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The New York herald., 1922-08-13
Corots Made for SIS.

Every little while some bad loser
makes a fuss about sham picture
or a doctored rug or an ingenious
imitation of some old enamels-and
the fat is in the fire. The noise OF
his doing echoes around the world.
The iniquities of art taking Europe
are thereby known of all men-and
promptly forgotten. They never vii
learn. When Madame Choublier a
little while ago protested the flood
ing of the Paris market with forged
pictures bearing the name of her
father. the famous Eugene Carriere,
there was some excuse. Paris ad-
mitted that. But when Mr.. Thomas
Knock-an American whose name
is almost inspirationally apt-turns
France upside down because forty
three of his collection of 101 paint
ings are pronounced spurious the
French think he is one bette inner
icain. nom dun pipe. and is not play
ing the game.
Nevertheless that beautiful Paris.
with the American tourist BUSINESS
shrinking anyway. puts on face OF
Righteousness and raids a lot Of
oh. Id-ld! What discovery. The
taking" of antiques is actually an
industry. Penniless painters hired by
a sinful syndicate are painting CO.
rots and Daubignys and Van Dycks
at from SIS to $50 apiece, to be sold
to the American tourists. QueI hor-
reuri This discovery is made not
much oftener than once in five years.
but the intervals are filled with
thriving industry. 1t is easily
smoothed over. The maker of pic
ture, table. vase or whatever it be
denies any intent to deceive. ard
passes the buck" to the dealer. who
simply retires behind his smoke
screen till the rumpus is over. The
whole brotherhood knows that the
American will come back There is
n new millionaire born every min
ute, and they all must learn. What
the antique manufacturers of Eu-
rope depend on is that vanity is the
greatest American trait and that
the victim will pocket his loss rather
than let Main Street find out that
Paris or Florence or London beat
him at getting up in the morning.
Until now they have guessed right.
Witness the figures in the Govern
ment reports of imports. They show
that in 1913 over s21 1,0OO,O00 worth of
The New York herald., 1922-08-13

me the price. The greatest bargain
| ever sold, says 1. $4,000.
I'm sorry says he; it's beauu-
full but I'm afraid it isn't good
enough He went up the street and
paid $4,000 for one that didn't COM
pare with it. He was happy. He
wanted to impress his friends Look
at the old English interiors There
was firm In England that made no
end of EN-. A lot of their work was
shipped over here-old castles, what !?
Their most famous creation was a
fifteenth century staircase. II was a
wonder, mellow, wonderful patina on
the old oak. dented and SCARED with
God knows how much British his
tory-Wars of the Roses and what
not. They had a lawsuit with the
firm they sold it to. or something.
Anyway chap went on the witness
stand and spilled every sacred bean
there was. They made history, to
be sure-made il 10 order.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13

"HE strange part of it was that
the little mouselike woman
who was examining the Chip
pendale armchair with such ratient
care. came from Chicago. At last
she restored the Chippendale TO its
four legs and came over to where the
dealer. in his best and sincerest man.
ner, was discoursing on the tempta-
ton so many people felt to initiate
Botticelli. III her smile there was
the unmistakable CLINT of triumph
"Well," she said. that's almost
good enough to deceive anybody. isn't
it?"
To be dealer in antiques man
must have not only deal of knowl-
edge-and perhaps a monocle-but
a hair trigger sense of when to aban-
don the mental reservation" 1t
didn't take this Partisan a decimal of
a second. He grinned and shook his
head. 1T even deceived me- ]
picked it up in little shop in TIE
East End of London and brought it
home. bruises and all, for a model.
I didn't know till We began to take it
apart in the shop that it was made
in a London factory and wasn't more
than ten years old
A stupid man would have sworn
the thing was genuine and with
ninety-nine Americans out of hum
dred would have got away with it,
for in the complex American psy-
cholosy nothing is more conspicuous
than the national inability to detect
the spurious in art. The captain OF
industry who can dissect a financing
proposition and in fifteen minutes
mt his finger on the flaw in il will
fill his living room with Jacobean
furniture that hasn't been a year out
of Ipswich and tell his neiShbors
with honest and baseless pride what
English castle it came from.
This racial faculty for being bun
coed when it comes to art has given
rise to a colossal industry of imita-
ton abroad and kept a stupendous
burden of fake" art pouring into
American ports for many years. The
average American who gets bitten on
agriculture or horse racing or yacht
ing or some other costly HOBBY
writes it off and quits. Thereafter he
is a burnt child. But to buy bogus
Murillo-and find it out-only spurs
him to new enterprises in art.
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world. A lot of SO called taking
begins in an honest effort TO duplicate
all the beauty of an old thing.
know man who was experimenting
in reproduction of old glass. He
forged two heads-beautiful When
they were finished they cost him
about $3.50 apiece. He sold them for
a business profit, and six months
later he saw them in the house of a
woman who'd paid $1,000 for the
pair. They'd acquired a pedigree.
and they made her happy. She
couldn't have bought originals for a
million. because there was only one
pair on earth. But copies wouldn't
do her. She wanted the originals
old. There wasn't any.
They keep telling US art is decay
ing, but, bless my soul. what en-
couragement does an artist get? If
my friend could make those heads
was he an artist? Or was he a
faker?
Fake furniture's a sin. too IN
Florence the manufacturers of the
copies of old Italian will tell YOU
frankly they haven't a stick of an
tique furniture. but they make, the
stuff in oodles. and they know it's
got to be sold as old. What would
happen to dealer who told Mr.. AS
torheim that this was brand new
stuff. turned out by the shipload in
Italian factories? You don't need Ia
say. Consider the old lead orna-
ments ana fixtures, They do 'em
very wei. But there's nothing harder
than 10 counterfeit age in lead.
Wax'll do it, but when you stick il
out in the sun-the cats out Of the
bag.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
Art and Other Things

art works over one hundred years of
age" were admitted from France free
of duty and more than $26,000,000
from England. When you stop to
think that this importation has been
going on for a lifetime and that all
these things-if genuine-were the
product of hand iabor-the light be-
gins to filter in. Since 1918 from
these two countries alone $4,000 900
more has come in, and America has
gobbled it up and been proud of it.
Altogether the world has sold us
500. .O00. 900 of these pretty things in
six years, and had been at it for fully
forty years before that.
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
The Melting Pots Evidence.

SO what do they do? They paint
1t. oh. yes, it's been painted some
time, hasn't it?' 1t certainlr has.
and I've melted up some of those
medieval lead vases and things and
taken bits of Dolly Warden wrapper
and scraps of London newspapers
out OF them. But the lines were per-
feet. they did all they were asked to
do in ornament and atmosphere. and
as ] said before. if you'd told tie
truth nobody'd have looked at 'em.
There's a world of talk about
shooting wood full OF fine shot in
Paris furniture factories TO produce
worm holes. Now that may be done.
but | honestly never saw it, and,
anyway. il isn't necessary. Why,
man. there are places in England
where you can buy old ship lumber
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
Up and Down, Up and Down.

ITO get the scars of age on that
stair they had a lot of Johnnies
marching up and down it for days
in hobnailed boots and with big
swords strapped to 'em to bang the
baniSters as they went. When it
was bruised up proper they pumiced
it and oiled it, and the millionaire
that used to toddle up it to his beddi-
bow every night afterward had bliss
ful visions of old wars and noble
scandals, and got business out of
his noddle for a few hours. lit made
him a better man. lie got inspira-
ton and uplift from it. He paid like
tike for it, but he got what he
wanted and it did him good Every
time he passed up and down that
stair he was cumming with King
John or Edward the Confessor
What was wrong about that2 If the
dealer who handled it had paid his
bill like a sportsman I'd have called
ii virtuous job. But when the truth
came out my recollection is it caused
some grief.
"Of course there's difference be-
tween fake and reproduction. which
a lot of people don't understand
Reproduction r doesn't try TO copy the
defects or the marks of time and
wear and tear. In so far as 1t is
intended 10 deceive the purchaser. or
palm off something for what it isn't
that's fine question of morals. But
so far as it is meant to reproduce
the charm of the genuinely old, |
it's a good deed in a naughty
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
Aided by the Tariff.

