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THE COURIER. 11 K ! s The William T. Evans Exhibition and Sale. Dear Courier : "Men will praise thee when tbou doest well unto thyself ;" in other words, a certain amount of self-assertivenosa is laudable; it indicates the consciousness of worth and it pro-nisee to Rive neces sary evidence in due time. The Ameri can art world has established its exist ence in the modern firmament, its orbit or right of way is recognized ana re spected at home and abroad, ita precise proportions relative to other such worlds areyet unknown, hut they are of looming importance in the minds of the reflecting.and it is a good-sign that the metropolis of America is giving the place of honor this winter to exhibitions of native work. Last season phases of French impressionism seemed to be the feature in prominence De Monvel at the American Art galleries, Claude Monet at the Union League club, Sisley at the Durand-Ruol galleries, Monoecelli at the Avery gallery, Renoir, Pissarro, Cassatt, Chavannes such names rep resent the character of last winter's ex hibitions ; few amenities, indeed, and leaving out .two or three names, very, little baauty, some of ua thought. It was a relief to descend from this cheer less boulder-strewn summit to the less aspiring impressionism of our own kith and kin who.as spring drew near, spread their canvases before us Robert Reid, Tarbell, Childe Haasam, Lungren, Wal ker, Mrs. MacMonnies culminating in the Clarke collection treasures. Let ub confess that the work of our Americans is fairer in our eyes than the works of.tbe children of strangers, and it is with deep satisfaction that we find ourselves gravitating this winter.to our own again. The impulse which gave direction to the present movement was no doubt furnished by the most inter esting incident of last February the ex hibition at the American Art galleries and subsequent sale at Checkering hall of the Thomas B. Clarke collection, rep resenting exclusively American artists. It was a notable event and established most satisfactorily the growing pecu niary value of our national art. The sale of the Evans collection, accom plished this week at Chickering hall, is a second apprising of our art product, which shows that American pictures have acquired the proud virtue of being safe investments for unem ployed capital. Mr. Evans' bandsome mansion in Seventy-fifth street was known to be crowded with this sort of treasure ; the favored had seen his white and gold music room a setting for the fancies, sportive or symbolic, and in at tenuated tints like tapestry designs, of.' F. S. Church ; it was rumored that he had a unique collection of splendid, landscape pieces and Mew Yorkers have greatly enjoyed a glance at these things. About sixteen years ago Mr. Evans sold all his European pictures, to replace them with American ones, and it is hoped that he will continue his enthu siastic patronage of native art, thus re investing the proceeds of this sale, which amounted to one hundred fifty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. Your correspondent, in visiting the ex hibition at the American Art galleries on Saturday, did not experience any thing quite equal to the surprise and pleasure, almost describable afl a de lightful shock, which eoaie features of the Clarke collection last winter pro duced, especially the'magnificent Wins low Homer canvases. The galleries were comfortably filled, many intending purchasers being in evidence who die cusaed by twos and threes points of merit, marking catalogues with memo randa in anticipation of the evening auction ; for Chickering hall is vast, back seats are a disagreeable possibility, and opera glasses do not always bring a picture into focus. One of the two email galleries was de voted to F. S. Church ; his canvases are all small, about the scale used in work intended for illustration. The second picture, "The Madonna of the Sea," kneeling angels, a flight of innumerable doves swerving down and almost touch ing the group, others -preening- their plumage at the feet of the Virgin, was conspicuous in the loan exhibition of the Lotos club last winter. Most of the Church pictures, "Pandora." "Sea Si rens," "White Swans and Pink Lilies," "Una and the Lions," "Evening," "The Dance," were sold the first evening of the auction at a total of three thousand three hundred and sixty five dollars, and the remainder at four thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars a somewhat disappointing endorsement of Mr. Evans' discrimination in making a special favorite of F.S. Church. Work about to be submitted to the public verdict of an auction sale, on trial of its merits, its vogue or its fame, excites a eoit of romantic interest ; the public, too, is on trial and will be judged by its judgment. I jot down some very im pressionistic recollections of the exhi bition. Some of the enjoyment I felt entitled to was turned into exasperation by sheets of glass which refused to be transparent. In the upper gallery was an Ochtmann "Evening on the Miaraus," a phantom landscape at best, where a figure seated at the foot of a pine trunk seems to be gazing with you, across moon-lit waters at a wooded point. While searching distractedly for the focus of this painting, twelve of the can vases on the opposite wall were seen dis tinctly mirrored is the glass reflector. Nearby hung Dessar's ' Return to the Fold" of rugged quality ; one lived in seeing that, through a sultry, moment, of summer, no promise of change unless the threat of thunder bye and bye, a flock of sheep in lee nf a hay stack and under one common fleece. In contrast, presented itself Carlton Higgles' can vas, showing nineteen sheep by count, and a pleasant pasture withal, worth the nibble. Wiggins' "Evening After the