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1 17,. lwL- - 12 THE SUN, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER ." 16, 1917. ft i-. NEWS AND COMMENT IN THE WORLD OF ART :1 Is If A. t - ' I ; DEER In the glint of the after glow dominate "Twilight In , the Adlrondacks," which this WWK..W placed on exhibition In, the. AmerWn Museum of Natural -History, Nptpypric.clty. . --Tlllght In the .Adirondack" I, a. habitat. group In which artist and craitamaii' hav collaboratrd In such harmony that the. result Is .both a Worfc-o or and an Inspiration of science. The croup Ih palnterlikc In Ita "conception and Its background Is thefork or Hohart Nichols, A. N. A. He knd Ills associates have to grouped figures; accessories and the painted sOeneUhat tho work manifests Jolliiht fu,l jonlty. As an ensemble It In dis tinguished by the faithful rendition of values In a. manner mm Mia I in ho complex a .creation. It portrays a buck, a doe and a fawn at the edge Of A clearing In the Adirondack forests. The deer stand In tho tush grasses near a clump of alders, and beyond Is a suggestion of vast woodlands. Their pose la to lifelike flint the man who mounted them may be considered as the sculptor using a new medium. One of Ihe chief charms of the com position Is tho scnc of atmosphere Imparted by a (skilful adjustment of electric lighting which gives the effect of tho .failing of golden sunset. A habitat group is this, et It seems enveloped by the, clear air of distant forests and permeated by nature's own aabtle beauties. Other groups aro In preparation which will have also the quality .which characterizes this realis tic, -arrangement of cervine breed In sylvan setting. 'The specimens of Virginia deer, used ljf the courtesy of Col. Franklin Brandrcth .and Frederick Potter, were obtained on the preserve of these gentlemen In the Adlrondacks by Hoy C. Andrews, and they were mounted fc mmmmmmmmmm I "Mantegna's panel of Judith GEN. KORNILOFF, MILITARY GENIUS, TWICE W HAJ will be the fate of Lau- Xus Georglevttch Kornlloff, that brilliant Cossack who now elands in the bitter plight of defeated rebel but who came so near to dictating to the Emperor from the city of, Vienna Itself a bulletin of vic tory which would have been a dagger in- the heart, of Teutonic hopes? 'Will the triumphant Kerensky, that Indomitable invalid who seems to be holding Russia together by sheer force of will, decide to deal with him as the. Bourbons dealt with Ney a firing squad, dawn and n dead wall? Is Kornlloff the kind of man, for all his brilliancy and courage, that must pass ,for the good of the republic? There are such men patriotic, flash ing spirits but Incurably restless and impatient of civil rontrol. Or will the struggling republic for lve this rebel who brought her nearly to her knees, forgive him and entrust hm again with high command? This seems most likely In American opin ion and. Indeed, in the estimate of Russians here who have been watch ing, the welter of Ideals that have been convulsing their own unhappy land. They feel instinctively that Kornlloff Is a man too valuable to bo thrust Into the shadows; that he ran be tamed, his Impetuous will harnessed to the ser vice" 6f the people. They predict that Kerensky, his own position vastly strengthened, standing too aa the exponent of Ihe new revolutionary ljea. that bloodshed Is a detestable means of nourishing liberty, will throw over Kornlloff tho mantle of amnesty, and that the wild Cossack from the fur west of Russia will be told to go and sin no more. They re call that Kornlloff'B patriotism has ever been doubted. They suspect that his enemlea have coined the cjiarge that ho plotted and marched to put despotism hack upon tho throne. They hazard, the guess that tho man, ."'tf'l'y great holdler with the Iron of terrible disappointment disappoint ment for his country In his heart, was, driven to mad revolt because of hit Inability to awuit tho slower by Walter Kschcrloh. The foreground was planned and executed by Albert E. Duller, and Uio background, allow ing the locality where ",tjie animals were takenr was painted by JMrNlchols after n. sketcfcliCjiiurtHqrrandttth. A celebrated panel painting" by Andrea Mantegna, valued at $200,000 and belonging prlgln'ally to King Charles T., Is In thii-COuutryLualtbe result of a puri0inse.1na3o liy-thV.art firm of Duveeij Bros.