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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
First Steps in the Agitation
For an Artistic Indemnity

add, can there be any criticism of the
scheme which M. Marguillier sketches.
France in Germany
1t concentrates upon French works
aiming in the first place at those paint
lngs and sculptures in the imperial
palaces of Prussia which belonged spe
cifically to the former Kaiser. The
enumeration is edifying. The eigh-
'eenth century French school is por-
tentously represented. There are no
fewer than thirteen paintings by Wat
teau, thirtyseven by Pater, twenty-six
by Lancret, four by Natter, four by
Chardin, seven by De Troy, and by
Pesne the examples are simply "innu-
merable." Other French masters to be
reckoned with are Poussin, lie Brun,
Coypel, Largilliere, Raoux, the Van
Loos, Mignard, Rigaud, Boucher, La
Tour and David. There are sculptures
by Bouchardon, Coustou, Pigalle, Le-
moyne, Vase, Houdon and others. 1t
was the ambition of Frederick II to
create in the depths of Germany a
little corner Of France, filled with its
architecture, it's gardens, it's furniture,
paintings and books. His emissaries in
France, Count Rothenburg and the
architect Knobelsdorf, served him we'll.
and he had French architects, artists
and sculptors at hand to carry out his
wishes. M Marguillier fixes a relent
less eye upon what they left behind
them. 1t is time, he thinks, for that
corner Of France to be moved back,
and he particularizes.
he wants to hang beside the great
"Embarkment for Cythera" in the
Louvre not only the famous version of
that masterpiece in the Kaiser's col
lection, but the renowned sign which
Vatican painted for his friend, the
picture seller Gersaint, one Of the his
toric gems of the period. He goes after
the French treasures Of the house of
Hohenzollern with chapter and verse,
carefully naming names. For example,
there is the "Bonaparte" of David. He
explains, bluntly, that it is the one
which was taken from the chateau of
St. Cloud by Bliicher in 1915 He Is
disconcertingly ready with these re-
minders, as he is with the essentially
French associations which seem
doubly to invoke the return of divers
works now held in Germany Obvious
ly LIE Bruins "Portrat of the Banker
Jabach and His Family" belongs among
the Jabach pictures in the Louvre
which Colbert bought for his king. And
where but in Paris should hang Mi
gnard's portrait of Marie Mancini Ma
zarin's niece? The mention Of these two
canvases recalls the fact that the in
QUESTION is in no wise to be stopped
within the limits of the Kaiser's pal
aces. AS we have pointed out in sur
veying Germany's resources for the
payment of an indemnity in works of
art, they embrace famous museums all
over the country.
For Old Sake's Sake
The LIE Brun and Mignard just cited
are in the Berlin Museum, which has
also some notable examples of Wat
teau, Lancret, Largilliere, Poussin, Cas-
pard, Doughet and Claude. At Munich
the great gallery would yield important
works by Clouet, Philippe de Cham
payne, Jouvenet, Vivien, Poussin,
Claude and Boucher. There are French
works at Dresden, Cassel, Brunswick
Schwerin and Karlsruhe. And M. Mar
CUTLER is careful not to omit the re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

