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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-19
Alderman Blakeslee believes

Alderman Blakeslee believes the property can be purchased at present for much less money than it will cost later on and some day the city must take it He favors buying on both sides ard closing Bank street, etab- fishing a municipal center and plaza with modern city hall to house all city departments except. police. charities and health; hall of records, and pos sibly a new public library. all in mod ern buildings on a plaza with plenty of lawns and grass in the center. There are other aldermen in the board who favor his plan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-19
IKE COAL OFF BARGE
 SUNK NEAR PENFTELD

The Baxter Wrecking Co. has suc- eded in pumping out all the coal
 the barge s. E. Vincent which was It from the tow of the James Me llliams and sunk off Penfield Light couple of weeks ago, and it is ex- cted that the empty barge will be lsed late this afternoon or tomorrow ,rning. As soon as this is accom- she work will be begun upon the sond barge, the Blue Jacket, which on the bottom of the Sound. It will
 more difficult to raise the Blue
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-19

have so recently sympathiZed with them in the death of their 10 year old daughter, Marjorie.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-19
PATRICK NOLAN.

The funeral of Patrick Nolan of 61 Railroad avenue was held from le undertaking parlors of Michael J. annon at 8:30 o'clock this morning, ,d a half hour later from Sacred cart church where Rev. William F. lake of Fairfield sang the mass of ,quiem. The services were attended many friends of MT. Nolan. The carers: William Mccormack, Law .nce Cond0n, John Rule and William lenry. Burial was in, St. Michaers .metery.<
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-19

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-19
MAY PROMOTE PERSHING.

Washington. Sept. 19-Brigadier General John J. Pershing, commander of the American punitive expedition in Mexico, and ranking brigaCier of the army, probably will be made a major general, a vacancy in that grade hav- ing been created by the death of Major General Miles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-19

sl by William R. Kearns as perma- nent secretary.
 After the convention the delegates and number of the friends of Judge Miller were his guests at luncheon at the Seaside Outing club.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-19
OBITUARY
JOHN KELLEY.

'fhe body of John Kelley is still un- aimed at the Cullinan & Mullins lorgue. MT. Kelley, who was 50 years Id, was taken from a lodging house l Water street to St. Vincent's hos ltal yesterday morning, suffering with ulmonary oedoma. He died there st night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-19
lLAcOB s. COXEY

Jacob s. Coxey of Massillon, O., who ore than 20 years ago led "Coxey's rmy" of unemployed on long march
 Washington, filed papers with the scretary of state as an independent lndfdate for United States senator. l 1894 he led $50 ragged. dirty, hun ", thirsty, weary men down historic ennsylvania avenue amid the shouts ad jeers of a great multitude of yashingtons citizens. The marching eh composed the Army of the Com onwealth of Christ, The march was le close. of the long tramp which be- m in Massillon, O., five weeks before.
 ended at the steps of the capitol of ie United States in Washington. The ,ldiers of the army carried slaves for eapons and all sorts of things for Lnners. Wher they attempted as an my to march into the capital rounds they were clubbed back by ,licemen. In May. 1914, he attempted lother march, He reached the capi- | but only with about nine men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-19

Jacket as her cargo is of soft coal and this cannot be pumped as can the hard coal which the Vincent car ried.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-20
4 Brilliant and Exotic
Type in American Art
Mr. Paul Manshps Beautiful Sculptures and the
Interesting Questions They Raise in
Respect to Style.
By ROYAL CORTISSOZ.

