II Maurice Sterne must he nalleu
AS the Milton Of the recent Tahitian
SCHOOL of painters Mr.. Hawels can be
acclaimed its balladlst,
Thu. exhibition Of works 10y the late
John W. Alexander In the Arden Gar
lcrieS Is In the nature of a memorial.
The custom of having such shows Is
prevalent in Eurols and we are be-
ginning to look upon this act Of JUS
ti,c for all artists who have achieNeu
cminrncr rs necessary.
These memorials should even be OF
fetal. In Paris they are usually II
at the ~lbeauX-Arts, which Is easily
accessible. The Metropolitan would
he scarcely the location for such an
exhibition here; II Is still to" III
from the beaten track ami SIN re-
uuircS n special Journey upon the part
of most students. Galleries III the
Public Library building, could they
he obtained for the purpose. would
be- more suitably placed, easily avail
able and yet isolated. As part oi
! such AN immense and varied colle'-
! ton us our Metropolitan boasts of q
! memorial exhibition would he lost.
! Mr.. Alexander suffered less thar
!, most artists from the modern system
, that swiftly hides popular work away
: I'm private galleries, for his style wa'
s~invulnrly ever ana his latest con
-, trihutions 10 the public exhibition
, were eXcellrntly representative, INT
; present public has therefore had op
. portunity to arrive at an estimate 81
! his mwerS. Even with this c"nsid
Grafton In mind, however, the me
\ mortal exhibition brings forward on
n work without which 1t would be quit
i unfair to judge the artist-the por
!. trait Of Joe Jefferson Us Bob Acres,
!. All Of Mr.. Alexander's work !
s characterized by refinement. hut tn
y ''Ioh Acres" Is his most finished pro
n duction. 1t Is II worthy monumen
n to both artist and actor AMI nor
may look upon 1t without a sigh 10
the good uld days that 1t conjures uE
The majority Ut the pictures are y
\ the manner that was almost MI
!AIeyanler'> nwm-a manner that DE-
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How can YOU ecu for that! II Il
thalcrS to pfcnnigs. no doubt, that
Hrinr considered the great pessimist
81 far beneath him in the literary
scale as to be quite unworthy of such
advertisement as iuockrry would
bring. Iicinc himself. "f course. in
varial,ly spoke i~mlsrcahle art jargon.
\irtz~.lic. too. Is always to tn"
manner born. II remained for him
IL stab S~rl"l~nhauer in the one
vulnerable spot. The sight of beauty
in. his case" he wrote. acted rs II
kind nf li>rnsIging irritnnt upon III"
main power of his nature 1.-THE power
of reflection and intensified eyel. 81
that this power then exploded and. all
Of n sudden. gained the upper hand in
consciousness That Is quite rs
amusing uS anything Heine could
have said. 81 We may safely consider
that ScholHnhaurr a> an art critic
got his. II serves him right. DID he
not say once that critics were women
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pf the works Of stephen Haweis.

Of the works Of stephen Haweis. !!
ind myself limp with weakness anu
fear. Lord Bacon nnd the dear
Emerson" have quite olIposit" views
of the work nf Mr.. llawriS. II seems.
II was half past 3 O'clock In the morn
ing, Us nearly us one may make out.
when Hamlet exclaimed, "Oh. cursed
mite thut I was horn to set II right,
and his little difficulty WIS nothing
In comparison to this enlargement :
and the hour Is the same. -.
Lord Bacon Is against motion IN
pictures, but Mr.. Hnweis thinks ne
nus that theory completely. phrnl.
lnxized. Strangely enough Emerson
il for It. But listen to the phil0s..
OTHERS; first the two Englishmeh u
then the American.
Lord Bacon: I'm beauty that -!
favor is more than that of color ana
that Of decent and gracious motion
more than that NJ favor. That Is the
l.,st ,mri VI beauty which II picture
cannot express.
Mfr. IIawris: "IDplil~rTtely cuttil.
the Line ~ certain trees In Il picture
for example. AMI continuing them III
another place near by gives me II
sense Of moving about before them
Ralph waldo Emerson picture
ana sculpture are the celebrations ami
festivities ~ form. But true art II
never tiNc,l. hut always flowing"
Now. truly. II seems I" me TIA,
either lA,ri bacon Is right or RALPH
Waldo il wrong. Hut even III Ralll
Waldo lie proved wrong may he SIN
lp held rs agreeing perfectly VIII
Mr.. IlnwriS:
Scarcely.
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What puzzles me personally Is why
Mr.. lluNriS went tn Polynesia. Why
ho all the young people 20 to Tnnlh:
Iir says his c,iildh""ds glance feil
tirN upon some Fijian relics q u
from the island by his creat-grnnd-
popa. who WAS Il missionary, and that
the impression 50 gained stayed with
him. Hut there must he more to II
Cheyenne record., 1915-01-28