sponsibility, and means of repayment,
to be ascribed to Vienna. He talks.
suggestively, too, of bringing back from
the enemy countries the things that
belong to France or Belgium for old
sake's sake. In the course of the war
DR.. Bode, it appears, took to Frank
fort from Lille an Assumption Of the
Virgin" by Piazzetta, which had orig
inal1y adorned church in tho German
city. If that is a good idea, when
worked to German advantage, DR.. Bode
ought to be the first to see how justly
in the circumstances, it might be made
to serve the French. Let Saint Omer
have back from Berlin the wings now
there which Simon Marmion, of Valen-
ciennes, painted for the retable in the
monastery of St. Berth in the fifteenth
century. Let Melun reclaim from Ber-
lin the "Etienne Chevalier" of Fou-
quet When the Van Eyck panels are
returned to Client let Berlin and Mu-
Mich send to Louvain the paintings by
Thierry Bouts which belong there; let
Frankfort give back to Belgium her
paintings by the Maitre de Female,
and Dantzic her Memling, while Vienna
restores to Antwerp the three great
compositions which Rubens painted for
the Church Of the Jesuits in that city
There are, indeed, scores and hundreds
of cases in which certain pictures in
GUM, would only be coming home after
what we have called before nothing
more nor less than exile. Reparation, as
we insist upon repeating, in season and
out Of season, cannot be expressed in
this case simply in terms Of cash
There must be such reparation as is
possible IN the world of ideas. To
bring back to France and Belgium
works of art created in those countries
and long held, for one reason or an
other, in an alien atmosphere in Ger
many, would go far to secure such rep
aration.
/. NJ Marguillier knows only too we'll
the nature Of the people with which
the conference has to deal. In a foot
note he revives the story of how Ber-
lin contrived to buy the celebrated
Elaboration of the Shepherds" by
Hugo Won der Goes, from a Spanish
convent. When the Spanish govern
ment sought to interfere with this pro-
ceeding on the ground that the picture
formed part of the national patrimony
Germany threatened to withdraw her
ambassador from Madrid. The pur-
chase accordingly went through. And
Eyet, with this spirit to remember, M.
Marguillier nevertheless stays his
hand, as it were. In our own survey
of Germany's artistic treasure we
noted masterpieces of all the schools.
This magnanimous Frenchman practi-
cally ignores them. He would like to
see in the Louvre the -Four Apostles"
of Durcr from Munich, but his de-
mands adhere to French art, and in his
restraint he makes, after all,
weighty point. His plan of reparaton
but gains in logic and practically, as it
rests upon the eternal fitness of things.
French art for the French-that is
surely persuasive argument to put
before the peace conference. And let
it not be forgotten that no matter how
fully the plan might be accepted and
carried out the debt Of Germany would
still be paid only in part. 1t is not
only for theft, but for unreasonable
! destruction that she has to atone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

The exhibition of pictures which Mr.
.Wllllam NJ Paxton, of Boston, has ar
ranged at the Folsom gallery might be
described as one more tribute to the
cult OF Yer Nicer, as was most con-
splcuously popularized when Mr. Tar
bell put forth his Girl Crocheting"
some years ago. 1t is the cult for hu
man life treated as still life, for pretty
women posed IN state of immobility
IN simple interiors. Mr. Paxton brings
family dramatic atmosphere into
some of his motives "The Other
Door" and "The Telegram" are both
illustrations of something more than
graceful ideness. But in these, as in
all the other canvases, the important
thing for the artist is technical virtu-
osity, certain "prccious' quality in
color and in surface. Mr. Paxton has
sound composition and he is smoothly
efficient, If in no wise distinguished in
draughtsmanship and modelling. Where
he fails to reach his goal is in beauty
of color and particularly in that fine
ness of surface, combining suave pol
lsh with transparency and depth, which
we associate with Yer Nicer. His
tones are commonplace, and in the
manipulation of them he is not so much
suave rs sleek. Quality, the one trait
which pictures like these should have.
is the one trait we miss.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

the street befagged. Mr.. Howard
Giles has some capital sketches done
on the Maine coast, drawn with great
spirit and precision and very rich in
tone. The landscape work is ALWAYS
good at the water color show, and
there are plenty of workmanlike notes
here by Ernest Albert, Frank HAZEL.
Charles P. Grippe, John T. Carlson. J.
l.. Hoftrup and F. Lensch. Mr.. H.
| Hlntermeister provides one of the few
fresh sensations of the occasion in
his drawings of wild birds, which are
most beguiingly picturesque, and there
is hint of kindred feeling for nat
ure in the sketches of animals by Mr..
Lief Neandross. The figure work is
negligible, if one takes it very seri-
ously, but lightly considered there are
some pleasing bits, like Mr. A. Coles
pomona" in pastel, or the graceful
Autumn Leaves" by Mr.. Louis Berne-
ker or the fairy subjects by Miss Fran
ces B. Comstock and Mr. Howard
Heath. Lightness in motive and in
handling Is the most commendable
thing in the show, which invites no
very detailed comment but gives GER
tain pleasure.
veritable well spring of human
vitality is the source of what is most
interesting in the exhibition of sculp-
lures which Mr.. Edmond r. Quinn is
making at the Knoedler gallery. He
shows photograph Of the Booth Me-
mortal in Gramercy Park, TO which ia
vorable reference was made in The Trib-
une not long ago, and the print serves
TO remind US of the dignity, the eleva-
| ton, which he can achieve in monu-
mental art. But the smaller bronzes
and marbles of which this collection of
some twenty-odd pieces is made all
emphasize tho intimate quality in his
work, the feeling for character which il
his leading trait. Delightfully."- signfi
cant OF this 10 the statuette called "On
the Summit" The windblown figure
here is more than the sketch OF an omen
air type which it is nominally content
TO be. 1t is really the study OF an in
dlviduality, portrait full of life and
meaning, of movement caught in n
moment OF thoughtful impressionism.
All Of MIR. Quinns more formal por-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

