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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-01-17

| their home in Topeka, Kans., after ar
extended visit at the home of Mrs
Gardeners parents, L. A. Wore. and
wife. III
Mr. and Mrs. P. w. Harding, OF
Denison, Sundayed at the Frank
Odell home. ~
Marcus Bryan and family, OF Des
Moines, and the Geo. Powell family
of Denison, spent the day Friday al
the Walter Bryan home.
Miss Edna johnson, of Missouri Val
ley, was an over Sunday visitor with
Miss Helen Stephenson. +.s.,,...-
Jesse Mercer;a Of Ashton, Ida, or
rived MondRykfor a,Nisit2 at the VIM
M! NJ and Mrss.ic1] j. $ otS'Maeara were
Denison callers Monday. .--.----.a,-..,-
| Mrs. Geo. Talcott entertained the
ladies of the w. e. r. U. at dinner on
Hast Saturday. 81 a~& &Hst
The John Killion family, who moved
to Lohrville about a year ago, have
returned here and are again residents
of Dow City. Mr.. Killion has been in
the plumbing business in Lohrville,
but we are not informed as to wheth,
| err he will carry on the trade here or
not. " 'sss" q 80
| Pete Thompson, of Herring, visited
at the Marcus Christensen home last
week.
Miss Minnie Vollersen has given up
her position as relief operator in the
| telephone office and Mrs. Percy Brown
has been secured to take her. place.
E. N. Chamberlain has sold his in
terest in the Koenekamp farm to
John Ahart.
Mrs. sabina Cross is reported on
the sick list. ..r !
Mrs. r. E. Lusk entertained num-
Der of guests at Sunday dinner in
honor of Mrs. John Smith, of Clarke,
8. D. 9s n..e ..- g.
Mrs. w. L. Swatman came up from
Omaha Monday evening for visit at
the home Other daughter, Mrs. Jess
Agee. st
H. A. Dodge, of Cherokee, was a
guest at the home of Carl and Bertha
'Tatroe the first of the week.
The Eldridge Bryan family moved
to Denison Monday.
The Ladies' Aid of the l.. D. s..
church will serve supper next Satur-
day night at theschurch, beginning at
y ClOCh. 1uS NJ OSOSuo Wa w 0oSA
for the benefit of the church.
Mrs. Geo. Ingel and Morrine PLATE,
of Canton, s. d. are visiting at the
home of the formers sister. Mrs. c.
Vollersen. T..
The fourteen year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Carbaugh is SUI
fering with light attack of appendi-
citis. Il .
Lewis, Andel, who has spent the
past several months in this vicinity,
left Monday night for New Orleans.
The little son of Fred Kremin and
wife has been quite sick for the past
week. r. ss% E& =
After two months 'sojourn here,
Miss Fern FarrelTy left Monday for
her home In Vail. ~;
Mr.. and MRS. Allow entertained
her brother, Sim Davis, of Omaha, a
few days the first Of the week.
We understand that. A. L. Jackson
has purchasedSthea implement build
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-01-17
Denison Review. Wednesday, January IL. 1917

ing and lots of Fred Coleman and will
use the building for garage. "A
Mrs. A. J. Mackey returned Friday
night from Mitchell, S. d., where she
was called some two weeks ago by the
illness of her sister, =
Mrs. John Smith left tuesday to1
her home in Clarke, ). ~, after a
pleasant three weeks visit with her
parents, DR.. J. F. Potter and wife, and
also with other relatives.
Miss Mildred Virgins entertained
the other lady teachers OF the public
school at kitchen party last Satur
dav night and fine time is reported
/ Mr.,Iand Mrs. Will Cross and Mr.,
and Mrs, S. F. Smith, of Shelby coun'
~ were Sabbath guests at the hope
of Mrs. Sabina Cross. ,a,a,..~ + Il
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-01-17
An odd pequest.

The following is one Of the oldest be.
quests ever recorded in last tesla
ment.. 1t appeared in the will of 9
Bristol mariner proved in 1905: The
old gentleman ordered his executors to
"pay out Of the first moneys collected,
to my beloved wife, il living, l shil-
ling, which Il have given as a token OF
my love, that she may buy hazelnuts.
as know that she Is better pleased
with cracking them than she is with
mending the holes in her stockings" 2
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-01-17

Mr.. and Mrs. julius Cornish return
ed from Graham, Mimi, Saturday
where they have been visiting friends
for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. C., J. Anderson return
ed to their home in Odebolt Friday,
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BOYER ITEMS

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New-York tribune., 1917-12-23
In a Persian Garden
art.

