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New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Some Decorative PAINTINGS
By Lieut.. J. J. Lem0rdanf

wound of all, which left him blind.
But the ltftiness and courage of his
demeanor, the very triumph which his
spirit and mind have won over afIlic-
tion, only serve to deepen our appre-
citation Of the moral lesson embodied
in his exhibition. For once pictures
we'll painted carry significance
larger than that Of their strictly ar
tistic excellence. They drive home
the meaning of France in the war;
they ring out the call of a great peo-
pie. Somehow, with Lieutenant I.e-
nordant's personality vivid in the
imagination, we realize in the glow of
vitality and color on tnese walls some
thing of the human drama concen-
trated in the war. 1t was from hap
piness such as is here mirrored, from
vitality such as is here richly poured
forth, that the artists of France turned
gladly to hardship and death. They
are types of glorious renunciation. We
owe them an unpayablc debt
1t was no trihing gift that Lieutenant
Lemordant laid as sacrifice upon the
altar of patriotism. He was one of the
younger and stronger pillars of the
Salon when the war broke out How
rich a talent it was that he gave up in
order to bear arms may be judged from
the feet that this is not an exhibition
Of finished pictures; it is, rather, q col
lection Of studies, and still it conveys
an impression of authority and power
They are the studies, TO begin with. Of
we'll trained craftsman. When this
young Breton entered the Ecole des
BeauxArts at Rennes he studied under
professors of painting, sculpture and
architecture. When he came up to
Paris it was to subject himself to the
stern discipline of Bonnat. He had
grounded himself we'll in the technical
mysteries Of his craft And, as is
proper. this is nevertheless pcrccptible
rs an influence in the background The
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30

A pleasant feature Of the Spring
Academy, now open at the i'ino Arts
Building, is supplied IN the group Of
prize winning pictures. These some
times point to II rather perfume tory
choice. but this year the jury Of
awards has Md good work to recognize.
Mr.. Jerome Myers ~ quite at his
best in "Eyenlng," which reapponrs
from his zone man show" and thor
oughly deserves tho Thomas 3. Clarke
prize bestowed upon it, The first Hall
garten prize has gone to one Of the
most indivdualized of the winter land
scapes in Mr. Robert Strong Wood
wards Between Setting Sun and Ris-
ing Moon,' n picture which disclosos
Imagination as we'll as skill in realistic
matters. Mr.. Ercole Cartotto's Miss
Marion Ryder" winner of the second
lIallgnrten prize, is admirable for It's
polished draughtsmanship His work ie
altogether self possessed. capable and
prophetic Of good things to come. Mr.
Dimes Curlsen. the third member Of
this lucky group, shows IN "rho Jade
Bowl" more than ever that hc Is follow
ing to good purpose in his fathers
footsteps ns painter of stll life. Mr..
Malcolm Parcell's "Louine," to which
the snltus Medal has been awarded, re
peats Mr. Cartotto's success That is,
it is sound portrait, and it is painted
into the bargain, with some originality
Mr.. Irving r. Wilcs, who is always
capable, is a little more than that in
"The Little Green Hat" which has won
the Isaac N. Maynard prize. The
painting has certain sprightly ele-
gance, il is we'll done in really
spirited way. AS for the two Altman
prizes, the first in going to Mr.. E. w.
Redtield for THE Old Mill" rewards
him for getting out of the rut and
making perhaps the finest picture of
his career, the finest because it has an
atmospheric quality to which he has
rarely attained; and the second, given
to Mr.. Gardner Symons for his
"Shimmering free Shadows likewise
marks the topnotch of an artists prog
ress. This big view of the hills in
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30

