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New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
Ludwig Won Siegen and His Followers

The mczzotint we have always with
rs. 1t is accessible in the shops. and
there as we'll as at the public library
it is not infrequcntly exploited on q
considerable scale. But not in long
time has this branch of engraving been
illustrated here in the fulness which
marks the current exhibition at the
Crolier Club. Indeed, the attempt in
this instance to present the subject in
As Development from the invention Of
The ar in the seventeenth century to
lis gradual subsistence in the nine
.eenth has been made with such ardor
that only about half Of the prints listed
are now displayed. The rest will fol-
low in the spring. This division of the
material is welcome, especially as it
permits effective hanging. An over
crowded show of prints is peculiarly
wearisome. Meanwhile, as a chrono-
logical method has been adopted not
only in the catalogue but in the ar
rangement of the engravings in the
cas.s and on the walls, the educational
value of the affair is in no wise dis
.urbed. One may see precisely how
mczzotint made its debut, how it slowly
found footing. and then. rather sud
denly, was lifted TO its highest estate.
When Ludwig Won Siegen, the Hes
sian officer who invented it, made his
portrait Of the Landgravine Amelia
Elizabeth and sent it to her son from
Amsterdam, in 1912, his letter accom-
panying the print contained these say
ings: As have discoTered an entirely
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

pieces, a gorgeous courtly composition
in which he seems to sum up the spirit
of the Georgian aristocracy. Turner
rises absolutely to the theme, and in
the magnficence of his plate he may
be said, in his turn, to sum up the
whole walk and demcanor Of the
eighteenth century school of British
mezzotinters. They may have been
wanting in invention. But in technique
they arc among the miracle workers of
art.
1t is of technique, and always Of tech
nique, that the student is bound to be
thinking as he traverses this collcc-
ton. But there are two other sources
of interest which he will not neglect
There is the mere beauty in which the
show abounds, the beauty attributable
to the painters of the portraits and
the beauty Of tone secured by their
interpreters, the sonsuous quality of
grays and whites and blacks cunninglv
manipulated. And then there is the
personal side Of the subject, the
glamour attaching to historical person
ages, to lovely ladies of the court, tc
men of note in all walks of life. The
catalogue is here of entertaining SER
vice. y specimen note may be cited
from the group Of John Faber's prints
One of these is from Hudson's portrait
OF Sir Peter Warren, who commanded
squadron at the capture of Louis.
burg, in 1745. Gle received a grant
of land in New York and married E
Miss De Lanccy, Of that city. Warren
Street is named after him." The cata.
! logue is full Of such brief touches. II
heightens the human interest which
goes with the unique technical appea
of this admirable exhibition.
The always readable "Bullctin' Of the
metropolitan Museum contains in the
January number some pages of excep
tional interest. These are the page:
relating to the objects given to the
Museum by the late j. Pierpont Morgan
and his son and now collectively de
scribed as "The Pierpont Morgan Gift.
It was a happy idea thus to summarize
these treasures in kind Of chronolog
ical sketch, beginning with ancient ar
and coming down through the mcdin
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
Pitiless
Publicity
By Harriet Gaylord
Of the Vigilontes

nuR nation is in dire need of pitt
less publicity" at present. and
1T begins to look as if we were
going to get it, thanks chiefly to the
Senate and some wise CORRESPONDENTS
from the front who believe that our
good American eagle ought to wait till
Its gets its talons into play before it
begins to scream. Alas, only the whit
est light playing upon our red tape fac
tory and its cXccrable lack or efficiency
Will arouse the ire of our too, too com
placent populace to the point Of de-
manding in no uncertain terms that
those in high places make good or alb
dicatc their thrones.
But publicity about conditions in
France will not be enough A search
ing light must be turned on our train
ing camps and the correspondents all
lowed to tell the truth as men and Off
GERS know it. most loyal, efficient
colonel who has been struggling against
heavy odds to whip his regiment into
shape for the great adventure has lust
written me: Nv e change and DELAY
plans and work in a way that is ap
paIling. If we have got to whip the
Germans it will take ten years and cost
incalculable sums and lives"
Have Failed Our Friends
The saddest thing We have to face
these days is the knowledge that we
have failed to measure up to a mini
mum of what our courteous Allies ex
pected we would accomplish before
1918. We cannot escape the hauntiDe
fear that, no less than the Russian dis.
affection and the Italian disaster. our
slowness, our muddling, our unforgiv-
able dependence on France and Eng
land for guns, munitions and clothing
for our men in Franco. are reasons
why that triumphant, "Nous rs
aurons!' is not now sounding across
the sea.
If We had risen to the height of our
call and our vision and our privilege
and our resources and our strength
would Lloyd George have so tragically
omitted from his recent speech tha,
ringing defiance we are aching TO hear
"Champions of right against might car
have no truck with Hohenzollerns"?
Victory in Danger
Shall we who have not borne the bur
den and heat of the day continue tt
procrastinate and profiteer and muddl,
along under lncompetcnts and scrap
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

