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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-07-22

clothes and regular exercises. Only
those babies who were registered In
BufrnlO's big better.bnbies' contest
qualified for the health race, which IL
to be concluded In December with u
baby show ut which the mental and
physical development of the child ut
that time will he compared with its
condition rs registered In June. Those
found to have made the most pro-
nOunced gains In mental and physical
growth will be given blue ribbons.
By the first Of July the rNce was
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"The Soil" q Magazine OF
American Art.

I have been rejoicing all week In
The Soil, the new magazine of art. ]
regard its advent as nothing less than
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ing OF that sort has been shirked. Lin
coins soul rose above such things. and
Mr.. Barnard hoped to make his ar
surmount them too. The only familiar
appurtenancc of the martyred Presi-
dent that has been ignored is his tol
hat. But 1t could scarcely have bee
used. Obviously, he could not have
worn II. as he is shown making M
address, supposedly the Gettysbur.
address. The very ueliness of Lin
coin, however. has something sacred
and sublime in it to Americans. 3,
Mr.. Barnard has nothing serious to be
afraid of on that score.
To the humorist though, nothing Is
sacred. Just Il. proportion as Mr.. Bar
nard has been earnest will he hear
from them. Did not Mark Twain say
when he first saw the "Tauvrc Pc
Cheuv" of ruNis DC ChavanOes. that he
supposed the poor fisherman had land
ed from his little boat to search for To-
bella. lobelia being, I've been told. a
SOW, reign remedy for seasiCkness? In
like manner the enormous Lincoln feet
and the hands clasped ncrvously to the
torso viii come in for their share OF RI
bald comment.
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LA Bagneuse by Sara Morris Greene. On exhibition,
Montross Galleries.

to young students deserving encour-
agcmcnt.
The theme selected by Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney. is "a decorative and
appropriate panel for lobby of a the
atre." The decoration may he Of any
style or scale. And the drawing must
not exceed lSx22 inches, the frame one
inch or the mat three inches.
Friends Of tho Young Artists Is the
organization formed the first winter Of
the war, when the proverbial eCCComic
distress among young or unknown ar
lists was acute beyond precedent. Wd
New York studios were being invaded
by every sort Of artists, willing To take
any employment To be had, no matter
how distastcful or unaCCustou. ed.
Some were refugees from Europe,
many of whom were exceptionally tai
ented; and Americans were suffering
as never before from cautious eXpendi-
ture on the part of New York art
patrons To relieve the situation some
what and to bring It to the notice Of
the public with view to further
amelioration, the first Of the competi-
tive exhibitions was held that for
sculptors. There have been two others,
one for painters and the other for
architects.
The work of tho society thus begun
has grown until this winter headQuar-
ters have been established at 222 Cen
tral Park South, ana tho exclusive use
of large galleries at the same address
is under consideration,
In addition. therefore. to competitive
exhibitions of which besides that FOR
decorators this season, one for paint
crs. another for sculptors and still an
other for ctChcrs are being arranged.
The immediate plan of Friends of the
Young Artists is to establish Il ma
tional centre which viii he acce sshle
to all artists with names in the making
and To clients everywhere wishing To
purchase the work of such artists. The
society hopes later TO have It's own
building and to offer resident scholar
ships to the most talented competitors
on the advisory board of the
society are the Hon. Elihu Root
the Hon, Joseph II. choate, otto
Kahn. &. $, pietro, Mrs, Harry
Payne whitney Prof, Henry Fair
field Osborne, Edwin E.ashfcli eOd
Thomas Hastings, Others especially
interested are Mrs Helen Foster
Barnett. j : Saltus, Commodore
j, stuart Hlacktdn, Mrs. rhilip Lydig
| Albert GallatiO. Paul Rsinhardt. VIII
| liam Is, oseood Field, Waiter Dam
rosch, 4. Murray Young, John Henry
MacCracken, Mrs, Lows ;. WoT
Misses Alice and Irene l.ewisohn. Miss
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things that flourish here and can't be
seen in Europe except the Childs Res
taurants and the Waldorf Bar. But
perhaps they'll appear in the second
number.
And now for Gertrude Stein! Her
contribution is such a concentrated
little gem that will give 1t to you in.
tact. 1t is called MRS. THY" and
I am sure you will agree that It IL
worthy to hang in the same gallery
with the celebrated PORTRAIT Of Mable
Dodge at the Villa Curonia." Here
1t is:
"a landed break. The blown crane
In a cane that is not personal, the
only crest that Is a criminal girdle. the
absence Of the blessed and the pres
ence. the presence more. the presence.
more. The presence In a praise and a
very ugly lily. no uglier than silly. no
uglier than lily. lily a round lily.
a lily Is no lily. A recent stretch OF no
backward breath makes It 60 farther
further and further any further line
Of settings shine In all that Is no be-
slower. No silence, no silence. and
more stretch Of no steepness curly. no
curly. nothing In curly, nothing in
white and gray and pink altogether.
No blindness Is actual In sight and
sudden color and quality Of chasing
and mighty little expression. No breath
is antagonistic and no sudden mouth
which Is closed makes any other wool
entirely wood and paper. no other
wood and wet places in a after all a
serpent and bsggar awful in no cloth
that is not cleaner and cleaner. A spe-
cial rate of putting tumblers into tum-
bile places and three languages more.
a pressed egg glass Is a pressure ever.
A pressed egg glass Is tremendous. 1t
is ideal. 1t Is irrevocable. 1t Is hin.
dooed II is declaimed, certainly de-
claimed necessarily in antagonism and
unrest and rising ringing. rising and
ringing. a rising. rising rinsed with
snow and no sun. no moro sun hardly
The curly sedate example Of no more
than the height in topazes and II nec-
essary no older amethysts, the curl
ready collision with single blame 70
hair and for the pinch Of scissors and
anything altogether. the curly centr
which Is not connected with curls al
together singularly. shows the educa-
ton, II does show pining. 1t does ever
| show ciaret and gums articulately and
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George Grey Barnard's Bronze
of "LincoIn,"

