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easy craftsmen. Not one in a thousand
can draw even q foot fore-shortened, as
Flaxman did, without much aborous cor
rection. And only such as have struggled
with an outline drawing know how difficult
it is.
"Bandinelli, a sculptor, and rival of
Michelangelo, made series of outlined
drawings, similar in character, but inferior
to these of Flaxman; Rembrandt did some
marvellous drawing in outline in his etch-
ings; Holbein likewise in his portraits;
lngres and Boulanger have left some Won
derful drawings also. But it is safe to
say that no artist who ever lived has left
so many drawings, of such extraordinary
tinesse Of line expression, of beauty of pro-
portion, of beauty of movement, of loving
suppleness and of exquisite grace, as did
Flaxman. He seems to have been able to
see in his minds eye and in his imagina-
tlon not only entire figure, with the
correct curve of every detail of every toe
and finger, but he visualzed in his mind
an entire page, full of figures and objects
and of their details, this to a degree of
clearness never before manifested by any
human being, except in rare cases. He
seems to have been able to draw the human
figure. or anything else, in sany position
and as easily write A c.. For, had
that not been so, he could never have made
the great number of drawings he did and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02

music flows along amid perfumed banks,
shallow, inconsequential, uninspired 1t is
distinctly music of the theatre, cleverly
made and fitted, lacquered and painted and
polished"
Mr.. Huneker found, perhaps, more
reminiscent bits than any other critic.
For
there is an excerpt from the 'Damnaton of
Faust Two, indeed one from the Queen
Nab scherzo, the other sung by Orlando
Carmen bobs up for some bars, the third
act, and the Seguidlla, Gounod, Puccini.
Dvorak-the motto from the New World
phony-Massenet, above all, poor, old
Wagner, are levied upon with the insouci-
ance that finally becomes delightful"
Geraldine Farrar carried off the
honors. Although "The World" found
her "manifestly out of voice." an opinion
expressed also by other critics, she is
described as giving a vivid and spirited,
and always effective, performance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
The Irresistible and
Majestic Movies!

T%HAT 'the moving pictures are
now a great American institu-
= ton" is almost a tr11ism- It
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02

about nothing but rumors of war; These
rumors were confirmed. The tocsin
sounded the mobilization. Then war was
declared
What emotion stirred even the least
excitable of Frenchmen and French
women! Arsene's soul Of forty-four years
ago was reawakened. Too young then by
some years to fight, he was still old
enough to understand the humiliation of
invasion, of defeat and of the amputation
of territory. In an indescrbable emotion.
in an unreasoned burst of patriotism. for
getting his dinner, which was nearly
ready, ne had rushed away to the Nav
of's office and demanded an opportunity
to enlist.
They had said to him:
"We-will see. 1t may be possible. We
will put down your name"
But scarcely had he returned home
when sharp pang assaied his big toe.
Arsene uttered an OATH He was laid up
in bed for fifteen days.
How he fumed over his helplessness!
He would have liked to guard road at
least. Or to clothe recruts-no matter
what. Only so it was something. And
this accursed attack of govt held him i'm
modified! He could have wept
SO when, about this time, Leonie said
to him timidly: my darling there are SO
many soldiers who fight without any one
sending them word of encouragement.
Shall we not adopt godson?" he had
accepted the proposition with joy. Quick
ly they applied to relief agency and
received the name of their protege-
yves Marie N6delec, twenty-five wears
old, orphan on both the fathers and
mothers side"
They wrote him at once and sent him
basket in which there was everything:
chocolate, postal cards, butter, a pipe
and who knows what else. The little
Breton answered them in Il letter so
touching in it's naivete that the old peo-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02

which, thought not all on the same level,
are yet all of high quality.
He made thirty-nine plates in illustrs-
ton of Homer's Iliad' and thirty-four of
the Odyssey'; of the works of Eschylus he
made thirty-one plates; Of Dantes Divine
Comedy he made 101; of the work of Hesiod
he made thirty seven, besides great many
others. All these are so full of invention
and Of charm of composition, of truly ex-
pressive drawing, that one is astonished in
contemplating such output, made almost
as side issue, as it were. For he did
also large number of statues and
groups in marble. Besides that, he did
lot of the finest work turned out by the
Wedgwood Pottery Company, many of which
are gems of the highest beauty
but leaving his skill as a craftsman out
Of the question, what is astonishing, es-
pecially and above all in the drawings of
the 'lliad' and Odyssey is the way he
seemed to have inherited the very psychol-
ogy of the Greeks, and of the finest epoch
of their culture. These drawings of Greek
life are so redolent of the Greek spirit. as
manifested in the finest Greek sculpture
bass reliefs and vase drawings, that one is
inclined to have ones belief in previous
incarnation of the human soul strengthened
IN contemplating them. Nothing SO wonder
tut and mysterious has ever happened be-
tore or since in the world of art"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02

