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New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Feature Is Orpen's Picture OF
a Cook

Strangely enough, the feature of the
exhibition is portrait of cook. 1t
is Sir William Orpen's "Chef of the
Hotel Chatham, Paris" The picture is
three-quarter length, painted white
upon black, and shows the smart, gold
en-bearded giant of chef, dressed in
his spotless white apron, standing be-
fore table with chops and bottle of
stout before him. All London has come
to gaze before this picture, end the
model, M. Eugene Grosseiether, chef of
the Hotel Chatham grillroom, was the
most delighted man in Paris when he
heard that his picture was on the line.
Despite his pride at the honor,
Eugene does not think it unusual that
he should become hero of the Lon
don art world. Word comes from Paris
that he took the news in a proper
spirit.
81 am not surprised" he said; 1--WE
are both artists. / suppose he thought
my head worth painting"
Eugene, however, may not be a per-
manent feature at the Academy. The
picture had been purchased under the
terms of the Chantrey bequest, but
now the question has arisen whether or
not it can be so bought. In his will Sir
Francis Chantrey stated that the works
purchased by the fund he established
should have been entirely executed
within the shores of Great Britain. Sir
William Orpen conceived the idea of
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
The Painter
A Type Apart, Dedicated 10
High Ideals

Thayer's singularity comes out In
his complete detachment from those
influences which ordinarily color a
PAINTERS work in his formative period.
He was born in Boston in 1849. Reared
as boy at country home In keene,
N. H. He was brought to Brook
lyn while still in his teens and
began his artistic studies there. He
carried them on also at the Academy
of Design in New York. He meant at
this time to be an animal painter, and
proceeded to Paris in 1875 with that
idea in his head. He entered the Ecoie
des Beaux-Arts and studied under
Gerome. Here, then, comes the moment
at which one naturally expects his
talent to receive more or less last
ing mark. But there is not the faintest
trace of French academica1 teaching to
be discerned in Thayer's work. If 1t
were to be found at all, it would be
found in his craftsmanship and his
treatment of form, but as a matter OF
fact he is peculiarly himself in these
matters, possessed of method and
style intensely personal. His interest
in animals persisted, as we shall see,
but they soon ceased to provide the
themes for his pictures. He painted
women instead, angelic women. Some
times they were literally winged crea-
lures. The characteristic figure he
chose to portray was a goddess, mourn
full, meditative, protective. But even
without their wings his women were
drawn from some mysterious immortal
race. When he painted the famous
"Caritas," which hangs in the Boston
Museum, in which a woman stands
with the dignity of Greek column,
her hands lowering in benediction
above two children, he realized con-
ception to which he returned over and
over again, the conception of spirit
ual motherhood, ineffable in its
strength and beauty. The same eleva-
ton marks his numerous portraits.
One smiles at the thought of Gerome.
Thayer forgot Paris as though he had
never been there He turned his back
on the idiom Of the Ecole and used
instead 'the large utterance of the
early gods" In this language he speaks
straight from his heart. 1t is the deep
feeling in him that more than any
thing else makes him unique.
My consciousness of this goes back
to my first impressions Of him, which
date from the sos. His eyes seemed
to me then to burn with an essentially
spiritual light, his voice to have in it,
when it was warmed by emotion, finer
nmbre than one ever recognized among
other men. Above all, his whole being
seemed permeated by a tremendous
earnestness. / have observed some
artists Of decisive originality-La
Fargo. Whistler, Rodin; all men of ab-
solutely distinctive traits. Thayer was
Of their company, a man instantly to
% known as aloof from the rank and
ME, following a path of his own. It
was his earnestness that would call
MS determining quality, and as time
went on saw that what made it NOV
ing was its relation to his ruling pas
sion' the passion for beauty. I had oc-
ssSion once in discussing picture of
ais to glance at his possible intention.
ine meaning of the figure, if angelic,
was human, too. 1t was spiritual
meaning, and in so far as / could ex-
pain 1t at all allied 1t with Thayer's
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05