George Grey Barnard's heroic bronze
fgure of Lincoln has been exposed in
the courtyard Of the Union Thcologi-
cal Seminary, at 12lst street and
Broadway. during the past week and
many New Workers. have taken ad-
vantage Of the opportunity To see IT
before the statue Is sent West. 1t
has been presented by Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles L. Taft 10 the city Of Gin
cinnati, where II win be installed in
one Of the busiest parts OF the town, 1t
is said.
Mr.. Barnard has had the Lincoln
under way for a number of years, and
I great deal Of curiosity has been eX
pressed by the sculptor's friends and
many admirers to see the work.
number Of the privileged, such as
Percy Mackaye. the poet. and Col
Roosevelt. the explorer, have inspected
II and their impressions OF IL have
been faithfully circulated. 1t remains
to he seen now how the public, and
especially the public OF Cincinnati. Will
respond to II.
1t is not properly shown in the
quadrangle at the seminary, and
critical study Of the bronze until II Is
installed in its final resting place. II
Is so large a figure that IL is quite out
! OF scale even with the tall seminary
walls. and doubtless to accommodate
those who attended the private view it
faces n small platform at one side and
turns profile to the entrance gates.
However. despite these disadvan'
tages. 1t can be seen readily enough
that the sculptor has been tremen-
dously in earnest in his search for the
! spirit OF Lincoln. His Lincoln is cur
nest almost to the point Of eNaltation,
I 1t has no accessories: the figure stands
alone. In that respect it has "A quick
advantage over st. Gaudcnss Lincoln
whose too ornamental chair has al
ways been a disturbance.
All the facts in regard to Lncoln'S
physique have been carefully studied
by Mr.. Barnard II is evident The
gauntness, the big feet, the awkward
ness. the homely. i'll fitting coat; moth
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Carter. which is to run in "The Soil'
as serial. Judging by the first chap
ter, this novel alone will be worth the
price OF the subscription.
The pictures are 10y Rousseau lie
Douanier. Cczanne. Picasso, Walko-
witZ, Poussin. Chin Yin. Macdonald
Wright and various photographers.
An editorial outlines Mr.. Coady's
constructive scheme for American art.
mentioning as art the following things
among others: The Portland Cement
Works, Syncopation and the Cake
walk. the Crazy Quilt and the Rag Mat,
the Cigar Store Indians, Chrsty Math-
ewson and Ty Cobb, Mayor Gaynors
Letters, the Roller Coasters, Slang
Annette Kellermann. William Dean
Howells, Coney Island. Dr. Parkhursts
Church, the Runners. Jumpers and
Boxers. the Police Gazette, Tom
Powers, Madison Square on a night
night, the Woolworth Building. the
Jack Pot. the Derricks, Steam Ham
mers. Trench Excavators. and so on
and on through n thrilling list. 1t
seems at first glance as though Mr..
Coady had Got on his cards all the
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Paul Dougherty's New Water
COIOrS.

