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Drawing by Lemordan receives Yale honor next Tuesday

laration, protests against the mechani-
cal and posthumous enlargement OF the
Rodin destined for Verdun. 1t is
known that NJ. Benedite, in response
to the request of the Dutch desiring to
offer a monument to the uninvaded
citadel, proposed to them this group,
formerly intended by the dead master
for Courbevoie. 1t is against the en-
largement Of this group that NJ. Bar
tholome and Roll protest. We must
give theseItwo artists a detail of which
they are assuredly ignorant"
When NJ. Benedite, as vice-presi-
dent OF the Committee for Artistic De-
fence, founded by Charles Morice, pre-
sented his views to the committee
there were present, among others, Ar
sene Alexandra, Henry Marcel. Alfred
Va.ette, Armand Dayot. Aman Jean
and Maillol. "I cam" said the curator
of the Luxembourg and the Rodin Mu-
scum. "offer chef d'9uvre to the
Dutch, which will glorify the National
Defence"
But" some ono remarked, 1.-The
great sculptor is no longer here to SUI
perintend the work OF the enlargement
and the transformation from the cast
into durable material" - the objection
Bartholome- Roland VI. Benedite re-
Piled, In my capacity as testamentary
executor of Rodin l possess his formal
instructions for this work"
The artists named did not think it
necessary to insist upon details and
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question and then submit designs. He
had meantime explained i'm a general
way the note on the play which he
wished to emphasize, but he left the
artists free to play with their ideas. IL
might be mentioned in passing thao
Mr.. Harris appreciated their viewpoint
somewhat because he had NOT only
taken art courses in his years at CO.
lumbia, but he had studied in Paris
for several years after his graduation.
And when the sketches were oil in ne
selected the one that he thought BEST
commissioning the artist to execute tho
design for reproduction. Each or the
plays he put on had an entirely diner
ent style OF posters, varying all the
way from the imaginative appeal OK
The Yellow Jacket to the racy car.
toons of Twin Beds" The mystery
of 1.-THE Thirteenth Chair was strtk.
ingly emphasized in a poster by Frank
Waits, with a plain background, a
pair OF eyes in one corner, and down In
the far corner a single chair
These were some OF the advances
being made in poster work when the
war came on and the standard OF art
lapsed. Now that the war is over
and We have only Congress pickering
with the President as a slight dis
turbance in tho. background. the the
atre has come into its own again,
And the standard of art begins to look
up. Mr.. Hopkins has Tolstoy's IRE
demption" at the Plymouth. and for IL
has been using a poster by Charles
b. Falls, based on a head study of
John Barrymore. Meantime Mr.. Har-
ris, after examining designs by vari-
Gus other artists. has also used
poster by Mr.. Falls. but in an entirely
different note. 1t is n head study of
Fay BANTER in Fast Is West" the
Chinese play which has been such
success at the Astor Theatre. This
poster has been given the unusual
honor Of a display in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art along with other sam
pies of commercial art.
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exhibition are by men who, one and
all, have made known their qualities
so long ago that they have practically
become exempt from criticisms. As
the Macbeth catalogue says, We cannot
insist that they are our permanent
best, for all things are susceptible to
change, especially picture valuations,
and now there is little more to do for
them than to trust them to their maxi
ers and pray for the best. .
A fair percentage Of these thirty
painters must be credited with pres
ent day success, and surely that is
something. They live in comfortable
homes, have wives who wear expen-
sive fur coats, and some of them, not
all, have automobiles. None of the
thirty-or perhaps one should say,
twenty-seven, since three of them are
dcad-really suffers. When ono thinks
of the dreadful privations of Millet, of
Blake. Rembrandt. Meryon and, in fact
most of the geniuses of other days, one
cannot be too thankful for the better
times that have opened up to art. and
for the amazing receptivity this coun-
try displays to talent.
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Notes and Activities in the
World of Art.

A letter has Just been received by
THE sun addressed to John Sloan
ESQ. the Society of Independent
Artists" from Dublin, Ireland, with
the request to please forward. This
has been done, but TIE Sun nearly
died of curiosity to know what was in
the letter. THE SUN is now thorough
ly sorry for the bad criticism that was
handed out last week for Mr.. Sloan's
satires and which may have inter-
rupted the cordiale entente which has
always been so satisfactory heretofore
between THE Sun and Mr.. Sloan.
There was really no special occasion
for the bad criticism of last week. as
there are always plenty of opportuni-
ties to hand out bad criticisms. of Mr..
Sloan's work If II is so desired. With
things as they are THE Sun scarcely
dares to ask what was in the letter.
but 1t just occurs TO THE Sun that
possibly the reason why Mr.. Sloan did
not put his best satires into his eX-
hibition was because he was holding
back his chefs dnuvres for the indie
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pendents. If this should prove to be
the case every one will agree that it
was most noble of him. There, Sloan.
does that make it all right? Come on
and tell us. who's your Irish friend,
and what's he got to say?
The "Sterner" Gallery at knoedler's
at last has been showing Steiner"
goods. Mrs. Sterner has turned over
her little gallery TO her husband who
has hung in it his latest portrait draw
ings and paintings. Mrs. Sterner's
husband paints portraits with ease
and in all these of this. year, with a
complete lack of ostentation and fuss
for which his sitters are doubtless
sufficiently grateful. Mrs. Sterners
husband has been accused sometimes
of living too completely in the moment
and OF sacrificing the real thing for
the ophemerHl-as in the painful series
of feminine portraits I'm which he cele-
hrated that now obsolete fad of the
Mrs. Vernon Castle head band-but
i'm all put one OF these studies Of
human beings he has been seriously
Interested in trying to put down what
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by HENRY Nc ,RIDE.
HAVE already de,,,loped a I

r HAVE already deNt,loped n code
of signals for fai fhful readers
i which they have grasped well
enough, for they have told me so--by
means OF which we pfferentiate be-
tween the exhibitions. They know now
which exhibitions they must zee,
which ones they may see without dan
ger Of losing their i'm mortal souls. and
those that they mutti't see upon any
consideration even IL they have lost
their immortal souls already.
But I have been, thinking Of per-
fecting our system. The now despised
but once consulted Baedeker used to
double star tine things you must see,
one star the thingb that are optional
and in cases wheis, he refused to be
responsible in any degree used to say.
'1iked by the Spa hiards," or II the OBJ
ject under discuss ion was hotel, then
'frequented by thb Spaniards," Liked
by the Spaniards,f believe. was third
on the list. Still cheaper and less rec
commended by B;tedeker was a fourth
class OF objects or hotels. popular
with commercial travellers"
For our purpct,es it will not be nee
essary to be so precise. No CONNER
eial travellers. for instance, read this
page that 1 ha be heard OF. so there is
no occasion to counsel them. The the
aires in this puntry are given up ex-
clusively to their entertainment. but
UP to this they have not devoted any
Of their splen bid energies to'art. And
the MUST exhibitions are 30 few in any
season that even IL we marked them
with q or, a + or a 80. there would
be such long intervals between them
that you might forget what the signal
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The Back Yard by Tod Lindenmuth Exhibition Painter
Gravers of America

showing OF not more than thirty pic
turPs OF exhibition Importance.
Since 1911. when our first Thirty
by Thirty We're shown, we have tried
to present each season in this exhibit
ton the best OF contemporary work.
This year we have included three OF
the American Old Masters, which
have recently come To us and which
we feel ought TO be exhibited before
they are dispersed
THE little Whistler, The Daughter
Of the Concierge was secured in Scot
land years ago and was included in
the Whistler group at the Panama
Pacific Exposition; Golden Sunset,
Medbeld,' was purchased from Inness
In 1881 by the family from whom it
comes to us; the fine little moonlight
marine by A. p. Ryder was bought
in 1888 from the Society of American
Artists by its present owner"
The thirty paintings of the Macbeth
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meant. Besides you always know the
"musts" when they come along. There
Is no. mistaking them. For instance.
there have been only two this winter
so far: the Orpen show and the Odilon
Redon Autographs. See! You saw
them both, OF course. 1 knew you
were on.
But for that much larger division,
the second-the shows that bear being
looked into, but are not absolutely
dazzling-one star might very well be
used. It Is really quite a commenda-
ton. Americans are such absolutists
that they are apt to say double star
me or nothing!" But that is one
thing they must learn, the artists par
ticularly, that even in a democracy all
cannot be first, and 1t is only the little
fools like Alice in Wonderland" who
cry AL shall have prizes!", But no
further designations will be needed,
at least during this simplified art year.
Very careful readers might be warned
to watch for the word Spanish oc-
casionally. 1t might have a meaning,
particularly in reviews Of the Spring
Academy, II the Spring Academy
should deserve a review, which isn't at
ell sure. However, 1 should never 20
so far as to say of an academical work
of art that II was "liked by the
spaniards." for that might get me into
trouble with that great and delightful
nation-with whom 1t was long ago
settled 1 am to pass my declining
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was human about them. The portraits
of DIR. Anderson, Miss Borton, Mr..
Quinn and young Mr.. osborn are all
excellent. :. Whether the cheve-
lure in the Mrs. O'Toole portrait should
be classed as ephemeral or not is difi-
cult to say. Probably not. 1t is, after
all, far more distingue than anything
Mrs. Castle ever dreamed Of. Mrs.
Sterners husband quite rose to the
occasion. Or rather, spread himself !;
for the chevelure extends sidewise
across the picture and not up and
down.
That Jewel OF a writer, James Brit
ton, not content with scintillating
critically each week in the columns of
our esteemed contemporary, the Amer
icdn Art Nelos, has been desiring to Sc
cure just the right setting for himself
as an artist, and with that end in view
has tried out and discarded several sets
of contemporaries during the recent
years. The Eclectics of last year and
the Depressionists of early this fall
were liked by some, but Mr.. Britton
did not think they quite did: so they
had to so.
The newest group, called the Ex-
pressonists, now to be seen at Bah
cocks. shows Mr.. Britton off to better
advantage than any setting he has had
yet, Walter Griffins enamelled land
scape, George Luks's London Bus
Driver and Maurice Prendergast s
water color, No. 81. are very becoming
TO Mr.. Britton, and the effect OF these
three is heightened in turn by the
string of such pearls as Robert b.
Brandegee, Philip l.. Hale, Richard
kimbel, Howard G. Renwick and Sid
ney L. Dickinson, arranged along the
outer edges.
D. B. Butler & Co, having facilities
for the cleaning and restoring of an
tique paintings, have begun to make q
feature of the class of old paintings
that for want of more descriptive
term are usually classified under the
title decorative" They have recently
placed on view in their gallery large
group of such works, all of which are
eminently decorative" and some OF
which have the added charm Of good
painting.
Among them Is more or less
formal French landscape, with ruined
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Thirty Paintings by
Thirty Americans

Thirty Paintings by Thirty Ar
fists" says the Macbeth Galleries cata-
logue, "as title for an exhibition
may appear a mere arbitrary numeri-
cab arrangement of men and their
work. 1t is, we hope. something more
than that. We have aimed to include
rot our thirty best painters-for time
alone can tell us who they are-but
thirty Of our best painters, past and
present. whose work we have chosen
not only because of individual excel
lence, but with view to their effect
upon each other as arranged in the
limited space Of gallery walls which
lend themselves to satisfactory
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consoled themselves by rejecting that
Verdun would at least soon have a
Rodin. and not a Denys PuechH Per
haps they should have insisted. But
that is the grief against NJ. Benedite
that NJ. Bartholome carries. 1t is to
be wished that decisive exploitation
had taken place between them so that
some daylight could have illuminated
the matter.
Until a new move, and in spite OF
the accusations of Mile Judith Cladel,
no man can believe that the loyal
writer, the friend of Fantin, of Legros,
OF Puvis, could let himself in for con-
demneble practices. Leonce Benedite
Is highly estimated In the world of
writer's and artists. He has signed
good articles upon contemporary art.
His care OF the Luxembourg is loyal
and intelligent. In fact, in this affaire
in which so many crosseyed inter
mediaries have been iustly pinched
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pillars, a winding river and few fig
urcs: another contains still life, fruit,
flowers. &c. the red cloth of the table
having fine mellow richness, and the
flowers brushed in with experiences:
another shows a wild scene of ship
wreck. with two ships Collding, people
disappearing meath the cruel waves
and rowboits being tossed about like
cockleshells. Two others are quite in
the line of claude Lorraine and are
evidently cone by pupils in his man
ner, many years ago.
The cult for such decorative paint
ings is a decided help in forming the
public taste, for as they are not signed
and are sold for their innate qualities
they are apt To he chosen for them:
and the danger in much of our modern
picture buying is that snobbsh rather
than honest reasons dictate the choice.
Then. too. these antique, toned can
vases do fit in eXCellcntly with the mod
ern drawing rooms, which are II me-
lange of all the periods except the i'm
mediate present.
The following lit of impassloned de-
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mercantile amateurs, duped experts
wormy courtiers, &c, was It not he
who pursued these takers and falsi-
tiers? Was it not he who put the ju-
cicial apparatus in action? No doub,
his anger carries him a bit far when
+ he takes over Mile Cladel or Mario
Meunier. but in ignorance of all the
gloomy depths of the affaire OF the
false Robins. and in waiting for some
light, we will not condemn without
proof a curator of a French museum
and hold him to be "A gallant man, in
capable Of having merited the out
RACES they now put upon him.
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M. Benedite and the "Af-
faire Rodin."

The Garnet de. la sentaine comes
rather mildly to the defence of M.
Benedite in response TO the many criti-
cisms that have been levelled upon him
in regard to the "affaire Rodin." II
says:
M Bartholome, in an eloquent dec
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Theatrical managers apparently re-
alize that il they are to reach public
with any taste they must make
an appeal that evidences taste on their
part. They were somewhat spurred on
10 this revolutionary step by the eX-
ample of younger men who had come
on. men OF education and some per-
sonal refinement, who not only pro-
duced plays with taste, but made even
their advertising reflect this taste.
They succeeded. and the older mana
gers took notice.
Among the younger managers who
accomplished this were Arthur Hop
kins and William Harris, Jr. Mr.
Harris in particular was a pioneer in
his choice OF theatrical posters, His
method was 20 call in an the artists
available, have them see the play in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
GOTO SAYS SHANTUNG
CLAUSE SHOULD STAND
As Private Citizen, States Belief
That Japan Otherwise Will
Reject Treaty.

NEW YORK. September 13.@Japan
will refuse to ratify the peace treaty
II the Shantung clause is excluded, In
the opinion of Baron Shimpei Goto.
member of the Japanese national
commission for discussion OF foreign
policies and former foreign minister
VINO is on his way home after three
month visit to England and France
and arrived today on the Aquitania.
Baron Goto said he spoke as a private
citizen and was expressing only his
personal views.
ut is unreasonable" he said. that
any one should oppose the treaty in
its present form. President Wilson IL
absolutely right. He understands
japan and our sincerity with regard
to Shantung. He is trying to do what
is best for every one. AS a private
citizen would say that I do not be-
lileve Japan would ratify the peace
treaty If the Shantung clause was
excluded. Japan will hold Shantung
only for a short time and then return
it to China am convinced Mr.. Will
son will stand by what he believes
and think the treaty will be rati-
fed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
FINDS BRITAIN BEHIND
U. S. IN CARE OF CRIPPLES

NEW YORK. September 1s.@The
United States is far ahead of Great
Britain in providing for it's disabled
soldiers. according to Michael J.
Bowling. president Of the Minnesota
Bankers Association, who arrived
here today from England on the
steamship Adriatic. Mr.. Bowling,
who has been lecturing on the re-
Mobilization of soldiers in European
countries. lost both legs. his left arm
and several fingers Of his right hand
from exposure to cold in a blizzard
when fourteen years old.
II found that they are at least two
years behind US over there" he said.
"but they are going ahead on a very
satisfactory basis at the present
time"
In the British Isles, he said, there
were fifty-eight men with, both arms
of, more than 900 with both legs off,
more than 5000 with either an arm or
leg or one Of each missing, while
nearly 1000 had passed through St
Dunstan's Blind Institute in London.
Mr.. Bowling went to England at
the request of the British Red Cross
Society to cheer disabled soldiers by
showing them what it is possible for
cripples to accomplish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
TWO MEXICANS LYNCHED
IN PUEBLO BY MOB

PUEBLO. Col, September 1.-two
Mexicans were taken from the city Jail
tonight by a mob of armed citizens.
driven in an automobile to the Fourth
Street bridge, at the city limits and
hanged The bodies were found forty
five minutes after their capture. The
lynching followed the arrest of the Mex
leans charged with the murder today Of
Patrolman jeff Evans.
The mob leaders used strategy to get
the police officers or their guard. A
riot call was sent in from the steel
works district and the patrol, loaded
with officers, hurried to the scene. As
soon as the wagon was out Of sight the
mob quietly marched to the city hall, .
committee walked into the office, COW
cred the desk sergeant with revolvers
and commanded him to turn over the
keys of the cell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
new YORK TO BE HOST
TO CARDINAL MERCER

NEW YORK. September 13.-on his
return to New York next Tuesday
Cardinal MERCER. Belgium's war-worn
prelate. will proceed to the archi-
episcopal residence of Archbishop
Hayes to rest after his journey.
The following day he will attend
the anniversary mass to be celebrat-
ed at st. Patrck's Cathedral for the
late Cardinal Farley, after which he
will be escorted by Archbishop Hayes
and members Of the mayors commit
tee Of welcome to city hall, where
he will be received in the aldermanic
chamber by Gov. Smith. Mayor Hylan
and other officials. In the evening
he will be rendered q banquet at the
Waidorf-Astoria by the city.
The mass Will % attended not only
but by members Of all faiths and Of
ncials of the nation. state and city.
Among guests invited to the dinner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
LAWSON LINER AT MINE0LA
Transcontinental Trip Planned,
With First Stop at Washington.

MINEOLA. N. Y. September ID
The Lawson air liner, carrying nine
passengers, landed here safely at'10:32
o'clock this morning, after a success
full fight from Syracuse. The plane
left Milwaukee ten days ago. stopping
at Chicago, Toledo, Cleveland. Buffalo
and Syracuse.
Albert w. Lawson. pilot of the plane.
which made the trip of 800 miles in
less than three hours. said q trans
continental trip from New York to
San Francisco would be attempted in
the near future. Washington will be
the first stop, and it is expected that
the plane will carry ten United States
senators on the first leg of the journey.
other stops will be made at Dayton.
st. Louis. Omaha and salt Lake City:
ninety-five feet, a fuselage fifty feet
long and seating capacity for twenty
six persons. 1t has capacity Of 900
gallons Of gasoline and forty gallons
Of oil. Mr.. Lawson carried letter Of
greeting from Gov. Philip Of Wis
consin to Gov. Smith of New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
ZIONISTS TO CONVENE
WITH NATION ASSURED

CHICAGO, September 13.-After
more than two decades Of existence.
the Zionist organization of America
will open it's twenty-second annual
convention with the assurance that
the Jewish nation will be restored in
Palestine as pledged by the Versailles
peace treaty, it was announced
tonight.
Justice Louis D. Brandeis OF the
Supreme Court. honorary president Of
the organization, recently returned
from Palestine, is expected to bring
official tidings that Great Britain has
consented to accept the trusteeship
for Palestine during the establish
ment of a Jewish republic. ~
Approximately 1000 delegates. rep
resenting 100000 Jews Of the coun-
try. are expected to attend the
sessions, which will be chiefly oc-
cupied with plans for government,
settling. financing and promotion Of
industry in Palestine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
BRITISH BUYING NITRATE.
Chilean Commission Reports Sale
of 100000 Tons.

SANTIAGO, September 1.-THE
Chilean nitrate commission in London
has sent home advices that it has sold
100000 tons of nitrate. which the Nitrate
Association is to deliver between Oc-
tober 10 and March 20 next All the
vessels needed for its transportation. it
is stated, are to be sent from England
The announcement led to a rapid rise
in nitrate shares on the stock exchange
today. =
VALPARAISO, Chile. September 10
The first negotiations Of magnitude
for the sale of nitrate abroad since
tthe signing of the armistice were
concluded today, it Is learned. The
British government has bought $780,
900 tons of the product at shillings
a ton.
Tho allies still have here 10000
tons of nitrate bought during the war,
which probably will ultimately go to
the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
THREE DEAD AS RESULT
OF TRAIN HITTING AUTO
lnecial Diapa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, September 13.-Ed-
ward M McCreaby, a wealthy Chi
cago cork manufacturer. and Miss
Margaret Steinback. nurse Of that
city, were instantly killed shortly
before IL o'clock this morning. and
the formers eight-ycar-old daugh-
ter, Sue Ann McCreaby, died a few
minutes later, when the automobile
in which they were riding was struck
station on the Pennsylvania railroad
about ten miles from Crisfield, Nd.
Mccreaby. who was driving the car.
had been visiting his mother. MRS:
on his way to meet his wife at Atlantic
City at the time Of the accident.
Mccreaby was born in crisfield and
brothers. Charles McCreaby of Vir-
ginia and Robert McCreaby Of Chi
cago