Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-21
OLD FRIEND OF MINE

| you watch for me upon the other side
You watch and wait with Him, our
Peerless Guide,
If first you cross the tide.
Old friend of mine, If you shall learn
the way
Before ! hear the call
You whisper through the misty maze
some day
The password that is best for me TO
say
IL first you cross the tide.
Old friend Of mine from battlements
on high.
If yonder first you stand,
Wave back some message you may
cheer us by.
And spur us on TO dare, to do or die,
From battlemcnts on high.
old friend Of mine, If you shall see
the King
Before l kiss His hand,
Watt back 20 me some strains that
there you sing,
Some note to still his longing Won
derlng
II first you see the King.
Boston Transcript
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CASSIDY.
Santa Fe counts Gerald Cassidy and
his charming wife, the latter jour
nalist, as its own. He has spent sea-
sons here to paint and some of his
most attractive landscapes are Santa
Fean in composition, I'm coloring. In
He expects to build here
a bungalow and studio and to spend
his summers in this vicinity, to paint
the great out-of-doors southwest and
It's Indian and Spanish types. That he
has achieved a veritable triumph at
the San Diego exposition, where he
had been commissioned by DIR. Edgar
L. Hewett TO paint series OF mural
eanvases of southwestern life for the |
indian arts building is apparent from |
The following comment in one of the |
coast papers:
"A year or two ago, Gerald Cassidy /
had the distinction of being the high \
sst priced artist for TYPOGRAPHY in the
world. He may, therefore, confident
" believe that he held first rank
lmong those artists. This Is no small
honor, for the photographers have
some times been great in art, even
hose whose work was commercial.
Gerald Cassidy was frankly COM
nercial and the completeness of his
illness for his job was tested daily.
fou can see how complete il must
rave been when you look at the stu
les of Indians which he made a
ear ago, and which We're exhibited ia
he Daniel gallery. There was amaZ-
ng perfection of technique in them,
wonderful modelling, brilliant color,
extrous handling of draperies and
Their accessories. They were too
God, in fact; the work of an expert
who had not yet quite
ound himself in art for arts sake.
But Cassidy was determined to !
york out his emancipation. lie per- ]
nitted himself no compromises. He ,
ad made money, but he had not eN !
ressed himself. He left New York I
nd bid a final farewell to the money d
anne. His ruling ambition was "a /
ecome q painter, to record what he [
saw and felt, and to do this |
18th absolute sincerity. He went to
lew Mexico and Arizona and lived
nd painted among the Indians. seek
ig for truth and nothing else, and
wing to express il in the painters.
ay. without a touch of cleverness
He won out, in spite of the handl-
I'D OF an early and unprecedented
recess in another field. Being an
rtist, he knew what he was after
adj found it. lie found it so well, In
ct, that when they were looking for
l artist to decorate the walls of the
Idian arts building in the exposition
San Diego, they chose him. He
nished the fifteen panels and after
lis big work was permitted to have
s studio in the building till the end
IL I'D Fft I'M
ere now, and later will hold an ex-
sltion of his own. Meanwhile,
me OF his recent pictures are being
hibited in the Daniel studio, 1920
anton avenue in Los Angeles.
"All but two of the panels are ten
ct long by six and one-half feet
gh. One of the exceptions Is rs
ct long. The others is an upright
mel with figures. It's title is taken
pm a line In Omar:
" And having Wit, moves on
1T shows two Indians, one old, the
her young, In the glow of sunset
e young Indian stands on a ledge
rock putting the last touches to an
on n cliff. at the sugges-
n of the old man. Having wit, he
J, will move on to join the throng
II Is dimly seen In the valley be-
The picture holds a noble allegory
Il may be interpreted to suit your
'od. TO me il suggests the record \
Of the treasure--in art. in ethics,
Tearing, in what you wiil-that a II
ssing generation leaves to the one =
i follows This idea, / think, has lC
N carried out by Cassidy in a really
way. Vast clouds, touched with
tx,Ir - a6
the light that never was, yet. al r.
vs. will be, are piled up in the huge II
ne of the sky There is breadth
| unity in the execution Of this pic -
In truth, the breadth that is unity |
the entire series Of pan r.
which, for lack of space. | must
ak of with brevity, though eacn
lure is worthy OF the most careful
sideration. Together, they COM
Sc a panorama of the southwest, L.
skies, its deserts, its mesas and
mountains, seen under the beau
/ necromancy of light and atmos-
re.
The very titles are wonderfully
gestive to the dweller in the south
I: Rock of Acoma,' Canyon de
lily Cliff Dwellers,' Towers Pa
to Plateau Natural Bridge and
n Mountains ana so on, most Of
m being landscapes in New Mexico
not these places the correct set
/ for the mighty Epic of the "
st p" -
4 80 -
QUESTION.
!: 9: 5 $ }: !: !. !.
my naughty heart TO me,
hat is love but jealousy?
n enough YOU pass the hours
fing mid the garden flowers,
lie you know that far away
bue dreams CT YOU today.