TIIK UM aha wuNDAY BEE: JANUARY 23, 1910.
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OLD MASTERS IN LONDON
Winter
Exhibition of
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the Royal
WOEK OF LITTLE KNOWN ARTISTS
F.arly Itallaa.
Datcfc Maaalak
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FT. J. Gregory.
LONDON,- Jan. 12. For fortr consecutive
year there haa been a winter exhibition
at Burlington house and with three or four
exception the collection! hay consisted
of old master and deceaaed master of the
British achool. Latterly haa been added a
room f till of the work of some artlat re
cently deceaaed.
The flrat exception were made In favor
of Watt,-Mlllal and Lelghton, and In each
case the reputation and the number of the
work of the artlat Juatlfled the proceed
ing. Last year a departure waa made that
called forth a good deal of adverse criti
cism on the part of expert though the
interest of the publlo waa by no means
abated aid there were as many visitors to
the winter exhibition when the entire col
lection of the late Mr. McCulloch wsa
shown aa there usually are.
There Is something to be said both for
and agalnat showing a collection auch aa
that of Mr. McCulloch. For one thing it
Indicates the taste of private collectors,
and It also gives the publlo a chance of
seeing pfcturea that It could hot see other
wise, such as ' the beautiful portrait by
Bargent of Mr. McColloch's son, and of
renewing acquaintance with old favorites
.auch as pictures by MUlals and i Burne-
fiontM. But on the whole the McCblloch
pictures were not of a very high standard,
and those academicians who had been spe
cially patronised might bs accused of aelf
advertisement.
This, year the academicians' have re
verted to their usual custom, and It must
be said that the present show is much
better than it was two years ago, and this
in . spite of the splendid collection of old
masters drawn from private sources, the
loan collection, which is still open at the'
Grafton galleries. The order of the pic
tures is the same as usual, early Italian,
Dutch and Spanish leading up through
Rembrandt and Van Dyck to Gainsborough
and Romney, and one room filled with pic
tures by E. J. Gregory, R. A., who died
last year. ' .
The early Italian pictures are especially
goqd and ilnclude one or two fine examples
by the 'less 'known men of the flftlenth
century. Among these is a "Virgin and
Child" by Plnturlcchlo, notable because of
the treatment of the Child, which before
Raphael, was the weak point In so many
pictures of the same subject The Child
haa a charming expression, and charnrtng
' alsq la the way he is holding out his hands'
as if wanting to play with the cherubs
which encircle the group. )
'In hla laat work, Plnturlcchlo Is said to
have been assisted by Raphael, then a
young man, and.it may be that he caught
com of the latter'a graclousness of style;
or it may be that, in the - evolution of
painting, he waa the link between Raphael
and the more primitive men. Near thia
Cloture hangs a "Virgin, and Child," by
Bottocnl, the Virgin seated - on, a bank
with a beautiful stretoh of landscape be
hind her, and an open book lying by her
side. "The coloring is rioh and harmonious
and the distant scene full of atmosphere. ''
The Nativity'" by Luini is the most
important paintings In this gallery, for the
"Virgin and Child" , by Botticelli, the
"portrait f a Man" by Giovanni Bellini
and the T'Vlrgln and Child with St.' John"
by. Leonardo do Vinci, are all open to
discussion. The color of the Leonar do
is heavy in the halftones, especially In the
flesh, , but tn the enigmatical smile on the
Virgin's face recalls the "Monna Lisa."
- There is a "Virgin and Child and St.
Joseph" by Francesco Melzl, who Is sup
posed to have' been a pupil of Leonardo,
and the expression of the Virgin Is - very
like that In Leonardo's picture mentioned
above. -It Is not surprising that so many
plotures of -whose authorship we have now
no authentlo knowledge ahould be attrib
uted first to one artist and then to an
other, aft. pupils nearly always In their
early days Imitate, their master's Work.
In another room Is a picture called "The
Portraits 'of the Painter and His Wife,"
which , Is supposed to' be. by Rembrandt,
but It is more probable- that It Is by Philip
Konlng, Rembrandt's pupil. Agalnher la
a portrait of a man now N attributed to
Rubens which Is more like' the ' youthful
work of Van Dyck, who was a pupil of
Rubens.
To speak of all the early Italian pictures
worthy of note would be to copy the cata
logue, but the-"Entombment" by 'Tin
toretto, the "Daughter of Herodlae" by
Titian a replica of the picture In the
Doria palace and "Susanna and ' the
Elders" by Veronese, xmust be . mentioned
especially. In comparing Italian with mod
ern work one Is struck with the superior
way in which blue la treated. It Is always
rich and luminous, from the deepest ultra'
marine to the patent gray blue, and la In
harmony with tho reds and yellow. .
