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brilliant elimination In the absolute
reproduction Of tone which was the re-
suit Of the activity of what Is generally
known as the new school" Of wood
engraving in America. In the latter
the matter Of tones and tints and
%gradations Is carried to the utmost
possibility. even to extremes, in the
Joy of ibis new felt power. but the
best work of this school-the work
produced as the result of more clarified
ideas-will stand as most remarkable
examples Of Interpretation through
black and white OF painters of quite
| different lands and times.
1t has often been deplored that the
modern photo-mechanical processes
have killed wood engraving. h quite
modern examples that 1t was possible
to exhibit in the space available here
will show that the art Is not dead by
any means. It Is being practised in a
different way. that Is by artists seek
ing to express themselves directly on
the block as they would on copper In
etching or on the stone In llthocraphy.
The possibilities of this medium in
serving widely differing personalities.
as well as in rendering the various
national and racial characteristics
back of that, are clearly shown In the
wood cuts that have been produced In
recent years by various artists en-
craving their own designs on the
block. Strang. Sleigh, Ricketts,. Craig.
Nicholson and Moore in England.
where l.. Pissare and Vcrpilleux are
also active; Lepere. Riviere. VAL
lotion and Colin In France. Orlik,
Mol. Laage. klemm and others In
Germany and Austria; and Dow,
Helen Hyde. Nordfeldt, Ruzicka. How
ard Mccormick and Allen Lewis in our
land have shown in various ways what
can be done in wood engraving while
remaining strictly within the limits of
the medium.
Much of this modern work Is In
simple open lines and fiat tints, the
tints often in color. One naturally
contrasts this work on the one hand
with the reproductive engraving Of the
American new school," already re-
ferred to. and on the other with the
cuts produced in the early days Of the
art with some similarity in method
certainly in the use OF the black line
instead OF the white. This recurrence
OF the older methods in only a few
cases takes the archaizing form Of the
resumption of the old manner The
whole movement of painter wood en-
craving" Is essentially modern In its
expression.
\ most significant feature of the ex-
hihition lies in the exceedingly wide
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who show marked talent In drawing.
may enter the Industrial art course OF
the Washington Irving High School
and take all Of the required work In a
single year.. This Is possible because
no scholastic work Is demanded or
those who have already secured a high
school diploma from some other school.
Postgraduate work is j possible
In the Washington Irving High School.
This has recently been organized with
the help Of manufacturers and design
ers in the trade. It offers a six months
course along highly specialized lines,
80 that each student who has already
completed the regular industrial course
may specialize In the technique Of
some specific trade, as lace designing.
wall paper designing, &C. All OF the
pupils who have competed this post
graduate course have promptly found
| openings waiting them In trade studios.
The Washington Irving High School
Is organized with two terms n year. 30
/ that pupils may enter In September or
February 1. AS a limited number only
can be accepted in the art courses, APP
plications on the part of prospective
candidates should be made early in
January.
The Daniel Gallery has arranged an
exhibition Of small paintings by many
, of the artists Of the new school. Most
| of the pictures are lively In color and
| freely designed. A decorative work
by Manigault graces the vestibule, a
harbor scene, with masts of tall ships
striking up across the architectural
setting. Nearby is a High Bridge" by
Lawson. In varying sparkling tones
of emerald; n cool. suave river with
blocks of ice. by Rockwell Kent; land
scapes by Fisk and John Marin. still
lifes by Samuel Halpert. street urchins
, by Jerome Myers, Spanish landscapes
by Kuehne and brilliant productions
by walkowitz. Mayer. Lever and
Zorach.
Henry Symons & Co. are showing in
their galleries on east Fo~rty-fourth
street a Renaissance group in bronze
that has unusual qualities. 1t is a
Triton and Nymph, the Nymph seated
upon the Triton's back.
