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ler gallery. His plates appear here
from the collection of M. Pett-Didier,
OF Paris, who clearly had unusual op-
portunlties to obtain interesting 2
states in brilliant impressions. We
cannot imagine a more resplendent
representation of the artist. And what
an artist he was! A consummate mas
ter Of line, manipulator Of light and
shade who possessed also an instinct
for color as the etchcr understands it.
he used his fine equipment to develop
sharply defined style, and, best of
all, fairly lovable touch In the pic
toriai Interpretation Of architecture
and landscape. The winning pictur-
esqueness of Lepere is possession
apart in the annals of the graphic arts.
In landscape he could be as tender as
Corot and in his studies of old Paris
he has q quality akin to that which
Victor Hugo brought to climax when
he wrote "Notrc Dame" No lover of
prints should miss this precious cxhi-
bition. Every lover of prints, by the
way, will be glad to hear that it is to
be followed by one of Lepere's wood
engravings.
In the upper room at KAoedler's
there are some new paintings and
water colors by MIR. Albert Felix
Schmitt. He has crisp, efficient way
with him in the delineation Of form,
best illustrated, perhaps, in the open
air study Of the nude, "a Summer
Idyl,' and he is always deft in the
capture OF vivid silhouette. His
color is commonplace, bright but quite
without quality. He has q facic and
rather hollow talent
7 An important print collection is to
be dispersed on the evening Of March
20 at tho American Art Galleries. It
is the collection Of etchings and en-
cravings formed by Mr.. Walter Thomas
Wallace, Of South Orange. Durer and
Rembrandt are the principal old mas
ters. There is notable group of
Whistlers and Haden is strongly rep
resented. Conspicuous among the
moderns is brilliant figure, rare
enough in the auction room nowadays
for the twenty-five examples of him in
Mr.. Wallace's collection to excite
fevered competition. This is Felix
Buhot, an etcher fascinating in his
originality and virtuosity. To have so
many Of his works disposed of at once
is nothing less than boon. There
are Meryons in the Wallace collection,
Millets, plato by Zorn and three
etchings by D. Y. Cameron. Besides
the prints there are few drawings,
including three by E. A. Abbey.
Mr.. Wallace's etchings, which were
placed on view last Thursday, make an
exhibition by themselves, but they are
In a sense a subordinate issue, for his
library of upward Of 5000 volumes was
brought forward at the same time, to be
broken up In what will undoubtedly
prove to be the chief book sale of the
season. It Is remembered, for ex-
ample, that in 1877 copy of the long
lost "Poetry for Children" by Charles
and Mary Lamb, was discovered in South
Australia, of all places in the world.
1t is this identical copy that now reap
pears in the Wallace library, and it is
characteristic in its rarity Of his treas
ures. Mr.. Wallace collected manu-
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Mr.. Metcalfs
New Landscapes

Thcre Is an exhibition at the MiIch
gallery Of recent landscapes by Mr.
Willard L. Metcalf which sets ono to
thinking upon his whole career. When
he returned from Paris in che eighties
he figured as member of that group
Of Americans who had felt the infiu-
ence Of impressionism, but the earlier
pictures from his brush which wa recall
were not notably distinguished for
their solution Of open air problems. His
interest in the subject was sincere, but
did not Immediately produce important
results. One of his most ambitious
paintings in that period, as 1t fingers
in the memory. was an interior with a
figure posed in the north light, typical
of works prepared for the Salon. It
was altogether Salon piece. 1t sug-
gested no interest in nature at all. As
matter Of fact there Is probably no
American landscape painter who has
served severer apprenticeship to ma
ture. In his youth in Boston he worked
in the studio of George L. Brown, the
wood engraver, who was born more
than hundred years ago, turned paint
er. studied and copied in ths Louvre.
and came back to America in 1850 with
lot of pictures he had made in Italy,
large Turneresque compositions more
or less classical in feeling. Brown was
man Of tradition, and because he was
not man of genius his pictures have
been outmoded, but like all right
minded followers Of tradition he had a
profound respect for truth, for the in
tegrity Of art, and he instilled IN his
young disciple some invaluable princi-
pies. He taught Metcalf how to draw
and he taught him especially how to
define through good craftsmanship
every detail in the character Of tree.
1t is point the lasting virtue Of which
it is impossible to exaggeratc.
An immense amount Of modern land
scape painting is invalidated through
the thin, insubstantial manner In which
it summarily hurries over ground, tree
and cloud forms. 1t is based on a
superficial and purely visual concep-
ton. The constructive grasp which
marks Rousseau, for example, Is very
rare. Brown aimed at it, and he in
spired Metcalf to cultivate tho same
ideal 1t has been at the bottom Of
the work through which the younger
painter gradually achieved his repute
in the exhibitions Of the Society of
American Artists, then in those Of the
Ten American Painters and in the two
or three shows he has made by him
self. His repute, in short, is due to
his use of thoroughly acquired knowl-
edge. Year after year he has inter-
ested the observer through sound
workmanship AS the years have gone
on he has added other qualities to his
art. From time to time pictures of
his have appeared in which craftsman
ship has been strengthened by poetic
emotion, and occasionally the fusion
of material and more subtle elements
has been Of high order. We remem-
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The Society of
independents

