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New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
BY Ralph M. Crannell

Fighting somewhere in France in the
United States Army is the first full
blooded Chinese ever 70 have worn the
uniform of a United States Regular
He is Roy +. Quil, of Pittsburgh,
member of the Presbyterian Church
and son of a well-to-do business man
who has remained follower of Con-
fucius, although he did not oppose his
sons accepting Christianity.
Young Quill was immensely popular
in Pittsburgh. He associated with
American youths in Sunday school ac-
tiyites. He was popular with the
young people of his church because Of
what his pastor described as his "en-
thusiastic Christianity" He was pop
ular with his associates in high school
because, as one of his instructors said,
he was "a real fellow" alert, bright
and athletic. He made an instantaneous
hit with his Caucasian fellow soldiers
because. as one of his officers expressed
il, he was "fair and square, from head
to foot"
When the existence of the Chinese
Republic was threatened Quill appealed
to the youth Of Pittsburgh to help
save a sister republic" He believed
his efforts 70 raise a regiment Of Amer
lean boys for service in China would
be quickly successful, and he cabled the
government at Peking to the effect that
he was preparing to cross the Pacific
with a regiment of American volun-
teers. At that time ne was a non-com-
missioned officer in the Ellsmere
Guards, Pittsburgh military organi-
zation. Quill called his fellow guards
men around him and harangued them
as follows:
Fellow soldiers and Americans: As
you know, the life Of the Chinese Re-
public has been threatened. China is
a sister republic of the United States.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

tingcnt greater weight in the show. But
the lesser, more lyrical things tell, in
the long run, even more potentially.
Scale, after all, is not indispensable in
landscape. Charles S. Chapman has
needed only very modest canvas to
make his Forest Tragedy" an exquisite
thing, exquisite in its cold, wintry'
sylvan charm. There are some good
sea pieces, river scenes and the like,
from Messrs. Woodbury., Waugh, Lie,
Butler, Smell and King. Among the
figure subjects there are a few nudes,
by the late Carroll Beckwith, Philip
Hale and one or two others. The dis
tinctively decorative pieces include not
only Mr.. Cox's panel, mentioned above,
but an amusing study of fowls, "Win-
ter" by Joseph I. Pearson.
The sculptors add some threescore
exhibits to the collection. Mr. Paul
Manship is the most conspicuous con-
tributor, sending three large bronzes.
One is the group, Dancer and Ga
zelles." which has hitherto been known
here in plaster. The other two, though
cast separately, are intended to form
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

tation Of the sitter is. above all, the
point at issue. Mr. SeyGert's "Fritz
kreisler" hovers on the edge Of being
a good bit Of painting into the bargain,
but does not quite cross the line. So 10
is with Mr. Sidney Dickinson, who sends
two clever canvases; they are clever,
but shallow. There is better luck TO
be had among the paintings which
subordinate the sitter 10 some decor
ative or even sentimental motive. Mr..
liawthornc's Twilight" offers case in
point. He is begulingly subjective in
this, eXtorting from his subject an emo
tion Of great tenderness and charm.
This figure Of his is also beautifully
drawn, as though his technique had
borrowed something fine and strong
from the spirit Of his sitter. There is
plenty of the bright, facile craftsman
ship that one always expects as mat
ter of course in contemporary portrait
ure and its extension into the field Of
decorative confetti" paintings by Mr..
Frieseke, Mr.. Antonio Barone, Mr. Leon
Kroll, Miss Gertrude Fiske and Mr.
Henry W. Parton. Here and there
breath Of freshness makes itself agree
ably felt Miss Fiske is capital in her
study in Black and White" and afirms
her versatility, too. in an outdoor sub
ject. "The Pool" which shows with
what deftness and elan she can paint.
Mr.. Howard Giles also gives us some
thing in the nature of a surprise in his
"1914," figure painted with a little
hardness, but, on the whole, in an in
teresting manner. 1t is plainly studio
piece, but there is flicker of life in it.
The foiblc of too many Of these
painters of The figure is that of hold
ing entirely. aloof from anything like
human passion and making their works
just so many studies in still life. For
an extreme example Of the sort of
banality to which this narrow hypothe-
sis will lead an artist we MAJ cite "The
One in Yellow" a waxy application of
the routine of Bouguereau by Mr.. Will
lam NJ. Paxton. Such a. scheme as his
is only safe for some such master Of
surface as Alfred Stevens, for a virtu-
oso capable of getting out of form and
color all that there is 70 be got out of
them. The pedestrian craftsman Sc
cures a deadly prettiness and nothing
more; he leans heavily on convention
where some element Of originality IS
essential to pull him through. 1t is in
tcresting to see how some slight ad-
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
Swiss Guards Foil German
Attempt to Smuggle Food

