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amendement. admittedly aimed at the
Catholic school system, should be add
ed to Michigan's constitution.
This was stated by Thomas Il. John
son. state superintendent of public in
struction, after being asked for a
statement as to what would be the
effect OF the amendment which has
for its chief supporter James 1. Ham
ilton Of the Wayne County Civic as
sociation.
Another effect which would apply
more particularly TO rural districts
OF the state would be to force thou
sands OF children now going TO
school in neighboring districts to at
tend poorer schools in their home
districts, according to the same auth
oity.
All childen between the ages Of five
and sixteen would be affected, even
though feeble-minded. epileptic, blind
or deaf. The "cath" lies in a few
words OF the amendment, which re-
quires all children between those
ages TO attend the public school in
their respective districts"
The proposed amendment is short
and its Meaning clear. 1t reads in
full as follows:
"Section 16. All residents of
the State OF Michigan, between
the ages of five years and six
teen years, shall attend the pub
lie school in their respective dis
tricts until they have graduated
from the eight grade: provided
that the districts where the grad
ca do not reach the eighth that
all persons herein described in
districts shall complete the cour-
Sc taught therein.
Section IL. The legislature
shall enact all necessary legisla-
ton to render section l6 effec-
tive.
Il
exception for those who are attending
the four institutions named An act
of 1915 gives the objects Of the home
and training school as TO provide by
ali proper and feasible means, the in
tellectual, moral and physical train
ing Of that unfortunate portion OF the
community who have been born or by
disease have become imbecile. feeble
minded or epileptic and by a judic-
ious and well adopted corse OF train
ing and management to amelioriate
their condition and TO develop as
much as possible their intellectual
faculties"
Nor is provision made in the amen
dment, Mr.. Johnson pointed out. for
those now cared for at the Michigan
farm colony IL was established In
1918 for the humane, curative, scien-
tific and economical treatment OF ep-
ileptic persons. exclusive OF the in
sane and idiotic."
Under the language OF the amend
ment, according to the state superin-
tendent of the public school system,
all OF these would be required to at
tend the public school in their rr-
spective districts" The same holds
true of the blind and deaf. Mr.. john
son also points out that In rural dis
tricts, sparsely settled, and where be-
cause of the teacher-shortage there
are no public schools open, children
are transported to the nearest district
tuition and transportation being paid
by the home district. This would be
illegal under the proposed amend
ment. Mr.. Johson holds. He declares
there are thousand of such children
In Michigan. Lansing Journal.
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READ THE DIAMOND DRILL
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
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le Ballet de Ia Source" an episode
of pure enchantment. The rest Of
these numerous works fall into GER
tain we'll filed categories. One is de-
voted 10 the ballet, another to the race
course, another to the nilliners, and
still another volumnous one - TO
those toilet scenes in which Degas YVES
wont TO study form, not always beau-
tiful, and TO make it the occasion for
brilliant craftsmanship. 1t is inter-
estlng to reflect, as one turns over all
these photographs, OF the human ma
ture in which Degas saturated his art,
for all that he vas passionately the
technician, 50 reso.Ute in his refusal
TO tell a story." He would not dra -
tlze MS types, yet there is drama IN
them, the drama latent in every soul.
Degas was Balzac in spite of himself.
This collection will be shown for the
first time in New York or January
%. On the evening of the 27th it
will be taken up to the Plaza and sold
there. Not all winter long will thers
be in the auction room a more excltirsz
occas,on
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he knows how to leave it alone, if we
may so express It, to let it speak for
itself. Sometimes his compositions are
little teased, little crowded. Cogita-
ton over the Autographs of Whistler
would have taught him something here.
and from two such craftsmen as diff
ferent as Pennell and Brangwyn-at
heir besthe might have learned to
hold his hand when drawing some Of his
heavily sculptured Gothic arches. But
these redundancies Of his are compara-
lively rare. In the main he maintains
the simplicity Of what we would call his
best print, "An Ancient Street." drawn
at Chateau Thierry. In this his bold
ness is altogether successful. 1t illus
trates the broad merit of his work. He
has seen his buildings picturesquely but
truthfully; he has seen their purely
architectural dignity, and he has in
terpreted this with a new and interest,"
ing touch. Time will doubtless give
greater purity to his line and greater
subtlety to his distribution of light and
shade. Meanwhile he makes the kind Of
start that is half the battle.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