1t ought to be an edifying experience
for those who frequent the art gal
lcries to ponder upon what discipline
has meant to an artist like Metcalf and
then to walk through the exhibition Of
nearly nine hundred works which Is
being made at the Waldorf by tho Soci-
ETY. of Independent Artists. There are
some pictures in this show, to be sure,
by contributor who have been through
the schools and have learned their trade
They make, at long intervals, mildly
interesting episodes. We say "mild-
ly" because tho trained hands,
as 1t happens, have not taken pains 20
send anything Of great consequence.
Besides, the occasion is obviously the
occasion for tho Independent" which
is to say the Cubist, or similar freak
lsh painter and the amateur who may
obtain wall space by joining the So
ciety and fill it untroubled by the in
tervention Of jury. These are the
individuals, men and women, who give
the exhibition its character. And they
leave it crude, dull, nothing more nor
less than an organized bore. Pro
moters Of q show like this one assume
the adverse commentator, perhaps, to
be cut OF sympathy with progressive
ideas. with true independence. This,
OF course, 10 nonsense. For our own
part, II thers is one thing for which We
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ns1' particularly . perfect wintar
seeaa. THE White MANTLE" nov In q
private esllsction. and ths @Nay
Night moanliehs picture which
hanga IA the Coxsoran Gallery st
"ashingten. For = Tong while, how
ever, It had seemed as though these
finer pictures Of Metcalf's were excep-
eional and lucky hits. He went on pro-
dncing other pictures m = purely Pc
destr'an mood. He does this In sotne
!nseanees at tha present time. But he
mas reached the zenith Of his powers
and Is now no longer subject to chance
1nae' ct all events, Is tho impression
ws gather from che landscapes at the
Malch gallery. They represent, on the
whole, the best work Of his life. Neve,
hitherto has he been so evenly sure
OF himself. never hitherto has he pu,
forth so many beautiful pictures with
such unm!stakable ease, with such we'll
sustained elevation Of feeling. No pre-.
vious group Of his paintings has given
us such unalloyed pleasure.
Tho winter subjects are enchanting
records OF times OF deep snow among
tho New Hampshire hills. "The En-
veloping MANTLE" for example, brings
back all Of the truth Of tho winter
scene cited above and Is invested with
an even richer magic. The construc-
tive quality which we have indicated
Is there, felt even In tho large area
which is covered with snow; and in
the trees through which the flakes are
falling, in the half obscured house
nesting in the background, MIR. Met
calf has contrived to express all Of
that beautiful atmospheric sentiment
of tho American country side which
not all the prose In our national life
can keep US from calling romantic.
The charm Of thia picture, too, rests
In great measure upon its originality,
upon the touch which is the artists
own. Over and over again he has In
terpreted the beauty Of the New Eng
land winter, witness tho "Snow- Bound"
the "Midwinter" and tho "Hauling
Wood" The spirit varies with the mo-
tive. The "Snow-Bound" is not so ex-
quisite as is "The Enveloping Man.
tle." But In them ell there is beauty,
making veracious things haunting. In
the study Of winter he would appear
to have achieved his special meter,
yet he knows how to express with much
Of the same delicacy the blitAe note
Of spring, as in the young Birches in
May" or the singing colors of waning
summer, as in the brilliant early
Autumn" q picture with the sparkle
Of champagne. We might go on sig
nalizing this or that canvas in the COL
lection of fifteen, but the essential
point is to emphasize the painters
progress at large. This is ono Of the
delightfulest things we have had to
record in long time.
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dispensed with antagonism to honest
workmanship. There 10 nothing freak
ish in their collection Of a hundred pic
lures and thirteen sculptures. They
subscribe like gentlemen to all the
artistic decencies. For that we arc
grateful, and we are grateful besides
fol q certain number of interesting pic
lures.
1t is inspiriting to meet tho light,
even gay, impressions Of Mr.. Edward
H. Potthast, Mr.. W. B. Closson, Mr..
Lester D. Boronda and Mr.. Ernest
Peixotto. These are sprightly artists,
having IN amused outlook upon life,
Mr.. Peixotto's "Comm edia del Arte'' has
an eighteenth century zest in it which
we hops he will pursue. There Is some
capital painting in the two pictures by
Mr.. Maurice Fromkes. He lays on his
strata Of pigment in a very individual
lied and decorative way. There is q
handsome portrait, Autumn" by Miss
Helen M. Turner. Mr.. Ernest Albert
sends In "The Brook" an admirable
winter scene, and there are several
good landscapes by Messrs. Chauncey
F. Ryder, George M. Bruestle, Edmund
Greacen, Cullen Yates, Ernest D. Roth
F. w. Hutchison, Robert H. Nisbet and
Eliot Clark. The water front studies
OF Richard NJ. Kimbel and Hobart
Nichols should also be favorably mon
tened, and the sylvan cattle subject
by Glenn Newell. There are enough
good pictures in the exhibition, in q
word, to reward a visit. This is very
different, however, from saying that the
Allied Arastis justify themselves this
year as a separate body. The good
pictures ere sadly outnumbered by
those that are mediocre. The little
group of sculpture, for all it's toler-
able merit, contains nothing distin-
guished. 1t is the weakness of the
organization as an organization. 1t
adds to the exhibitions of the season
without doing any moro than to extend
the routine. At the same time, let
It be counted to the Allied Artists for
righteousness that they provide a mod
est antidote to the wearisome vagaries
Of the Independents.
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By Royal Cortissoz

