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TIIE NEW YORK TIMES-SATURDAY REVIEW. SEPTEMBER 23. 1S09. era- Mess THE WEEK IN ART. The Interett in the coming week In New York art circles centres In the attempt of the artists and archi tects who bare been called In to supervise the artistic side of the Dewey day parade to live to Fifth Avenue and especially Madison Square a scheme of decoration and color which shall commend itself to all lovers the beautiful.

It remains to be seen whether the i owners and occupants of houses and stores on the avenue from Central Park to Washington Square will respond to the Intelligent and well-presented plan suggested by this art committee, and whether by Its choice of colors In banging and keeping Its decorations above the second-story level the parade will be what It can be made, the most beautiful artistic spectacle that New Tork has ever seen. As the fine arch at Fifth Avenue and Twenty-fourth Street nears completion Its splendid proportions and effect become more and more evident The approach to this arch through the double row of pillars at north and south will be very Crowds now gather all along the avenue from Twenty-third to Twenty- sixth Street to watch the sculptors and architects who phla. The purpose of the exhibition, It Is explained, offered It was expected that an American would secure Is to dlsplsy only that class of work that shows marked the vase, sixteen Inches high, covered with the eom- evldence of artistic feeling In conception and execution, blned monograms of Henri II. and Diane de PoicUera. This year there are no painters on the Jury, 11 brought over 110.000, but was not brought to this the case during the previous display.

The Jury Is made country. Instead, It Is said that It was bought for one up of F.Holland Day of Boston, Miss Gertrude Kasebler of the Paris Rothschilds, who between them undoubt- of this city Clarence H. White of Newark, Ohio; Miss edly possess the finest collection of art objects owned sv.no- JnhnfiB Washlnston. D. ana iienry vu-iw museums in we wona.

Troth of Philadelphia. Intending exhibitors must send their entries to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Broad Street. Philadelphia, not later' than 5 o'clock on the afternoon of Monday, Oct 2. The for eign representative of the' societies Is A. Horsley Hin-ton.

The societies will pay United States customs charges on foreign contributions, but all exhlbita must be forwarded at the owner's risk and expense. Last Spring the Colonial Dames of Massachusetts announced the second exhibition and competition for prises to be awarded to the best pictures or compos! Thine Not Meant Exactly That Way. Perhaps humor which is utterly unconscious Is the richest and appeals most directly to one's appreciation of the absurd and laughable. English is a wonderful language for expresslveuess, affording the greatest facility for saying something quite different from what Is In tended. A young lady was relating how a certain family goat In the old country was Injuring the foliage of ho irwa In Id.

mivfan. II- wMiul nn .1 far tions embodying the spirit of the Colonial or provincial wlth nJs hJnd pJcke(, off leaves," perlods. A second circular. Just issued, announces the whereunon hl npothM. Bketch show- date of the exhibition, which will open at the Boston Art Club on Dec.

1, and will close on Dec 15. Schedules must be returned to J. Eastman Chase, 423 Boyl-ston Street Boston, on or before Nov. 15. Pictures are finishing the There will be plenty of material Wtnj0 0id cty limits will be collected on Nov.

27. for the artistic eye during the Dewey celebration, and the wisdom of Interesting the artists and architects to aid in the affair Is now apparent The Committee of Mural Painters, which was deputed to present a scheme of decoration for the celebration, states it was received very appreciatively by the official Committee on Decoration, and that the scheme it proposed was accepted with some modifications. The new National Arts Club, at 37 West Thirty-fourth Street, will be informally opened to Its members on Wednesday next Its formal opening will take place in October, when a house-warming will be held and a small exhibition of designs for and specimens of artistic gold and sliver work will be given. The new clubhouse has a small but well-proportioned and well-lighted gallery. The club is to have all the conveniences of a well-equipped organization, including a The ruisourg Art has arranged a pro- gramme of unusual interest for its members during the coming season.

The society Is to have nine evening receptions in the Carnegie Music Hall, at which musical and literary entertainments are to be given, and In addition will hold an art exhibition In co-operation with the Society of Western Artists. Mr. F. Hopkinson Smith, who lectured last year before the society on "French Impressionism," will again lecture on some art -topic. The jury for the next annual exhibition at the Carnegie Art Galleries at Pittsburg has been chosen and Is composed of J.

Frank Brangwyn, Edwin Blashfleld. William M. Chase, Wilton Lockwood, John J. Enneklng, Thomas Eakins, Robert W. Vonnoh, Charles H.

and Frederick Freer. Of these Raffaelll and Brangwyn are foreigners and French painters. The Jury was selected by ballots of the eminent painters of America, England, Holland, Scotland, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. This Jury will come to Pittsburg In October, and Its members will be the guests of the Carnegie Institute while examining the pictures and awarding; the prizes, medals, and other The new statue of Thomas Cass, Colonel of the old Ninth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer of which Richard E. Brooks was the sculptor, was un- veiled In the Public Garden, Boston, on Wednesday of last week.

