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Gilbert p. Riswold, the Swedish
sculptor Of Chicago. was. so much i'm
pressed when he saw and heard Anna
Fitziu in the title role OF "Isabeau"
that he at once decided to model the
pretty prima donna in the much talked
of riding costume" in which she ap-
pears in the third act. And after con-
siderable discussion he finally per-
suaded the diva to pose for him.
Mr.. Riswold has just completed the
sketch which has been forwarded for
Miss Fitziu's inspection. The finished
work will be life size. in bronze. 1t
will be the principal piece in Mr.. Ris-
wolds first New York exhibition,
which Is to take place early next fall.
Western art critics who have viewed
the "Isabeau' statuette are lavish in
their praise. All agree that it is a re-
markable piece of sculpture and all
feel that the finished work will create
a real sensation in the art world.
Miss Fitziu Is so thoroughly de-
lighted with the portrait that she has
ordered her copy Of the sketch to be
cast In sterling silver. Mr.. Riswold,
who was born on a farm near Sioux
Falls, S. d., is strictly a Western
American product. He studied at the
Chicago Art Institute for four years
and has never had any other art
schooling.
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In looking through my notebook to
see what could And about orpen the
only unused thing l dscovesd was
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The Reverse of the Medal.

Mr.. Benefits preface ought not to
be scrutinized too closely. 1t is n pref
ace. and prefaces written for a man
with whom you have just lunched
around the corner are apt TO have the
same kind of cheerfulness that one
puts on for ones best friend about to
be married-it is professional.
Nevertheless, even Mr.. Bennett, Just
at the end, when he had almost sue
cessfully finished prefacing his friend,
William Orpeu, mentions Daumier.
That was a false note. Orpen mustn't
be mentioned with Daumier, Goya or
the long list OF great artists who have
had things to say, even things about
war; which didn't used to be mo-
notonous in spite OF Mr.. Benefits
critics remark. He must be COM
pared, IL you wish to make a decent
figure Of him, only with his contem-
poraries.
He draws well, even greatly. but It is
sad to think that that is such a com
mendation, as 1t has now become, for
there were periods when great drawing
was considered an obvious, not a spe-
cial, attribute of an artist. Then the
message, the soul. counted for the real
greatness and not the method that
was taken TO reveal II. To me Orpen
has but the most commonplace things
TO say, and the fact that he says them
with the ease OF modern machine
doesn't make them any more impor-
tant in my eyes. As to soul. he must
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this anecdDte jotted into my Paris
journal, 81 Juliet, 1915. 1t was tod
me by ?. friend. a French professor
who hal sojourned in Ireland for a
while, studying Gaelic. The name OF
William Orpen having been mention ed,
l asked: What do you think of him.
Extraordinary as a painter-noth-
ing at all as an artist. He has an eye
like a camera, and from the photo
graphic point of view paints with ex-
IRENE realism, but nothing that he re-
cords Is worth recording"
my idea precisely" said |. What
do you think of him as a MANI"
mot very interesting. Terribly
conceited, not at all spirituelie. He
had very pretty duel OF wits with
DR.. Gogarty. I must tell you about it.
Goga4ty, you understand, never bends
the knee to any Of these Irish celebri-
ties. II sc fche de tout lie monde,
vous savez. He always wishes to take
the lead. Consequently everybody
listened with a great deal of interest
When he first encountered Orpen.
Gogarty commenced by being the
patron. He said: I will present you
to Lady Bareacres and the Countess
OF Citrone. and l can promise you in
advance some commissions for por-
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The election OF Sir Aston Webb
thinks p. G. Konody, the critic. to The
presidency Of the Royal Academy did
not come as surprise to the initiated.
as for at least fortnight before the
meeting last Tuesday it had been re-
garded as certainty. 1t was an open
secret that Mr.. Sargent, who by his
preeminent position in the art world
was marked as the ideal president. and
who would unquestionably have car
ried the ma jority OF the votes, would
not under any circumstances have ac-
cepted that post Of honor. OF the other
painters who were supposed to be IN
the running none had the professional
distinction which should be the chief
qualification for successful candida
ture Under the circumstances one
cannot but applaud the wisdom of the
choice made by members of the Royal
Academy Not only does II imply a
handsome recognition of the claims of
architecture as the mother OF the fine
arts, but Sir Aston Webb is known to
be good business man, a fluent
speaker, and thanks to his social con-
necNons an ideal official representative
OF the country's leading art institution.
And these are considerations of great
Importance.
Quite apart from the change in the
presidency there are reasons for hope
that we are at the dawn of new era
OF liberal reform and general improve
ment. According to a new rule en-
tered In the statute book of the ROYAL
Academy all members have to retire
automatically on attaining the age Of
10. The immediate effect of this inno-
walton will be the creation of n dozen
or SO vacancies among the academi-
clans. This means the advancement of
the same number OF associates TO fun
membership and the filling of their
places from the ranks OF the "outsId-
ers.' Never before has there been a
ff9sA2aS FER such whninDale infusion-e<
new blood, and II Is quite possible that
some OF our leading artists of the
younger generation. who in their days
Of struggle received no support or rec
ognition from the academy, and man
aged to rise to fame outside the gates
OF Burlington House. may be induced
to drop their hostility and allow their
names TO be put up as candidates.
They could form a solid phalanx
against the reactionary old guard and
by steady and concentrated efforts
bring about such reforms as are needed
To make the Royal Academy what II
should be, a national institution for
the advancement and ENCOURAGEMENT
OF art.
The art department % the BRONX
Evening High School is holding an ex-
hibition of the work OF its students in
the Melrose Branch % the New York
Public Library. The exhibition opens
on February IS and continues to Feb
ruary 20 inclusive. There viii be on
view costume illustration in various
techniqucs; textile designs to be car
ried out In the various kinds OF block
and roller printing as well as work in
applied design, Another part NJ the ex .
hibition will he devoted to posters. 1t
is hoped by means OF this exhibition to
spread the fact that a good evening
art school is within the reach o! II"
people Of Tho Bronx and CLIO to 70 Q
that tho WORK done Is entirely o, a
practical nature.
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Prose Poems and Painted
Ones by Mr.. Tofel.

