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New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
Interesting Portraits
A Group of Them Painted by
Mr.. Abram Poole

The portrait painter and his sitter
are players, contestants, in a game
For the latter the likeness is every
thing. For the artist it is purely
artistic problem that is involved-one
in which likeness counts, but in. which
other elements are of high Importance
We have heard a distinguished portrait
painter complain of the unspoken i'm
portunities of his, sitters. They did
not dare to give expression to all their
wishes, since these. savored too much
Of vanity, but these wishes were to be
felt-in the air. All the time the
artist was occupied with technical
ardors. Criticism looks on at this
game and is inclined to side with the
artist, perhaps because criticism real
ICES that in a few years after the por-
trait is painted, when new genera
tion comes to look disnterestedly at
the canvas, it is the artist and not the
sitter whose affair it will be. There is
an exhibition Of portraits at the Wild
enstein gallery which makes these re-
Elections opposite.
The portraits are painted by Mr..
Abram Poole. He calls them "decora-
tive portraits,' but even without this
hint in the catalogue we should be dis
posed to forget his portraitpre as a
matter of likeness, Of Characterization
and to enjoy it solely for the nature of
his own point of view. The validity
of his appeal is recognized only the
more readily because his charm forces
its way past technical limitations.
Looking simply at ones first impress
sion it is impossible to avoid certain
disappointment, There is an undue
prevalence Of one or two low. tones,
blacks and greens, which seem rather
hammered, and are wanting, into the
bargain, Of the sensuous beauty that
might be extorted from them. The
flesh tints are pallid, and in the paint
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
BY Royal Cortissoz.

The Spring Academy has come and
gone. How far it succeeded in respect
to attendance and sales of nictures we
nave yet to learn, but statistical figures
would hardly touch, in any case, the
real point. The show was indubitably
a success, inasmuch as it embodied a
Wholesome declaration Of faith. 1t
stood for honest workmanship, for fidel-
ity to sane standards. There Is, after
nll, no ground for complaint on the
part of the malcontents. They have
had every opportunity to illustrate their
notions, at the Waldorf and elsewhere.
1t may be noted, by the way, that moth
ing they have exhibited has served to
demonstrate that they are on q more
edlfying path than that chosen by the
Academy. Of course, it is useless to
expect the dcvotees of cubsm and the
like to admit this. They will go right
on asserting that they have discovered
the true and only way to artistic saliva
ton. Meanwhile, the burden of proof
continues to rest upon them. Talk
about their principles" is thrilling, no
doubt, but the production of good works
of art is the essential thing. And no
matter what may be said in criticism
of the Spring Academy, the pictures
there enforced one great truth, that the
painter is nearer to producing good
works of art when he has been at pains
to learn the rudiments of his trade.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

The young man in the center of the
north wall, the portrait of Raphael
Pumpelly which we seem to have seen
before, the lovely "Anna-Lese Arnold"
and all the portraits of children, make
a strikingly varied group. They are
unified by the spiritual strain to which
we have alluded. Every one of them
has moved the artist to gesture that
is fresh, diMifed, elevated.
Delicacy is her outstanding trait after
this emotional depth, which gives such
distinction to her portraits. 1t tells
most obviously in her pastels of flowers,
in which evanescent beauties are re-
vealed with positive tenderness. 1t tells
also in her landscapes and marines, de-
fining the charm of a given scene with
a kind of poetic intimacy. 1t keeps her
color pure and lovely, as in the two pic
lures done on the Bermudan coast 1t
is accountable, further, for the nuances
Of color in the bolder, more generalized
landscapes which include the "Monad-
mock" and the whole group of noun
tain impressions. In these there is
also a considerable grasp upon large
forms, an ability to go far in the paint
ing of one of the most difficult of
themes. She "goes far" indeed, but not
quite to the goal, fact which we at
tribute less to technical limitations
than to exhaustion of the imaginative
faculty mentioned above. The land
scapes, which are particularly numer-
Gus in the show. are seldom rounded
out, perfected paintings. Compared
with the portraits, which seem spon-
taneously conceived and carried easily
to completion, the landscapes appear
to be started on an authentic impulse
and then, as though the painters zeal
tagged under difficulties of execution,
to be little labored and to trail off
into indecisiveness. Quality, which is
the special mark of Miss Thayer's work,
persists in passages, but does not in
wade the whole work But we are CRATE
full for what we get of it, A theme like
Monadnock is, indeed, rather heroic for
any one 20 tackle. 1t is not, perhaps.
surprising that Miss Thayer has not
conquered her pictorial motive, that she
seems rather to be feeling her way to
domination Of it,
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