combe John, r. A., the soldier-hero re-
turned stands upright, his rife slung
by its strap across his shoulder. He is
poised, calm, alert, young and yet aged
by war "The r. I. r." by Charles LIE
Hartwell, shows him at the charge, puz-
zled, logged. angry, fearless of death.
Basil Gotto in 'The Fighting New
foundlandeE" gives the spirit Of the
colonial a lean, wiry pioneer of mid
die age, throwing his hand grenade
with the thought and serious attention
he would give to a Canadian lumber
deal.
Soldier on the Defense" by Charles
S. Jaeger, is a huge misshapen model
of the fighting man that has none OF
the heroisme or sacrifice of war. The
figure is gigantic, gross, powerfully
lowbrowed, ttsck-lipped and. bestiai
creature, his ttEsch hat aslant on thd
back of his head, s!is gas mask dangling
from his thick neck, two huge hands
gripping the rife. Under his thick
boots is crushed a broken German
helmet.
The Crowds Interesting and
Familiar
The crowds at the Academy are the
familiar crowds Of old. Bearded arr
lists, with black velour hats and flows
ing capes, hang surreptitiously about
their landscapes of the South Downs
and seascapes of the Cornwall aid
Breton coasts. Young students, talk
ing wisely of planes and values, revel
the criticism of the Academicians and
the Board Of Judges. Stout ladies id
afternoon frocks step from their Rolls'
Royces and swim through the crowds
viewing through iorgnettes the pictures
that every one will be talking about al
tea at the Carlton. Perhaps they mas
buy picture; there is a dark cornef
Of the drawing room that needs bright
ening. Something about two by three
panel thing, with plenty of color
would be excellent.
Two such grand danes stopped toi
day before Mr.. arthur L. NoWeIiS pore
trait ''H. NJ. the King"
| And the King sat for his picture!s
exclaimed one How he must have
hated it, dear man. You know he isnt
that kind at all, pushing and always
looking for publicity. He hates TO put
himself forward"
Naturally with the restricted size oi
this years Academy maay hopeful and
eager artists who submitted pictures
to the judges have not been exposed
For days vans carted works of art I'd
the judges gallery; for days truckned
handled them out again. Now these
rejected artists come to criticize those
who are "on the line."s They are moi
pleased with the selections, and havd
announced that they will try to ari
range an independent exhibition, show
! ing art as it should be. Perhaps Lonl
don will have show that rivals id
unique interest the Salon des Inde-
pendants of Paris or the New York Ina
dependents exhibition at the Waldorf
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05

has just opened here, is perhaps the
first representative collection of the
wcrks of English painters, sculptors
and etchers in postwar days. Last
year food of paintings overwhelmed
the Judges, but much of the work had
been rather hurriedly done by artists
still under the somber influence of
war. In this seasons exhibit the war
painting is distinctly in abeyance and
work Of both more careful and more
reflective nature is represented
There are fewer pictures this year
than there have been in recent exhibi-
tions of the Academy, only 557 paint
ings being exposed. The paintings fol-
low the traditional style and there is
little trace of the newer schools. The
new names in the catalogue have given
little Of value in their work, and as in
other years the best work Of the exhi-
Dltion has been done by the Academi-
clans. Now that Mr.. Sargent has with
drawn into the seclusion of his Chel-
sea studio, the work of Sir William
Orpen dominates the exhibition. He
has six canvases at the Royal Acade-
my and all are works of distinctive
merit MIR. Cadogan Cowper, Sir W.
Liewellyn, Mr.. Richard Jack, Mr.. Philip
Connard, Mr. Seymour Lucas, Mr.. w.
Russell, Mr. B. A. Priestman and Sir
David Murray enjoy this honor also,
while Mr.. La Thangue, Sir John
Lavery, Mr.. j. Olsson and Mr.. A. J..
Munnings display five canyases each.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
Personal Memories of
An American Master

ideal OF beauty, but could not assume
to say, precisely, what he was driving
at. how you set me talkingl" he
wrote. AS to what my pictures mean.
you see, now, exactly. l wan, the
image OF one worship to become visi-
bic, for all time, to this world--voila
tout!"
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
The Art Of the Late Abbott H. Thayer &

paint. None of them sees that
whether or no it is som ething to boast
of to be able to turn back -somer-
sault, or paint an actually delusive
counterfeit Of one more real shop girl,
when there are more than plenty al
ways to be seen wherever you look-~it
has no resemblance to being the means
OF. erecting before mems sight the crys-
tai type of any desirable attribute"
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05

