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SARAH BOWERMAN

the imperial cause and to inform him
about the real state of affairs in
Mexico. Macmillan never saw her
again. She shortly afterward be-
came insane, but lived until 1926,
during her later years at the chateau
of Laeken, in Belgium.
The memoirs of Blasio, who was
close to Macmillan in friendship as
well as in his oficial relation, are de-
tailed and personal, the work Of a
born raconteur. They have great
first-hand historical value. Carleton
Beals' analysis Of the motives of
Napoleon Ills Intervention in Mexico
shows that the tragedy of Maximilian
was the outcome of more than mere
fiasco. Napoleon III was an intriguer
as well as visionary. "The inter-
vention was q definite attempt to test
the strength of the Monroe Dostrine
to revindicate Europe's right to
meddle in New World affairs, and he
seized the most opportune moment for
such a test-the years when our
Union was wholly absorbed in the life
and-death struggle of the Civil War.
He not only desired a well-sit-
uated foothold for France In the New
World. but hoped that the setting up
of petty French Manchoukuo in
Mexico would strike a mortal blow at
the further spread of democratic and
republican principles.
Il 4
PHANTOM CROWN. The Story Of
Maximilian and Carlota of Mex
leo. BY Bertha Harding. In
dianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill
Co.
NOT as intimate in its information
as the memoirs Of Blasio, this
work of Bertha Harding is the result
Of a connection, once removed, with
Maximilian and Carlota. Bertha
Harding's mother was the Hungarian
lady who brought from Mexico City
in a mysterious black trunk the
jewels and insignia worn by Max
imilian and Carlota, which belonged
originally to the House of Hapsburg,
and delivered them to the aged EN-
peror Franz Josef $1,000. Bertha
Harding's childhood was passed in
Mexico City in the shadow OF Chapul-
tepec Castle. For as long as / can
remember, my life has been colored
by the Empress Carlota theme" She
listened to the sad gossip of former
ladies in waiting and drank tea from
the crested hollow-ware of Maxi
milan. Her story, drawn partly from
"reminiscences of the generation pre-
ceding her own, Is consciously dra-
matte.
A painful contrast is portrayed be-
tween the Vienna of Strauss waltzes
and the villa on the Adriatic left be-
hind by the young couple of 80 and
"a and the semi -barbaric and hostile
Mexico to which they went as ulti-
mate victims. They represented the
last grand, bewildered gesture of
royalty on the American continent. I"
Their fate was sealed when the
United States, recovering from the
shock Of the Civil War, asserted its
traditional policy and demanded the
withdrawal Of French troops from
Mexico. Macmillan should then
have departed, as he would have done
had not the gods of fate driven him
mad. Carlota's appeals to Napoleon
III and Eugene were vain: they had
lost interest with the fading of hopes
for success. Then the Indian Juarez
came down from the mountains to
fight for his race and deal with the
Austrian interloper, and shots rang
out from Queretaro. 1.-TWO days ear
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of a nude by Maillol, the sculptor.
and subject from Greek mythology
humorously treated by none other
than Utrillo. These are all ltho-
graphs. Wood block prints by Rock
well Kent of the frozen North, by
Olin Dows of Mexicans, and by Rob-
ert Gates of four -masted schooner
under sail make another engaging
group. There are also original etch-
ings by Samuel Palmer, one of the
earlier of the American et4hers whose
works correspond in style and char
acter to those of the Hudson River
School, and by Whistler, as well as
wood engravings by Mason and others
and, incidentally, Audubon prints OF
birds and flowers-much to interest
and to be enjoyed.
THOSE who visit the Philips Me-
L mortal Gallery at this time may
have some difficulty associating the
room full of water colors by Charles
Hopkinson, now on display. with the
works of the well-known portrait
painter of the same name, SO utterly
different is the character Of the work,
but the artist is, in fact. none other
When Charles Hopkinson paints in
oils he is essentially traditional
realistic. exact. When he employs
water colors as a medium, his tech
nique is loose and free, his expression
vague and merely suggestive. This is
interesting and unusual. But 1t
should be recalled that Mr.. Hopkin-
son does not transcribe the same SUBJ
ject or class of subjects in both media
His water colors are of land and sea
and sky, and his oil paintings are Of
people. With the one he can be elu-
sive at pleasure, but not with the
other. Also it will be noted that his
illusions are based on knowledge
of fact. Mr.. Hopkinson's home is or
the North shore Of Massachusetts,, al
Manchester, and looks out from ator
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Notes of Art and Artists
-ByI
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS.