is even a tinge of modernism about
some of his canvases. But Che mere
fact of his having adventures, of his
escaping from routine, of his having
something new to say, is stimulating to
the observer. At time when current
portraiture is full of prosaic conven-
ton he arrives, by devious paths, at
convention of MS own. 1t gives genuine
pleasure.
There is on view at the same gallery
a collection Of small sculptures by NJ.
Raphael Peyre, the French artist who
was chosen to make the colossal bronze
memorial at Washington to the Ameri-
can .doughboy. This figure is shown in
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

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New-York tribune., 1921-04-03

reduction, a clever but too Gallo bit
OF Characterization. In the terra cottas
and bronzes, studies of dancers and
cupidons which illustrate the artists
natural METER NJ. Peyre is a decidedly v
welcome visitor. He is in the tradition
OF Clodion, light. graceful, compact.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-03
Miss Thayer
The Sound Basis of
Her Versatility

When the work of Miss Gladys
mayer first came into view it aroused
unusual interest through the proof it
offered that the daughter of a great
painter might choose her own line and
develop it without fear of subm ergence
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08

Selecting Christmas gifts now, not only the bur- den the clerk but your energy thru esuey and appropriate selections possible NOW.
 Get out into this bracing fall air. Walk down step the starter and whiz into for trip the to see all the nice displays and bargains offered.
 Fess up Inwardly in your own mind haven't all felt just like that Jumping lawn aboveyvhen buf feted about crowded stores the day before Christmas trying to make selections from depleted stocks?
 Wel--you won't feel that way if you start TODAY and DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY
The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08

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The Mena weekly star., 1921-12-08

Time is past when gift givers have to be told the wis dom of early Christmas Shopping.
 We ali admit know that bigger selections, better prices and comfortable shopping conditions exist EARLY than in the last mad Chrstmas-eve rush. Still there those who will "put-tof unless SPECIALLY INVITED.
 So we, the merchants of Mena do invite all the folks hereabouts to to town today and let's get this Christmas shopping under way.
 Christmas stocks in ALL the and bright The prices lower than could reasonably be expected few months ago. They back to the low level that makes buying pleasure.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-13

One of the earliest recollections of
Phyllis was the caution, Don't tell
father" received on the hiding of a
book Mrs. Bing had bought, in those
weak, pinching times of poverty, eX-
travagant things for herself and the
girl and gone in debt for them. Col
lectors had come at times to get their
money with impatient demands.
The Bings were living in a city
those days Phyllis had been n wit
ness of many interviews Of the kind
All along the way of life she had
heard the oft-repeated injunction
Don't tell father She came to re
gard men as creatures who were not
to be told When Phyllis got into a
scrape at school, on account of a lit
tie Irritation, land Mrs. Bing went TO
see about it., the two agreed on keep
ing the salient facts from father.
A dressmaker came after Phyllis
arrived to get her ready for the party.
The afternoon of the event ]. Patter-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-13

sor brought the young people of the
best families of Hazelmead by special
train to Bingville. The Crookers, the
Witherills the Ameses, the Renfrews
and a number of the most popular stu
dents in the Normal school were also
invited. They had the famous string
band from Hazelmead to furnish mu-
sic, and Smith-an impressive young
English butler whom they had brought
-r,, -, New York on their last return.
Phyllis wore gown which Judge
Crooker described as 'the limit" He
said to his wife after they had gone
home: "Why, there was nothing on
her back but a pair of velvet gal
lowses and when I stood in front Of
her my eyes were scared"
"Mrs. Bing calls it high art" said
the judges wife.
VI call it down pretty close to see
level" said the judge. "Whcn she
clinched with those young fellers and
went wrestling around the room she
reminded me of a grapevine growing
on tree"
The reaction on the intellect of the
judge quite satisfies the need of the
historian. Again the Old Spirit of
Bingvile had received notice. 1t is
only necessary to add that the punch
was strong and the house party over
the weekend made n good deal Of talk
by fast driving around the country in
motorcars on Sunday and by loud
singing in boats on the river and
noisy play on the tennis courts. That
kind Of thing was new to Bingville.
When it was all over, Phyllis told
her mother that Gordon King-one of
the young men-had insulted her
when they had been out in a boat to-
gether on Sunday. Mrs. Bing was
shocked. They had talk about it up
in Phyllis bedroom at the end of
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-13