In "Susanna and the Elders" by Ver.
ones, there is' a marvelous deep blue sky
which - fall perfectly into place, although
the rest of the picture Is a scale of reds
and warm yellow grays. It cannot be due
enuroiy iv umv nu vftrnisn, mougn mess
would, do much to help. I
'Among' the Spanish pictures Is one bj
Velasques of "Our Lady of the Immacu
late Conception" which one would like to
see ta tha.NatloBaT-gallery quite as much
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as the celebrated "Venus." Beside It hangs
a ' Portrait of a Child," lent by I. Pler
pont Morgan, -htch Is simply catalogued
aa "Spanish School," but haa all the quali
ties of a Velaeques. By the same master
are "PL, John Writing the Apocalypse
and "The Steward." a painting of still
life, he content of a larder, In which the
figure of the steward Is merely an Inci
dent Murlllo's paintings are alwaya disappoint
ing when detached from the churches they
were nrtiHn11v Intended to deoorate. "The
Paralytic," which shows Christ healing the
lame man at the Pool-of Bethesda, was one
of a series of eight pictures painted for the
Church of La Carldad. Seville. It waa car
ried away by Marshal Soult, from whom It
waa bought by an Englishman.
The "8t. Augustine of Hippo," In which
the. saint richly dressed In robes and cope
is raising his hands In a theatrical atti
tude toward the vision of a flaming heart
appearing in the skies, looks merely
theatrical In an ordinary picture gallery.
But imagine that picture hung In the re
cess of a chapel of a large Spanish church
dimly lighted from outside by stained glass
windows and Inside by candles and think
what would be Ha emotional appeal to a
crowd of kneeling worshipers with the
ritual of the Roman Catholic service ac
companied by swinging censers' and the
rolling notes of a deep toned organ! -'
Most of the Dutch pictures are htrhg
In the water color room, and among them
la to be found a delicate sliver gray "Por
trait of a Girl," by Albert Cuyp. This ar
tist Is so much better known by his land
scape with cattle, winter snow or moon
light scenes, that this picture and the
spirited portrait of William II of Orange
whan a boy, with a dog and gun, ooroe aa
a surprise. Cuyp' work 1 more appre
ciated In England than in hla own country,
where little more than a century ago
his picture could be bought for thirty
florins. Now they fetch at much a 3.000.
In this gallery, aa with the Italian plo
tures, It is impossible to mention all that
Is of interest. One picture that will at
tract a good deal of attention is Sir Peter
Lely fine portrait of Jan Lane, who
helped Charles II to escape after the battle
of Worcester, he riding disguised as her
servant. Inserted in the frame is an au
tograph letter from the king, addressed
to "Mlstrls Lane"v4rigned "Your most
assured and constant friend, Charles R."
The picture of an "Interior with a
Woman Pumping," by Nicholas, is a splen
did example of thla roaater'a work. It fig
ure In a picture In gallery V by an un
known artlat, where it Unrepresented as
hanging on the. wall of the picture gallery
or the British institution, Pall Mall. x
In gallery III one cornea to the eigh
teenth century and the rise of the British
school. Her are to be found two full
length male portraits by Gainsborough,
both very fine. One Is of Sir Charles
Morgan,' lent by the Equitable Life Inaur'
ar.ee company, ef which he waa president,
and the other la of John Eld, Esq., of
Selghford Hall. The latter la lent by the
governor of the Staffordshire General In
firmary, which Mr. Eld waa lnatrumental
In founding. There are a dozen portraits
by Reynolds, of which the most attractive
Is the one of Lady William Gordon. She
was the mother of the child who sat. for
the celebrated picture of "Angela Heads"
In the National gallery, "and she has the
aame delicate beauty.
Romney's work always looks thin and
flat beside that Juf Reynolds', and the big
portrait group of the Beaumont family Is
no exception. . There are five people in this
'group, but they are all detached flgurea
and each would look equally .well if the
canvas" -were" oWlnt vatrlpj.vTCh4 '.each
framed by 'itself. The only two who seem
to belong to each other are Elizabeth and
her husba'nd. Lieutenant General Bernard,
for he la leaning on the back othis wife's
chair.
The more one . sees of -Hogarth's pic
tures' the more one admires , his genius.
The "Lady's Laat Stake" is a perfect piece
of work. The subjeot la Interesting. The
lady has lost all her money and Jewels
gambling with an officer and the moment
chosen is whjre he offers them back in
return for her honor and she 1 wavering
at his suit. And the painting Is ao good.
Everything is perfectly rendered and yet
'keeps Its place In the whole scheme. Thla
picture la lent by J. Plerpont Morgan, who
haa also lent an "Annunciation," by
Lorenso Costa; the "Portrait of a Child,"
already mentioned; "Depositing Giovanni
Bell In Is Three Picture In the Church of
the Redentore, . Venice,", by Turner; the
self-portrait of Mine. Vlge le Brun, "La
Devideuse," by Greuxe, and the portrait
of "Mme de- Pompadour," by Van Loo.
It la interesting to note that three
portraits by women, Mme. Vigee le Brun,
Maria Cosway and Angelica Kauffmann
all hold their own in such a fine collection.
The latter was an Academician, the only
other woman tohave that distinction being
Mary Mover, the flower painter.
E. J. Gregory, the lately deceased R.
A., whose work fill the last gallery,
was one of the least known of the academi
cians. He waa a ahy and retired man
and hi output of work waa not large.
He chose as a rule simple subjects, working
with equal skill in oil and water colors,
and his picture of girl In "boats on the
upper reaches of the Thame are full of
the delight of the river on sunfly days.
The finest picture of all belongs to Mr.
Sargent. This I called "Dawn." A whole
Story la written in the figure of the man
and woman in evening- dree standing be
side 'a grand piano, the woman turning
away her head while the cold light of
dawn creep slowly through the Venetian
blinds, combating the hot yellow glare of
artificial light The two contending lights
are admirably rendered and the finish of
the painting is as exquisite a In
smaller plotures.
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19-034 Farnani St.
TELI OF NINEVEH'S GLORY
Valuable Becord "Received by the
x British Museum.
BIT OP ANCIENT HISTOBY
Cylinder of Baked liar 1 ascribed ia
Caaelrorm Reronata the fireataeaa
of Beanaeherlb and Hla Work
ia Rebnlldlns: the City. '
LONDON, Jan. S. Sennacherib, the war
rior kong of Assyria, was not In the least
troubled with modesty regarding his
achievements, and the latest tresaure placed
In the British Museum Is a record which
he had Inscribed for his descendants, re
counting all that he did for Nineveh.
The trustees of the British Muneum are
greatly pleased to have received this eight
sided cylinder of baked clay, which con
tains the fullest account of Sennacherib's
work In Nineveh and elsewhere yet dlacov
ered. There are 740 lines of cuneiform
characters on It, which makes it Just 253
likes longer than Is the famous Taylor
cylinder found by Colonel E. J.Taylor in
1830.
The new baked clay record supplies his
torical mattere of the greatest importance
concerning two of Sennacherib's military
campaigns, glvea a very full account of
the king's enlargement of the city from
9,300 cubits to 21,800 cubits, and of the build
ing of his palace, and contributes a very
valuable piece of information to the exca
vators who are working there: that Is, a
list of the fifteen gates of the city, with
their relative positions.
The cylinder, which is about' two feet In
height, occupies the place of honor In a
caae filled with examples of the Nlnevlte
ounelform, and Is considered the finest spec
imen of them all. It Is In very good condi
tion except that on one.ojVfts eight sides
the clay ia slightly chipped so that some of
the line are obliterated In part, "but not
enough to make the translation difficult.
As soon as the cylinder arrived It was
given at once to two of the officials of the
museum, who are experts at reading this
cuneiform wrltlntr: a pajmful tran-lminn1
Was made and the cylinder was placed In
Its preaent position in the room devoted
to Assyrian and Babylonian' antiquities.
Sennacherib did for Nineveh what Neb
uchadnezzar later did for Babylon. Nine
veiy'a great rival city of the Chaldeans In
the western Asian Assyrio-Babylonlan em
pire founded by Nlmrod. He made it the
greatest city of the time In the then known
world. He 1 chiefly famous aa a mighty
warrior king, and the Old Teatament telle
of his campaign against Hesekiah, which
resulted in the disaster still unexplained
which loat him the main port of his army
and saved Jerusalem., Here on this cyl
inder, however, he Is shown aa a great
builder and the record seem to have been
Inscribed with the special purpose of point
ing this out It was burled in the city wall
and was doubtless placed there after some
ceremony commemorating the completion
of the wall, very much as nowadays in
England daily papers are buried under
foundation stones. '
In his Introduction to the section of the
cylinder relating to the building operations,
Sennacherib complains that there haa been
none among "the former kings, my fathers,
to widen the city's dwelling places, to build
walls, to make straight the streets and to
dig a canal and plant plantations." Neither
had any of them turned his attention to
"the palace therein, the dwelling place, the
lordly habitation, whose site was become
too narrow, whose construction was not
beautiful." So ?I, Sennacherib, the king
of hosts, the king of Assyria, to carry out
that work according ' to the will of the
gods,' turned my mind."
That decision was bad for the neighbor
ing states, for he goes on to tell how the
When the Doctor's Disagree
A S Diagnosis of the American Attitude Toward Music by
, Two Eminent Experts and Some Comment Thereon
Concerning- the Case as Developed by the Actual Facts.