aThsee Il to be one moro exhibition
" var AT, and this tima It is to be
|,spa that we may be spared the
&snsities Of mediocre stuff which have
l*Asrto been characteristic Of so many
aSsixs Of the kind. The Society of H.
i |lastr4tors Is to make the expected
demonstration at the National Arts
dub. beginning on April 1. In addi-
don to designs made for books and
iaxszines there will be posters. car
.Asons and examples Of commercial art.
WSiu be particularly interesting to see
d. paintings produced by the artists
no went to the front at the request of
~ government. They have had time now
% mature the impressions received in
France and to put forth work moro per-
suasive than that done under the stress
d military conditions. Of course
theoretically, the hrst-hand sketches Of
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IA AeW cAHlplllon WdS opened yes
terday at the Macbeth gallery. It is
composed Of paintings by Hayley
Lever and will last until April 10.
At the Babcock gallery there are re-
cent paintings by Magnus Norstad and
Sidney M. Virgins. Mr. Norstad is a
newcomer whom 1t is pleasant to well
come. His winter pictures are painted
with force and at the same time with
refinement Of feeling rs regards at
mosphere. He has marked pictorial
sense. 1.-THE Palisades" is a really
striking composition. There are the
makings of a style in Mr.. Norstad. His
colleague on this occasion, Mr. Wig
gins, has a certain clever facility, but
does not yet disclose any singular
traits.
The first fruits Of the great Degas
sale in Paris appear at the Durand-
Ruel gallery in a collection Of four
score pastels and drawings. The lat
ter cover divers periods in his career,
starting with the early "Etude do
Draperie" (No. 62), which in its deli
cate precision proclaims him the
disciple Of Ingres. There arc other
drawings significant Of tho same in
fluence. but the prevailing strain In
tho collection is that associated with
his broader, more familiar practice.
In their subjects these souvenirs H.
lustrate his we'll known preoccupations
the dancers, the jockeys and those
nudes which he studied as they popped
in and out Of the bathtub which he
kept SO anonymously in his studio.
The walls hardly provide a banquet
OF beauty. Degas was often indiffer-
ent TO the charms Of his models If he
did not. indeed, develop a cult for ug-
liness. But in beautiful draftsmanship
the exhibition abounds.
The art of one of the most accom-
plished Of the friends of Degas may
be studied in New York for the next
fortnight. There is an exhibition at
the Keppel gallery Of the etchings of
Mary Cassatt. Another interesting
print show is accessible at the Hahlo
gallery. 1t Is made up of the etch-
ings Of Donald Shaw Maclaughlan, in
cluding q number Of new plates. He
is an engaging type. There are echoes
in him Of Lepere, but he has fash
Toned q personal style, and though In
his handling of line no is not always
sensitive as to what to omit he re-
mains very skillful. His Italian plates
are especially good.
Tho etched work Of Auguate Iepere
himself is to be seen at full length
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The Show of the
| Allied Artists

