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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-01-31
WHAT is A "sMILEAGE BOOK?"

Brigadier General Foltz, command
ing officer at Camp Lewis, cordially
approves the "smileage book" idea
of making life more pleasane to the
boys in the cantonments.
| What is smileage book? A little
budget of bound five-cent coupons
20 in the dollar size, 100 in the SIS
kind-which generous-hearted men
and women will want to purchase and
send as gift to some soldier boy.
These coupons will purchase high
class entertainment at the canton
menG theaters. The theaters are
built, the attractions secured. For an
admission charge of 10, 20 or 80
cents the boys will see two or three
dollar shows, a provision made pos
sible by the fact that in many cases
famous actors, singers and vaudeville
, entertainers are donating their tai
ants.
Four distinct lines of entertain
ment have been engaged. The first
week will be given over to famous
New York companies direct from
Broadway. The second week will
bring the highest class vaudeville
The third week will feature Lyceum
attractions. The fourth will be
home talent" week. Out of the
hosts Of men in training program
will be made up at each cantonment
and high-class entertainment is as
sured by the fact that in all the
camps are men drawn from the pro-
fessionai theatrical. musical and lee
ture world.
Tho plan h continuous in the fore.
going order. 1t has the approval Of
the war department, and a pledge is
given that only clean and wholesome
entertainment will be presented.
Here IL patriotic. practial philan-
thropy Of the highest kind. A smile
age book will be gift appreciated by
any soldier, and will be particularly
welcome to the greater number who
have little left out of their $50 a
month after they have sent half to de-
pendents, paid for their army insur-
ance and made provision for their
Liberty bond subscriptions.
A book can not possibly 60 amiss.
II some favored soldier should get
two or three he will treat his less for
tunate friends. The plan will present
a strong appeal.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-01-31
NOTICE OF GERMAN REGISTRA-
TION,
All German Aliens are Required to
Register between February
4th and February 9th,
Reasons why you should Own
this Perfect instrument.

All German Aliens are Required to
Register between February
4th and February 9th,
1918.
By proclamation Of the President
of the United States, all German a
liens are hereby notified that all ma
tives, citizess, or subjects of the Ger
man Empire or Imperial German
Government, being males of the age
of fourteen years upwards on regis
tration day, who are within the Uni.
ted States and not actually natural
lied as American citizens, are requir.
ed to register as alien enemies.
The dates Of registration within the
State Of Oregon, have been fixed by
the Attorney General of the United
States to commence at 500 A. M. or
February 4th and to continue on eacf
day successfully thereafter between
the hours Of 500 A. M. and 500 P
N. up to and including the 9th day Of
February, 1918, at 500 P. M.
All German aliens residing or be-
ing within the city of Heppner or vi
cinity are hereby required to present
themselves for registration at the
Post Office In said city to the Post
master who has been designated by
the Attorney General as Assistant
Registrar of said city, and to com.
plete their registration on or before
the 9th day of February, 1918, al
500 P. M.
Any German alien, required to reg
lister, who fails to complete his reg.
istration within the time fixed there
for, or who violates, or attempts tc
violate, or of whom there is reason.
able grounds to believe that he 10 ..
bout to violate any regulation duly
promulgated by the President OF the
United States. or these Regulations
in addition to all other penalties pre-.
scribed by law, is liable to restraint
imprisonment and detention for the
duration of the war, or to give secur.
~. or to remove and depart from the
United States in the manner prescrib.
ed by law.
Forms of registration affidavits, re.
gistration cards, and instructions to
regtstrants. and other necessary
forms will be furnished by the Post
master.
GEO. F. ALEXANDER,
United States Marshal,
District of Oregon.
W. A. RICHARDSON,
'.' Postmaster and Assistant
Registrar.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-01-31
Great Crop Prospect.

According to Frank M. Griffin,
Fairview farmer who was a business
visitor in Heppner last Friday, there
is a great prospect for big crop this
year. Mr.. Griffin says he has never
seen It better and the fall sown crop
cannot help but make q big yield.
While Mr.. Griffin is not actively en-
gagged in farming, his lands now be-
ing titled by his boys, yet he makes
his home on the farm and keeps In
close touch with the development Of
that part Of Morrow county.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-01-31
Much Interest in Gun Club.