BERNE, Nov. 25 (By maiD.-Smug-
Cling of foodstuffs into Germany is
still practised in ingenious and unex-
pected ways. The other night a party
Of about fifty persons crossed the
frontier 20 take part in a masked ball
in q little Swiss town. Toward mid
night they returned in automobiles,
which were warned to stop at the
frontier.
No notice being taken Of the warn
ing. the sentinels fired, and brought
the cars TO standstill. The occu-
pants. most Of whom were discovered
TO be German soldiers, succeeded in
making their escape, but the ears, in
which were hidden large quantities Of
soap, chocolate, butter. leather and
fats, were seized by the authorities.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

in The world a show Of this miscella-
neous Kind ever abounds in really
thrilling encounters. Certainly not IN
Paris or London. Let US not ask too
much. For our own part the winter
Academy appeals, as a rule, not so
much as source Of joyous discoveries
but as d kind Of index. II is interest
irg as a body of evidence, showing
about where American painting stands.
Many Of the best men we have keep
away from IT, To that extent the evil
cenee remains incomplete. But it is
complete enough on the main question,
which relates not to the leaders but
10 The rank and file.
When shc Association Of American
Painters and Sculptors got up their
vast exhibition at the AImory, five
]ears ago, its principal service seemed
70 be that Of stirring up stagnant
waters. It brought number Of the
hswer movements into view. From this
salon Of the Independents certain
f4ihcr heady influence seemed bound
% how. As has been frequently enough
heted in these columns, that influence
haS produced some queer results, paint
iaSs and sculptures chiefly remarkable
l0f kind Of f4tuous crudity, but we
'e'e rsyer been able 20 regard these
% having any serious bearing on the
'Aaat'on They arc passing phenom-
va Ike Kipling's mosquito worm In
l4L1 and exert no measurable effect
IRON American art. What. appeared
l0salDle as an outcome Of the armory
@hieiton was a little change in the
D'0Sa atmosphere Of our school, lit
I" eust.ng and shaking Of old ideas,
stimulation Of personality. But just
ere the experiment seems 10 have
'oAen down. The Academy. for eX-
s"p'e' Is to-day precisely what it was,
- es'enee' ave years ago. Moreover, il
reservation Of the field at large is TO
" trusted, II is now fairly representa-
we 0i the general condition Of things.
" may be that the jury Of admission
: responsible for the absence from
@sse walls Of the so-called advanced"
'Sn about which we have heard so
uen IN the last few years, but we
''O' II. The likelier explanation is
' =. me American painter is settling
-'1ssif in the weil-trodden paths. Mr..
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
Repatriation
Bv Alfred Machard
Translated by William L. McPhersoa

Tn. cel,st traqedy the fate Of the little chudren
cat the pt syeep barbarism Humanity shud
the ruthless renroduced By the Germans On
batfeds baants these methods are revmg
civian population TO noneomoddn 70
sn and children they represent reron TO 'adgov
almost beyond belief 80
know what Belgium aud the IN
suffered under the German occupation Inc
t y hich folops only faint deight the brutality Of
describes atrocities ~ deds
erey NTH pathetic incident Of the repatriation Of group h''e
French o gears the occupied territory Ihe~
has been lot Of those who stayed oehidoe
and brothers But on r yhtn-
the idelb imprint Of German To
Alfred Machard the younger 9enea0" ot fenen "e''
ability and distinction OF stye
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
Conservatism as an Asset

Hugh Breckinridge sends in THE
Lake" to be sure, q valiant essay in
The recondite vein of Cezanne, but he
is the only man in the show to give
any sign Of restlessness. The impress
sion we receive is of a company of
painters content with the old laws.
They make their answer here TO all
the new movements, to the whole spirit
Of modernism" 1t is that conseva-
tism suits them best. The most sym
pathetic test of their performances is
that which refers only to technique as
it is practised in the schools.
Mr.. Sargent sets the pace in the do
main of portrsiture. He sends his sec
ond portrait of Mr.. Rockefeller, a vari-
alton, but only slight variation, on
the canvas at the Knoedler gallery,
which we have already traversed. II
forces us to much the same conclusion.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
The Present State of
American Painting
How 1t Is Illustrated in the Winter Exhibition of the
Academy of Design-The Apparent Answer
to Modernism
BY Royal Cortissoz