In the Art Salon of the Hotel Males
tic, under the direction of DR.. Hovey
Allen, Miss Content johnson is now ex-
hibiting group of twenty eight paint
ings, including portraits, interiors and
landscapes. In portraiture Miss John
son is less happy than in her charming
impressions of quaint interiors and
Old World gardens. In "The Spinner"
and "Canadian Interior" she achieves
subdued luminous quality of great
charm. A canvas with much poetic
feeling is "Bristol Canal" in which the
artist contrasts cleverly red barn by
the side of the canal with decorative
group of dark green trees.
"Brick Church, Old Deerfield," is also
happy inspiration, with its dapped
effect of sunshine and shadow. Miss
Johnson was a pupil Of William Chase.
and his influence is felt in several of
her canvases.. Portraits are Of tho
artists mother Mrs. Lyman, Mrs. Lock-
wood, Mrs. Buel and Mrs. Nase.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

ross gallery beginning on Tuesday.
Impressions of things festal come
back with memories of the exhibitions
the American Water Color Society used
to have in the old building of the
Academy Of Design years ago. There
were banners and decorations. The
collection always included, too, a GER
tain number of ambitious perform
ances, full dress pictures, if we may so
describe them. Now things have
changed. The fifty second annual ex-
hibition Of this society, which has been
opened at the National Arts Club, has
no gala air about it and it contains no
star" pieces. Has the blithest of all
mediums gone out Of fashion? Hardly.
In way it was never more popular.
Perhaps the difference is due to the
TACT that there are not so many hands
quailhed to give it to-day really brill
liant exploitation. As a counterweight
there is positive increase in the
number Of water colorists who, If not
brilliant, are, at all events, sufficiently
clever to make their works sprightly
and amusing. The present show con-
tains goodly proportion of interest
ing drawings.
Inc most conspicuous are by Mr..
Childe Hassam, TO whom the Hudnut
prize has been awarded. His sketches
along the Hudson and at Cos Cob have
q certain admirable solidity, but we
have known him to be more cxhilarat-
ing than he is in this group. Mr..
Chauneey Ryder's crisp, sparkling
Landscapes we'll assert themselves. He
mas never used more agreeable color
with more breezy touch. Mr.. Clifford
Beal also gives refrcshingly good
account Of himself. His "Fifth Ave-
nue., Red Cross Week." is delightful,
much better than anything we have
hitherto seen pretending to suggest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

An interesting display of batiks may
now be seen at the studio of Miss LAT
fon, IA East Fiftieth Street. Five years
ago Miss Laffon commenced the study
Of this interesting and complicated sys-
tenn of dyeing, and to-day her work
shows with what thoroughness and
knowledge she has adapted beautiful
design to silks, velvets and coarse
linens A large silk wall decoration
shows Persian influence in deep blues
and reds, velvet cusnion has a bold
design in white, blue and dark brown
and large cover in coarse linen has a
tapestry effect. Miss Lafon creates
her own designs, and shows good taste
IN not becoming too violently magma
tive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

An interesting exhibition held under
the auspices of the Architectural
League of New York is group of
water colors by Ida A. Johnson of Cali
fornia wildflowers and group Of
California landscapes showing the
wild flowers in relation to the land
scape, by J. NJ. Cubertson Miss Cul.
bertson gets the brilliant sunshine OF
California in her landscapes, and in
Carmel Shore" she shows a riot of
vivid blue buckwheat flowers, repeated
again in the distant blue Of mountains.
a California poppy field is also very
effective. The flower studies Of Miss
Johnson could have been treated in a
more decorative manner. AS it is, they
are workmanlike and show effectively
the beauty of those wonderful wild
flowers Of the West
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
Random Impressions
In Current Exhibitions

The National Association of Women
Painters and Sculptors opens to-day
at the Fine Arts Building its twenty
eighth annual exhibition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