~ N.r. is crowded with exhibitions but the artistic
10, which in Importance overshadoWs all others Is that
s has recently developed Washington. There the pro
VIA erection of power plant the shores OF the Potomac
n 10 nvadate all that has been done make the national
MI one of the beautiful cities OF the world The realization
ss scheme would be enough MCkm and Burnlan
,n in their graves One does need to argue about the
~ bringing group OF chimney stacks nearly two hundred
w cb into the which those architects much
d thought which every artist III the country who cares
III for our public welfare Is whOeheartcdly committed
Sv 10 state the ching expose It's imbecluy For year.
s food Of dsnteested energy has gone TO the gradual
zinc ont of great sequence O monumental episodes from
W. Sol down 10 the Lincoln Memorial which would readluSt
- y 10 Eniants grand conception and add to splendor
b;cb ne hardly dreamed Now II is calmly arranged To
c into the ensemble parcel of Cnncys which would STICK
lie so many colossal thumbs. atfrontng mankind like
r mon some fair statue The incident cries aloud Tor the
ton Of Ministry OF Fine Arts. department which migi
Lire Washington the interests OF civic appearances II IT ara
nothing else ILL.,. = ,,;s
Even the Germans better than commit beSc OF TINS
~ They have taste and the huge monument dominating
~ most oopous open space in Berlin innsicay tearsome
ne b AT least the scene left architecture and sculpture
kinney stacks would be almost untrnkable there as III
rr,c where public squares considered as III them
Ives work. of art Congress uncertain body where PROB
M ike this one are concerned and the present adinatoh
,oehcr SO bewdering that opponents OF the ch
wecn STYLE Of public Improvement cannot but ieel rather
s The protests that are pouring in upon Washington
n professional bodies and from individuals are encouraging
the onookcr but wholly reassurlng hey may easily Ian
e before cdict Of authority But PRESIDENT wilson can 30
rhino and he has peculiar responsibility IN the matter ne
Of educational institution frlhCttO"
L steadily GIVEN in its new buildings and in the general treat
sndad of artistic taste Mr. Wilson there long enough to
rp the point For him permit the national disgrace WC
proposed to nfct upon would be particularly "as'@
Of shining against the hght
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The Arlington Gallery is showing a
coodly number of paintings, the work
Of three landscapsts. Robert ii. Ms
bets are all views Of Northwestern
Connecticut and are filled with the at
mosphere of that charming country.
Ills pictures are distinctly pleasing.
"February Snow" is perhaps the most
successful. 1t is fine winter land
scape, rather more spontaneous than
many Of his pictures. having a feeling
of cold air, with distant hills particu-
larly good in tone. "A Night IN june
is a satisfactory moonlight, which loses
in effect because of its unsuitable
frame. The artist has perhaps attempt
ed bit COO much in his large From
Hill to Hill" 1t is well painted, with
GOOD deal of feeling, but quite too big
for the subject. The painting of a sat
isfactory green summer landscape IS
most difficult thing 20 accomplish, and
in the case of this large expanse or
canvas the task seems TO have been
little too great. "Winter's Harvest
Time" is beautiful in color and hand
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-hqt III, whole fabric Of his work is
al-mated By a positively realistic feel
n. for nature. for movement-to say
"a tins is decidedly 10 say good deal
And vet il leaves the full tale untold.
For the rounding out of that we nave 10
turn 10 an element not plastic, specln-
cally. but broadly PERSONAL; we turn 70
state Of mind. If Mr.. Manship was
not SO clearly possessed OF an instinct
for his craft we should be inclined TO
describe him as kind of literary man
i'm art. n master of all the cultures, an
eclectic TO whom the schools have gwen
precisely the sort of inspiration COM
mended by Stevenson 10 his "sedulous
ape." Just as an Austin Dobson, say,
can take the measure of Pope ana 90
with IL what he will, so can Mr.. Man
ship seize the idiOm of another age ana
fairly abash us by his use OF 1t. Con.
slider. for example, the "Sun Dlal,
which is one of the most charming
things i'm the show. and. by the same
token. one Of those which most frankly
confess their exotic derivation. Its
prototypes are easily discoverable IN
Indian art. Mr.. Havell's book on that
subject illustrates Nepalese BOD
hisattva. a copper-gilt statuette IN the
art gallery at Calcutta, winch VIII take
us very close to the source OF MIR. Man
ships inspiration. In that the I'M
mobile god sits cross-legged on his
pedestal, his head enhaloed and ms
whole figure surrounded by a wreath
conyentionalizing the sacred bo-tree.
Mr.. Manship's watcher of the passage
of time is semi-nude woman, her
body is set in a quite different COM
nosition. she wears different nimbus,
and in place of the wreath aforesaid
there is a wheel-like pattern OF dancers.
in low relief. In the base the beaded
and foliated decoration of the indian
.iece gives way to the signs OF the