the portrait while he was in France ss
official war artist for the British gov
ernment. He was painting the Peace
Conference when he first saw Eugene,
and, firing of generals and potentates,
made rough sketches of the picturesque
cook which he later completed in Eng
land. This fact may prevent the pnr-
chase of the picture. The council Of
the Academy is now considering the
problem.
One of the more distinctive works is
Mr.. Glen Philpot's "The Journey of the
Soul" three nude and powerful fig
ures, painted in gray monochrome,
moving through shapeless and cloudy
eternity. A man leads the way, push
ing aside, however, second male fig
ure who reaches out hand for guild
ance. Behind them, with downcast
eyes, woman blindly follows. An
other and more careful piece of wsrk
is the "Siesta" OF Mr.. Gerald Kelly. 1t
IS a nude figure of young girl lying
upon couch, behind which rise hang
ings Of pale blue satin.
War Pictures Few but
Important
Despite the fact that there are few
war pictures, those exhibited are an
important part of the Academy. The
vast memorial pictures, painted for
history, are perhaps each too much
tour de force to be art 'Some Sea
Officers of the War;" by Arthur S.
Cope, r. A., is huge creation, showing
twenty-five English admirals, in uni
form Of the day, grouped in a room of
the Admiralty. From the point Of view
OF history, such pictures are undoubt-
cdly valuable, but one wonders what
these distinguished naval officers are
doing there, posed and strained. The
effect is uncorrelated and Photographic.
A war picture with more feeling but
the same unfortunate photograph phic
presentation is Mr.. Frank 0. Sails
bury's "And They Buried Him Among
the Kings: Westminster Abbey, No
vcmber IL, 192o,' the memorial of the
Unknown Warrior. There are twenty
seven persons in this group: each in
dividual is photograph. Many of the
smaller war pictures have a grip and
thrill Of reality that wipes out the
touches of less careful workmanship.
"The Surrender of Kazimain," by
George W. Lambert, shows small eques-
trian figures scattered over vast plain
before the mosques of an Oriental city,
the whole dominated by the hard blue
of heat vibrant sky "The Survivors, !"
by N. Sothehy Pitcher, has the loneli-
ness of far flung sea for a back
ground, against which merchant crew
is pulling away from it's torpedoed
fgeighter as she goes down by the
stern.
War has been depicted from many
angles in the sculpture gallery. The
room is one of the most interesting
features of the exhibition, particular
ly four of the studies of soldiers. In
"The Victor" bronze by Sir w Cos
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
The Royal Academy
A Limited Exhibition in the
Traditional Style
By Otis Peabody Swift

LONDON, May 13.--This years ex-
hibition Of the Royal Academy, which
New-York tribune., 1921-06-05
His Practice Agrees
With His Preaching

Mr.. Nude puts his whole soul into
his argument just as he does into his
enjoyment OF golf, or his role In SPIN" "
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-23
FARM BODIES PROTEST
| FEDERAL STOCK CONTROL
tBy United Press)

St. Paul, Dec. 2S.--Farm organize
tions representing 100000 farmers
and livestock raisers today protested
to Washington, the proposed substi-
tuition OF federal for state control Of
livestock markets. ,
! kilograms were sent to the White
House and congressman protesting
against multiplying effective state reg
ulations of the livestock industries
for inefficient federal regulations" -
Commissioner jacobson asserted
that state regulations are more strict
than federal regulation and is saving
farmers and breeders hundreds of
thousands Of dollars annually. The
Farm Bureau Federation,- 1.-The Central
Cooperative Commission association
and Livestock Shippers and Breeders
association executives joined in the
protest. ID '# sstE3, .-s IN j. i.s y.s
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-23
MRS. WILLIAM KRUGER DIES
=. AT ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL

y Mrs. William j. Kurger. who has
been confined to St., Anthony's hos.
pital for the past week, passed away
Thursday night at $3.50 o'clock. She
was taken to the hospital Wednesday
of last week and on Thursday morn.
ing was operated upon for removal OF
gall stones. She was born at Seidel
Province Pommern, Germany.
The deceased was 81 years, IL
months and 8 days Of age at the time
Of her death. The remains will be
shipped to Mapleton, where funeral
services will be held and interment
made in the Union cemetery.
Mrs. Kruger, besides a host of
friends, leaves to mourn her death
her husband, one daughter, Mrs
Chester Treadwels of this city, and
three sisters, Mrs. William Krenge
Of Excelsior, Mrs, Fred Rosenow OF
Wells, and Mrs. William Boyer of
Melrose Park, III. Two brothers pre-.
ceded her in death. ~.
Friends who desire to do so, may
view the body at the Ibertson I'M
dertaking parlors at o'clock this
evening.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-23
LEGION POST ENJOYS .
INTERESTING MEETING