The new one-man shows this week
include an exhibition of water colors
by William Jean Beauley at the Rein
hardt gallery. Pictures by Kenneth
Hayes Miller may be seen at the Mont
ross gallery beginning on Tuesday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

traits are like this. Their truth is not
left to be recognized only by the
friends of the sitters. The observer
who mad never laid eyes upon Francis
Wilson, or Allan Pollock, or Paul
Haviland, or Clayton Hamilton would
know at once that Mr.. Quinn had
placed before him truly eloquent char
acterizations of those individuals,
oharacterizations subtly felt and made
fairly to Jingle with reality. Mr. Quinn
has a manual skill to match what we
can only describe as his spiritual real
ism. His busis are searchingly mod
elled. If he Is not an artist of clearly
marked ldiosyncrasy, if he is richer in
honest workmanship than in originality
Of style, the absence of the one merit
is at any rate well atoned for by the
presence of the other He presents
one or two essays in pure beauty, one
or two nudes in which, again, we miss
the note of style but discern, on the
other hand, high technical ability.
And in one of these nudes, the little
Torso" his technical excellence takes
on something like distinction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

AT the Lotos Club there is an cx
hibltion, lasting through to-day, to-
morrow and Tuesday, Of paintings by
artist members Of tho club.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

The National Society of Craftsmen
IS starting School of Craftsmen"
The technical and practical side of each
craft Will be taught and the aims of
the school will also be to bring out
individuality end to inculcate the value
Of beauty in craftsmanship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

Books from the library of the LATE
Frederick R. Halsey, selection ana
duplicates from Mr.. II. s. Van Duser,
and from other collectors, including
rare books and medieval manuscripts
sold by order of A. Mitchell Palmer.
Alien Property Custodian, are now on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

To lovers of the Far West, with its
picturesque Indians, cowboys, horses
and great sweeping prairie lands, the
exhibition of Western genre paintings
now at the Babcock Galleries will
prove source of delight. A painting
filled with violent action is "a Side
Winder," by William r. Leigh, and
another, "The Enemies Horses" by
w. Herbert Dunton, shows wild
stampede. Charles Russell's "Medicine
Man" is very effective with its troop
of gorgeously bedeckcd Indian horse
men riding out, as it seems, from a
sunset sky. A vivid piece of work
more "painty" than pictorial is
Francesca" by Robert Henri, show
ing a young Indian woman in a COR
geous shawl. The poetry of the West
has appealed to Maurice Braun and
he shows two charming landscapes,
"Nocturne" and "Southern California"
0. f. Berninghaus also shows two well
handled canvases and Irving Couse
has treated his THE Blanket Weaver"
in a fiat decorative fashion which is
very attractive. H. Harris Browne is
represented by strong portrait of
'Bobtailed Horse" Cheyenne Indian.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

At the Ardsley Studios. in Brooklyn,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

At the Enrich Print Gallery an in
tcresting exhibition is announced to
open next Tuesday, one devoted to the
Autographs and etchings of Odilon
Redon 1t is presented as CONSTITUTE
ing comprehensive review"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

there Is show divided between Jap
anese prints and works by contempt
rary Americans. Julia Kelly, Samuel
Rothbart, Thomas Bodnar and Bernard
Gussow form the latter day contingent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
the exhibition, which closes Febru-
airy 81.

Mr.. Leon Fingers Kennedy is exhib-
iting group of Psychsrea, mes at the
Paint Box Galleries, Washington
Square South. Mr.. Kennedy explains
that sychochrome" translated means
soul color" and "the eye of the soul
directs the hand of the craftsman"
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-11-13
STRIKE
CALLED OFF
FOR PRESENT
UNION OFFICIALS SUBMIT TO
JUDGES ORDER AND CALL
THE STRIKE OFF.
STATEMENT FROM PRES. LEWIS
Secretary Wilson VIII Summon
Operators and Miners For
Wage Conference.