The Boston Evening Transcript says; All's well that ends well, and the little granite statue of Col Thomas Cass retires from the Public Garden with a certain degree of respect following it, since its genesis, vicissitudes, and undue notoriety have not only made a new and noble Cass monument pos- slble, but have resulted in an innovation which may be of far-reaching importance in regard to the policy of the city with reference to its public monuments. For the first time an unsatisfactory monument Is taken away and la replaced by a satisfactory one. Every one concerned is pleased, and the public Is well satisfied. There have been other instances of the removal of monuments, but, except in this case, the rejected memo- rials have not been replaced by better substitutes. It is a valuable feature of the precedent now established that the principle of substitution, giving a quod pro quo, becomes fundamental.

The new policy la to be positive, not negative, and for every ounce of bronze and stone taken away from the public it will give back a pound of art Let the good work go on. There are several rival candidates among the monuments of Boston for the next honorable discharge. The pedestal Is of Red Beach (Maine) granite, a stone of a pink tone, which harmonizes with the' green of Jhe bronze very effectively. It was designed by the sculptor himself, and la proportioned with correct symmetry and balance in elation to the statue. The statue and pedestal are united in feeling further by the Introduction of a and palm branch In bronze overlying the upper left corner of the front of the pedestal.

This unusual device also corrects a alight tendency on the part of the statue to have too much of the weight of the figure to the right The Inscriptions are aa follows: Thomss Cass. Colonel Ninth Massachusetts Infantry. U. S. V.

Fell at Malvern Hill, Virginia, July 1, 1S02. Erected by the City of Boston In memory of the officers and men of the Ninth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, organized May 3, 1801, mustered out June 21. 1804 The costume was modeled after that worn In the war of the rebellion by Gen. Burnside. The skirt of the frock coat was allghtly lengthened.

The artist relates that he had the utmost difficulty In finding a model in Paris with small enough feet to get Into Cen. Burn- side's boots. All other contributions should be sent to Charles F. street with rharees prepaid. We Ing the goat performing the operation.

The same young lady, soon after arrival, was looking for a pah of shoes. The shopkeeper told her something about Goodyear welts," and when she got home she referred to them as, "Happy Christmas shoes." There can be no the serious Intent of the selections which follow, from the advertising columns quote from the circular of last April the following con- new6aDerB afcroad but lrre8lstlble anions: Any suojeci cnaracieriBuc (Interiors, as well as outdoor life,) historical episode, or story, may be chosen. The subjects are not restricted, but must be rendered In color, either oil, water color, or "pasten They must be the work of American artists, and not hitherto exhibited In Boston. The first prize will consist of $250, for the best work of art exhibited under the conditions noted above. The second prize of $15U will be awarded under the same con ditions.

A competent board of Judges will be chosen to decide upon the admissibility of works to the exhi bition and award the prizes." The current Issue of The Art Student has reproductions of drawings by Stelnlen. Leandre, Starr Wood, AKhMP J. Goodman, Forrest, Mitchell, Ritchie, and oth-ers. "Do not be disappointed." observes the editor, If you do not make artists out of all your pupils. If you are simply successful in leading them to observe the proportions of the crow to the rail fence you will accomplish something." The Collector and Art Critic defends Itself against the accusation of having constructed a paradox In stating that the Lorelei fountain was not a great work, but was of sufficient importance.

The words used may be of varying quantity," it remarks. This monument Is not great as Michael Angelo's Lorenzo de' Medici tomb II or Thorwaldsen's 4 Lion of Lucerne," are great, yet of sufficient Importance to occupy the place assigned, because it is strong enough to arouse admiration and instruct" humor Is only equaled some of the original verses which frequently appear in the newspapers of Washington, D. extolling the virtues and lamenting the death of relative or friend. "A ladv wants to sell her piano as she I going abroad In a strsng iron frame." "Furnished apartments, suitable for a gentleman with folding doors." Wanted, a room by two gentlemen about thirty feet long and twenty feet broad." Lost a collie dog, by a man on Saturday answering to Jim with a brass collar around his neck and mua-tle." Bulldog for sale. Will eat anything.

Very fond of children." "A clerk wanted who caq open ovsfrq, and Wanted, an organist and a boy to blow the same." "Wanted, a clerk to be partly outside and partly behind the counter." "Lost, near High Gate an umbrella be-! longing to a gentleman with a bent-rib and a bone handle." "To be disposed of, a mail phaeton, the property of a gentleman with a movable headpiece as good as new." imj To the Memory of Shelley. Some one writes to The Athenaeum from Rome ask ing If Shelley's admirers have become fewer in England than formerly; if his fame, were in any on the wane? The house. No. 374, on the Via del Corso, Experts on antique gems have never been able to Rome, Is where Shelley wrote many of his poems. Be come to a satisfactory conclusion as to whether the cameo of "Eros and Psyche," placed In the Boston Museum of Fine Arts this week, is a genuine example of ancient work or a comparatively modern production.