zodiac unrolled beneath the simplest
mouldings. Mr.. Hayell describes his
Oriental god as holding in one hand the
o,o,.jfo. or nectar of immortality. The
unified hand of the woman OF Mr..
Manship's sun dial is similarly pro-
vided with an emblem. in her case
flower. She, too, with downcast eyes,
broods over he, endless vigil. Now we
find il impossible TO think Of the one
SCULPTURE existing in the absence OF the
other; vet we delight in the later work,
IL is so lovely il itself-and 1t Is exc
cuted with such superb skill.
To Mr.. Manship's skill and TO has
taste we are anyways oOHAhE D"NN' ~
us accent once for all his intense So
nhistication, his fair for things Greek,
things Egyptian, things Roman, things
Renaissance. and with il his way of
making Us feel that we are not IN the
workshop Of a modern artist, but IN
some European museum of old bronzes.
n is AZ ali events an enchanting mu-
scum. What he does there he does, as
a rule. superlativcly well. II would he
hard TO beat the decorative felicity OF
his terra Gotta flower boxes. How
Justly he places the animals that adorn
The front of one of them! How per
foctlv are the rims and bases embel-
lished! The wonderful little relief
portrait of the artists daughter IS
almost too consummate. A sculptor OF
the golden age in Florence would have
left il with d softer bloom, finer sim
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plicity. But both in the marble and IN
the frame Mr.. Manship gets about as
near to the art Of that period as 1t
would seem humanity possible for
modern mtn to get. One recalls Bas.
tianini and his marvellous revival OF
the Renaissance spirit, which took IN
the coonosccnti. Mr.. Manship does
not take us in. He does not try TO. lie
simply turns Italian-and justlies MN,
self He ~ equally persuasive IN an
his smaller pieces, save the medals
which are a little tight" little TOO
crisp. and suggest on the whole that he
is really not sympathetic TO the form.
His work on large scale Is similarly
disappointing. The scale is large, but
not the manner. A group Ike the
Dancer and Gazelles" misses the true
monumental accent and feeling; II
gives one momentarily an uncomiort-
able sense Of statuette magnlned.
The Infant Hercules" when we FIRST
saw it months ago, left an impression
of being ovordecOrated, overwrought'
and this view of the matter IS only
confirmed on the present occasion.
The God Of Hunting" an Indian figure
casually attractive in its rlch laps
lazuli tone. ends by asserting tseH
through bieness without grandeur.
Not vet has Mr. Manship mastered
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the secret of heroic sculpture, and as
we wonder why, seeing that these very
statues, so wanting in authority, are
yet so accomplished. so interesting. We
are thrown back upon the general ten
dency of his work and begin to discern
@ clew. Is il not possible that this
gifted sculptor, paradoxically, does not
see his subjects sculpturaliy, does not
grasp the masses in form as a sculptor
grasps them? The distinction, if on
the surface somewhat arbitrary, is at
bottom defcnsble. All the great mod
ellers, Donatello, Michael Angelo, 20
say nothing of the Greeks. have had
way of making you feel the depth and
solidity of form; the contour has but
followed the mass. Mr. Manship is too
willing to stop at the contour, to seek
the sharp. pictorially expressive out
line. His figures, his draperies. his
animals, invariably strike one. in the
first place, as being drdlCn instead of
modelled. Every work of sculpture in
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fected. The one Of James Britton is
in many ways the best. There is de-
lightful nude full-fgure bronze Of
Master John Jacob Astor.' Then there
are two charming. decorative door
knockers. representing a girl riding on
a dolphin.
A number Of landscapes by Walter
Clark are being shown at the Mich
gallery. They are pleasant pictures,
but there are few over which one may
dlate, many of them lacking interest.
"Sand Dunes, Peconic,' Is effective in
design and good in color and layout.
Harvest Days" shows broad. smiling
valley, high IN key and light in color.
The wood scenes are good, as a rule,
especially The Riverside" The red
chimney and white houses in The
Brookside Farm" are telling notes in
a pleasant color scheme. 1t is one Of
the best pictures shown. The best
picture Of all Is not included in the
exhibition. but is placed in the win
dow. II has mellow beauty which
puts 10 far ahead Of anything else.
Wilhelm Funk's portraits at the
Reinhardt gallery are very snowy
There is certain amount of style in
some Of the men, as in the portrait Of
Mr. Maurice Burke Roche. and they are
cleverly, dashingly painted. In these
there is also sometimes good rendition
Of character. But there is an element
Of bad taste about them in their ex-
IRENE showiness. The women are IN
satisfactory. Perhaps this is because
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-20
Random Impressions of Art
in Current Exhibitions
New Landscapes Portraits and Other Paintings by
Many Native Observation-Disclosures and Bibelos
A Charming Memorial Scheme.

