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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-03
seliggnnann to Tell
Recoilections of
Great Collectors

One of the best known art dealers in
Paris, NJ. jacques Seligmann, is prepar-
ing for publication work entitled
"American Collections ana Recollec-
tions," says "The London Times
Speaking of the instructive and en-
pertaining qualities that such work
by such an expert should have, the
article refers to the creation Of the
Altman collection, which Mr.. Seligmann
helped to form.
"He will relate his personal memories
of the great American art collectors,
and will deal with their more notable
treasures, many of which have passed,
or will eventually pass, into public
museums. Among these will be the
late Benjamin Altman (1840-1913), the
founder of the great store in New York,
who beaueathed his splendid collection
to the Metropolitan Museum of that
CITY. MI. AluIldIl UAd W StSlAt WIN NH
the age of twelve, and was so engrossed
in his business that he only found time
to visit Europe three times, in 1889,
1890 and 1909. One of the most fam
GUS of American collectors, happily
st.ll active, Mr.. Thomas b. Clarke,
has, we believe, never been outside the
limits of the United States. Mr.. Alt
man, once bitten with the taste for
collecting, soon developed remarkable
instinct for the beautiful in art, and
began to collect in 1882, buying two
Chinese enamel vases, which he always
kept as a souvenir of his newly-born
youthful enthusiasm.
an. Seligmann was an intimate
friend of Mr.. Altman, and it was large
lv due to his Influence that the New
Yorker secured several of the finest
pieces of rock crystal at the Splitter
sale in Paris in 1898. Like many other
collectors, he was charmed with the
beauty of Tanagra statuettes, OF which
M. SeIignlann declares that about SO
per cent are 1ofgeTles-tHe MeeIopoii-
tan Museum in New York has case
full of these, now mournfully labeled
'forgeries.' Nj. Sel;gmann's first bust
ness transaction with Mr.. Altman was
the sale of two beautiful Limoges en-
amel portraits by Leonard Limousin,
which had been bought at Christie's;
but even more remarkable was the gold
and enamel cup from Prince Rospi,
ghosts collection, an exquisite example
of the art Of Henvenuto Cellini, rival
ing, according 10 Pion, the sumptuous-
ness of the design, the subtlety Of the
workmanship and the richness Of the
enameling' Of the greatest treasures Of
the Geferie dsApollon."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-03
Programs for
Berkshire Festival
Wide irl Scope

The programs for the 1922 Berkshire
Festival OF Chamber Music, to be held
on South Mountain September %, 29
and 30, have been arranged as follows,
according to an announcement made
by Mrs. S. F. Coolidge.
First concert: Thursday, September
20, at 4 p. m.-The Vending quartet
(stuttgart. Germany. Carl Vending,
first violin; Philip Neeter, viola; Hans
Michaelis, second violin; Alfred Sail
cello. Assisted by Georges Grisex
clarinet.
eethoven-Quartet in A minor
(opus 1922.
Mozart-Quartet in D minor (koechel
421).
Reger-Quintet in A major (opus
1852 For clarinet, two violins, viola
and cello. dedicated to Professor
Carl Wendling) First performanceein
| America.
Second concert: Friday, September
20, at II a. m.-Brahms program, given
by Edith Bennett, soprano; George
Hamlin, tenor; Mrs. F. s. Coolidge
piano; Felix Salmond, cello; Mabel
Beddoe, contralto; Boris Saslavski
barytone; Ernest Hutcheson, piano;
Georges Grisez, clarinet; Hugo
Kortschak, viola.
Trio for piano, clarinet and 'celle
in A minor (opus 114). Mcssrs. Hutche-
son, Grisez and Salmond.
Two songs for contralto, viola and
piano (opus 81. Gestlite Sehnsucht
Geistliches Wiegenlied, Miss Beddoe
Mrs. F. s. Coolidge and Mrs. Kortschak
Sonato. for cello and piano in L
minor (opus 5s), Messrs. Salmond and
Huteheson.
New songs of love. Waltzes for
vocal quartet and four-hand piano
(opus 65). Misses Bennett and Bed
doe, Messrs. Hamlin and Saslavski
Mrs. F. S. Coolidge and Mr.. Hutcheson
Third concert: Friday, September
90, at a p. m.-The New York trio,
Clarence Adler, piano; Scipione Guidi
violin; Cornelius Van Vliet, cello
Beethoven trio in B fiat major (opus
97; Gabriel Pierne trio in C minor
(opus 45) (frst performance in
America).
Fourth concert: Saturday, Septem-
Der 80, at II a. m.-String quartet of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-03

A proposed series of lectures on
French art, which will be givea IN
Paris by Frank AIvah Parsons. founder
and president of the New York School
of Fine and Applied Art, was recently
made the subject of eommehdatory
article in the Paris ale Matin1
"The Franco American friendship,
proved daily by most touching mani
festations, could not possibly neglect
the best and surest formula of propa-
ganda, which consists in initiating the
youth Of America, still quite new in
aesthetic emotion, to the glory of
French art" says the newspaper.
"Mr. Parsons, an American Of un-
questionable authority on such matters,
well known. and successful LECTURER,
has grasped the fact of the great In
fuence to be exercised ever The two
nations in thus revealing to America
the artistic treasures of the Old World
founder of an institution which
stands between our schools of fine and
decorative arts, he conceived last year
the brilliant idea of choosing forty
Of his best students in America to
study in France under special guidance.
This year Mr.. Parsons has done still
better, as he has founded veritable
annex to the New York school in Paris
and has established IL in the beauti-
fully renovated home of the Duke Of
Chaulnes on the Place des voages."
A collection Of paintings and char
coal studies by Leopold Seyffert has
been put on view at the Detroit Inssi-
tute Of Art. 1t consists Of twenty
4 seven oils and tlsirty-two sketches Ia
| charcoal nnrfraits rradsann na4inr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-03
Silvernine
Good Paintings, Prints and
Drawings

SILVERMlNE, Conn, Aug. 9l.-Sil-
vermine artists this year have an ex-
hibition that might easily hold its own
with any of the rural summer shows.
Thirty-odd men and women who work
in quaint cottages and old farmhouses
in the village of Silvermine in the hills
between Wilton and New Canaan in
clude some earnest and clever paint
ers. Their annual exhibition was for
merly held in Scion Borglum's studio,
but since his death it has been moved
to the "Village Room This small
chamber hangs picturesquely bat pre-
cariously over the Silvermine River.
While it has the charm of informality,
it limits the exhibition to small paint
ings, drawings and prints.
The Silvermine artists make no
charge no admission fees. They talk
Of organizing an artists guild among
themselves and they hope in year
or two to build gallery wherein to
hang their work annually.
Charles Reiffel and Helen Hamilton
this year show very impressive exam
Piles of vigorous landscape work. Both
use eoler freely and boldly. Reiffeps
method is distinctively individualistie,
but he is plainly sincere. His land
scapes appear fiat, and the lack of
gradation in his color makes them dan
gerously like designs, but in some
elusive way his prescriptions of fields
and hills have very convincing dis
tance. Miss Hamilton's color is har-
monious and her treatment ecnven-
tional, but her mass and line have a
sturdiness and virility that is i'm
prcssive. Murray Mackay's barn, a
thoughtful study, is one of the memoir
able landscapes. Maurice Broan has
some oil sketches that are good, on ac-
count of their finished technique and
tender feeling.
The Silvermine people seem to have
flair for wood cuts or wood blocks.
Carol 7. Holiday, one of the FIRST ex-
perimenters in +ais art, shows group
of these, done with fine feeling for
composition and atmosphere.
Other meritorieus things are David
Robinson's and Richard Ferris's land
scapes in oils and Payson Ames's pas-
tells. Dorothy Bayard has few OF
her striking and colorful figures and
portraits in pastel-iike tones.
While most of her things are frank.
ly decorative she shows few heads
where the character OF the original is
interpreted with surety and power.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-03
Kalfenborn's Orchestra TO
Play ON Mall Tomorrow

Through the generosity of Elkan
Maumburg, Franz Kaltenborn and his
orchestra will give concert in the
Mall, Central Park, tomorrow after
noon, at 4 o'clock. The program will
be as follows:
Star spangled Banner.
March, "Tannhauser". Wagner
Overture Merry Wives OF Windsor
Nicolal
Andante from Symphony No. s.. Beethoven
Violin Solo
CD Ave Maria. ........... Bach Gounod
Mr.. Kaltenborn.
Selection, Carmen" tby reduest) Blzet
March, Queen of Sheba". ..... Goldmark
Selection, "Hansel and Gretel
Humperdnck
overture, 1872" Tschaikowsky
Quartet "Rigoletto" verdi
Waltz, Artists Life. ............S Strauss
America.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-03
Austrian Archives Shed New
Light ON Wagner's Venetian Visit
composer Was Closely Watched by Secret Police
After His Flight From Dresden
Revolt i'm I848
By Agnes R. Mackenzie

ROME. Aug. 24.-~New light has been
s.ynwn on Richard Wagner's visit TO
y.,;ce in lS4S from documents re-
..ntlv made public and which form
nsrt Of the archives Of the Austrian
.esret police. BY these reports we
,.svn that the Austrian police watched
,vavv stem taken by Richard Wagner
s,or Tho time in 1913 when he fed
swor, Dresden after the revolt. That
~ Rad Joined the revolutionary move
a,rS from purely altruistic reasons
,n...ered little TO them. From that
sav no was a suspicious character, and
4housands OF reports were written
ahout his life in Zurich, the friends
\. met. the food he ate, and every in
r,aeo. was weighed against him. To
,he minds Of the imperial Austrian
na,irs be was not only accountable for
.be Dresden uprising, but also other
revolss in Germany A special secret
AGENT watched his house and sent in
Ma report. Many of these are of lit
IL interest, but there are quite few
abiek will surprise Wagner's friends
Ind adnsrers, who now realize that the
musician, once he left Dresden, dab
Sled no longer in politics, only so far
ii to strive to obtain an amnesty
which would prevent his being ar
rested had he gone to Germany. He
was working with great fervor in
Zurich when the police were most in
serested in his actions. The Minister
Of the Interior at Vienna, DR.. Alex
sDder Bach, wrote at this time, Janu-
airy, 1851, to his Lord Lieutenant in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-03
Closing Goldman Concerts

There will be five more concerts BY
the Goldman Band at Columbia Unive r.
sity beginning tomorrow evening. The
concert next Friday evening will bring
the fifth season to close. The SEIZED.
ule for. the week is as follows: Mon.
day, request program; Tuesday, Gold
man program; Wednesday, request
program; Thursday, popular program;
Friday, special closing program.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-03
Current Observations
About Art and Artists


given to the National Museum of Art
in Washington, his fine collection of
tWenty-four paintings. They include
handsome examples of different Euro
pean schools, including Flemish, Dutch
Bolognese, Florentine, British and
Venetian. The collection has been
hung intact in room by itself. One
of the most notable of the pictures is
Sir Henry Raeburn's PORTRAIT of Archi-
bald Skirving." Another is Gains
borough's portrait of Lord Mulgrave
while landscape by the same painter
included, is "a Family at the Cottage
Door" There are two Reynoldses, "Vis-
count Hill" and the Duchess Ct An.
caster" Romney is represented by a
portrait of an English squire.
"Lord Abercorn" and "Mrs. lowry"
by Sir Thomas Lawrence, are others in
the list of British paintings, which
predominant. A Titan portrait of a
cardinal, Nicholas Macs portrait of
a burgomaster, Rembrandt portrait
of young man in black, Rubens's
"Holy Family with st. Elizabeth" and
Turner's large canvas, Edinburgh, P"
are among the list of rarities.
The August bulletin of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts records num-
Der of interesting purchases and gifts
of paintings, classical art and prints
Two paintings by John Singer Sargent
are included, these being "The Master
and His Pupils" and Rehearsal at the
Winter Circus" which were obtained
through the Charles Henry Haden
purchase fund. Another painting ac-
CURED is Mauve's winter Landscape
With Sheep" bequeathed by Miss Ell
len Gray. The classical art includes
a Greek marble torso, fifth century
3. G. (purchase); an Etrusean sar-
eophagus (Mrs. W. Scott Fitz) and a
Greek marble head, fourth century,
u. y. (Elfen Gray fund).
Two hundred and twelve portrait en-
cravings from the collection of Charles
Petitjean, including eighty-three by
Jean MORN, 104 by Thomas de Leu and
twenty7four by Ottavio Leoni, are the
notable gifts Of Gordon Abbott and
George Peabody Gardner.
Fifty portraits Of Indians, done by
w. Langdon kim, which were part of
the exhibition he held last year at the
Anderson Galleries, have been sent on
a tour of the country's museums and
galleries. Through the efforts of Will
liam Henry Foe, of the Brooklyn mu-
scum, they will appear at the Mime
sofa fair, the Milwaukee art museum,
Madison, Omaha, Kansas City and the
Denver art museum. kim is q Brook
Ign artist.
Al move is on in the British Parlia-
ment to secure an appropriation which
may be used 60 insure the pufchase w
works of art that might otherwise De
bought for foreign countries. In the
House of Commons recently Sir Philip
sassoon urged the desirab5lity OF ac-
Ition by the government and was sup
ported BY Sir r. Horne, according TO
an account in s'The Times The latter
said that Sir Charles Holmes, director
of the National Gallery, had communi-
Gated to him conhdentially the kind Of
pictures which it was desirable to Sc
cure for the nation In the event Cd
their owners wishing 70 realize then
value. He thought it was only reason
able that Parliament should be ready
TO vote the requisite sum, and said hs
believed tha5 thct would be accom-
gUlished.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-22
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

Mrs Fred c. Leitsinger, who has been
i'll with grip, is improving.
William Savage of Bellows Falls was
n visitor here yesterday.
H. NJ. Wood went to Boston yesterday
to remain during the rest of the week.
Mrs William H. Bond, who has been
i'll with grip the past week, is much bet
ter.
! Rev James p Rand went yesterday
morning to Burlington to see his parents,
who are both ill.
Dan Curtin. who underwent an opera
tien for appendicitis Sunday in the Mel
rose hospital, is improving.
John Common of Worcester is visiting
here with his cousin, Mrs. John Quinn
of Elliot street and other relatives.
Mrs. J. A. LaFleche of Edmonton,
Canada, came here Monday called by the
serious illness of her mother, Mrs. Han
nah Conroy.
Bentley School of Accounting and FL
nance in Boston, is here to spend the
week at his home on Green street.
C. E. Allen of Canal street is con-
fined to his home by illness. His daugh-
ter, Miss Florence +. Allen, teacher in
the Greenfield high school, is at home.
Earl Weatherhead has resumed work
as bOokkeeper IN the wholesale depart
ment of the Durham Brothers company
after having been confined to his home by
illness.
Charles G. Staples, deputy grand mas
ter of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows,
left today for Swanton, Richmond
and st. Adams, where he Will make Off
! cial visitations. He expects to return
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. p A. Richardson of Ches-
terfield, \. H, have returned from Los
Angles, Cal, where they spent the win
| ter, and are visiting relatives in town.
Their son, Pierson Richardson, is still in
Los Angeles.
W. S. Martin, manager of the Pres
brey- Leland quarry at West DummerstOn,
returned last night from a business
trip to New York city, where he gave
/ orders for a considerable amount of new
machinery to be used at the quarry this
season.
Miss Ruth Maynard was in Mortified,
Mass, Monday to attend the silver we'd
Z ding anniversary of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Maynard. Miss Ruth Stowell
of this town and Mrs III. A. Brown and
Miss Gertrude Brown of Vernon also at
tended the celebration.
Thomas Hopkins, formerly of this
town, visited relatives in town over last
night on his way from Gorham, n.
H., where he had been several months
! in sanitarium, for Boston. He expected
to leave Boston today for Chicago to en-
ter a sanitarium for treatment for a
/ tubercular trouble which he contracted
while in the service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-22
ANTIS TEAM =
Sorting Notes.

From all accounts the Cubs were the
sOftest kind of picking for the Pacific
Coast league teams.
Pitcher Virgil Barnes is making his
third attempt to land regular job on
the pitching staff of the Giants.
They II have to dig up a better scrap
per than Joe Beckett as an opponent for
Jack Dempsey, to attract the fans.
Mrs. Walter Johnson and her three
children are at Tampa. where Walter Is
training with the Washington Senators.
Basketball has enjoyed a great season,
and hockey, too, has had a prosperous
year IN the cities that follow the past
time
Ever Hammer, the Chicago lightweight
who was quite a flash a few years ago,
is journeying East to start another box
in" Gamma ign.
New Orleans gossip has it that Hinkey
Hines. the Penn state athlete now with
the New York Yankees, already looks
ike big league star.
Harry Wills. who seems to have the
call as the next opponent of Jack Demp-
sey, has proved to be a good attraction
on the vaudeville stage.
All signs point to a fine season for the
Brooklyn Superbas. Zach Wheat ar
rived at Jacksonville early, and without
a kick about his contract.
The Cleveland Indians ran into tough
to work outdoors only one day in the
first 10 spent in Texas city.
Sammy Golden, manager of Pete Her
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-22

man, ex bantam champion, and of Young
Montreal, believes that Montreal is in
line to cop the bantamweight title.
Sam Iangford is not the "demon bat
tier" he was once. but the old colored
party is still in the ring after twenty
years Of the wear and tear of the fight
game.
Leroy #. Brown of Dartmouth, the
new indoor high lump king. has his eve
on the intercollegiate championship
which is to be staged in the Harvard
stadium next May.
In John Weissmuller, of Chicago. and
Charles Speer, the Mercersburg aquatic
sensation. Uncle Same has pair of
young swimmers who are tagged TO be-
come world champions.
1t is said that George Burns received
his transfer from Cleveland TO the Red
Sox Evidently they have to pay 'em
to Join the Sox nowadays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-22
TOMNSHEND.

John Taylor is in i'll health following
an attack of grip.
I.ucious Gould of East Dover is stay
ing at Lauren Pixies and working at
Wizards mill.
w. O. Davis is i'll with neuritis Mrs.
b. b. Prentiss has returned there to
assist the family. ..-.- ..... .
A. H. Wheeler of Nest Townshend
has rented tenement in III. Saunders
house ana will move there Soon. va
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams of Quincy,
Mass. have been spending week at
the home Of their daughter, Mrs, b. X.
Phillips.
Mrs. H. o. Gale is recovering from an
attack Of bronchial pneumonia. 4 nurse.
Miss Carpenter of Greenfield, Mass, Is
caring for her.
A successful operation for hernia was
lperformed on Lesion Wheeler at the
Memorial hospital in BrattlebOro Sat
.urday. He is reported TO be gaining
steadily.
Vernon Whitney. II. formerly of this
village and now of Ludlow, deserved the
congratulations of friends here in win
ming the third prize of $50 offered by
the Hotel Association of Vermont, 500
being divided into six prizes, for the SIX
best stories by high school students, of
the attractions of his or her town. Yer
non Whitney is a son of former Supt.
g. r. Whitney.
Mr.. and Mrs J. s. Squires entertained
n party of young friends at their home
Thursday evening. Those present in
eluded Misses Marion and Eloise Cum
mings, Miss Ruth Barry. Miss Jennie
Raleigh and little Anita Raleigh, Wales
Cheney. Maynard Taft, Harry Carlton
and Guy Tenney Refreshments of cake,
sandwiches and coffee were served, also
sugar on snow, and games and dancing
made the evening a pleasant affair.
Lauren Pike returned home Sunday
after spending a week at East Dover, t.
be with his little daughter, Bernice, who
is i'll with a grip cold. His wife was
discharged from the Memorial hospital
at Brattleboro Wednesday after secer
weeks illness there following a serious
operation. She is beginning now to walk
La little Mr.. Pike was at Brattleboro
| Wednesday to accompany her from the
| hospital to the home of her brother
where she will remain until stronger
| Her three-months' old baby girl is thirty
| ing well at the home of her aunt in East
/ Dover.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-03-22
BRATTLEBORO PERSONAL

Rev. f. p. Wood was called yesterday
to. Highland-on-the-Hu by the critical
illness of his mother.
Richard Norm of Jamaica, L. l.. is a
guest in the home of his sister, Mrs r. E.
Coombs of North street.
Walter c. Halliday, manager OF the
Houghton & Simonds store in Newport
y. H., is here today on business.
Mrs Alice Streeter has returned to her
work as waitress at the Brooks House
after several days illness with severe
cold
Miss Elizabeth Spencer, student at
Middlebury college, is visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Spencer of
Oak street
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin d. Whitney have
returned from a months trip to the West
Indies They stopped in New York a few
days on their return trip.
Daniel Curtin of this town underwent
an operation Sunday evening in the Mel
rose hospital by DIR. f. r. Lynch for
appendicitis. His condition is good
Mr. and Mrs Frank Smith and chill
dren of Ware, Mass. came Saturday to
visit over the weekend with her mother,
Mrs. Mary AIcGrath of Elliot street.
t. ]. Coogan has returned from South
ern Pines, \. c., where he had been
spending a week with Mrs. Coogan and
son, who are there for a several weeks
stay.
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NORTHFIELD FIGHT
CONTINUED from Page ID

cany temporarily and his candidacy was
indorsed last night. He pOlled so votes
TO - for Mr. Alexander.
The caucus attendance was light. Mr..
Wright who was elected town clerk and
treasurer at the annual town meeting
in February, still retains the Office of
clerk.
The successful candidates will come
up for election at a special town meet
ing that viii take place probably on
Monday. April g. 1t is not thought
likely that the Democrats will conduct
a caucus in view of the results last
night. although there may be an indorse-
ment of both Mr. Callahan and Mr.
Williams. No OPPOSITION is looked for,
however.
1t is expected also that the state
auditors who have been at work on the
books of former Town Treasurer Wright
viii make complete report at the Spe-
cial town meeting. A partial report
fled at the adjourned town meeting
showed Il deficit of more than SIT 900
and it is said that the completed report
will fail to reduce this shortage The
auditors are practically through with
the task intrusted to them by the spe-
cial committee named at the annual town
meeting in February to obtain a thor
ough audit of the treasurers accounts.