Heppner shooters have written for
a chance to meet the members of the
Roundup Gun Club on the new
grounds as soon as the shooting starts
and will probably be accommodated.
The traps and trap house are now in
position and a number were out try
ing their luck at the clay pigeons yes
terday. The sport is expected to at
tract large number of Pendleton
men this year and already there have
been numerous new guns down at the
traps for try.-Pendleto Tribune.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-01-31

VIM. Lowen and wife of Hardman
and Frank Frates Of Eight Mile were
visitors in Heppner Tuesday. Mr..
Lowen says they have experienced a
remarkable winter in tn Hardman
section thus far and grass has been
plentiful. He has just moved his cat
tie down to the Frates ranch on Eight
Mile. Mr. Frates says grain on his
place is growing fast and he looks
forward to big harvest.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-01-31
WALLACE BRUCE
AMSBARY
The Creole French Poet TO Be
Here.

When France ceded her possessions
east of the Mississippi to England In
1I6S, the French settlers retained
their manners and customs. Their
sovereign might be changed for a con-
sideration, but their tongue never /!
The language learned In infancy, amid
me vine-clad hills Of sunny France
was theirs, with all Its softness and
beauty. They clung to their mother
tongue, and their native customs they
could not change.
When through tic aeroism OF Col.
George Rogers ClarI;. the great North
west territory va captured from
the British and tn, Stars and Stripes
were raised over every fort and In
avery pioneer hamlet
post, II was the third
doated over the heads
loving French settlers.
ner Of France, then the
England, and Inst the b
White and Blue" then
It was hailed with patri
the pioneer French Of tn
West Territory. They
Americans, but still Il
their French customs a.
Some Of them learned no
few Of the younger generation
rally acquired some American Va
and endeavored to learn the langNle
but 1t was badly "broken." The T.
tive infections of the voice, II
"Frenchy" accents and awkward a.
tempt to speak the American" Ian
guage were peculiar. Their hahfs
clung to those pioneers with a con-
stancy that was pathetic.
Those old-time French pioneers with
their traditions, reaching beyond the
seas, SO full Of interest to us all, are
rapidly passing away. Only on the
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-01-31

Wanted to buy piece of raw or
improved land suitable for dairying
or poultry. Give full description and
price in first letter. G. w. Court
wright, Grant, Nebr.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-01-31

I will pay the top price cash for
good fat chickens and all other poul-
try, fresh eggs, dressed veal, veget-
ables and fruits.
Cummings Fruit & Vegetable Market,
Heppner, Ore.
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Having rented the Dressmaking
rooms at Mrs. Herren's Millinery
Store, I will conduct general dress
making business. l solicit your or
ders for plain and fancy sewing. All
work guaranteed.
MRS. A. G. DeVORE.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-01-31

You can get nice fat dressed chick
ems of me at any old time for the
lowest prices at which they can be
sold. HARRY CUMMINGS.
Vegetable Market, Heppner, Ore. I'm
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-01-31
WALLACE BRUCE AMSBARY

printed page can they now be seen.
yet the memory of them will never
die. The historian and the poet. the
great thought preservers that link the
past with the present, have done their
work, and the names, habits, customs,
language, and tradition of the dear old
Frenchmen will live for ever. One of
the most widely celebrated writer's
who has preserved the memory Of
that dying race is Mr.. Wallace Bruce
Amsbarry, the poet and Creole French
impersonator. who will appear here on
our Lyceum course.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-01-31