claimed.
Soon, the oysters and the entree
having subdued the cocktail, she ven
tured: "But 1t does seem to me that
New York is an awfully wicked
| place"
"What do you mean2" he asked.
| Goddess" she answered. "The drink
ing and gambling and those dances"
"That's because you've been brought
up in seven-by-nlne Puritan village"
J. Patterson growled very decisively.
"Why shouldn't people enjoy them
selves? We have trouble enough at
best. God gave us bodies to get what
enjoyment we could out Of them. It's
about the only thing we're sure Of,
anyhow"
1t was a principle Of Mrs. Bing to
agree with ]. Patterson. And why not?
He was a great man. She knew 1t as
well as he did and that was knowing
it very well indeed. His judgment
had been right-triumphantly and
overwhelmingly right. Besides, it was
the only comfortable thing to do. She
had been the type of woman who reads
those weird articles written by grass
widows on "How to Keep the Love Of
a Husband"
SO 1t happened that the Bings be-
gan to construct a little god to suit
their own tastes and Maidstone
about as tractable as a toy dog. They
withdrew from the Congregational
church and had house parties for sun
dry visitors from New York and Ha-
zemead every weekend. -
Phyllis returned from school in May
with "A spirit quite in harmony with
that of her parents. She had spent
the holidays at the home Of friend
In New York and had learned to love
the new dances and to smoke, although
that was q matter to be mentioned
only in whisper and not in the pres
ence of her parents. She was a tail,
handsome girl with blue eyes, blonde
hair, perfect teeth and complexion,
and almost q. perfect figure. Here
she was, at last, brought up to the
point of a coming-out party.
1t had been a curious and rather
unfortunate bringing up that the girl
had suffered. She had been the pride
of a mothers heart and the occupier
of that position is apt to achieve great
success in supplying mothers friends
with topics of conversation. Phyllis
had been flattered and INDUCED. Mrs.
Bling was entitled to much credit. hav-
ing been born of poor and illiterate |
parents in a small village on the Hud |
son a little south of the capital She
was pretty and grew up with a longing |
for better things. J. Patterson got |
her at a bargain in an Albany depart |
ment store where she stood all day |
behind the notion counter. "At bar
gain" it must be said, because, on |
the whole, there were higher values |
in her personality than. in his. She
lad acquired that common Bertha |
Clay habit of associating with noble
ords who lived in cheap romances
and had taste for poor but honest
girls. The practical J. Patterson hated
hat kind of thing. But his wife kept
supply of these highly favored nov
lis hidden in the little hat and spent
Ter leisure reading them.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-13

which Mrs. Bing delivered an lnjunc-
ton, Don't tell fatherw
1t was soon after the party that Mr.
]. Patterson Bing sent for William
Snodgrass, the carpenter He wanted
an extension built on his house con-
tanning new bedrooms and baths and
a large sun parlor. The estimate of
Snodgrass was unexpectedly large. In
explanation Of the fact the latter said:
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-04-13

Go Be Continued.O
New-York tribune., 1921-11-23
Begin With Liberties

question: am nineteen years old and
want TO invest $500 III a good, safe Sc
curlty, long term. J. have never purcha sed
any bonds before. What do you suggest
and what Is the usual procedure in buy
ing ?-H. w. w
Answer-It may be that you ought to
keep your 5000 in a savings bank and
add to it from time to time as you are
able until you feel that you have some
ready cash that everybody has a need
for at some time or other. But assum-
ing that you have such a fund and want
to invest your 5000 we think that the
best thing for you to begin with is the
best security in the world, the bonds
of the United States government
Apart from the fact lat there are rea-
sons of patriotism and good citizenship
for owning at least a small amount of
such securities there is another very
important practical reason for the
choice of United States government
bonds as the foundation of an invest
ment list, and that in their very high
degree of safety. W. think that this
is particularly impos ant for one just
beginning to accumulate an invest
ment fund, because safety is more i'm
portant for the person with a little
money than for the person of means
and also because the incurrng of p
loss at the beginning is likely to prove
a deterrent to further investments. We
suggest then that you buy 5000 of
either the first, second or fourth Lib
erty loan. You can get them through
any bank, trust company or reputable
broker.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-23
Irregular Trend
LIN Wheat Prices:
Net Change Small
Selling More Active on
Bulges After Early Gain,
hut Close Is Firm; Corn
Helped by Good Demand