THESE may be hard times for
many, but there is no end of
activity in the field of art. In
l. fact, it seems to be increasing
in the matter of production,
in display, and in buying and selling.
Production has undoubtedly been
quickened by Government patronage
through the P. w. A. p, but it is
worth noting that the artists who
were productive before its inception
have kept on, and that purchasers
have been found for their works
through normal channels. The null
tiplicity and variety of exhibitions
set forth not only in New York, our
greatest art center, but all over the
country, must be construed as a sign
of increased interest on the part of
the public-for unvisited exhibitions
are not repeated-but just how much
of this interest is due to better use
of leisure time, to unemployment or
to growing appreciation, it is hard
to say. Certainly the attendance at
art museums in this country is, in
proportion to population and in COM
parison to attendance at similar in
stitutions abroad, enormous. AS to
the sales: There has been much buy
ing in this calendar year by art mu-
seums, and buying of sort which
requires deep purse. Doubtless this
has been from funds given years ago
as endowment for this purpose, but
held in reserve during the financial
depression. However, the museums
represent only a small fraction Of the
buyers at the auction sales at which
treasures of rare value and great va
riety continuously change hands.
Whether these buyers are the new
rich or not, no one seems to know,
but the wealthy collector is still
among us.
In the art market England today
takes the lead and, whereas some
English collections are SPILL brought to
this country for sale, it is worth OBJ
serving that some American collec-
tions have been sold in London-for
instance, the Edison Bradley collec-
tion of Chinese porcelain. At an ex-
hibition recently held in Burlington
House, London, by dealers in an
IlquCo dllO tIlC uCCOIdtltS al tS, ~ Is
reported that sales amounted to ap-
proximately $1,000,000. But it is un-
derstood that the buyers in England
are not limiting their purchases to
old and famous works, and that con-
temporary artists are coming in for
their share of patronage. One other
observation, although the modernists
seem very much to the fore at pres
ent in this country, is that in the
| number of works shown and acquired
| and the number of exhibitions held
they represent very small contin-
gent. They are noisy and novel and
more interesting to talk about than
works in the great tradition concern
| ing which so much has already been
| said, and well said. So be it-more
power to them!
A DELIGHTFUL exhibition Of water
colors and prints has been put
on by Studio House, 1914 Twenty first
street, for November and December
The water colors hung in the long
drawing room appear to excellent ad-
vantage and include landscapes by
! Robert Gates and his wife, Margaret
Casey Gates, two early Burchhelds:
unique in character, two figure COM
Evening star., 1934-11-18
BY LEILA MECHLIN

high cliff, through high pines and
over the changing sea with its coterie
OF small isles, not unlike those the
Chinese artists immortalized in an
cient time. Here it is that some Of
the impressions set forth in these
water colors must have been obtained.
AS such, and because of their color
quality, they are found charming by
his fellow painters. Charles Hopkin-
son was born in Cambridge, Mass, in
1869. His mother was an Eliot, and
by upbringing and early association
he must have felt the influence of
scholarly tradition. But he has al
ways been an experimenter, reaching
out for new and untried ways. Some
years ago he made numerous expert
ments with a revolving color wheel by
which middle tones could be accu-
rately determined. First and fore
most, however, he is an artist, sensi-
tive to impression, completely alb
sorbed in his profession as a painter,
always striving for expression which
Will more nearly approximate truth.
Outstanding among his oil paintings
is picture of one Of his little daugh-
ters painted a considerable number
OF years ago against a background of
snow. This has found placement in
great public collection, together
with group portrait of his wife with
all their daughters, painted quite
lately, and his three portraits of war
tlme leaders, Premiers Bratiano and
Pashich and Prince Kimmochi
Saionji, which are here In our Ma
tional Gallery-to say nothing of
other works in private and public
collections. Among contemporary
portrait painters Mr.. Hopkinson holds
THE Corcoran Gallery of Art has
just acquired by purchase a land
Scape by the late Abbott H. Thayer. In
view OF the number of works by
Thayer in the Freer Gallery and the
Gellatly collection, this might seem
duplication, but the Corcoran Gal
lery had no landscape by this Amer
1can master and felt it important
to round out the collection. The
painting purchased Is undoubtedly
>~F~ >$AeoeAsSs IA bAOdS1t OHCIl
ground, without incident, leads to
wooded hillside, and Monadnock,
peaked against the sky. It is Win
ter, the colors are cold, even the
blue Of the sky, but the balance Is
perfectly held. Thayer's simple way
OF working and obtaining an effect
are admirably exemplified. Here is
man who whatever he did took
on dignity and gave a sense Of sta
bility and quiet. We are especially
fortunate in the number of paint
ings by ABBOTT Thayer which have
found permanent placement here in
public collections in Washington.
A SELF portrait by william M.
Chase, lent by the Corcoran
Gallery of Art to the American ex-
hibition held in Venice last Summer,
has just been returned and rehung.
The Corcoran Gallery owns also one
Of Chase's finest still life paintings,
a superb painting Of a fish, remind
ing Of how little subject counts when
the rendition is mastery. The self
portrait Is no less well painted and
has, what Is more, q human interest
It Is an excellent likeness and also
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Evening star., 1934-11-18
Big Eaters at Festival.