N N DECEMBER New York enjoyed
the privilege of viewing seventy
three outlined drawings by John
Flaxman, the great English artist, which
were shown at the galleries of Scott &
Fowles. These drawings all illustrated
episodes in Homer's "Iliad" and "Odys-
sey." Petronius Arbiter, writing of them
and of Mr. Flaxman's methods in "The
Art World" says:
"These drawings by Flaxman are so ex-
traordinarly beautiful and marvellously
skilful that it is safe to say that they
hold their own with the finest drawings
made by the greatest masters Of the past
like Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael,
Rembrandt, Holbein; and Ingres, Bouanger
or Lefebvre of modern times.
1T must be remembered that very few
OF even the greatest artists are able to
draw-with pencil or paint and in outline
and reach. perfection of movement and
proportion, expression and beauty of detail
leaving the matter of composition out
of the question.
"To carefully draw a single figure IN
charcoal paint and patiently refine it
by rubbing out parts and correcting the
drawing until perfected, is not so difficult
But to draw quickly, and without much re-
drawing, and with an exquisite result, is so
difficult that the world has not produced
half dozen men who could do it.
Painters, as rule, excel sculptors in
drawng-in outline on paper, because they
are forced to visualize figures more in de-
tail. Sculptors, rule, are careless
about fine drawing, on paper, since they
must see figures all around and make their
final drawing in the clay-for they build
up slowly by adding and subtracting CLAW
until the figure is perfect. 1t is a difficult
process enough at best, but it does not
require such dexterity and cleverness as
outline drawing.
"-To draw the human figure in outline re-
quires the special gift of visualizjng it in
the mind to an extraordinary degree if
we wish to draw it to perfection Few
artists see very clearly in their minds the
small details of figures. Hence they are
rather builders, constructors, than free and
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laughter was ordinarily limited to the Or.
cas'onai guffaw Of the more unrestrained.
and applause never came in the thunds,
ciaps which denoted real success in ths
old theatre
This question of applause is v,rv
curious one. Why, it may we'll be asksa
should you applaud an actor when vaa
know that he can never hear you9 W..
do you applaud foy? Is it to let the own.u
OF the theatre know which films are snc.
cesses? Or is it rather that hand-clann;nu
through the centuries, has become our snor
taneous and unconscious method of er.
pressing approval, that to a great exYe..
we applaud for ourselves, for the other,
in the audience, so that in an atmosphere
made warmer and more sympathetic IRA
may all follow the play as one person.
atty? The coming of the war has brought
greater gusts of applause into the movie
theatre The President, Joffre, Pershine.,
Foch, British Tommies and French poilus
anu TIE ranks QaShlng forward, God bless
them-all these could never fash across tho
screen without hand. Movie audiences
are more demonstrativc now. We even
clap the fair civilian creature on the
screen, though we know that those bright
eyes of hers are actually fixed upon thu
camera man in Santa Barbara, and that
those shell-like ears catch no sound of our
love"
Then, there is the matter of our con.
ception of the people who make the
movies, based on the assurances of their
assiduous press agents. We read:
"The American public, having taken ia
movie favorites to its heart, has its own
American idealsm about them 1t Is poles
apart from, for example, the so-callsd
Partisan point of view as to what the nri
vate life of a beautiful and fascinating
actress might be. A big picture company
received lately a petition signed by soma
600 inhabitants of small town in Middle
Western state begging that the company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
Two New French Operas Flaxnan Makes the Epic Live
Stir the Town

voice for the most part was singularly free
and mellow, gold in color of velvet softness
Oscar Hammerstein the first time he spoke
to me of her, laconically described her as
Bernhardt and Melba. The Bernhardt is
always there. Last night heard the Media.
1.-the, golden Mary carried the opera; she
was the opera
On Friday evening, January %, an
~ other new French opera was heard,
LA RENE Fiammette,' at the Metro
politan.
Xavier Leroux's opera, according to
Mr.. De Koven, of "The Herald"
"was gorgeously produced from a
scenic standpoint, exceptionally we'll
cast and sung from an artistic one;
while from an operate point of view it
left, to my thinking, much to be DESIRED"
The opera, like "Gismonda," gave rise to
discussion of "reminiscence" To Gren-
vile Vernon, writing in The Tribune, it
seemed
"neo- Massenet without any of the spontane-
Gus lyric gift possessed by the successor of
Gounod. NJ. Leroux has remembered every
where, from Massenet, from Berlioz from
Gounod, from half a dozen Italians The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02