CHICAGO, Nov. 22.--It was typi-
ca scalping market to-day in the
wheat trade With no big dominating
factor. bulges brought out selling, br.
the buying power increased on de-
clines. Closing quotations were steady
at the same as yesterdays finish to
three-eighths of cent higher. De
cember Sl.O9A to $1.09as and May
Sill to S1.111s. Corn finished Il to
1ac up, oats were off shade TO
isni4c, and provisions were IN
changed to II cents higher.
At he start bulls in wheat had a'sllght
advantage owing to scantiness of offerings,
especially in the December delivery. Too
much rain in Argentina and excessive heat
in Australia were reported, and there was
still uueasness over drought in Kansas and
elsewhere southwest. Absence of export
demand, however. and forecast Of snow
or other moisture for all states where dry
weather has been 1t draw back tended to
weaken the market during the middle of
the session.
on the other hand shorts were more dis
posed to cover in the late dealings light =
ness of receipts drawing attention TO posi-
for ready settlement OF December con-
tracts here. Besides, Ohio milers were
said to be bidding 60 exporters for No. >
hard winter wheat which could be shipped
back from Buffalo.
Good export and Industrial demand gave
firnness to the corn market. Oats were
relatively dull. although for the first time
in months some oats We're sold here to go
south.
Buying of lard, presumably against sales
of cottonseed oil, appeared to have con-
siderable TO do with upturns in the pro-
vision market
New-York tribune., 1921-11-23
Frisco Prior Lien ss

Question--Wili yoa kindly ei~e me y list
OF ten 1000 bonds. to run for or more
wears winch would Elvn q current WELD OF
per cent or over. beiug safe as to both
income and principal Would like TO in
clude some Of the lons, term, low coupon
rate bonds, which can be purchased at a
discount. but do not want foreign bonds.
also would like your opinion in regard to
81. Louis K San Francisco prior lien As
series A, 1850 and Long island Railroad
general As 1888. and gher refundlnS As
l+fS. DO you consider these safe2 While
| desire as high a yield as possible, I dc
De the first ceHsieeration.--I.,M NJ
Answer We think both st. Louis &
San Francisco priov lien is and Long
Island general IS and refunding As are
good Investments, and are safe. we
think. as to principal and interest
We suggest the following ten bonds as
meeting your requirements. Bush Ter
minal Building first 5s, due 1860. re-
Gently selling at Sl3& Pacific Gas &
Electric general and refunding 5s. due
1912. recently selling at S5l4; Lggett
Myers debenture Is, due 1874 re-
Gently selling at 109l2; Colorado FueI
Iron general SIS, due 1943, recently
selling at 80l4; Norfolk & Southern
first 5s, due 1941, recently selling al
% y: Northern Pacific Great Northern
convertible 612s, due 1885. recently
selling st 1854; American Smelling &
Refining first 5s. due 1877, recently
selling at 647s; Kansas City Southern
refunding and Improvement IS. due
1850, recently selling at SOS, and New
York Central-Michigan Central col
lateral Us, due 1898, recently selling
at &C.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-23
Central Steel SIS

Ouestion-Kindly tell me what security
is behind the Central Steel per cent bonds
ust issued. which you recommend, also
something about the compsny-R. w. G.
Answer-Central Steel sinking fund
first mortgage bonds are secured by a
first mortgage on all the real estate,
plants, fixtures and equipment now
owned or hereafter acquired by the
company. The company owns 200 acres
at Massillon, Ohio, en- which it has
thirty brick and steel buildings, includ-
ing ten open hearth furnaces, bloom
ing mill, three finishing mills, eleven
sheet mills, ETC., etc. The company
owns twenty miles OF railway track
seven locomotives, three locomotive
cranes and fifteen steel gondola cars.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-23
y pttlrn i'm Cotton
OF S. Bale Held
LIN Active Market
Broadening Cen mi ssion
House Buying and Cover
ing Boost Prices; January
Up 1877 From Recent Low