HERE Is an old saying that
"Doctor differ and patients
die." Tie doctors are differing
Just now on an important queJ
tlon. That is, the music "doc
tors" and the university "doc
T
tors." ,'
For example, and towlt: Her comes
President Harris of Northwestern univer
sity, Chicago, and he Is reported In the
press aa having said these words: "It Is
a regrettable fact that muslo play such a
little part In the education of the people,
and it la a shame .that college graduates
know ao little of the sublimer worka of
muslo. A young man who goes Into
the world without having some idea and
appreciation of musio 1 poorly equipped
hfor hi llfework, for he 1 forever barred
from the uplifting qualities to be derived
froth, great musical compositions.
Education Is too ld and It will be ma
terially Improved by the addition of mu
sical studies In connection with other col
lege courses."
This Is .very encouraging . conversation,
coming from President Harris, and it would
doubtless have been accepted without a
murmur 'had It not been for the fact that
President Harris of Northwestern made
another remark which stirred things. The
president 1 quoted as having said: "The
theLAcnerlcan people are musical barbarian.
iu mo iiiiiBuwi ui iuo American musician
1 to clvllls the people."
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But the "doctors" differ. Add so, here
come "doctor" Walter Kothweli, "the con
ductor of the St. Paul Symphony orchestra,
who say that President Harris, the "doc
tor" from the Northwestern university. Is
wrong. The defiant, differing "doctor" of
the orchestra says: "Any person who
makes such a statement 1 not well In
formed. Mr. Harris has chosen a poor lo
cality for such an attack, aa the musical
entertainments 1b Chicago are almost suffi
cient to disprove his assertion. Chicago Is
enjoying a revel of music," etc.
Mr. Rothwell then proceeds to discourse
upon the 'various presentations of "The
Messiah" in Chicago, the projection of an
opera house for grand opera, the subscrip
tion lists for "symphony concerts." And
then he cite what 1 being done In Ht.
Paul through the appearance of grand
opera stars in concert aad recital. ,
He says: "I a" ao other country tn the
world could an, organisation Uk th Sym
phony orchestra be possible In a city the
sis of St. Paul. And these orchestras
are supported by the personal guarantee
of men who back them for th pur lov
of muslo. Th same (a true of Minne
apolis, Spokane, Cincinnati, Denver, Baa
Francisco and a great many other cities."
Then "doctor" Rothwell of the St. Paul
Symphony orchestra goes on to Speak of
the many musical organisations, clubs,
societies, companies,' etc He speak of
the demand for great, violinists, pianists
and soloists, (presumably he mean "sing
ers") and ha conclude with th statement
that "America Is th must musical country
on earth."
Mas
"doctor" Rothwell may be right
peoples of Chaldea. the Arameans. the
Mannnl. the men of Kue and Clllcla, the
Phlllstinea and Tyrlans, "who had not sub
mitted to my yoke, I carried away and I
set them to forced labor, and they made
bricks."
He tells first of the rebuilding of his
Ipaiace. "Bull coloeal of white stone
mey quarriea lor support ur ine aoors
thereof. In order to conefruct rafts great
treea In the woods throughout the whole
of their land they cut down. In the month
of Ivyar, at the time of the spring floods,
on mighty rafts they brought them across
with difficulty to the other side. In the
crossing of the quay wall the great vessels
sank deeper and their crewa groaned and
were distressed in spirit, but by might and
tribulation they brought them with diffi
culty and set them up In their gates."
It Is a wqjiderful picture of the building
of one of the great cities of old when
huojian labor was so cheap that Nebuchad
nezzar, for instance, was able to build a
magnificent' temple In fifteen days.
Sennacherib's talo continues in this
fashion: "I altered the sTcture of the
palace and enlarged Its site. Palaces of
gold, silver, bronze, malachite, breccia, ala
bahter. Ivory, cedar, cypress, plnefor my
lordly habitation I constructed. Breams of
cedar and cypress, whose scent Is pleasant,
the products of Amanus and Soiara, tho
snow-capped mountains, I arranged In place
above them. Doors of cedar, cypress, pine
and slndu wood, with a plating of silver
and copper, I found. Female colossi of
alabaater and ivory, wearing horned head
dresses, having bent talons, clothed with
strength and vigor, full of spend or, I set
up In their doorways and made JJim a
wonder to . behold. With brickwork, Ka
atone and- lapis lazuli I decorated the ram
parts, the cornices and all the coping' It
Is a vision of barbaric spendor thatap-
proaches the description of Solomon' tern'
pie. "The palace that haa no rival," Senna
cherib called his habitation.
The king's proudest record is of the
casting of bronze lions, colosal which had
been moulded in clay "aa in casting half
shekel pieces." It was evidently an un
precedented achievement
Further on he says: "The neighborhood
of the palace I made' beautiful. A great
park wherein all kinds of herbs and fruit
trees and trees the product of, the moun
tains and of Chaldea, together! with trees
that bear wool were Included, beside It I
planted." y
After finishing the palace he turned his
attention to the city and1 built an Inner
and an outer wall; then "I, enlarged the
area of Nlniveh, my lordly city, Its open
spaces' I broadened and made It bright
like the 'day. Above the city and below
the city I laid out gardens."
A description of the warrior king's meth
ods of punishing rebellious vassals follows:
"Klrua, the prefect of Iijubru, a servant
who was subject to me, whose god forsook
him, Vaused the troops of Cicllia to revolt
and offered battle. -The peoples who dwelt
In lustra and Tarsus supported htm and
they seized the CIclltan road; they stopped
the traffic Bowmen bearers of shields (?.
and lances, chariots and horses, my royal
troops I sent against them. The troops
of Clctlla who supported him they de
feated In the midst of a difficult mountain.
They conquered Illubru and Tarsus and
carried off their spell. He himself they
besieged in Illubru, his Btronghold, and
they cut off egress from it. With the as
sault of siege engines, great files of the
wall and and the attack of foot
soldiers they defeated him and captured
the city.- Kims, the prefect, with the spoil
of his cities and the peoples of Cicllia
who had supported him, together - with
asses, oxen and slieep, they brought to
Nlniveh Into my presence. Kerua I flayed."
Lastly Sennacherib enjoins that "in after
days among the kings, my suns, when that
wall shall have grown old and shall have
fallan into decay. Jet him repair the ruined
parts of it, let .him find Inscriptions
which recorded my name and let him offer
a sacrifice and restore each to its place."
But let us look a little into his diagnosis.
Mr. Walter Rothwell says, speaking of
Chicago "Th musical entertainment."
And he say that "Chicago 1 enjoying a
revel of music." ,
But ia muBlo a species' of "entertain
ment," or an "enjoyment" to "revel" In?
Most emphatically not Her th musi
cal editor of Th Be distinctly disagree
with the teaching of St PauK (through
It conductor, Mr. ' Rothwell). MubIo 1
not a pastime, it 1 not an entertainment,
it 1 not merely an enjoyment to revel in.
It 1 a glorlou. God-given, uplifting holy
art, to be atudied, to be enjoyed in the
highest Intellectual and spiritual sense,
and not physically "revelled" in.
Would you apeak of being "entertained"
by th wondrous art of the "Slatine
Madonna" of Raphael? No, No! None the
lesa by th' "Messiah" of Handel.
Would you apeak of the comln Mozart
festival at Salxburg as the "enjoyment of
a reveir- No, Not No less should you
speak of enjoying th revel of trymphony
concert, wnether in Chicago or in St
Paul.
Therein He the kernel of the nut The
tendency of the average Amerloan listener
le-to enjoy, rather than tp discriminate:
to revel, rather than to reason: to be en
tertained, rather than to be educated In
muslo. '
Discrimination and Discernment are the
two great things lacking in our great pub
llo today.
The question should not be: "How much
are the people of Chicago being entertained
in musical ways?" but rather. "How much
. v. nLi . . .
mo peopie aiHcerning m a
musical way?" .
It Is not a question as to how much
there is to "feed. upon" musically, but as
to what la "digested?" There 1 the crux
of the whole matter. A couple of year
ago, one of the loading critics In America
v rote some, very pertinent sentence upon
u-ia euojeci. nere is one of them: "We
are importing most of our art and nearly
all of our music. We are devouring every-
ming. xater on we shall feast less, and
subsist better. We. shall beoom epicure
ana select with daintier appetites.'
TM eminent critic, who has been watch
ing nuslcal history, as it la being written
in th Unitod States, longer than Mr.
xiuioweu, nas spoKen well an we)y
when he atated that "we are devouring
everyuiing" na .that .later on, "w shaU
feast less, and subsist better.
And so, again, a to Mr. Rothwell' aim.
pie statement Issued In Innocent guileless
nee, namely th wonderful proof or must
cal growth afforded by th visit of Grand
Opera star in concert and recital. Hi
dltgnpsls is not accurate. For what com
munlty would turn out b force, to hear
these great prima' donna people, !f their
rtoltala depended strictly on the merits of
their work and not on their names? The
irlma drain recital la a buslneKs affair
pure and simple. Curiosity Is far more
powerful than pure merit. People go
wrgeiy out or curiosity to hear the "great
poi-pie, Decauae the names are known. If
thl la not true, why does one hear so fi.
likr Stewart lesitoi
413-15-17 Ssuth Sixteenth Street.
January Clearing Sale
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sale price $13.00
.$21.00 Brussels"-Rug, 10-6x10,
sale price -$11.00
$83.50 Brussels vRug, 10-6x11-9,
sale-price- $18.75
$30.00 Brussels Rug, 1 0-6x10-10,
sale price $16.50
$43.00 Brussels Rug, 10-6x12-6,
sale price L . .$27.75
$45.00 Brussels Rug, 10-6x12-8
sale price $28.75
$38.00 Brussels Rug, 10-6x11-6,
sale price $25.50
$26.50 Brussels .Rug, 10-6x12,
Bale Pric $16.75
HALF PRICE SALE LACE
we still have about 1.50O pairs of Laxe Curtains to be closed out
CLUNY LACE CURTAINS, BRUSSELS NET, BATTKNBERG, DUCHESS,
XTVtfr rnv T T. a . . . .
vrtux j., sou many ouier
the entire lot at one-half regularprlce,
$7.50 Genuine Brussels "Net Lace,
sale price, per pair ....$3.75
$16.00 Genuine Brussels Net Lace,
sale price, per pair . ;..$5.00
$12.00 Genuine Brussels Net Lace,
plain center, heavy border, sale
price, per pair $6.00
$20.60 Real Saxony Brussels, sale
price, per pair $10:25
$3.20 Cluny Lace, sale price, per
""r' v$1.6JJ
$4.25 Cluny Lace, sale' price, per
Palr $2.10
Large, stock of Nottingham and
quently the remark: "No, I am not going
to hear hert I heard her once."
Furthermore, our people will go by hun
dreds to hear a grand opera star in a song
recital, and pay a good stiff price for their
seats, and oft times when they get there
the cupboard la bare of real intrlnalo sing
ing-merit, faultsare heard which would be
reproved by, any singing-teacher of ordi
nary good musical character in hi pupil,
and th most atrocious, vocal crime are
committed and condoned because It la a
prima donna.
But these same people of ours will be
utterly Indifferent to local musloal endea-
vor of the very highest and beat kind, or
If they support It at all-lt must be undertbeen tried, and have proved unavailing.
th form of "patron - and patronesses."
And even then the musical, the genuine
musloal, worth.- will not be the causing
motive, but the! far Inferior one of "local
pride."" -f
And just as likely as not these same
dear people of our will lend their support
and their influence to something which 1
doing more harm than good to the com
munity, through a perverted Judgment, or
the blind following of a jealous activity
on th part of person who will stop at
nothing In their efforts to thwart a good
work. Thla 1 true. In the highest degree,
of almost every city of any musloal pre
tension In fhe blessed and beloved United
States.
This is the warfare of the true musician
everywhere, the Battle of th Standards!
'The musical" editor of The Bee knows
nothing of the performance of the St.
Paul symphony orchestra, for th simple
reason that he haa never heard them; he
takes it for granted that they are good, be
cause ho haa noted with pleasure Mr. Roth
well' work along orchestral lines in other
directions; neither doe he know what in
fluence 1 being exerted In St. Paul to de
velop thing musical, ao that ,t. Paul
may be considered a musical center; but be
does know that Mr. Rothwell is reckless
when he says that "America Is the most
musical country on earth.'" Mr. Rothwell
is reckless when he point to the supposed
fact that Chicago 1 a musical center, a
compared with other cltiea of th same
size and significance In Europe. -
Mr. Rothwell Is reckless when he diag-
noaes our musical condition a being th
healthiest on earth, when a little study of
th subject would convince him that we
are devouring th spurious aa hungrily aa
th sincere; the merltrlcious aa greedily
as th meritorious; the loathsome aa much
a th lovely; the trivial a heartily aa
the true; th vulgar a freely aa thavlr-
tuous. ,.
We will continue until we have' a bad
case of "nerves" or some other mentally
and psychically disgestlve disturbance, and
let us beware, lest In the differing of th
"doctor," th patient die!
But let ua return to the other "doctor.
Prosldent Harris 1 quoted aa having
said: "It la a regre table fact that music
play such a lHUe fiart iu th sducaUvU of
herewith quote:
$20.00 Dresner, genuine quartered
oak, golden finish, 48 inches
long, has 24x30-lnch French-
llate mirror, exactly
:..$12.50
like cut, sale price
14 8.00 Curly Birch Dresser, with
French plate mirror, ffQ4 aa
18x34 in., sale price ..?Zt)eUU
$31.00 Select quartered oak
Dresser, sale pricey
now at
$17.00
$19.50 Quartered oak fq pa
Dresser, sale prlcee . )12.!)U
$65.00 Genuine Mahogany Chif
fonier, wlthNicroll pilasters, also
scroll pilaster' mirror (91 r A
support, sale prlr-e . . . JjtjZ.y V
$83.00 Oenuina Mahogany Chif
fonier, with pilasters, colonial
design, sale price, Mr aa
now at 7vaeUv
$41.00 Quarter sawed Oak, French
rolled Bed, a rery choice piece of
furniture, sale price, QQ
$25.00 Brussels Rug, 10-6x10-9.
sale price $15.00
$20.00 Brussels Rug, 8-3x11-6,
sale price $11.50
$16.60 Brussels Rug, 8x10-6,
sale price $10.50
$21.00 Brussels Rug, 8-3x10-6,
iseis Kug,
i f
iseis Rug,
sale price
$10.50
8-3x!ll-6,
$9.50
8-3x11-6,
$15.00
8-3x8-3,
$15.00 Brusselt
Baals er4st A
$15.00 Brussels Rug,
sale price ;
$16.00 Brussels Rug,
ale price
$0.75
$28.00 Wilton Vevet Rug,
10-6x12-9. sale price ..$18.50
$32.00 Wlltdn Velvet Rug,
9x11-9, sale price $20.25
$22.50 Wilton Velvet Rug,
8-9x12-6, sale price ..$14.00
$33.00 Wilton Velvet Rug, '
10-6x12-9, sale price ..18.25
varieties, wo nave decided in order
$3.20 Cluny Lace, sale price, per
Palr. V ......$1.60
$4.80 Cluny Lace,, sale price, per
pair, at .......... $2.40
$7.60 Irish Point Lace Curtains,
sale price, per pair $3.75
$12.00 Irish Point Lace Curtains,
sale price, per pair . . . .$6.00
$15.60 Irish Point Lace Curtains,
sale price, per pair $7.75
J
' $16.00 .Irish Point Lace Curtains,
saie price, per pair ....$8.00
$4.60 Novelty Lace) Curtains, sale
price, per pair $2.25
Cable Nets.- ranging "in price, per pair,
wio people. - Education 1 too cold
and It will be materially Improved by the
addition of musical studies." etc.
Did you notice that word, "materially?"
"It will be materially
that should appeal to the business man.
who wants the most for his money. It
would be "materially" improved. Most
people who are engrossed with business
cares consider musical studies aa a sort
of "frill," aa a sDeciea of "anntii4in.i"
matter, without any practical ehd; but
here come a noted educator who says
that "education is too cold," and that it
will be "materially Improved by th addi
tion of musical studies."
Foot ball and other college sport have
x niy are .entirely or the physical. Some
mental work 1 necessary, of course, but
it is not of the higher order; now let the
"material improvement" of musical study
be Introduced, and let us watch for results.
The foot ball game ia a revenue producer.
say your But la the university to be
come a business proposition T If so, then
we will set lewer "11 ran In" in ini.r.i.
Ues.
Universities should stand flrat foremost.
and finally for the higher education, and
universities and the general publlo will
persist in fostering the foot ball aama. u
against maintaining a musical nucleus.
then the evidence la in favor of President
Harris of th Northwestern University of
Chicago, who says. In his diagnosis, that
th "American people are- musical bar
barians." THOMAS J. KELLY.
1,
Mas leal Nate.
A musicale will be given at Unity church,
Wednesday, January K, 1910, :15 p. m.,
when the following program will be pre
sented; Organ solo, Marche nelIgieuse....Oullmant
, . . . , Mr, Martin Bush.
(a) Andante v...- Goiter mann
KIDNEY OR BLADDER
1 ' ' 11 1 ii
AND YOUR LAME BACK FEELS FINE
Serexal dosei will reg-ulate your out-
01-oraer Juaaeyi making Back
ache vanish.
Hundreds of folks her are needlessly
miserable and worried because j out-of-order
kidneys, backache or bladder trouble.
If you will take several doaes of Pape's
Dluretio all misery from a lam back,
rheumatism, painful sUtohe. Inflamed or
wollen eyeJldsT nervous headach. Irrita
bility, dlsalnesa, wornout, sick feeling and
other symptoms of overworked or deranged
kidneys, will vanish. 'N-
L'ncontrollable, smarting, frequent urin
ation (especially at night) and all bladder
misery ends.
This unusual preparation goes at one
to the disordered kidneys, bladder' and
urinary system, and distributes Its healing,
cleansing and vitalising influence directly
upon the-organs and glands affected, and
complete the our befor you realise It,
$43.00 Curly Birch Chiffonier;
latest pattern, sale qq aa
price, a JZZ.UU
$54.00 Genuine Mahogany Chif
fonier, swell, front and wood
drawer ' knobs, sale for AA
price, at Z).UU
$18.50 Quarted sawed and Oak '
Chiffonier, sale CfQ AA
Price, at )iZ.UU
$28.00 Quarter sawed and Oak
Chiffonier, sale 04 a A
price, at .,10eUU
$45.00 Gent's Mahogany Auto
. Chiffonier, with five bins, two
drawers and hat compartment on
one side, and wardrobe on other
side, with doors closing the
rront, sale price,
now at
.$20.00
$30.00 Quarter sawed Oak Gent's
Auto Chiffonier, five bins, two
. drawers and hat com- fOA aa
partment, sale price . . 7uVevU
$26.60 Wilton Velvet Rug.
