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KATE CAREW GAZES HER ECSTATIC FILL ON A POST-CUBIST The American Studies "Sublime Elementalism" in the Presence of No Less Lofty a Post-Impressionist than Picasso, Follower of Matisse, Forerunner ol Heaven Alone Knows What in the Field of "Advanced Art." HY K Ml <Wltl.W. Paris. March 1 .?*"??? o.ui; a little nearer and look ? I Mitelligent and soulful, dear 01 ^?^ f? r we are going to talk soi what of the return to "Sublime Klommt ism,1' Kulis out rather well, doesn't It? By this time you are busy dlecuselng smOng jrourselveg, anyhow, I imagine. ; OU'rs having heated arguments as whether it is really tlie "heart of pal mg" or an "insult to the Intelligent: BS, of course. They ate in your ml now. or, rather, They have seal over i pressions of Themselves for >ou to i ?Iro en masse. Still, in cant yotl don't follow me tell you at once what I mean by It a They. it is Poat-lmpreeslonlam and TI sy s the Post-Impressionists! in Paris we are eeturated e th it: GF.T IT ON ALL SIDES. Early speaking, we lap it up ever where. We talk of It in the salons. * laugh at it on the boulevards gad ? U'iarrel over it In the i Yt it's everywhere; In everything. It'e iiiMiiiou?-. it's stealthyl it is lafluenclng Ideas, clothes, nte 'atuie and bouse decoration If It CO Unties we'll all be talking In words of 01 syllable, and goodness hnows whal we e look iiKe. Certainly, brand ta n Ideals beauty erill come into vogue. it has wakened the "Bonis Mlche" s conversational era. like to that hletoi time when Verialne and his followers Be? to held ft equenters of the cales spellbous With their wild ideas end wilder talk ? them. Now- it i?; sager-eyed young men w-i have their favorite tables, and who hoi forth lui* and against the New IfOVOSOe! m Alt. They rue awfully emphatic, awfully i ?arnest and eras] to fling out erordi words, words! In fa?t, I don't see now they have tim for anytliin_ else in tlie way of palatin ??i writing, for they're so bus?,- cbat?n and orating. I've studied the Post-Imp:esslontsts, tn. ? ubists end the Futurista. I've been a painstaking es ?u. eager ?.hiid In gropim for points of \icyv, but I'm still ? ?h? dark. I can't get into the spirit of it. Maybe I'm old-lashioti'-d, behind th '?mes and all that, bul there :t is. Yol know the WOnrf And yet I am not nuite so bOpeleSSl] \ague about It all as I was. for I've me a Poot-Impreeolonlsta one of the leading ones, and from a CSSUal study of him . have advanced a Step OT two in know! else. PAINTING SOUL OF TANGIER I yearned to encounter Matisse, hut thai was out of the question, for he has left Paris and is down In Tangier, paint'.n;* the soul of it in i ? ?I end > ? -11. - *.?.. I expect. The ncNt was li. si Nl Picasso, who paints in cubes from choice, who sees souls i:? ? shoe, who u.?ed to pict? ure normal men and women and thei dtnly took to the cuMo system as a ea of expression. lower .if MetlM mows w. ; B t.tt. Picasso ? : . ? ? knew him, but it was difficult He WS shy, retiring and mute, esi - : illy on the SCt of o?s pictures. "i??*>i-'u' U-.?.v led, ' ??-. ?That ever else >ou sa> :" ? Why. what Will happen? Will he ply turn and tear mo lim!? from limb, or win be Bee my baleful presencer i asked .4 a perfectly natural (*uri?*rstty. ii"." ?aid In chorus "notbh like that; but it irritates him." Now does that se,.m a natural trait! l! doesn't Irritate me a bit to lia\?j ft talk to me or arrlte me shout ray pic "- You can slWS>'S ' j'ist what yi Ilka Or don't like. But, of course, i crossed my heart ai awore three times that i would be c my best Don?lnterviewlng behavior. woiid have a slrapls ?hat with the .lml< nervoua one and, like the walrus, i i\?'u' taiu of msny things, ; i ? nevei a Plcssi painting, I'd mere!* ? ?? type of man s ti I in blocks which 1"" like slate roofi or any oM o?his and en and nuts Kubellk in isoscies triangles i ?vl .n i. !? it picas." in i to call them. i ,: .a :.-. ?.. K for th.- aoul of him si ici whel ? ">!ui^ us. or aheth? ? spe? is us t.. find ac las picture pussies, POST-IMPRESSIONIST STUDIO. 11 .i ? ? o prsgtutnt with post Ibil SI in a studio, a post-impr esslonis siiaiio. owned b.v au a nerican who buj i p".?i-iii!p!. sslonist pain' - eer lot of them. n m ss a gresl ? ? roo all .p I..war.i ti?- ?. lilng, ,i llghtful ins .,f shabby, old-fashioned r,.r csrved i besta n ith handmad i and quaint blgl back? And ths WS were given oicr to l'l ? No. that ' i laggerat ion. ?? ? ? ' si of Mstlsse'i - S n : as well, an.i there was a Csaanns and i asU*. dly has tl a mc-rara? n hopp ,i iloi ?. the C? aai ne. a n id*, rala Bhapen woman, looked quite a simple ant! . id-fsahl? i i iffali among these latei works, ? ". and the Plcssso ha not yet ? 'I had a chan? I i..?.- iij aelf ag iln In l?? style, i?, m* aotne earll? r I B pretty, si-::.1er. little f,ir ;:: the ? i all bunei of flowers, ami a woman lying on . ? one or two portralta ami ? lies. Then comrn? need the i bic i nnot dwell on those, f,,r i ?on'1 i now ' ow to d< -"i ibe them, b -t one bug* ited me. Cm it W? ' l-i' ? i,..!" ? I figure ? : Into sac? ? .at the;. in- nit t" him ?nail, for ? wasn't silos ? ? to a ik Picasso, snd i . .- , ould - ? it at all. i "Tell me." i ?aid t.. the Hostesa "Do I you undel ' ? I on: pi ? EARNEST. UNAVAILING PLEA. th? ? i .- gol an op- n mind I ? ? - elieve 1 el i msy !... .in,.- .-. ?, Ihe school If onlj I can ret an . means." 1 ? r?d a un a allgl t i ? , met hough t: "M- tear girl, on? things. >'? ? ' limply Bnd th? m for ? if." "But don'I m ha re to a?., him f ? Brat Inkling a* to s hat striv . ft n bla work?" I p irtrued, gnorant and unco it a. "No " aha repllsd, "deai me, nol ; wa* land, of coi rs< i ivas ont In ths I wsa all i : ? rll i, :,'i Inquiring, young mind, tool .. d at the blasest Mi I DON'T KNOW WHETHER PICASSO WAS SEEING ME IN CUBES AND SQUARES. i COULDNT LVEN LOCATE THE SOUL OF BUFFALO BILL. Il ? tared senti? n en <?m1 la?lle* ??i enough to ki ?a bettet re? light of year or any l They appi en d to i.itlt - I think "An . ; Garden ? Edei v" I h it . ' . ? ' . little, encoun ther, I went end . ?. i ? . ? i m Ilk? ? "J ?o ;. .. ; know." I ? to get a ll ' I B here," and i put my bead ? trill? to th? \d gaged. "The:.- ) mi ar. ' triumphantly "That's Just It. That ? what i meen One can't explain thee? things- ?.ne must :? ' Ons look for del lib], on? get an impr? a non. an emotion. 1 hat is e poi i i wife m her Jai It ?ono it seemed to have be n en excellent gneaa, i wan in luck. CAUGHT THE KIMONO. ANYWAY Now. between ouraehreg, i nev?rr dk find Mm.". Mstlggs In the pit lure, b il I am practically sure that I traced Um kimono; i found tl. It I BBOOg tin < hi I *.ui th? mum splat ? My stock Jumped up with slaeritj aftei that brilllani effort i was treated as an equal. One or two others strolled int?? ihn studio, for it la s delightful. Informal mooting pis s for those who have ideas Von just lift the latch and walk In end you fliid yourseli smong congenie! if ar? gumentative spli ii you haven't gol nev? r die? . luv;- ti.