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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
IN eciding the Barnard Lincoln
II Isn't Pretty Enough
low for the other side.

But, now for the other side.
Miss Roberts thus begins her defence of
The statue in the October number OF The
Touchstone":
I'VE understand that the self-appointed
Judges of the destiny of American art (name-
il. the editors of The Art WordD have de-
cided that George Grey Barnard's Lincoln IS
not pretty enough. They give number OF
reasons for not liking it, not any one OF
which touches it as a work of art. They are
all superficial reasons. One is that IT does
not look like St. Gaudens's Lincoln, another IS
that it is a sad Lincoln, and the third and
insurmountable objection they have to 1t is
d matter Of clothes. George Grey Barnard
has not made Lincoln stylish. The statue as
costumed would offend any tailor or haber-
dasher in the country.
The chances are Lincoln would have liked
this statue rs well as he would have liked
any portrayal of himself. But no one can
contradict the editors of The Art World
when they say that sartorially Barnard's LIN
coin is not pretty That Barnard did not
mean it to be has apparently never entered
into their consideration. They seem to have
a fixed idea of Lincoln as a Beau Brummell
among Presidents.
at is a matter of vital importance to these
people and those they seek TO influence that
hig trousers should be creased front and
back, his boots tight and smart, his frock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
Playing at Being Some One Else

can exist without that condition making its
impress upon surrounding media, tending to
alter the conditions existing in those sur
rounding media. Consequently, we know
with absolute certainty that thought can
not exist in the mind Of bird without that
thought excrt.ng an influence upon other life
in the neighborhood of the bird, and that one
thought cxcrts different influence upon the
mental mechanism of a worm than Will an
other thought. These things we know; the
only thing we do not know, and cannot very
well prove by practical experiment. is that
the worm is able to utilize that influence in
the way | have suggested"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

coat faultless enough for an undertaken,
whereas Barnard did not stop to think much
about Lincoln's stylshress any more than
Lincoln stopped to think about stylishness
for himself 1t would never have troubled
Lincoln to have been called laborer, al
though the writer's in The Art World seem
to feel they have relegated Barnard's statue
to the dumpheap by characterizing it as a
hobo statue Personally we have always
loved 70 think OF Lincoln as man of the
very humble people, whose bands must have
stretched a little in forty years hard work,
who must have had tragedy in his face after
being the centre of conflict in a Civil War,
man who achieved greatness without losing
simplicity, who suffered without losing a
sense of humor, who must have been toll
worn and care-racked before his death.
"Who with Imagination would have him
any other way? Why are we afraid of sad
ness in Lincoln's face? Why should we re-
card a statue as finer because the lines are
smoothed out, when the lines really belong
there? The burrows in q face like Lin
coins are the physical history OF his mental
and spiritual battles and victories, and yet
there are those who presume to say that such
lines mar monument aiming TO express the
splendor of his character. The Touchstone
feels il a privilege as well as a duty to line
itself UP with George Grey Barnard's Lin
coln--the real Lincoln-the man whose great
heart was born out of spiritual and physical
tragedy"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

an line with this we have had recent ex-
ample in the attempt to force upon the
American people Barnards statue Of Lin
coin This is either conscious or uncon-
scious doing in public national monument
what the independents did in private art
at the aforesaid show. Not only is the
aesthetic ideal destroyed in this statue, but,
in the name Of a symbol Of democracy our
national ideal of powerful, heroic inquire
is debased to meek and lowly' downward
levelled degenerate. And Americans are
asked TO accept as a concept of Lincoln a
debascd and degraded caricature OF LIN
coln-fororn and hopeless, mourntui cniId
Ct the abyss so that every tramp, hobo and
degenerate can say with self-complacency:
Look He was one Of us!' This is the lev
cling process with a vengeance, and II per-
mitted to 90 on we NAV yet see Washington
presented as a dissolute rake and Ben Frank
lin as a ragpicker!
ave repeat-Shall degeneracy be en-
throned over life and art? Shall we foist
upon one of the principal squares of London
and Paris a specimen Of the debased frult OF
the philosophy of meek and lowly' raise
democracy, that which inevitably leads 10
mobocracy and the triumph OF the ugly ana
deformed not only in art, but IN llfe! AHc
shall we choose our great Civil war Presi-
dent as the victim OF this humbug, and thus
inaict a second martyrdom on him by eX-
posing him-with an execrable and hypo-
critical 'ecce homo!' to the ridicule OF man.
kind?
"such project might logically come from
the desperadoes of the l. W. W., but the
movement is incomprehensible when made by
representative Americans, for it means IN
art what anarchy means in liie-a reVoi'
against even that limited authority "hlch
common sense or the cosmic urge teacn even
20 the bees and ants and all constructive III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
There Must Have Been a
l Thorough Investigation
And later Miss Roberts asks:

And later Miss Roberts asks:
What is the underlying purpose of the
Art Worlds attack on this statue? What
have these men who discredit its greatness
for England. America and Russia 20 offer
that seems more important to them? Mr..
St. Gaudens's Lincoln which they are pressing
forward eagerly is an attractive piece OF
work. exceptionally we'll composed and
wrought with his rare and beautiful tech
nique, but it is not vision of the Lincoln
that is deep in Americas heart, the Great
Commoner. the man Of the soil.
1--WE understand there Is even another Lin
coin closer 20 the hearts of these editors
and perhaps it is the most stylish Lincoln
ever modelled. But it would seem that the
committee who have been brought together
20 fad just the right Lincoln for England
and France and Russia must have made a
very thorough investigation OF the subject.
II these men have decided that We want Lin
coin as we know him here in America, the
worker. the man who freed America from
slavery. the man whose life was sacrificed to
his achievement, and who would gladly have
had il so If the choice had been given him
surely we can trust the judgment Of this
committee. We DO not need to advise them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
A for Art-"Give Me
a Old-Fashioned Musicl"

"'Talk about musical art continued the
former Governor, while the crowd laughed
dcrisivey; all I've got to say is, give me the
old-fashioned music. | have been taught to
reverence that flag, and when heard Of
certain leaders insult to it hissesl | was
indignant
"'Muck ought to have been shot after that
called woman in the gallery
az wrote letter to the Police Board and
told them Baltimore wouldn't stand for that
leader coming here continued Governor War
field, and cries OF Right Right! Bravo!
came from the audience.
3 "'Philadelphia stood for it!' cried one. II
was then that Governor Warfeld exclaimed:
God help Philadelphia for the scandalous way
IN which she received this Prussian last
night
Governor Warfeld then read extracts from
mis- letter to the Police Board. 4 had right
to resent the attempt to force this alien enc
my on the people of Baltimore, he said l
think the best place for him is in an intern
ment camp
"'Put EN- all there came the cries from
all parts Of the hall.
"'There is no necessity for a mob or mob
violence continued Governor Warfield, but
we would have, believe. "interned' this man
very quickly if he had come to Baltimore
Great cheers greeted this.
"The crowd just wouldn't be restrained.
In the midst of the brief addresses which
we're being made men and women in the au-
dience, spurred on by their patriotic i'm
pulses and indignation, broke in with excla-
nations of all sorts When one speaker sug-
gested an internment camp for DR.. Muck
man in the audience shouted "a wooden box
would be better place woman in the gal
lery was in favor of shooting now all trait
ors.' Captain Hughes said DR.. Muck's action
was enough TO make Francis Scott Key rise
out OF his grave and when he added, 4 hope
he will and haunt Muck until doomsday,' the
crowd just yelled with delight and called for
Keys ghost"
Meantime, the cry against foreign mu
sicians spreads. From Pittsburgh comes
a report that feeling has developed against
the appearance there of Fritz Kreiser,
the Austrian violinist, who was wounded
early in the war. Since then he has been
in this country and has sent money back
to Austria. Milwaukee reports that her
orchestra will play the national anthem
at every concert this season. Colonel
Roosevelt would intern DR.. Muck as an
alien. The st. Louis Symphony, led by
Max Zach, has followed the lead Of Mil
waukee. 1t is also pointed out that the
New York Symphony Orchestra and the
Philharmonic have been playing the ma
tional anthem without damage to the ar
tistic sensibilities of their leaders.
Comment by the press and other must
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