Rain!' has sheep again, under way to the .fold, shepherd in front, dog in rear, and a splendid sky, laboratory of sun shine and rain-sweep, with wells of blue deepening black from the cloud-rifts. Next a characteristic Inness " Meadow-. Land in June ;" cattle, water, meadow, homeHowere, another sky drama, "the stately ceremonial of sunset" just inn pendioga marvel of delicate aerial perspective in focus which becomes brutal impasto at clcse range. The In. nesses, numbering seventeen, are the most important feature of the exhibition and include the famous "Georgia Pinee," the artist's favorite among his pictures. There are "Winter Mornings" and "Summer Mornings" and "Gray Daye," "Hours" arrested in their flight and put under a spell of enduring enchantment, "In the Adirondacs," "The. Catakills," and "Near Florence," and nighthours, as "Nine O'clock," when silence and dark ness are made visible. "Sunset on the Passaic," which Benjamin Constant called "an apotheosis," and "Mount Clair by Moonlight," a scene which I think Inness spirit must love to haunt. In-: ness ha9 formidable rivals now. Twenty-five, hundred was. the largest sum realized on any of his canvases at this sale, while Wyant's beautiful " In the Adirondacs' brought six thousand one hundred dollars. But that disparity tells more against the public than against Inness. Homer Martin's "West Chester Hills" brought four thousand Eoven hundred and fifty dollars and his ''Old Church in Normandy" three thou sand two hundred dollars splendid ex amples of landscape, both. Mr. Evans se?ms to have been espec ially fascinated by Henry W. Ranger's People Havte No Trouble In getting- what they want at the Good Luck Grocery, CTVar estrTF'5r llOar O treet. i"VA i9r!l 1 A TeleplioneOliq First Publication Feb. 10-2 NOTICE OF PARTITION SAMS. Whereas, on January 3. 1900. the undersigned referees In partition, caused a notice to be made and published for live ( 5 1 successive weeks next thereafter ir. the "Courier." a legal newspawr of Lancaster county. Nebraska, therein giving notice to all persons concerned that on the 8th day of February, 1900, they would sell at public auction In the manner provided by law, to the highest bidder for cash, the real estate herein after described; and Whereas, upon the day named for said sale. It appeared to said referees that by reason of the inclemency of the weather, a postponement of said sale should be had and that by such postponement, said lands could be sold to greater advantage than at the time and place fixed: and Whereas, the said referees did at said time, upon request of the parties in the said partition proceeding postpone said sale until Saturday, 17th day of February, 1900, at 2 o'clock p. m., standard time. Now, therefore, notice Is hereby given that under and byvlttue of an order confirming, re port of referees and directing a sale of the property hereinafter mentioned, made and en tered In a cause entitled "Amer A. Iiurd, plain tiff, vs. Omer O. Kurd, et at, defendants. 25 195," pending in the district court of Lancas ter county, Nebraska, we; the undersigned ref erees In partition, duly appointed by the said court; In the said action, wjll offer for sale, to the highest bidder for cash, in the manner pro vided by law, at the east door of the county court house in the city of Lincoln, in said coun ty and state, on the 17th day or February. 1900, at two o'clock-p. m. standard time, the follow ing described real estate: 1. The south one-half (s J4) of the south one half (s ) of the northwest quarter (nw. ) of section thirty" (30), township ten (10), range Ave (5) east. , 2. The east one-half (e-M) of the east one-half (e, H) of the southeast quarter Cse. M)and the east one-half ( e. H ) of the west one-half ( w. l of the east one-half (e. H) of said southeast quarter (se. '(section thirty 130) township ten (10) range tire (5) east, being the east sixty (60) acres of said southeast quarter (se. K' of said section thirty (30); and 3. The west one-half ( w. H)of the northwest quarter ( nw. H l of section thirty-two ( 32 ) town ship tent (10) range five (5) east, all ot said land being situate In Lancaster county, Ne- Dated this 8th day of February, 190C. J. C. F. McKesson, J. II. McMuRTiir, IL C. Young. Keferees In Partition. First Publication February 10, 1900. Notice to Creditors. In the County Court of Lancaster County, Nebr. In the Matter of the Estate of Charles R. Mil ling ton. Deceased. To The Creditors Of Said Estate: You ore Hereby Notified. That I will sit at the County Court Room in Lincoln, In said county, on the 2nd day of July 19uo, and again on the 2nd day of October, 1900. to receive and examine all claims against, said estate, with a view to their adjustment and allowance. The time limited for the presentation of claims against said estate is six months from the 2nd day of April A. D. 1900, and the time limited for the payment of debts Is one year from the 2nd dav of April. A. D. 1900 Notice of this proceeding Is ordered published four weeks successively in The Couaier, a week ly newspaper published In this State. Witness my hand and the seal of said county court this 7th day of February. 1900, Frank R. Waters County Judge. $25,000 -IN- Flrst Publication February 31 NOTICE OF FINAL REPORT. In the County Court of Lancaster County, Ne braska: In Re Estate of Pauline Kuhn Frisholz. E. 12SO. The state of Nebraska to Augusta Hoik and to any other heirs or next of kin ot the said Pauline Kuhn Frisholz. deceased. Take notice that William Hoik has filed a final report of his acts and doings as adminis trator of said estate of Pauline Kuhn Frisholz, deceased, and It Is ordered that said matter be set for hearing on the 28th day of February, A. D. 1900. before said county court. 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