son, our heartfelt appreciation of hiy
services and extend to him our be>s
wishes for his future welfare, and,
Be il further Resolved, that we TIN.
board of county commissioners Of
Cheyenne county, Colorado. extend t.
George W. Jennings, retiring commits
sioner, in and for commissioners dis
trict number two, our Appreciation for
his efficient services rendered this
county during the term of his Office.
and extend to him, oar best wishes for
the future.
The following bills We're audited. al
lowed and warrants ordered drawa on
the proper funds in prrment Of the
same. ...%
January l3, 1915.
ORDINARY REVENUE FUND.
Waltar Ramsay county commits
sioner and mileage -, ST s.
G. G. Fox, county commissioner
and mileage 32G
George Maytield county commits
sioncr and mileage II
+. J. McNeyin printing letter
heads 20 =.
Esther B. Weir expenses to Den
YER Teachers association lt1ss
5 N. Sewers, ianitor services and
laundry 10 &.
II. G. Nelson county clerk SER
vices Sles
ROAD FUND
w. p. Owen tabor on county
roads G9 g.,
U. p. r. Il. Co. first years lsase
of right OF way 5Sfss
WhereupoD. on motion duly secon-
ded hoard then adjourued to meet ~
nine o'clock u. m: February }, 1915.
Attest Walter Ramsay.
<. O. Sears. Chairman.
Clerk.
Cheyenne record., 1915-01-28
PROSPECT HILL.

Miss Florence Guigel was an
afternoon caller at Prospect Hill!
on Wednesday Of last week.
Mrs. Calvert, of Kahoka, No.
spent last week with Mrs. J. a.
Jenkins. She came Christmas
day to First View to spend par.
OF the winter with her son Gro
ver C. Calvert
Clyde Pritchett' of Warsaw,
Ills, arrived last Saturday morn.
ing for a brief visit with his
father. ". H. Pritchett. of Chey-
enne Wells. His visit over he
will go to Denver for first sight
Of the Capitol city.
Dr.. M. II. McLaod, Of Pueblo,
will preach at Arapahoe on Mon
day night Feb. lst. He is pas
tor evangelist of the Presbyters
and it is desirable that the chuch
end community be we'll represen.
ted. ]. will pay yol t. hear D..
McLe, y.
The writer and wife accompan-
led by Ars. Martha Calvert wern
gu>e.s 1t luncheon the tirst oi
the week at Hrs. Arnc}d's and
son. Harold in ChoyeEue Wells.
This was an erj lyabIt evening,
diversified with Clark County, Mo
incidents, Colorado homestead
experiences, sccia! wit and wis
dom, vic.rola music. from the
Panama opening Is Silver
threads among the aold.' and
other popular melodies ami none
to be forgotten.
Rev. v hitting, pastor OF Tie n.
E. cEurvh. favored as with a cas
one afternoon recently. We re.
turned the call Sunday Right u.
church and heard hi,a discourse.
as is his wont. With great ear
nestncss on the theme, mark
the perfect man and behold The
upright for the end Of that IMAM
is peace. A good audience
greeted him and by theirapprov.
ing silence endorsed the gospel
message and were edited. He
that hath ears to hear let hies
heaE" is the diyineiNunctiea-
Cheyenne record., 1915-01-28
Cheyenne Wells, Colo.

