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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
Elected Officers.

At the annual meeting of the North
western Cheesemakers Mutual Insur-
ance Co., held in Juneau August F.
Westphal, Hartford, was elected pres
ident; M. Fitzgerald, Watertown, vice
town, treasurer; and George w Morse,
Juneau, secretary.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
SHIRTWAIST FACTORY
To Be STARTED HERE

Watertown is to have a shirt waist
factory and it will be in operation
about March 1. Harry Beurhaus is
now having the second floor of the
Beurhaus building at the corner of
Main and North Second streets fitted
up with the necessary machinery At
the start he intends to employ about
a dozen girls at the. machines and the
product will be sold to the retail trade.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
Elected Secretary-Treas

]. F. Prentiss, present chairman of
the board of supervisors of Jefferson
county, was elected secretary and
treasurer of the state association of
county chairmen at meeting held in
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21

Assemblyman Kent of Milwaukee
has introduced a bill to fix hours hired
girls should be on duty. Next thing
we know some assemblyman who is
hard up for material to make law
out of will try one telling any of us
what time we should get up in the
morning Seymour Press.
The curfew is always with us.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
Bartlett Gets Contract.

Whitewater is going to pave it's bus
mess district with brick and some of
it's main residence streets with rein
forced concrete The total cost of the
work is figured at $15,045.15. Ed
Bartlett of Watertown secured the
contract.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
House and Lot
For Sale

Fine house and lot for sale, located
at 400 Second street, Watertown, Wis.
Has fine bath room, furnace, water,
electric light, gas and all modern i'm
provements. Will be sold cheap on
the very best terms. Price asked only
about one-half it's value Splendid
location and fine neighborhood For
further particulars address Owain T.
Hughes, 308 Washington street Wa
tertoWn, Wis. 14-5t.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21

An anti-treating bill has been in
troduced in the assembly at Madison.
If the dry referendum carries there
will be no need of measure of this
kind. However, they might make it
effective June 81 as one legislature did
in years gone by.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
John T. Ryan Injured.

John T. Ryan is confined to his home
suffering from a severe injury Sus-
tanned when he slipped and fell in his
store on Sunday afternoon One of
the jaw bones was fractured.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
Waukesha Man Dies.

John ]. Casey, Waukesha, SO years
old died following an illness of six
days Of stomach trouble. He is sur
vived by his widow and three sons.
Mr. Casey conducted cafe at the
Five Points in Waukesha many years
and was we'll known in WATERFOWL
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21

There should be standard loaf OF
bread, even though the price does
f1uctuate A pound loaf might do for
a unit of weight. Then the purchaser
would know the exact amount of bread
he was receiving. The price would be
adjusted to conditions.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21

General Sherman said "war is hell"
He might have added that it is hell for
some people to make a living Some
of them wouldn't have it quite so hard
if they would buy their goods of The
Central Trading Co.-Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
Hares as They Run.

A hare will dart in the path of a
giant locomotive at night and run at
the rate of sixty miles an hour in the
full glare of the headlight and finally
drop exhausted 1t will never leap
from between the rails to a place Of
safety The hare pursues the same
tactics on the highway when autos are
speeding
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
WANTED BEER.
And in Consequence Found Himself
i'm Trouble.

Because he wanted couple of
bottles of beer Fred Bohn paid a fine
of 81 and costs in Justice Schmutz-
1er's court Saturday morning He was
discovered in the basement of Kube's
saloon Friday night having entered
through a sidewalk window and was
seen by pedestrian.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
viii Debate Jefferson.

Watertown High school will debate
with Jefferson High on April 20, the
question being resolved, that the Uni
ted States should adopt the general
plan of universal militry training"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
Human Nature.

John, l am sorry that Ethel has en-
gagged herself to that young Foreleigh
He isn't half good enough for her."
MY dear, if Eve had had parents
they would have been convinced she
might have done better"-Life.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
Now Sole Owner.

Durant c. Gle, formerly of Water
town has purchased the interest of his
partner in the Edgerton Eagle and
will conduct the paper alone in the
future
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
At the Theatres

The scenic grandeur of enormous
ening ice fields; the perils and priva-
tions of polar exploration, the raging
billiards and with it all a wealth of
comedy and humor contributed by
natures greatest comedians-penguins
and baby seals-will be wildly por-
trayed in absolutely perfect photo
graphy by Lymon H. Howe at the
Turner on Sunday afternoon and even
ing March II, in a living pictorial re-
cord of Sir Douglas Mawson's Expe-
dition into the heart of the Antarctic
The Classic offering for tonight is
Virginia Pearson in the five part Fox
"The War Brides Secret" and 10
cents. On Thursday, special bill
will be presented, Lies Meserables,"
matinee and 10 cents, evening 10
and Is cents. On Friday Mabel Tall
aferro will be seen in the five act
Metro, "The Sunbeam" On Saturday
H. B. Warner in the five part Triangle
''Vagabond Prince" and Charles Muir
ray in a two part comedy. On Sunday
Norma Talmadge in the five part Tri-
angle, $3.50" and two part comedy,
featuring Chester Conklin.
At the Majestic tonight, Francis
Nelson and Arthur Ashley in 1.-THE Re
volt" Thursday, Robert Warwick
and Gail Kane in "The Heart of a
Hero" Friday, Hazel Dawn in THE
Feud Girl" Saturday, Mary Miles
Minter in Faith" and on Sunday and
Monday, Ann Pennington in Susie
Snowflake"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
LOCAL MARKET.
Elgin Butter Market.

ter were at AZ cents, the same as last
weeks price.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
New Store at IXOnia.

A farmers cooperative store and
coal yard will be started at Ixonia
within a short time
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21

We are all for peace. But It ia just
as well to keep your powder dry.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kaliebe are the
parents OF twin boys born to them
Sunday
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21
HERE AND THERE

It's rather costly to give posted per-
sons liquor OF late several persons
have found out that the police force
is on the job all the while.
A good place to secure bottle beer
is in the basement of q saloon. But
it is sometimes cheaper to buy it at
the bar.
After prohibition carries in Wiscon-
sin, if it ever does, what will become
of all the reformers, Sunday closers
and others afflicted with the agitators
itch.
If nothing in this old town suits
you, if your neighbor is crank, taxes
are too high, the police department is
rotten, the mayor is wrong, the schools
are no good, the cost of living lis too
high, better wages prevail in other
places and you are not satisfied with
Watertown-why move on-forever.
A Missouri woman recently rushed
into a telephone office and informed
the operator that her husband had
gone to st. Louis to get banner for
the Sunday school, but she had for
gotten to tell him how large the
banner was to be and the inscription
to be placed upon it. She then wrote
a telegram containing the needed in
formation and handed it to the oper-
ator 1t read: my dear James, Saw
oy Hotel, st. Louis: Unto us a child
is born, eight feet long two feet wide. 3"
The husband is still in st. Louis and it
is rumored that he isn't coming back.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-02-21

A good place to secure bottle beer
is in the basement of q saloon. But
it is sometimes cheaper to buy it at
the bar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Twenty Years of the
Ten American Painters
An Anniversary Exhibition Justifyng the Principles of an
Independent Group-Personality as a
Source of Strength
BY ROYAL CORTISSOZ

In the OF 1897 painters accustomed show their
works with the Society OF American Artists expressed their dis
satisfaction with the methods Of that organization by striking
for themselves They held their first exhibition the old
DurandRuc galleries and the catalogue which lies before
estics ways than the progressive OF their
point Of view 1t is itself begin with distinguished little
pamphlet fashioned after Partisan model artistic nothing
And this PREDATORY The pictures this exhibit
placed in groups the works of each painter being hung
together The gallery divided into equal spaces and
drawn for by lot with the exception OF the south wall The
Ten wanted affirm their independence OF the Society, and
among themselves maintain policy Of absolute equality
The group consisted OF Frank W. Benson Joseph De Camp
T. W. Deyng Chlde Eassam, Willard l. Metca Robert Reid
Edward Simmons Edmund {. Tarbel, J. H. Twachtman and
J. Alden Weir When Twachman died in 1902, Chase was
elected his place Now he gone but he has yet
successor and fact painting OF his is included the ami
vcrsary exhibition Just opened the Monross gallery. This
brief compass the history OF the Ten To add that their
first show good and that the twentieth also, would
be TO make through implications sufficient commentary
the whole affair But there is to be said.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

Of this group had its origin in no
newly invented formula. They had no
kinsbip with the type Of artist, futur-
let cubistic or what not. whose reason
for asserting himself to-day-it we are
IN believe him-lies In his having as
covered that his predecessors we're an
wrong. No. the only creed they nad
was in perfect harmony with tradition
they believed in technique and IN
nature. and by decent fusion Of the
two they hoDed 10 make beauuiul pct
ures. Whether they succeeded or not
was altogether a question OF ihal'iu"@' !
inepiration and skill. Nhen one en-
tered their first exhibition one did no.
osk "Wherc is the MumbO Jumbo OF
This Sanhedrim, and what docs
mean ." One simply looked 70 see ~
the paintings on the walls were WEI.
done and charming, and' espeei41.is y, -
~ Ten were entitled 20 their deslgna-
~, 90 roallv detached from the mob,
~ e thew we're Just so many members
~ the million. Is itEot the single te5t
that answers at any time, ana lIi az
nieces9 For our own part, looking PACK
- tho exhibitions that the en- nave
0,odo we cannot recall any sensation
80 that Of con ing upon good pictures
or had ones, as we have come uPo"
them in the Academy and eise""ete.
rho only difference has Deeh lha1 .l'
To, have somehow kept the average up
and kept 10 up 50 "a almost INV az
IN have given enc a sense OF sIrShE 1i,
Once or twice they have lapseu anu
Inclined the observer 10 wonder u there
- a,v scrious reason for their con-
,inning as an organization. But true
yitaIitv will not down. The twentieth
exhibition brings back all inc eusOo
that went with the first.
II is good painting that does inc
trick. Consider Mr. Dewlng' VINO mas
a way, year after year. OF striAlng lhc
bioh note in the show. He does II, so
Gar "a his central principle is con
cerned exactly as he did 10 twenty
Years ago. The gracious figure OF ms
SGold and Black" is own sister 20 the
figure he was portraying then-loveiy'
ageless. Just an image OF charm
through which the artist works his
magic Of form and color. She IS per
ernial. One thinks Of the endless pur-
sr;, coumemorated by Keats-"Forever
iii thou love. and she be fair, with
r. qualification that Dewing rests IN
~ cbangeless mood. That is where the
nsirter comes in. He rs always finding
pcw beauties in his theme. On this oc-
casion. for example. the rich' DARK
tones have a "fatncss" never observed
in his work before. The original
quality belonging TO every artist Of the
9r~t rank. the mysterious force which
makes Of each new picture no mat
ter how old the motive new and en-
chanting invention. this personal power
comes out in the manipulation OF pig
80, i'm the touch that gives 20 evgry
mi, OF surface a beauty which you
~.o,.,d c.fI sensuous n h. were not that
| !, ,avors Of something finer. 10 - the
boast q tbs modernist thai his purpose
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

.rboro IRE fftv-seven numbers IN the
cat,Iogue There are small nudes m
marble bronze and plaster. sym0ohc
ard realistic figures. fountains and por-
traits. Among the sitters for the por-
+~aits are Mrs. Chauncey Blair. jr, Mrs.
John Russell. Mr. John McCormack. Mr.
MAMMALIAN Kramm. Miss Wilhelmlna
WcPbee. DR.. Arnold Gentle. Master
Cvril Mccormack. Miss Gwen Meteor
mack Allan Cranmer. II. p. Rosen, II.
NlcPhee. NaZimova. in "Hedda Gaoler,
md Josef Peschel-a head OF smaIl
how with a romantic mouth. inc
p0inf ddpDni is a lifeslze Adam ana
Eve" conceived and concluded conyen-
tionalIv. We have heard q good deal
Of Robins influence upon American
SCULPTURE. There are no evidences OF
+. here. Mr.. Korbels Adam and Eve
were born during our generation. hey
are nice people. possessed OF unoe-
nirble intellectual cultivation. refined
20 some extent romantic, and without
a doubt quite unused 20 standing. be
fore n multitude. shorn OF the garments
~ which the habit Of generations had
accustomed them. They stand here with
platonic hands on each others snoul-
ders. looking. not altogether dlsinter-
estedly, into each other eyes. ihe5
are the central group for a fountain
the subtitle Of which is "Paradis Perdu
ct Trouve"-and the Paradise they md
is truly one OF great calm.
The next statue in Importance. n
We are TO Judge importance By size. Is
a figure -@Meditation"-from the Nc
Phee Memorial, Denver, Colorado;
figure wearing a Greek drapery in
straight folds, somewhat persistently
perpendicular, which gains something
Of dignity in the repose OF the line.
But Mr.. Korbel is perhaps happier IN
he statuettes Of nudes sometimes en-
nloyed "a fountain motifs. which
abound here. Among these we note
especially the figures entitled Music
ard the Dance" Forest Maiden Re
Hections." "Paris," Morning" SUN
mer" and Autumn" the last robust
Young woman, in bronze, the tips OF
the fingers Of each hand placed with
conscious symmetry on each nip. The
"Ardante- depicts a group OF statu.
esque women Of a type encountered
more frequently in sculpture than in
life. This is true Of the majority Of
Mr.. Korbel's figures. They would seem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Gotham GleaningS

t'sDick Waldo Of here has a necktle.
'''Mrs and Bill Irwin sailing to-day for Spain
'''Ors Lowell art exhibit Tuesday afternoon.
't.Wor on subway advancing well as could be
expected
I Kaplan is back from Washington where he attended the
Inauguration
'''Dick Lngley has sold his demesne in Park Hill and "
going 70 Gotham
..Yeserday was lovely day heeabOuts and hint of
spring the well known season
'''Miss Adelaide ed some deserved criti
csm last week. Thank you say We
.'we have not vet sold and think seriously Of
putting an advertisement in paper
'''M and Mrs Sig Spaeth left Friday for trip to Florida
Pretty soft say
'M Charming Pollock has been under the weather as
they sag, is lots better at this writing.
,Wncb Norden and Art going back to Chicago this
afternoon after a busy week in the metropolis
'sNrs Eddie CARVE Vernon who used to be Molly
Thompson has Ford and she thinking of hiring chau
gr put the paper and man called up TO answer IT,
What the aaryg" CARVE asked Il expect $50 week
said the man. Ring off" said Mrs g. Il wouldn't pay Barney
Oldfeld $50 week"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Random Impressions
in Current Exhibitions
Sculptures by Mario KorbeMore Americans-Objects of
Art from Ancient Greece and Rome and
from the Middle Ages

Mr. Gino Seveni is showing the PhotoSecesson gallery
number OF his paintings drawings and pastels Mr. Seyerni IS
OF the 1tursc persuasion At the Fine Arts Building next
Saturday ninetysecond annual exhibition OF the Academy OF
Design will be opened These announcements taken to-
gether sufficiently indicate the that nowadays offered
to the earcher after sensation the galleries OF New York
There will begin Tomorrow the American Art Galleries an
exhibition furniture including antiques from the home OF Mr.
Thomas Sutton in England OF American and foreign
paintings belonging he Anderson galleries
where objects and furniture from the Moore Coles and
other estates are being sold afternoons this week begin
ming Wednesday, also the dispersal of Senior Avar-
ADDS collection Ecuadoran and OF the seventh sec
ton of Mr. Halseys print collection The latter composed OF
the works Of Rembrandt Durer and other old masters will be
sold on the evenings March A. Is and 10 vt the Renhardt
gallery there are some portraits by Mrs Leslie Cotton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

TO tradition uniting all the members Of
the Ten. They are all for a high ideal
of workmanship. Their success varies,
and. by the way. with Dewing's pastel
in mind. we are impelled 70 note the
curious results ensuing when a man
seeks 20 use a technique out OF mar
mony with his natural gifts. Mr.. De
Camp and Mr. Metcalf. both Of whom
know how 70 draw, have allowed that
10 lure them into the en-
ployment Of silver point. Their por-
traits. executed with this instrument,
are unimpeachable. as drawings But
they haven't The special quality. the
snoc'al fascination. which rs lnaiienably
associated with silver point. Dewing is
the only man in that galley who IS en-
titled TO use IT, Craftsmanship isn't
enough. The thing has a genius Of its
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

Every secession in the artistic world
has a grievance behind II. usually OF
a political nature, and we might recite
the precise complaint of the len
against the Society-if we remembered
il. or if it were worth while. But it
is more interesting TO pause upon the
fact that il had nothing 70 do with the
art of painting, that the independence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
CONGRATULATIONS

"The first sermmage the season. the World says was won
BY the Coombs with Cheneys the yctors score 10 anu
What deprese f. K. s. is that he didn't have bet on INC s'"'
The season begun, find upon nvesga-
Ton Brooklyn Broadway conductor
Al va announce IL saying Myrtle 10 Marcy
The beginning n the next session will be synchronous
with start Of The baseball Also it threatens to be hed
with pep zp and other synonymous ingredients.
II may 20 down history the sporting extra session
r. p. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Why the Ten Have Kept Going

is 10 express himself. Quite so. Well.
let him ponder this Gold and Black
and the exquisite Head" in pastel, &C
companying II. And let him observe.
Incidentally, how Dewing's expression
of himself. of his particular impression,
rests upon a lovingly respectful hand
ling Of a sound technique.
That, IL may be added, is the fidelity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11

The entire top floor of the Gorham
gallery is devoted to the sculpture Of
Mario Korbel His garden pieces, OF
which there are a great number. are
shown against greens that lend an ef-
feet similar 20 that Of the environ
ments for which they were designed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
Modern Sculpture and Old Enamels

10 have been born of study Of sculpt-
ure. of the things in marble and bronze
that have gone before them rather
than Of a conscious or unconscious
reaction from life. OF this there Is
verifcation in amplitude in the very
small figures, like la Petite" almost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-11
The Conaing Tower
Exaltation

Exataton
Under the glow and warmth of your round eyes,
reached and grew, and lowered aloft until
The hung all like jewels my checks,
Brushing with their silver dust.
And n my
sang the gigantic symphony of the spheres;
And all I knew light
stood but kncc-decp in the world,
With vet my feet fast amid the dust
OF
Then, then left you,
And when the morning broke
Clouded and hazewrapt, a wife who greves
For lost Illusions then amid the bald
Uncompromsng light asked and with dismay-
Vas I a fool
So foolishly to grow growing but to return again
To small stature
After the moment of magic again to yearn
For lost ethereal spaces =
Then suddenly broke the my brain,
For, having those places,
I found was | had been yesterday
ARCHIE
Would you be able to tell by "The Town
that Objected Way but Sanctioned and Endorsed
BY tremendous Patronage RectO"? Boston is the
savck And c. J. c. labels Louisville THE Town Where They
Laugh at Loney Haskells Jokes" Can YOU label city?
The old habit of speaking grand opera ayd music
difficult one to she'd recorded that Shapiro Helman
Of Blocker Street, deal in Clothing Pants
pafst little boy says he is restricting his sailing of
boats % the washbOw; the bathub is too dangerous
VARIANT $50
optrist TIE shower
That blossoms the beg bnia;
The pessmst ventures in
And catches much pneumonia
I've tried hard" sghs Efar, "to cooperate with the
marlborough their endeavoxs prevent from collecting
nv accident policy invariably when watch STEP
many other than Obstructng the view
that I can't see it, much less watch it."
THE VISITOR
She passed gate that holds my cell;
dared speak call;
Kissed her shadow where it fell
+ Upon the lmewashed wall.
4 She passed-and then my madness came
I dashed my hands and head
Against the cruel walls of shame
Till they smeared with red.
That night wept and cursed and prayed
A year Of wild regret,
Until cell with grayed
And sleep made forget
But through my soul my fOlly's cost
Had driven home the knife,
For in face all lost
Youth beauty love and life
prison stationery; and they give promise of writing ability
than any such contributions have received except oe
that used to come from Auburn No. 291lS