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Show r ZZI For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria V h, alcohol-- 3 pek cent; i J Avertable FrcparaticiuorsiS- Ki 5s5 Always Bears the P similatinfiieFoodbyKcjJula' 1000:5 J f tinaihe.StcmadisafldBwrete. Signature Thereby Pfomctin$Di$csk Cheerfulness andRcstConlams nor neither Opium, Morphine llfl Jltclpe of NotKahcotic Mineral. SB! - of OUWrSAMlMrfunpiii Senna, JbcuUe Salt saS": In si 5Po Os Si2 CPS helpful Remedy for Diatrhoe Constipation and and and Feverishness of SLEE loss thetefromr 1 'o c 5 flavor Use A as E0 Sd Warn fianMSu resulting ' 1 For Over signatoryot e a C- Thirty Years NEW TOUfe Exact Copy of Wrapper. HE world of art lias a new sensation In Paul Darde, a sculptor. France seems disposed to hail him a second Rodin. The public has fastened on him the name, Shepherd Boy of Cevennes. He Is certainn ly a boy for he was born 33 years ago in the mountains of the is of gigantic frame, wears a heavy, long beard and does the preliminary work on his statues with a tool resembling a pick ax. But at least he was a shepherd boy In his younger days. Anyway, in the great exhibit o2 sculpture this year In the Paris Salon among the classic groups, the nudes and the Futurist freaks, are two things so different that they draw attention from everything else. One is a huge faun carved in stone. The other Is a head of Medusa in marble. On the opening day there was a veritable furor over them. And there was a rush for .catalogues to learn the artist. Who is Paul Darde? asked everyone. Nobody had even heard of him. Nevertheless, here' were two pieces of work undeniably great so great that even the art critics of the Paris press were at first at a loss for Adequate comment. But they soon found voice. The critic of LUlustra-tio- n says of the huge faun, twice the size of a man: The Faun. It Is carved out of fine rock, of a tint so warm that it seems animated hy the hot blood of primitive beings scarce liberated from matter. He goes on to say that the artist is a deep student of nature and has soaked himself in the works of Lamarck. Inspired by that great naturalist, he has set himself to create a rational, possible, viable faun, with a narrow supple back, the spine of a quadruped that leaps when it would run on the traditional goats feet and on the enormous hands fitted to the long apqrlike srms. And this back,, these knotty rms, these hands furrowed by tendons and veins, are amazing bits. The expression of the face framed in its long pointed ears, like those of a wildcat or panther or those of the jackalheaded Anubis, is a marvel of irony, of naive and rather bestial joy, o astonishment before nature, half perceived, before life divined, confusedly understood. The hair,' crinkly and wavy, recalls the curly heads or heards of certain saints on the portals of our cathedrals. The whole is extraordinarily pleasing and pqwerful. It Is very beautiful and very great sculpture, solid as Michelangelo exacted, solid enough to roll down a mountain without breaking." Eternal Pain, as the Medusa head js officially titled, Is entirely different Faune may jn style and execution. have been done with a pick ax but 'LEternalle Doulour must have been finished with a feather, so perfect is Its smallest detail. Medusa, It will be Ataember, was the beautiful maiden f ancient Oreece beloved of Posei- full-grow- 2?&etnal Pam don. Athena disapproved of the use of her temple for lovemaking and changed the fair maids abundant locks into writhing serpents. Thereupon she became so fascinatingly lovely that no man could keep his eyes off her and so terrible that all who gazed were turned to stone. Perseus, acting on a hint from Atheia, killed Medusa by the use of his shield as a mirror and cut off her head. Athena took the head and put it In the center of her shield. The sculptor took his Inspiration from a passage in Dante. Of this Medusa head the same critic says: It is the head of the woman whose frigid Insensible beauty tortures too many hearts, and whose head; in hell, Is torn from her body, lifted off the ground and borne up by the serpents that gnaw it. The subject is strange, more than seductive. In truth ; but the composition here again is astonishgly perfect and free, and the expression is compelling. A writer in the Paris Gaulois Informs us that Dardes method of sculpture is that of Praxiteles and of Michelangelo, and explains that He disdains clay and carves his thought directly in stone with a hammer and chisel that he uses with astonishing sureness. The equilibrium of his figure, the variety of planes and bulk, and the analysis of movement of the human form seem to him to be mere childs play. A Second Rodin." Marvelous as some legend of day Is the history of this young sculptor, who through sheer genius, without any knowledge of the various schools, coteries, or studios, won the Prix national of the Salon with a first effort, and, unexpected and unnoticed, leaps