January IL, lDlD.
New board of county commissioners
of Cheyenne county, Colorado met at
nine O'Clock, a. III. pursuant to ad-
! iournmcnt with the following members
pr sent:
| Walter Ramsay. chairman.
| Chas. G. Fox, commissioner.
George Mayield, commissioners.
Present also G. y. Sears, clerk.
Bids for the county printing for the
,;ear 1915 were then opened and after
due consideration and examination on
motion of Mr. Fox. seconded by Mr..
Ramsay. it was ordered THAI all coun-
ty printing be published in each OF the
four papers now printed in the county,
namely:
Cheyenne County News. ofCheyennc
Wells. Colorado.
cheyenne Record. Of Cheyenne Wells
Colorado.
Kit Carson Herald, of Kit Carson.
Colorado.
The Wild Ho",. Times. of Wild
Horse Colorado.
The compensation for said printing
to be the regular legal rate, - be di-
one-fourth Of said legal raj, to each
thereof. same to BE- paid quarterly.
The applications for the appoint
ment as county, physicians for the year
II II Carl q
Booth. NJ. d. aud l.. II. Dickson, NJ.
D. were then taken up. after due con
sheraton. same was laid over for fu-
ture consideration.
On motion of Mr.. Fox, seconded by
Mr. May ytield. and unanimously car
ried, II. G. Homer, NJ. y. of Cheyenne
Wells. was duly appointed Health OF
licer in ard for Cheyenne County, Col
OradO.
The application of F. II. Spencer for
county Attorney fGr the year 1919 was
laid over for future consideration,
said office to he left vacant until the
next meeting of this board.
Applications for the appointment of
ianitor ut the Court House we're then
opened as follows:
S. N. Sewers
Maurice Howard
l.. b, Slotcrback
On motion hy Mr.. Fox, seconded by
Mr.. Ramsay, Maurice Howard was
duly appointed janilor at compensa-
ton of $50 co y month, said appoint
ment being from month to month and
terminating at the discretion OF this
board.
Clerk wa, instructed to correspond
with Hans Olson of Kit Carson and
Mrs A.: T.. Wi:tse regarding their APP
plication for refund OF taxes hereto
fore filed.
Petition of Henry Ford. ct al for the
| construction of crossing over the
Big Sandy Greek came up for discus
sion, on motion duly seconded, said
. petition was granted and work order
ed commenced at once upon tho same.
On motion of Mr.. Ramsay, seconded
Ivy Mr. Fox. the lease Of the right 0l
Cheyenne record., 1915-01-28
packages and 172 Consolation

pGShdSSS anu 1UI Sot!oo'~1ioti
prizes
The committe began its distri-
button away up in northern
Maine and followed the Atlantic
coast line to Key West. Then it
worked around the Gulf coast,
taking an occasional trip up some
river which touched the district
.of a. member with pull" Or per-
sistency. r Wound up ty drop
ping generous quantities of
pork along tie Pacific coast
and sending few pieces to our
colonies and insuiar possessions.
Occasionally a member Was
overlooked and his protests were
loud and long. One of these dis
grunt!ed gentlemen, pointed out
that only Gof the 4S states were
represented On the Rivers and
harhors committee and that these
commonwealths were given $780,
479, 46O as against Sc, 722, 12O for
the other 80 Estates; Porto Rico and
Hawaii and $685., 600 for the
Mississippi river. Evidently, he
wanted the House to believe that
the makers Of a "pork barrel'
knew how to retain possession Of
the more desirable Of the prize
packages. -
A SAMPLE OF EXPENDITURE
Congressman Frear insisted
that the government had expend-
ed SIT. 600 on 200 nile
stretch of the Mississippi river
from the mouth Of the Ohio 20 the
mouth of the Missouri-yet the
pending bill called for $500, 600
more. -
I'VE have spent more money
on this portion Of the Mississippi
than the Prussian government
has expended on the whole of the
| River Rhine" said Fear. yet
they carry 200 times as great a
tonnage on the Rhine as we do
on this section of the Mississippi
The fact is that the Mississippi
has a sufficient channel 20 carry
| the traffic of the Rhine but the
business is not there. Instead
the volume Of business on the
Mississippi is constantly dscrcas
ing. despite the enormous sums
we are expending on that stream
Members who supported the
bill on the floor did not hesitate to
say in the cloak rooms that 1t
should be defeated. They eX-
cused their attitude by pleading
| that "pvessure from home could
! not be resisted. The people of
their districts wanted their par
ticular creeks and harbors i'm.
proved" and they did not stop to
consider the price their repre-
aentatives would be compelled to
pay for the coveted approprla.
tons.
There are may worthy pro-
iects in the rivers and harbors
bill, but it would require the ser,
vice of commission of high class
experts to separate The good from
the bad. Until some such board
is created, the nation will continue
| to waste countless millions Of
dollars on impossible waterway
projects.
will be in Arapahoe Monday