might find some means of reassuriug them
as to the character of their favorite actress
They knew that the ringletted darling must
De just the sweet, dear American girl they
dreamed she was But travelling mem so
lhe pet'tlon went on. brought in very dis
turblng stories Fortunately, the company
could, with perfect truthfulness. refute the
unworthy drummers. Had the dear LADY
IN question been a vampire a definite
technical name, be it understood) she might
conceivably have been allowed some moral
latitude But the demand for purity Is
very strong and very significant. Here
1t may be smiled at, but it is not quarreled
with. (And nothing shall be said about
the rumor that has come home from Franc.
that our boys sometimes desert the 'Y' hut
Tor the naughty French films in the village
theatre)
with this hint of the public's feelings,
perhaps one may now guess why in the
moving picture magazines the industry is,
II one may put it that way, all heart The
stars are always depicted in a perfect orgy
of domestic bliss. On every page proud
fathers gleefully toss their babes on high,
and tender mothers dote. and in the inter
walls make the home more homelike, if that
were possible, by the touch of good wom-
ans hand. They are a prolific race,
vigorous, clean-living, out of door people
indeed, they have to be, except the 'vamps.'
They are strong bodies, pure hearts; the
travelling mem do not understand the Amer
lean public.
IAN ideal race leading an ideal life. And
yet-do they sometimes long for the mod
ester triumphs of the speakies? There
have been a few interesting attempts lately
to transfer regulations made in the pict-
ures to the regular stage, a process which
may in time Offset the continual drain
which the picture studios have made upon
the available players
There was and still is the great grev-
ance the older institution has against the
younger: One famous manager asked, in
evaporation, why, since movie actors need
( not know how to speak, they should not all
be recruited from the deaf and dumb
asylums. Salaries increased prodigiously
as the pictures really began to compete
for stars. And in the humber ranks it is
the studios which have rescued many an
unhappy old actor or actress out of work,
as we'll as indicted the fcdging young BY
the thousands till they probably increased
the profession tenfold.
"The profession, indeed, needs constant
recruiting, for the ladies in it do not last
so long as we and they might wish There
is an intolerably cruel thing called the
closeup which can only be endured by
the freshest, youngest. most unlined faces.
A trace of age withers the movie actress
at time when on the other, kindlier stage
she might seem merely full blowing like
! rose. So if her triumpfs are short-livea
we must wish them to be so much greater
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02

MAT 1.-The moving pictures are
now a great American institu-
tion," is almost truism. 1t
has become firmly taken for granted.
But Harrison Rhodes, writing in "Har-
per's," goes little further when he
says:
Let us be just and unprecedented they
are possibly the greatest, our preeminent
national amusement. The theatre, the ma
tional game, the comic supplement, all pale
before the film. We have seen recently, as
America modified her forces, civilian and
military, for war, in what an agony of sus-
not the movies had been declared an essen
tial industry Until this was settled the
country could not face the future"
Addressing himself to special phase
of the movie game, this writer says:
"The question of whether people prefer
tHC PiCtulc oG Tie play OOGS not enter here.
they might like the picture much less we'll.
very probably do, and still be getting more
nearly their moneys worth Lately in New
York at great vaudeville house popular
star appeared; in nearby palace of the
film the same star was shown in five reels.
And the very large salary the star received
for his week Sin person. as the phrase now
is, was less than the picture company re-
ceived for the mere weeks rental of his
fln-a paradox of many aspects.
"The exact quality of appreciation which
genuine fan brings to the movies is
still matter of debate. In the early his
tory of moving pictures the audiences did
not give the outward manifestations to
which the old theatre had accustomed US.
Tears, of course, and the choke in the
throat are hidden by the darkness But
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
, II UST think of it, Leonie! Such
beautiful sausage!"
~ "But my darling Arsene"-