DR.. Bode considered the o to he
by Riccio. the author Of the bronze
that was so much admired in the
Davanzatl collection, but Mr.. Govett,
the New York expert upon renaissance
bronzes. who has been studying II re-
Gently. believes it rather the work of
Antico. While the forms of the Triton
and Nymph are almost purely Greek,
he says. the general design * n con
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should, but lately he has been coming
to New York n great deal, and little
by little masses Of pale blue have
crept into his pictures. One OF his
latest portraits, hat OF Miss Iris Tree
that was (she is o Mrs. Moffat),
has a background solidly in pale blue.
This Of course is not right-for n
Philadelphia. trust none of Mr..
Borie's. Quaker clientele will near of
1t.
The Quakers have only recently
begun to permit pictures Of any kind.
you know. and II will not do for
artists to rush them too quickly. An
Their OF the s~itters, a Mrs, Edward
Rowland. is c~nveloped in clouds of
blue gluze. | do not know Mrs.
Rowland, which is possibly arguing
myself unknown, but ! fear she Is a
New Yorker. | do not believe she
is n Quakcress. Certainly the Queen
of Sheba never wore more pale blue
gauZc. II she he n Quakcrcss. she
surely-but there's no use worrying,
she Isn't one,
! knew a Quakeress Cnce who got
,nto difficulties with the Meeting for
a much less einous offence than
wearing blue gauze. My Quakeress
was so, plump as to figure and severe
as to face. 4 son of hers ran off to
sea when quite "A lad-even Quaker
families have their black sheep-bc-
came ar engineer upon an ocean liner
and died while still young, The young
mans mates sent on to the Quaker
mother az oil painting of the ship
upon which the son had served, and II
became to her as the apple of her
eye and was installed in the chilly
solitude of her drawing room, above
the white marble mantclpiece. and
hanked on either side by trees Of
white coral under glass globes.
After n time the dcacons OF the
Meeting, hearing OF the unholy JOY
which the Quake ross took In this oil
painting, decided that such worldly
tendencies should ba nippcd in the bud
and accordingly two of the deacons
were sent to demonstrate with my old
friend, They even went so far az to
threaten to read her out OF Meeting
unless she put away the picture. All
to no avail. The mother spirit. which
when on the defence Is much the same
In ouakeresses and tigresses. rose to
IT. full strength. The deac0ns beat "a
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Various Activities
in World of Art

\ young Southerrpr OF my acquaint-
nee belongs TO a family whose for
tunes suffered greatly during the c!vil
var, and he says his mother has no
respect whatever for the memory OF
Gen. sherman. The famous march
to the sea trav,rsed her plantation and
-hc says she did not mind losing her
slaves, nor the stealing of all her live
'tock ana provisions 10y Gen. Sher-
mans soldiers. hut she says h never,
never can forgive them for ripping
open her best feather bed and wan
tonly spillinG a barrel OF sorghum into
IL.
Recently she came to New York, and
her son. who has artistic i~nclinations,
showed her among the other sights OF
the own the famous equestrian bronze
group by Saint Gaudens Of Gen. Sher-
man with the angel going on before.
The lady took n glance at IL, and
with the utmost scorn. remarked;
IT'S just like him. lie makes the
woman walk"
Samuel y. Avery has purchased and
presented to the Brooklyn Museum the
entire collection OF the wood engrav-
ings OF Alfred Prunaire which were
on exhibition at the museum during
the month OF November. The pur-
chase was made from the widow of the
| artist, Nine, Fanny A, Prunnire.
Alfred Irunalre was one of the best
known wood cnGravers In Franc" and
, at the time of his death four years ago
he was engaged on II commission for
the French Government In engraving
| notable canvascs in tho collections of
the Louvre. His wood cuts are found
In many volumes produced III the last
forty years, He engraved many OF
Whistler's paintings for Theodore
Durct's life Of that famous American
artist, and his cngravings of the draw
ings Of Daumier are well known. He
IL represented In the New York publt
, Library Print Department.
Free industrial art courses for high
school graduates are open to deserving
pupils in the Washington Irving Higt
School. 40 Irving place. Manhattan
N. Y. The regular industrial ar
courses in this school require two
years of study on the part Of under.
graduates, but girl students, who have
graduated from other high schools and
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made a portrait Of myself standing
with a blank n in front OF me.