The consensus of opinion, however, is that the gem was cut in the seventeenth century. It was regarded, antique or modern, as the finest specimen in the Mariborough collection, and the price paid for it by the Boston Museum authorities $10.000 Is not considered excessive. There are flv figures, representing the hymeneal procession of Eros and Psyche, and their attitudes are distinctly at variance with anything yet discovered that was produced in classical times. Charles Newton Robinson, alluding In The Nineteenth Century to this feature of the design, says: Connoisseurs cannot make up their minds to regard It as other than antique, In spite of Its thinly veiled modern spirit, the Indifferent material in which It Is executed, and distinct resemblance In style to two other good and probably modern cameos." Another expert says that the gem has every appearance of "having been cut in an age of proof prints and luxurious margins." Even giving the cameo the benefit of the doubt, and allowing which Is extremely uncertain that It is an antique. It Is a little surprising that no better Information has been printed about It in Boston than that it was well known throughout the civilized world before the Christian era began," and that "it has been for twenty" centuries in the greatest art galleries of Europe." 'Which was the greatest art gallery of Europe in, for instance, the sixth century A.

D. 7 It Is extremely probable that as soon as the new wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is opened, the President, Henry G. Marquand, will either loan or present to the Institution his splendid collection of porcelain. Mr. Marffuand's gifts to the museum have been In the past so extensive and valuable that it seems almost surprising that he has.

anything of value left in his beautiful house, at Sixty-eighth Street and Mad Ing near the General Post. Office, the street is one of Rome's busiest thoroughfares. Some eight years ago an inscription was placed on the house, of which this is a copy: A. Percy Bysshe Shelley, she nella primavera del 1810, scrisse in questa casa, II Prometeo la Cencl, II comune di Roma -Cento annl dopa la nasclta del poeta Sostenltore Invltto dl llberta popolari Adversate al suoi. tempi da tutta Europa pose questo ricordo, 1 1892.

"All Europe," with England and America, are apparently oblivious of Shelley, for on the dingy marble there is suspended a forlorn and dilapidated wreath of Immortelles all black and dirty hanging together from an old wooden hoop. Once there was a gay-colored sash there, but now the rain and smoke have made It a filthy, rag. The correspondent concludes: This could be reme died at a very small cost by friends in England. Would The Athenaeum take the initiative of a small subscription for the purpose? A wreath In some more durablo material might be substituted, and the marble slab washed. The amount of subscription, when closed, could be sent to the local British Consul, who would, no doubt, attend to It I feel certain that Shelley's memory is not so for- gotten In England as this would Indicate.

I believe It is only necessary to have the matter pointed out to pro- vide a remedy for it If nothing be done the inscription, Instead of being an honor to Shelley, as was originally Intended, will become an eyesore." Rudyard Kipling's Stalky which the Doubledav McClure Company are to publish a week ison Avenue. But, as a matter of fact, he has various from to-day, will contain a new poem by Mr. Kipling, collections, which Include many specimens finer than which in spirit Is a dedication to tne men wno, win-thone possessed by any other resident of New York, ning fame in greater Britain, received their formative Almost everything of artistic value that has been pro- Ninfluences in the, surroundings depicted in Stalky n-mrwWn tlmp. ronraaontaH hr This DOCm DCginS Wlin ine line, ll US UUW one or more objects, and permission to view the house Is eagerly sought for by. mar persons every Winter.

Mr. Marquand bought a numb jr of the finest objects in the Spltzer collection, including some Limoges enamels, of which there were then hardly any in this coun- Phlladelphla is to have an exhibition of artistic photographs to open on Oct 21 and continue until Nov. 19, and, like the previous pnoiograpnic saion, oe oeia under the Joint auspices of the Pennsylvania' Academy of Flue Arts and the Photographic Society of Phlladel- try. But neither Mr. Marquand nor any other American pralBe famous men but there is anotner line which is said by the poet's friends to have a not unconscious application to Admiral George Dewey.

This line reads, Men who bear gifts from divers kings, gifts of case and shrapnel." The verses will appear first in the pages of Harper Weekly, the next Issuer of which is a Dewey number. It may be noted in pass- collector has yet succeeded in securing a specimen of Ing that the first edition of 20.000 copies of," Stalky A the almost inconceivably precious Henri Deux ware. Co." has been exhausted before publication, and an- At the laat sale at which an example of this ware was other edition is in press..