In explaining mimicry in animals Mr..
Maxim says:
knowing that everything in existence Is
senstized to everything else in existence we
know, therefore, that there can be no state
of being which does not tend to impress its
condition upon or betray its condition to
other exstences whose necessities develop in
them faculties of awareaess-senses 20 meet
their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES those senses
that We count on the fingers of one hand.
"We know positively that no mental phe-
nomenon can take place without leaving an
impress Of some character upon surrounding
media, because no condition Of any structure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

MUCK bon Dams Of
- the universities Of Heidelberg and
studied the lps Con-
Gewndhaus that
1885
hngbe
his duties
sailed
with the Symphony Orchestra
the usicaw tod
its
$500 in Muck conductor the
instruction abroad Wilhelm and
his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
7 lincoln Was Deep in the Sorrow
l. Of All the People

"And once more to return 10 the sadness
Of Lincoln. Barnard and those VINO love his
work do not consider that Lincoln's mind
and heart were always aglow; he was too
deep in The sorrow Of all the people about
him and all Of the people in his country. He
was perhaps the greatest humanitarian that
ever lived. He was great not only because
Of hi7 vision into the heart Of the world,
but because the merely superficial extcrnals
Of life had always been amusing 70 him when
he was conscious Of them az all. He realized
the Importance Of Gil labor, in fields, in
mines, in wells, in forests, in city streets.
he was sympathetic to all the accomplish
men.s of the world. But an sure he never
troubled much how the laborers looked-sty-
lish OF otherwise He cared very profoundly
IS 70 whether or TO they were happy,
whether life was treating them justly. IL is
possible that IN abstracted moments Of his
.ifo he may have worn fine broadcloth coat
because It was brought TO him, or fine shoes,
because some one thought he ought TO, but
am confident they mattered no more TO him
than farm clothes. and they mattered nc
more to his real friends; only TO those. the
lighter minds that may have touched his life,
who felt that the coat makes the man."
And Abbot H. Thayer's recent letter to
Mr. Barnard is presented as final testi-
mony Testimony which, however, is ampli-
fed and reinforced in the November issue
of this magazine). The closing paragraph
of Mr.. Thayer's letter follows: q
Il cannot believe that greatness and ten
der human sympathy radiate f-om any
painted or sculptured fgure on this rianet.
beyond what they do from this mrae1lously
vivid, exquisitely simple statue. compelling
one TO feel that miracle has secured av o,
Lincoln himself to stand there, for centu.-,.
among us" =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
L VAR has invaded the American
" musical world. Almost at the
1870 A;r,nn +knA Akn EwnnA,t;nn

M musical world. Almost at the
w same time that the Expedition
srv Forces in France suffer their first
casualties in a trench raid by the Ger
mans. the music-loving reserves at home
are stirred by two quite unrelated events
tbe plane of business as usual" These
are the dropping Of German opera by the
Metropolitan Opera House and the Incl
dent in connection with DR.. Muck, leader
Of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
No fuss accompanied the Metropoltan's
announcement that during the coming sea-
son German opera would not be given,
and that Nine Gadski and Otto Goritz,
said to be strong pro-German sympa-
tbizers. would not be heard at the Metro
nolitan. The incident has no reference
70 the DR.. Muck affair. The question of
the playing of the national anthem was
not raised, nor was the patriotism of any
individual or body of individuals in ques-
lion. The directors reached the conclu-
SION that to continue to produce German
opera might enable Germany, by garbling
and patching. to print news dispatches
for home consumption which would tend
70 put heart in the German people. E.
10 convince tire German people that this
nation was not heart and soul in the war;"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

the Lincoln statue Of Mr.. Barnard, carried
away no doubt by the suggestions that here
we have the incarnation of the meek and
lowly' spirit of Jesus, the original demo-
crat' as some one has called him.
while Jesus suffered for the oppressed,
he was above all a six-foot fighting re-
former, so that if we wish TO make statue
Of Him that will exert any psychological
power over the majority we must represent
him as a noble, powerful fghter-with a
suggestion Of the divine So Thorwaldsen
did il his magnificent statue of Christ IN
Copenhagen, and so Rubens did in his won
derful Descent from the Cross at Antwerp.
hut not as a hectic, an&mic weakened
SLOUGH They forget that Lincoln vas pr-
narily six-foot-four fighting reformer a
noble conqueror, and that he should be rep
resented as such"
A letter from Albert Smith to Augustus
Thomas is printed by way of showing that
Colonel Roosevelt, who has been reported
TO have exclaimed, "At last we have the
Lincoln of the Lincoln-Douglas debate"
is UNQUALIFIED TO make such statement
The was born, it is pointed out, three
months after the celebrated debates IN
question:. The same treatment is ac-
corded Miss Ida Tarbell another strong
defender of the statue, it being recorded
that she was only seven years old when
Lincoln died. Miss Tarbell had said;
His [Mr. Barnard'sl Interpretation gets
nearer TO the man than anything know"
Also considerable quotation from a book
by Henry b. Rankin, called personal
Recolections Of Abraham Lincoln" is pre-
sented, tending to show that Lincoln was
neat and in all personal ways free from
offensive peculiarities." Mr.. Rankin
claims that all the photographs Of LincSn
are unsatisfactory, and asserts that 1t is
no wonder artists "who sincerely wish to
preserve by life-revealing statuary the
strong personality and peculiar pose OF
this great man find themselves in the
midst of peculiar difficulties" And re-
cent wire, received by Mr.. Ruckstuhl, fixes
this as Mr.. Rankin's opinion Of the present
,tatue: "Barnard's melancholy mistake in
bronze is a lamentable desecration Of Lin
coin, the first American"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

TIME debate over the statue Of Lin
coin, by George Grey Barnard,
which in replica is to be set up in
both London and Paris, has attained, in
this country, great heat and much diver
sity of opinion. Mr.. F. Wellington Ruck-
stuhl, editor Of 1.-THE Art World" may be
called the leader of the opposition, while
Mary Fanton Roberts, editor Of "The
Touchstone," has entered the contest as a
defender, through the mediumship Of her
magazine. It would be futile TO attempt
any review here Of the general opinion ex-
pressed so copiously in the press Of Amer
lea since Mr.. Ruckstuhl printed his first
attack last June. However, it is quite pos
sible 70 bring together the conflicting views
presented by these two art critics. In
way they may be looked upon as crystal
Hzations of the multiple opinion Of the two
camps.
The June "Art World" criticism pre-
sented exhaustive arguments tending TO
prove that the features emphasized IN the
Barnard statue have no sound historical
foundation, and concluded with this para
graph:
Lincoln. more than any man IN history
has proved the truth Of the maxim: NO
man II hero 70 his valet We will be con-
tent - we have helped 70 prove that, as 3
man and e. national hero, he was not
hobo-esqUe. but-majestic.
The cor.;nustion Of thig criticism, ap-
pesring in the August number, posed this
question for title, Lincoln: Was He a
slo0ch?" and proceeded TO assert that the
statue. which sis an eyesore and conveys
an absolutely false idea Of his body and
mind" represents "a sufferer from the
hookworrn." A portion Of this criticism
was printed in The Tribune Review when
the controversy was just fairly launched
and the pubic press was beginning 70 take
hides and give space 70 letters on the
subject.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

Incidentally, a number of famous singers
we're dropped along with Teutonic music
The case of DR.. Muck, however, at
tanned the heights of sensation, if not Of
notoriety. AS leader Of the Boston Sym
phony Orchestra, former leader of the
Royal Opera of Berlin and Koniglicher
Preussischer General Musk Direktor, Dr.
Muck, at a concert in Providence, refused
to play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at
the request Of several members Of the
audience. To play such a piece of music,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

clans reveals interesting differences OF
opinion on the subject of DR.. Muck and
German music, the two being generally
associated now that the issue raised by
the Metropolitan is carried on by the Dr.
Muck incident. The cry for tolerance on
the one hand is opposed by the cry OF
"Intern him." and bar German music
quite as vehemently on the other.
Distinguishing DR.. Muck from German
music. one finds a fairly large and toll
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

Grant following opposed to barring Ger
man music. as there not too much ado
about DR.. Muck?" asks "The New York
World" And continues:
"There is no public clamor against German
symphony music, which is wholly different
from German opera, and there is no desire
anywhere to have the famous Boston orches-
ira disband.
"The whole question is as concerns its
alien conductors position with regard to
playing the national anthem, position he
made needlessly offensive by his failure to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
IMICRY in animals, hitherto an
MI unsolved mystery" is explained
in "Thc North American Re

view" by Hudson Maxim.
When bird is about to attack worm
bo looks at the worm, trying 10 ascertain
,,bether the worm is a food worm or
ruff- adder. The mental process OF the
bird is transferred 10 the nervous system
# the worm. who, now aware Of the fact
that the bird would hesitate to attack him
if he were puff adder, proceeds to initiate
the puff adder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
no;no the Controversy Over BarnardS Lincoln a Focu

They have been selected lawyers, editors,
poets. statesmen to really express their
own point Of view in making a selection. 1t
seems little short Of impertinence TO offer
them advice.
"On what basis do we discredit their judg-,
ment, their taste? If they have decided that.
they PREFER Barnard's vision OF Lincoln, Of
that man who had lived his life among the
woods and farms of the West the Lincoln
who triumphed over all conditions in life
and might seem greater than clothes, tho
Lincoln who undoubtedly wore heavy shoes
for his heavy work and perhaps for all time,
who could not be more or less Of man &C
cording to his shoes, just who has the right
to superintend and correct their decision?
It would seem to Us that perhaps Lincoln's
feet troi close enough to God for US to
cease to carp about the size Of them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

ouitoes and other destructive insects are the
'individuaists' and anarchists of insect life.
"The anarchy in Russia presents an object
lesson to America that should serve as a
warning not to tolerate the propaganda OF
the Bolsheviki either in life or art"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
CA Calamity in BronzeI' a Type
n OF the Meek and Lowly

n NE November number Of 1.-THE ART
World" just out, The attack II contlGued'
Nth ,rornise Of still further instainents
~ follow. The statue ~ now calico "a
CALAMITY in bronze The Noyembek OBJ
isctior begins Ike this:
"Esnrsl people Of prominence have praised
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
7 lis Resignation Has Been Given,
/ l But Not Yet Accepted

At concert Immediately following, DR..
Muck led the orchestra in the national
air, and then his resignation was an
nounced from the platform by Major Hig-
ginson. Later, it was decided to withhold
acceptance of the resignation until after
forthcoming tour of Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Washington and Brooklyn. If
there appeared public demand for DR..
Muck's removal and for the elimination
of Wagner and all German music from
the programme of the orchestra, then the
resignation would take effect.
Apparently, the orchestra was warmly
received in Washington, but long before
it was due at Baltimore that city, the
home of "The Star-Spangled Banner" put
itself forcibly on record against receiving
any orchestra directed by DR.. Muck. Led
by former Governor Warfeld, a mass
meeting was held in the Lyric Theatre
Tuesday as a protest. The following ex-
tracts from an account of it published in
"The Baltimore Sun" describe the temper
of the meeting:
"The meeting resolved itself into great
plea to the government to intern not only DR..
Muck but all enemy aliens who are menace