-, at. 72J4fJh avenue. Considered' one, 6f tun most famous gems of Italian art, the panel, held for centuries by the family of the Karl of Pem,crokex and Mont gomery, wan to havo been puV on'sale at SolhehyS lit Londom, English, -and French dealers wero eager to capture the treasure, hut the New York firm stolo a march on them by buying the painting privately. ' The panel will be the highest priced picture of Its i-lzo In America, being only 7H Inches by 12 Inches. The sub ject is Judith with tho head of Holo fernes, and, small as "the panel is, it depicts with extraordinary detail the complete Hlblical Incident. Judith chid In white with a blue cloak fall In? from her jShnulders, stands at the door of a pale rose colored teitt. In her right hand she holds a short, square headed sword, the hilt gold with a gold inlay on the blade. In her left hand Is the severed head of Holo fernes over n bag held open to re ceive It by an attendant." The sole of tho right fot of Holefernes appears on a gilt bed in the background. On the back 'of the panel appears tho in scription, "An: Mantegna," The moulding which runs around, the three sides of the picture indicates that the panel originally formed one of a series. For many years the authorship of with the head of Holofernes. processes of the Constitutional Gov ernment. Robbed by Romanoff treachery ot the glory of crushing Austria, Kornl loff was forced to endure the humilia tion of backward steps. Then came the revolution, which he supported ar dently enough, with high hopes of its power to drive hard against the Teu ton enemy, and Anally the realization that the revolution had elevated crack brains who scouted military dlsclpllnu, Intruded such men and their dreams ot the millennium into the fierce busi ness of controlling half barbaric troops,, preached the utter equality of men In the field, whimpered that It was wrong to shoot "our mistaken brothers the Germans," counselled re treat, and finally brought Russia to the verge of rjrln. 'Kerensky would not or could not restore discipline with the vigor and rigor which Kornlloff demanded, hot headedly, as Was his way, so Kornlloff made himself a rebel and has romo to a rebel's plight. A very rapid survey of his career, with particular note of his remartv- nbto campaign of April, 191B, when he had won through the Dukla Pass and was driving his Cossacks down ' Into the level plains of Hungary, serves to illustrate the character of the great soldier brought to present humiliation. There have been many such In history, and few Indeed ever escaped the dis mal price of rebellion. Russia, with her head In the clouds, may decide dif ferently as to the fate of this man. Laurus Georgievltch Kornlloff was 47 years old on June 30. He Is a Cos sack of the Cossacks, a product of that great Russian west, Siberia, which s even now, like our own West, settling from fierce, wild, barburlo traditions to the comfortable commonplaces of wheat farming and stock raising. There is some disagreement ss to the Importance ot his origin. According tq a Prtrograd correspondent of the London Time he was produced' by a family most romantically obscure; of no account in tho world exfifpl to breed Russian children and pay Its share of the taxes. On the other hand Russian officers who ' have been Hobart Nichols's "Twilight the panel waa disputed. Abraham Van, der JDoort, in, his catalogue of Charles. I. pictures, stated that this panel, then attributed to Raphael, was given by the King .to Lord Pembroke. In. exchange for a portrait. of a young woman by. Bellini and the Infant Christ and St John embracing, by Parmlglano. It has remained tn the. Pembroke cSllectlon ever since. Andrea Mantegna, the brilliant mas ter of the Paduan chool (1431-150S), was distinguished 'among the Italian masters of the Renais'sance by a plastic style, which made His figures on" can-, vas not so much an expression of paint as of carved marble or mo'ulded bronze. Of all the painters of his time he was generally regarded by critics as being most sensitive to the beauty of rounded form us distinct from out line. Mantegna died in Maittua in poverty, due not to lack of apprecia tion, but to his own extravagance. The works painted by Mantegna, apart from his frescoes and the tem pera pictures ot the "Triumph of Caesar," now hanging lit Hampton Court, are not numerous. Authori ties seem to agree that not more than thirty-five of the so-called Mantegnas now .extant are to be accepted' as autbsntlc. In America .there are only three undisputed Mantgnas. One Is the, Adofatlin' of ths Magi," belong ing to the John S.'Johnson collection in Philadelphia; another Is the "Ma donna and Child" of the Altman col lection In the Metropolitan Museum. of Art, and the third' is the "Madonna and Child" of Mrs. Jack Gardner's collection In Boston. The Pembroke Mantegna arrived in America within the last few days. The Mantegna of the Altman collec tion, which was the last to arrive here, was purchased for $147,500 by Fran cols Klelnberger at the sale of the Weber collection In Hamburg In 1912. Just what price Duveen & Bros, paid for the Pembroke Mantegna has not been revealed, although it is generally known that the Pembroke family has heretofore declined to' sell it for less than $200,000. . ' The department of prints of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Is plan nine; to' hold an .exhibition of Italian Renaissance woodcuts In the fall and early winter. Much of the material to be shown will consist of loans from private col lections and In large part wll be In the form of. book Illustrations. The Venetian and more especially Russian Commander's Revolt Directly and Mutinies of New Republic's In this country bring the tale that he ' is a grandson of the celebrated" Vice Admiral Vladimir Alexaridrovitch Kornlloff, known as the "defender of Sebastopol" in the days of the Crimea. It was this Kornlloff who commanded the five warships that were caught'ln the bay, who withdrew his sailors from the useless ships, sent them td the bastions 'and "with '.them directed, the defence that cost England and France so dear. He waa mortally ,' wounded on Malakoff Hilt In October. 1864. There Is nothing Inherently improb able In the story of this origin for Gen. Laurus G. Kornlloff; since re verses of fortune' have been known to' afflict Siberian families. But at all events he was born In a Httlevtllaga of western Siberia . and ihls' parents were regarded- as humble, (excellent folk. Compelled to toll' from his In fancy he had little spare time, for study, but the instinct' and ambition for military .life was in the boys soul.' It fired him; drove 'him on, persuaded him to. endure such self-imposed dis cipline as, not one boy In. tens of thou sands 'would ever chain his pleasure loylng body to, acquainted him with twelve roreign languages ana nu merous -, Oriental dialects and finally brought him to the' Artillery College at Petrograd. Ho' passed successfully through the Siberian Cadet Corps and gained scholarships which smoothed his 'way through the Mlkhallovsky Artillery School and the Nlkolayevsky Academy ot the General Staff. He especially distinguished himself in mathematics and languages. Every where hti ranked at the head of his class. K'ad 'he. pleased he could have selected' a' comfortable, highly paid career In one.of the mostpleaiure lov ing capitals of the world. Instead he requested to be sent 'to Turkestan. The hard 'work such a billet entailed attracted him. .In 1S9S he entered the Staff College, was, graduated' with the highest honors and, then returned, to in the Adirondacks," a hibitat the Florentine illustrations have al ways been highly prized, for although they are almdst entirely anonymous they represent In many respects the most charming and artistic work that has ever been done in book Illustration-. They are particularly Interest ing because, Unlike the German work of the same period, they reflect with remarkable closeness the forms of the architecture and sculpture of the time, while .at the same time they have just as' close a relationship to the ordinary life of the people. From a utilitarian point of view they stand apart from the prints with which we are more familiar, for they were almost without exception made for a specific purpose and to At detlnlte physical surround ings. It Is hoped also to have a represen tation of some of the chiaroscuro prints, the particular form of the woodcut which the Italians made their own 'more-than any other. These block prints, as they would be called if made to-day, are the nearest approach that the printed picture has ever made to the solidity and material substance which we assocfate with oil painting. In good condition they are quite rare, as, having Jieeu made for household decoration, much as the big litho graphs which were so popular In Ger many a Tew years ago, and not being valuable enough to frame, they have been destroyed by handling and the ordinary 'accidents of the small house. The Italian woodcuts, both In books and out. Were practically without ex ception made for an audience of poor people, many of the most delightful of them being nothing more than what to-day we would call chapbook illus tration, and In a way represent far more closely than any of the other works of art which have come down to us from that time the taste and the tradition of tho .common man of tho period. The third annual exhibition of paint ings by Cope Ann artists is now being held between "10 A. M. and 5 P. M. .daily at the Anderson studio, Rocky Neck. The. studio of Guy C. Wiggins is also open to visitors near by. The entire collection of pictures number about 125, ninety-two of these Icing in the Cape Ann artists' exhibition. Views in France are shown by Frances L. Swett. Charles' 8. Kaelln, a pupil of Duveneck, exhibits a "Winter In Gloucester" and a "Winter in Rock port Harbor." A. W. Buhler con tributes several ot His Annlsquam subjects and marine pieces. The other exhibitors Include Mrs. William Hale, W. Lester Stevens. Harold S. Mad docks, Oscar Anderson, Walter J. Fern, John A. Cook, Carl R. Saxfield, Parker S. Perkins, Mary L. Weiss, Gilbert T. Margeson, Forest Stevens. Joseph A. Nunes, L. Edmund Klotz. T. V. C. Valenkamph and W. J. Little. Oscar Anderson's picture of the har Turkestan, the chosen field rff his study. Between 1896 and 1902 he carried outa series of daring missions In Afghanistan and Persia. tYequently he disguised himself as a native and was thereby able to Improve bis mastery of' dialects, of which he Is Mid to speak fluently no less than forty. As a result of his explorations In a field over which Russia and Great Britain were slowly extending their power, each with bitterly jealous glances at the other, Kornlloff made many valuable contributions to science. He was a Lieutenant of Siberian Rifles In. those ;days which seem. now so re mote, and the Siberian Rifles were the Lbackbone of the Siberian army. . When the Russo-Japanese war flared over the East Kornlloff was on a special mission in India. Extremely able young Russians often ventured through the Khaiber Pass on such missions. Mr. Kipling alludes to such diplomatic adventures In several of his poems and stories, though it is no dpngergood form to allude' to those bid stories' of a past day of diplomacy. But In' the Japanese war came Kornl loff s. opportunity. He siezed It with a gripping hand. It swept him far along the path of military glory. It will be recalled that there was not much glory for Russian armies, but here and there the extraordinary1 skill of Individual commanders flashed brightly against the background of dismal Incompe tency. The Siberian army was com manded by Gen. Linevltch, but was taken over by Kuropatkin, who used It to stop the victorious rush of the forces of Nippon. Irrthe retreat from Mukden' Kornlloff, who had gained dis tinction rapidly, added to his laurels by fighting a series ot losing rear guard actions, but fighting them so brilliantly that he won the cross of St, George and a golden sword. He came out of the warra commander of a brigade. He! was 'then' ti: years of age. J group painted for the American bor of Rockport to the work which was awarded a popular prize at the Connecticut Academy exhibition In Hartford. The Brooklyn Boclety of Artists has arranged to give an exhibition of paintings In the art gallery of Abra ham & Straus, Brooklyn, beginning October 1. On the evening of October 13 the paintings will be sold to the highest bidders at the Pouch Mansion, on Clinton avenue, the entire proceeds of which will be turned over to the Brooklyn branch of the Red Cross society. Messrs. Abraham & StraUB have one of the finest galleries In the country and the Pouch Mansion has one of the most elegant ballrooms, and both of these have been kindly placed at the disposal of the artists free of ill expense. The Brooklyn Society of Artists announces that not only will its own members all contribute framed nalntlngs but that It invites other 'irtlsts to do so. Those desiring to do so should communicate with the sec 'ftary, Huge'ne V. Brewster, 175 Duf leld street, Brooklyn. The Brooklyn members who have agreed to con tribute are: Caroleen Ackerman, Fred Tick G. Boston. Eugene V. Brewster. Kleanor C. Bannister, J. Stuart Black ton. Leroy Barnett, C. A. Burllngame, William J. Boylan, David B. Conklin. George W. Dwlnell, HarryC. Edwards, Henjamln Kggleston, Henry Elchen hauer, Hamilton Easter Field, Mrs. Vera L. Ferrer, Lyman Fancy, An thony Guarlno, Thomas B. Griffin, Kntherlne Allmund Hulbert, Charles Mien Hulbert. Alexandrlna R. Harris. Kugene A. Jones, Robert Kluth, John Klelne. H. M. Kltchell. Nicholas Mac soud. Louise B. Mansfield. Joseph Newman. Clara F. Perry. Charles H. "arsons, Maude Purdy. Will J. Quln 'an. Harry ROseland. Samuel Rothbert, L. Sananoff, Eilth Sawyer. Leo Slelke, Jr.. Thomas W. Shields, Herbert M. Sylvester. Gustavc Wlegand, Wed worth Wadsworth, Karl K. Termohlen, Florence TC. Tlldesley, W. H. Vernam and Charles Vezin. This Red Cross exhibition will not Interfere in" any way with the regular fall exhibition of the society, which will probably be held at the University Club, on Lafay ette avenue, the last week In Novem ber. Dudley Crafts Watson, who is tho director of the Milwaukee Art Insti tute, tells some Interesting stories in the current number of the American Magazine of Art of the efforts made by him and his colleagues In the West to bring the appreciation of art home to tho people. He says: "Even in Chicago, with the great democratic Chicago Art Institute, there are at least 60 per cent, of the people who have never passed through those wide open doors. I know In Milwaukee the condition Is something astonlsh- ROBBED OF GLORY OF CRUSHING AUSTRIA Traceable to Treachery of Romanoffs Soldiers at Two Critical Times Presently he was gazetted to Pekln as military attache of the Russian Le gation, and there, with ample tune at his disposal, he pursued his bent for Oriental languages, studying Confu cius and MenclUB until he came to be recognized even by the highly critical Chinese scholars as one of the world's greatest living authorities on the works of .China's philosophers. He re mained at Pekln from 1907 to 1911, and thereafter served with the Trans Amur frontier force keeping In subjec tion to the Emperor's authority the half savage and warlike tribes of the great frontier. At the beginning of the present war Kornlloff waa made commander of an infantry division, the Korty-elghth. He took part In the first great Russian sweep through Galtcla and up to the Carpathians, and by April, 1915, the most tragic month of his life surely, he was 'commanding the army operat ing about tho Dukla Pass, one' of the three great gateways to the rich plains of Hungary. He had for troops the seasoned Infantrymen of the Forty-eighth, Twelfth and certain other divisions, a powerful, spirited force. By the most brilliant tactics Kornlloff drove this army through the passes and was twenty miles into the Interior of Hungary when news came that' blasted his hopes. Although within actual striking distance of the heart of Austria, although the snows were melting and the way was open ing to the Russian Invaders, although Kornlloff saw victory In his grasp, he had no recourse save bow to the or ders from Petrograd that shells, am munition of all sorts must be hoarded, and that he would be held responsible personally if the order, to hoard waa not obeyed. This compelled him to halt tn his tracks while he brought to bear by telegraph such Influence as be enjoyed. Then came another terrific blow. Germany had learned of the or' der to spare ammunition, setting the Museum of Natural History. Ing. To be sure, out of the 410,000 Inhabitants more than 300,000 are fac tory employees, day laborers, and I presume that any number of those 800,000 would bo most uncomfortable if obliged to listen to even a most bril liant lecture In art. I presume any number ot those people whom we might induce to enter an exhibition of paintings, say by J. Alden Weir, would do well If they stayed ten min utes. How many of your own neigh bors could you Invite to your house of an evening to hear Mr. Stoughton Holborn speak or to look over a group of Medici prints or delicate miniatures Pll ft! tefeafc-w5s,r'Jw w TJSiNPr -gy,-.. yjwr H7Hriiirv-!r-. ' E'P.rWs.v'.'i: i'iv - "Gloucester Harbor," by Winslow Homer, in the summer show at the Knoedler Galleries. or water colors or anything of the sort? Could you Invite a hundred peo ple in your home town to spend a cheerful evening In your house look ing over a little group of bronzes? Aro there that many people who would really enjoy It? A goodly num ber would be bored to tears over such an experience. Haven't they the capacity for It? I am sure they have, but they nimply have not had their eyes opened to It. "In every city and town there are a few people of course who enjoy art. Our educational systems now quite generally include art, and there Is an organized effort to appreciate it the country over, especially In the women's clubs. I remember in my own short experience that the women's news through Its Petrograd agents, many of whom were Rubsians in high place. Mackensen's drive was organ ized. It swept out against the Rus sians under Komiloff. Petrograd or dered Kornlloff to retreat. The story Is Uiat he came near to mutinying then, that he tboiight to disobey and push on against Mackensen. He was pverpersuaded by his staff and the r- treat began. His supply ot shells had been cut off from home. Supplies had not been sent to him. Treachery had crippled him In every possible way. His earned victory was deliberately dashed from his hand by his own Gov ernment. He was turned back bare handed and ashamed. Mackensen, knowing the situation thoroughly. pressed determinedly. He hammered Kornlloff night and day. Tho Russians got no rest. Eventually an entire di vision was cut off by the Austro-Ger-man force, but it waa not captured un til after Kornlloff, who led the rear guard In person, had fought a series ot desperately brilliant rear guard ac tions. He was badly wounded, and on April 58 was captured. . Tho Austrlans put him In a prison camp In Bohemia. He remained there a year coolly planning an escape, it seemed utterly hopeless. But Kornlloff found a way. Ho deliberately starved himself until his weakened condition forced the prison guards to transfer him from the heavily guarded soldier camp to the lightly sentineled hospital. Allowing himself only three days to recover his strength he managed his escape, walked 600 miles to the Rus sian frontier and finally crossed Into safety after enduring Incredible hard ships. He has himself stated that he travelled only by map and compass, and that after six days he had to live on wild berries and such food as could be gathered from iwoods and fields. It was August SS, 1916, when he emerged Into Rumania and was helped by Ru manian soldiers to enter Russia. oluba In the West began by having art on their programmes once a year, and It was generally a pink tea, and art happened to slip In or slip out for a few moments; but now there la' a reg ular art class or course during the year in almost every woman's club. "The population of the countryside, which numbers the majority of the American people, is still far from It. I am sure all who live in small towns realize that only a very few townsmen are of the same mind aa you regarding these matters, and that the world around you is absolutely unaware of the advantages in art. "Music dealers tell us that In the matter of record buying and we know that the music reproducing Instru ments have reached the furthest cor ners of the country systematic buyei a begin with, such things aa 'Pretty Baby' and 'turkey trots, but In two years reach Chopin, Beethoven and Verdi. In two years they are buying classics. I contend If we could reach the great mass of the American people with pictures as vigorously as they are being- reached in music we could convert them In two years from 'Mutt and Jeff to Michael Angelo, because when they have once seen the light they no longer find pleasure In the other things. It is not altogether a matter of education; it Is simply open ing their eyes and giving them a chance to see. "We often say numbers do not make much difference In art, that the at tendance at art museums la not the statistic on which we should bank; but If there is a per cent, equal' to six or eight Interested in art matters and the great, vast majority of the people are not, we certainly are not producing any thins; that can be called American art. "Through the' work ot the museums much is being done In the most thickly populated sections and yet we know that' only a few from the masses enter an art museum even a few times a year. "When I first went to Milwaukee three years ago I felt the thing to do was to make our Art Institute appeal at once to the 300,000 people who spent their days In factories, and so I went to the settlements and tried to Induce a Men's Club to spend a Sunday eve ning at the Milwaukee Art Institute. I had supper with them and tried to bo as genial as possible. It was pretty nearly an Arctic Circle. I tried to warm them up and sixty-four left the settlement bound for tho Art Institute which was two miles and a half away. Two accompanied me, some walked, some went on the street cars. The sum total reaching tho Institute for a view 'of the pictures and the talk afterward was six. "Various fairs have done things In the last few years. Dallas, Tex., has a fine art gallery and makes a point of an Important art exhibition each year. Iowa has a very good art exhibition, well installed, dealing almost entirely It was then that he conceived the' resolution to aid In the overthrow of the treacherous Romanoff Government, j He inevitably found honorable placo among those that had forced the Czar to abdicate. Ho took command of the military garrison at Petrograd, ad dressed tho soldiers stirringly, bade them remember that tho republic could live only through their discipline and restraint and so prepared himself for more honorable times. Hut they came too slowly. The conflict between the Workmen's and Soldiers' Council, with power and evasive of responsibility. and the provisional Government, forced to accept responsibilty and with no power to quell disaffection, sorely disappointed Kornlloff. Ho pleaded, argued and expostulated with soldiers and offlcerti, but the wlldness of sud denly gained liberty had turned the heads or the troops. Sickening of tho garrison command at Petrograd ho ap plied for servlco in the Held and waa assigned to command under the cele brated, Bruslloff. in that field, tho southwest, discipline was still unlm paired at that time last spring. Brusl loff was well organized for a further formidable smash Into Galtcla. The plan of campaign had been worked out thoroughly. Munitions were ready. The splalt of the troops was excellent. The drive started, Kornlloff command ing the advance on Halicz. He took it and pressed on to Kalusz. Tho Aus trlans and Germans could not stop him. He was on his way to Vienna once more. Then fate struck him a second time with her open hand. Tho mutiny among tho troops had spread with terrible nwlftness. Ho was not only unable to l)Old the great prizes he had seized but found himself compelled to retreat with all haste. Months passed, Kornlloff biting his nails In rage against the Incredible trend of events. To his mind the pro visional Government under Kerensky had failed. It lacked the cold courage to restore order. He accepted tho oomniandershlp In chief, but when ho attended reluctantly the abortive Mos cow Council In August last he mani fested his growing restlessness. 