<- way there, for no out ? you about it. Well, the lust tiin- tbs latch lifted it was Picasso who sntered end stood in the doorway blinking si ui In the glare of the . 1?. til. light PICASSO AND HIS COMRADE. a short, stocky, boyish figure nitfa o? i hand on the bead of .? huge saow whits dog. Amid | Chomi of Welcome hS '.i:ue ini? tiier int?) the room, nodded amiably to tvery on? end was preeented to me, the only outsider. He loohs very young, il<- is thirty-one, really, but be <io?-n not seem anywbsrs near that ?i<- i? built iik<- an athlete, With his unusually broad Shoulders and maaoullae frame, ami his bands ?uni feet ..i? a contradiction, as they ai<- v< ?y ?tnali and delicately formed, J||s hands look older than his face, for they are releed and knotted like the bends of the aged; ret th.-y are ertletlc, erith long, pointed S?gers and nenettlve, delicate linger tlpi Hi? fa?-?- la another contmdletlon, jt is the fans ?f ?? Bpanlsh troubadour. *i ..ii instill? tiv.ly long to s?-.- him with a sombrero and s cloak and a r?-.i -?. ? between his Upe, twanging a guitai lie bus g su.tli. <ill\'- hHii gUllUem 01 , hair on eheek or chh* or mouth his feature* are perfect a Oreclan nos,.. i beautifully formed mouth, syee set rather ! w id?- apart under well arched brown and j thick, black hair CUt short except lor one lock which wUI como struggling down o\?-r ids forehead it Isn't the face oi a fanatic m ;, i. ? gascr. it isn't tin- im-.- of ?< prectioal buglaces man who *j?-es poeslbls MlOS in SSaSU? li.ii.alism. It isn't the fnOS Of a humorist who would enjoy -spoollui* a gullt'leas public. taca <*r a v. ti nil mu " ?? ? ? ? ? How i r ig ? ?nly to . at. I ' h - thei ?"tl. '1 ? . ' . .1 QUltS ?y. ? in the He won ..... -, ? ? lake o? Is ? carefull l . t? rrei ros bank ? mi.m barm, 1 a cloth? ' ! ' orna fi on Sft? i noon at ' ? .t, little man '.. t . ptlon of bla brain and i of bla hai di whli h t,m.;: all around ii.--. snd i ? " .'.in ? make Ihlnga nt at "ii A BETRAYAL OF CONFIDENCE. i ? on Id? : thai i'??* i- iui?,i< ? ilonlsta i i" their pi'-tne*. H is not tan that ' ? lid go ai " in?! look ., quite normal and natural nbss they si" ti ?. ing i" i ? ? aee thlnga In uu !,,.imal ..'? hlon. Ob, bou I nai ted lo i. ii him ail this ? a mi hers ?., - i ,.,i '.. ? arord of i onot snd my best b< bai i"! : Th.- dog walked rlghl along with nla ma ter, and when the artlai tnaconeed hinisell In a bl h ba h Chsl and lu k? d .'a feel .ne of I rungs, do atretched out in front snd n.ize.i up at him in canine adoration Mili 1.,- svsr hai.- ii..- heart is paint inat faithful dag SOUl in .?.-s and s'piar.-s ,' i ?ibiii't Bad Picssi to d . m eonv? i ?ail,m posaibl* bscaiiM t uas BO limited In What I WS to be Bl? lowed to aay to him I ippoee I atarad rather hard at hits f"i a few aecotuls, but tie didn't ' eon t" mind a bit. be |ust 1.1,un..i ii,.- look win. a direct glaa i from his bi ig lit, in m? n .'i' i A TRIFLING MISTAKE. "IVb.tl a Im?-1? .bi:-'" I gUl bed, f..r a beginning. "Wnal kin.i is ha?"* He put me right at ?.n.-e. "i don'l rosily know irhai kind/ as i. ?pond.-.l, "but 'he' happens to ue a I-iiiale." Just "? lb! ' ?loin Katie. Than anothei baavj pause fell bstwsea US, III!'I I fUrtiVSly r'.a/.e.l Bl Hie pl.lUI.'B and th. n .: I him l'.ii"l I : Mj ih si he hai the bo il of ;? ? isard, thai man He read mi Ihougbta i ? k ?- so op. n !.I? and he st I a Ight? lad Up and frowned coldly upon me as be teaasd hack ih.