For Sale-house and lot. Inquire
at this office for particulars.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-01-31

e. j. Starkey returned the first of
the week from brief visit In Port
land.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

souvenir of fifteenth century Venetian
painting, Madonna" given to Bartol-
lomco Vivarini. The example Of Am
brogio dc Predis Is interesting, but q
little feeble in line, where he had
usually high distinction. OF the
Northern pictures, which include espc-
cially fine "Holy Family" by Mabusc,
striking "Martyrdom" by Bnrthol
Bruyn, good "Descept from the
Cross" Of early sixteenth century Ger
man origin, and several other excellent
works, the one resplendcnt production
is the mater Dolorosa" Of Lancelot
Blondell. Whether or not this painter
of Bruges ever actually visited Italy,
he was undoubtedly sensitive to Italian
influences and cultivated the softer,
tenderer qualities that crossed the Alps
into the North. The central figure in
the Enrich picture, a touching image in
itself, is rendered doubly enchanting
through the lovely blues in which the
enveloping robe Is painted. Around it
Blondells characteristic passion for
architectural decoration comes into full
play, and in the panels Of this Gothic
ornamentation he reveals his skill and
animation in pictorial narrative. 1t is
a thoroughly representative work by an
old painter, too little known in this
country. 1t makes the outstanding
feature of a good exhibition.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

the success or failure of a given pict-
ure, which is to. say its success or fail
ure as work of beauty. The assump-
tion of the zealot, that picture is
perfect merely because Degas made it.,
is pure nonsense. 1t is perfect only
when he made it beautiful.
This collection of his works is prob
ably the most important in respect to
bulk, variety and intrinsic merit that
we will see for some time, but as the
year wears on it is probable that some
remarkable souvenirs of Degas will
reach this country. The treasures he
left have been kept under official seal
for some time, thanks to litigation
over his will, but NJ. Ambrose Vollard
and the Messrs. Durand Ruel are now
occupied in preparing his collections
for a sale which may be expected to
take place next summer or in the fall
His apartment was crowded with works
of art. For the last ten or fifteen
years he would sell none of his own
paintings, but went on buying the pro-
ductions of others. There is a quaint
story of his bringing home Della
croix or some such prize one day.
Monsieur" said his faithful house
keeper, "would it not have been better
if you had bought yourself a few new
shirts ?" He possessed paintings and
drawings by 1ngres, his idol, but pre-
sumably the sale will deal largely with
moro modern art. The catalogue, by
the way, is to be fully illustrated. His
sketches will thus be safeguarded
against the posthumous completion
which sometimes overtakes a painting
when it has passed through a sale and
disappeared into unknown hands. An
signed works. Apropos of his sigma
ture, which always took the form that
we know-Dcgas-it would appear
from information developed at his
times divided after the fashion of the
aristocratic order. In the family
mausoleum at the cemetery of Mont
martre there are tablets inscribed
ode Gas"
We cannot take leave of this subject
without again commencing t.ye reader to
Mr.. Sickert's paper in "The Burlington
Magazine" 1t supplies vivid portrait of
the man and contains many character
istic sayings which illuminate his art.
He and Sickert went out one day with
vague plans for skctching. 81 always
tried" said Degas, "to urge my col
leagues to seek for new combinations
along the path of draughtsmanship.
which l consider more fruitful field
than that Of color. But they wouldn't
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

observation just cited. Looking at the
lepnlslve bath scene it is amusing to
recall this passage: "He said that
painters too much made of women
formal portraits, whereas their hun
dred and one gestures, their chdtteyies.
etc. should inspire an infinite variety
of design: Jai peut-6trc trop con-
sidere Ia femwe CONNIE I'm a11iuol?'
he qucried some years later" Rather!
His wholc-hearted alteration, Mr.. Sick
ert tells us, seemed, among the mod
erns, to be given to Millet, to Tngres,
and to the earlier Corot He loved
Charles Keenc and dotted upon the
drawings Of his friend Forain. In his
apartment there was a polished ma
hogany table kept solely for the reccp-
tion of Foran's designs. But we have
space for only tithe of Mr. Sickert's
delightful "reminiscences. They should
be read from beginning to end by the
visitor to this exhibition.
Messrs. Gimpel & Wildenstein have
added to their new premises a hand
some set of we'll lighted exhibition
rooms and have inauguratcd them with
an interesting display of painting and
sculpture, NJ. nenry Caro-Delvaille
showing a quantity of decorations and
portraits and Mr.. T. Spicer-S -Simson a
retrospective collection of his medal
lions, with a few pieces in the round.
When NJ. Caro- Dolvallc made his first
appearance in this country, two or
three years ago, he was appreciatively
received as q typically clever Partisan
.Sdlounier. little turgid in manner,
but, on the whole, like so many modern
Frenchmen, wonderfully adroit and ca
pable. Evidently his soiourn here has
strengthened his art. Perhaps absten-
ton from the atmosphere of the Salon
He is more spontaneous, his work has
a greater suavity, there is a blither
note in what he does, especially in
color There are still large passages
of tone which he leaves too dense, too
Opaque. His surfaces could still be
made more delicate in quality. On the
ether hand, IN the process of refining
them he might possibly sacrifice what
is most agreeably characteristic of him
a certain sensuous opulence of both
form and color. The decorative can
vases he shows, if not particularly
original in either design or sentiment
arc especially attractive through this
full-bodied quality. The sheer vitality
which marks them is admirably carried
over into the portraits, where rich,
resonant statement Of fact Is SO ex
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
From the medal by 7. Spicer-
SlmSOn)