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''
no" on eNhio''ioh IN the Macoeth Sai-
lerics present no new phase Of this
painters talent. His marines in oil
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'hc acaoe''''ca' eAh'p'''ohs' anu 'ne
new series OF aquarelles will please
those who liked the oils, but will not
m.Lo o,v u,dor aua,orc. for N,r
Domohortv
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scarco,,, no GOOD as ,ho o,,s a.. CO..
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The Contemporary Group and
10 Davidson.

The Contemporary Group" now ex-
posing in the Montross Galleries pro-
vide "A very interesting exhibition and
one well worth visiting. The exhibit
tors are all earn - aspirants. most OF
whom are quite habituatcd 10 the praise
oc critics. and, Furthermore, the pic
lures AID sculptures have been hung
with unusual judgment and taste.
Samuel IIalport shows second ver-
sion of III" Toledo Cathedral, strong
and v.ri,c ike the one first seen. and
some attractive water Colors. Sarah
Morris Greene, who made a brilliant
debut in Gorham's some years since
upou her return from France. sends an
"Aphrodite" which Is the best figure
she has achieved since then. 1t has all
the freedom and scnst.veness Of touch
that Mrs. Grccuc's French pieces had.
Eli Nadeiman, who gave men,
orable exhibition N the Photo Secession
Gallery two years ago. reappears as
brilliant as ever. His "Tetc de
/ Femme" who has Mcdusa-like black
curls, is n DISTINGUISHED work, and 50 is
/ the small figure, Femme nue dcbout.'
MIR. Nadelmal = always immensely
+ crrtau of what he is about. and the
spectator is always impressed by his
mastery Of his matcriils,
Sidney Da,e shaw and Charles
/ Ecii,e are TWO artists who use good
color; Allcn Tucker shows "A fun length
4 portrait of "A girl scnSitivciy and deco
4 rat.vciy presented; Two Babies" a
decorative work 10y the late Mrs. Bur
/ roliShs, is charmlngly naive, and Eu-
Gene Spsl,hpr in his Stlll Life ont yicS
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NEWS AND COMMENT IN THE WORL