There is another organization which
stands up to be counted for progress
just now. Tho Allied Artists of
America make at the Klcinberger gal
lery their seventh annual exhibition.
They have for their object "the
advancement of American art by OPEN
ing new avenues of opportunity for the
exhibition Of meritorious works Of art,
without antagonism." The last phrase
may hint. we suppose, at almost any,
thing. We confess that we do not know
what it means. But, at any rate, the
Allied Artists can claim that among
their renounced antagonisms they have
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21

A new exhibition was opened yes
terday at the Macbeth gallery. It is
composed Of paintings by Hayley
Lever and will last until April 10.
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The Anderson Galleries will open to.
morrow an exhibition OF works of art
from the collections Of E. Colonna and
others. with duplicates from the
Thomas E. H. Curtis collection Of an
tique glass. The sale, which will take
place on three afternoons, beginning
next Thursday, will dispense great
variety Of objects from Persia, China,
and Japan.
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Mr.. John W. Beatty. art director at
the Carnegie Institute, has announced
the personnel Of the jury Of award for
the nineteenth international exhibition
which will be opened in Pittsburgh on
April 20. There are two foreign men,
bers and eight Americans. julius
OLSON comes from England and Andre
Dauchez from France. The Americans
are Emil Carlsen, Bruce Crane, Charles
H. Davis, c. W. Hawthorne, E. W. Red
field, W. L. Lathrop, Gardner Symons
and z. G. Tarbell. The Jury will meet
on April 8 to determine the award of
honors.
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The Metropolitan Museum announces
series Of five illustrated lectures by
William B. Dinsmoor on the culmipa-
tion OF Greek architecture in the age
r Pericles. The lectures will be given
on March 25, April l, 8, IL and %. They
will be the fruit Of ten years devoted
largely to the study of ths Periclean
monuments in Greece.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21

Tho etched work Of Auguate Lepere
himself is to be seen at full length
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some Instructive Contrasts
T. In Current American Art

the moment ought to Be tho hest; but
since they. didn't. 40 = matter Of fact.
prove very exhilaratine-aavs in The
case Of Mr.. Claggett Wilson's dramatic
drawings--we arc impelled 20 rest our
hopes upon paintings worked over at
leisure,
New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
Random Impressions
LIN Current Exhibitions

The Memorial Crafts Institute an
nounces an exhibition Of cemetery and
church memorial designs at the Penn
sylvania Hotel. The special feature
is supplied by the drawings submitted
in prize competition for war me-
mortal for small community. The
jury of award is composed of ". Frank
P,urdy. H. Van Buren, Magonigle and
Robert Aitken.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-10
SCHOOL TEACHER WINS
Bitter Tucd Ends When She Give
Out Threat to Arrest Parents
Who Annoy Her

SOUTH Eliot. Maine. Nov. ;,.--
Miss Blanche Gray. pretty 20-ycar
old teacher In District No. 7, brought
a bitter school feud OF long standing
TO head by threatening parents
OF her pupils with arrest unless they
stopped annoying her.
Miss Gray was backed IN by Su-
perintendent McCue. who served no.
tic" that parents who visited the
school property to browbeat the
pretty schoolmistress would be taken
into custody az trespassers
The teacher says some Of the chit
dren under her care are intellectual
" backward and still refuse to
study.
The drastic threats followed
stormy visits Of tho parents TO the
schoolhouse 20 protest Mis- Gray's
way OF teaching.
She hit upon tho scheme OF max.
ing the children learn their lessons
every day. even II she had 10 keep
them until nearly dark to make
them do II.
Farmers, who rely upon their sons
to help them after school hours, in
stantly dropped their hoes to take
up the cudgels.
Visits of parents having failed tu
move the determined little school
mistress. a campaign to drive her
out of the village began, accordinE
to school authorities
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-10
Breckenride TODHsite
Producers

The Amos a. Martin test on the
breckenridge, Texas, townsite, Is a
barrel producer at four feet IN
the limo. witch was topped at 3llf
feet.
The sinclair on &, Gas compnnyH
No. 2 Davenport, on tho Brcckcn-
ridge townsitc. Is good for go bar
rolls after a 75-puart shot, n pay
found from 1850 To 3,t00 feet.
The Santa Rosa on company has
a 500 barrel producer In their test
on the townsite, Sand was found
from ans to 3.i62 feet.
Walker Il Perkins No. 3 on the
Goodwin tract on the townsito, Is a
S00-barrel well In the S,l09 to 3,iAb
foot pay.
Tho Texas company played In luck
when they dcepencd their test or
the Tomlison tract, Brccfenridge
townsltc. This well was completed
n dry hole. bu. was decpencd 10 the
ltme found from 3.isS TO 3,276 feet
and IN now "a 5000 barrel producer
after iS0-quart shot.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-10
Wilcox GETS Nice Gusser