Tho winter well in motion 1t has already witnessed
rant exhibitions that in memory of Thomas Eakns
and Of Italian Primitves the Keinbegcr gallery
the Semann gallery of the works of Andrew OConnor
m length of sculptor whose long residence abroad detached
or less from here Every has his
freze the facade Of St. Barthoomew but Of his
sG old as well new unfamiliar New Another
Macbeth gallery promises be OF unusual interest The Win
Academy opened yesterday the Fine Arts Building last until
- s Of and the shows rapidly increasing
% The Club with its loan collection of books and mna
from Persia the Levan making of the notable eXhbi
% Of year At the American Art Galleries the Vo collection
and other objects be sold this week
,or the calendar full and rich have known it
=. be around the Christmas holidays.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

Z. .s An ole story that the simplest
Of questions are often the hardest to
,,sVer. Annually, at this time, We
s.sr The familiar query: as it a good
Academy" To which, this year, as
unop some other occasions, it is only
,ossible 70 reply that it all depends
mon what you call good Academy.
y YOU are looking solely for lot Of
sspectably painted pictures this is
about as good an Academy as we have
had in a long time. The proportion of
thoroughly bad pictures is small. If
vou sre looking for aesthetic excite
msnt. for pleasurable sensations of a
high order, which is to say for re-
nsrkabla paintings, numerous or few,
Il is a rather poor Academy. But, on
the other hand, it is well for the COM
nen;ator TO be on his guard against
ibis hypothesis, asking himself where
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

o composition together, the lhuis"
hunter portrayed in the one being oo-
viously in pursuit Of the antelope por-
traved in the other These works make
the winning appeal which has from tne
start been Characteristic OF q richly
endowed craftsman. But the pecnliaF
nature of Mr.. Manship's style, whleh
derives from the linear mode OF Gr'ek
yrse painting rather than from the III
rounded tradition Of plastic art in the
strict sense, deprives him of the monu-
mental quality at which he presumably
aims lie gets size without grandeur
These bronzes seem enlargements OF
statuettes; they are pictorial, decora-
tive, where one wishes they were
sculptural. Miss Malvina Hogman's
Russian Bacchanale" invites a similar
reflection. It is a vivid, really spirited
composition, executed with admirable
skill Yet somehow it fails to carry
conviction. The heroic statuary, IN
deed, If we may so describe IL, Is Oh
the whole disappointing. Perhaps Mr..
Sherry Fry's unfinished Figure" viii
give a more persuasive account OF IT.
self in it's final form; at present IT
leaves a not unpleasant impression, but
is not, either, particularly exciting Inc
best things in the show are the Por-
traits, busts by Mr. Crafty. Mr.. Novani'
Mr.. Di Flippo and one or two others
and the few small, lightly touched hg-
ures by Messrs. Piccirilli, Fuchs, San
ford and Grippe. The ltalian contin-
gent, by the way, steadily grows more
effective in the annual exhibitions. A
newcomer appears among the contrib
utors of plaques in low relief, Mr.
Julio Kilenyi. His FIVE portraits make
a charming group.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

little one who some hours back had
dared 70 question the Prussian soldier.
ave will seem 20 have been sleeping.
I am going TO rock Ginette in my arms.
But don't leave me alone. You must
be by me. / want 20 feel your hands
on me. We will arrange ourselves IN
group
When q soldier entered, swinging
big lantern and lighting the way for
an officer, they were all together AT
one end of the car, some seated, others
stretched on the straw as II asleep. AZ
the sound Of footsteps they appeared
10 awaken and sat upright. rubbing
their eyes. They surrounded Marie
Clavet. Marie Clayet rocked the dead
girl and sang to her. She was pale and
trembling.
The soldier lifted the lantern. The
officer stumblingiy called the names.
Jeanne Perceval!"
present." answered a frightened
voice.
Emile Franceur. Georgette Myr-
til! Pauline Berouard. Marie Louise
GARNER. Renee Bridelange! Henriettc
Brindelouc! Ginette Pinsor!"
A long silence.
"Ginette Pinson!" the officer repeated
impatiently.
Then Marie Clavet spoke.
"She is asleep, Monsieur. She has
been sick and | an nursing her"
The soldier stepped forward. The
little girls held their breath. Outside
there was a loud bias. from the loco
motive. The man raised his lantern.
lie cast its light full on Marie Clavet's
head. her face bent over to throw a
shadow on the face of the dead child.
ayes. she is asleep" said the soldier,
rejoining the officer.
The rollcall continued. When IL was
finished the two Prussians left the car.
Then the train. the whistle blowing,
slowly crossed the frontier.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