new and surprising invention, the like
at present only able to send you a few
proofs, because from the copper on
which the portrait is engraved only
few prints can be made, because of the
dclcacy of the work differing in this
respect from ordinary plates, from
which very many prints can be drawn.
There is not any living en-
araycr or artist that could guess how
this engraving has been executed. AS
your highncss we'll knows, only three
methods of engraving on metal arc
known at the present time. These arc
~ line engraving with the burn, (2)
biting with acid or scratching with the
dry-point, go q method little known
which is called pointillc work, done
with small needles, but so troublesome
to.manage that it is little used. My
hcthod is quite different from any oil
tn Sc" II is late in the day to expose
the differences here declared, so tar as
'hc minuti1 Of processes arc concerned,
but it is permissible to glance at the
contrast between mezzotint and line en-
craving, say, or etching, whero what
We may call the genius Of the art is in
question.
The burn, which is to say the instru
mcnt Of the line cngravcr, would ap-
pear to be in the very nature Of things
Productive of certain severely monu-
mental effect. Occasionally, in the
hands Of master like Durer, it has
served as an instrument for the eXecu-
ton of intensely imaginative compost
tons; but, OH the whole, when we think
oi the line engraving we think, justly,
moro of stately portraits than of any
thing else; we think of great states
men, churchmen and other leaders com
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
Britain Needs Artisans
Mission Asks for Manual
Workers From al to IS

The British Canadian recruiting mis-
sion sent out yesterday call for men
which opens the door to many who
heretofore have seen no opportunity to
be Of service in the war.
Men from forty-onc to ffty-six are
wanted. They may be blacksmiths
boat builders, carpenters, caulkers,
drillers, frame benders. heavy timber
men, platers, platers' helpers, pile
drivers, quarrymcn, riggcrs, rivcters,
seamen, shipwrights. shipyard ma
chinists and stevcdores; in fact, men of
almost every trade are needed.
The fact that the work is behind the
lines does not mean that it is without
thrills. AS the recruiting mission
points out, there is every possibility
for the men to have the same cXpe-
rience as did the American engineers
in the recent battle at Cambrai. The
wages are attractive, and the enlist
ment is for the duration of the war
Applicants may report at oil Fifth
Avenue or 1870 Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
A urious Rain Beat
Upon the Windows

The train rolled on through the
black night, and now furious rain
beat upon the windows. The four
other travellers who remained in the
wagon slept. Agnes and her compan-
ion, seated side by side in their cor
ner, were silent for while, but an in
timacy very tendcr-tenderer perhaps
than when they conversed &C.
menting itself between them.
After some minutes the young man
leaned over and said:
you were very sad when you left
Paris. Why was that"
She gave little start, but didn't an
swer.
"Oh, l beg your PARDON" he re-
turned in freezing manner "I was
very indiscreet; that did not concern
me-"
She believed that she detected a lit
tie note of jealousy in his voice. So
she lifted her eyes frankly and told
him why she was unhappy. She was
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

mcmorated by German or French mas
ters in the grand style, their grave WIS.,
ages set within massive squares and
ovals, as though with something Of the
immoble dignity of plastic art. The
stern brilliance of metal gives its
essential note to line engraving. With
the etcher all is changed. Using the
needle i'll place Of the burin, he gains
enormously in freedom, in variety, and
the natural consequence of this is
much fuller expression Of personality
in his work. The great line engraver
may be the child of academic tradition,
the product of a school. The great
etcher, like Rembrandt, for example, is
the gift of God, portent by himself.
Mczzotint lies somewhere between
these two types. 1t shares the harness
of the line 'ngraver, his subjection to
the stubbornness of metal, but in its
substitution of the scrapcr for the
burin it gains in richness of tone.
Where the line engraver must do the
best he can with silvery grays deepen
ing into restrained blacks, the mezzo-
tinter may range through an amazingly
long gamut, embracing nuances practi-
cally inaccessible to his colleague. He
is soft where the latter is stern. The
epithet for him is suavity; he beguiles
where the line engraver dazzles. Along
side the etcher, on the other hand, he
yields the palm at once, and for rea-
son at which we have already hinted.
The etchcr may be creative artist
The mczzotinter never is. You do not
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