A collection of unique interest fills
the exhibition hall in the new home Of
the Grolier Club, where it will remain
on view until January 10. 1t is made
up of books, manuscripts and minis-
lures from Persia and the Levant rare
treasures lent by the few private con
noisseurs who have made a cult of one
of the obscurer fields of Eastern art
The numerous items shown are duly
labelled, but there is no catalogue to
facilitate the detailed references with
which one would like to survey the
mass of material displayed. But this
is not, perhaps, greatly to be regretted,
for two reasons. In the first place, the
subject is still in rather amorphous
state, and, secondly, these paintings
and illustrations of Oriental calIig-
raphy make an appeal of a general
nature. II is at bottom ore based upon
purely decorative impulse. The
paintings are small in seale-minia-
tures-and. though they often show
considerable pictorial ingenuity, ex-
hibiting lively movement and q bril-
liant play of ligh, and color. their
most ambitious effects are neverthe-
less brought within the confines Of
fairly rigid convention. Where they
are most obviously allied to the art of
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

anything. The busts of women and
the little nudes show that. he has the
key TO light, eyanescent grace. His
war monument illustrates his power
at the other end Of the scale. The
"Cruciiixion." an echo Of the central
episode in the st. Bartholomew frieze,
discloses his gift for dramatic point
and pathos. In short, he is about
equally proficient in work on a small
scale and in heroic, monumental art.
Yet in the Lincoln, oddly enough,
where the nature of the theme would
have seemed exactly calculated to
bring out the fullest and most master
ful exercise Of MS gifts, he moves with
AL uncertain touch. The Lawton, for
eXar,plc. Immediately carries convic-
ton. The man is there. as he lived.
The expression of carriage and de-
meanor is perfect. The thing has about
il the inevitabilty of the predestined
portrait. In the Lincoln this sureness
of attack seems to have failed the
sculptor.
With his choice of a pose We will
not, for the moment, quarrel. There
is, perhaps, something TO be said for
the curious suggestion of advancing
movement :hat he gives. He might
also, possibly, defend his treatment Of
the arms, held &C rigidly to the sides.
And, once more, it may be that in his
study Of the various photographs Of
Lincoln he has found some warrant
for the expression that hangs in his
statue about the mouth. All these de-
tails let US grant as at least debatable.
What we find disconcerting Is that the
first and second Of them react in the
strangest way upon the effect Of the
monument as whole, dislocating that
fnaiity, that air Of complete rightness,
which we have signalizsd in the Law
ton. There is no largeness. no gran
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

White Cat, like a descending fleece.
settled down on his bed-covers. 1reui-
bling softly, she emitted sort OF
crystalline purr and on her coat
played the vague, pale colors OF the
rainbow which aigrettes Of spun glass
/ imprison. She spoke in tones like
those Of the violin, in few words,
broken by effective pauses.
"The snow-the swan-hemmed cloth
Of silver--the thistledown floating in
the wind the dove and the ermine-
the neck of thy beloved under a rib
bon of black velvet Of those Is
as white as |. Tell me, am ! not beau
tiful?"
"Ohr Very beautiful" murmurcd the
soldier. lie spoke in a low voice, full
of fear. as TO a woman.
She fixed on him her green eyes.
which wavered not at all, and he felt
an impulse 20 touch with his fingers her
little nostrils, so regular and rose
colored.
"Pass your hand over my back" the
cat continued. "A sparkle Of fire will
follow your palm. Thus the phos-
phorescent wake shows the path Of
passersby at night on the surface OF
the waters"
! He coveted the robe and the White
I Cat herself. He would have liked to
make her a princess in his hut. But
his closed arms retained only a white
/ fleece, empty, but still warm with a
miraculous presence.
awakened the sleeping soldier, who felt
gtr rt Ia foh
reddish rays of winter sunrise. On
his breast, on his cheeks, covering his
blond beard, was n fleece without blem-
lsh, glistening like mica, prodigious
fur, the fur he had dreamed Of.
why, yes" he said to himself, at is
my fur. II is the one which the White
/ Cat gave me-"
A volley much nearer made him sit
up and reach for his rife. Still oc-
cupied with his thoughts, proud OF his
coat without equal, he sprang TO his
feet and made for the door But 1T
the first step he saw fly away. like fut-
tering down, the snow which during
the hours of the night, had sifted into
his imperfectly closed hut and covered
his beard.
"Snow-nothing but snow!" he mvr.
INJURED.
Nevertheless, his young blood still
pulsed powerfully, splendidly re.
warmed, as pulses the generous blood
of the well-coated beasts. After the
fusillade the cannon began again 10
count the seconds of a new day OF
battle, and the soldier unconsciously
filled Ms lungs and clenched his fists,
breathing like bear. One of the
comrades who had come up from the
underground dugouts TO the plain fell,
and the soldier ground his teeth with
ferocious smile. like the martens.
He took up his gun, dashed out OF
the hut and ran. He was so warm
that he felt in running like throwing
off all his miserable wooliea clothes.
I He ran, delivered from all fosr. He
ran, carrying upon him the gift OF tina.
marvellous night-his new and savage
courage, brought to him by the beasts
on Christmas Eve.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

adam and Eve" the "Slave," and
divers nudes of a purely poetic signifi-
cance. In them al this sculptor seems
to have grasped his subject in. its es-
sence, to have found something inter-
csting and individualized to say, and TO
have developed an easy mastery of the
process Of saying it, His art varies, OF
course. We are not charmed by "a
Faunesse" as we are charmed by THE
Virgin" The glow of beauty flares up
and il dies down. In some of his mo-
ments Mr.. O'Connor is merely exquis-
ite. In others he is Of the earth earthly.
But it is important to note that in his
earthiest mood he is never dull, never
mediocre. Even when his emotion
leaves Us cold We rejoice in the firm,
fortnight way in which he uses the
language Of sculpture.
lie is a versatile artist, as the fore
going remarks have already doubtless
suggested. His range of subjects IS
wide and he handles them with such
frequent success that it would appear
quite possible for him to do almost
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

deur, no serene dignity. The head is
very fine-apart, to our thinking, from
the mouth-5ut the body lacks weight
and character. No doubt it is ter
rible problem to fit the ideal gesture
to a statue of Lincoln. In the nature
Of things it would be difficult. Saint
Gaudens knew what he was about when
he took refuge in the fingers clasping
the edge OF the coat. And Mr.. O'Con-
nor's purposeless arms are immeasur-
ably happier than those which Mr.. Bar
nard has so Enthusiastically disposed in
his much discussed composition. Never
theless they are still far from suggest
ing the arms of Lincoln, in fact, they
tell with fairly disastrous force in ac-
centuating the unfortunate stiffness of
the whole duly lean figure. For once
Mr.. O'Connor seems pinched, muscle
bound, where it is his habit 70 body
forth figure with breadth, freedom,
passion of creative energy.
DO those reserves with which we con-
slider Tie chiefest monument in his ex-
hibition diminish our sense of the pri-
mary elements of truth and beauty, of
freshness, individuality and power, ir
Mr.. O'Connor's art? Hardly. No artist
worth his salt ever invariably struck
twelve in every work he produced. 1t
takes the man of mechanically trained
talent TO do that. Mr.. O'Connor is the
type Of artist to whom each new motive
is new adventure, another step in
human as well as artistic experience
He cannot be eternally sure, for he has
no formula to lean upon, no pattern of
perfection TO repeat. 1t is the glory,
and the peril, of the creative artist to
be exploring forever new and mysteri-
Gus worlds. He may bring back i'm
mortal trophies. He may return de-
feated or only half victorious. But
you may always know where he has
been. The breath Of a world worth
while is about his works. So it is with
Mr.. O'Connor. In this exhibition of
his, so abundant, so varied, revealing
so generous an artistic character, there
are evidences of his occasional inability
to reach his goal. But there is no evil
dence of his losing sight Of that goal
or of his fixing it anywhere save upon
a high erected plane. In period dis
figured by quantities of prosaic and
Fictitious sculpture his work comes
like a cup of cold water in thirsty
land. His exhibition is full of lessons.
There are the busts and statues for
students Of portraiture and Of sculpture
genuinely "in the round" There are
examples for those who are stirred by
realism, and there are others for those
who care for romance. There are some
models, too, of true decorative scllpt-
ure. In the st. Bartholomew doors. as
in other works, Mr.. O'Connor. has
shown how much he can extort from
schemes of purely formal composition
But most Of all these works affirm one
great artistic principle-that of the
sculptor who knows and respects his
art.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23
PORTRAIT