Mrs H. T. Whitney, who has made her studio OF the
most useful public galleries in the city after repeatedly placing
at the disposal OF others showing there some works OF
her own The exhibition has Just begun and will continue until
March The Folsom gallery shows paintings by Miss d. Rice
At the Segman gallery there portrait impressions
bv Mr. Robert Reid The Thumb Box gallery presents draw
ngs water and pastes by George Bellows Gacken
and The Tiffany Studios making an exhibition illus
tratinc all the Mr. Louis Tffanys activity in art The
Anderson galleries the collections OF old Chinese formed
respectively by Mr. K. Mumford and Mr. Frederick Moore
lcon Of Colonial pewter brass copper glass from
other source to sold February Is and 20 The keppc gal
lerv is devoted echngs and Autographs by Whistler
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'sility Of his art has been the more
interesting because il has excited ad-
-ls,ion and doubt in pretty nearly
sgsl measure our first impression.
.siyed on the occasion or his pubic
-'gt, was decidedly mixed. His brill
ace was obvious. So was q certain
falt Of original force. Later 10 ap-
reared that SIR Nauship's archaic
.slis and his preciosity were not so
nseh iactit0usly cultivated manner
A-s a. the sincere expression OF
aaiursl taste. and 10 was credible, as
Fs then remarked, that If he succeeded
% nonumenta. sculpture as in ms ng-
-ines he would prove a great artist.
Nl.l later an occasional piece by him
'syved the original dubieties; one
i-sstoned the value Of tour de force
an Indication of well grounded
lsssrs. All the time there was GER
an comfort in the mere fact that he
esso these questions. There Is some
1llg terribly depressing about the
.9'.sl who finds his humdrum level at
e outset, sticks 10 it through tnick
-a MN. and produces year after year
2. Perfectly respectable but perfectly
.-i work which is more deplorao!c,
aassps, than work immitigably bad
20 Aenshlp has style ln the making
y. when tia. is rooted in genuine
us the spectacle presented 10 the
e know.
Is !. showing at the gallery Of the
...h Photographic Company a collec-
% his sculptures large enough TO
.ss'e the whole course Of his career
~ 70 The present day. The figurines
are; there are few medals; he
Nss one or two pieces Of strictly
49,. alive character, and finally he pre-
NE fruits Of several excursions
Ia 1si larger field which. as We have
.,s.'Hould put his abilities 20 the most
ing test Il is a temptation TO take
a. !. once the analysis Of his develop
~ Were we last left il Off, 10 search
- oehnite moments of transition
~. good work 90 better. But there
ines when criticism must first ad-
.-,i ."set 20 broad sentiment. to the
A., winch OvershadOws all else. and
Ia. one OF them. How beautiful
sculptures are We feel this the
.,,S 5'g ~ we enter the room, and TO re-
l,.,t~!e TACT is possibly 10 pay Mr..
In ,sp me best OF all tributes. Mat
VI detail come after: the process
Ia lguishing between an invention
20 a., oeriyation waits upon the be-
o ,s,,s enjoyment of something akin
q. Nus, Fl Is With what lesser epithet are
i,,, '@Ppraise q gift so rich and so
',.is. We know that the creative
s,t5 @ which belongs 20 genius
aor,... us hall mark, is not visible
a' ~ mese sculptures. But we do
Chg Of 10 as irreyocably absent:
a.,vs 70 US, rather. as thing latent.
vile !, ,eXerting am influence even
.als uiaNs unmistakably 20 manifest
Ne ,mneosesing IN the background. too:
ssi. s''.selousness of all this achieve
2 d. "a, an achievement of youth. Why
ssrld oi'e, as we have asked before,
t,g q. 10y Mr. Manship do almost any
s.e sme goes on? To know beauty
s.us lows lows y IS 10 have won half the
'"0 with such q technique as he
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is in them no disparagement This ar
fist must pay the penalty Of his pre-
occupation with what other men have
done before him. No man can traffic as
be has traiiicked in the historic styles
ard expect criticism TO ignore his ar
tistic origins. Indeed, work as eclectic.
as rdfine. as his brings such questions
as we have traversed immediate = into
the foreground. where they threaten to
obscure indubitable merits. They can
be dealt with the more freely because
those merits. as we have shown, exert
in the long run compelling power.
We look back as we leave the show.
across so many hesitancies. so many
queries and reservations. and as we go
we say once more-how beautiful these
sculptures are,
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Hnisas sign Of something vitalized
/, The work Of an artist that he gives
., furiously 20 think" then Mr.. Paul
Wsrship IS a figure Of some significance
r American sculpture. From the time
rssn he left the Academy in Rome and
es-e back 20 this country, about three
ears ago. bringing his sheaves with
ir. ne has not exhibited single
s,,rze which has failed 20 invite