an orphan. An aged relative had
brought her up, who, after spelling
her very much, had died four months
before, leaving her alone in the world
and without a cent. SO it was neces.
sary for her to earn living, and after
a sojourE in a school where they took
IN governesses without situations she
had been lucky enough to find a piacs
in family in the provinces. She was
going there. And she had wcpt be-
cause all this seemed cruel, and she
hadn't had time to resign herself to it.
But from this on she would be self.
contained and courageous.
He Was Deeply
Moved With Pity
She stopped, almost ready to weep
again. Her companion did not answer
at first. He was deeply moved with
pity and tenderness for this delicate
and courageous girl, fighting single
handed against hostile world.
II, too, believe me, am alone in the
world" he said at last. COR nearly
alone. I have now left only an old
uncle. But he is eccentric, and l see
little of him. I, too, like you, am alone
without claim on any ones afec-
ton. But, no, no, don't cry again"--
He had taken her hand and, bending
over toward her, he whispered words
of consolation which were becoming
words of love, and Agnes, trembling,
forgot, as he did, that they had not
even known each other a few hours
before, and found, as he did, that life
was now taking on a new aspect
But suddenly a traveller awoke and
asked where they were. The young
man let Agnes's hand drop and looked
out through the door. In his emotion
he had not noticed that the train had
already been standing for a couple of
minutes in a station. All at once his
eyes fell on the name of the place
printed in letters under the lantern OF
a street lamp.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
On the Night Express
By Frederic Boutet
Translated By William L. Mcpherson

Here another Of Frfdfrc Boufets appealing little stories
has atmosphere 1t has touch of sentiment IN It, but OF the
dcay avhic distnctvc color
to
fiction IN aUhich
lie is the laureate speak, of the fighting at the 'front.'
their
the and its emotions and sacrifices. In this story the
element of emotion and sacrifice sight, 1t only background
But the of 1t feciue dealt ch mood siua
ton essentially tragic.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
The Art of the Mezzotinter
Shown at Full Length
Brilliant Exhibition of Prints at the Croer Club-F;ne
Impressions of All the Masters-The Morgan
Gift to the Museum
By Royal Cortissoz

Kenbergcr pictures confirmed tho observations
this place last Sunday the
larger total might uneasonaby have expected
The good but they
e not sensational prices which
something matter This time when
bound to rule in the
legitimate also by collectors
who good thing they estimate it's value Thew
looking merely for the work
sale be taken indicative prevail
decidedly
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
He Invited Agnes
To Go With Him

The train halted again. This time
there was to be a stop of ten minutes,
and the young man invited Agnes to go
with him to get something warm at the
station buffet. Taken by surprise, the
young girl declined with dignity But
he seemed to be so unhappy at the
thought of having offended her that a
moment later she accepted his invita-
ton, which, moreover, because it had
the air of an adventure, attracted her
greatly. He got out first. Agnes sup
ported herself on his arm in order to
jump to the footboard, and they ran to
gether across the platform, delighted,
holding hands like two children. They
returned the same way, in a great rush,
cheered and refreshed by the coffee
they had hastily swallowed. They
scaled the footboard and sank breath
less into their seats. They felt as much
like comrades now as if they had known
each other ever since infancy.
Agnes said something gayly about
their just having missed letting the
train start away without them. But
her companion told her, with a retro
spectivc feeling of alarm which he
tried to conceal, that that would have
been very serious thing for him. H.
explained that he was returning to his
depot, after convalescent leave, and
that he had waited until the very last
moment, so that the least delay would
make him exceed the limit of his fur
Tough. Agnes was much impressed by
the idea that he had risked something
on her account, and she let him under
stand as much.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
THE train left the station in Paris.
In her corner Agnes gazed fixedly


In her corner Agnes gazed fixedly
through the car window at the
streets and houses, fading out in the
twilight. But her fearful eyes saw lit
tie or nothing. She had firmly resolved
not to betray the least lack of courage;
but when, after the excitement Of her
departure, she found herself settled IN
her place in the compartment, she felt
more keenly than ever how completely
alone in the world she was, and suf-
fered an attack Of uncomfortable de-
preston, her mind brooding over the
dependent and narrow bread-winning
existence, among absolute strangers,
which would begin for her at the end
Of her journey.
But she mastered this fit of weak
ness and, after waiting for a few
minutes until her eyes had become dry,
she turned her head toward the interior
Of the compartment and sat up very
prim and straight, enveloped in her
travelling cloak and with her veil drawn
close over her face, to which she
sought to impart an expression of grav-
ity, just as she had studied to suppress
any touches of attractiveness in her
toilet and her coiffure. She was very
young and good looking, and the direct
ress of the austere school which had
found place for her had told her that
cultivating attractiveness was by no
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
NOTES

Manufacturcrs will bear an important
part in the forthcoming exhibition of
the Architectural League. The gal
lcries at the Fine Arts Building have
been divided into rooms, and along with
the exhibits made by the architects
there will be displayed furniture, cab
met work, stained glass, objects in
wrought metal, leather work, pottery
mosacs, and so on. The purpose is to
show architect and craftsman in actual
collaboration. The show, which opens
to the public on February 3, ought to
be entertaining at any rate.
The Museum of French Art will open
with a private view next Tuesday the
loan exhibition which it is organizing
for the benefit of it's building fund.
This months exhibition at the Lotos
Club, which lasts through tomorrow
and Tuesday, is devoted to paintings
from the collection of Mr.. ]. G. Shep-
herd. The modern Dutchmcn, cspc.
cially the Marises, are richly repre-
scnted. Inness, Dlakelock and Murphy
are conspicuous Americans, and there
are several Barbizon pictures, includ
ing Millet's "Hagar and Ishmael"
More Indian subjects may be seen al
the Babcock gallery, where the paint
ings by Mr. L. |. Couse have been sue
cceded by number of Western scenes
done by Mr.. William r. Leigh.
New works by Mr.. Bryson Burrough:
are to be shown at the Montross gal
lcry. The exhibition opens on Tuesday
n"yt and continues for four weeks. The
Modern gallery is showing collection
Of African negro sculpture
The Brooklyn Museum makes
further announcement of the Frencl
government loan exhibition which is t,
open shortly. There will be rs paint
ings, II sculptures and 90 medals Sc
lected from the Luxembourg to repre-
sent French art from 1870 to 1910. Fo
the period between 1910 and 1915 ther,
will be nearly two hundred painting
gathered from various sources. Dec
orations, water colors and prints ais
appear in this section The rest of tn
| show will be made up Of tapestries
furniture, etc.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
Her Neighbor
Was a Soldier

Suddenly she noticed that her neigh
Dor was watching her. He was a SOL
dier, who just before the train started
had taken the only vacant seat in the
compartment-thc one beside her
Agnes, glancing sidewise, saw that he
had a clean cut, youthful countenance,
with blond hair and beautiful eyes. He
seemed to be shy and looked at her
very furtively. Once their fugitive
glances crossed and both reddcned
They discovered at this moment that
a stout lady who sat opposite them had
fixed her eyes on them in emphatic dis
approval. That caused an instructive
exchange of looks and established a
bond of sympathy between them. After
the first train top the stout lady fell
asleep, and it was she who once mora
served to break the ice for them, for
she slept with an air Of wrathfulnes
and in her slumber talked irrelevantly
about her domestic affairs. Agnes and
her neighbor looked at each other with
eyes sparkling with gayety, and FIVE
minutes later they were talking to-
sether, exchanging commonplaces about
the weather, the train, the darkness of
the night and other casual subjects.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-04
NOTICE OF RECEIVERS SALE.

4>O1lCI or nCCLlt . SAL0.
| Notice is hereby given that the
! undersigned, as Receiver, appointed
+, by the Wayne Circuit Court of Indiana,
| in certain cause now pending in
said court entitled John r. Howard
and Mary Howard, partners doing
I business under the firm name of !. R.
Howard & Co., VS.. William j. Schnei-
der, No. 18404, will offer for sale at
! private sale, on the 18th day of Oct
ODER at ten o'clock a. m, and from
day to day thereafter until all property
hereinafter described is sold, at the
office of said Receiver in Room 8.
Vaughn Block, over TO Main street
in the city of Richmond, Wayne
County, Indiana, all of the following
described personal property, to-wit:
All of the stock of merchandise and
fixtures owned by William j. Schnei-
der and now located at 535 South E
Street in the City OF Richmond.
Wayne County, Indiana, consisting Of
groceries and supplies and store fix
lures, including several good show
ca ses, cash register, clock, one pair
of computing scales and other articles
too numerous to mention.
TERMS OF SALE: All sales win be
made for cash at the time OF purchase
and delivery, and no property will be
removed from the premises until
paid for.
OFIA B. FULGHAM. Receiver.
Dated Oct End, 1918.
Ray X. Shive.y. Atty. for Receiver.
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