Walter Griffin's Morning Sunlight,
with its luscious green tones; Frank
Bicknelrs delightful "Brches," the bit
of picturesqueness, AT Martigue," by
Mrs. L. Lampert Cooper; Harry f.
Waltman's "Where the Stream Runs
Blue" painted in a bewitchingly deli
cate key; Walter Nettleton's Study in
Grays," which is hardly more than a
sketch, but is full OF emotion, and,
finally, Miss Jane Peterson's "Glouces-
ter Harbor." +. W. Redfeld, Ernest
Lawson, W. Ritschel and numerous
others paint their big scenes on a big
scale. and thereby duly give their con-
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

that of work done with artistic feeling
1t is, indeed, not always to the most
ambitious productions that one turns
for sheer enjoyment. Mr. Karl Ander-
sons huge family group, "A Mother
and Five Sons" has in il some good
passages Of color; but as a design it is
disappointing, having no particular CO.
herence, but beginning and ending, as
it were. almost anywhere. Mr.. Hassam
solves his problem with the right judg-
ment in his delightful interior, Look
ing Into the Little South Room" Moth
ING could be more casual than the
motive here exploited, but he has
Gained certain pictorial balance along
with his web of luminous color. The
air as of a living, breathing world,
made manifest in this painting, is what
should commend itself to the emulation
Of PAINTERS like Mr.. Paxton, too long
absorbed in the immobile arrange
ments' Of the studio.
= There are several other illustrations
Of the pictorial idea handled with
blithe freedom, engaging works by Mr..
Ivan Olinsky, Mr.. Daniel CARRIER, Mr.
G.. L. Nelson, Nr. c. c. Curran, Mr..
$. c. Carbee, and Miss Rosamond
Coney. and there are others admirable
for the measure of sterner stuff that
/ is in them, notably the pictures by
Mr.. Walter Ufer, Mr.. F. Luis Mora and
Mr.. Max Bohm. Mr.. Bohm's Crossing
the Bar" is a handsome, almost i'm
pressive. canvas The boat and the
figures in it are handled with true
force. There is life in this. 1t stays
ir the mind. One wishes, only, that
the deep tones of the scheme could be
Echtened E little, the harmony made
little richer Similarly one Graves an
easing of the tension, more freedom,
and, especially, r.ore of poetic mystery,
in the soundest of all the purely pic
torial ventures in the exhibition, "The
Education Of Cupid" by Dir. Kenyon
Cox. All the impeccable Workmanship
which he carries at the dps of his
fingers is here displayed-the krowl-
edge of form, the disposition of the
I factors in his composition with the
utmost exlctitude of balance. But
Renaissance conceit of this kind, the
sort of theme which Piero di Cosimo
might have painted, or Giulio Romano
later, must be seen in a more TO-
mantle perspective than Mr.. Cox has
/ achieved in order to create the illusion
| that is indispensable to it. His man.
/ ner is severe, inelastic, where not only
manner but color, design, everything,
needed to be playful, light in hand.
The landscape painters, as invariably
occurs in an Academy exhibition, give
! the walls over and over again positive
distinction. Sometimes it is what we
may describe as the full dress com
position that discioses the unfailing
authority of our school--such stately
scenes as Mr.. Carlson's lovely Wood
land Idyl" or Charles II. Davis's brill
liant "Legions Of the Sky" But the
treasures of the art as they yield to
search in this collection are mostly the
less pretentious landscapes, sponta-
neous impressions of the simplest mo-
tives to be found in the American coun-
tryside. Not in a good many acade-
mics, whether in the winter or the
spring, have we come upon so generous
an array of these sensitive notes.
Among them We must cite, again, Miss
Fiske's picture of "The Pool" and "The
Yellow House." by Ernest d. Roth;
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

The composition is a shade more inter-
osting, but the work, as whole, leaves
us cold; it is a solid bit of prose, ade-
quate, yet without a trace Of inspira-
tion. That is the note throughout all
the portraiture in what We might call
the official category, the works by Miss
Beaux, Mr.. Smedley, Mr.. Seyffert and
others in which the accurate presen-
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16

mixture OF personal quality, Of taste,
will heighten and vitalize painting not,
when all is said, of any great weight.
Witness the faint charm Of tone in
George Tora's Helen" and the dainty
touch in Murray p. Bouley's "Conva-
lescent" and his Image Vender.' These
are unimportant pictures, but they have
in their light way an indubitable merit,
New-York tribune., 1917-12-16
NOTES.