tlon Of the entire stock Of Meaarg.
VITAL and Leopold Benguiat, the deal.
era In antique textiles and embroider.
iea, who are dlscontinulng their eslnb.
l'shmenta IN New York and Paris, Tho
sale Will begin on Monday, April z. and
VIII continue every afternoon until
Saturday, April ~, inclusive. 1t Will
dispose of ecclesiastical embroiderics
palace hangings, tapestries, velvets and
mces, wilderness of Gothic and
Renaissance pieces.
The Courbet centenary exhibition at
the metropolitan Museum will be
opened on Monday, April 7, with pri-
vate view for members, and will last
for six weeks thereafter. The current
bulletin holds out the prospect of a
remarkable array Of pictures. There
Will be about thirty-five works shown
and they are of such a quality that the
exhibition is expected to take rank as
the most important held anywhere
since the memorial show at the Beaux
Arts in 1882. "The Quarry" lately
bought by the Boston Museum. is
among the salient things lent. An
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other is "The Ladies of the Seine"
None Of Courbct's studies Of still life
or of flowers is owned in America, but
every other aspect of his art will be
illustrated, affording an opportunity to
the student of French painting the
value Of which it would be impossible
to eXaEge rate.
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winter reveals largeness of spirit
matching the great scale employed.
Altogether the prizes are, In this in
stance. prizes earned.
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GALLANT FIGURE IN MODERN FRENCH ART

and by the sea. There lies the charm
of his art.
One Of his principal productions. we
gather, if not the most important Of
them all, is the decoration he painted
for the ceiling of the theatre at Rennes
"a huge circular canvas, in which
dance of Bretons starts amid a mass of
flowers, and is carried on through bill
lowing clouds, to lose itself in the blue
There are several studies for it here,
studies wrought to such point that
they fully proclaim the special quality
of the work, and in addition there are
numerous drawings for individual fig
ures. The latter are Of coast types,
homely, heavy, with no grace of poetry
about them, but it is signal proof of
Lieutenant Lemordant's artistic skill
that without trace of forcing the note
anywhere he contrives to make his
dancers, in the detached studies, mod
els Of rhythmic movement, and, in the
ensemble, no less convincing 1t is
case of racial feeling interpreted with
absolute sincerity and lifted to higher
power by genuine decorative instinct
The dancers are creatures of the soil
unmis stakably. Yet the big circle in
which they tread their gay measure ia
filled, technically, with an effect making
us think variously of the sensuous
brilliance of Besnard and of the light
fantasy of Cheret. Whether Lieuten-
ant Lemordant has ever definitely ac-
.cepted the influence of Besnard or not
we do not know. Looking at the sep
arate drawings he has made of his
peasants. in black and white and in
color, we should say that his more OBJ
vious prototype was the Salonnier, Lu-
Glen Simon. But as a decorator he has
beyond question Il measure of Besnards
faculty for suggesting free, ebullicnt
life in his work rather than the tradi-
tional formulp of mural painting. He
is like his famous senior, inasmuch as
he conceals q strong fabric of organic
construction beneath an impression Of
artless nature. He fills his space as a
good craftsman should. But it is. as
we have said the joy Of life that
brcathcs from his paintings.
Characteristicaly there is no mar
rowing pressure Of fixed ideas in this
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
By Royal Cortissoz

COME time ago there was estab-
lished at Yale University the
Rowland Memorial Prize, "to be award
cd every two years to citizen of any
country for an achievement of marked
distinction in literature, the fine arts
or the science of government" Award
a for the first time in 1916, the prize
went to Rupert Brooke. the young
English poet, untimcly lost. In the
prosent year the second award has
gone to Lieutenant Jean-Julien Le-
mordant. a French artist, who was
robbed of mis- sight on the field of bat
tie. lie has come to this country to
receive the honor, and has brought a
quantity of his works with him. They
are on exhibition at the Gimpel &
Wildenstein Gallery, where they make
a dual appeal. In the first place these
paintings are intrinsically interesting
ard admirable. Secondly, they set us
10 INlHhlUE CuIt uiCic Cu lHt UOTD
played in the great war by the artis-
tic genius of France
Our first thoughts a. what that
genius has done not unnaturally have
to do with the visible signs of artistic
ondeavor, with works like Fares avi-
alton pictures, with the paintings and
drawings that French artists have sent
home from the trenches, with the post
ers drawn by some of the most brill
liant men Of the period. But this tells
only part-and the less important part
1of the story. The more poignant
history Of the French artists during
the war relates. Of course, to their
losses in battle. TO tho tremendous
list Of killed and wounded. which ranks
high in the national roll of honor.
Lieutenant Lemordants II painter of
distinguished talent an artist who
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tMorc notes on current oghibitiong
appedr on page nino, Mis section.)
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Random Impressions
<n Current Exhibitions