brochure of reproductions of his work.
one figure growing on to the next in a
series of eclipses. and serving, in its
turn, as a point de repere for each
further accretion. In the order of age
the figures we're: Monsieur. Cave, who
had been Minister Of the Fine Arts un-
der Louis Philippe and was friend of
Gararnis. Ludovic Halsvy, Gervex.
Jacques Blanche, and land Daniel
dalery. This drawing Deges presented
s.th profound bow to Nine. Blanche
when it was finished. Ludovic Halevy
pointed out to Degas that the collar of
ny cover-coat was half turned up, and
vas proceeding to turn it down. Degas
called out: Loisse~. C'est bien.'
Halevy shrugged his ahoulders and said,
Degas cherche toujours roccident.' ="
The passage offers a suggestive CLEAN
Of light on the art of Degas, and luckily
Tor the student here in New York the
drawing itself may now be seen at the
DurandRuel gallery, along with a full
score of other works from the same
hand.
Never did the familiar saying of the
studios that at all depends upon the way
the thing is done" receive more con-
elusive confirmation than in the works
Of Degas. Let us consider for mo-
ment what the "accident,' as a prin-
cple in art, would develop into at the
hands of a mediocre artist. Into the
snapshot, and nothing more. We would
say OF him at once that he was simply
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Just an Ordinary Case
By Vingt Deux

But social anecdotes of princes. furs
and fashion are very far from what was
once the heart Of them all. Paris, where
Miss Griffin and others are working
valantly. They worked steadily when
the cause was not their own: they
work tirelessly nov when the gray
walls may open at any time to admit
man of their own legions. bruised and
broken, to be miraculously rebuilt b.
the care Of his own countrywomen.
Decorations mean little III the lives
Of such women. A medal can serve
only to bring the realization of their
existence, patient, skilful and trust
worthy, to the anxious women folk at
home.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Degas and the Accident
AS a Motive i'm His Art
An Important Collection of His Paintings and Pastels-he
Sale Impending in Paris-Henry Caro-Delvaile and r.
Spicer- r-Smson-A Group of Primtves
By Royal Cortissoz

This last day of Acadnv Forthv;, th ,.:
League VIII take possession Of the galleries
Rdmg the exhibition on Fer,r
Several Of the current shows continue through
xe with Mr. A. b. alatins delightful modern American
M works at the Bourgeois gallery PAINTINGS and
the Macbeth gallery another FORTNIGHT
snd do Mr. OConnors sculptures including Lincoln at
Seann gallery 1t is to be hoped example of
artists will be followed by others
exhibitions getting together their productions
ard late 1t is good idea There obvious
Museum
the howls
put might this admir-
justice living
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

trying to do what would better be left
to the camera. Composition, of course.
he would have thrown overheard. With
cut grace of color. distinction of draw
ing and the magic of style, of per-
sonality. his efforts could not but rep
resent just so much wasted energy.
Give q man the clements at which we
lave glanced and Immediately the
technician is lifted to a higher power.
II is important. nevertheless, for the
observer to keep his head in this sphere
of painting, dedicated altogether to
what we might call manual facility in
formed by taste. Sometimes, even with
the master, the taste lapses.~ There is,
for example, in this exhibition notable
illustration Of the passion which Degas
lad for depicting the nude in aspects of
domestic intimacy, the pastel called
Femme sortant du balm" done in 1894.
To the unthinking dcvotee, who re-
CARDS discrimination as disloyalty. the
fact that the picture conveys an i'm
preston as of some hideous animal is
quite beside the point. AS a matter OF
fact. it is disastrously significant. The
ugliness of his motive, of his "acci-
dent has in some curious manner re-
acted upon the artists treatment of the
theme. The thing is beautifully done
N spots. AS a whole it falls far be-
meath the level of his best. most char
acteristic work.
After all, Degas was not an admirer
OF lngres for nothing. You can see
the influence of his great predecessor
coming out most obviously in couple
OF portraits here, heads modelled and
drawn with meticulous accuracy not
unworthy of the painter of the "Ber-
tln,' but Degas never pretended to fol-
low with any slavishness in the foot
steps of the master-he would be al
ways his own man. What he shared
with lngres and kept alive in most of
his own productions was just the love
of beauty Whenever that is predomi-
nant in his state of mind the result is
not only truth, but charm Witness
the "Danseuse Vertc" of 1880. There,
too, he accepts with delight the pure
"accident,' the figure, the pose, sur
prised behind the scenes of the opera,
not arbitrarily fixed in the studio But
his taste now is in a more delicate
phase, he is stirred by color, by the
unconscious elegance of his model, and
he gives US an impression that is jog
forever. The ballet is abundantly rep
resented in this exhibition, there is a
good racing episode, the millinery shop
of which he was so fond also has it's
place, and there are several land
scapes. Through them all runs the
briliancc Of inspired draftsman-
ship the glamour of style, and through
them all runs that quality Of the acci-
dental, Of the haphazard motive delib-
erately sought out. 1t is a trait, as
Halevy said, and as such constitutes
one of the most fascinating elements
in the artists appeal. There we ap-
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
The Traits of a Great Craftsman

When Dceas died, last fall, some in
teresting recollections Of him were
nrin.ed in the November number of
aThe Burlington Magazine' by his Eng
lsh disciple, Walter Sickert. Speaking
ot his meeting With the master at
Dieppe, in 1885, where Degas was stay
ing with She Ludovic Halevys, next
door to Dr. Blanche's chalet, on the sea
front By the Casino, he goes on as fol-
lows: ut was in Jacques Blanche's
studio in the Chalet Gu Bas Fort Blanc
that Degas drew the pastel group that
appears as 'Ritratti' in the Italian
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Notes

Mr.. Z. |. Couse, who has a dozen
paintings Of Indian subjects ut the
Babcock gallery, has long been favora-
bly, known for the picturesqueness and
good workmanship Of his studies. In
most of them the figure dominates and
is so presented as to give the impress
sion Of faithful portrait of type.
The landscape background is effectively
handled, but is kept in subordinate
relation. The two best pictures in the
present show, however, are those in
which the scene is made the most of,
figures being introduced only as Incl
dents. The "Indian Camp on the Co.
lumbia" is so good that we wish Mr.
Couse would more often exploit the
vein it illustrates.
The paintings now at the Montross
gallery are by George Bellows, Robert
Henri, Guy Pene Du Bois, Middleton
Manigault, Walter Pach, Henry Fitch
Taylor and others of kindred sym.
pathies. At the Braus gallery there is
an exhibition Of pictures painted in
New Mexico and Arizona, Indian sub
jects, by Mr.. Warren E. Rollins.
ne WORKS le1t by the late Henry A
Ferguson, n. A., will be placed on view
at the Anderson galleries on Januar,
19 and will be sold there on the even
ing OF January "a. This artist, who
was born in 1845 and died in 1911, was
minor figure in the Hudson River
school. He travelled far, in Europe
and in South America The paintings
in the Forthcoming sale are mostly i'm
pressions of his wanderings.
A collection of etchings by James
McBey may be seen at the keppe
gallery. 1t ranges from his earlier