The Bourgeois Galleries have ar
ranged an exhibition Of the work of
Jennings Tofel. paintings and draw
ings. 1t is commendable and coura-
geous upon the part of Mr.. Bourgeois
to have undertaken the exhibition, for
the artist is young man who has
set forth to pluck imaginative fruit
from an imaginative tree. That is
with his sleeves rolled up and no
trickery. ladies' and gentlemen. he in
right here in New York. in broad
daylight 1t can be done. Of course
but It is very difficult. Every one
will wish Mr.. Tofel luck.
Most OF his exhibits are drawings
and in them he is more at ease than
in the paintings. These latter display
feeling for color. but the mysticism in
them is somewhat smothered. The
artist has struggled manful,y with an
unruly technique, and the sympathy
of the spectator is not so much for the
motif as for the artist himself, who
must have undergone agonies In the
effort to escape from the entangle-
ments of paint.
The drawings are more flowing and
more pleasant in touch but scarcely
more Ineligible. One or tive drawings
are decorations for poems by the
artist. and these have been done, I'M
consciously of course, quite in a
Blakelike manner. The poems are
very nice indeed. and I wish had
copied down the one called ITO q
River" Instead I'll give you a quota
ton from a little article by Mr.. Tofel
printed in the catalogue Even in the
prose you will see his affiliations with
the tendencies of Blake and Albert p.
Ryder:
AS I stand looking at my work eX.
posed here | feel like one who stands
midway between the city of his ma
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traits in those families My dear
boy replied the great artist. don't
you understand that pass most of my
life in the effort to avoid just such
people?' For the first time in the
history Of ireland Gogarty found him.
self out of the intellectual running.
But shortly after they became friends,
intimate friends. Orpen did portraits
Of Gogarty and of his wife and chill
dren for nothing. and in exchange. Co.
garty sent him vers libres.
But that Is not all of the story.
The friendship is now broken. Gogarty.
you must know, owned the most mag
nificent motor in the country. One
day Orpen appeared on the Dublin
streets with an auto still more mag
nificent. Out of revenge Gogarty
bought new auto. and then Orpen
continued the game by purchasing the
grandest car that any one had ever
seen. b. ..,s.
with that Gogarty regarded the
friendship as ended"
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MajorGeneral H. E. B,Xstall, c. b. C. NJ g." by Sir William
Orpen; British Exhibition. Anderson Galleries