from the experts of the Degas sale.
M. DurandReu', for example, alludes
to the precautions taken to prevent the
touching-up Of any Of these relics.
Here, in fact. is diversified group of
the works Of Desas in their purest,
most Characteristic state.
A collection Of photographs enables
US to see with what fullness these
paintings and pastels mirror the traits
Of the artist. Not one of them is neg
lccted. One Of the most important
and beautiful pieces included is SOU
venir Of that early period in which he
was under the influence O. Ingres, "The
Daughter of Jephth2.". 1t has a com
panion in study o young Spartans
at Wrestling Exercixe," striking
group Of nudes. Some of the portraits,
too, seem to be Of early dates; one
Of them, "Poxtrait in White" an i'm
preston Of woman OF. divan, the
makes Us long to see There
is curious sketch in the lot which
stands by itself, 'Children and Ponies
in q Park" and another notable com
position is one Of mile. Fiocre dams
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

craftsman who depicts architecture
with true appreciation of its genius.
Such a craftsman is young Mr.
Howard Leigh who is making an exhi-
bition at the Anderson Galleries of
Autographs drawn in France from mon-
uments SCARED by the World War. We
mention his youth not only because it
is emphasized in Mr. j. B. Carrigan's
agreeable introduction to the catalogue
but because it is obvious in his work.
The craftsman lives by line, and Mr.
Leigh has not yet developed line un-
mistakably original, powerful and dis
tinguished in itself He has, as yet, a
manner rather than style. But it is a
large, vigorous manner, one positively
astonishing in craftsman of his age,
and, above all things, it rests as upon
firm foundation, on that virtue to
which we have just alluded Mr.. Leigh
feels and respects the quality Of ma
sonry, the dignity and beauty of sheer
mass. He has got miles away from the
lacelike foible of his predecessors He
sees his buildings for what they are,
great embodiment OF character He
sees the grandeur that lies in bulk and
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selves, in which there are a few excel
lent things, notably some chalk draw
ings by Mr. Perrine; but apart from
the painters the sculptors have most
to do with the success of the show.
There IS q strange factor in this group,
Mr.. CASTOR L!nchaise. He has made his
talent manifest before, but always he
provokes reservations and on the pres
ent occasion he invites the same dual
Judgment The linear quality of his
tall statue, "W Woman,' is undeniably
impressive. The man can model the
nude. But as a creative designer he is
given. to speak paradoxically, to d de-
plorable formula. His conception Of
beauty, If it is a conception of beauty,
gives US an ugly, heshy type which
almost obliterates appreciation of his
technical deXterity. There is, we sub
nit, something to be said for the
hypothesis that one at any rate OF
the functions Of art is so to exalt and
transmogrify the facts of nature as to
kindle the Imagination and awake de-
light. 1t is easy enough to see how the
thing is done in this very exhibition.
Consider the exqusiteness of Mr..
James E. Fraser's Mask" How pure
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Aggressive Painters
A Company of Men Interested
i'm Ideas

When the Society of American Paint
debut at the Gimpel and Wildenstein
gallery 4 year ago, it came upon the
scene under secessionist banner. The
members had got together because they
were not satisfied with conditions at
the Academy and elsewhere There
was nothing professedly revolutionary
about their program. but it was appar-
ent ina, they stood for independence
Before their show cnened VIC wondered
# its prevailing tendency would be con-
servative or radical. 1t turned out to
be kind of middle of the road" af-
fair Tnat is to say, it contained pro-
eressive work, but there was nothing
in ii to disconcert an academic jury.
On the whole, really instructive test
seemed to require still another exhibi
iior. In a second year it seemed likely
tha. rhs body Of artists would more
conclusively find Itself" 1t has done
So Under new name. the New So
ciety of Artists, It makes at the same
gallory its second annual exhibition.
II has settled into its stride And it
has proved that it has come to stay.
There are a few pictures here which
raise pointed question as to the So
eety's policy, and in raising it give
the rish, answer. Is only new work
70 be shown? Apparently the mem
hers are to be given certain latitude
Mr. Childe Hassam, for example, sends
one small figure subject which he
painted thirty years ago, and both of
his other exhibits are likewise Of old
oates. But all these three pictures axe
good pictures. Evidently the society
has chosen as an important element in
its pSl:c- that consideration for the
public " ch we have always main
tained to ne 18th while 1t does not
seek cheap popularity. But it recog-
nizes the fact that an exhibition Of
pictures should be made ol genuine in
terest not mere concatenation OF
more or less plausible experiments
having nothing save newness to say
for themselves. 1t may seem an odd
thing to remark about a show that
every man represented in it has en-
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Degas
The Promise of a Memorable
Sale