Frenchmen who pride themselves on
their capacity for food enjoyed them
selves at the three-day banquet held
in connection with the annual Stomach
Festival at Rouen. Most Of them were
fat. and a prize was given to the one
with the largest girth. Prizes were
also given to the consumer of the larg-
est meal, and to the one who downed
the greatest number of oysters. The
best and rarest dishes of Normandy
were served at the three-day meal.
Evening star., 1934-11-18
Anti Twin Insurance High.

While there are many who wish in
surance against the birth of twins, the
rate is so high that few policies are is
sued, according to an insurance agency
at Durham, Natal An average of two
inquiries a month regarding such poll
cies are received. The rates vary from
2k per cent to so per cent, depending
upon the history of the family for 100
years. If triplets are born, the insur-
ance company pays double. AS most
of the inquiries are from persons whose
families have long twin history" they
usually find the premium too high.
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Two Japanese men travelling TO-
gether have with them two bottles
of cold sake. the native rice wine.
and two pots of hot tea. One Of
them finishes his repast and lies
full length on the blue plush seat
that runs parallel with the car. He
has stripped off his coat and vest
and slackened his suspenders. He
will sleep out the remainder of the
journey.
(Copyright. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-11-18
VIEWS AND REVIEWS.

CROMWELL. BY Hilaire Belloc
Philadelphia: ]. B. Lippincott Co.
n TOT just another life of Crom-
N well, Mr.. Belloc tells us. There
are too many already. 1.-THE
L earlier batch a mass of SIAN
der, the later a mass of pane
gyric-all of them myth" Mr.. Bel
loc's object Is to discover and reveal
the real Cromwell, his motives and
the moral value of his actions, and
such is Mr.. Belloc's historical schol-
arship that he has probably attained
an approximation to his objective
When he writes about a period in
which the dominant problem is con-
f1ict between conservatism and radi-
calism, and between opposing rel-
gions, and he usually chooses such
periods, it is doubtful If he Is able
to preserve an entirely judicial atti-
tude. His enthusiasm for the Middle
Ages and for monarchy and his Ro-
man Catholicism lead him logically
to the view that forces which weak
ened the power of church and king
were destructive of cultural civiliza-
ton. His point of view. when un-
derstood. gives added interest to his
historical studies and is a distinct
relief from the many eulogieS Of the
progress of democracy from the dark
ages to the year 1884.
Mr.. Belloc does not, however. look
upon Cromwell as anti-Christ. He
sees him as first of all soldier, COM
ing out of civilian life when he was
already in middle age and display
ing supreme talents Of energy, cour-
age, capacity for leadership. rapid
Judgment and magnificent imagina-
ton: as man of fundamental SIM
plicity, lacking ambition, sincere in
his belief in his God; as excessive in
cruelty. excited by "one irritant, the
old religion; as a man losing some
thing Of his force in later life be-
cause of "the torturing need of money
sufficient to support military power,
but for which he and all his preca-
rious and undesired achievements
would fail-as fail they did in the
end" This balanced view is more or
less the view that has replaced the
myth which sprang into existence i'm
mediately following the death of
Cromwell, as "the hypocrite and vii
lain upon the stage of English his
tory" and the later myth of Cromwell
as a national hero defending the
cause of England and the cause of
divine purpose in action" Mr.. Bel
loc's work is a study of character
rather than complete, documented
biography. Especial attention is de-
voted to Cromwell's long and careful
intrigue whereby he compassed the
death Of Charles Stuart" The Irish
and Scottish campaigns are fully
treated to illustrate his military skill
and ruthlessness.
OLIVER CROMWELL. BY John
Buchan. Boston: Houghton Mif-
fin Co.
CARLYLE wrote an exhaustive and
rather hero-worshiping life OF
Cromwell; the British historian, S. r
Gardiner, in his four volume His
tory of the Commonwealth and Pro-
tectorate," made use Of Carlyle's
work and, to large extent, replaced
it; John Morley based his Cromwell
on Gardiner. John Buchan has in
this biography made use of the re-
search of both Gardiner and Sir
Charles Firth, author of "Cromwell's
Army" and THE Last Years Of the
Protectorate" His biography is moi
comparable with the work of Gar
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Engines for Chairs.