have one. OF course-I am always ar.
guing that all OF us have souls, so
must stick to it, I suppose-but If he
has soul 1t is such soul as young
Irish medical student would have. and
that is almost a negligible. quantity.
Do you see the stretcher bearers
fetching in a wounded man? Lots Of
dash and vigor in the drawing, plenty
OF the competence" that so amazed
Mr. Bennett. even breadth of view that
he forgot TO mention. but honestly do
you detect a trace OF feeling in the
work? A single trace anywhere =?
Have you, now honestly, a spark OF
sympathy with that effigy the stretcher
bearers are bringing in? Clearly those
gawky spectators are not impressed.
Is war then so casual, even in
these monotonous days? Nonsense, a
wounded victim is still a wounded vic
tim, in spite of what Mr.. Benefits
critic said, and Sir William Is himself
the callous monster, since all he had in
mind was to get something TO astonish
US with out of the episode. Compare
it, gentle reader. with Jean Francois
Millets Peasants Carrying In the
New Born Calf" if you wish 10 see the
difference between hollow technique
and eloquent art. The tenderness OF
the Millet peasants is UNNECESSARILY
holy The tricky figures OF Orpen are
quickly fathomed and as quickly weary
one.
The same restriction is felt in the
dramatic drawings. The costumes are
annoyingly like those that Augustus
John brought into vogue, and when
some women participate in an outdoor
death scene they do it according to the
best traditions OF the Abbey Street
Theatre of Dublin. That is all right.
perhaps. An artist picks up his edu-
cation as he can, and wherever he can,
but, gracious heaven. arr'-this thirst
for second hand theatricalism and sem
sationalism deceives none but the hasty.
At the second glance one pierces the
secret OF the Orpen technique and
there is nothing left to feed upon.
The paintings in the exhibition are
| OF secondary interest. What catches
one in them is again the drawing.
| Sir William has no color sense to
speak of, and his brush work. though
| adequate, is not brilliant. For poetry,
profound observations of character or
for feeling one must not search. The
one thing that is evident In these por-
traits Of military leaders is that
; Orpen, like the late Henry Adams. re-
spects force and is continually looking
for the secret of 1t. Practically all OF
| these Generals and Majors have com
manding eyes and glare at you out of
the canvases in terrifying way. /
reproduce for you Maior-Gen. Burstall,
| who is the most terrifying OF all. II
the Germans had only known that we
had such a General upon our side they
might have capitulated before they
did. Unfortunately the portraits OF
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and
Marshal Foch are not so successful.
Doubtless these great men had to be
caught upon the ny. and that Is al
ways unsatisfactory. even TO snap
shooters.
In looking through my notebook to
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They are open every day and every
evening throughout the year. Here
you will fnd represented the various
trends Of modern American paintings.
Here, too. you will find beauty OF ar
rangement, order. Certain art lovers
living in The Bronx miss none of my
exhibitions. And you. my peighbors,
for whom have done all this, largely
ignore them"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-03
SMALL TOWNS
OVER IN ILLINOIS
The Council Of National Defense VIII
Seek to Boost Them by putting
Them on Motor
RouteS

The small towns off the railroads
in Hancock and other counties In I'LL
nois are to be boosted. and survey OF
them is now being planned by the
highway transport committee Of the
Council of National Defense,
Within month the committee VIII
make complete survey Of Illinois to
map out motor transportation routes,
Capt A. G. Stevens, transportation ex-
pert, will visit Chicago in July to
begin the work, and he will seek the
cooperation of the Chicago Associa-
ton of Commerce and other civic and
industrial bodies throughout the
state.
Chicago and the country within a
seventy-mile radius have no lost
towns, but beyond that the state has
many sections which come under the
category Of Wilderness" The high
ways transport committee intends to
tap with motor routes communities
through which the railroads have
found 1t Improbable to build spurs.
The committee is working on the as
sumption that 1t is impossible to com
pete directly with the railroads, but
it does believe that motor express
routes through deserted farming re-
gions and towns which lack transpor'
tation facilities can be made to pay.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-03
RIGHT TIME TO
CUT TIMOTHY
The Seed Will Be of Higher Quality
II the Farmer Does Not Wait
Too Long to Now 1t,
Hook Says.