lhere was an advance of SO to $3 so
z bale in the cotton market here yes
terday owing to reiterated reports Of
an improving tone in British textiles
and claims OF better spot demand in
the South. January contracts sold IN
TO 1875, making an advance of 70
points, as compared with last nights
closing quotations and of 1877 points
as compared with the low level of a
week ago last Saturday That deiiv-
cry closed at 1885, with the general
market closing firm at a net advance
of 54 to 61 points.
As soon AS early pressure subsided pr'ces
best levels of the day in the late trading
Win active months selling 90 to 70 points
above last nights closing quotations.
1here was broadening comnssion house
demand ard covering of shorts which ah-
sorbed the realizing of old longs
After selling below January during tho
morning, December recovered a premium
Or 10 or II points and closed - points
aooNe January. compared with l. points a I
the close OF the previous day. SO far as
could be learned from local spot interests
heavy.
Spot cotton ir the English market has
had an advance OF 81 English points or
almost &c pound. this week, and it looks
as though a better feeling In Manchester
IniEht toreshadow renewed demand from
British importers In the South
Southern spot markets as officially re-
ported were unchanged to 65 points higher
generally so la 50 points higher ard while
no larger sales We're reported there was q
little more business IN the leading centers
The local market for spot cotton was
steady and GO points higher at 1S.40c for
middling- No sales were reported
The range OF prices:
New-York tribune., 1921-11-23
Ilcyd Bra sileiro

Question: would like 20 have your
opinion of the Lloyd Brasiliero 4 per cent
sterling bonds. ! understand these bonds
are guaranteed by the Brazilian govern
,uent and were issued in May, 1910. They
were recently offered for sale by Ernest
Smith e. Co. 60 Broad street, New York
| would like to have your opinion Of their
degree of safety, also their harAetability
and any other features R. A. q.
Answer-The Lloyd Brasiliero ster
ling bonds are good Investment 50
far as payment of interest and prin-
cipal is concerned, but the fact that
interest and principal are payable il
sterling makes them speculation II
the course of sterling exchange. Thf
Companhai Lloyd Rrasiliero is now II
liquidation, but the position of this
loan is not affected because it bears the
guaranty OF the government. The
bonds are not readily marketable, how
ever,
New-York tribune., 1921-11-23
s7c No. and poorer aoQ 35c. checks.

SIC; no. and poorer. aoQ 75c: checks
fair to choice, dry. sf@sse: sterUtzed
held, whites, s5c; refrigerator eggs. charges
paid 10 expiring dassS. special marks.
fancy. ssW toe; hrsts 3s&s1i1c. seconds.
~ q 50 tac- white eggs. refri gersfcr eggs.
Sa a sac. white eggs. s.erilized fancy. ar
05c; average prime. A q 5Ac; brown aHss
mixed coIors ss g 42c; sre@fa. New Jersey
hennery whites, extra fancy candied scl~e-
tons. ssc; nearby and nearby western
hennery whites. extr4s. 991s aSc; extra
frsts. ss9sse; fFsts, 10 G sae, gathered
whites. hrsts 70 extra fvsss. 75Spssc. Bn-
csr grades sag Ssc: rnilees agEs sep psSr.
Fac!Ge Coast. wEtss. extras. ssGasc. extra
New-York tribune., 1921-11-23
Copyright. 1921. by S. W. straus & CO

packing stock. current make. No. /. soc;
Cheese Receipts were l.o5T boxes. High
grade state chrese steady. Wisconsin
fresh Daisies a shade easier. New York
State fats. held specials. - II a rs iac. fresh
specials, ri 422c: average run. fresh, 20 q
20 tsc: stale twins, held specials. 80 Il q esc
fresh specials 2t@22c average run, 30G
2e1ac; Wis. double Daisies, fancy. Fl u 2sc.
single Daisies fancy. II q s2c. Young
Americas, 2l@a2c; safe sstinE. lsF-c.
Eggs--Recetpts were 1902 CAGES. Fresh
gathered. extra, DOZEN. sTGT9c, extra
Ersts s3@6gc; rrwts, s5W6te. neconds,
4eE 54c; dirttcs regular packed. No. !. IS o
New-York tribune., 1921-11-23

Questions Of general interest to in
rsstors foiu be answered IN this col
. .unR, an which case only initials will
be used. Others toill be ansaoered By
mail. address all inquiries, incios-
ing a stamped, addressed enueiope, to
Financial Editor, The Tribune, 154
N1sSoa Street, Neao York City
New-York tribune., 1921-11-23
Cottonseed Oil

The market for cottonseed oil was fever
ish, but on the whole prices frrner
and the close was about the top OF the
fners were on the buying side, and this de-
mand absorbed the offers which were
largely for local account. great deal OF
discussion is going in the trade at the
present time the question OF q revision
in the tariff foreign oils. and sentiment
is good deal divided. Total sales for the
day were 20.16O barrels.
The range of prices: