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endlessly "Change under the clunge
colored arches of changeless morning
and night." "Uninterruptedly the
measure of words, meaningless to her,
Iran on and on, until at lat incessant
repetition wove the spell by which
and child and the roofs of the city of
Tunis are also very interesting. Her
pictures are not fussy. They seem to
have been painted readily and with
simplicity. Charles Austin Need
ham paints busy marts. He has two
pictures here, "Winter" and "Holiday
fectually attained. Miss Cora Parker,
formerly In charge of the art depart
ment at the University, contributes
two impressive results of her sum
mer's work: "Afterglow" and "Mid
summer." The former Is a clump of
bushes with the sun setting behind
thought is suspended. Stumbling un
awares upon the means, she had put in a Park." The former is the corner them, and there is not a more radiant,
her busy brain out of action and re- of a park with a cabstand on tlie other more inspired canvas in the room.
lars a week at an underestimate to
any paper at present edited by ob
viously untlt editors. A good many
of these born writers finally do get on
a paper and begin to orate "along
these lines" and use the loosely fitting
words and phrases that otlier writers
that resemble them In inspiration
have worn threadbare. Schools of
leased l.er spirit. In her ears was a
rushing sound for a little and then
darkness-slowly drawn like a large
curtain- gathered about her. Pass-
side of it with the snow blowing in "Midsummer in Central Park" Is journalism do not seem to have cf-
thin, smoky, clouds off the smooth painted witt: the same sympathetic fected any change in the material of
tops of the cabs, and drifted in feeling. There should be a word cor- the managing editor who is seldom
patches on to the blanketed horses, responding to "musicianly" for the exacting In regard to the English his
ing from out of the darkness into a City snow is so quickly converted into same correctness, sympathy and chas- reporters use but has a modest aiu-
great light, she found herself face to what has the appearance of very dirty tity with the brush. If there were bltlon to expurgate the most glaring
face with Cadenhouse. Siie knew not meal that Mr. NeedhanTs very fortu- such a word it would tit Miss Parker's banalities from the pages he edits,
what haven she had reached, upon nate selection of a park and the tops work. A landscape by Souza-Pinto Is Because of the lack of exact think'lng
what further shore she stood, but of rabs for his snow effects indicates a canal, old enough to have tall rushes and speaking the language Is losing
there they met." Then Babs was sure the discrimination that all his pict- and sedge grass leaning over it, to be useful phrases and words that it can
Lorraine would not marry Caden- uresshow. His technique is broad, bordered by populars and navigated by not easily spare, thus forcing people
house, and the story ends and nobody his color is clean, and Ills drawing is mossy boats. Rhoda Holmes Nichol's who do not like soiled words to use
gets his deserts, which is even more irreproachable. 'The Red Shawl" by Narcissus, a slender boy on a bank
of a liberty than Scheherezade dared Alf red Maurer is a brilliant and very over a Narcissus pool, is a new treat
take with the traditions of story satisfactory study of color. I over- ment of a very old subject. There arc
heard the remark that one might as only three nudes in the collection,
well drape an India shaw1 because the The half-draped tigureof a young girl
woman is but a model for the shawl, reading, by Mr. Fry of New York is
True, only verv few could interpret beautifully modeled and the color Is
telling.
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Exhibit of Nebraska Art Association.
The exhibit this year surpasses pre
vious exhibits in quality variety,
catholicity. Those who prefer pic
tures on the order of colored photo
graphs with outlines clearly drawn
and only slightly obscured by atmos
phere and shadow, are pleased with
Dolph's dogs, the "Unbutton My
Shoe" by Maria Brooks, the Burbank
Indian portraits which have an eth
nological value, or Kappe's "Bad
News." There are others of the
pleasant story-telling character,
which satisfy the occasional visitor
who has small idea of a painter's
aspiration to attain atmosphere and
foreign ones. Comparatively few
read books. The newspapers are read
by everybody. Tlieirstyleis the peo
ple's style. Their vocabulary Is the
people's vocabulary. The inlluence
of newspapers on the magnificent
engine, language, is primary, vital,
an India shawl so tenderly and reveal clean. The model In the studio is constant. I hope the people of the
so indubitably its oriental secret af absorbed in a newspaper and is just new century will demand that their
color. The three pictures sent by as interesting in a different way. daily news be furnished them in pure
Mr. Chase are not related in subject "Twilight after Rain" by Chas. War- English and stop a paper which habit-
or treatment. "His First Portait" is ren Eaton is a quiet little lane going ually uses slovenly English. If pub-
a picture of a very tall woman with to sleep after a bath, full of repose Ushers can discover what the people
her back to the audience dressed in aud unobtrusive sentiment. "Night really want, the are eager enough to
the parsimonious folds of a kimona on the Maine Coast" by Miss Groth- furnish it and the demand would be
and holding a baby who looks over jean has a glass over it and it is dif- met immediately with a supply.