Grolier exhibition is not pictorial at
all, but is to be found amongst the
Koranic title pages and the books in
which our Western eyes may perceive
only the mysterious play of miracu-
lous kind of calligraphy. 1t is as though
the observer who could not read music
were still able to find visual enchant-
ment in the printed page, through the
harmonious arrangement of bars and
notes. Imagine some such scheme as
this raised to a higher pOwe-, the
black letters being enriched with
golden or colored medallions and other
embellishments, and you have some
idea of the pleasure to be got out Of
the things at the Grolier Club. 1t is,
for the special student, an opportunity
10 tackle some alluring problems in
Oriental Lore. Others will be content
to revel in Eastern quaintness and
gayety, in blithe color, in exotic fan
tasy.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23
The True independence

the man to employ on the decoration OF
the beautiful library he was designing
for the late J. p. Morgan, and O'Con-
nor started upon the task. But there
is a legend that he did not prove the
most docile subordinate in the world and
presently. so far as he was concerned,
the scheme collapsed. the Ghiberti-like
motive over the entrance arch remaining
the only souvenir OF his relation TO it.
He did some other external decoration,
notably me spandrels which White
commissioned FOR the Gorham Build
ing. Yet. curiously, though O'Connor's
sculptures were visible to all men, his
same was in noWise obscure and he
had plenty to do, he did not become
a really familiar member of the Amer
lean school He went TO Paris 10 live,
produced statues which were erected
in this country, but abstained from our
exhibitions. Returning 10 the United
States two or three years ago, he now
has 2 show at the Seligman Galleries
arranged by Mrs. H. P. Whitney for
the benefit OF Mrs. Edith Wharton
war charities in France-which seems
as it we're to introduce new man.
There is a Lincoln in this exhibition,
a full length statue which is to be
placed before the Capitol at Springfield
Ill. next year, and in a preface to the
catalogue Mr.. O'Connor mentions it as
an excuse for his making this public
appearance. 1t is an important work,
doubly interesting at time when the
Barnard affair has fixed attention upon
the whole question of Lincoln in plas-
tic art, but the truth is that there are
ether and better reasons for welcoming
IN opportunity TO see what Mr.. oCon-
nor has been doing. He Is. in much
more than an accidental sense, "a new
man." The phrase really indicates not
only the strangeness of his art to local
galleries, but an essential originality,
and with it some rather extraordinary
merits II Is, 10 ptSlH NILHi wy -
freshing to come upon a sculptor who
reminds US of no one else. Mr.. O'Con-
nor was, we believe, q pupil OF Mr..
Daniel Chester French. He grew up
here through years which were marked
bv the dominance Of Saint-Gaudens in
American sculpture. When he wen;
abroad II was to encounter in Paris The
sll-pervading vogue of Rodin. In more
recent years he has had Dry chance to
feel the influences Of such men as
Naillol and Bourdele. Yet his accent
has rested absolutely his own. Has
that accent anything startling about 1t,
anything so intensely personal as to
seem positively revolutionary? Not
trace, and in that fact, as it happens,
resides one Of his strongest virtues.
The merit Of his sculpture lies in no
recondite effects. in no eccentricity OF
manner. in no technical virtuosity, but
simply in what we can only describe az
Kind Of organic rectitudc. He is af-
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

the West is in their dedication to nat
urc. Omar Khsyyam, with his allu-
sion TO
This delightful Herb. whose living Green
Fledzes the Rivers Lip on which VIC lean'
might have been writing those psrtic-
ular lines for one of his artist country
men. The Mogul paintings are full oil
lovely landscapes, powdered all over
with cleaning flowers, delightful herbs
of living green. They expose some
times considerable knowledge OF land
scape form, hills and rocky ground
being drawn in them with astonishing
aplomb, but the chief impression we
receive is Of kind of fairy world in
which flowers glitter like jewels and
the actions of men and animals subor-
dinate their everyday reality to the
magic of an unreal pageant
The drawing is often very fine and
delicate, though without much personal
character. Persian line is an intensely
thin, thread-like mode of expression.
The color is brilliant, sensuous, and
little hard. In his conception of the
figure the artist is Enthusiastically truth
full, his portraits are full Of life, and
at the same time he seems to adhere
pretty faithfully to certain fixed type.
1t is an odd fact that his women are
almost invariably very plain creatures,
and the truth is that neither his women
nor his men are often as amusing as
his animals The lions, elephants,
horses and so on in these paintings
are fascinatingly delineated. The hunt
ing scenes, which appear TO have been
especially popular at the Mogul court,
are on the whole the best. But, we
repeat, it is for their quite dehuman-
lied, strictly decorative quality that
these pictures are to be enjoyed. And
large part Of the finest work in the
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23
An Original Figure
In American Sculpture
M, Andrew Connor and His Producons-Thc Art Of
Modelling From Within Outward Some
Gems of Ancient Persia
BY Royal Cortissoz

Of tho sales. Professor Volpi
~ Renaissance furniture and other objects have just been dispersed
a the Art Galleries presently to be followed at the
Barn that other Frentne whose
Is dealer been well established collectors He is send
nc over about objects which will be exhibited sold here
lite next early February Furniture tapestries and miScel
reous examples craftsmanship make the bulk of his collection
t appears he unusually rich in antique and Renaissance
Greek and Roman sculptures be noted
Fiesole DeSidero da Settgnano Dnateo and Gel
Robbias represented by fifteen coa made by
various members that memorable clam The Anderson Galleries where
scheduled week. will also Decem
ler 6 open exhibition halls for first public display This will
present Alfred collection Of a Hundred Chinese Antiques
ed OF pottery porcelain and early paintings and Mr. Frederick MOOre
Chinese rugs Both these collections will be sold
9rr.r
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23
The PoiIu S Dream on
Christmas Eve
Translated BY William L. McPhcrson

Here i Christmas story Of novel SORT 10 IS quaint orig'nn
poc the ancient legend that Christmas Eve al
their fear and dstt Of humans and become
.b friends Of men, lonely p chilled to the heart by the wner
cold finds the field coming to cheer and suor him. Offering
6 their on backs protection the comfort the immunity from
Dbusicol depresson hardship which he crares
Tb treatment Of the delicate and Imaginative. The cuthor
has infused into his atmosphere and feeling Of Christmas
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

som, dove straight 10 Macdougal Alley
and tf.,, 1rursed Andrew O'Connor
in Bis --lo You don't know me-"
he said. .a.. have Just seen your work
al ST. Bar,holomew's and I want TO tell
you What ] think Of IL Ny name is
Ssint-Gaudens.7 II was like receiving
the accolade. O'Connor walked on air.
As most such anecdotes 60, this one
ought 20 have the usual sentimental
sequel. The hero Of it should immedi-
stely have become famous throughout
his native land. Well, as a matter Of
'ac- O'Counor undoubtedly gained in
iepu'e @, that time and won re'g COM
mis-. Wti,-'s partner. Nch,m. for
Example. ar n th- sculptor precisely
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23

The late Augustus Saint-Gaudens had
2 generous way with him in the appre-
citation Of his juniors Passing St
Bar,holomew's Church one day, years
ago. when the first stage Of the old
facade was being transmogrifed by his
friend Stanford White, he paused to ad-
mire the sculpture going forward about
the middle portal His first act was
70 ask for the name and whereabouts
Of tbe artist Then he called q han
New-York tribune., 1917-12-23
Notes

The Bourgeois gallery announces for
the month of January an exhibition OF
the modern paintings, drawings, litho-
graphs and etchings belonging TO Mr..
A. +. Gallatin. 1t is an interesting col
lection, containing souvenirs Of Sar-
gent and Glackens. Whistler and Boil
dini, Forain and Muirhead Bone. The
catalogue will be in two editions, and
one of these, limited to a hundred
copies, will be sold for the benefit Of
American war relief.
The Folsom gallery is making an ex-
hibition of works by three American
landscape painters, Mr.. Jonas Lie, Mr..
Ben Foster and Mr.. W. Gardner Sy-
mons.
The Women's University Club has
opened an exhibition Of embroideries
by Constance Armfeld and paintings of
stage costumes by Max Armfeld.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-28
LATE JUNKER MOVE
FOR COWARD'S PEACE
WOULD USE RUSSIA AS CATSPAW
TO PULL CHESTNUTS OUT
OF THE FIRE

WASHINGTON - International ex-
perts believe that the latest Teuton
maneuvers at the Russian peace con-
ference are the attempts to talk to the
United States through Russia 1t is
believed that the German peace move
is in full force now with Russia serv-
ing as a mouthpiece. Officials pass
off Count Czernin's talk with the COM
ment that the Hohenzolierns must be
removed before Any peace terms are
acceptable to their governments On
UNCHANGED
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-12-28
BORDER

intention to become American citi-
zens, In many Instances with the ex-
press purpose of escaping from mill
tary service under their own flag.
In Great Britain and Canada
there are Americans of military age,
and the proposed conventions be-
tween the two countries will doubt
less provide the regulation under
which these men can be drafted for
service in the countries of their resi-
dence by the Governments to which
they owe allegiance.
Thanks to the United States
draft registration of ten million men
our Mission now has. the names and
addresses of thousands of Brtons
and Canadians and has made a spe-
cial written appeal to them to come
forward and offer their services It
is hoped that large number will re-
spond and enable much needed drafts
of men to be sent forward from the
United States to re-enforce the
British and Canadian armies
1.-THE Mission has established re-
cruiting depots all through the coun-
try to give Britishers and Canadians
an opportunity to volunteer for serv-
ice through these depots. Some
fourteen thousand men have been en-
listed and sent forward to the British
and Canadian armies"