- ei i .mi loch ?if hair. Tii.-n up cam?- the HOBtesa in th.- nick .,f im.. . u i. i < ions and BfnlllOg I,, ... n til?' lep.ilt i.f the exhibition hi Nea V"i I.." she in:..i m. d I,no "Ah?" murmurad Plfaaaso in i?,:.-,i ?, ..ms. . sactl) as if he hadn't anything In th.- ahOU al all. and mu know he has "Yes," she continu.*il, 'hut it a/fM a rerj abort "ii". ami tliara ?m no aasn? ti.in of you." ' 'Ab!" said Picasso ami the subject ' ihi.aieiH d in aro; I "I wmidci ii bat Anieiba will say to the p., tuies'."' I BjaertOdi Vllaclnusli, of no one in paiinnlar. ' "Uli. 1 think people will say very lit ti,.." ? -r*.. ,i r., Rentosa "The"/ w ?n'i .i..;.-. They'll be afraid ?' sayit.-? the wrong thing, of criticising a-lverseiy. ?? behind the times." ??A! ? ? .-., i Picaneo, end the ?-onvi^tion . d m.? that I..- doesn't really care a lit w hat WS : I "i ?("n't agree wltb rou," i i hlsded i" I t., the Hoeteen "Amer , dan expre ? i opit ? r b< reelt Hha ? like England, who never discover?. ... be told whal she must hue .,: ,i disllks England was really funny first atta? k "f Po-t-Impreti MYee," smiled the Hoetees "1 romem ,:ai i i. memo? i one daring son! know wh> you had put ? vio? lin in the portrait of Kubollk." Picas o smiled with erideal enjoyment ,,I thll J)?--. and h' -'"Wed tWO low? or - ? . eren, white teeth "Hon nid you Mt.'l England funny'."' be ask?*.i. turning bis head toward me and fixing me ertth theee steedfaet eyee? ii.- Is sxactly like a straightforward . bOOlboy * l.?n he ask- a dtiestlon. WATCHING THEIR NEIGHBORS. "<ih i mean th" English didn't like to commit themselves by criticism They walk?.I round and round tho rooms In stolid slli n? e, stealing turtles glances at their neighbors to see how they wer? af i. t.,i" 'And you thmk Americans are differ? ent v" pun ued Picasso. "i- . very, i think you ran count upon them to give their opinions." "Ah." ... .i i v aseo, n.- i .?.i n n bed win, th.- subject and with me ??a th? preen nt, so bs dlsmi ? I .?i leaned toward the Hostess, ad dr< - i hi-; her m ins low, deep voice: I didn't gel any tickets for tho fight ' nreek," be saht They were too ?bar. I will gel "in? another time, when tie i- i? ? lern expensive fight ?oing on." i stared in surprise. One doesn't think ..i artiste regulerly sttendlng prize ?lu-.? - HER DESIRE EXPLAINED. '111.- Hoetees explained. "I want Moiis'.. ur PIcaSM to take me to a fight" 'b'' said "I hav? wished to i real ons - \ i ? slncs I saw the in. ma pi. tin. s ol th.- hu; Johnson tight." PtCaSSO nodded ?.. I ? -nitil.v . "They wen rerj pretty, tbeas ttaoma pi? till? s." I looked at him ii?' meant It; but, of courue, yoa must remember the ./"reach often use the word pretty in the sense thsl we us?' nie* ?"ib-\ acre a.I, agreed the Hostess. "Ob, w.-ii another time we'll sorel ni rnnge t.. ?.,.?? "Ah. \.? ' said l'i a- B i glanced at the picture shove us. it w... ..| a ,,,.,,, evidently an athlete or a fighter. II. ?a.i-., , lad in trunks ami had hm,?', protl tiding liius'I? s. I I I.M hl.e (,, I,av.- MM :? w.n.l about nus in connection srlth Hgbtlng, but there nai ray honor "' stake; so I simply Inquired dlecreetly whether the ertisl in...i boxing "Ah. - II?' MVer dilates on any subject you maj notii i-. "i?id y,ni aver hav. any ambition to be ,a prefosgional boxer when you were a small bo> ? ? | eiintiiiued as animatedly as poorible, consMering Ike U?ttln cncoura-?,-. ment i r.,, u,.,| He raised ids syshrows as if be won? "tared what poggibls latoroel this could huve for mC( t,ut i10 ati3w?