her shoulder as unconscious of the Hcult to get it in the right light but
occasion as the kimona. The woman when this is accomplished it is an ex
is very tall and I feel that the painter quisite bit of color and phantasy,
has slighted her and denied her her These are only a few of the pictures
woman'srigbttocomplimentarytreat- which impressed me in an afternoon's
ment for the same reason that Wilis- inspection. Further loitering will
vibration. But most of the painters tier does but sketch a woman back of discover many more.
of this year's exhibit have confined
themselves to color, form, light and
vibration and the infinite variety of
the aspects of nature, and have left
literature, romance, moralizing to
writers and preachers.
It is commendable and shows a
laudable desire to disseminate culture
in those laymen and artists who have
volunteered to teach Nebraska peo-
a muff and wastes no time on her feet
but draAS them with one long burnt
umber stroke of his brush, that care
lessly leaves them several inches too
long. He may have said that he was
not drawing a woman but a muff and
he needed her only to hold it in place,
but the public cares nothing about
the explanation. Mr. Chase uses the
woman in the kimona to bold the
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Real Estate and the Pest House.
The neighborhood of a pest house
Mrs. Fiske.
When Becky Sfiarp soliloquises be
fore the tire after her spiteful, angry
guests have gone, she opens her mouth
and the vowel sounds are full and the
consonants have their full value. But
Becky Sharp in all the other scenes of
the play speaks her lines through her
teeth very rapidly. Herjesturcs and
would depreciate the value of the expressions are admirable ant' illumi-
most accessible and beautiful building
lots. It is questionable if a city hos
pital would have so disastrous an ef
fect. Men avoid a plague or a pest,
but a hospital is one of the regular
nstitutions of a city.
nate her meaning, but her words are
unintelligible. Her character must
be a mystery to those who have not
read Vanity Fair. She is a great act
ress, and her work has the integrity
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pie which pictures are wortn.est tne.r u up, uu x liiihk ne ignores ner to hospitais already in operation in Lin- congruous and inconsistent she should
attention, but after all, all visitors JJS coin were called by a name which sug- ZSZTTiTlZ
prefer to make their own choice with- Autumn in the Shinnecock Hll.s is gested a plague spot, unquestionably nke Thackeray Thesolilouuv scene
out too much advice and explanation, altogether delightful; mellow sun- their vicinity would be as cheap as J h r?ultS to iT FleN
Considering which blessed peculiarity shine on helds of great beauty. "Still dirtassooc as the name became cur- f! t ,' JZ. ultZr
bviu 'Viuiuuiiii wa opvuiw im. liuiogil.
of human nature a review of a picture Life' is a conscientiously painted
exhibit is rather supererogatory. Un- picture of fruit and copper very con
fess it be kept in mind that it is only ventional a little hard and not at all
;the opinion of one person and is not characteristic, prooaoiy selected by
tand has no intention of being ex wr.unaseas very iiKeiy to piease a
cathedra.