unacquainted with primitive art as
simply a geometrical design, and he
would probably see In 1t no suggestion
Of any particular animal or, indeed, OF
any animal at all.
ITO illustrate this point. We will sup
pose the animal to be represented was
the puma. In this case the design
would contain lines showing the arched
back and tail common to the cat fam
lily, and very likely little else sug-
gesting this great cat. These highly
conventionalized forms were as quickly
recognized among themselves as would
have been the most realistic rep
resentation Of a puma; It was higher
form Of their art
zone phase Of Bert Williams's acting
that depicts him as true artist"
writes j. B. in The Soil. "is his nice
exaggcration; his sleeves are too short
his shoes too big, but not too short or
too big. Imagination and taste govern
his makeup. 1t is a misconception Of
what is comical to appear on the stage
in n pair of we'll fitting boots II one be
a clown, but 1t is a tedious misconcep-
tiOn and makes for a tedious evening
to appear in shoes a yard too long
There is a nice point between which 1t
requires subtlety to gauge, and which,
when rightly gauged, proves the man
a comedian sensitive to comic values
instead of minor criminal"
Arrangements have been completed
by the American Museum of Natural
History for an exhibit Of some Of
Charles X. knights recent paintings
and small bronzes OF modern animals
and also OF a mural decoration or pre-
historic animals in the West Assembly
Hall of the Museum from December Is.
1916, to January Is. 1917.
Friends OF the Young Artists have
organized their fourth competition.
which decorators all over the country
are invited to enter and for which all
contributions must be sent to the
Gainsborough Studios, 222 Central
Park South, not later than December
IS. Otto Kahn offers a prize OF 5000
G. ]. Charles offers $50, Paul Baum
garten 800 and Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney ten honorary awards of s25
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an answer to prayer. have been look
ing to the east and looking to the west.
lighting tapers upon all the affairs.
making more burnt sacrifices than l
could well afford. and just when I,
fainting by the wayside, had concluded
there was no help for me in Israel,
behold. right here in our midst--to be
exact at the juncture of Forty-second
street and Fifth avenue--a great light
appears. 1t is called The Soil. 1t Is
edited by II. J. Coady. and 1t is devoted
to art, real art, the art Of the present
and future.
love the new publication from
start to finish. I wouldn't have a
thing in IL altered. I consider 1t the
most perfect art journal I have ever
seen. 1t beats Blast all hollow. (By
the way--why are there no more
"Blasts"?)
For one thing. 1t is ours. 1t is
American. It's in line. It's Whit
manic. It's for the open road, and
the free for all, the pure air and the
hot scufile. Something will come out
Of The Soil, mark my words.
For another thing the new magazine
esurrects that peerless genius Miss
;ertrude Stein. and gives us one of
,er latest works, this time "A Portrait
But before Miss STEMS art Is dis
ussed something should he said about
Nr. Coady's.
Mr.. Coady holds. like Walt Whit
man, that American art should be all
embracing. Therefore he begins the
rcyiou With N ouperh Ira wing from "a
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all Of his previous efforts to get
solidity.
The other exhibitors, Kari Ander-
son, II. Paul Burlin. d. Putnam Brin-
ley, Varian Cockcroft, Ernest Lawson
and Henry l.. McFee. present no varia-
tions in style from works OF theirs
previously seen.
Across the road from the Montrose
Galleries. at Reinhardt's. 10 Davidson
is holding an exhibition. 1t includes
many Of his portraits Of celebrities.
many figures and a group Of drawings
The portraits are uniformly excel
lent and quite eclipse In interest both
the drawings and the figure pieces.
Whether the celebrity comes to David
son or Davidson goes to the celebrity,
I do not know. but certainly he bags
them all and does us all a service In
consequence.
The Brangwyn and DR.. George
Brandes are handled impreesionisti-
cally but strongly. the technique in
both being admirable and secondary to
the characterization. AS a rule the
greater the sitter the easier II seems
to be for Davidson to get" them.
There II. of course, always plenty 10
get In the case Of the very great. The
Langwill portrait has the look OF a
nan Of force, but curiouely enough 1t
las no jawbone worth speaking OK.
George Luks and Arnold Dolmetch
have assisted the sculptor to two fine
masks.
The figure pieces mean little to mo
and the drawings less. The drawings
present strange paradoxes. They ap-
pear to have been swiftly done, yet
they are almost spiritless; they ap-
pear to have been swiftly done, yet
they suggest accuracy Of form.
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bout the world considerably in the
fort to get away from hlmself-or to
nd himself-and so these water colors
fleet the aspects OF several worlds
g they appeared to him. Apparently
III the worlds looked alike. There is
no objection to that. Of course. Schop-
enhauer said that color is in the mind
# the beholder. and he may be right.
OF all the places Mr.. Dougherty saw
Porto Rico alone seemed to speak a
PERSONAL color language OF its own.
His Porto Rican series is the most
,riginal and therefore the most in
,eresting work in his exhibition.
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in the meantime before and after
Nothing is more curious to a pur-
pose"
This is n miniature. II YOU will. but
very winning and true, Is 1t not? How
sure the strokes are. Mrs. THY
actually stands before you. and al
though the lighting of the picture is
strange. the characterization Is unfor-
gettable. Miss Stein. as usual. scores.
In short, my only fear for Tho
Soil" is that 1t begins too we'll. To
keep up such pace. or even to pro-
duce second number equally good
would be a miracle. But to the young.
God bless them, miracles come easy.
shall await the January issue with inn
patience
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Notes and Activities in the
World of Art.

Tho announcement that Miss Clara
Tice was to exhibit Batiks In a gallery
IN East Thirty-ninth street drew me
o the place. where was not only able
to see the Batiks but Miss Clara Tice
herself.
The gallery. which is next to the
Union League Club. seems to have
,een inaugurated by come of those
young people who have all come back
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from Paris since the war and who are
now beginning to feel that they must
show New York the kind OF thing they
used to do in Paris.
There WAS a constant hubbub Of
Young people all the time arriving,
who we're evidently artists and who
all seemed TO comprehend perfectly
what Ibsen describes az, the 10y Of
life" A young woman with a bandeau
around her head and long flowing gar
ments was in attendance. as well as
n young man in white suit of n primi-
tive cut. whose hair also had a priml-
tive cut In fact. it had no cut at all,
his hair. for he looked like st. John
the Baptist or "A twelfth century
syrian or something OF that sort.
Rut rrobably he war, lust a plain
American. horn I'm Keokuk. and carry
ing the revolt against the common
p,occncss of the middle West lust a bit
too far. At least he addressed Miss Tice
.,s "Clara" and she called him Bob"
in return.
oh the Batiks? Quite lovely. Of
course.
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i''' ,,ri,,,,,i,n roc.s ,h,, soon, ,n
, W. o'' - a,,,,r oon,.rtion. n, Nr
~ ,a, T., ror,ra On African nri,ni-
,I'.o r,Sa uhic,, r.re ouotod II, these
,.,u,,ns rooor,,,.
w. COO " sax, Mr. Mead Gin theso
co,1 ornaments the characteristics of
nrimi,ive art' These peoples made very
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-02-24
Addresses the Dulna.