-rc?" lo ???* ?e The Youthful, Attractive Spaniard Proves Shy and Re tiring, but Prolific of "Ohs!" and Irritable Only When His Pictures Are Discussed?His Vis? itor Proves Lucky in Guessing Mean? ing of Certain Paintings. I rloun way and In his Spanish-Kiel | which is vcrv sibilant and therefore a , tie diftlcult for me to follow. "Ah. no; I always want-*?! to b. painter." He put one of those premalurely a little bands into the pocket of bis C I and procure?! a tang, sk-taler pipe wit ? small, round bowl "May 1.'" he said, giiuig It a grac? wave. "?Jf course " Ho proceed. .1 !.. fill It and light It ? great ?k-lib? ration. "tnii you begin to paint when you a? very young?" t porswad, ruthleaaly. "Oh. yea, and alwaya i was ami patatera My fathsr was one, and ? tad With the BsaUvArtS in liar im a, as wall." Then he ? ?' r snd show-sJ a picture. H?* didn't really ask ras i<> He got up and I followod hlra and potatad "ut b small paint;"?? with I Stem <>f his pipe and explained that did it when he was sixteen or seventh reara o? a,,. OF HIS EARLIER STYLE. it ?as an effecUve 1111 r. - study of tbr I figures and was full of graca and sk I and be atood looking at it a moment wl I a sort of BIBUSed ti'l'ian.-e. It belonged to a I**ra0ta period In t j history >f his development. P-rrsonslly, i think It is a pity?but, course, as I ?aid. this Is not an J , ritni-m. I couldn't BUrSUS Hi?? subject forth without ?training B point ?>f honor, so 1 went tack to our chaira, i *at down. t> he stood leaning ovei the tall hack of h Chair and paffsd away at ins pipe, w;ii i: ? dOg, taking it as a signal, rose, nho? bat .'.f. wsltsd a montant, tbsa situ? doun on ih" floor again. i dont know whtrthar "*1f*esso was sa tag me In cubas and aquares, but lie wi < a tali I] p?a?-tug m?- aa a tj pa "What part of America la your boflssl as asi?, d mi,id- niy. ".N'.-.i York." THAT SUFFRAGE "HIKE." ? Be ? of your won? n ara walking i VutangtOn to ask for B vote." lie h 1 formed me, aoten sly. "Wot m*' t fl'i<i Ost 'rather rifUculona. How many hours wl it tako them to get to Vashington?" "1 louts!" 1 ?xclalin.-d. "Why, It at take Hu,,, days. I don't know how man*. but *? .. :,.i. . ertataly.'' "Ah." and he puff-.l ami) at bis pip? "IVH ,.| s ? ., j also art. a BUfl Ii" BUgg? lb d. * "I iiiii," I S< ki.,,wl?idgad, with pride, "o rather i sm s aiuTragist "And ths dlffsri n- st" he , puzzled boy. 1 I expiai!.ed It to Hie : I 11 " "Von do not bi.-.ik aittdos ha 'iue.?tion.-.i, grav?Uy. "Not inuny," I BBBIUSd l.lm cheerfully "Have ion any auffragettea In - don't you have any VOtSS UMTS, snybOS I THINKS SPAIN HAS NONE. ? ' ih. *'?'*. s ?? have rotea th? i ??." bi i ad at k of knowl? of aiinny Spain: "but I think Hier? BO .**?." , and 1 think 1 am glad " "\\ t ?1 t'net.? ,i: e plao .? w ],. i, have the vote In Arasrt? - ow." i told bin "Yes, *,.?." be Doddetfl. "California ??*'? In? ". sn] how." "Sydney! Why, S?..;; . | i ? lea!" aald I, much more sb.."!?...i at hta tack ?'f knoarlodge of ms country than hi had been st nina, "Ah," . bbm through a t.,,. k 1 "\". ? ? I jverelj ; "Sydney |g ?n Aiiatralla " "Well, Ki-t,o is In Ain.-iia." I .? re? in.tike.I. giving ne S . oie dialing smite. "And. t.:i in., do you know fins rSnglisb auffragette family. Has mother snd 1er three daughters. CbrlStabSl aid Chi and ? "lii \ aonj m ' He ISUgbed Bl 11.Is Hit!?* joke OB Pank i"l Bl ll'.nieli. 1.it'll'?'. i told bin i .lid. and i paint? d them la Poat-Imp"*f?ssionlst at] Is for bin. hsranaa i *iw that th.- n-oman ?>f to?day la aa : a mi ?1. ii to hi* Spanish male min 1 i as bis pi? tures are t-> the world. "V"U have one "f the Pankhursts in I Paria non.'" i said "Christab-d. Why don't you do a portn it -d i ei i it- took ibis quite ssi ?ously. "t do not even knoa bei." he ; ? plli ?I. and he S..IU.-.I to ii.- considering how t,< ranted) this; *?> if you ever aas Christ a. la Poet-lmprcoeloulsU you win i_noi who Drat mothered the idea. "A Frenchwoman, Msinms S?verine wanted to he President of liarae," con tinued Plraaea, with his delicious solem? nity and the pipe clutched In one hand "Xo, not Madame Dey trina." I correcte?! Um kindly. "A certain Madame DeilM something or other, but she did not re? ceive much sncooregomcnt*' "Ah," murmured Picasso. 'Have you ever been to r'ngland?" | asked him. "No." "WOUld yOU like to got*1 "I don't know; there Is everything in Paris." Note the simplicity of that. Why go anywhere If you have every? thing at home? It is BO dire? t and "fasy, and that is Ju-.? the way with Picasso himself, j Bj,a;| SOVeS believe that he is anything but lin? e?le. He has an idea. He works toward it. He cannot help it If people do not follow hint, be says; be must pursue till course, and be doea FRANK AND YET BAFFLING. He seems Interested In all things, and there is an Inquiring note In his voice and a sympathy in his glance Which make you want to tell him BBUCh Then back of all the Childlike directness and frank? MM tiiere Is a tantalizing shade of some? thing you do not reach, a hint of ideas he cannot or will not expie?.?, a desire to go on alone, to keep the door cf the Inner? most chamber close?!. All that piques your curiosity to et'*"-*--. Und ] lU long to search deeper, but, of course, li you art on your honor you can't. The Hostess felt she had left us alone nOUgh, so she rnme t;p and com ? '. ooks end i ?.- ? :. ' Pieatao knew H. O. ?Yells and several ther Eng? lish writers, and for a Spaniard and a painter that is remarkable I assure you the a?.- nehmen you meet could r?.t pi'.e you a name ir. !.?,'' ! 'erature of to-day, but, as I tell you, ?".? assola a t:. nicer and an ;:.?; .:rer. J.ife is of Interest to \.'.m There ti nothing laded m his r '.r.t of view, and ' ? :?.- th.ing which it rather bores him ?. ait. Possibly lie pretends It bores "*!:n to 1 roteet himself. I am not sure ab'*ut that I if I should think be is rot subtle enough to keep up the subterfuge. A POSSIBLE SOLUTION. I should t ?? that it enthralls him to pali I his weird IngS and '. ? ? ? -. it w. i tting lat? ' the room was I I th smoke ?I ook back 1 ? '' hair, k:? OUt "f his ? ? . thStOM In a nice. :...-? I M ti.? HOOt - now time i w- ? I am not a i. U The dog t . i hat. < I . W.i? reedy t.. tare the ? "I am glad ye : are > ^: ' ." "A "That h ? and n ' creat. .. | ? bodj there, only for the ell loved ?? ... THE HOSTESS EXPLAINS. "flow could you ;'it me on my honor ?MM to talk to him a! ! protested, when tin* laat vanished and we the big studio and naetlli ?? Isn't and -stloru . bave elucli ?v.?. really." ?he a- Tbs" woui.i simply as spoiled for Pli i ha\?; be oms moron and wouldn't have talked al "Perhaps you're n^ht," i gg od hum hi.\. But I e r*Tt : n.- ? t a i al Ut a PoBt-Impi I ?m -it. i am go ng to q leetlon him like .t mother at.-i (lad ?.:..! ng m tu ? where Oini I whitli.r '... . ? ? ,. . ; , fork 1 -n?-? PICASSO'S PORTRAIT OF KUBELIK.