A few years ago Keokuk controlled
the timothy seed market of America
by virtue of it's large stocks and mar.
ket of this seed. The last few years
southern Iowa and northern Mis-
souri, have not raised SO much timo'
they seed, but the high price this
year Is expected to tend to bring IN
large quantities of the seed to Keo-
kuk elevators.
There is a prevailing idea among
farmers that timothy should be left
until the seed begins to shatter be-
fore cutting for seed. This is not
true il a good product is desired
Timothy cut when the seed is in the
hard dough stage, and just before
there is any danger of SCATTERING,
will be of better quality, have a
brighter color, and will sell for more
on the market The threshed hay
will be much better for feed, because
it will have some of the head left and
will. of course, be Of better color. 1t
will also be more palatable to stock.
w. A. Hook, Clark county farm agent
says this.
"Over-ripe seed hulls badly when
threshed and lacks the bright color
which brings the highest price. With
seed bringing $3.50 per bushel, why
not plan to get more seed and secure
the premium which is to be had u
the seed is bright in color and still
has the hull on it?' he says.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-03
JEW PESTS IN
CORN FIELDS
prer Has Appeared in Only Two
States, But Is Rapidly Spread
ing Insect and Greatly
Feared.

ALBANY, N. Y, July 3-Steps to
event the spread of the corn-borer
Il be discussed at a conference OF
ate commissioners of agriculture
q entomologists of the corn growing
Rtes to be held here in August. The
81 so far has appeared in but two
ftes, New York and Massachusetts.
is rapidly spreading insect, and 1t
Deheved that it can destroy half the
To crop in season If preventive
easures are not promptly taken.
new York state has spent 100000
us effort to stamp out the disease
ece the discovery here this winter,
30 far no effective means for COM
lung 1t have been found.
mutations to attend the conference
Fe been sent to the. commissioners
agriculture of Illinois, Connecticut,
llana, Iowa. Massachusetts, Mich.
New Jersey, Ohio, South Dakota
Wisconsin.
massachusetts, has been fighting the
.ct ior year or so, but has been
aoie to check its spread, and a
colony has been found In New
X state, at Hopewell Junction,
,chess county.
eaeral Secretary of Agriculture
useon has been asked to attend the
uierence, and has replied that he
eitner attend himself or send a
preventative.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-03
RI Axe EARLY
IN MORNING
Kohl Grocery Store Warehouse In
Quincy Cause Of General
Alarm Shortly After
Midnight.

QUINCY, ILL.,, July Sire broke
ont ON the second floor of the ware
honse in the rear Of the Kohl Whole
sale Grocery store, on Fourth street
between Hampshire and Vermont
streets at 1870 o'clock this morning.
A. Q O'Clock Chief Marriott sent In
call for more apparatus from the
outing stations, and big conllagra'
zion was being anticipated.
A general alarm of fire was sent
en- and as soon as the firemen began
r. nlav three lines of hose through
tho windows and on the roof of the
warehouse the fire showed signs OF
being conquered, but afterwards
broke out through the roof.
The second floor Of the warehouse
where the fire broke out was filled
with barrels of coffee, boxes of
matches and bushel baskets.
The fire was discovered by DR.. and
Mrs. E. F. Stannus who were putting
their car in the Vermont street
garage. They saw smoke pouring
out OF the windows in the rear OF
tha Kohl grocery. When the firemen
arrived the fire was burning lively
IN the second floor Of the building.
No estimate of loss was obtaniable
The fire was under control and no
further damage was expected. at
2:S0 o'clock.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-03
Daily Stock Letter.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, July 3-The New York
Evening Sun financial review today
says:
Although the stock exchange and
most all financial markets will be
closed for the next three days, there
was no let-up in bullish activities
today. The market wore anything but
a pre-holiday appearance, that is, 1t
was active and strong most OF the
session, rather than soft under profit
taking and the evening of commit
ments, as had been anticipated by
many traders. From the commence
ment of trading until well into the
afternoon session demand was shifted
from one group to another, caused
steadily rising prices.
And so far as today's prices were
concerned the constructive attitude
was well taken, for practically every
important stock On the list advanced.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-03
WATERING FARM
HORSES ENOUGH
One Farmer Who Has Studied the
Subject Tells How It Ought
to Be Done This Hot
Weather.