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. IL
United States District Judge A. B.
Anderson at 10 O'Clock this morning
approved an order of the officials Of
the United Mine Workers of Ameri-
ca resembling the strike order of Oct.
Is.
Attorneys for the miners promised
to try to have it in the mails by
this evening. This action was taken
following session of the general
committee of the miners, which de-
cided early today to comply with the
mandate of the court issued last Sat
urday.
Judge Anderson characterized the
order as a good faith effort" to
comply with his mandate. The text
of the order follows:
."ndianapoHs, Ind, Nov. III, 1919
--o 4 officials and lambel5-of
the United Nine Workers Of Ameri-
Sins and Brothers: In ODE
dience to the mandate issued on
Nov. 8 by the United States Court
district Of Indiana, Judge A. B, An
G-r5on presiding, the undersigned
hereby advise you that the order OF
October 5 directing a cessation of
operations in the bituminous coal
fields Of our iuridiction is with
drawn and cancelled Your frater-
JOHN L. LEWIS, Pres.
"HILLIAM GREEN, Sec Treas.
The order to rescind was present
ed to the court by Henry Warrum,
indianapolis attorney for the min
ers.
After the court proceedings Mr..
Warrum, G. L. Grant, Fort Smith,
Ark, and F. C. Heubner, Abba, as
3ociated counsel, issued statement
n the presence of the government
attorneys, in which the position of
he mine workers was stated.
The statement of the attorneys
ollows:
"The operators have repeatedly
declared that they were ready to en-
er into negotiations with the miners
f the strike order were withdrawn.
The government has taken the posi-
ion that. in the vindication of its |
,wn supremacy, the strike order
must be withdrawn before they !
would take any steps to compel the
of such negotiations. The ]
ssue has been submitted to the
ourt and, in compliance with the {
ourt's ruling, the strike order has t
,een cancelled and withdrawn. It {
GEMS to me that good faith on the !
'art of the operators requires them {
0 meet the miners Representatives {
t once for the purpose of negotiat- s
ng a settlement of this wage con-
roversy, and that good faith on the {
art of the government requires to s
. to see that such a resumption is Z
ad at once and concluded without s
clay"
In announcing the decision of the
liners officials to call off the strike v
fco,,+;n,,od n, p,r.o -Tc;sht \ =
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-11-13
TO
FRANKFORT
Many Christian County Republicans
Preparing For Big Trip to
Inauguration.

. Many of the local Republicans are
planning to attend the Inauguration
of Edwin p Morrow as Governor of
Kentucky on December 8 at Frank
fort.
They are making big preparations
for the trip and, it is probable that
fifty or sixty will go. It is planned
to charter a Pullman car, and make
that their home while in Frankfort,
as it is realized that hotel accommo-
dations will be out Of the question
in Frankfort at that time.
Lebkuecher's Band has been en-
gagged to make the trip and to furn-
ish music for the Hopkinsville dele
cation in the inaugural parade.
The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-11-13
TO
INCREASE
IT'S OUTPUT
INCREASED DEMANDS MAKE
ADDITION TO BUILDING
NECESSARY
CAPACITY is. TO BE DOUBLED
One New Building To Be Erected az
Once-Others May
Follow.

Hopkinsville factories were never
in more prosperous condition than
they are at the present time. The
demand for all kinds of products has
caused every producer to double hia
efforts.
One factory has found the in
crease in business has reached such
a proportion that new arrangements
and larger facilities must be had to
take care of this increase, This IL
the Mogul Wagon Co., manufactur-
ers of the celebrated Mogul wagon
This company did good work during
the war, and was the only wagon fac
tory in the country to complete all
of its contracts for war material.
Now that the war is over, the de-
mand for wagons has reached such
a proportion that the Mogul is un-
able with its present facilities to take
care of this business. By increasing
the size of some of its buildings and
building other new ones, it is hoped
that the capacity ofthe factory can
be doubled. Some of this work has
already been started and more viii
begin in the near future.
The present Office building will be
moved across Harrison. street onto
the vacant lot owned by the factory
On the lot formerly occupied by the
office a one-story brick building ff-
ty feet wide and one huadYed and
sixty feet long will be built This
building will be heated by steam
and used for storing surplus dry
wood stock. In the wagon business
1t is necessary to carry on hanA large
quantities of dried Ecod stock in
order to make uniform production
After coming out of the deg kilns
lumber, if not used at once mfat be
stored in heated buildings wh&s it
Will not again absorb DlafvRse.
The new building will take eane Of
his condition, and house enongh dry
stock to enable the Mogul n double
Is present capacity.
Another addition viii be ,eade ia
.he prcsert~factory The space be-
.ween the two els traeHt rae
-ory thirty feet by a hundred feet
viii be built up and made iato blaclz-