srous reflection; and this provocative
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line and are often striking as compost
tions. THE Bath" is quite fine in con-
ception and the anatomy is reasonably
correct. The Tunic" is decorative in
humorousiy fantastic way. In "Pas-
toral" the distorted. attenuated willow
branches make a fascinating pattern.
ne portraits are more amusing than
anything else. We cannot believe that
the one called ia Bella Rosa" for in
stance, is meant seriously
There are some rather good water
colors of Holland and England by Carl
ton {. Fowler at the Braus gallery.
They would be more interesting if they
did not remind one so very strongly Of
the work in the same medium of f..
Hopkinson Smith. The pictures are, as
rule, good in strong color and in
composition. and the sunlight effects
are sometimes exceptional. Some of the
subjects, with masses Of masts and
fishing boats, are very effective. All
are well painted. There j.. seemingly.
an echo OF Nins.Ow Homer In The
Coming storm with its gray, low-lying
clouds and line Of buildings reflected ia
the water.
Paintings by Frank v. Rogers are
being shown at the Schwartz gallery.
They are landscapes and are Of little
interest, being hard, weak in color and
lacking IN atmosphere. They belong to
n past style. One uncatalogued SNOW
scene is the best picture shown. Il
has a little charm.
Some paintings by William Keith, the
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late California painter, are on exnioi-
ton M the New York School OF Appiied
Design for Women. IL is specially III
,eresting as showing the growth and
devolonment Of his style. The one
called "California Pines" is quite IN
The manner of the Hudson River school
hard and detailed wood Interior re
minds one Bit Of Diaz. IL is a gloomy
depth OF the woods, with light on few
tree trunks, and small. indistinct hg-
ures. Many Of the canyases, IN isct'
show the influence Of the Baroizon
painters. "San Rafael" is again french
in feeling. II ia painted in springlike
green, with clouds seemingly impos-
sibly low. The heavy ysrnish WITH
which it is covered gives to the paint
rather sticky appearance. gym
phony of Peace is a fine, big picture
with cattle in a tree-bordered stream
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women sltters insist on being made
into pretty pictures. or because the
artist feels that this is their attitude.
When the artist attempts 70 be aesthetic,
az in the portrait group Of the Misses
Tweedy, he fails. 1t is only big and
undressing Two pictures stand out
from the rest, and they are both Of
children. One is master Herman
Wilton" and the other is Little Miss
Virginia WHY'S They both have a
certain amount OF charm.
At the Petrus Stuyvesant Club are
few paintings by Hamilton Easter
Field and wood carvings By Robert
Laurent. Many OF the things shown
are interesting. Mr. Field seems to
have ideas and ability. His Vile
franche-sur- Mer" is pleasing picture.
The arrangement is good and the red
rooted houses make an interesting mass
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of broken color. Louise. Act l. has
the look of the opera stage when seen
from the gallery. Easter Sunday"
which commentaries the snowy Easter
OF last year, is unsatisfactory IN ar
rangement. The supposed snow-covered
roofs at the bottom of the canvas pro-
duce a void and give feeling Of weak
ness to the whole. The artist has used
the palette knife instead of the brush
in "Billancourt-sur-Sei with more
resultant strength. The paint Is thick.
the color brilliant and the reflection
good.
The panels Of Robert Laurent are
beautifully carved Though frequent
ly grotesque. they are decorative in
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the round might be said to lure the
eve to its edges, but the light slips
around them like water and the eye
by some magical process goes with 1t.
IN this exhibition the silhouette is tri-
umphant. We refer the bronzes in it
to life because we cannot help our
selves. their vitality is so authentic,
but we refer them also to the paintings
on Greek vases, TO an ideal of art IN
which the linear motive was like the
cornerstone OF a building.
In comments like these We may seem
10 be travelling portentous distance
away from the gusto with which we
hailed Mr.. Manship's heaped up offer
ing of sheer beauty; but the reader
must surely have perceived that there
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An Eclectic Among the Masters of the Past

has al the tips OF his fingers the vic
tOs, seems secure.
q IS q complex order Of beauty that
nj. art embodies. To say that II en-
braces grace OF form, that IN TINS mat
to- of form he depends more upon pur-
e. az line than upon subtlety of sur
face. ;,at he has the ingenuity OF
Renaissance goldsmith in the applica-
tioa o. ornament. that his designs have
"a bewitchngly decorative quality and