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The New York herald., 1920-01-25
REX SLINKAR0 AS WAR
SUPERMAN AND POET

A memorial OF the works OF Rex SINK
ard OSS7-l9lS). soldier. poet. painter oy
inclination and rancher by occupation, ar
ranged by Mrs. Albert Sterner in two oil
the upper rooms of the Knoedler Galleries,
is attracting wide attention. The mystical
elusiveness OF many of the canvases seems
to lit in with the tragedy OF the artist ana
to give a certain poignancy to the show
Perhaps one OF the best Interpretations
of the pictures, with the figures which are
decorative and yet not SO. and the land
scapes. with their curious unearthy
charm. is this passage from letter Of
the artist quoted in the introduction to
the catalogue
The days work done and the supper
past. | walk through the horse lot and TO
my shack Inside l light the lantern, and
then the fire. and. sitting, think Of the
inhabitants OF tho earth, and of the world
my home"
Those who know Slinkard seem TO have
been impressed as much or more. by the
man as by his work. So, though there is
nothing which tends so much in the di-
rection OF exaggeration as untimely death.
it, is impossible 20 be unsympathetic when
Mr.. Marsden Hartley writes this way
about the lost artist
I'VE have had our time for rcgretting
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
CAROLINE VAN H. BEAN
SHOWS MORE WATER COL ORS

Caroline Van VI. Bean. whose beflagged
water colors were feature OF victory
days I'm this city. seems determined judg.
ing from her present exhibition at .he
Robert y. Mussmann Galleries. TO make =
record OF every interesting spot In New
York. from Fraunces Tavern to the Ca
thodra OF 81. John the Divine. rbe
haunt OF the curb brokers. the Little
Church Around the Corner the busiest
crossing In the town. that at the Pubic
Library; the Plaza. and so on, she Is SELF
ing on one after another and putting them
down IN permanent form that Is very
attractive. Some native artists must
wonder why II Is that they do not think
OF doing what this stranger Is engaged on
W the same comprehensive way. She de.
serves haa success.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
s. NJ Co.
"Pi Pagan de Iandes, from tie engraving by R. Nanteun
M Knoedler & Co. Now Have Almost Complete Set of 243
Examples of Work of Famous Panter-Graver-
Unique Exhibition of Portraits

Nearly three hundred years after the
birth OF Robert Nanteui-the most Cele-
brated painter-graver of the seven
teenth century-there has come into the
possession of NJ. knoedler & Co., of this
city. an almost complete set of the 2iS
plates which are the proud monument or
his genius and amazing industry.
AS it is, this collection contains no less
than 800 examples there being in some
cases, two or more impressions from tn,
same plate. The result is an exhibition
which is unique as far as America is con-
cerned though less than half of the
portraits can be shown at once, on ac-
count of their number
From the beginning Nanteuil could have
had no doubts about himself. Yet it is {.
curious fact that even after he had pro-
duced many of his masterpieces he was
still regarded technically as an artisan.
But Louis XIV in all his glory found time
to consider the question. and so, greatly
10 his credit, in the year 1850, by the edlct
of st. Jean-de-Luz, the Roi Solel beamed
on the engraver and, as if he were con-
ferring title of nobility or the Order of
the Holy Spirit, raised the status of en-
craving from that of 'mechanicar' to
that of liberal art.
Nanteuil also received more substantial
benefits at the same time. Louis created
for him the office of ''Graveur ct Dessi.
sion and an apartment at the Gobelins. At
this point the greatest historian of the
epoch was we'll under thirty years of age
Brought up by the learned Jesuits in his
native City of Rheims, Nanteuil was an
apt scholar, bur could not keep his hands
off his drawing materials, much to the
scandal Of the good fathers who resorted
10 confiscation TO cure him. SO one day
the boy took himself over bag and bag
gage to the establishment of the rival
order of the Benedictines, at whose mon
astery he received warm welcome from
the provost, the famous Etiene Viii
laquin. Here he was encouraged to make
his first plate, in 1914, the "Buste dun
Religiaim," of which this criticism was
'Religieux," of which this criticism was
made In this engraving qualities un-
known even in the masters OF the epoch
dellcacy of half-tints and vigor OF tone
struck the connoisseurs and brought "a
Nanteuil precious encouragement" He
left school the next year, when he was
twenty-five.
An Engravcr In Paris.
For three years he was much sought
after for portraits in pen and ink or pencil.
lie then went to Paris and took TO engrav-
Ing I'm the studio of n. Rognessou, after
ward his brother-in-law At first under
the influence of Boulanger and others, he
soon broke away and became himself.
II was his habit to draw his portraits and
then put them on metal with the burin and
peSte
one OF his earliest portraits had for its
subject Mile. dc Senderi. Though, unfor-
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
THIRTY PAINTINGS BY
THIRTY ARTISTS SHOWN