Since the death of Degas and the
prodigious sale in Paris of the multi
tude Of works he left behind him, we
have had few tantaizing glimpses Of
the treasures of his studio Presently
we are to enjoy something like repre-
sentative display. gathered from that
unique source. 1t will come in the new
year at the American Art Galleries,
where there will be placed on exhibi-
tion no fewer than seventy-one SOU
vcnirs of the master obtained at the
sale mentioned above by the Partisan
antiquarian, Nj. Jacques Seligmann. 1t
appears that he had intended to as
semble these works in a gallery to be
built at his place in the country, a
gallery for modern pictures, but he had
to give up this idea because OF the
scarcity of materials and labor and
so decided to sell, wisely choosing the
American market. The pictures come
to this country with written guarantees
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
Howard Leigh
An American Craftsman in
France

Years ago, when the pen craftsman
was on velvet, in the magazines, he did
yeomans work in establishing something
like a fashion in the treatment of ar
chitecture. He drew buildings in a way
that looked perfectly enchanting in the
magazines aforesaid. Herbert Railton,
in England, and Joseph Pennell, in the
United States, poured forth q food of
extraordinarily successful illustrations.
Their influence was both good and bad.
They themselves often deviated into
thin, lacclike effect, which was pretty
but specious, and their disciples were
prone to carry this altogether too far.
Lovers Of architecture as it is delineated
in drawings and prints became more and
more exacting, for they saw the integ-
rlty Of their beloved art disappearing
behind screen Of superficial bedzen-
ments. They have learned to look out
with a particular sohcitude for the
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

ley, Laura Coombs Hills and Agnes Fl.
Lincoln
IL view o. Zorn's recent death and
the revival Of interest in his work, coll
lectors will be glad to know that q
complete catalogue Of his etchings is
Continued next paxe)
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Sane Modernism
MIR. G. K. W. Nevinson Sees a
Light


When the art of Mr. c. r. w. Nevin-
son was first made known in this city
year or so ago through some Of his
Autographs and paintings, two points
about him were easily apprehended.
One was that he had a manual dex-
terity with which he could probably do
almost anything ne chose. The other
was that he had chosen to give a good
theories which are especially allied to
the Cubists and Futurists. His love of
abstract notions seemed unfortunate.
II was threatening to dislocate real
talent. Now we take it that he has
seen a light There is an exhibition
of his paintings, etchings, Autographs
and woodcuts at the Bourgeois gallery,
including q lot Of things he has lately
produced. 1t shows that between ma
tive talent and muddling theory talent
has come out on top, incidentally clari-
flying the muddle.
His is to-day the sanest modernism
which has come under our observation.
The catalogue contains q chronology
and Creed" but we may be pardoned
if we ignore these nominal aids to COM
prehension and Mr. Kinds friendly
preface, looking simply to what Mr..
Nevinson has done. Possibly he has
himself still lot of theories about it,
but what he has done seems to amount
to nothing more than a wholesome proc
ess of giving nature a chance, letting
the immemorial laws of art uncon-
sciously influence him and humor
bit his Cubistic fancies These last,
indeed, seem actually to he, him a lit
tie. That is to say, they add GER
tain piQuant interest to his impress
sions, so that when he comes to paint
our skyscrapers or the weblike ca
bling of the Brooklyn Bridge or the
shadowy pattern thrown r. the ele-
waited railway, his Cubism serves to
accentuate his play of line and does it
rot urpieasantly. What we like best
about the show is the suggestion it
gives Of a man visuallzinc things with
zest and painting them with painters
ability. The color and movement of
life get into his canvases. They do SO
alike when he paints gesticulating
crowds in THE Curb Market" or a
vivid type of femininity in his "Por-
trait of Comtesse de-" His eyes
are open for stirring and sometimes
beautiful effects, whether it is on the
Riviera or on Broadway. In short, he is
functioning as an artist, with a sense
Of color and with real skill at the tips
of his fingers. He refuses in his
Greed" to be associated with an ism.
That is good. Some day he will find
out that even his mcmentarily, acci-
dentally, useful Cubism is just an ism.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