Regulation size wheel chairs for in
valids are now equipped with small
gasoline engines. With one Of these
chairs q convalescent may be quite
diverted by being able to control his
own peregrinatiops.
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will enable many Americans with but
short vacations to squeeze in a trip
to Europe and have time to spare.
Evening star., 1934-11-18

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Council Member Outlines
Girl Scout Camp Season

camp will be open on Monday, Wed.
nesday and Friday Of each week Will
an adequate staff Of adult leaders 6.
sisting Miss Petron. It Is planned Il
have each troop visit the center three
times during the season.
Leaving the city ct $50 o'clock OF
camp mornings, . maximum Of a
girls viii hike to the site, cook and
serve one meal there, and be ready x
leave at $40 o'clock Besides camr
cookery, the daily program include.
periods for nature work, handicraft
folk dancing and paeeantry. camp.
tire, camp improvements and rest.
Gives Details On HlkinS
Tho schedule for the four overnight
encampments calls for departure from
Bismarck ct O'Clock. The evenina
meal win b prepared and eaten q
camp and there will be games and q
campfire. Taps viii sound 1t 10
O'Clock and reveille win b ct 7:3C
O'Clock the following morning. Break
fast will Be prepared and eaten. there
will be Z recreation program and the
regular day camp program Will pro-
coed from 1880 o'clock.
Adult supervision will be given the
girls from the time they leave Bis
marck until they return, whether they
like or are transported BY car to the
camp site. Mrs. Pierce added that the
cabin erected last year provides ade-
quate shelter and that new equipment
will be added BY the girls during the
summer months.
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st. Olaf Graduates
To Make Home Here

In . wedding ceremony performed
ct Trinity Lutheran church at q
O'Clock Monday evening, Miss MIL
dred Florence Hello. -Doylestown, Wis,
became the bride Of Julian Theodore
Wing, who came to Bismarck to make
his home about 10 weeks ago. Rev.
Opie 8. Rindahl. pastor, officiated.
The bridegroom and bride both are
graduates Of st. Olaf college, North
field. MIMI, and chose for their At
tendAnts ct the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul O. Netland, SIS Ninth st.,
who also are st. Olaf alumni. The
bride wore . light blue crepe model
and q corsAee Of Talisman roses. Mrs.
Netland was gowned In pale yellow
crepe. Before the vows were taken,
Mrs. 9. A. Narum sang % Promise
Me-"
Following the ceremony, there was
small reception given by friends Of
the couple ct the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J. Lunde. 303 Broadway Ave-
nue. West, who were celebrating their
wedding anniversary. There were
about - guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wing will BE at home
ct SO Ninth st., On June Is. Mr..
Wing Is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Eric
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Nurse Returning to
Her Home in Sweden

Miss Anna Pearson, Bismarck hos
pital assistant supervisor who plans
to leave late this summer to make her
home In Sweden, was guest Of honor
at q party given for Is Of her intimate
friends Monday evening by Mrs. John
Olson and Miss Alice Brown ct the
home Of Mrs. Olson, 4l3 Avenue B.
A nautical note was carried out In
the invitations, amusements and ap-
pointments for the party, with IN In.
ternational suggestion added by the
use Of blue and yellow. the colors OF
Sweden, and the American flag. Miss
Mabel Olson, who planned the enter.
tainment, was designated q captain
Of the ship and the entire program
suggested q trip on an ocean liner.
The hostesses and several taking part
In the program wore middies and caps.
Yellow snapdragons and blue delphi
inium. combined with yellow and blue
tapers and Swedish and American
flags, centered the table from which
the buffet supper was served late In
the evening.
After the festivities were conclud-
ed. Rev. q. Adolph Johns, pastor Of
the First Lutheran church, presented
. gift to Miss Person In behalf Of
the group.
An out-of-town guest was Miss Ella
Johnson Of Wayzata, MINI, who ar
rived Sunday from Fergus Falls,
MIMI, where she teaches. to engage
in federal relief administration work.
Miss Person will leave Biamarck
about August IS and In early Sep
TENDER will sail on the s. 8. Grips
holm for her home ct Persport. skAne,
Sweden. She has been In the United
States for several years, having come
to live with . sister ct Jamestown,
where she graduated from high school.
She has been employed at the Bis
marck hospital for about five years
following her graduation from the
school Of nursing.
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Homemakers Clubs
Open Pageant Series