olas, Foreigner Minister SaZonoff re-
viewed the war situation in most
optimistic way, although he declared
il was more difficult now than ever
before to foresee the end of the world
struggle.
"The imperial government remains
unshaken in its determination to con-
tinue the struggle to conquer the en-
envy" Sazonoff said. This war is
the greatest crime of high treason
against humanity. Those who pro-
voked it bear a heavy responsibility
and today stand entirely unmasked
1--WE know who it was who let loose
the misfortunes without number,
with which Europe is oppressed Even
German public opinion is beginning
to realize that the German people
have been the dupe OF these who
thought the hour had come to rea-
lie the dreams of plunder and ra-
pine they had cherished so long.
Would Reunite Poland.
The speech of Emperor Nicholas
was devoted principally to thanks
giving and congratulation upon the
Russian victory at Erzerum, Sazonoff
during his long address spoke of var
ious international problems. Taking
up the Polish problem, he said:
From the beginning of the war
Russia has had inscribed in her ban
ncr the reunion of dismembered Po-
land and never has this ceased to be
our aim. Germany has granted few
minor concessions to Poland and in
return it is said she contemplates
raising hundreds of thousands of
Polish troops, to be used in the at
tempt to bring about the triumph of
Germanism.
In regard to Russia's relations to
Sweden, Sazonoff said:
"Our only sentiment toward the
Swedes is one of sincere friendship.
Any preteXt of conflicting interests
could only be artificial Russia's his
tory does not impel her towards the
coast of Scandinavia. She must OBJ
tain an outlet in free sea in quite
another direction"
Says Germans lrritatc U. S.
On the subject of Russian-Ameri-
can relations, he said:
''The interest which American in
dustry has in our markets permits
of the hope that in addition to the
friendly political relations row exist
ing between the two countries, an
economic reapproachment may be
brought about. which would be of the
greatest benefit to both nations. In
any case the Russian government will
put forth all its efforts to this end.
He then referred to "the Maladroit
and importunate propaganda of Ger
man agents in America which he
said mot only failed in its object, but
provoked q certain irritant and APP
preciably chilled American sympatb-
les for Germany"
Jap Fleet in Mediterranean
Copenhagen, Denmark. - German
newspapers print dispatches from
Italy, stating that Japanese fleet has
arrived safely in the Mediterranean
sea, together with great nunber OF
aircraft
Two Japanese steamers have been
torpedoed ard sunk in the Mediter-
rean, the liner Yasaka Maru and the
freighter Kenkoku Maru. On Janu.
airy 8 announcement was made at To.
Eio by thc Jill Shimpo that squad.
ron of Japanese warships was to be
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-02-24
TOWNS TO UNITE
AGAINST WHEELER
CHARLES MIX COUNTY MAY SEE
HOT FIGHT ON COUNTY SEAT
PROPOSAI-WOUL FIRST
ELIMINATE

Sioux Falls. S. D.,-Residents of
Charles Mix county, have resumed
county seat removal fight. and have
renewed the proposal that all towns
OF the county which aspire to county
seat honors submit their claims to
the voters Of the county at the pri-
mary election on May %, on the
understanding that the town which
receives the highest number of votes
be selected to make the campaign
against Wheeler, the present county
seat at the election in November.
Wheeler is without railroad facil-
ities, but because of jealousy between
the various railroad towns of the
county has in past county seat cam
paigns had no difficulty in retaining
the county seat. If the proposal is
accepted by the various aspiring
railroad towns, those which lose out
at the primary election in May will
be required to support the winning
town at the election in November.
1t is expected that Geddes, Lake
Andes, Wagner, and Ravinia will all
enter the county seat contest, but
whether or not they will submit their
claims to the voters at the May pri-
mary election and agree to support
the winner at that election is doubt
full In the meantime the residents
OF Wheeler, it is said, are losing no
sleep over the county seat situation.