What is the tenth annual exhibition Of
Thirty Paintings by Thirty Artists" is
at the Macbeth Galleries.
1t is standard show obviously intended
for the purpose OF giving those who want
to sec a certain thing the very thing that
they went UP to the elevator for the see
and for to admire" II carries on a steady
transition in very steady ana consistent
way by and with the assistance of Emil
Carlson. Thomas w Dewing, Paul Dough-
erty, Frederick G. Frieseke. Childs Has
sam. Robert Henri, Willard l.. Metcalf, Il.
Luis Mora, and SO on
The three really interesting landscapes
in the rooms are Chauncey f. Ryder's
Bow in the Road painted with fine
feeling and freedom William Sartain 3
mysterious Marsh Pool" and Gardner
Symons' "Eyenng Glow" in which the
brown in the trees is in fine contrast to
the stretch of snow
The New York herald., 1920-01-25

tunately, what must have been an inter-
esting portrayal of the author of Cyrus
is lost letter survives in which the artist
returned the money the lady had sent him
in payment
''Mademoiselle, your generosity annoys
me and does not increase your glory. per-
son like yourself whom / consider wonder
full and for whom l have put forth the
greatest effort of my profession. sends me
money. and would pay me like a Princess
for portrait that ] am more than happy
to do for her. IT makes me feel that ] am
the most nsensible of men. Will you
kindly permit me, Mademoiselle, to re-
proach you a little. ] will voluntarily take
the purse you have sent me, but return
the louis, as | do not believe 1t was your
wish to offend me"
To step into the two rooms in which the
prints hang at the Knoedler Galleries is
like passing into the presence OF the
notables of the age of Moliere and Pascal,
Of Bossuet and Fenelon, of Nine. de
Sevigne of Mazarin and Jean Baptiste
CoIlert. 1t is the young Louis who almost
smiles out of one of the frames. But the
portraits of him by Nanteuil run along
from 1861 to 1915.
There are even more of Mazarin. In
one Louis Kill on his deathbed. de-
cIaring The Queen regent, is shown in the
space under Nanteuirs portrait OF the
Cardinal The last of this series is dated
1861. the year OF the death of the states
n1an-ecclesa site.
Full of Human Interest.
But no historical reasons are necessary
to make these prints interesting. 1t Is
sufficient to go from one to another and
have the sense of humanity as interpreted
by one of the geniuses of his epoch.
Here are the men who strolled in the
great park at Versailles or thronSed the
corridors OF the new palace in the morn
ing who intrigued and fought-who fought
well dandics always dc--who saw Moliere
play and heard Bourdalone preach. Here
arc worldly looking young bishops ana
other worldly looking young laymen. Every
side of the most dignfied. frivolous, polite
and intelligent period in the annals or
France-then the greatest Power in the
worlds indicated.
It is easy to guess why it was that
Nanteuil did so few portraits OF women.
lie was too honest to follow any fashion
n bel pattern of beauty. such as demanded
i'm the case of the fair sex. He was not
interested in good looks in themselves as
an artist, but he was Immensely interested
in character and personality,
There is amazing freedom in these en-
cravings in spite of the difficulties induced
by the line method. always implacable.
In etchings and meZzotints the artist can
get many of his finest results by accident
or by manipulation in printing. But in
the other case success only comes by in
domitable skill, and Nanteuil never did
anything that does not seem inevitable.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25

the loss Of men of genius during the war.
We know the significance of the names
of Rupert Brooke, Edward Thomas. Las
calle Abercrombe ElroY Flicker on the
other side Of the sea. To the hope of Eng
land And on this side OF the sea the
names OF Joyce kilmer. Alan Seeger and
Victor Chapman have been called out TO
us for the poetic spell they cast upon
America. All of them in their manful,
poetic ways. They were all of them poets
in words; all but Victor Chapman were
professed poets, and he. even II he HIM
self was not aware. gave us some rare
bits of loveliness in his letters. There are
others almost nameless among soldier
hero people who gave us likewise real bits
of unsuspected beauty in their unpreten-
tious letters"
Rex Slinkard's enduring reputation will
depend. not on his personality-engagin
as it may have been, but on what he left
behind him. Perhaps his letters may keep
his fame alive Who knowS? But, judg-
ing from the exhibition. the greatest vi
tally of all seems to be in the drawings
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
"Tte Herd Boy" by Frederic Remington.