The first Of Z series q paeeanta
portraying the activities Of the pio-
neer woman was held In Rhame Mon.
day when Bowman county Homemek-
ers club members gathered Tor theiS
annual Achievement Day celebration.
The pageant, entitled sThe Trail
Blazer" viii b put On "wednesday
at Amidon BY slope county Home.
makers. It also VIII b given IN con.
nection With Achievement Days IN
other counties - follows: 0o1den
Valley county ct Beach, June 3:
STARK county. ct Dickineou. June .:
Adams county q Hettinger. June IL:
Hettinoer county O Mott, June n,
and Ward county ct llinok June 10.
It = being directed IN each county
with tho assistance Of Julia = Hrak-
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$50 Bismarck Girls Expected t.
Participate In Activities Be.
ginning June Is

One hundred fifty Girl Scouts will
attend camp at the Bismarck Cir
scout camp this summer, according
to Mrs. w. B. Pierce, member Of the
scout council, who Is in charge
Plans were outlined by Mrs. Pierce
at the council meeting held Tuesday
morning at the World War Memorial
building.
Arrangements for the camp, which
Will open Monday, June Is, were vir-
tually completed when Miss Dorothy
Petron, local scout executive, who i
TO be camp director, enrolled with q
party Of three local troop leaders for
advanced training at Camp Fannie
Bailey Acott. near Eveleth, MINI,
The group will return here about
June II.
Overnight Hikes Scheduled
Located on the Stag property about
1.-Two miles northwest Of the city, the
camp Is to be operated on q day basis
as 1t was last year, according to Mrs.
Pierce. Four overnight hikes are
planned for girls who have attained
second class rank or above. Pioneer
cooking will be stressed In the camp
craft taught. There also will be In
struction IN soap-carving, leathercraft,
TIN can cutlery, woodwhittling and
Anoleum block cutting In the handi-
craft field. Opportunity will be given
the scouts to do intensive work In m.
ture study. Folk dancing will be
taught by an expert leader.
Between the opening date and Au.
gust 81 It Is planned to hold Is day
encampments, excluding the Fourth Of
July week when no activities will be
planned, Mrs. Pierce explained. The
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Junior Piano Group
Has Regular Meeting

Miss Florence Fritch entertained
her junior piano pupils ct their June
meeting Sunday afteEnoon ct her
home. 40 Park st.. With . program
BY members Of the group . the main
feature.
ecrapbook work and Q musical con-
test IN which Ruth Sandin won first
prize and Marjorie Jones won sec-
ond prise preceded the program.
Pupils appearing were James Pierce.
Haroldine Keller. 0raydon Dahlen.
Lawrence Doyle. Loris shipley, Dor
othy and wallace Aim and Louise
Collier besides Miss Sandin and Mia
Jones. David Keller, who was .
guest, played . violin solo to q piano
accompaniment played By his sister.
After light refreshments were ser.
we'd the group adjourned. to meet
again In July.
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Bismarck Study Club
Closes Current Year

Mrs. !. g. stucke. peesident- elect Of
the Bismarck Study club, announced
her committee appointments Tor the
1eS4.lo3S club year ct the CLOSING
meeting q the current season ct l:30
o'clock luncheon Monday afternoon q
the Bismarck Country club.
Membership will be under direction
Of Mrs. II. g. Efahm and Mrs. Stucke,
who i IN ex-officio member Of that
committee. Guest day asraneements
WIN b made BY Mrs. ]. 9. Oberg, Mrs,
A. N. RenW1ck and Mrs.. N. J. Lee.
Appodntd 70 serve on the lo36.36 pro-
gram committee are Mrs. L. r. VII
liams. MIA. Harold Sorenson and Ars.
=. q. Orr.
Mrs. r. i. Wensel reviewed the bio
graphical work, "Joaeph pulitser: His
Life and Letters" BY Neits, putting
particular emphasis on the Pulitser
Prise award. Because the 1883 pul-
itSer award novel. Lamb In His
Bosom" by Miller, was not available,
Mrs. Wensel reviewed work Of Art"
by Sinclair Lewis.