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drawal. The Germans have long since
 armed the dangers of these uN' seas, and very seldom do they vra,mc within them.
 The white cliffs of England grow dim in the distance, and ou! Of the other horizon looms the shore Q Fran zee. The transports steam onward; tn" escort lazily keeps pace with them
 A sudden signal from the lcpding destroyer causes instantaneous change in the whole convoy. The leading de- stroyer has come to a dead step right athwart the course of the trOcpShipS. The speed of the transports drops. The word "Miun" goes rouGG from ,outh to mouth, and everybody O board ruShcS to the side to SC.
 A mine it is sure enough A the transports draw near it can be seen floating scarce cables length from the dcstroycr'S quarter. Only small patch of it's rounded bulk shows anovc the surface. But the small patch is it with the deadly horns, touch O. which fires the charge of explosives
 A ,hn transports move on at Clar- ter-specd, one destroyer fingers be- hind. It moves a safe diStanc" away from the floating mine Then comes the rattle of it's machine gun. The gun -ner is firing at the mine. Suddenly there comes spWt of flame md smoke, drowned immediately by q huge spout of soothing water aS 'hc mine cxplodc&. The destroyer resumes it's place at the head of the column.
 The airship drifts back to give th" All Clear. at a signal from tho lead cr. the convoy resumes full-spee) and further in.idcnt the passage is com pleted
 As tlN first transport StcamS With in the brca'iwatcr of the French port. a scaplane comes swooping in fo" the sea. Four red bombs are tucked side bv side under its ,iGht-hand w'nG but three Of the four ar" missing from the rack on the other SiG", The captain of the troop-Ship notes this through his glasses and rcmar1lS uH- on the fact to the American Co'oncl standing by his side They Sp' cOlate for a few moments as to what use rav have been made of the missing bombs.
 "pcrhaps it was the same sn@raT- inc that laid that mine" suggest the CaDtain
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR ! THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA THIRD DIVISION. ! No. S125 ALIAS SUMMONS :" LILLE k. HETTEL.
 Plaintiff, against
 , BERNARD w. HETTEl, Defendant. 1 THE PRESIDENT OF THE ] UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ] GREETING: 1 TO BERNARD W. HETTEL, the above named defendant.
 You are hereby required to appear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division, within thirty days after the completion ot 1 the publication of this summons, to- wit, within thirty days after the 2Sth day of October, 1918, and answer tn" complaint of Lillie E. Hettel thr above named plaintiff in the above named cause, which cause is an ac- ton for divorce for one of the causes prescribed by law, wherein the plain 1 tiff prays a decree of absolute divorce from you, forever dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between you and the said plaintiff and for an adjudication of property rights. And YOU are hereby notified that if you fail to appear and answer the said complaint as herein required, the said plaintiff ;cill take judgment against you for want thereof, and will apply 1 to the court for the relief demanded in her said complaint, as herein above set out
 The order for publication of this summons was duly made and entered on the 18th day of September, 1918
 The date of the first publication o1 this summons is the 18th day of Sep tember, 1918, and the date of the last publication thereof is the 2Sth day ot October, 1918.
 WITNESS the Honorable Charles E. Bunnell, Judge of said Court, anc the Seal thereof, this 18th day oi
 September, in the year of our Lor' One thousand nine hundred and eigh
 teen, and of our independence the on' hundred forty third,
 (SEAL) ARTHUR LANG, Clerk By C. H. Wilcox, Deputy, Date of First publication Sept, l6 1918.
 Date of Last publication Oct. 2S. 1918.
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privileged Jew who ar2 pcmi,:cG ["
 ,tuys~ lt. All day long thu gre" roou- ships are loading ami d'pa. & u- Tho process iS 8 rapid one. every .ra- o,r. with military precision.
 Five minutes before the troop.Shin -ta~ts. there k a long warning bla [, on the siren. Soon the big ship slowly r,cr, away from the pier aHd head sor the open water, it's rails lined W u Ehukr-c'ad Americans. OutSid" an other troop-ship k waiting and thc transport falls Dto line bnhjnd .L companion.
 Ou, of the nowhere three British q -,troyrr, suddenly appear an@ .':r 't' position. one in front and on, on "',h-
 ,jtc of the transports. High 11ov' the horizon gIeamS the silver nody o' a patrol mrship, which with the de-
 royers will accompany the Am ai- ans to their destination. No submu- inc can creep along the Sc" bottom
 r.hout these a.... observers dc; ct 1r its app-o,t, a~d 8 wireless call .s. ca~r. t- uoycrS will Lrirg
 bout '.,,u.u.n or spec y with
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rush over at once tens of thousands of American troops to help stem the Ger man advance, u dramatic scene O. cured in London. The great question was could England provide the ton mage for the American aid? David Lloyd George, the prime minister sent for Sir Joseph Maclay, BIitis. shipping commissioner.
 Can you find the ships? ask, the premier.
 Give me till five o'clock" was U, answer
 At five Sir Joseph reappca"'d.
 Yes" he said quietly, And Ec found the ships.
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AFRICANS PASS HROUGH G.B.ON WAY TO WAR

