The New York herald., 1920-01-25
ny CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. JR.

III
Europe is looking to America TO create
the ne widea of art for the future of the
world said Paul Tribe to me yesterday
afternoon. "A new psychological moment
has come for America" he continued. 1t
is up TO her to seize that opportunity be-
fore one of the countries of the old world
endeavors to do so. America is the most
technically important country on the face
of the earth today. The rest of the world
mas to depend on your manufactures ana
on your modes of encouraging life. 1T Is
therefore up to you to live pto that rep
utation and try to create something really
new in the lines of arts as well as IN the
lines OF technicalities.
Paul Tribe has come to New York to see
and learn. ellis what might be termed a
master Jack -of-all arts. lie is superior in
almost every artistic standpoint which he
assumes lie is by foremost ambition an
artist with the brush. BY his parents will
be became an artist of the type, namely, q
journalist He is among the most inn
portant foreign cartoonists, and many OF
his humorous sketches were used as re-
cruiting lures by the armies of most OF
the European nations.
Insists lie IL n Basque.
Paul Tribe is Basque. He insists upon
this lie SAYS that all tho countries OF the
world are only Basque colonies. in the fig
uros Of art For example, America was
discovered, so he asserts. by Basqucs TIVE
hundred years before Christopher Column
bus. Tho only real discovery belonging to
Columbus was the way to MAKE an egg
stand on end Noah spoke Basque. And
Sanscrit and Japanese are but patois de-
rived from the Basque language In fact
i'm order TO make a people as important ms
tho Basqucs. to become French Henry the
Fourth. King Of France was obliged 70
cnobc All tho Basqucs. Mr.. Tribe was
therefore. born i'm France since the Basque
country belongs To the French. The date
Of his birth is Of secondary Importance
since, TO use his own words. time and
space are but burrows of the human
nina"
Tho beginning of his career was typi-
caly obscure and hard. After a disagree.
ment with his father as to his future vo-
cation. young Tribe was put TO work as q
printer n the office OF the Paris Temps
His father was ono of It's principal cdi-
tors. In this manner he learned the sci.
encc Of printing from all its varied angles
II Is probably on account Of this appre-
ticcship that Mr. Tribe is before all "a jour
nalist. Two years Of such hard work did
not alter his determination, and he was al
last permitted to follow a course in archi-
lecture at the BcauN Arts. He was the
youngest architect az the Paris Exposition
In 1909 Tho Prince of Wales, aflcrward
Edward WV, congratulated him upon
his model theatre. which he had built ~
the age of sixteen. While studying archi-
lecture Mr.. Tribe commenced his collabo-
ration with various French humorous pub
lications. He is now In the first rank OF
French cartoonsts I'm 1901 he created lie
Tcmoiu. This was his first paper, ana hc
published il until 1910
it should he brought 90 mind what i1o0
represented i'm att. lmprcssopkm in paint
ing and art nouvoau in decorations and
icwclry. " was against this movement
that Paul tribe directed his fight
The last few years MIR. Tribe has devoted