The Ralph Oracle post Of the AM
erican Legion held fairly we'll at
tended meeting at the rooms Of the
Civic and Commerce association
Thursday evening. Discussion Of ways
in which to increase attendance at
meetings and to increase the mem.
bcrship Of the organization formed
the bulk of the session, following
which quartet composed Of Andrew
Rood, N. E. Given, 4. D. Boyce and
r. A. Hannah sang number Of we'll
received selections. Lunch was en-
joyed after the meeting adjourned
Discussion was also held on charity
work being carried on by the post for
needy ex-seryice men and their fam
lilies and ways of assisting in this
work during the holiday season were
planned. The sum of $40 was voted
to the special Christmas relief fund
which is being raised by local lodges
and organizations, and other relief
matters within the organization were
acted upon. s. RI.
Each member VINO was present ut
Thursday nights meeting is to bring
another member to The r2At NEE t!tliy,
when an interesting program will be
staged. The next meeting viii be held
January II.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-23
CENTRAL SCHOOL ENJOYS
FINE HOLIDAY PROCRA IAN

Christmas feeling has prevailed IN
the Central school building since We'd
nesday, when groups Of boys began
bringing in and setting up beatutlfui
spruce and balsam Christmas trees IN
the different rooms.s ,;
The rooms were all in gala attire.
Each grade room had two trees, one
for the grade using the room in the
morning, and one for the grade using
it in the afternoon. The junior and
senior class rooms also had small
trees properly decorated.
Thursday morning the high school
glee clubs sang Christmas carols in
the halls and for a few minutes all
work was stopped while the students
listened to carols, which have been
sung and enjoyed for ages. g
To repay the students for respond
ing so willingly to the call for toys
and clothing for the needy children,
the afternoon was given up to real
Christmas fun. The grades had inn
prQshptu programs, and were given
little gifts, each child bringing an in
expensive present for another. Every
child was remembered. ;.is5
@ The last hour in the Junior depart
ment was spent in singing and play
ing games prepared for the. day.
School then closed to open again on
January 8. i5*, B: 81. 81
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-23
"HoosTER" IS LATEST IN
' ENGLISH CHICKEN HOUSE
I(liy United .Prrss)

London, Dec. 23.--The "hooster,"
a new departure in chickens, half
masculine and half feminine, was put
on exhibition here ut the | National
Poultry Society's'exhibition. So
Last spring the ''hooster" was a
rooster, with distinct male habits,
male plumage and spurs and a healthy
crow. Today it is purely feminine,
having moulted and developed into a
female, laying beautiful brown eggs
and cackling.
The bird, the property Of the Kent
Agricultural Committee, follows the
"swoosc," u mixture of swan and
goose with attributes of both, and the
"churkey," half chicken and half tur-
key. which will be seen on many
Christmas dinner tables, fanciers hav.
ing succeeded in obtaining fertile eggs
from them.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-23
ELECTRICITY TO SOLVE
RAIL TRAFFIC PROBLEM
Y. S. Geological Survey Shows
Unified Electrical Plan 81
Would Save Money
-fRy limited Press)

Washington, Dec. 23. Unified cleo
trical operation of the railroads Of the
country would revolutionize trans
portation, 3effecting great economy IN
money and effort, in addition to the
admitted advantages in convenience
and comfort to the public. ...
This is the conclusion reached by
the United States Geological Survey
after an intensive investigations. 4.
Chief among the economies effected
would be that Of trackage. For IN
stance, the survey states, the entire
traffic. between Philadelphia and
Washington could readily be carried
over the rails Of the Pennsylvania
system under electrical operation,
leaving those Of the Baltimore and
Ohio for future growth, 3 b
Similarly, electric operation in the
vicinity Of Boston and New York
would leave margin Of track capaci-
ty so great that no money would be
spent for many years for further ex--
tension Of track, it is shown. rS
The total cost twenty years hence,
if Identification is begun now, the
survey states, would be less than the
cost Of added track and terminal ia
cilities necessary under steam opera
ton to provide for the inevitable 100
per cent increase in traffic within that
time.
If the operation were made electric
|al and unified, less men and machinery
would be required. There is great
waste now, the survey holds, on ac-
count of separate reserves of motor
power. Further, the steam locomotive
can run but eight hours day, while
the electric locomotive can operate
20 hours.
Naturally economy of operation
would result in reduction Of both
freight and passenger rates.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-23
ITALY TO TAKE PART \.
: IN WORLD ATHLETICS
By Henry w God

Rome, Dec. 32.--With the launc h
ing next April Of n national universe
ty Olympiad, which it is planned lat
er to develop into an international
one, Italy plans hereafter to play a
leading role in world athletics
/ Plans for the first university Olym-
piad next year hayasjnst been COM
p!eted by the general council of the
committee for the National Italian
Olympiad. The games will be carried
out under the patronage OF klngfNlc-
tor Emanuel and Grown Prince. UNI
berto and with the cooperation OF the
ministers Of the interior, Of public in
struction, Of the war and of the navy.
These have already granted subsidies
of 100000 lire toward the project.
~ Italy's athletic reawakening is one
of the direct results of the war. The
calling under arms of five million
young men, the great bulk of whom
coming from remote peasant districts
had no previous idea of athletic train
ing, has had the effect Of changing the
whole national as well as individual
viewpoint toward sports, which be-
fore the war were admittedly back
ward in Italy. i ~.
The war as a matter of fact re-
awakened Italy's consciousness of
what she was capable Of doing in the
way of sports and athletics. The re-
suit has been that even in the short
time, that has elapsed since the clos
ing of the war, italian athletes have
carried off. the greatest bulk Of the
honbrs in all international contests
that have since been held at Paris,
London, Belgium, Luxembourg and
elsewhere. As a consequence Italy
has just organized nationally for the
first time for the purpose Of going
after world honors and sports in
athletics. ft'r5'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-23
BODY OF Q YOUNG
GIRL |. .I||S;'F|O|U|.||ly'|D
IN HOTEL ! |. ROOM |||'
3. m. u. ---.--- T..
Brutal Murder Closely Follows
Finding of Body of Small
q Boy in i Tub
GIRLS BODY FOUND IN
SUITCASE IN CLOSET
Description of Fiend Does Not
Tally With That Of Man I
f Seen With Boy "A
tBy United Press)

: New Brunswick, N. r., Dec. "a;
Within a few hours after little Gilbert
.Bine was found murdered in tub IN
New York the mutilated body OF Jes-
sic Kuchki, S, was found in the closet
of a hotel room here early today.
Both Of the children were slain by a
fiend. Police are working on that the.
Dry. Jessie's body was found in Hotel
Albany at a. m. ,.E, - : a.
Police had been searching for her
all night. She had been missing since
D. m. yesterday Gilbert Bine was
lured to the cellar under his fathers
tailor shop on the East Side Of New
York w ednesday afternoon, and was
killed with a club. n &.t5 2a5
Police have the name Of the man
who they say entered Hotel Albany
with the little girl. This, man told PEG
pie in the hotel than the girl was his
granddaughter. His description does
not tally with that lof the man sus-
pected of killing Gilbert Bine. The
boys father said he was youth, tail
and dark. The man who too kthe
Kuchki girl into the +hotel was about
so years old. ! t...r....g -
Jessie Kuchki lived with her mother
in the Bellmore hotel. A short time
later q suspect was seen entering the
hotel with her, He emerged about T
p : III. without the child. The body was
found in a suit case which had been
thrown in the closet. a parallel was
seen BY the police in tile fact tina:
the Bine boys ssetai:yi Was iiasEa tub
while; .Jessie's was in a suit case. In
each instance the murderer haG
thrown the. victim in by force. =.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-23
DEER HUNTING STORY !.
RELUCTANTLY UNFOLDED.
Locomotive Engineer and Crew
Have Rare Experience in
Y Real Sports Line

Hunting deer by locomotive is an
entirely new departure in the game OF
real sports in Northern Minnesota.
Just how Harry iBridgeman, loco
motive engineer on the M. & l., got
his deer on the opening day Of the
hunting season has been a mystery
to most people until recently when
the tale was reluctantly unfoided.
It happened this way, according
to the most reliable information OBJ
tainable and which has not been de-
MED by Mr. Bridgeman. # &:
On the morning Of November 10,
Mr.. Bridgeman was making his way
to- international Falls at the head of
long freight train, when suddenly
before him along the right-of-way
were two monster deer in a pitched
battle, horns locked. Z t'',%>. y :" W.
The conqueror finally threw. his adj
versary into the ditch, breaking a
leg and falling on the body. The train
came to a halt, and the train crew,
led by Mr. Bridgeman, took charge
Of the battle. jt@a !, 1zss,
II 1t did mot take them long to decide
the winner and without firearms. of
any kind they captured the two prizes.
lie venison was divided among
the crew and employees along the
line, each having a feed fit for a king.
Mr.. Bird geman did not admit that
he always got his deer in this man
ner, but it. is generally conceded that
his style. Of hunting has fewer hard
ships than any other form now be-
ing practiced. III $sttSss 4 ~ ,:t#