eta, ia, ia, ia, your darling
Arsene'! That is very pretty But if
one listened to you, on my word, you
would ruin US for your confounded god
SOM"
ooh, my dear'--
"a sausage come straight from Les
neven, such as they make only there.
And we'll smoked-stretched till it al
most bursts"
And darling Arsene," tenderly bend
ing over the case, drew out of it the
superb sausage which the cousins from
Brittany had sent to him. He weighed
1t IN his hand, he patted it, he smelt it,
His round stomach became still roundcr
His nostrils dilated with the anticipa-
zion of gourmand. And his chidlike
face, shining under his Greek cap, ex-
banded more than ever in smile of
heattac contentment
"lt would give hin, so nuch pleasure!"
hazaried his wife.
Listen, Leonie; we must be reason
| able. Since you have had a godson, you
no longer have husband. My godson
at the 'FRONT.' Always my godson at
the front" l don't like that; | don't.
It's an institution which creates dis
cord in families"
AT my age, Arsene"
AT your age one ought to occupy
herself with her husband. And since
this invention you neglect me fright
fully. Yes, frightfullyw
"Ah," sighed Leonie, Chat you should
say such things to me after thirty two
years Of married life!"
1t was, indeed, thrty-two years since
Arsene lie S2nechal, sole inheritor OF the
little income Of his papa. had sworn, be-
fore the Mayor and the cure, protection
and fidelity to the pretty Leonie Cues
mel, sole inheritress also of the lttlo
income Of her papa. The little incomes
united had furnished a comfortable liv-
ing to these two citizens Of Pont-
pEvequc. After a wedding journey to
the capital they had returned to live
In the country, in the house which
Arsene's father had purchased after re-
firing from busihcss~~a little bourgeois
house, with an iron grill at the entrance,
fanked by banks Of hortensias.
They had hoped that child would
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pie were consoled for their own mac
tivity.
But, alas! fine sentiments are like fires
OF straw with those who are not accus
toned to them. Arsene had been verv
sincere IN his enthusiasm for Yves-Mar
but his natural egoism gradually ate
away his interest and his sympathy
turned to aversion. And this had all be-
gun through jealousy. Yes, through jeal-
ousy!
All Leonie's maternal instincts were
awakened, and this woman without chill
dren had opened wide her heart to the
little peasant who wrote to her: "You are
a real mother to me-" And when Arsene,
seeing her working, asked, What are you
making, Mi2ette?" Minette answered:
eaters for our godson." Or, perhaps,
scarf, or a muffler-but ALWAYS "for
our godson."
"Well, but how about me?" he said one
day, half smiling, half annoyed.
"Oh, you-you don't lack for anything"
Without doubt he didn't lack for any
thing. But, all the same, in former days
she had always found something to do
Tor him. Now, for three winters past his
wife had done nothing. The first year he
didn't object. But she ought not to con-
tlnue to neglect him like this! Did Leonie
ever think of his grog when she was
writing to Yves Marie? Didn't she send
her godson the best preserves? Didn't
she become very nervous when the letter
she expected failed to arrive?
One evening the climax came.
where are my pumps?" he asked, re-
turning from a promenade, II can't find
them"
"Ah, that's true, my DEAR" answered
Leone. ~ forgot to buy you another
pair"
"But where are mine?"
II sent them in the package to our
godson."
my pumps! Give away my pumps !
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come to brighten their home. But the
child didn't come. So the good Leonie
had lavished all her maternal tender
ness on the big child which her hus-
band was. She saved tid-bits for him,
embroidered his slippers and carried his
foot warmer to church. And darling
Arsene,' the beloved of Leonie," let
her do all these things. 1t was the most
natural thing in the world that he
should become spoiled, gourmand, an
egotist fat and rosy enough to disgust
any other woman but Leonie
Their two lives had thus run along
without any ideal but sort of rustic
without any cares beyond
the cooking of roast, the baking Of
cake, the purchase of CONNECTIONS, the
choice of clothes for monsieur and of
costumes for madame, replenished
punctually for thirty-two years past at
Easter and on All Saints Day.
Now and then, however, an attack Of
govt kept the old gentleman in his bed
ROOM. But that was almost pleasure.
~ WCI was llc taken care OIL. what
happy evenings he passed then, lolling
by the fire, while Leonie, rotund, but al
ways alert, lovingly prepared steami. e
drinks and then, coming to sit opposite
her darling" drew her glasses out of
her apron pocket and began to work
What are you doing, Minette?" he
invariably asked.
And she answered.:
"These are CATERS for my Arsene."
Or, perhaps, it was muffler or a
knee warmer.
Then, when fine weather came, they
set out, arm in arm, for their little
promenade before dinner-always the
same.
~
AT the end of July, 1914, there was
great upheaval in their monotonous
life. In Pont-PEveque people talked
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-02
NHE merry opera war is on again !!
And again has dawned the sea-
sou OF utmost StrnnuOSitv fnl.

'NHE merry opera war is on again!
And again has dawned the sea-
Il son OF utmost strenuosity for
the overworked critic. w. j.
Henderson, Of "The New York Sum- in
desperation fits back to the classics for
suitable lamentation:
"A plague o both your houses.
They have made worms meat of me-
Gatti-Casazza no longer has things
all his own way, for, to quote again the
same scribe. out of the golden, remote
wild West, where the sea without shore
is comes the unafraid Campanini with
his cohorts all cleaning in Fevrier and
Gounod, Gallo DICTIONARIES sweeping
down upon US in panopolies of triple
armor and followed by special CORE
spondents ready to melt the wires with
dispatches to the home town telling how
they conquered the dull New Workers."
AS matter of fact, rivalry, as "The
Brooklyn Eagle" points out, is good
thing at means public interest," will
be stirred. The probability is that many
an individual will go to the opera at
either one of the two houses who never
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