from obscurity into fame. Paul Darde is a name that until now has been quite unknown at least to the general public. Only In the studios of the great masters would one be likely to hear him spoken of, and then with just respect, for artists are perhaps the only ones today who are not jealous of each others merits and have souls lofty and Indulgent enough to praise the beauty carved with hammer and chisel by their comrades nnd rivals. They will tell you that Darde is the young savage who went through tlie Ecole des Beaux arts like a cannon ball, and who spent Just eight days in Rodins studio and then fled from it at top speed back to his native mountains. They will tell you nlso that he is an extraordinary personality of unrivaled talent who, they are willing to admit, can leave them a long-pa- st Portrait y fbAstot all in tne lurch any time he wants to. When the critics proclaim Darde as a second Rodin they have a definite thought in mind. Auguste Rodin was what may be called ) an impressionist in method and a realist in execution. His chief characteristic Is his extraordinary power In the synthesis of psychic expression. Translated into ordinary English and illustrated by example, this means His something like the following: Balsac is not so much a statue of the man as an embodiment Comedle Humaine ; his of the "Kiss Is less the embrace of a man and a woman than the psychology ol passion in the kiss. And, of course, Rodin was a sensation in the art world. Nearly every one of his many works has been hotly discussed with extravagant praise and downright abuse and Is so discussed to this day. So, if Darde is a second Rodin, he is sure of fame, and world-wid- e fame at that. A Born Sculptor. This new celebrity who has won the Prix National of the Salon for 1920 with his Faune, Spent the leisure hours of his sheep herding in carving models in wood with his pocket knife. Telling the story of his rise from obscurity, which is the great topic ol the day in French art circles, the Paris correspondent of the London Morning Post relates that an engraver who lived In the same neighborhood as young Darde happened to see a piece of stone carved by him in such a fashion as to stir his admiration and curiosity. Gradually he won the shepherd boys confidence and was allowed to see many specimens of carving which had been done with tools reminiscent The engraver sent of the Stone Age. word about the brilliant boy to the Department of Fine Arts in Paris, and one of the inspectors, M. Armond was so impressed with reports of the young artist who had never had a lesson of any kind that he went to see him. In 1912 Darde became a pupil at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, and after a visit to Italy he returned to the French, capital, whare he spent eight days In Rodins studio and then went back into the Cevennes to produce the Medusa head. members of the The Conseil, Superleur des Beaux Arts, who awarded Paul Darde the most coveted art prize of the year, are reported to have come to their decision practically unanimously. (1840-1917- much-abuse- d Da-yo- t, fifty-eig- THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY 3 SEEMED LIKE AN IMPOSITION LITTLE Parvenu Couldn't Understand Why Musicians Hadnt Come With Instruments Tuned. Would-B- e Herman Finck, the noted English composer, tells the following amusing story of a somewhat ambitious attempt of a member of the newly rich to grasp matters musical. He said : My grandfather used to direct a small orchestra of about half a dozen, which could be hired for dances, parties and weddings, and even (on one occasion only) for funerals, but thats another yarn. Well, the orchestra one night made its appearance at the house of the type of parvenu we should call nowadays a war profiteer. The guests were assembled, and the fiddlers and so on were crowded up in the usual corner with the ferns and things. Suddenly the host approached. Whatevers this horrible noise Rotten he said. youre making? piece, I call It This Isnt a piece,' replied my grandfather; were tuning up, thats There was an expression of melancholy tinged with resentment on Mrs. Browns face as she entered the gro- ! ADVICE GROCER FOR Had Picked Out tho on Whom to Woman Wrong Exercise His Wit. Wag cers shop. I want, she began impressively, to talk to you about them eggs I had last week. They werent anything like as fresh as they might have been. Thats strange, replied the grocer, who fancied himself something of a We always have an almanac wag. hanging up in the fowl run to keep the hens up to date. Oh came the retort with crushing Then all I have to say Is emphasis. that somebody with brains about as addled as them eggs has been mislead-i-n the hens with last years calendar. Just you hang up a 1920 card, my good ! fellow, and maybe them chickens ll start working overtime to catch up to it! The Road to Oblivion. all. The Foet I care nothing for money. 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