This Is to be my masterpiece. The ideal
and the aim of 1t all. ! believe. Is that
you can remain young all the time to
the end; always be a fresh fighter,
ambitious to the end. II 1t ever be-
comes tiresome to me to paint, I will
do something else.
You who are studying art have the
most dignifed profession In the world.
Your opportunity to leave n record Is
wonderful and rare. and I plead with
you to see to II that you leave a record
of having been on this earth. What
the people and the public and the
world demand Of you Is that you will
put yourself upon that my What
we really want to know is the person.
atty Of the painter. not the paint on
the canvas"
A memorial loan exhibition OF the
works of william NJ. Chase will be held
In the Metropolitan Museum Of Art
during the latter part Of the winter.
At a meeting Of the trustees. held on
November 20. the president appointed
the following committee on arrange
ments: Charles W. Gould, chairman;
Herbert Adams. Carroll Beckwith,
Bryson Burroughs. Kenyon Cox. Fred
erick Diclman. Thomas w. Dewing,
Daniel G. French. Francis c.. Jones.
VIII II. Low. Frederick W. MacMon-
MES. Edward Robinson. John s. Sar-
gent, ]. Alden Weir and Irving Il.
Wiles. This committee will have the
full cooperation and assistance Of
Mrs. Chase. with whose approval the
exhibition Is being arranged.
The exact date of the opening can
not yet be fixed. but 1t will probably be
early In February. and the exhibition
/ will continue for about n month. A
private view will be given to the men,
bers Of the museum on the day before
the public opening.
Such ar exhibition will give the New
York public and others the privilege Of
seeing pictures painted by Mr.. Chase
during different periods of his career.
and thus Of approaching his large and
varied accomplishment as an artist.
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siderable departure from the antique.
ON the contrary Riccio's work is gem
orally close to the Greek in design but
varies in the modelling. Moreover the
general character of the finish of the
bronze leads Mr.. Govett to think It the
work of Antico. and he regards both
the modelling and the patina as of
the highest quality.
Another interesting exhibit In the
Symons Galleries Is a chess set, the
pieces being In red and white ivory
II dates from the time of Napoleon:
portraits of Napoleon and his Queen,
being in the set. Doubtless the
bishops are portrayed IN notable
clericals, and the pawns are efiigies
Of soldiers OF the period.
Many specimens OF tho new glazes
being introduced by the lockwood
lotteries are on view in the galleries
of Goupil & Co, These are in rich
heavy single color glazcs flowing over
soft porcelain. in the style familiar TO
collectors OF Chinese wares. Some
times a subtle low relief has been in
PRODUCED beneath the glaze, or some
times a dark border design has been
painted fatty upon the clay body.
There is no effort at the elaborate dec
GRAFTON that was so frequent In the
early Lockwood pieces.
The shapes n colors have been
carefully studied To give the vases and
bowls interest both rs works of art IN
themselves and as appropriate and
h~lrpnnnin,a raAaytn,I.e g., u
The color combinations are usually
cream and rose, blue n turquoise or
gray and turquoise.
In the second Goupil gallery some
color prints by Charles w. Bartlett. an
Englishman, are being shown. Mr..
Bartlett has worked from wood blocks
quite in the old Japanese manner and
his effects In many Instances are sur
prisingly Japanese. Two of the i'm
prcssions in particular might he mis-
taken by the hasty observer for the
work of H~iroshige.
Perhaps the most curious painting
which has found its way to America
in recent years is "The Obstacle
Dance" a large work by Peter Aert.
sen. one of the founders of the Dutch
school, which is 10Y being shown In
the Satinorcr Galleries, along with
other old masters.