The Society Of Independent Artiats
hae opened it's third annual exhibition,
presenting itself this time AT the Wal
dorf-Astorin. The show continues un-
til the middle Of April.
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important point is that he has some
thing to say. 1t is message drawn
straight from the land where he was
born. The soul of Saint-Malo is the
soul Of his work. He paints the hum
BILE Breton, the peasant and the sailor,
and as he does so he brings also into
his designs the charm Of their environ
ment, the light and air of Brittany, the
joy of life as it is lived in the fields
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There will open next Wednesday at
the American Art Galleries an exhibi-
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30

would, in any circumstance, command
respectful consideration, makes a pc
eullarly moving appeal to US in that
ne represents the tragic wing of his
profession. We have heard him this
winter describing some of the appall-
ing experiences he has known as a
Soldier. He is a soldier still, and
proudly asks no sympathy for his
many wounds, not even for the last
New-York tribune., 1919-03-30

ne society OF InuCNenUtnt AfttHt
hae opened it's third annual exhibition
presenting itself thia time at tho Wal.
dorf-Astorin The show continues un.
I'll the middle Of April
What is described rs salon Of rep
resentatlva current portrhiture is an
nounced to open at the Reinhardt gal
lery on Easter Monday, April Fl next
No names have been mentioned as yet
but we are promised the works Of
score or more of artists recognized as
tho leaders Of their profession. The
forthcoming exhibition is planned as
the first of an annual series.
The Levy gallery offers an unusu.
ally good collection Of landscapes by
the late George Inness. There are
eight or ten examples, early and late
They are all welcome, but we confess
to special interest in those canvases
which date from the formative period
of this masters art. They are elo-
quent Of the sheer genius in him. In
ness began his career at time when
the ideals Of the Hudson River school
admirable as they were in some re-
spects, nevertheless tended to too dry
and tight an expression of landscape
| forms. He successfully resisted this
influence. His earlier work shows, OF
course, a far more analytical habit
| kof ~ hut 1or
before he developed the magnificent
breadth which was the best source o.
his fame he was still superior to {
niggling method. Look at the "Sun
light and Shadows" of 1860, or at thu
picture called "On the Juanita," which
belongs to the same year. The foliag
in both is closely drawn, but it il
painted with a generalizing touch, too
that foreshadows the style of his no
blest triumphs. Afterward, in painting
like the "Sunset on the Passaic," o
1891, and the "Montclair" of 1894, h
gained enormously in freedom and, Il
tho same time, in beauty of color. Blu
the lesson of this interesting exhibi
tion is the one which it is always vel
to keep in mind about Inness, tina
from the beginning to the end he ha'
an authentic inspiration, that from tn
beginning to the end his art was "al
Of piece"
There will open next Wednesday a
the American Art Galleries an exhibi
New Britain herald., 1919-12-05
MiSpIa cino Labels.
[ New York II erald ]

Granting that everybody is likely to fall into. some blunders in his po- ltcal and social thinking during these perturbine days, it may neverthe lesS he assumed that persons of sound sense will avoid the one cardinal err ~or of fostering class consciousness
 Some passion blinded and stupid persons are nowadays guilty of the colossal mistake of trying to affiN the tag of "radical' and "Bolshevik' to every la Dor lnionist and to every WOrkineman. In the same breath they are designating as "Americanism' all the efforts of employers to defeat strikes and overcome the organized labor movement
 This is perilous as well as silly.
 Such an attempt to label one large group of Americans as unpatriotiC and another group as patriotic smacks of the sort of ridiculous partisanship which this enlightened land is sup posed to have Outgrown. It belongs back in the days when every demo- crat was supposedly a villain and every republican a saint. or vice versa. according to the viewpoint. Am eri-
 
 neither radicals nor unpatriotic; nor are employers as a gfOup cOrruption- ists or oppressors. To tag them so is stupid.
 The peril of the situation lies in the possibility that should these vicious eeneraliza tiOns become current then the workinGman is likely to reason, "If what these capitalists stand for is Am ericanism, then l do not want to be called an American: and if eX- ercising a legal right to organize for living wage and for better working conditions be radicalism and Bol- shevism, then must be d radical and BOlSheNik.
 There are labor leaders who should be deported and there are employerS W hO should be sent to jail: but al most as dangerous an offender as either against the public welfare is the person who tries to classify all Workinemen together and all em- ploNera, and then affiX class labels to them.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-05
THE NEGRO QUESTION.

RWhiIe we hold no brief for Mayor I Iorge A. QuigleN, it seems to us thAt s, letter from Rev. q. H. Staton as
 zbished in last evenings Herald IT
 zswer to remarks of the Mayor as
 Snted in former issue is rather Warranted and uncalled for. It IS Hssibly true that the Mayor men Bned the calIous attitude of some
 sltherners toward their negro ghbors, but he did so more as d s tier of surprise than in cOndona- sn of the 1ynchings. evidences of fch he witnessed. There should he assumption from the Mayors A Ards that he is in favor of King znch' or that the majority of #Itherners are. The negro un Nlbtedly feels that he has been very Sch oppressed by the Southerners sl this fact has made him extrene- sensitive and inclined to make
 Buntains out of mole hills. The
 grthern negro. found in New Eng ! 8d. has little of which to complain, zb bably because Of the fact the pas s mentions-he is a w-abidinG Hzen. We are sure he is treated such.
 There is one crime which mankind, Hck or white, will not condone. and H t is violation of it's women. There I, negroes who ignore this fact. as
New Britain herald., 1919-12-05
25 YEARS AGO
(From The Herald of That Date)
December ;. 1891

December ;. 1891
 Mrs. M C. Stanley read paper be- fore the WCman'S club yesterday aft ernoon entitled ''The Ethics of Hos pitality.'
 Sleighing is superb on the streets of the city and in the suburbs with the result that many are taking adVanta se of it.
 It is reported that FharleS LNda II has sold his meat market to H. Older shaw.
 Considera comment mas been caused bv the esca pc or the Poles who assaulted Officer English. It certainly is no credit to the efficiency of the DO lice force.
 About lO:45 this morning the trolley wire on Main street opposite the First church broke and the wire came down tosether with the network of wires at the cn1.ner of Main and Church streets. Fortunately no one Was under the wire when it fell or serious con sequences might have resulted.
 At a meeting of the Royal Arcanum
New Britain herald., 1919-12-05

cent developments. We believe that there is no thought of picking a spot that is on the water shed but that the home will be placed on city prop erty that is not in such a position It would be the height Of ansurdity to think otherwise
 Miss Caroline Bartlett. of the City Mission. was the first local person to attempt to supply the demand for a rest house for children and aiIing adults. where d few days might be en- ioNed in the open air of the country. She established the home. inter brook, using an untenanted farm : house on the Cherry Park road. d few miles northwest of tnionville. 1t was found to be very acceptable to many and it was also found that many more might be accommodated to the ultimate benefit of the citv should plans be made on d more extensive scale.
 Consequently the city, and 1be char loN interests who are workinc on the project for next year. have taken q step forward in the attempt to estab- llsh a vacation home. It should not he on the water shed but We do not doubt the committee is fully aware Of this. Let us have the home any where else.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-05
AN OUTING HOME FOR INVALIDS

There can be nothing but interest in the city of New Britain in the proposed vacation home for children and adults who are inclined to tuber- cuOsis and whom a va acatiOn of but q week or so in the country would possibly save. Last evening the Herald published a story to the eff feet that such a scheme was under considera ton by local authorities and that there was d possibility of the csta blshment being placed in Burling- ton. Visions of a further chance to pollute the city water supply have arisen in the minds of some of Us. in fact that thought occurred to the re- porter who wrote the story. but was dsmssed on the assumption that the members of the Water Board who were upon the committee for the home knew what they were about and would not think of placing the va waste would be liable to find it's way into the resei voirs of the city. Sure lN. if a spot has been tentatively chos- en. there is no thought of deliberate ly mena cing our health by the placin z of ailing people on the water shed, and the possibility of conta m ination has surely occurred to the water com mission CTS, especially in view of re-
New Britain herald., 1919-12-05
THE PRESIDENTS ILLNESS

With the publication of the Presi- pts last message to Congress there Is begun another series of bitter lacks directed against the Chief Ex- A1tive, not for what he said in bis Rtructions to the Congress. but for R way he said it. For the #t time, perhaps, the Presidents s #emies are bewaiing the absence III his Congressional communities sn of the style which they term HIsonian. It will be remembered Hs same style has been the butt ot sny and varied criticisms, chief long which has been that the Pres snt put too much time in the htorical construction of his writ S, and not enough time in making A thought therein plain and unmis- Aable.
 S'his last message has been, how A,r, the signal for connected Hies of low, underhanded jabs at the E Psident, all of them gently suggest in a manner which leaves sus- 8ion, uneasiness and doubt in the Ends of those who read them, that President is too ill to write his assage to Congress, and therefore @ntally and physically apacitated.
 h. l hi tnI hn hn l. #lt should give over the affairs of q nation to MT. Marshall, and get @Whether one is an admirer of Mr. Bison and what he stands for or every fair-minded citizen wants S truth about the President, left un Bored by the sentiments of those #o write it. It is reNolting in the 8ught that Americans, whose sports Nnship and fairness are nationally N Nracteristic, should take advantage an unfortunate illness on the part @ Mr. Wilson and capitalize it for $ ir own gain.
 @'hose who have been in the White Muse during the Presidents illness NDw there is no attempt at ''mys- Mious secrecy" in reporting his con @ion.' pr. Grayson, the physician, Nl MT Humility, the secretary, have @sn ready and willing at all times h lNn r. Npondents the nature of the Presl- S,t's illness They have said it re- Nted from strained condition of M nerves and consequent effect upon N whole system. And those who have Flowed MT. Wilson in his labors, ether misdirected or otherwise, will Hee that he has true cause for Baking down temporarily under the Nain.
 M3umors that he refused an inter Nv with Senator Hitchcock have interpreted to mean the Presi- S#1t's condition is such that he could
 N see the Senator. Mir. Wilson has
 Nays chosen his own good time for
 @ king statements and explanations, M we believe one regarding the
 @aeue of Nations and the future
 @ icy of the Administration toward K will be fort Incoming within a short
 ie
 @ look toward the source of attacks, Mnouflaged in anxious inquiries as Mthe Presidents condition, and there #,uId be no difficulty in discovering @ motive.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-05

Through Senator Falls revelations concerning Carranza' s spreading Red able explanation of why Mexican bandits never shave. and why Mexico as a soap market has never held glow ing prospects.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-05
National Happenings

W. A. Bruce, proprietor of a cOllec- 1i0n agency in New York city, has brought suit against several hundred business corporations under an old law. The corporations have failed to file with the secretary of state list of their officers and directors as the old law requires and Bruce is taking ad- vantage of the fact. All the corpora tiOns are lia bic to a $200 fine, one If of which goes to the infOrmer. Bruce will make $10.000.
 Trouble between Nicara gua and England is brewing. over the breaking g of a treaty by England-may lead to serious trouble.
 Dr. Pasteur. the great hydropho biH expert, is critically i'll at his home in Par
New Britain herald., 1919-12-05

In spite of all the nice things tha. have been said Of her by the distin- 2uished visitors of the year. it is much to the credit of New York th;>+ she is keeping Der head and her GUS tomalN composure.-New, y York Her aid.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-05

Several Senators have agreed to talk the appropriation bill to death Could any death be more agonizing than asphyXiation by Senatorial hot air?
New Britain herald., 1919-12-05

The German SOcia lists have voted to adopt the Soviet system of Govern ment. Their friends the French prob- ably are saying today "c'est bon"
New Britain herald., 1919-12-05

Consider the proba biIitv of sittin.r all day m an unheated office and the motive in answering d call to mine coal with a pick and shovel becomes apparent.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-05

Missouri Governor Seizes Coal Mines,' says a headline. Governor Gardner is one man from Missouri whom nobody had to ':show.''
New Britain herald., 1919-12-05
TO \ BOY
COMMUNICATED
AhOut the Miners

About the Miners. Editor New Britain Herald: Kindly give space to the following comm uniCatiOn: ~ The coal miner may be black of