Because the ocean has always
jseemed to me the grandest, most mys
fterious and most fascinating of any-
western audience. Think of it! a
man who has painted, "Alice" spend
ing his time on hothouse grapes and
copper studio vessels. It reminds me
temperament. She sneaks i
rent. If the council would quit talk- ner deceits, her treachery, her
ing about a pest house and discourse schemes to get into society with such
upon the advantages to isolated lots contemptuous frankness. Becky Sharp
of a dignified commodious city hos- wasbornwltli those pitilessly keen
pital there would be fewer and short- eyes that see through shams and com
er petitions against such a building prebend instjntly the motive for us-
thing on earth I like best the picture of the encores of "Home, Sweet
by William .7. Bixbee of Boston Home" which great musicians sing to
called "Foam," a large wave breaking us.
on ocean-tanned rocks, where the Mr. Chas. C. Curran has sent ten
water shows the light green streak pictures of the Swiss mountains rep-
that proves it is but a thin aspiring resenting a year's work, in the
from fastidiPiis .icighborhoods.
Even Mr. Mod.ett might be concili
ated if the council should offer to call
it "The Mockett Hospital."
sheet, with the sunlight sliming
through it and just ready to take its
place.
The Lions" by II. O, Tanner, a
colored man, who has received Hon
orable Mention at the Salon, and va
rious other prizes and medals. The
pink morning light, under the gilding torily because no dictionary gives the
light of the moon, in cloudy weather
in the cold September daylight, light
ed from below by a setting sun, in as
after glow and at high noon, the same
group of mountains are scarcely rec
ognized in the different atmospheres,
ing them. Huch minds often belong
to cynics like Becky. The clear sight
of evil is demoralizing and Becky saw
it clear as a child. She was never
unsophisticated and faith never had a
The Influence of Wordf, chance to work on her. She alone un
derstood herseif and she alone truly
estimated and weighed the other
characters of the play or book. Raw
don Crawley, her husband did not un
derstand her, Lord Steyn did not un
derstand her. Miss Crawley, the
A foreigner cannot use our language
perfectly or understand It satisfac-
color which words acquire by usage.
For instance there is the compound
word young-ona, made by two euphon
ious and dignified words. Yet the """" ""'" "ue.siuuu ner uesi.
,,r,iit!, vnhKirism and iriiniilr.iis hut she gave her credit for a roman-
teachers and parents avoid it. Unob-
tic love, which we know she never ex-
words have Pjr,eutt:u- A! L,,e greaie&u American
g trageuieuue sue deserves a more
wholesome role than either Becky
Sharp or Tess of the D'UrbervllIes.
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without vegetation enough to support high as those he painted and the ser- gree which unfits them for the use of
TanvMiini? worth a lion's while. The ies is a most interesting and scientif- discriminating natives. Wholephras-
great beast is painted witn lew ana ic stuay oi tne euect oi aiuerent at- es nave utx-u u iuk "-" u o ""- i
powerful strofces. His stealthy, vel- mosphenc conditions and under dif- nection, tiiat tne language is impo-
jvet footed climb is felt and the at- ferent positions of the sun and moon, erished by their loss. The ordinary To Spoil His Business.
(Biosphere is hot and quiet. The other on the same mountain forms. Charles newspaper reporter is accustomed to
u.,n is hut. .- slianfi in the background. Francis Browne's -Summer Skv" is a say in a certain part or ins report or o, i am t got no more or mat oiue
Elizabeth Nourse has two pictures of warm afternoon with trees and obsequies that the body was consign- ribbon," said the country storekeeper,
?ascinatinir children. Innocence, un- meadows reciprocating tenderness, ed to the tomb or to
studied pose, achild'sanxiety to please "Moon rise over the Sea" is hung in
and be good, exquisite modeling and a the traditional place of honor at the
Tefined tresh tone characterise them, end of the gallery, facing the en-
liThe tone is unusu-il, and so thinly trance. It Is an exquisite study of
SSttiut on that the white canvas behind moonlight on the waves, a very ditfi
the earth. It leaning across the counter, conhentially.
was therefore with a shock that I "1 ve had two pieces of it and sold it
read the other day of a bride being right out in less than a month, so I see
consigned to her husband. There Is it wa'n't no use to got any more, for I
not a man, woman or youth In Lin- can't keep it in stock. I shouldn't have
coin who is not convinced that his or a thing in my'store," he added, firmly,
seems to have faded it. Her mother cult and elusive effect and most ef- her services are worth a hundred dot- "if it eold out the way that ribbon did.