But that isn't the funny part. 1t is
far more amusing and instructive to
know that in this same period France
shipped to us just sS26,446 of art
works that were admitted to be less
than a hundred years old and that,
therefore, paid duty to Uncle Sam;
and England shipped s350,51 worth.
In the face of such figures you simply
have to take off your hat to the pa
tient and meticulous artist of bygone
days, whose work survives after a
steady outflow for fifty years and in
spite of war, fire, flood, earthquake
founding volume. And you must be
sorry for the modern workman who.
machinery and all, can only dispose
to the best customer in the world
of such a piddling bill of goods. The
Payne -Aldrich tariff. inspired by de-
sire to foster the spirit of art in this
land Of the free, has been the best
friend the artists and artisans OF
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
ever had. 1t has saved them 60 per
cent. right straight along.
But something or other-perhaps
it is the soldier bonus casting its
shadow before-has of late given
birth to a spirit of unbelief in the
custom houses. In Philadelphia the
examiner of antique art" comes out
fiat footed with the statement that
from so to 75 per cent. of these
ancient masterpieces are fakes"
The New York Custom House peo-
pie are more credulous. The best
guess they can make at the proper
ton of antiques that they insist
we're made within a century is 80
per cent, which means that of the
endless stream of hopeful and tremu-
lous importers who file in at the
doors of the Appraisers Stores in
Washington street 80 per cent. come
out again looking as if they'd lost
their grandmothers.
<1ilh illtD poilit WIN piiuSt sASsS
censors of the modern, to the frag-
mentary remains of a huge priSmatic
chandelier brought over by very
rich New York woman and invoiced
as "over one hundred years old"
There is a lean philosopher in the
Appraisers Stores who knows glass.
He said it was new and assessed
S1.750 duty on it, The fur flew, but the
appraisers were obdurate. Experts
were brought to overwhelm them and
every man jack of them said the
chandelier was made day before yes
tcrday. The expertization cost the
owner Si00 and all the fun she got
out of it was in smashing the IAN
tique" into a million pieces. That
was part of the 80 per cent
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York are to be seen evidences
Of something new in the newspaper
business. 4 couple OF boys have
been assigned or have assigned them
selves TO stand at each exit aud beg
from passengers as they 90 out tho
newspapers they read on the way
downtown. Another boys duty is to
straighten the sheets out. smooth
away creases and lend the papers a
fictitious appearance of newness.
The boys at Brooklyn Bridge sta
tons were asked il they sold these
papers To the ragman.
'Not on your life" said one. I'VE
got places all around town whore We
get half price for these papers. IL
you amt read 'em amt they Just as
scss as new?"
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
A New Wrinkle

A I the foot of Il" stations and
~ exits OF the subway in New
York are to be seen evidences
The New York herald., 1922-08-13
BY JOHN K. MUMFORD.

"HE strange part of it was that
the little mouselike woman
The Washington herald., 1922-10-12

Will consider consolidating with the
Arabs In the Junior division, but
retaining the Qucntins' name
Boiling Field is looking for a
practice game for Sunday. Mana
ger Mccarthy desires competition
With 145-pound eleven, the game
20 be played at Boiling Field, Ad-
dress Mccarthy at Boiling Field
Anacostia. or phone Lincoln 5SS7.
Mohawk Indians. independent
champions of the District last fall
will inaugurate the season at Union
League Park Sunday. meeting the
strong Seat Pleasant eleven at 3
o'clock.
Mohawks will trot out practi-
cally the same lineup as last sea-
son. strengthened by the addition
of Red Schofield. Ray Towers, Josh
Licerione and Harry Harris. One
of the largest crowds of the year
is expected to witness Sundays
contest. the result of which will
have direct bearing on where the
city title will rest this year.
Players of the Seat Pleasant team
are requested to report for prac-
tice this evening at o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-12
MILLER HUCCINS
AGAIN TOHANDLE
new YORK YANKS
Rumors of Midget Man
ayers Release Prove
Unfounded.