Tho WILCOX on n Gu4 company
completed tg.OO0.O0O foot Eisr,i
yesterday iu ih' No. on the kh-
kH. Ncy TiFDr allotment Mn tht
southeast corner OF the HJuthrah
/ nf t3-IG.g The butcher pay was
topped AZ 2.tOi foot.
Tho WU,uS company has com
plctcd by today their steel rlg over
the big 1000 barrel "Ru-hur.'
brought IN on election day, and VII
begin drilling in as soon as thoy
have the hole cleaned ot about
$500 feet of cable. % string uf tools,
about 200 feet ~ cavL1ga. DC, which
went to the bottom of the hole when
the first now Of oil art the rig on
nrc
This wcn. which is roughly csii-
mated at 900 barrels, is but about
ono foot IN tho sand, but is aill
flnwlug by heads No estimate of
production can be- made for "a day
or two.
Tho wilcox OH n Gas company In
also drilling in today, their second
big producer that was struck cl"c-
ton day This well ALSO was rsti-
mated it 900 barrels, but began
producing - large per cent of water.
due 10 a perfoTatur Joint being run
between the 3 as and the . d.lb
casing They have been pulling
the 5-inch aud taken out the per
forator point TO shut off the ~itcr
sand was found at 2,93O fcci ana
they are hut few inches In tho
sand. This test ~ located east OF
Rristow In 2S5l6-D.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-10
In the Usage

Pawhuskn oil & Gas cumpanv's
No. - well, IN the center Of the east
line of the southwcst of southN '"gt
3.2i-o. is a 100000 cubic foot
gnsser In the 1ST2 TO 1.bg6-font
sand
Dcvonian oil company's No. %.
located Ia tho northeast corner OF the
northwest Of the northwest OF m"
northwest l-ei-9, dry and abandoned
nt 1850 feet
The Evidence oil company has
20-barrcl well at twenty feet In tho
100 foot sand IN No. 3 ccntCr nf
the north limo OF tho south half or
the north half Of 3-2f-s.
Cosdcn's test In tho northwest
corner Of the northeast OF the north.
west 2O-2i-9, Is good for 30 barrols
at l,7SI feet.
The Garnett oil company well
No. 3. in the northeast corner OF ;he
southwest of l0-25-9, is a I0-barra Il
we'll at 2056 feet. No. 6 IN he
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-10
OIL 1ARKET QUOTATIONS..
Tank Wagon ID, lines
in TernH

Tho CUR Production company re.
ducod the tank wagon price ct ras.
oiine two cents, making the g'n-
eral market prico now ~ cCuta.
and cut tho prize of kerosene two
centR, making that commodity ~
cents. throughout north Texas sud
Fort Worth, ycstcrdAy morning
These cuts iu the market prices
are tho direct result Of the fght
which has been carried on in Fort
worth of late, caused hy some Of
the STANDARD subsidiaries reducing
tho price OF both kotuHcnc aud gas
oilno two cents per gallon. hence
tho reduction yesterday was simply
the rcfinors Of the state meeting
conditions with n view to oqualiza.
hon.
1Nat this cut In price will have
no effect on crude In the state OF
Texas, or on any petroleum product
in oklahoma, rs the opinion of AN
leading rcfincrs in this city. al
though another cut in Texas gasp-
Inc and kerosene has been predict.
ed by fow.
There has long bccn wido mar
gin between tho priccs to rcflnors
and TO the filling stations. IN Tcxas,
and the recent cut aids IN taking
up this slack,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-10
In Beggs District

Turman No, 30 Thompson in the
the northwest OF 3O-t5-lI IL rig.
Same operators No. IL In the south
west OF 30-i5-1l IL rigging up.
Cosmos oil company test In the
northeast Of 22-l5-1l Is a rig.
Turman OH company has made a
location for No. 80 on the Thompson
farm In the northwest OF 3O-l5-l |.
Skclly No. 6 Grayson In the north
west of 3i-tb-tl is a rig,
Texas company No. Fee In the
southwest OF 3l-lb-i Is rig.
Harvey Crude OF company Is rig
cling up No. Berry In the north.
west OF 22-l6-li.
Rolts No, Hawkins In the south.
east - 32-l5-it IN a rig.
Rockwell No, s Grayson in tho
southeast Of 2-lb-l1 is rig
Troy oil q Gas have rigged up
No. g IN the northeast OF 2-l5-l1.
Guardian No. poscoe In the
southwest of 7Sf-il is rig
Prairie oil ! ras No. Gebson In
the southeast of 7-l5-li Is a rig.
same company. same quarter and