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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
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"Mantegna's panel of Judith
GEN. KORNILOFF, MILITARY GENIUS, TWICE
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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.
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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
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"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.
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