'He with the products of the State, but still arranged in the amateur, pro. fosslonal class with the average list of premiums, although It Is supervised by artists 'and thoso who understand such things. Michigan during the la.it year has acquired an art gallery for lu State fair, a small building, hut that Is a step In the right direction. Th Arts and Crafts Society In Detroit l to be congratulated In brltmlnK M about, but I wonder how Ions ouch a building will suffice In a Btntc fair, n seems to be giving a very smnll ,nr:f and arousing a small Interest In n thing which .should be vital ;inr m. portant to all the people. "In Illinois this year, for Hie flrit time, tho art department Is to w placed In the hands of the St.ite Art Commission. In Wisconsin nc only done one thing, and that U to ab solutely eradicate the art depirtment in the State Fair. The next step mil be an exhibition by art btudents with, out a list of premiums. "In Minnesota, under the direction of Maurice I. Flagg. tho director of the State Art Commission, editor of the illnneaotan, and a worker endo,iorln? to bring art to the people, a Rrrat change hns been made. The State Art Commission of Minnesota eliminate at once tho professional and nm&tcur classes, to have an exhibition of art opened to tho artists and students of the State, and an exhibition of the very best posslblo things from outslds th State. A list of prizes was announce which amounted to about tho same as the premiums, but divided onion a very few. Then a Jury was selected from outside the State, a Jury of artists. That worked well for two or three years. An exhibition of the very best paintings obtainable, I believe they came from the American Federa Uon of Arts, waa shown to the agricul turists and they did appreciate It, be cause the sweepers on the grounds would quarrel each night for the art gallery because there was less to clean up. But otherwise there was little aa surance the people wero gettlnc much out of the exhibition. The first yrar the "artists" submitted the same lot of "fancy work," and more than .'even tenths of It was rejected quite to th discouragement of these worker? Mr Flagg overcame that somewhat by having the Jury, whom, I believe, tame entirely from Chicago, write a criti cism to every artist whoso work nas rejected. A corps of stenosraphen was needed and took directly upon mi dlines tho criticisms of the uorki of art rejected, and they wero Msncd by the Jurymen. So every artist knr the reason for the rejection of hU work. "Tho following year a smaller num ber of articles wero entered and about 50 per cent were accepted, -but the third year witnessed a Rrcal Iticre.i'-e In numbers and about G5 per icnt a-i cepted, and there was not a flncle' painting of kittens running up n pol or anything jf that sort submitted.'' came to Moscow like a dictator and like a dictator he went away, prac tically serving notice on Kerensky that tho army must be remoulded by sav age discipline or he, Korntlnlf would no longer accopt respons-lbil li for command. Kerensky gave pinndM and unquestionably strove to rnforc edicts demanded by the cnnim.ind'r tn chief, but the deadening power f tho Workmen's and Soldiers Council was too great apparently fo tie d.. tator to triumph over. Kornlloff went to tho ln.i- of tti Dwinsk to try to .save mg.i ..n.t even tually to bar the Germans from retro grad, and It was thero, ac-inliM '" tho. news despatches, that Ins broke and ho demanded tlin .nj ,f government from Kerensky. 1 1 1 dep osition followed and prom, marched against the capita' story of his failure is told In ' recent news despatches U mains to be told is the fate .' tie tuns' if mi' .. 1 o- himself. Is he too Me for I lose In her l our of sreate-' is ho the sort who rim ' p penalty of rebellion? The Cossaokn adore him said to have adored him T' duct In the past few d.n s Justifies the notion. 1'rnbai v sla respects his great abt'it.- lt'l S'l' unpen military geniiif-cs are none i. In nnv land. 11 nil flenenrtn imtli' on the attitude of Kornlloff ''m.e Will he knuckle down to fate" A pen picture of the tnnn H n1' uninteresting. Tn his face tv",r' " something of tho fierceness of t'e K ' muck, a touch of tho Mongol W tho grcnt Bruslloff, Komtloff 1 "T-irT the average height, standlnc n" ,ny than 5 feet 7 inches; hut ho cirri" himself like a giant. His f.ire i 1eT and hawklike. His cheek bone high. His mouth is wide, with f. thin lips. His eyes are bright blu and shoot penetrating glancei t friend or foe. His mustache n beard are sparse, like the facial 'nlr most Cossacks. Rut all of lum ! steel, finely tempered. And steel notoriously difficult to bend. -A.