NEW YORK. Oct. 1I.-Frank
Chance. : Jack Dempsey. Charles
Evans Hughes and all others mem
toned as possibei successors OF
Miller Hpggins as manager of the
Yankees for the baseball season of
1928 have lost out. Huggins has
been reappointed to his job. II was
announced from the clubs head
quarters tonight.
The decision was made at a ses-
sion OF the stockholders In the
afternoon. The full list of stock
holders. consisting of Jacob Rup-
pert and T. l.. Huston, attended
and voted. 1t was reported that
the meeting appropriated $1.75 for
an iron-bound hickory, slat which
Is to be presented to Huggins with
carte blanche to preserve discip-
line.
Huggins will leave in a few
days for his home in Cincinnati.
where a weinie roast or native
fete is being arranged by his
friends.
Rumors Circulated.
Immediately after the Yanks
were defeated in the recent post
season series. rumors were circu-
lated to the effect that Huggins
would not be re-engaged. Every
one well known in baseball from
Frank Chance to the Yanks bat
boy was selected as the logical
successor" to Huggins. Rupert
and Huston. however, said nothing.
except that they.Ja as yet had not
conferred with Huggins in regard
to signing UP again.
Their announcement today proves
they were satisfied with the man
ner in which HuEgins handled the
Yankees during the season just
closed and mean to repose their
confidence in him for another year,
at least. II is understood that
Huggins has signed a contract for
only one season.
When the 1922 playing year
started HuEgins was not in the
best of health. and he was con-
fronted with the stupendo6s task
of handling the greatest group os
prima donnas ever assembled on
one playing field. His task was
made doubly difficult by the fact
that his star of stars, Babe Ruth,
was under suspension for barn
storHllhs ana was not ellE BILE un-
iii the season was about six weeks
old. Likewise Bob Meusel. one of
Ruth's partners in crime.
Stars Not in shape.
When this pair returned to the
lineup they were out OF condition
and several weeks elapsed before
either was of any help to the club.
Subsequently Ruth drew several
short suspensions for misconduct on
the field. Despite this and the fail
ure of Mays. his pitching ace. to
round to form. the mite manager
pulled his club through to another
championship.
since he assumed command OF the
Yankees in 1918, coming from the
st. Louis Cardinals, which club ne
had managed for several years. the
team has finished fourth once. third
twice and first twice. Huggins will
rest up at Atlantic City for several
weeks before undergoing minor
operation. He plans to take a snort
ocean trip before the next spring
training period opens.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-12
&c. u. Freshmen
Stop Eastern
Donahue. Scores in Third
Period to Give Frosh
6-to-0 Victory.
SCHOLASTIC GRID RESULTS.
C. u. Freshmen. o., Eastern
High, o.
Alexandria 10, Eastern RE
serves, o.

Charlie Guyon's fast travelling
Eastern High School team journeyed
to Killion Field. Brookland, and was
defeated by the c. U. freshman. 9 to
0. yesterday.
The'break of the game came to-
wards the close of the third period
when Coffey intercepted a forward
pass on his own 40-yard line and
ran IL back to. Eastern's 45-yard
line. Unable to gain through the
line. Donahue shot a long forward
pass to Northrup. who was downed
on Eastern's 20-yard line. At this
point Eastern put up a stubborn re-
sistance. the freshman requiring
four downs to make the necessary
10 yards. Casey. Michaud and
Brennan alternated in carrying THE
ball on off-tackle plays Donahue
carried the ball across from the q
yard line on a quick jump through
the center of the line. . His try for
the additional point by drop kick
failed.
The work OF Augustine. O'Dea and
Meyers featured Eastern's play.
McGann's work at center stood out
most prominent. In Casey. Bren-
nan. Michaud and Donahue the
freshman have a well balanced back
field. Northrup. Coffey and COAX
played well In thel inc
G. u. Freshman Eastarr IIioh
The Washington herald., 1922-10-12
SMITH FACES BODIE
ON TONIGHT'S CARD

frankie Mann. matchmaker of
the Berwyn Sportland Arena, an
nounces a substitution has been
made in his program scheduled
for tonight when Joe Dundee. of
Baltimore. trades punches with
Johnny Reno. OF Washington. in
the ten-round feature.
Ping Bodie. of Philadelphia. will
substitute for Billy O'Brien, of the
Seamen Gunner's School. against
John L. Smith. District mitt
singer. The bout Is billed as the
semi-final and is scheduled to go
over the siX-round route.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-12
Business Meets
Gonzaga Today
Game Between Central and
Tech Second EIevens Is
Called Off.

This afternoon at Potomac Park
Gonzaga and Business will meet in
their annual tilt. Both coaches are
confident as TO the result and the
game promises to be a close and
hard-fought match. Following is
the lineup OF the elevens:
Business: Bramley. left end: CaIker
left tackle; Du Fief. left guard;
May. center; Cummings. right guard
Capt Greenwood. right tackle: Gill
lette, right end: Watt, Quarterback;
Simpson, left halfback; Chaconas s
right haifback, and Donovan, full
back.
GonzaEa: Enright. left end; Capt
Simpson. LETT tackle: DAILY. lef,
guard: Sullivan. center; Muller
right guard; Ryan. right tackle;
Hurney. right end: Mills or Earring
ton. quarterback; Colliere. left half
back; Mitchell. right halfback, and
O'Connell or Genau. fullback.
Yesterdays scheduled game be-
tween Tech and Central second
teams was called off because of a
death in the family of Coach Apple
of Tech.
Eastern will journey over t.
Leonard Hall Saturday. while the
Tech Episcopal engagement al
Alexandria probably will be played
at later date.
Next Tuesday Western will in
wade the Mount Pleasant stadium
In an effort to trip up Tom Kirby's
blue and white eleven in a series
tilt. George Green's proteges
have always proved the hardest
kind Of stumbling block for Cen
tral. and this year is to be no ex-
ception according to supporters OF
the Red and White; while Capt
Rauber and his cohorts are conf
dent that they will break the ex.
isting deadlock between the two
rivals. The result of this game
will have a direct bearing on where
the city title will rest for this year
Eastern and Gonzaga will meet
next Friday. Great rivalry exists
between the two elevens. and their
meeting at Potomac Park will set
tie the dispute once and for all.
The Washington herald., 1922-10-12
Association May Call OF the
Event in Future, Due to
Lack of Entrants.
GORDON sHANp.