OF the Southwest the Indians and the big
empty spaces, with their reds and bright
grays. vivid greens and brilliant yeIlows.
More than that, Remington, who used 10
be considered a sublimated illustrator Is
now an old master. Though dead he is
still living as the head of a school, and
the daddy Of the scores Of artists who
have formed a society, membership IN
which depends on so much time passed
in successive years in Colorado and New
Mexico.
That he has had his revenge is demon
strated by an odd half dozen of his cam
vases that are hung IN an exhibition IN
the new John Levy galleries.
The stoical solitary man on the horse
in The Herd Boy" the dramatic alta OK
The New York herald., 1920-01-25

in THE Emigrant Train the horse,
frightened by the snarlinS beasts Of prey,
in The Call For Help the rush Of the
stampeded horses in "a Change OF owner
ship the dignity of the neSotiators in
The Farley" and the fine manlness of tho
two figures in tie camping picture, all
bespeak the true Remington.
He may have conciliated the taste Of the
public in some of his drawings. He did
not in his oils. Had he done so he would
have made a greater success long ago, lat
he would not be so important as he is
today. What others strive TO do in q GER
tain way he did with unerring instinct.
He is an honest painter. He was really
the only member of his own school. When
he died he left no successor.
The New York herald., 1920-01-25
Qualities in His Work Once Regarded
as Untrue, Now Looked Upon as
Proof of His Realism.

There was a time, not so long ago, when
many artists and laymen found the color
of Frederic Remingtons Western paintings
hard and unpleasant. They did not real
ize that in his studies of the desert and
the bad lands he set down the landscapes
as he saw them in the hard, dry light of
the region-the light which made every
thing burn into the brain of the observer.
What was once regarded as n fault is
now regarded as az virtue in the painter.
He is exalted as realist, a sort of courbct
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-21
Presidents Note
Closes Argument
In Adriatic Case

Washington. Feb. 21.-The position
of the American government in Adria-
tic settlement has been made S, plain
in President Wilson's reply to the al
lied note that administration officials
believe the way to further argument
on the subject virtually has bee,
closed.
1t was said, however, that by this
they, did not mean that the door TO
further exchanges had been shut. On
the contrary, a reply to the presidents
latest communication is anticipated
and final agreement between the
great powers on the vexing question
expected.
The president is understood to have
made 1t perfectly clear that the Uni
ted States cannot accept the settle.
ment reached by the allied premiers
and concurred in by Italy and which
was made the subject matter of the
ultimatum to Jugo-Slavia last month,
He also is said TO have made it equally
clear that enforcement of the Adriatic
terms of the secret treaty of London
negotiated before this country entered
the war, would be wholly unaccept.
able to the United States.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-21
kOLCHAk CAPTURED
WHEN Geek GUARD
FORGOT PROMISES

Peking, Tuesday, Feb. 17.-Details
qf the capture of Admiral Alexander
B. Kolchak, former head of the all
Russian government in Siberia who
was executed by social revolutionists
in Irkutsk February Z, have oeen
learned through the receipt of tel
egram by Rear Admiral Michael Smir
nov, minister of marine in the Kol-
chak cabinet, who short time ago
reached this city. Czech forces guard
ing Kolchak evidently We're induced
to surrender him in order that their
evacuation of Irkutsk might be fa-
cilitated.
General Janin, commander of
Czech forces in Siberia, was under or
ders from the allies to protect Kol-
chak and convey him to place of
safety.
Riding in n car attached to Czech
troop train Kolchak proceeded to Ir-
kutsk but upon its arrival there pres
sure was brought to bear on the
Czechs, who finally withdrew their
guard and permitted social revolu-
tionists to seize Konhak. AT this time
it Is said, there were five thousand
Czechs and a battalion of Japanese
soldiers in Irkutsk.
After Kolchak had been a prisoner
at Irkutsk for a short time the social
revolutionists believed an attempt
would be made to liberate their cap
tive. They thereupon decided upon
his execution and he was put to death
former Premier Peppeliayeff facing
Hthe squad with him.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-21
ALLIED COUNCIL IS
GOING TOO FAR AND
TOO FAST-DAV|S

Paris, Feb. 2I.-John w. Davis
American ambassador to Great Brit
am spoke in London last night of
certain instructions" he had receiy-
ed from President Wilson although
the presidents note to the supreme
allied council has not as yet arrived
at the British capital. says "Perti-
max" political editor of the Seho De
Paris.
In order to properly follow the
course OF events" he writes. 'it
should be said that the note received
by the council from President Wilson
February lS was i'm answer to q state
.ment sent to The state department in
washington January "a by Earl Cur
zon, British secretary of state for for
eign affairs. Hugh c. Wallace, AM
erlcan ambassador to France, attend
ed meetings of the supreme council
in this city last monln and in me
name of his government expressed
formal reservations in regard to the
demand sent to Belgrade January 20.
ON that occasion, speaking as much
in regard to Turkey as the Adriatic,
he said:
You are going much too far and
much too fast. President Wilson can
not follow you
Earl Curzon then drafted his note
which was intended 10 calm Mr., VIII
sons anxiety, assure him that great
est Difference would be shown his
F. views and that Ambassador Wallace
would be kept fully informed. Appar-
emily after three weeks of patient
waiting President Wilson felt these
soft words would not be enough. It
can thus be seen the note of Febru-
bary Is was not bolt from the blue
knowledge of certain facts NAV
also throw light on Mr.. Wilson's prob
able policy relative 10 Turkish affairs
in October the American president
formally asked the peace conference
to postpone drafting the Turkish
treaty until spring. In one of the last
meetings of the supreme council 1t
was decided that before the treaty
was communicated to the Turks it
would be approval to our great as
sociate.'
what will he do? In whatever
way one looks at it the work done in
Downing street seems more or less
threatened, as a word from across
the Atlantic may reduce to nothing
the important conversations that
have been going on
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-21
French Rush to Subscribe
to New Government Loan

Paris. Friday, Feb. pa great rush
Of selling orders from clients anxious
to have money available for subscrip-
ton TO the new loan is reported by
brokers here. From the moment the
banks opened their doors Thursday
morning, they were filled with eager
subscribers to the loan and a great
rush of business has continued. one
marked effect of the new loan was a
sharp rise in the exchange rate for
the franc in London.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-21
CA|LLAUX DENIES
He URGED CLOSER
ENEMY RELATION

Paris, Feb. 21.-That he had never
championed policy of closer relations
with Germany, but one of European
cOncation,' and might have been
guilty Of imprudence and impulsive-
ness, but never Of intelligence with
me enemy, proved to be the open de-
Tense Of Joseph Caillaux, former pre-
mler charged with reasonable deal
lnss with the enemy on the resump-
non Of his trial yesterday before the
senate, sitting as q high court.
Ihe examination of M. Caillaux, COW
tled MS trip to South America late in
wa and early In 1915. The name OF
James Mlnotto, sOn-in-law of LouisSF.
Swlit Of Chicago, who was internus IN
me United States as an alien enemy In
A''o' was frequently mentioned
,a'ougnout the interrogations by Leon
,nourgeoise. president of the senate.
n cahlaux in reply, claimed to have
0sen FOOLED BY Minotto, as numerous
vuiefs mad been fooled, he said. He
A@u every reason to believe Minotto
.a' respectable, he said, he had been
voueneo for by many prominen.
a'sncnmen. He declared he was in
Souueed to Minotto by Edwin ". Nor
lsneiro. uoi "' wv
,.'a :. .ahiaux disposed OF, Minotto BY
rng mat he was one Of the numer.
sua spies who infested his train while
oOutn America, the German MN.
". At Rio Janeiro, fearing the resul.
osa'. 8. eailiauxs efforts, having rc
,,h's u heriin to place 100, 900 marks
IN lA disposal to have NJ. Caillaux
~aaowed 4. continually.
,.. Experts will tell you have moi
mss ~.aso by this war; I am a poore,
N ca,u now than I was in 1914 declared
Fa,.aaa a',aax after reading a letter from
r,,aa Oanoo de olivera, who was dele.
.Iss ,sa .. oy the Brazilian ministry Of for.
,b,. ~ a,lairs to accompany M Caillau,
Is,,su Isugnout n his visit to Brazil. In the
lSs ho ~ oiivera stated that Mr. Gail.
and ~u sa always been great patriot
France. '' 'he 1inal victory Of
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-21
farmers ORGANIZE
TOTAE ACTIVE HAND
N 1920 CAMPAIGN