Most of the works of this artis'
were destroyed by the "Iconoclasts" In
1866 and only twelve r~ecognizet
authentic works remain. All of tn,
other eleven are in Europear
museums. 10 that 1.-The Obstacl,
Dance" 10 not only the sole painting
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Print Exhibition
at Public Library

The prints division Of the New York
Public Library has opened. in the print
gallery Groom 321) OF the main build
ing at Fifth avenue and Forty-second
street. the third in its series OF exhibit
tons illustrating THE Making Of
Prints" The present exhibition. which
is to remain on view 10 the end Of
May. 1917. is devoted to THE Making
Of a Wood Engraving"
The usual Arrangement has been fol-
lowed. Blocks and tools are shown as
a matter OF course. bare blocks, blocks
drawn upon or photographed Upon.
ready for engraving. engraved blocks.
transfers. elcc;rotypes. There are also
gravcrs ,hurins) of various kinds. the
, pad on which the block rests while it
IL being engraved, the %engraver's mag
nifying glass and stand. pictures Of
e%ngravcrs at work and of hands WELD
ing the gravers, AS we'll AS Of The wood
cutters OF olden times cutting with a
knife on a section OF plank. And in the
adjoining room are shown the various
tools used by the Japanese in the pro-
duction OF their color prints.
For the proper and fun appreciation
OF any work OF art some understands
ing OF its technique Is necessary OF
course. some understanding of the
limits and possibilities of the medium.
But when n ease or two of tools and
materials-the mechanics of the art.
so to speak-have been duly examined
there follows the examination OF the
products of the art In which the tech
nique was applied. in which tho en-
gravcr illustrated his respect for the
arts limits and his understanding Of
its possibilities.
AS In former exhibitions, the best
examples possible have been chosen.
The enormous amount of material pro-
duced In five centuries In wood en-
craving made rigid selection more nee
essary even than usual. 1t is there
fore Il summary review Of the art from
h beginning to the present day that
Is offered to the visitor. one which
nevertheless covers the ground in Its
essential features.
Wood engraving Vas ever an art
more or less close to the people. The
earliest sheets, published separately
the block books in which pictures and
text were cut into relief on the same
plank of wood, the early books printed
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and 1t may. after all, have some mean

and It may. after all. have some mean
Ing.
Reader, you may have been trying
to fathom what l have been driving
at. but rest assured that l have not
been driving at anything at all. These
are simply a few thoughts and medi-
tations upon coming out Of the Winter
Academy. Writer'S of books and
painters of pictures desire to stir your
emotions. Behold In what direction
mine were stirred. II Is in fact d little
review Of the academical occasion;
but I fatter myself that this time It
will not be quoted in the American Art
NetpS.
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ignominious retreat. and as ny friend
vas what is technically known as "a
power for good In the community" and
had a strong following. 1t was event.
ually decided to allow her TO retain
possession of her marine treasure.
Since that day, Of course. even nor
Quaker barriers have broken down,
but the Quakers are still a long way
from such carnal i~ndulgences as blue
gauzc. Mr.. Borie's brown pictures and
blue pictures are all to be seen in the
Folsom Galleries.
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Restricted Art Advertising

appears on this page at forty-flye
cents per line per insertion agate
measurement. Minimum space
twenty lines. No heavy Gothic nor
black type; no eccentric typography;
no white lettering on black back
ground; no thick borders. Art adj
vertising dlonc is appearing in this
section OF twelve pages, and as each
announcement is therefore unavoid-
ably conspicuous the harmonious
and distinctive setting places all ar,
dealers on an impartial basis. Cops
should be in the Sun Building hy
NOON every Wednesday.
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variety In national. racial and III
dividual style and tendency and view
point which il disclosed. That may
possibly prove a bit OF a revelation
even to art lovers of some experience.
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AdoIphe Borie's
PhiIadelphian Portraits

Adolphe Borie Is a Philadelphia
who used TO paint portraits in nice
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
DENY EVER WAS SECRET TREATY
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LONDON, Feb. 29.-"No secret treat ty exists or ever existed between The Netherlands and Germany was the positive statement of the Dutch for eign minister replying to q question in the upper chamber of parliament to- day. according to a dispatch to Reu- ters Telegram company from the Hague.
 No secret agreement or understand ing has been arrived at, or even an at tempt in such a direction ever made. v the minister is quoted as saying. "On August 31, 1914, the German minister, by word of mouth, communicated to us in the name of his government, the information that as long as The Meth erlands observed neutrality Germany would respect her neutrality A simi- lar declaration had been made to the Dutch minister in Berlin.
 ''The declaration from the German side directed to England, we have sol emnly pledged our word to Holland, does not refer to any agreement, but only to this one sided, solemn and pre- else declaration of the German minis ter to us. The Dutch government has in no way abandoned it's freedom of action"
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
Msy Carry One Gun

BOSTON, Feb. 29.-The possibility that the White Star liner Cretic. which is on the way from New York and this port to Mediterranean ports with 800 passengers, including seven Amerl- cans, would come within ;he terms of the Teutonic proclamation affecting merchant vessels which mount guns WAS suggested in shipping circles here tonight. Although the Cretic left here on February 21 without visible arna- ment. some of the members of the crew said it was expected to take aboard . four-inch sun astern at Gibraltar
 Trans Atlantic shipping, outward bound from this port recently. includ- e1 thc following: Bay State. British freigfter, sailed for Liverpool Febru- ary 20; Leyland liner Cambrian, freight. sailed February % for London; France Canada company steamer Ultonia. sailed February g. horses and supplies to entente allies It St. NaZaire France; Leyland liner Devoniau. sailed for Liv- erpool February 24.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
MANY MORE TO PAY AN INCOME
 TAX THIS YEAR
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NEW YORK. Feb. 29.-An estimate that approximately 30, individuals and from lS.001 to 20,00o corporations will pay income taxes this year in the second internal revenue district of this city, the most important in the country, was made tonight by Collector John z. Lowe, few hours before the time limit for filing re turns expired at midnight Last year returns were shown from 23.000 individuals and 17.000 corporations.
 Collector Loves district, one of the three in this city, takes in the lower part of Manhattan. in which are To- cated the main offices of many of the country's greatest corporations, bankers and financiers The total col lections this year in this district from all forms of federal taxes. Mir Lowe predicted. will exceed s35, ,00O. 900 Last year the collections amounted to S26, 00O, ,000.
 Thirty-two residents of the Borough 'of Manhattan are assessed for s250.- 900 or more on personal property alone. according to a report of the tax department made public tonight Jonh D. Rockefeller leads with an assessment of 5000, 900
 Henry r. Davidson of J. F. Nor gan and company, whose name did not appear on the records last year. is rated this year with personal prop erty of s1,00o.0 900. Abraham Erlanger theatrical producer. is assessed at s4..',0 ,000. whereas his personal prop erty a year ago was listed as worth only S5000 Other increases were: John D. Rockefeller Jr.. $394. 300 to $50o,0O0; George Ehret, S400,O00 to S1,000,00o, Adrian Iselin, Jr Sl00.O00 to S252, ,G00; Jacob H. Schiff s400, ,000 to S1,000,000 James Speyer, S200,000 to $l,00o. .000, and Frederick w. Van derbilt, S1a0.000 to s32O,000. A total increase of $74.S37,710 for the year is shown in personal property assess ments in Manhattan. The total as- sessment on personal property in the five bOroughs comprising the greater city is s376.530, 150.
 Enormous increases are noted in the real estate, corporation and spe- cial franchise assessments, the total being sS,207.s22, ,361, or approximately Sl23.000.0 GOO more than in 1915.
Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
SAN DIEGO MAlJ
 IS A SUICIDE
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SAN DIEGO, Feb. 2s.-J. D. Mollison, prominent real estate broker of this city, committed suicied this afternoon by shooting. The body was found among some bushes in the city park by persons attracted to the spot by the shot Heavy financial reverses during the past year are believed to have prompted him to kill himself.
 Mollison had pencilled number of notes which were found in his coat. One of them read I've simply ended my misery because that it is not pos sible to stand the strain a moment longer and remain sane. All day yes- terday felt myself slipping, and rather than burden my family and friends witt, what l know J choose this manner of ending it all."
 Moliison came here five years ago from Smith Center. Kans He is sur vived by his widow. son and two daughters.