The Middle Atlantic Golf Associa-
ton team championship tourney.
which gets under way this after
nooh on. Che Columbia Country Club
course. wflL with one exception.
have an-entirely District aspect.
Three local teams-Columbia.
Chesy Chase and Washington Coun-
try clubs-will do battle on the
links today, while the sole out-of-
town entrant is Baltimore Country
Club. formidable squad led by Tom
Sasscer, Maryland State champion.
Indian Spring and Bannockburn.
the other two District clubs entered.
have Withdrawn from the competi-
|tion, owing to inability to muster
strong teams at this time.
Forced to Change Plans.
Becaues of the small entry list
drst round matches will be held this
afternoon instead of in the morning
as .originally scheduled. Chevy
Chase will represent the District
against the Baltimore invaders,
while Columbia will tackle the
Washington crew from Jewell. Va.
The District is sure. therefore. of
being represented in the final round.
which will be staged tomorrow. All
matches will be contested at eight
zen holes. the teams being COM
posed of six men each.
Columbia's aggregation. which
captured the team championship
of the District a few days ago, is
Regarded as being the strongest of
the local squads. and the dope
|seemss-to indicate that the host
club win meet Baltimore in the
finals. Chevy Chase. however. will
be well represented and may elm
Innate the Monumental towners in
the first round play.
May Abolish Event.
There has been considerable dis
|sppointment locally over the fail
ure ofrthe other members of the
Middle esttlantic body to send rep
Presentations to Columbia this year.
At one time local representatives
|of the association were seriously
contemplating calling off the affair
entirely. but eventually decided to
go through with the program.
At the meeting of the associa-
The Washington herald., 1922-10-12
Sandlot Gridiron GOSSIP

Players of the Georgetown A. C.
are all set TO kick eff the season
Sunday afternoon against the Ar
lfngton A. c. on the latters grid
iron. Coach Hegarty will polish
the rough spots off the combination
in practice this evening at O'Clock
and on Sunday morning at 10.
The GEORGETOWN coach is confident
the eleven will be one of the best
ever developd across the creek. He
has arranged a schedule with the
cream of the Districe unlimited
teams and is primed to make his
outfit contender.
On Sunday afternoon at 1:30 the
st. Teresa Reserves will meet the
Park A. c. at Anacostia The fol-
lowing St. Teresa players are re-
quested TO report for practice to-
morrow evening at 1880 at Logan
Park: Rennings. Howard. Blame
Montgomery. Smith. Haydn. La
Cost. Husington, Punches. Braze-
rol. Bright, Knott. Quad. c. Braze-
rol. Mudd. Diggs. The Saints are
-
class Sunday, Oct. %. Address Wal
southeast.
Circle A. C. will meet tomorrow
night at $50 O'Clock at I'LL Lin
coin road northeast. Members are
requested to be on deck. On Satur
day the Circles will practice on the
Bloomingdale grounds at o'clock
Yosemite A. c. will workout to-
morrow at o'clock at Thirteenth
and d streets northeast. The fol-
lowing are to report: Simons. Zahn
Prender. Joynes. Stewart, Evans
Linisman, Cross. Rissey. Elliot,
Nicholson. Hoofnagie, Eslin. Reese
Pistie. Faber. O'Connor. Edwards
Reckw,g and II. stewart.
Independence A. c. of Alexandra
will offer a suitable guarantee t.
| any unlimited eleven in the Dis
trict for a game at AleXandria
Sunday. Phone Manager Grover c
Payne. Alexandria Sos. or address
los North Washington street, Al
| exandria. Va.
st. stephens Juniors want games
with other 110-pound teams. Ad-
dress Morton Anderson, 1908 Twen.
ty-sixth street northwest.
! Arab A. c. will meet tonight
at the home of Bill Beckwith, 100:
South Carolina avenue southeast
Mr.. Storm, of the District Foot
| ball Federation, will talk on the
coming series. Quentin A. c. also