< ENGLISH PORT. Oct. 2>-
 rc>pondcnc" ot rhn As.o.ys.. 0- Day aft. day .h. ,cadg m ot American soldiers pows Ugh this port, nrrouty Co F.a',r. r was ta. ,owa SO busy never 1t seen such am monj,n@ stream w faces. Most of these m." '.ow 'ar-off states, have hrra n Eng only a few days at t.e wa-'.
 land in the north trr, hwu ,S John Gull's little isrd. md
 are off again, arro.~ q. ..r. rS of tho Channel. 'or r ".. te destruction
 ,e scene at the docks neo is a.- , one Of great interns. .o. th.
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Premier Lloyd George, in hiS speec' at Manchester, September l2. stare, 'now we are carrying about 6U p, cent of the American troops aero. the Atlantic"
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SHIPPING COMMISSIONERS
 OF G. B. VALUABLE MAN
 AS HE CAN GET THE HOW

LONDON. Oct, 2S- Last Spring i'm one Of the darkest hours of the war for the Allies, when the United Stat. es was told that it was imperative to
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Virtue k its own reward, but vic sometimes seems to have a more gen crouS paymaSter.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION.
TO ELECTORS OF THE rows OF SEW ARD. DlNE',UN Nb TT REE FER RIl lRN or H.tShi.

Notice is hereby given that .ou 5uant to an Act of Congress, tp. proved May [, 1906, entitled, "An Ac Providing for the Election of Dele @atc to the iicuSe of Representative ron the Territory of Alaska" and q. Act of Congress, approved August 24 ,sl2. entitled An Act tO C"c?lr {; Legislative Assembly in the Tcrlitog of Alaska, to Confer Legislative Por crS Thereon, and for Other PurpoSe,', and in continuity herewith a genera, election will be held on
 TUESDAY NOVEMBER > 1918. BETWEEN THE HOURS OF s O. CLOCK \. Nj. AND ' O'CLOCK P N OF SAID DAY for purposes of cleo ing the following officers, to-wit' 4 DELEGATE to the HOUSE O, REPRESENTATIVES from the Ter itory of Alaska;
 ONE MEMBER of the SENATE O. the Territory of Alaska; FOUR MEMBERS of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of the r., itoIy of Alaska;
 ONE ROAD COMMISSIONER 'o Road District No. 3
 The Common Council of SEWARD having heretofore. by ordinance, duly designated the polling place in sa,C town, the electors are hereby notified That all duly qualified voters re siding within the Town of SEWAEN win vote at THE CITY HALL th same being the duly designated poll ing place in and for the Town of SEWARD
 (Signed)
 THE COMMON COUNCIL
 OF THE TOWN OF SEWARD
 By Julian H. Reed Oct. 2l- Oct. 2S. Clerk.
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Pocket Flash light and batteries al ]. l.. Graef. if
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POWDER CAPS and fuse at J. l.. Graef. ........ .... zee. ............ If
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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.
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the success or failure of a given pict-
ure, which is to. say its success or fail
ure as work of beauty. The assump-
ton 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-
auctions 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 TIE 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
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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 femme CONNIE I'm a11iuol?'
he qucried some years later" Rather!
His wholc-hearted alteration, Mr.. Sick
ert tells us, seemed, among the mod
ems, 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-
ton of Foran's designs. But we have
space for only 1.-THE 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 imson 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 Austen
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
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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 I'M
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 shoulders 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
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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.
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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- 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
md 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
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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 acct
dental, Of the haphazard motive DELHI
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-
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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
Of 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 Bias Fort Blanc
that Degas drew the pastel group that
appears as 'Ritratti' in the Italian
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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 Bots, 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 lett by the late Henry A
Ferguson, n. A., will be placed on view
at the Anderson galleries on Januar,
10 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