9x12-3, sale price ....$16.00
$35.00 Wilton Velvet Rug..
10-6x12-9, sale price . .$17.75
$28.00 Wilton Velvet Rug.
8-3x10-6, sale price . . .$12.00
$21.60 Wilton Velvet Rug,
8-3x11-7, sale price . . .$13.00
$31.00 Wilton Velvet Rug.
10-6x11-6, sale price . .$10.00
$16.00 Wilton Velvet Rug,
6x7-6, sale price $10.50
$15.00 Wilton Velvet Rug,
8-2x8-3, sale prlo $9.50
$19.50 Wilton Velvet Rug.
8-8x8-8, sale prices. . . .$10.75
$22.60 Wilton Velvet Rug.
8-3xl'2, sale price ....$14.00
$24.00 Axmlnster Rug, 8-3x10.
sale pride $13.50
$13.50 Axmlnster Rug, 8-3x12,
sale price KH ful
CURTAINS
daring this sale. These consist of
RENAISSANCE, SWISS POINT:
to make a clean sweep. , to offer i
)
$6.00 Novelty Lace Curtains, sale
price, per pair .$3.00.
$7.00 Novelty Lace Curtains, sale
i Price, per pair $3.50
$1.80 Novelty Lace. Curtains, sale
price, per pair .'. 00
$8.00 Battenberg Lace Curtains, '
, sale price, per pair . ...$4.0O
$10.00 Battenberg Lace Curtains,
sale price, per pair ....$5.00
$14.60 Battenberg Lace Curtains,
sale price, per pair ....$7.25
$16.00 Battenberg Lace Curtains,
Bale Drice. ner nnir . ao aa
from .".$1.75 to 35
(b) Cansonetta i ryAmh.!.
Mr. George Barker,' Violin? Mr. c3S f
berryman at the piano.
(a) Don Juan serenade Tsohaikowakr
b) Requiem Sldnev Hnmii.
(c) When I Think of VloleU X MW-
Mr. William MancheeteR
Mr. Bush at the piano.
Duet-Trio for violin, cello and glano..
Mine Vrouna? Mi's' V. ' Mafiat UlaJ,K
Mrs. W. JF. Baxter.
Polonaise . r
Jeu de. Ondea . ..VicheiSky
, Mr. Berryman..
Invocation.. .Guy D-Hardelot
t. ,. Ml8 Allc Kennard.
Violin obligate, Mr. Barken Mv
. . , Berryman at the piano.
Andante ReHgloso .Thorn
Mr. Henry Allen at the organ.
" Itve,t Heart May Swell (from
aust) :y..""'..:"""-.Oouno4
Mr. Manchester.
. , , M- Bush at th piano, .
(a) Spring Song .TT..VT Lemara
tb) Barcaroli (from Talis pY Tlitt-
Mr. Bush.
f
The following program was gtven at the
Young Woman's Christian association on
Monday evening by Miss Lillian Pitch,
reader; Mis Luella Allen, vlollnlsti Mlaa
Orao Hancock, piajiurti
Scene de Ballet n. tj
a, MJ SMtL Allon' vlolVrll'st
Readlng-The Young Prince.... Hamptmanni
Miss, Lillian Fitch.
eouvrr".:.:.:::;.:"; TennjS!
,.,," Dedla
Masurka . . .MJynarakt
, Miss Allen,
Piano Dance Leut Frannfc
Tourblllou ......77. ChahriS
Miss ChW Hancock"
Ballad of East and Wrnrt Kipling
Mis Fitch.
Romance , Beethoven
jA piano recital by the advanced pupil
of Miss Alma S. Buck win bo given at
Lyrlo theater on Thursday evening; Feb
ruary I
MISERY GOES
The moment you suspect any kidney or
urinary disorder, or feel rheumatism com
ing, begin taking thla harmless medio! ne,
with the knowledge that there no other
remedy, at any pric. mad anywber else
in tho world, which will effect so thorough
and prompt a our as a flftyoent treat,
meat of Pap' Diuretic, whloh any drug
gist can 'supply.
Your physician, pharmacist, banker or
any mercantile agency will tall you that
Pape. Thompson A Pape, of Cincinnati. I
a large and responsible medicine concern,
thoroughly, worthy of your nonrideno.
Only curative' results can come from tak
ing Pape' Diuretic, and a few day' treat
ment mean clean, active, healthy kidneys,
bladder and urinary organs and ' you feel
flae.
Aeoept only Pape' Diuretic fifty-cent
treatment from any drug store ear whet a
1
la th world. -..l.