u,.sb,ngton, Feb. 21.-with the ap-
..ant Of a committee of seven
p' .,ns,t farm organizations leaders
" ,., mn a platform, the Amer
10 o'S so-rer as represented In the
s.aa .Ioral board of farm organizations
nau sd notice Friday on present ana
se,s s.oDactIye presidential candidates
plOsfS Ss is determined to participate
Ins. s,.slv in the coming campaign. The
AS ,stsorm will comprise questions oc-
pi1 p.S n bring out unmistakably the
: as. a.,..,ds Of each candidate upon matT
...s which argriculturists consider OF
"sramount Importance.
p - q Barrett of Georgia, president
!, ,ba national farmers union, was
..ad chairman of the committee, the
., u.sar members being T. C. Atkeson of
Tas, NEST virginia, representing the Ma
,'.so, Grange; Clifford Pinchot, Penn
''.,rerla. of the Pennsylvania Rurai
progress association; J, B. Houston,
r,,seonsin secretary Wisconsin Socie
20 AZ EQUITY; W. l. Drummond, Okla
Soma International farm congress; r
n Cooper, New York. dairymen's
ls.que and ]. R. Howard, Washington,
american Farm Bureau federation.
UThe committee, if l understood the
tanner of organized agriculture,
rhsiramn Barrett said, 'will demand
=, most comprehensive and unmistak-
,ble statement of the position of each
candidate on questions especially re-
lating to agriculture. The farmers
wr, not submit camouflage. More-
over, the committee will try to deter
mine before submitting its findings to
the farmers, just what ability candi-
date may have to carry out his pre-
election promises. We must get be-
hind strong faithEul long visioned
man. None other will suit"
The conference adopted resolutions
asking the early appointment of an
American delegate to the institute of
agriculture at Rome to succeed the
late David Lubin; approved the Cap
per-Hersman bill restoring to farmers
the right Of collective buying and sell
ing; expressed confidence in the fed
eral trade commission in connection
with the imminent investigation OF
that body and pettioned congress to
amend the farm loan act to increass
the maximum loan. from $4,000 to
$4,000. The invitation from Sir
Horace Plunkett as representative OF
Irish farm organizations, that a dele
CATION be appointed to attend an in
ternational congress of agriculture at
Dublin during the present year, was
accepted.
Senator POindeXter of Washington
at the afternoon session, character
lied farming as the greatest industry
Of the nation and congratulated the
national board upon its decision to
erect permanent home in the capital
where its members could keep in Gloss
touch with the government. An exper-
enced, farmer should be selected to
head the department of agriculture
he said, and farmers should be given
that freedom Of action necessary to
obtain the greatest results"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-21
MmOttO Declines to
Discuss SuV Charge

Chicago, Feb. s1.--James Ninotto.
son-in-iaw of Louis F. Swift, today
declined to discuss statements of ex-
Premier Joseph Cainaux ON trial IN
Paris. that Minotto was a German spy
who duped him when Caillaux visited
South Amreica In ls14-f9l5.
That is an old story. There is moth
ing TO it, Minotto said. II am inter-
ested in it--as you would be interest
ed in the picture of your grandmother
but il is all dead to me-" he added.
Since his release from Fort ogle-
thorpe, where he was interned as an
alien enemy during the war. after de-
portation proceedings had failed, Mi
MOTTO has dropped his title Of count.
He is now employed In the office of a
Chicago exporting firm.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-21

attic Investigating airplane equipment
and facilities for aerial patrol work
over Washington forests. plans TO leave
here Tuesday on his return flight to
San Diego. He arrived yesterday from
the south in his small scout plane.
The 1855 mile air line between Port
land and Seattle was covered by Ma
jor Smith yesterday in one hour and
twenty minutes. Officials of the aero
club of the northwest said was rec
ord.
Forest patrol service will be es-
tablished I'M Washington in April or
May, Major Smith announced. Four
patrols of three two-seated machines
win operate out of Camp Lewis. Ia
coma.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-21
Bandits Who Kidnapped
American Are Located

Washington, Feb. 21.-Mexican fed
eral authorities have located the ban
dts who kidnapped Joseph E. Askew,
an American citizen, near Lerdo, state
of Durango February 2, and troops
are IN pursuit in the hope Of arYeer-
ing Askew's release, the American en-
bassy at Mexico City has been inform
ed by the Mexican foreign office. No
further details were given in the en-
bassy's report received today at the
state department,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-21
GoIn Is SHIPPED

New York, Feb. 21.-Gold valued at
s14, 100000 has been withdrawn from
the sub-treasury here this week for
shipment to Argentina, it was an
nounced today.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-21
MEXICAN CONSUL DEAD

Seattle. Wash. Feb. 1.-Ismael =.
Guzman. of Mexico City, Mexican con-
sal here. died last night Of pneumonia
following influenza.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-21
Smith Planni"a Return
Fheht Down Coast Soon

Seattle. WASH, Feb. 2l.--Major A.
D. Smith. army aviator, who is in Sc