ly bewitching the thing Isl Look also
1T the suave, beguilng elegance which
Mr.. Mahonri Young has secured in his
bust, Cecilia Sharp Young" which
one would call an echo Of the Renais-
sance if it were not so clearly modern
in its spirit. The craftsmanship of
the Renaissance is revived in Mr. Paul
Manship's "Salome" A more modern
and racicr quality appears in the ex-
cellent bust and characterful statuettes
by Mr.. Edmond 7. Quinn. The con-
spicuous eXemplar Of grace and polish
in the treatment Of form is Mr.. Stirling
Calder. In portraiturc we must note
among the sculptures also Mr.. John
Flanagan's admirable little Head of
Walt Whitman There is a single
drollery on view, Mr.. Ellie Nadelman's
"N oman Seated" 1t marks one of the
few points where the society seems
rather to cverdo it's desire to keep
abreast of late movements. 1t is on
safer ground when it denotes it's pro-
gressivism by showing an interesting
bust like Mr.. Maurice Sterne's "Senta."
But we cannot quarrel with even the
lapscs in this collection. The essential
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
The Secessionist Group
Settled i'm Its Stride
By Royal Cortissoz

Antiquity is in the foreground at
the moment. There is no local exhi-
hilton quite so imposing as the one at
the American Art Galleries of the col
lection of furniture, tapestries and
similar objects belonging to Charles
Of London. This is indeed remark
able asscmblage Of beautiful things, a
fascinating demonstration of the art
of the past. Nevertheless, it is plain
that the moderns are to have their
innings this season and especially that
the American artist is to have every
chance in the world. The galleries in
New York already afford numerous op-
portunities for observation of what
cur own men have lately been doing.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14
ELEANOR, JEAN AND ANNA
From the painting by George Bellows New So.iety

point is that the New Society of Artists
is stimulating.
New-York tribune., 1920-11-14

Continued on next page)
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Random Impressions
In Current Exhibitions

There wll be placed on view TO-
morrow 1T the Durand Ruel gallery
collection Of the works of Miss Mary
Cassatt. 1t will remain until Decem-
Der 4. AT the Arden gallery there
begins next Thursday a holiday exhi-
bition Of paintings by five other Ame RI
can ladies-Susanna Bcttomley, Maria
Oakley Dewing, Theodosa de r. Haw-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-08-16
HOW TO GET THIN

For every American woman who
wants to gain weight there are TWEEN
ty-seven who are striving to reduce,
according to Mrs. Dayton Williams,
of MINI eapolis, in charge of the big
style show at the Minnesota State
Fair, September to IL.
How to get either thin or fat by
means of regulated diets will be ex-
planned to visitors at the style show
each day of the fair.
Eating to get thin or fat is so
simple that it is surprising how many
persons are seriously under or over
weight. The reason generally is that
they get regular flood ruts" and re-
fuse to- change their eating habits.
Proportions of the modern Venus
de Milo can be approached by any
woman willing to follow the advice
of the style show experts at the fair.
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MORE JOB HUNTERS THAN
JOBS, AGENCIES REPORT

Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 16.-Office
workers and clerical men are feeling
the pinch of the summer depression
in business, according to F. M.
Smith, attending the convention Of
the National Association of Technical
Education, and Commercial Employ
ment Agencies which opened here to-
day. .&E$F.G
white collar workers have not
the grasp on their jobs they had six
months ago; office managers are
welding the axe unspafingly, and
shirkers and incompetents especially
are being weeded OUT" he declared
I'm times of depression the. banks
sense the emergency first and act by
cutting down on credit to business
concerns. In the mercantile world
there follow special sales and bar
gain offers, efforts to obtain quick
money. experimenting this comes a
campaign for the reduction of oper-
ating expenses, and blue envelopes to
white collar men become common.
Such a condition exists at present"
David Hallinam, secretary Of the
Illinois Employment Agency associa-
ton, stated that the return of large
numbers of"clerical workers from
Washington, D. c., to their former
localities has resulted in an over sup
| ply of applicants for positions.
"Furthermore," he declares, "sal-
aries for office jobs are on the de-
cline, especially where applicants are
assured that the positions, are perm
anent' ~.-,.
Sixty delegates, representing en-
ployment agencies from all parts Of
the United States convened here to-
day at the LaSalle Hotel in their
third annual convention. Jas. F.
Ellis of Minneapolis presiding. In
dustrial situations affecting employ
ment throughout the country were
discussed. Laws conducive to the
upbuilding of legitimate employment
agencies were advocated by speakers
A plan for combating legal measures
adverse to the business was adopted.
It was declared that government sup
ervision over the activities of en-
ployment agencies had resulted in do
ing away largely with employment
sharks"
The convention will be in session
daily throughout the week.
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been running we'll, also may finish
in the money in the 22O or 40.
There is fear, though that Abrahams
a member of the Polytechnic team,
will not stick to the sprints but
branches out into the long jump and
hop-step-and-jump. - d. - r. =, ! W. ,,3
Boxing is one branch in -, which
there. is thought to be an excellent
chance for the Britishers. The team
includes three Scotchmen-W. Cuth-
bertson,s G. Mckenzie and J. Cater
will uphold the flyweight, bantam
and feather classes respectively. Fred
Grace and J. Gilmour will be the
lightweights. The greatest assets of
the boxing team is its tra1ners-Jim-
my Driscoll,, Joe Bowker, and fancy
Lee, all men who know the game. r.
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BRITISH HAVE SMALL = :.
HOPEAT OLYMPIC. GAMES

London. (By Mail. Great Brit
aims Olympic team, though prepar-
ing theoretically for the test at Ant
werp next month, is laboring at pre-
sent under the somewhat flattening
predictions of sportsmen that wher-
ever the worlds athletic title goes,
1t will not be to England. "z.-
AT present, some sporting writers
are even suggesting that the person
mel Of the team be cut to minimum
because of the supposedly superior
chances of the United States and par
ticularly of Sweden.
For the field events, in which in
terest both in England and the Unit
ed States is expected to center, there
is but one event in which there is
real CONFERENCE.-THE high jump. In
this Howard Baker, who recently
jumped feet 3k inches and can do
better, is expected to show up we'll
with J. Carroll, the Irish jumper. Al
though at the American trials the
winning mark was six feet four, it Is
thought by English athletes that one
Of their two star jumpers may bet
ter this-granting it's the best.
VI W. oAty VI
California; As seconds in the 100
yards has somewhat dampened hopes
in this line, as in the British trials
the best the champion, H. F. Edward
could do was ten seconds. But with
w. A. Hill, former champion sprint
er, to accompany him, even the pessi-
mists are hoping for the best.
Edwards time for the 220 is Fl
and 3-5 seconds-only a fifth of a
second behind the best American
time. And there is always the hope
that good money-tinfsher will sur
pass his best effort in pinch,
G. B. Rudd, native Englishman,
is the best around these parts in the
quarter and the half. But unfortun-
ately he will run for South Africa.
The British team will have instead
G. M. Butler of Cambridge from
whom Rudd took championship in
quarter. H. M. Abrahams, who has
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Northwestern News
NEW SYSTEM OF WEIGHING =, .
CHARGES IN SOUTH ST. PAUL

st. Paul, Aug. ia new system
Of weighing was inaugurated in the
South St. Paul stockyards today to de-
fray the expense of state supervision
of yards, estimated at 100000 yearly.
According to the new plan, there
will be weighing charge of two
cents head for all cattle and calves
one and a half cents head for hogs
and one cent a head for sheep:
The present system OF weighing
provides for a charge of four cents a
draft for all weighing. This will
make material increase In the cost
Of weighing in carload lots. A.
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CHICKS LIKE FISH

The problem of proper feed fol
chickens is one Of the questions tha
will receive considerable attention by
poultry show officials at the Minneso
to State Fair, September to II.
Recent experiments conducted by
the Z. S. Department of Agriculture
show that hens given meat, fish OF
milk products in their diet will LAY
from 3S to IS per cent more egg:
than those which have only grain
foods and what bugs and worms they
can pick up on free range.