Looking after the comfort and
health of the horses is the latest
thing interesting the farmer in Iowa.
One Of them in Lee county says:
1T is a common thing for farmers
to work their horses in the bayfield,
from morning to night, watering
them only at noon. This is done
even on days Of excessive heat. The
driver usually has two or more re-
freshing drinks In the middle OF the
morning, and again in the afternoon;
but the horses, who are equally as
thirsty, 90 without.
This want of water Is not only
distressing, but it causes the horses
to drink to excess at noon ard again
at night, which often results in collie,
and always tends to produce a dis
tended stomach, or what farmers
call hay belly. Farmers who would
treat their horses humanely should
take water into the field for them In
hot weather"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-03
ThSThirty Days Of Grace Given Their
Owners to Pay tho City Dog Tax
to the Clerk Has
Expired.
TWO HUNDRED VICTIMS
They VIII be Put In tho Box Into
Which Gas 10 Turned to Give
Thorn a Painless Death by
Owners' laxity.

About two hundred Keokuk dogs
will be executed in the gas box soon
Out Of the dogs listed by the police
with owners names and addresses,
about three hundred are wearing dog
tags now. The other two hundred
are not, because the owners nave
not gone to the office of the clSy
clerk and paid the city dog tax be-
fore July 1.
Also, while the dogs are being
gassed to death, the owner OF each
one will be taken into the superior
court and gently fined several dol
lars. II he pays the dog tax to the
clerk in an adjoining room. his dog
will be given back to him, but the
fine goes anyhow.
The only exceptions to this rule
are the men who beat the police to
it. II the owner gets a tag for MS
dog before the police gets the dog
all will be forgiven.
Owners of dogs are defined by the
law to be the persons who allow them
to stay around the place-no prop
erty title is necessary, and no en-
couragement to the dog-just letting
him stick around makes the house
holder liable for the dog tax.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-03
AS QUICKLY AS
TOLEDO PEOPLE
keokuk viii Have the News From ths
Ringside Within a Minute or
Less of tho Actions OF
battler8,

Keokuk people interested VIII Keep
as close tab on the Willard-Dempsey
fight as can the people who live IN
Toledo.
The description Of the fight, minute
nv minute. will click off the telegraph
instrument of the leased wire OF Inc
Gate City at exactly the saEe mo-
ment as 1t reaches Toledo, chicago
New York, Denver and San francisco
The Gate CITY, while not issuing a
paper tomorrow, will ops.tts rs
leased wire upon which an operator az
the ringside will write the fight as
it progresses and his reports will De
bulletined by The Gate City at once.
The big fight, following the prelim-
inaries, will begin about 800 O'CLOCK
keokuk clock time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-03
CHINA'S ARMY
NEAR MUTINY
Present Financial Straits and An
tipathy to Shantung Settle
ment Is Creating Much
Unrest.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.-The
present financial straits OF the chi
nese government and antipathy to the
Shantung settlement threaten mutiny
in the Chinese army and situation
that may require foreign interven'
ton. according to Tokyo newspapers
received today.
Among the developments cited are
the following:
Troops whose pay is running be
hind threaten mutiny.
Parliament returned unaccepted
President Shu-Shi-Shang' resigna
ton, saying they are unable to en-
terrain it.
Runs on Chinese banks are heavy
Foreign banks tided the Bank OF
China and Bank of Communications
over their heaviest runs. A number
of banks closed. Tienstin students
in street demonstrations on June o
demanded punishment Of the "trai
tors who betrayed China into the
hands of the enemy" cancellation OF
the twenty-one demands and a gen
eral strike.
SLuQ6nJS Ill d lullUSl VI oliiSi SiIAS-
forced a closing Of shops and indus
tries until police and troops inter
fered. Everywhere the students are
agitating for a general strike.
Military Intervention may be nee
essary for protection of foreign resi-
dents, while a concert Of the powers
may be advisable in order to prevent
situation that seems to be growing
toward a crisis. The foreign resi-
dents in China regret that their home
governments have failed to under
stand the real situation here" the
Pekin correspondent Of the London
Times cabled his parer.
A rumor that Japanese have been
attempting to poison Chinese wells
has caused tense feeling in many
places, despite the efforts of the
Chinese government to controver
the rumOr.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-03
Police Find Bombs.

|rl,ea Press Leased Wire Service. !
aiCAGO, July 3.-Police found
+, tney belieyed to be eighteen
H. srenades along the Chicago &
~ western railroad tracks in
kae chicago today. Explosives ex-
k " VIII examine them.
.ms ventured the opinion that
auesed bombs were prepared by
'a's for demonstrations tomor-
A boy discovered the articles
.aiied the police. Every police
49,. ~ the city and also all federal
.,. were told by Chief of Police
s 10 be on reserve all through
uay and night tomorrow.