The third week of the exhibition of
war posters at the Arden gallery begins
tomorrow. This instalment Of the
large collection gathered for the pur-
, 1917-08-09
Obituary.
Communicated

Garland Steadman Gross, only son OF
Mrs. Ida Gross Sowder, was born Octo.
Der the twenty eighth. nineteen hun
bred; died June the seventeenth, nine
teen hundred and seventeen; aged six
teen years, seven months and nineteen
days. He was buried in Saratoga,
August the fifth, nineteen hundred and
seventeen.
The funeral services were conducted
at the grave amid a large %concourse Of
of friends, by the Reverend L. d. Jar
rard. Q
He leaves a mother and a sister. Mrs.
Clark Gross Nuhn, to mourn his early
passing.
He lost his life, together with his
uncle, Robert Day and his cousin, little
George Day, in the raging, surging
waters of the Platte River.
Last winter he attended Westminster
College, a Presbyterian Church school
in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a
good student there, studying often IN
til eleven o'clock at night.
Shortly before the term ended, deslr-
ing to join the navy, he took, and passed
the necessary physical examination.
Since he was under eighteen, it was
necessary for his mother to sign papers
of REIMBURSEMENT, which, owing to his
extreme youth, this she refused to do,
On his arrival home during a converse
ton concerning his enlistment in the
navy he said, Mother, 1 am not afraid
to die for my country"
The bond of confidence, sympathy and
affection between him ana his mother
was steadfast and strong. She was his
councillor, guide and friend. He was a
willing, manly worker, a genial com
panion, a true friend, an appreciative
and loving brother.
Garland was taken from u midst in
the bloom of health and at the very
dawn of his years of manhood.
Gods plans are ~inscrutable. For
Now we see through a glass darklyr
then we shall meet Him face to face"
God grant we may meet him in the
Land where there shall be no more
sorrow and crying for God, Himself shal
wipe every tear from our eyes.
, 1917-08-09

For Sale Cheap.-A 1915 Ford tour
ing car-Inquire G. W. Broadhurst.
94O-Acre ranch, also one small $50
acre ranch for sale.-C. W. Scott.
Miss Eduma Carrall came in from the
ranch Wednesday, to spent a week with
Miss Edna Wilson.
Lost-Eastern Star pin, Wednesday
Aug. g.. Finder will please return to
Mrs. M. b. McKillip and receive reward.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Devine and
daughter Grace, of Cheyenne spent a
few days in Saratoga this week, renew
ing acquaintance and visiting friends
They returned home Wednesday.
Garrett Price, son of DIR. Price, ar.
rived in Saratoga Saturday to spend a
two weeks vacation, after which he
will return to Chicogo where he is i'm.
ployed as cartoonist on N of the large
daily papers of that city.
A very enjoyable dance was given
Monday evening at the Jensen Hall by
by the young folks of Saratoga, compli.
mentary to the Misses Francis Phelar
and Anna Brunette who are visiting here
from Rawlins. Punch and waters wa
served during the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Hotckiss Of
Greeley, Colo. arrived in Saratoga Mon
day to spend their summer vacation,
For the past fifteen years Mr.. and Mrs
HotckIss have made an annual trip here
to enjoy the splendid fishing and drinl
their fill OF the Mineral Water from
the Paulson well and they say there il
no place like Saratoga to spend YOU
vacation.
William f. Reed of Omaha, manager
of the Omaha branch of Clay, Rob
insOn x Co, was a visitor in Saratoga
Monday. Mr.. Reed came to the valley
with the intention of calling on thu
various stockmen personally and get
ting acquainted with the cOmpany's
many patrons i'll this section, but after
discovering the area of this region ant
estimating the great distance he would
have to travel, he was forced to give VI
the project on account of lack of time
He left Monday afternoon on his re
turn to Omaha.